While the system master was meeting guests in a warm and comfortable room to discuss Donghua's future development, his servants were still walking in the ice and snow.

The city of Anald is located in the Chukchi Autonomous Region of Mao Xiong. The entire Chukchi is located on both sides of the Arctic Circle. It is the northeasternmost territory of Mao Xiong and the easternmost point in Asia.

To the east is the Bering Sea, and across from it is Alaska, the country of Sam.

There is such a joke:

A Chukchi man stood on the west bank of the Bering Strait and shouted to the east: "Sam people, don't you have enough money?"

After hearing this, the Sam people on the other side asked: "Why do you ask this question?"

The Chuktsi said: "Why didn't you buy the Chuktsi when you bought Alaska?"

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Chukqi was separated from Magyadan Prefecture five years ago. It covers an area of ​​more than 700,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the area of ​​Xiqing Province in China and larger than any country in Europe.

However, its population is less than 40,000, with an average of less than 0.06 people per square kilometer, making it the most desolate administratively organized area in Blue Star.

As the capital, the city of Analde has a population of about 15,000, accounting for more than one-third of the entire region.

Arnald is located on the west coast of Arnald in the northwest Bering Sea and is an important route into the Arctic Ocean.

In winter, the bay is covered with thick ice, and the protrusions covered by the snow should be small boats.

The people here have begun to hibernate like bears and try to minimize the time they spend outdoors. Walking on the streets of Arnald at this time, you rarely see vehicles or pedestrians.

Residential buildings and municipal facilities are relatively dilapidated. Some municipal facilities have heating pipes, while some residents still burn firewood or oil for heating.

With the migration of population, the majority of residents here are currently Chukqi people. The Chukqi people are a branch of the Jurchen ethnic group, with yellow skin and black eyes.

In ancient China, this place was called the Yaksha Kingdom, and in the Tang Dynasty it was called the Dog Kingdom.

Historical records of the Tang Dynasty record: Dog people lived in caves, had human bodies and dog heads, had long hair and no clothes, fought fierce beasts with their hands, and spoke howling like dogs. The male was a dog, ate raw meat, and the female was a human, ate cooked food, and could speak Chinese.

This kind of description, especially the one with a human body and a dog's head, is a bit taken for granted.

The map of the Ming Dynasty clearly marked Chukqi as the Dog Country. Historical data from the Ming Dynasty said: People in the Dog Country wear dog skins, eat dog meat, ride in dog carts, and raise dogs like Chinese people raise sheep. They do not farm, but are good at fishing.

The "dog country" in this passage should not be a contemptuous term, but an image description of the people here who "dress in dog skins, eat dog meat, and ride in dog carts."

Until now, some Chukchi people are still raising dogs and deer, and some are sailing boats and fishing. The folk customs are quite fierce.

To Kupol, the nearest city is Bilibino, which is also a gathering place for mining people and there is also a nuclear power plant there.

However, at this time of year, the most suitable way to get from Khabarovsk to Chukchi is to fly there, because there is an airport in the capital city of Anald.

The airport is located on the north side of Arnald Bay and is used both for military and civilian purposes.

That day, a transport plane landed at the airport with a roar, unloaded a group of people and machinery, and then flew away in a hurry, staying for less than half an hour.

Because there may be a blizzard coming in the near future, and you need to fly away as soon as possible, otherwise you will not even think about leaving. Flying in this kind of weather, this cargo plane rented from the army really costs money rather than life.

Wang Hongbin and Edmund in the group walked on the ice on the bay and entered the city center on the opposite side. They would contact the clerk at the city hall. The others started westward after sorting out their equipment, leaving the city and walking into the ice field.

Wang Hongbin and Edmund want to go through the exploration and mining procedures at the city hall.

The mining company has been registered in Khabarovsk, and its name is Polar Mining. The legal representative is Chen Huangzhi. It is a joint-stock company, and its investors include related companies in which Donghua and Lovich have shares. In fact, these funds are only linked to the Far East Bank.

In the account, Chen Lidong and Andre just made a few phone calls, and no one contributed a penny to this project.

The joint-stock company plans to invest 500 million rubles, roughly equivalent to US$50 million.

Since the Mao Xiong financial crisis in May last year, the ruble has continued to depreciate, falling from 1:6 to 1:9.5.

It is said that the total foreign debt of Mao Xiong at this time has reached 150 billion U.S. dollars, and the foreign exchange reserves of the central bank are less than 14 billion U.S. dollars. External investors will withdraw their capital at the first sign of trouble. If they withdraw their capital, they will basically exchange rubles for U.S. dollars. Mao Xiong has no choice but to do so.

The ruble can only be devalued.

Polar Mining should be considered a local company, and it is relatively easy to go through the procedures for mining in the country, but cross-regional mining also needs to win the support of the local government.

Before Wang Hongbin and Chen Huangzhi arrived, Lovich contacted the Arnald Municipal Government, and the two of them implemented the details according to Lovich's instructions.

After the disintegration of Suxiong, Chukqi was the region with the greatest economic decline and population decline in the Far East. The population dropped from hundreds of thousands to 40,000.

Although the southern region maintains economic and trade relations with this place, and you can even buy blue market luxury beer here, the price level is considered to be the highest in the Bear Country. In the store, cucumbers are marked 30 rubles per pound, and cabbage is 20.

At this time, all parties in Anald very much hope to maintain cooperation with the outside world, and mining companies are certainly welcome to invest.

This time, the city government was headed by Chen Huangzhi, with Wang Hongbin as his assistant. Chen Huangzhi originally looked like Mao Zi, and his name was Abra.

If Polar Mining wants to mine in the Chukchi Autonomous Region, it needs to apply for a mining license and agree on the concession area of ​​the mineral deposit, the type of relevant mining and mineral processing facilities, when to start mining and the annual ore quota, mining area royalties and other terms.

Polar Mining first needs to conduct mining area exploration work, and then apply for a mining license. Wang Hongbin is responsible for assisting Chen Huangzhi in completing these procedures.

At this time, Chen Huangli's more than 20-meter-long mechanical servants had entered the vast ice field with the super mineral detector Observer.

Everyone carried equipment on their backs, including fully charged super batteries, heating equipment and disassembled small satellite communication ground receiving stations.

As long as a communication system can be established, you can connect to the base camp, summon space-time communication beacons, brush various equipment and even metal materials, summon furnaces to swallow minerals, extract elements, and smelt metals.

Therefore, the mechanical servants only need to bring power supply and communication equipment.

The Observer is responsible for assisting in prospecting. It is powered by a super battery. This guy can even be used as a vehicle.

This fellow, which is similar to the Mars rover Curiosity, was named Observer because it kept a low profile and did not want to join the Curiosity heat.

The Observer is equipped with a gravimeter, magnetometer, radiometer and multi-beam prospector. It can use changes in resistivity changes and other related parameters caused by different natural electric fields and geological structures to determine and analyze the geological anomalies to be found. The range is

The radius is 5 kilometers and the depth is 100 meters.

At the same time, it can also extend its robotic arm, drill into rocks, collect samples, and conduct laboratory analysis inside the fuselage.

Having this guy here can solve a lot of problems.

Such high-end equipment must be worth more than one billion U.S. dollars. Any country or institution that obtains it will treasure it and use it properly.

However, in its first battle, it was sent to the extremely cold area of ​​Kupol, but this is its value. Extreme environments are where it is used. How can it be used in ordinary prospecting.

Practice has proved that the products produced by the system must be of high quality, and this guy has no problem working in the polar regions.

The diameter of each tire of the Observer is close to one and a half meters, and the wheelbase is close to four meters. It has very strong off-road capabilities.

Although the mechanical servants carry equipment on their backs, they are still a stable group.

In the afternoon of that day, a blizzard broke out in the Arnald area, with the intensity exceeding Level 7. The snowflakes were blown into white mist, and it looked like a mist to the human eye, making it impossible to distinguish the boundary between heaven and earth.

But these are nothing to the mechanical servants. They have infrared vision, and the blizzard only slightly delayed their steps.

Kupol is 400 kilometers away from Arnald, which is the distance on the map. The most appropriate way to get to Kupol is by helicopter.

But in the current weather, the helicopter cannot take off and no one can fly it.

The mechanical servants don't care about this, they just use their feet to measure it. The city of Arnald is not big, and the main buildings are along the bay.

After half an hour, we entered the ice field. There was no way to see the road, or there was no road. We could walk any way.

After entering the ice field, the vegetation became sparse, and the tall trees were no longer visible. At first, the tents and wooden houses of the herdsmen could be seen. After an hour, there was only a vast expanse of white.

After traveling for another hour, hills began to appear in the distance, with the continuous Chukchi Mountains behind them, and the Kubol Gold Mine was located within the mountains.

Although the mechanical servant was not afraid of the cold, it still took six days to complete the 400 kilometers.

Because the temperature gets lower as it goes inland and leaves the ocean. After going more than 100 kilometers inland, the temperature approaches minus 50 degrees Celsius, and the super battery is no longer usable.

To charge people and equipment, you need to build an igloo, light firewood inside, and heat the battery before charging. This greatly delays arrival.

The Kubol area is considered a basin in the mountains, and there are traces of rivers. The snow on the ground is not thick, and snow can be seen in the surrounding hills. The snow there may not melt all year round.

After arriving here, the first thing is to assume the satellite communication ground receiving station.

The satellite communication receiving station consists of: parabolic antenna, feed, high frequency head, and satellite receiver.

The parabolic antenna is just a big pot, it was disassembled when it came, and now it is put together.

The feed source is a horn-shaped device, which is installed on a bracket installed from the pot. Its position is exactly the focus of the reflected signal from the pot surface.

The function of the tuner is to downconvert and amplify the received data and transmit it to the receiver.

The satellite receiver demodulates the satellite signal sent from the tuner and demodulates the data signal.

To use this device, you must insert a satellite receiving card. The card is authorized. There is no doubt whose card is inserted and whose signal is received.

In this place, there is no interference for hundreds of miles, and the communication effect is good.

The antenna was assumed to be on the hillside, and the mechanical servants were trained and mastered the relevant knowledge, and the receiving station was set up in half a day.

At the foot of the mountain, a temporary working base station was also set up simultaneously.

There is not much space inside the base station, and a fire has been lit inside to keep warm, and then the inverter power supply has been connected to power the computer equipment.

After the computer is working, start to connect to the network and log in to the industrial assistant system. At this time, you can start hacking.

First summon the signal tower, which stands outside the base station; then exchange for equipment, what equipment?

Wind power station.

There is enough space here and there is no shortage of wind sources, making it most suitable for building wind farms.

However, the corresponding equipment has to work in extremely cold weather, and various problems will occur, which need to be adjusted and adapted during use.

These problems include: problems with the rotational efficiency of fan blades after being covered with ice; problems with brittle fracture of components such as main shafts and gearboxes that are subject to impact loads at extremely cold temperatures; low-temperature fatigue of bases, towers and other metal materials and welds

Problems; load problems of wires in extremely cold weather, etc.

Construction and assembly are also more difficult than in ordinary areas. The frozen soil here may be as deep as 100 meters. Ground facilities can only be assumed to be on frozen soil. How to drive piles and establish bases also needs to be explored and perfected.

Fortunately, the mechanical servants are the most capable employees. They can adapt to almost all kinds of harsh environments in Blue Star and are not afraid of harm. Behind them are two research centers in Donghua, with a dedicated team that can constantly improve and innovate, and refresh materials.

and technology to provide technical support for this base.

When China was about to usher in the Lantern Festival, Chen Lidong received a call from Edmund:

The ore vein was discovered. This section of the vein is 30 meters wide and approximately 3 kilometers long. The gold grade of the ore obtained in several places is 183.4 grams per ton, and the silver grade is 2557.5 grams per ton. The gold content of the drilled samples is 154.8 grams per ton.

tons, silver 548.8 grams per ton. After calculation, the average grade of this vein reached 37.5 grams per ton, silver 325 grams per ton.

The total reserves of this vein are 65 tons of gold and 560 tons of silver.
Chapter completed!