The desolate moon surface, the edge of a huge crater.
The lunar rover driven by Liu Hanwen explored all the way, searching for mineral deposits and collecting samples.
"Didi~Didi~"
The detector on the lunar rover suddenly made some strange sounds, and Liu Hanwen quickly looked over.
"There really is gold~"
Liu Hanwen looked at the content displayed on the computer and couldn't help but scream in surprise.
"It's actually in the middle of the crater in front of me~"
Liu Hanwen looked at the huge crater in front of him. This crater was several hundred meters in diameter and looked like a huge pot on the ground.
In the middle of this huge crater, there was a huge meteorite. The detector detected that this meteorite contained a large amount of gold.
"Find a spot and see if you can go down~"
Liu Hanwen drove the lunar rover and started walking around the edge of the crater, looking for some relatively flat areas and preparing to go down and take a look.
Generally speaking, these extraterrestrial meteorites have great research value, especially the meteorites on the moon.
Because the moon has no atmosphere, meteorites will not friction or burn when they land on the moon, and some of the information in them can be well preserved. This information is of great help in studying the origin and evolution of the solar system.
What's more, this time, the detector also detected that the meteorite contained gold, which is something not to be missed.
“This location is good~”
Soon, Liu Hanwen found a good location and carefully drove the lunar rover to the crater.
The lunar rover is a high-tech product with very powerful functions. It can climb hills and go downhill easily. It went very smoothly. The lunar rover driven by Liu Hanwen arrived in the middle of the crater.
Looking at the huge meteorite in front of me, it is in the shape of a long strip, like a pillar inserted into the soil of the moon. It is more than ten meters high and three to four meters in diameter, indicating that it is gray-brown.
"Didi~Didi~"
After coming to this meteorite, the detector detected it more clearly. This huge meteorite did contain gold, and the content was amazing.
"Cut it open and take a look~"
Liu Hanwen began to control the lunar rover.
The cutting tools on the lunar rover were very sharp. When cutting the meteorite, it was like cutting tofu. Soon, its shell was cut open, and a golden light entered Liu Hanwen's field of vision under the refraction of the sun.
"Holy shit~"
"Isn't this meteorite all gold?"
Liu Hanwen couldn't help but scream.
Then he immediately controlled the lunar rover and began to slowly grind away the meteorite's surface. Soon, an area of the meteorite's case was rubbed open, revealing a golden piece.
"Everyone, look at my place, a major discovery, a major discovery~"
Liu Hanwen couldn't help shouting loudly, and started calling Li Haiyang, Fang Bo, Kong Zhifei and others.
At the same time, at the Earth Control Command Center, Liu Hanwen's discovery alarmed everyone here.
"Gold nugget?"
Qin Yi also saw the teleported picture, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
Large pieces of naturally formed gold like this are called nugget gold, horseshoe gold, etc. In ancient times, they were even related to luck. It was believed that people who got nugget gold were people with great luck.
So much so that people all over the world are very keen on collecting nugget gold, because it is not only gold, but also represents luck, wealth and many other things. It is almost a lot to own a piece of nugget gold.
The dream of the super rich.
Because there are too few gold nuggets on the earth, especially those with larger mass, which are even more rare.
"Isn't this gold nugget too big?"
Qin Yi looked at the images in the video and couldn't help but say.
You must know that the largest gold nugget discovered on earth is the 'Canaan' gold nugget discovered in Brazil in 1983. Its mass is only 60 kilograms, which is more than 120 kilograms.
But at this time on the moon, as Liu Hanwen controlled the lunar rover to continuously grind and cut the shell of the huge meteorite, a large piece of gold nugget gradually appeared in the field of vision.
Just the exposed part is more than 5 meters high, more than 4 meters long, and more than 2 meters wide. The whole thing also presents a long strip shape.
This is only a part of it, and there is still a part buried in the soil. Liu Hanwen will not be able to dig it out for a while.
Its size is too large, the density of gold is very high, and it is very heavy. Even though the lunar rover is a high-tech product, there is currently no way to handle it.
"How much is this piece of gold worth?"
Here at the Earth Command and Control Center, when everyone saw this huge nugget of gold, questions couldn't help but pop up in their heads.
Its size is really too big, and the density of gold is very high. Such a huge piece of nugget gold, even if calculated based on the price of gold.
"The density of gold is 19.26 grams per cubic centimeter. One cubic meter is equal to 1 million cubic centimeters. One cubic meter of gold contains 19.26 tons."
"This piece of gold, just the exposed part is about 40 cubic meters, which is 770 tons~"
Someone opened his eyes wide and quickly and simply calculated the weight of this nugget of gold.
"Based on the gold price of 300 yuan per gram, one ton of gold is worth about 5.8 billion yuan. These 770 tons of gold are worth more than 4.4 trillion yuan~"
Then someone else calculated the value of this piece of gold based on the current price, and actually calculated a sky-high price of 4 trillion Chinese dollars, so that everyone around them was stunned.
What is the concept of more than 4.4 trillion? If you count the 1.4 billion people in the country, everyone can get a share of more than 3,000. This is an extremely terrifying number. You must know that the annual GDP of dozens of provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China can exceed 40,000.
There are only a few provinces worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
"Li Haiyang, please work together to dig them all out and bring them back to Earth~"
The commander-in-chief of the manned lunar landing project was not calm and could not help but convey the order to Li Haiyang on the moon.
Such a huge nugget of gold, and scientists know that it is very pure just by looking at its luster. The exposed part alone weighs 770 tons.
Once it is all dug out, it will probably weigh more than 1,000 tons and be worth several trillions of Chinese dollars. This is definitely a windfall, even for a big country like China.
It's a windfall.
You must know that the United States, which claims to have the largest gold reserves in the world, has more than 8,000 tons of gold reserves, while China's gold reserves are only about 1,800 tons.
Now, the weight of this nugget of gold is extremely likely to exceed a thousand tons. It is really unbelievable, but we have to believe it.
"How could such a large amount of gold be produced in nature?"
Some scientists frowned. Gold nuggets are nothing. People can often find one or two pieces of gold nuggets. But who can believe these thousands of tons of nuggets?
"Great~"
"Such a huge gold nugget was discovered on the moon, worth several trillion Chinese dollars. As soon as it is publicized, people all over the world will probably get pink eye. The domestic capital and power will naturally try their best to squeeze it into the moon.
Set off waves of lunar gold rush~"
Qin Yi looked at the appearance of everyone in the control center and felt happy in his heart.
This is about to begin the interstellar space age. If you can find something particularly valuable and give people the feeling that there is gold and treasure everywhere, this is definitely the best.
Because humans are profit-seeking creatures, always pursuing profits, and gold has been able to make people crazy for it since ancient times, desperate for it, and not afraid of hardships and obstacles.
In the Age of Discovery, Westerners did not care about the difficulties and obstacles, nor the strong winds and waves of the sea, but traveled across the oceans to America, in order to get gold, silver, jewelry, etc.
During the Western Development in American history, cowboys braved the hail of bullets and crossed the vast central plains to head west, initially for the fascinating gold.
Gold is wealth~
For the sake of wealth, dangers, difficulties, sweating, leaving one's homeland, etc. are nothing. Even bloodshed and sacrifice are nothing. There are people who continue to work hard, regardless of difficulties and obstacles, and do not compromise on means.
There are treasures everywhere on the moon. This is absolutely true. There are extremely rich mineral deposits everywhere. The reserves are huge and easy to mine.
However, the feeling of these mineral deposits is always not as shocking as that of gold. Only gold, when it appears in the mind, everyone will naturally think of wealth, think of getting rich overnight, etc.
"I guess there is no need for encouragement from above at this time. Private capital and power will pour into the moon crazily. You can imagine how lively the moon will be in the near future~"
Qin Yi couldn't help but think of the scene of countless people panning for gold on the moon after the lunar gold rush started. It must have been very lively.
On the moon, Li Haiyang, Fang Bo, and Kong Zhifei each drove a lunar rover to Liu Hanwen's location. When the four lunar rovers worked together, the efficiency was naturally high.
In just ten minutes, the entire huge piece of gold nugget was excavated from the soil.
As everyone estimated, it weighed more than a thousand tons, and the meteorite shell on the surface was worn away. The entire piece of gold nugget sparkled under the refraction of the sun, emitting an intoxicating golden light.
It has a mass of thousands of tons, so that the four powerful lunar engineering vehicles have no way to deal with it. As a last resort, they can only divide it, otherwise there is really no way to bring it back to the earth.
ps: Lala~~ I think gold is the strongest driving force for people to enter space, just like Europeans in the Age of Discovery chasing gold and silver.