Searching for minerals along the stream is a practical method of searching for minerals. It is as simple and easy as searching for a picture. As long as a certain kind of ore is found on the river beach, it means that there is such a mine in the upper reaches of the river. During heavy rains, the ore will be washed down.
As long as you follow the water carefully and explore carefully, you can find the location of the mine.
Of course, this is just a primitive method. In the future, as you gain more experience, you will be able to summarize the distribution patterns of various mineral deposits and the geological, hydrological and vegetation characteristics of the mine location. In this way, the ore prospecting work will become more precise and accurate.
Wan Lei led everyone up the stream, cutting through thorns along the way. If these "students" were not all practitioners, strong and hard-working, they would definitely not be able to do the job. He checked several tributaries and found nothing.
After the results were obtained, a lot of exposed magnetite was finally discovered in a valley covered with vines.
Finally found the land, Wan Lei gave an order, and the trails began to excavate at fixed points, using sampling methods to predict the type and quantity of the mineral deposits, and to determine whether they were valuable for mining. After all, iron ore is rich in content on the surface, and ores can be found everywhere.
But there are very few rich ores. If it is just a poor ore or a miscellaneous ore with many impurities, it has no mining value.
After digging five pits with a depth of more than two meters, it was found that there were a lot of fine mineral sand in the soil. The further down, the more fine mineral sand there was. Wan Lei was overjoyed when he saw this, because these mines were buried shallowly and could be mined in the open. It was conservatively estimated that
There are also tens of thousands of tons, enough to use the last year and a half.
What's more important is that these ores are all single magnetite. Although there is a lot of sediment mixed with it, fortunately there are streams nearby, and the ore can be washed and selected on the spot, which saves a lot of transportation capacity. The washed ore is then recycled
By transporting it down the stream, it can be easily transported out of the mountain without even building roads.
"Put wooden signs around and let's move forward." Seeing that the sun was still high in the sky, Wan Lei had no intention of returning home. After all, he had only found the iron ore area, and he had only dreamed of getting the tungsten mine.
Not found yet.
While Wan Lei and his party were shuttled through the mountains, Beiping City ushered in an official team, headed by Wei Guogong Xu Huizu, and a group of civilian and military generals. These people were the newly sent commissioners to take charge of Shanhaiguan. Xu Huizu was appointed as the general of Zhenbei.
, responsible for the frontline defense of Shanhaiguan.
Since all the Liaodong area before Shanhaiguan was in the hands of the Yan army, and the imperial court's national strength was difficult to support, it was naturally unable to raise troops to regain the lost territory, so it temporarily took a defensive position. Xu Huizu's task was to guard the line from Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou, and slowly hoard food and grass for the army and horses.
In the future, he will march eastward and defeat Liaodong in one fell swoop.
The reason why the imperial court sent the founding Duke was because there was no one in the imperial court to send. Due to years of wars, especially last year's Northern Expedition, countless generals died for their country. Although some like Cao Guogong Li Jinglong still had a small life,
But he was so frightened that he dared not talk about military affairs even if he was beaten to death.
There was no one available in the court, so Emperor Jianwen had to delegate power to Xu Huizu, allowing him to take overall control of the military and administration of Shandong and Shanxi provinces. Although power was delegated, the court was not at ease. Qi Huangfang and others were worried that the Northern Army would be in great difficulty, so they wrote a letter to suggest
Additional civil servants were sent north, obviously to serve as auxiliary ministers to Governor Xu, but secretly to act as eyeliners to prevent Governor Xu from having evil intentions.
When such a group of uninvited guests came, Tie Xuan did not dare to be careless, and immediately took a group of recently elected officials out of the city to greet them. Of course, this was just politeness, and Tie Xuan did not treat these people as food. If they really dared
Not to mention all the officials of Shuntian Prefecture, even the common people in the whole government would not let them give in to the government affairs of Shuntian Prefecture.
"Where's Wan Lei? Why didn't you come to greet him?" Xu Huizu asked Tie Xuan as soon as they met. Obviously, he was still worried about being coerced by the Peking Army a few months ago and was still angry. Now he found out that
Wan Lei actually pretended not to come to see him, which made him even more angry.
"Wan Lei has resigned from his post to serve the people and no longer interferes with political affairs. He travels around the mountains and rivers every day, and now he has no idea where he is." Tie Xuan opened his eyes and told lies. It was clear that he was bullying these people who did not know the inside story. Now
Chairman Wan does not care about small matters such as managing the military and the people, but he always makes the decision on major matters. In terms of his ability to coordinate the overall situation, Tie Xuan considers himself inferior.
"Resigning from office to serve the people? Not necessarily. I have seen him coming in and out of Peiping from time to time, and he is very close to you. He is still holding the post of speaker in name, which is obviously a thief." Xu Huizu is not a three-year-old child.
I was not fooled by Tie Xuan's lies.
"Mr. Xu, you don't know something. The so-called speaker is just a false position, with no authority and no official salary." The new senator Zhao Honghan hurriedly explained, and other senators also repeatedly said yes, saying that all the congressmen are
These peacemakers usually do trivial things like trying to persuade people to settle disputes.
Now that everyone has explained it in this way, Xu Huizu has no intention of going into it further. Besides, there is no point in going into it. Now Shuntian Mansion is a chieftain's mansion, and the court has no right to interfere in internal matters. And Shuntian Mansion is either causing natural disasters or military disasters.
It's not a good place, just hold it down and prevent it from openly rebelling.
In order to hold down Shuntian Prefecture, Xu Huizu certainly had some tricks up his sleeve. The first move was economic blockade. After he took over the military administration of Shandong and Shanxi, his first order was to ask the states and counties in Shandong and Shanxi to block the main roads leading to Shuntian Prefecture and strictly prohibit the military and civilians.
and supplies flowed in, thereby blocking the throat of the Peiping Army and making it obey orders.
However, there are policies and countermeasures. In the past month, Shandong's business gangs have smuggled nearly 100,000 dan of grain into Shuntian Mansion under the eyes of the government, plus the batch of 20 taels that Wan Lei snapped up a month ago.
With tens of thousands of dan of grain, Shuntian Mansion now has sufficient grain reserves to last until the autumn harvest.
Xu Huizu was very angry when he heard the news. When he went north, he casually carried out a crackdown and caught some small smugglers. But it was insignificant, because these small private traders were just shrimps, and the big private traders should still smuggle. Because
The big private businessmen all had official backgrounds, and their influence was so intertwined that no matter how hard Grand Duke Xu tried to pull it out, he could not pull it out.
As smuggling continued to be banned, Xu Huizu simply came to Peiping directly. The purpose was of course to blackmail the Peiping army and make the city obey orders obediently, so as not to ruin the overall situation. Of course, Xu Huizu was not an idealist, nor was he stupid enough to think that a piece of paper
The edict was useful to the Peking Army, so he brought preferential policies.
What kind of preferential policy is it? To put it bluntly, it is a carrot plus a stick. The carrot is to provide the army with 100,000 dan per year. The price the Peiping Army has to pay is to be responsible for the defense of the areas north of Jizhou from Malanyu to Juyongguan north of Changping.
The 100-kilometer-long Great Wall defense line strictly prevents foreign enemies from invading the south.
A Li Dai Tao Zong Sheep is easy to die, and with one hundred thousand shi of grain, the Peking Army can guard hundreds of kilometers of the border for the imperial court. Not only Xu Huizu was satisfied with his proposal, but also the accompanying civil servants who were specifically looking for faults.
Everyone thinks this strategy is good, but they are afraid that the Peiping Army will not be fooled by it.
To this end, Xu Huizu also played a trick. He first withdrew the troops along the Great Wall north of Shuntian Mansion, exposing Peiping to the enemy. At this time, the Peiping army did not want to be fooled.
Don't be fooled, because that is your own door.
Not to mention, this move is really cruel. In fact, before Xu Huizu sent the complete message, the Peiping Army began to mobilize defenses. Forty thousand of the sixty thousand troops were transferred north to various passes of the Great Wall for defense, leaving only twenty thousand troops in the city for emergency response.
.If Wan Lei had not expected it and sent an envoy to the Mongolian headquarters, promising to stabilize the Mongolian headquarters with the benefit of mutual trade, otherwise the Mongolian cavalry would take advantage of the situation, which would be really bad.
After being thoroughly used, Tie Xuan was of course not polite to Xu Huizu. Not only did he immediately agree to obey the command and ask for the food, he also kept crying about poverty and asked Grand Duke Xu to be merciful and give him an additional 100,000 taels per year.
Military pay.
When someone asked for money, Xu Huizu not only didn't get angry, but secretly rejoiced in his heart: I'm not afraid that you, Tie Xuan, will be greedy, but I'm afraid that you will be strong without desire. As long as you take the money, if the Peking Army dares to be disobedient in the future, they will hold on to the money and wait for you, Tie Xuan, to take it.
Why do you want to control the soldiers below? In the end, you have to obey the court.
Of course, what Xu Huizu didn't know was that Wan Lei had already made a detailed financial plan with Tie Xuan. Even if there were no taxes in the future, even if there was no financial support from the court, he would still not be in trouble. Although there are some financial difficulties at present, there is no need to raise food prices.
The method can also cover the deficit. The capital injection from the court is just additional income, and Tie Xuan has no real intention to live on the money from the court.
The two sides negotiated various matters in a "friendly" atmosphere. Tiexuan, who had received the food and money, was no longer stingy and asked his subordinates to prepare a feast for the visiting officials. Officials at all levels also came to accompany them. At the beginning of the banquet, it was originally a one-off affair.
After three rounds of drinking together, a few petty civil servants quarreled and brought up the old story of the Peiping Army holding its own troops and threatening the court. However, before Tie Xuan could get angry, Xu Huizu first issued a seal to those guys who did not understand the overall situation.
Password.
"Alas, Shuntian Prefecture was originally a Zhili Prefecture. The people received all the benevolence from the imperial court. Scholars could also pass the scientific examination and enter officialdom. Now it is reduced to a Tusi Prefecture. What a pity for those students who study hard in poverty." A small civil servant sighed,
Of course, he is not really studying
The son called him Qu, but he did everything he could to scold Sang Huai. He scolded Tie Xuan and others here for ruining the future of all the students in Shuntian Mansion for their own power. No, before he finished his words, he attracted the support of a group of colleagues.
Everyone sighed.
Tie Xuan could be considered a veteran of the officialdom. Faced with such insinuations and attacks, he just shrugged and said: "The people of Shuntian Prefecture are simple and simple. The people work hard and fight. There is no time to study. Even if you go to the examination room, you will not be able to pass these exams."
A student who devotes himself to reading the books of saints and sages, so it’s better not to make a fool of yourself.”
In fact, Tie Xuan was very worried about the fact that Shuntian Prefecture would not be able to participate in the imperial examination in the future. However, when he sent people to count the students and scholars, he found that those who studied and became officials were either dead or ran away. Now everyone in Shuntian Prefecture
They all don't know a few Chinese characters. In this situation, it's useless even if they have qualifications for reference.
Besides, the people of Shuntian Prefecture once "coerced" the emperor. Even if the candidates here can pass high school, they will be suppressed by the imperial court, and their official career will definitely not be smooth. Those knowledgeable people feel that it is better to go to the imperial court and be looked down upon by others.
Stay in Shuntian Mansion, work for the welfare of the folks, and maybe even be elected as an official.
In such an atmosphere of public opinion, the political blockade by the court did not cause turmoil in the public sentiment of Shuntian Prefecture. On the contrary, it made more young people strengthen their determination to join the army. The folk customs of Shuntian Prefecture will only become more sturdy and unruly in the future.
Well, the imperial court shot itself in the foot with this move.
Finally, he found an issue that could lead to a fight, but he was dismissed with a casual comment. Naturally, the civil servants were not willing to accept it, and when they were about to provoke another dispute, Xu Huizu waved his hand and said: "My lord,
I won't stay in Beiping City for long as I am busy with my mundane affairs. When you see Wan Lei, ask him to come to Yongping Mansion as soon as possible."
"Well, Chairman Wan's whereabouts are uncertain, and I will have to wait a long time to see him." Zhao Hongpeng is also mature and mature, and immediately helped Wan Lei find an excuse to evade. After all, Yongping Mansion is the territory of the imperial court, and Chairman Wan is gone.
It must be that Rou Baozi is gone and will never come back. By then Shuntian Mansion will have no backbone.
"Huh, tell him, he won't come if he doesn't have the guts to come!" Xu Huizu waved his sleeves and left the table.