Chapter 2819
Baikes and others spent some time reviewing the written materials, and then listened to the work reports from the bank and gold mine leaders. Then the group took a car to the nearest mine to inspect the mining conditions here.
In fact, the mining method of this gold mine is very similar to that of the Fushan Copper Mine. The ore buried underground is also mined, then screened, crushed, and smelted to obtain metal products with extremely high purity. But if we compare production capacity, the two are not at the same order of magnitude.
Walking next to the mountains of ore, Chen Yixin introduced: "These are the ores that you see have been crushed. For every one thousand kilograms of such ore, one or two coins of gold can generally be produced. About five coins is ideal." situation.”
Bai Letong exclaimed: "So the gold dug out of the gold mine is still so rare?"
Chen Yixin smiled and said: "The kind of gold bricks you saw in the vault before requires about one to two million kilograms of ore to refine. You can imagine how much manpower and material resources were spent during this period, so gold has a lot of value. High value.”
Bai Letong said suddenly: "This is the reason why things are rare and valuable."
The same mining process, but the actual output differs thousands of times, which is why the scarcity value of gold is reflected in this. However, Bai Letong thought of the banknotes he usually used. The printing cost was obviously much lower than the cost of mining gold. But as long as the currency value was linked to gold, it would have the same purchasing power as gold. He couldn't help thinking about the future. I admire people's wisdom.
Although the main industry in Linglong Town is gold mining, except for the smelting plants and bank vaults, there is almost no trace of gold anywhere else. Even the currency circulation in the town uses banknotes issued by Haihan. In terms of the circulation level of banknotes, it is not inferior to areas with developed commerce and trade such as Fushan County.
After visiting the mine, the group went to the smelting plant built next to the mine. The beneficiation and smelting process of gold mines is more complicated than that of copper mines, and more mechanical equipment is used here. The relevant responsible officials also introduced the entire process of gold smelting in great detail during their visit.
The ore mined from the mine is first sent to the jaw crusher for rough crushing, and then the cone crusher is used for secondary crushing. Only after the ore is broken into small particles of a certain size can it enter the next step.
The ore that has been crushed twice is sent to the ball mill to be ground into powder, and then sent to the spiral classifier for classification processing to screen out impurities such as mud, vegetation and trees in the ore.
The roughly selected ore is then sent to the cylindrical screen, and the concentrate is screened out through high-pressure water flushing, and then sent to the shaking table by the elimination machine, so that the concentrate sand for smelting can be produced.
When Bai Letong heard this, he was already dizzy and confused. It was even more difficult for him to understand the heap leaching, adsorption, displacement, precipitation and other production processes that followed.
And there is more to smelting ore than just this production line. In fact, there are different processing methods for different grades of ore. Even the low-grade gold-containing "waste rock" that is stripped during the mining process has special processing techniques.
The gold produced through these links is only crude gold. It requires multiple processes to remove the metal impurities contained in it and reach a higher purity before it is melted and cast into gold bricks or gold bars. After this entire production process, even a layman like Bai Letong has a deeper understanding of the value of gold.
Of course, what Chen Yixin wants to emphasize is not the complexity of the gold production process, but the various mining machinery and equipment used in the production process. He wanted to use this to show Baikes that the equipment provided by the Ministry of Industry to the Northern Region had played its due role and had received good benefits as a result. If the Executive Committee wants to promote the industrialization process of mining resource production, then the Northern Region is the most sensible choice.
After completing the inspection mission in Zhaoyuan County, Bai Kesi and his party turned southwest to Laizhou City. Compared with the areas in Dengzhou that have begun to enter the industrial era, neighboring Laizhou is closer to the original appearance of this era.
There are no mineral resources being mined near Laizhou City. The reason why they came here was partly for inspection, and partly because people from Jinan Dewangfu had been waiting for them in Laizhou for two days.
During their previous stay in Qingdao Port, Bai Kesi and his party met with Huo Mingxian, an aide of Prince De's Mansion. At that time, Huo Mingxian rushed to Qingdao Port to seek help from Bai Kesi, hoping that Haihan could relieve the pressure from the Ming court on behalf of Prince De's palace. At that time, Bai Kesi's response was relatively tough, saying that measures including military means could be taken to help the German Palace.
However, the verbal promise may not be able to completely reassure Prince De's Palace, so after Huo Mingxian went back to report the news, Prince De's Palace quickly sent someone over, planning to visit Chen Yixin and Bai Kesi in Dengzhou. When I walked to the border of Laizhou, I heard that Chen Bai and his two men were on an inspection trip, and that their next stop might be Laizhou, so they sent someone to Zhaoyuan County to deliver a letter explaining the situation, and then waited in Laizhou City.
Of course, if the person coming is still a staff member of Prince De's Mansion, then he probably is not qualified to ask Chen Yixin and Bai Kesi to change their itinerary and go to Laizhou. The main reason is that the letter sent to Zhaoyuan County was signed by the current German King Zhu Youli himself.
After the Qing army attacked Jinan City in 1639, the former German King Zhu Youshu was unfortunately captured and died. A year later, his cousin Zhu Youqi succeeded to the throne.
However, since Jinan city was looted inside and outside by the Qing army, the German king only inherited a title from his cousin. The imperial court was in financial straits and could not even come up with the money to rebuild the city of Jinan, let alone the salaries of King De's family.
After the war, every ten households in Jinan City were empty. Although Prince De's Mansion had land, no one was cultivating it. As a last resort, Prince De's Mansion had no choice but to rely on its own efforts, selling and renting the properties under its name, with the goal of obtaining enough food to make ends meet. Later, I got help from kind-hearted people and finally got over the difficulty.
Of course, this is not a pie falling from the sky. The so-called good Samaritans bring not only relief, but also other purposes. Prince De's house was soft-spoken and short-handed. When he discovered the truth, it was too late, so he had no choice but to cooperate, so he established a relationship with Haihan.
Prince De's palace needed money and food to maintain his life, and Haihan needed to expand his connections among the upper echelons of the Ming Dynasty. Both sides got what they needed, and it can be said that they hit it off. In the more than ten years since then, Prince De's Mansion has maintained contact with the Northern Region and established a certain amount of mutual trust, which is why there was an arrangement to send his children to participate in the Haihan Imperial Examination last year.
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