Great Tang Southern Emperor

Now that the time has finally come, he immediately cooperated with the troops stationed in Tacheng to wipe out the headquarters of 'Mahetian' in one fell swoop, and gained a lot. However, Zhang Lang was not satisfied with the harvest this time, because although they got a lot of Valuable things, but the biggest target this time is missing - Singer, the top person in charge of "Mahatian". Although they captured a person who is very similar to Singer, Zhang Lang soon discovered that Although it was a fake, the real Singh was nowhere to be found.

Although Datang has already got the things stored in Mahetian, it is enough to control Tianzhu (they don't know the news of the two hidden branches, and these two branches are not recorded in the data, but through the history of Damo He passed it down by word of mouth), but in Zhang Lang's view, this action was not perfect, after all, the final big boss was not caught, which made him feel very uncomfortable-although in Datang's view , there is no Singer is not important.

It was under such circumstances that Zhang Lang came to Harvey's camp, because he needed the help of Harvey's army to block the road, hoping to catch Singer in this way—although he himself knew that the possibility was very small.

However, Singer, who even he thought it was almost impossible to catch, unexpectedly appeared in front of him at this time. Facing this scene, even if he was as calm as Zhang Lang, he could only say one sentence: "God's will, this Everything is God's will, this is really God helping us."

"That's right, it's God's will. I can't accept any explanation other than God's will." Singer, who had let go of the burden in his heart, seemed to have changed his temperament and became talkative.However, his tone was equally tough, and he didn't feel that he had lost this match at all. If the place where the city defense army performed the exercise happened to be at the exit of his tunnel, all of the following would not have happened at all, and he would have already fled away. And hid it, wait another three to five years, after he re-established 'Mahetian', then it will be time for him to make a comeback, unfortunately this time even God is helping them, facing God, Singer Can only hand over and admit defeat.

"Hehe, whether it's God's will or man-made, you have finally fallen into my hands. This is the reality." Zhang Langcai doesn't care whether all this is God's will or not. How can an intelligence officer care about the means?They have used cheats and abductions, so who cares how they caught their opponents?What's more, luck is also a kind of strength. Singer's luck is not good, but Zhang Lang's luck is in full swing, so the current result is just as it should be.

"Well..." What could Singer say?He could only say this, and then closed his eyes, carefully feeling the freedom in his heart.

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Chapter 1182 Iwami Silver Mine (1)

Chapter 129 Iwami Silver Mine (1)

Singer guessed right, all of this was Li Zhen playing chess, playing a very big game of chess, because this time it was Li Zhen's sweeping action, and he planned to completely sweep everything away before he ascended the throne. Otherwise, he will go on an expedition soon after assuming the throne, and these organizations will definitely make trouble for him later-so of course his goal is not just the 'Mahatian' family.

In fact, when the Tacheng garrison was attacking the headquarters of 'Mahetian', other places also started to attack.

Far away in the Iwami area of ​​the Wa Kingdom, there is a super silver mine that is rare in the world—Iwami Silver Mine, an open-pit silver mine, which is no worse than Silver Island in terms of scale, and may even be a bit stronger.

Of course, this place was not called Ishijian at this time, Li Zhen gave up the name—yes, at this time Li Zhen had already occupied the Iwami area, and the biggest helper was the Dengzhou Fleet.

Among the silver mines, many pits have been dug here, and the pits are so dark that it is almost impossible to see the bottom, like the huge mouths of monsters, trying to swallow everyone who enters.

"Ding!"

"Bah!"

"Pong!"

"Boom!"

"..."

In this mine, many people dressed as miners are working hard to mine silver ore. Pieces of silver ore are chiseled out and put into large baskets made of thorns. When the large baskets are full, There will be special wrestlers to lift the big basket to the side, and here you can see that there is a rail made of steel extending to the depths of the mine, on which is a level car specially transporting ore - not that it is not The problem with trains is that even if there were trains, they would not be able to move without enough power. You must know that the current level cars still use livestock as power.

Pile after pile of silver mines were pulled over by leveling trucks, shining intoxicatingly under the light of the torches—it’s not that no one attempted to embezzle the silver mines, the question is, what if they were stolen?

Since Datang occupies this place, how can he be unprepared?

You must know that since the news of Iwami Yinshan spread, the Wa Kingdom, or the current Yamato regime, has been thinking about taking back the silver mines all the time. They will send troops to attack every two days, but they are all attacked by Li Zhen's people. They were repelled, and now five years have passed, and the silver mine is still in the hands of Li Zhen, but the country of Wa has lost more than 3 people because of this, but it has not even caught a hair.

With so many elites watching, how do you steal?

Besides, silver ore is just silver ore. It’s not silver. The content of gold and silver is very low. If you can extract one kilogram of silver from one ton of silver ore, it’s considered a bonanza. Generally speaking, the content of silver ore It will not exceed two hundred grams (this is the content of most silver mines in China, and some are even lower than this, as for foreign countries, it is not clear), that is to say, the reserves of Iwami silver mines are large, and the silver content is relatively high , but one ton of silver ore can only extract about [-] grams of silver.

How much can you steal ore?Even if you steal one kilogram at a time, you have to steal a ton a thousand times. Even if you steal it once a day, it will take about two and a half years—you have to work hard for less than twenty silver ,does it worth?You must know that if you work outside, as long as you work hard, you will definitely have no problem earning a hundred taels in two or three years.

As for smelting in the mining area?

Sorry, the mining area is only responsible for mining and transportation, and the smelting is in the factory on the other side.

And who are the people who mine the silver mines?They are all slaves, and they have to go back to the slave camp to rest after work every day. Even if you can really steal a lot of silver ore and smelt it into silver, where will you spend it?You must know that in the slave camp, even a piece of steamed bun is worth much more than silver.

What's more, how could the marines guarding the silver mine be blind?There are more than [-] marines stationed on the outskirts of the silver mine, all of them are elites, and they have been set up in layers. How can you hide the private goods you brought from their eyes?Even if you can hide it once or twice, wouldn't you still not be able to discover it eight times out of ten?You must know that it is clearly stipulated in the mining area, and stealing silver mines is a capital offense.

In previous years, it was not that there were no thieves who stole silver ore, but after a few cases were discovered and punished, the slaves came to their senses. Since then, no one has been stupid enough to steal silver ore.

Moreover, working in a silver mine is much more comfortable than working in other slave camps. It can be said that their lives are no different from ordinary people except that they are a little tired. It is hundreds of times better.

First of all, there is no such thing as too much danger when working in a mine. Some people think that going down the mine is death, because the mine is easy to collapse. In fact, this is a wrong view. To be precise, it is a mine without good protection measures. It is easy to collapse. If all safety measures are taken well, mine pits are actually almost as few as tunnels.

Of course, the safety measures in the Ishijian Silver Mine are excellent. After all, Li Zhen has a long-term vision, and he still counts on this silver mountain to bring him money. Once a collapse occurs, the mine will definitely stop working and the loss It's still his money.So Li Zhen has always done a good job in terms of safety. Almost every ten steps or so, you will see pillars made of reinforced concrete firmly supporting the roof of the mine, and this is not a coal mine, and there is no need to Worried about gas explosions and suffocation due to lack of oxygen, the working conditions here are still very good.

Secondly, the living conditions of the miners are very good. At least in terms of food, Li Zhen has never treated them badly, because mining silver mines is physical work, and if you don’t have enough to eat, you will have no energy to work. However, Li Zhen doesn’t feed idlers either. He adopted the work point system of later generations, giving corresponding work points according to the weight of the silver ore mined. Although those with less work points can eat enough, they can eat brown rice, while those with more work points can eat fish and meat. Even if you have With enough work points, it’s not a problem even if you want to eat a royal banquet in the palace. Li Zhen can even send his personal chef to cook for you—of course, this is only in theory, because doing so requires too many work points Yes, maybe you can't get so many points for a year without eating or drinking.And no one would be stupid enough to do such a thing. In fact, Iwami Yinshan has been mining for so many years, and only one person has collected enough work points for an ordinary banquet, and invited his friends to eat and drink. Dun, no one else has done that before.

Finally, the degree of freedom in the slave camp is very high, that is to say, you can mine as much as you want, even if you don’t work today, as long as you have enough work points in exchange for food, it’s okay, even if you don’t want to eat.

Of course, no one would do this. Instead, they have been working hard all the time, because they need to earn work points, and work points are really important to them.Not only because work points can be exchanged for delicious food, but besides eating, work points have many functions, for example, they can also be used for shopping. Everything in the slave camp needs to be purchased with work points. If you have enough Work points, you can live in the villa area, live a life of superiority, and even work points can reduce punishment, as long as you can get enough work points, then you can get out of the slave camp in advance, and Chen becomes a free man— ——It can be said that work points are the unique currency of the slave camp, and even function far beyond currency.

Chapter 1183 Iwami Silver Mine (2)

Chapter 1 Thirty: Iwami Silver Mine (2)

Of course, what we are talking about today is not this, what we want to talk about is Li Zhen's big net. The reason why we say Iwami Silver Mine is because one of Li Zhen's targets is hidden in Iwami Silver Mine.

As I said before, after the silver ore is mined, it is not smelted directly on the spot, but the smelting factory is placed in another place for separate smelting.

This is a wharf (Iwami Silver Mine itself is facing the sea), and it is the only wharf connecting Iwami Silver Mine and Datang. Near the wharf there is a factory with billowing smoke. This is our goal, Iwami Silver Mine The smelter is currently the largest smelter in the entire Japanese country or the entire world. There are more than 100 furnaces alone, and tens of thousands of people are serving this smelter—after all, silver mines in other places produce silver. The amount is not as large as Iwami's. You must know that this was the largest silver mine in the world before the 17th century, accounting for one-third of the production volume of the entire known world.

Thick smoke billowed in the smelter, and from time to time, several horses would pull a flat cart full of silver ore into the factory. With the help of the transmission belt, pieces of silver ore were poured into the furnace and turned into billowing silver juice. They are put into molds and cast into pieces of silver ingots, and then after cooling, they are transported to the warehouse on the pier by waiting vehicles, waiting for the ship to take them away.

This is the simple silver-making process, but in this simple process, there is a big secret hidden, or a big wealth, that is fire consumption...

The term fire loss originated in the Ming Dynasty, originally referring to the loss of broken silver when it was melted and recast into silver ingots, but this principle can also be established on silver ore-because the silver content of silver ore has reached one kilogram per ton or so, but in fact it is impossible to extract so much, because there is always a part of silver that is not refined cleanly. It is not bad to extract [-] grams of silver content from one kilogram in this era, and someone can extract it from Make a fuss here, such as increasing the fire consumption or something...

The ore sent by the silver mine is more than a thousand tons every day?

Even if a ton of silver ore is reported for an extra [-] grams of fire consumption, it will be an income of several hundred taels of silver in a day. That is so much in a day, so what about a year?How much can there be in five years? ——So don't look at this small smelter, it's a real fat job. It can be said that when selecting the factory director, almost all those who were qualified to compete for it were scalped, and there was almost no fight.

And being able to defeat many competitors and successfully take the position of director of the smelter, Gong Qin, a potbellied person, is naturally very capable. Under his management, the smelter can be said to be thriving, and the monthly silver output is in Increasing upwards, there has never been a lesser situation than last month, and it can be seen from this that he is capable, if he is not a little greedy...

Today Gong Qin is counting his harvest in the secret room he dug himself, and tens of thousands of taels of silver are just exposed outside, shining intoxicatingly under the light.And Gong Qin was lying on the pile of silver, moaning freely - this is his habit, even if the hard silver ingots are not comfortable to lie on, and over time it will turn his body blue and purple, but he Still never tired of it, because only in this way, he will feel that the money is his.

"Bangdang."

The door of the secret room was violently broken open, and a person rushed in.

"Hehe, you really know how to enjoy it. Sleeping on silver should be very comfortable, right?" The man sneered when he saw this, apparently it was not the first time he had seen such a situation.

"It turned out to be Captain Qin. I don't know if Captain Qin is here today. What orders do you have?" Gong Qin was not surprised, because this is not the first time that Captain Qin has done this. Again, fortunately, the door of this secret room is only covered by a huge floor-to-ceiling landscape painting, which is not worth a lot of money, otherwise he would have been so heartbroken that he would have fought desperately with Captain Qin.

And the identity of this Colonel Qin is the captain of the smelter's factory guard, with more than 200 elites in his hands, enough to withstand the impact of thousands of Japanese people at this time.

As for his relationship with Gong Qin...

The fact that Gong Qin was able to look at the other party so calmly, without any panic after the secret was discovered, already explained everything - I'm afraid that Captain Qin had already been bribed by him.

In fact, it is true. Gong Qinneng embezzled money so blatantly, so he had already taken care of everything. The entire silver mine collected his money from top to bottom, and this was the reason why he only had such a small amount of money. The money he got was definitely more than tens of thousands of taels. After five years, the money he got from embezzlement may have already filled up this small secret room.

"Of course there is something to do. They hope that starting from this month, the original 3 taels can be increased to 5 taels." Qin Xiaowei said with a smile, his tone was flat, as if he was not talking about tens of thousands of taels of silver, It's about three or five copper coins—and it can be seen from this sentence that the identity of Captain Qin is not simple, he is obviously doing things for others, and Gong Qin probably knows this clearly Chu.

"What are you kidding? 5 taels?" Gong Qin jumped up from the pile of silver, and the violent movements made the silver under him rattle, but he didn't care about it at this moment, but just pointed He looked at Xiaowei Qin anxiously: "Do you know what you're talking about? 5 taels, the tasks in the silver mine are so heavy now, and I can't even work overtime. Where can I find so much time?"