Chapter 493: The world's largest gold and silver mine
At the next stop, Lu Bu led 30,000 navy troops to sweep Saga, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Oita and Kagoshima.
What disappointed Lu Bu was that the total population of so many places was only 50,000 or 60,000 people.
It turned out that at this time, the population distribution of Fusang was extremely uneven, and some places were empty and there was almost no population.
Then Lu Bu took all the people to a place about ninety miles northeast of Kagoshima and ordered everyone to stay here.
Xi Zhicai couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Lord, don't you transport these people back to Jiangdong? What's the reason for placing people in this wilderness?"
After Lu Bu recovered the entire Fusang, he would go back and leave Xi Zhicai to manage it here.
After coming to Fusang Island, Xi Zhicai refused in his heart when he saw the appearance of the natives of Fusang Island.
Now that I saw Lu Bu doing something very strange, Xi Zhicai certainly had to ask.
Lu Bu smiled and said to Xi Zhicai: "Zhicai, there is a gold mine here that has a very large storage capacity, so we are going to get rich!"
Stop making trouble, the gold mine is buried underground. How do you know there is a gold mine here?
This is not a tree or a bird, you can see it at a glance.
But Xi Zhicai even said that since the lord has brought the people here, it proves that the lord is really sure there is a gold mine here.
The lord never does something he is unsure of.
Xi Zhicai couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Lord, how did you know there is a gold mine here?"
Lu Bu laughed and said, "Because your lord is a god who descended to earth. As a god, of course he knows everything and everything."
How do you know? Of course, it was found out by looking up the information!
In order to check the detailed location, Lu Bu took some effort.
The Rikika Mine is now one of the few gold mountains in the world. The Rikika Mine's gold ore grade is an average of 40 grams per ton.
Generally speaking, as long as the grade can reach an average of two grams per ton, gold mines can make a profit.
It can be seen how rich the Ryuka Mine is.
The Ryukari Mine began mining in 1985, producing seven to ten tons of gold mines annually. In 23 years, the gold output reached 165 tons.
This number is more than twice the total output of the other two mines in Fusang.
Moreover, according to the detection, the Ritsuka Mine can mine at least 150 tons of gold.
However, the Hibira Mine is quite buried deep, as if it is two or three hundred meters deep.
With these 50,000 or 60,000 short legs of Fusang natives, I don’t know when they will be dug.
In the end, Lu Bu could only choose one place with the shallowest depth for mining. The depth of this place was about 100 meters, and the gold content was still good.
To mine gold here, long-term considerations are required.
First of all, there is a dietary problem, and enough food must be provided to these miners.
There are also mineral mining problems, but fortunately, Lu Bu brought some experts in mining.
Although they didn't know if there was a gold mine under the ground, they could guarantee that if there was a gold mine here and the mine depth was only about one hundred meters.
Then he can guarantee that he will be able to leave the mine in at most half a year.
Has it been half a year? It's been a bit long.
But Lu Bu can wait.
The problem of mining in the Lingji Mine was left to Xi Zhicai to deal with.
Just dealing with this problem, they stayed in Kagoshima for more than a month.
Fortunately, the navy army was returned to the Fusang natives. After receiving the letter from Lu Bu, Zhou Yu sent another 50,000 navy troops, leaving only 50,000 navy troops in Jiangdong.
After Xi Zhicai arranged the issue of mining in the Lingjia mine, he left two thousand soldiers to guard the place, and the remaining soldiers continued to move forward.
This time, they entered the mountain pass and moved forward one by one.
When Lu Bu's army came to Fusang Island to get news, it had already spread it crazily.
Of course, this is also related to Lu Bu's not preparing to block the news at all.
In the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy is so fragile and ridiculous.
The Fusang natives already knew that a group of devils entered Fusang Island.
These devils are all tall and powerful, wearing golden armor, and are invulnerable to swords and guns.
Every devil can easily kill them, and even one devil is enough to kill dozens or hundreds of them.
These devils are so terrible that the entire Fusang Island will be destroyed in the hands of the devil.
Of course, there is another saying.
That is, a group of messengers came to Fusang, whose leader was the gods descended to earth.
The messengers of the gods came to Fusang Island to save them.
Because they are poor, degenerate, morally degraded, and human nature is destroyed, even the gods can't stand it anymore.
Only by obeying the gods can there be a way out.
And this statement also has a market on Fusang Island.
Because the Fusang people are very contradictory creatures in their hearts.
On the one hand, they have a strong team spirit, they are self-disciplined and strive to improve, and they look down on the weak.
On the other hand, they indulge in lust, their morals are degraded, they worship the strong, and they are extremely inferior.
These two points have been proven in later generations.
They launched a war of aggression against many Asian countries and killed countless innocent people.
Faced with all this, they denied it, they refused to apologize, and they believed that the weak should be bullied.
On the other hand, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on their Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing many of them.
But they bowed to the United States and were more obedient than their own sons.
This is a typical example: when you get to his mother, he will call you a dad type!
Therefore, when facing Lu Bu and his group of giants whom they thought were irresistible, they were timid and frightened from the bottom of their hearts, and then subconsciously prepared to obey.
So, starting from the mountain pass, Lu Bu met the Fusang natives and became polarized.
Or they fought to the death, and in the end, they were undoubtedly killed.
Either when Lu Bu's army arrives, they obey and work hard and do whatever they ask for.
Not long after, the second batch of Fusang indigenous people were sent to Jiangdong.
So far, more than 100,000 Fusang natives have been sent out.
Then, Ryubu mined the Shiman Silver Mine in Daitan City, Shimae Prefecture.
The Ishimi Silver Mine was once one of the representative silver deposits in the world. From the beginning to the end of the mining, it has been mined for more than 400 years.
In the 17th century, silver production here accounted for one-third of the world's total silver production.
However, the mining capacity of this era is very backward.
The ore output rate is too low.
In order to release the mine as soon as possible, we can only send additional personnel.
But with the additional staff, more people are needed to serve this.
For example, they need a lot of food, so they must have enough people to farm to support these miners.
In the end, Lu Bu decided that the remaining people would not transport them to Jiangdong for the time being, and all the ores were mined here.
You should know that the ores on Fusang Island are not only gold and silver ore, but also iron sulfide, sulfur, limestone and gypsum, lead, zinc, and copper. These minerals are relatively rich in storage.
It takes a lot of manpower to mine these minerals.
Chapter completed!