Chapter 451 In Daning, if you can't dig out gold, you can still dig out stones!
Daning in May and June of the lunar calendar has ushered in the best time of the year. The grass is long and warblers are flying, and cattle and sheep are growing. In addition to these usual grassland scenes, Daning has also seen some other scenes in recent years.
Gold diggers! Since the discovery of gold mines in Daning and the opening of mining licenses to the private sector, countless people with dreams of getting rich have flocked here. Those who come to Daning to dig for gold are not only people from the Beizhili area, but also people from Shaanxi
, adventurers from the Jiangnan area also rushed here. In just two or three years, 30,000 to 40,000 gold diggers moved here. Some of them came here by themselves after hearing the news, and some were hired by their employers.
No matter how they come here, the purpose of coming here is the same, which is to collect money and make a fortune!
Some people have been here for more than two years, and some people have just arrived. Have any of them gotten rich? Not to mention, some people have actually found gold and opened a gold mine! However, with tens of thousands of
Compared with the people who flocked here, those who found gold and opened gold mines were only a minority. Most of the people who came here did not become rich overnight.
Ye Liqing originally came from a poor family in Hejian. After hearing that there was a gold mine in Daning and that the mining rights were open, he invited seven or eight brothers who were hanging around on the street to come here to dig out gold.
The ideal is full, but the reality is cruel. He has been here for more than a year. He has dug several mines and visited all the unoccupied rivers and mountains in the surrounding area. In the end, he found nothing. Not to mention gold.
He didn't even occupy a silver mine, a copper mine, or even a tin mine. He was lucky.
"Brother Dali, I heard that people in Liujiawa opened a silver mine a few days ago. Now they have prepared eucalyptus at the government's side and have circled the area ready for a big fight. Why do you think we are so unlucky?
It has been more than a year and nothing has been dug out. The land that can be occupied and prepared is getting less and less. I am afraid that there will not be many opportunities to dig out mines in the future! How about we go back to our hometown in Hejian?"
After digging for a long time, nothing was found. The accomplice lay on the ground and began to complain.
"Stop talking nonsense! We've been here for more than a year and haven't dug anything. How can we tell people when we get home? Can we hang out again in the future? Don't let people look at us with their buttholes?" Ye Liqing choked angrily.
The accomplice said that they were not treated well in the river, so they came out to dig for gold and found nothing. They were afraid that their life would be even more difficult if they went back.
"What should I do if I don't go back? I can't just hang around like this forever, right? Hold rocks in someone's mine for a few days, save some money, and then just dig holes like this! It's okay if you don't go back. Let's hold rocks for others safely.
, after a year, I can save some money, and it is also a good idea to return to my hometown." How can a gold digger who has never made any progress live in this place? There are also ways, which are mines opened by the palace, or private mines.
Although laborers can't make a lot of money, they can still fill their stomachs, but many people don't do this work down-to-earth. With a little bit of savings, they will regain their dream of making gold and continue to go to the wilds to look for minerals.
"You can earn a piece of wool by holding rocks! If there are people who do that, we might as well dig a coal hole and earn money by holding rocks in a year."
"Brother, coal is not valuable in our Daning. You may not earn enough money to hold a stone in a year." Ye Liqing and the others dug mines, and the most they dug out were coal mines. But coal is really not valuable in Daning.
This place has a small population and many coal mines, so the price of coal has not been rising. That is to say, the garrison here has been purchasing. Don't say that the price of coal and land are about the same.
"Bullshit, coal is worthless now, but if the railway is completed by the end of the year, will coal still be worthless? If we dig for a few more days, if we can't find valuable minerals, we will open a coal mine and occupy the space first, and then
Invite some people from my hometown to come over. Once the railway is connected, we can all live a good life by selling coal. Daning is a good place. Even if your life is bad, you can still find a way to make a fortune. Whoever wants to go back to his hometown can go back. Anyway, I am here
I have been stuck with Daning for the rest of my life." Ye Liqing fell into a state of paranoia. When he saw that some of the people who came here got rich, he didn't want to return to his hometown as a loser. Why could others get rich?
, can’t he make a fortune? Even if he is digging coal, he will still have to stay here and make a name for himself.
"After the railway is connected, the coal here will not be worth much. There is such a coal-producing place in Beizhili, why do people spend so much money to buy coal from here? Even if it is to transport coal from Datong to Beizhili
It's more cost-effective than here. If you're digging coal, you might as well dig phyllite. At least this kind of thing is rare in other places. Whether it's a factory in Daning or an iron factory in Zhili and other places, it's necessary.
The stuff is used as fire lining material. And maybe we can dig out some good materials that can be used as seal materials."
The accomplice excitedly criticized Ye Liqing's idea of mining coal. He had a much better understanding of the market than Ye Liqing. When he was working in other mines for a living, he listened to many people with similar fates talk about this kind of things.
Topic. Not many people are optimistic about the coal mining industry in Daning. If you dig coal, you will only earn a coolie's money at most. As for the opening of the Ye La Mine, many people just talk about it, although they think it is possible.
You can earn slightly more than opening a coal mine, but no one really wants to do it. There are so many valuable mines in Daning. If you dig stone or coal, won't you miss a greater opportunity to make a fortune?
This is also a problem that Daning has become accustomed to because it is too rich in minerals. If we put it inside the customs, mining coal and curing is not profitable, but it is better than throwing food in the soil, right? You can't make a lot of money in Daning.
Everyone felt like they had suffered a big loss.
"We'll look for a mine for a few more days. If it doesn't work, we'll dig for yela. It's better to have something to do than nothing. In short, as long as we work hard in Daning, we won't starve to death. There are always ways to make money waiting for us.
.You can't make a big fortune, but you can make a small amount of money. In our hometown, what kind of serious life can people like us have? Don't talk about grievances all day long. If you don't follow me, Ye Liqing, you can meet me.
This place is full of money!"
The more setbacks he encounters, the lower his expectations will become. Three or four months ago, it was impossible for Ye Liqing to have the idea of mining coal or phyllite mines. But now, he has begun to seriously consider it.
Already.
Pyrophyllite is what later generations call pyrophyllite. Its main use is to line refractory bricks for high-temperature furnaces to prevent slag from reverse infiltration into the furnace. Pyrophyllite with good quality is also the main material for engraving seals, such as Shoushan stone and Tianhuang stone, which are very valuable.
However, the probability of producing good materials from the pyrophyllite mine in Daning is very low and can only be used as lining material for high-temperature furnaces. If Ye Liqing and others had a big vision, they should have entered this industry long ago. The metallurgical industry will definitely be in the next few decades.
It is an industry that will develop rapidly. The demand for furnace lining materials will only increase, and the market will get better and better.