Imagine the world

Chapter 327

Wago City is rich in mineral resources, but the local government has no exploration statistics at all, not even approximate data reports.The real and complete exploration data has never been provided to Wago Municipality by Wago Mining, but Sima Zhi, the leader of the working group, has now obtained a copy.

Compared with the rough exploration data of this area by the new alliance scientific expedition team, it is undoubtedly that Wago Mining has more comprehensive data.

The total area of ​​the Wagabang District is about [-] square kilometers, one-third of which is the Gobi desert.The Gobi desert stretches into its northwestern national park, which covers about a quarter of the state.

In the state area of ​​[-] square kilometers, the main mineral resources currently mined are copper and aluminum.Many high-grade ores were exported directly. Later, a pithead power station was built here, and rough processing and smelting were also carried out locally, and some refined copper and aluminum ingots were exported.

Of course, Huazhenxing knows how important strategic resources copper and aluminum are, and they are indispensable basic materials for establishing a modern industrial system. Without them, even a single wire cannot be produced.

There is also a large talc mine in the Wagobang area, mainly serpentine, which is also an important industrial raw material, and it is rare in other parts of the Black Desolate Continent.Wago Mining has been mining for a period of time, but later stopped production due to economic benefits, and temporarily sealed the original mine site.

There are also coal mines and iron mines.The location of the coal mine is close to the edge of the national park, in the foothills adjacent to the mountains.Wago Mining has specially built a pithead power plant with a total power of 15 kilowatts.After the power plant was completed and generated electricity, they started simple rough processing and refining of copper and aluminum ingots.

Speaking of power supply, Wago City also has a 100-kilowatt heavy oil power plant.The 15-kilowatt heavy oil power plant supplies the electricity demand of the [-] million citizens of Wago City; while the [-]-kilowatt pithead power plant here is designed to ensure Wago Mining's own production needs. There is no parallel between the two. network.

As for iron ore, the location is further west, at the foot of the continuous mountains in the west, the reserves are very rich, but Wago Mining did not mine it, the main reason is that its value is not great.

The quality of the iron ore here is higher than most of the iron mines in Dongguo, but there is still a gap compared to several famous iron ore producing areas in the world.There is no local demand for it. If it is used for export, the backward infrastructure here, including mining and transportation costs, will not be competitive in the international market.

It is not possible to mine wherever there is a mine, especially modern large-scale mining, which is a typical capital and labor-intensive heavy industry. It is necessary to pay attention to the most suitable economic scale and is restricted by many conditions.

The coal here is only suitable for pithead power generation, because the production of Wago Mining requires electricity.At present, the main industries of Vago Mining are copper, aluminum ore and copper and aluminum ingots. The total annual export volume is about [-] million Luo.

The [-] million Luo Yuan is just the number reported by Wago Mining to Wago Municipality. The resource tax is paid according to this figure every year, but in fact it is far more than that.

According to the internal materials obtained by Sima Zhi, its output is equivalent to the price of similar products in the international market, and the total export value should be around [-] million Luo.Wago Mining has concealed [-]% of the mining volume. The local authorities of Wago have never grasped this situation, let alone someone to take care of it.

During the mining process of copper mines, there are also associated gold and silver mines. The quantity of these products is not large, but the accumulation is actually quite considerable.

In addition, there are many other mineral deposits in the territory of Wage City, many of which, such as tungsten and manganese, are valuable in the eyes of Sima Zhi.In the early years, someone organized a comprehensive exploration, and now the most detailed information is in the hands of Wago Mining.

However, Wago Mining currently only mines three products: coal, copper, and aluminum. Among them, coal is only used to meet the needs of its own pithead power plant, while copper and aluminum are all used for export, and the production scale is very limited.

It's not that they don't want to mine other mineral deposits, but from the perspective of benefits, the existing production scale and production method are the most economical.If you want to open a mine, you must have a qualified labor force. They have hired nearly [-] local workers, which is already the limit, and special training is required.

This is the limitation of population size and education level. It is impossible for Vago Mining to invest resources in this area, and it can only use existing resources.From the perspective of infrastructure, if there is no transportation guarantee of railways and ports, more ore mined will not be transported out, and the local processing capacity will not be able to digest it.

Therefore, under the current conditions, the most profitable copper and aluminum mining by concentrated resources is already at the apex of the profit curve according to the current production scale.As for the mining rights of all minerals in the state, they can only be regarded as reserve reserves, which are reflected in the asset valuation on the financial statements.

There is still oil in the uninhabited Wago Desert. When the oil was discovered at the beginning, the Yimailei Group was ecstatic, but after various cost calculations, it was decided not to exploit it for the time being, and it could only be regarded as a reserve.

The reason is also very simple. Not far to the north of Jili Kingdom is the largest oil producing area in the world. The crude oil there is not only of good quality but also has extremely low mining costs. It has already had the most mature industrial scale.

Not far from the open sea of ​​Jiliguo, it is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Large oil tankers pass by every day. It is very convenient to import crude oil and petroleum products.Why did the Port of Fiso solve the power supply gap by first building a heavy oil power station?Because importing heavy oil for power generation is indeed convenient and cheap.

If everything starts from scratch, the construction of a new oil field on the Wago Desert is a huge upfront investment, and it will take many years of profit output to share the cost.

The overall cost of transporting the crude oil extracted here to the nearest terminal is much higher than the CIF price of crude oil imported from several oil-producing countries in the north.In the final analysis, the infrastructure here is too backward, as long as one step is behind, one step is behind.

In Walish's office, Sima Zhi not only obtained detailed materials about Wago Mining, but Hua Zhenxing, who appeared as Walish, also got another exploration report from Sima Zhi, which was about the northern part of Feisuo Port. The distribution of mineral resources in wilderness areas.

In the early years, Mo Shangtong led the members of the Straw Shoes Gang to conduct exploration in that area. Later, the new alliance organized a special geological exploration team, and Sima Zhi was a member of it.

The first phase of the scientific expedition team's work has been completed. Since the new alliance immediately launched an operation to liberate Wago City, the detailed summary data has not been formed into the final report until now, and Hua Zhenxing got it immediately.

The wilderness and mountains of more than [-] square kilometers north of Feisuo Port have been bought by Huazhenhang through Huanxiang Industry, and it is also the territory where he will build the Zhenxing State in the future, so he will send such a scientific expedition team.

There are also various mineable mineral deposits in that area, including copper mines, aluminum mines, non-ferrous metal mines, coal mines, iron mines, and oil, the specific reserves and quality of which still need to be further ascertained.

The distribution and types of mineral resources in the future Zhenxingbang are highly similar to the current Wago City, but it is still a wasteland, and at least there is already a Wago mining industry here.

Therefore, a comprehensive understanding and mastery of the situation of Wago Mining is not only the guarantee for the future development of industries in Jili State, but also the accumulation of experience and training of talents for the plan of building Zhenxing State.

How did Sima Zhi get into Varish's office?Because the working group he led has been fully stationed in Vago Mining, his dedicated office is diagonally opposite to Varish's office, so that he can communicate with him at any time if there is any problem.

This was a decision made by Walish himself, not an arrangement made by Hua Zhenxing arbitrarily pretending to be Walish. Of course, it seems impossible for Walish not to make this decision, because this is Feng Zibin's suggestion.

So where is Varish now?He was on the construction site, and he also had an Eastern Mandarin name——Wagliang.

Is there a surname Wa in the Dongguo family?After all, this is the country of Jili. The New Alliance has recently implemented a resident registration system, and the locals can use a Dongguo character as their surname. Huazhenxing arranged a new identity for Walish, and the surname is Wa.

When Vagran appeared on the construction site, many workers felt great sympathy for him, and someone directly asked, "Poor guy, how much did you lose?"

On the construction site, you can often see the faces of Luoba people with lighter skin, but most of them are management or technical personnel, and the last time they are security team leaders or something.Some of them were sent from Roba Island, and some were hired locally.

There are residents of various skin colors and ethnicities in Jili State, otherwise, where did Sima Zhi collect the "Three Lakes and Twelve Beauties" in the first place?

According to incomplete statistics, there are millions of Chinese people of Eastern origin living in the Black Desolate Continent today.

These people either came to do business or to engage in construction, and more were immigrants or descendants of immigrants for various reasons in various ages.Many of them have not acquired the local nationality, but once they get married and adapt to the living environment and lifestyle here, it is not easy for them to leave.

As for the immigrants or survivors of Luoba origin, there are even more here. Except for a small number of stationed personnel, most of them are leftovers from the colonial era.

Their ancestors would come to such a dangerous and remote place. Except for a few noble leaders, most of the rest were exiled criminals, robbers who murdered and robbed, civilian servants who could not survive in their original place, and so on.

After they came here, they transformed themselves and became the appearance of the superior civilized people of the suzerain country... These are the past events, but many things are still left today.

The front-line miners of Wago Mining are almost all local aborigines, and there are very few faces like Varish.Therefore, according to the inertial thinking, everyone thought that this poor guy must owe a lot of money to the gang, so he was sent here to work as a miner.

As for the outside world has changed, the new alliance has eradicated all the gangsters, how could such a thing happen?Their brains still didn't turn around immediately.

It's a pity that Varish didn't understand what the workers were asking at all, so it was impossible to answer or explain.Varish mastered several languages. His mother tongue is Lansi, and he can also speak English and Hansi. He can even speak a few words in Banya and Goya, but he cannot understand the local dialect.

Fortunately, the foreman who led their team of workers to work could speak a few simple English conversations, at least he could communicate with Varish, otherwise the job would not be possible.

The arrival of Varish was like a white crow mixed in with a group of black crows, which made everyone very excited and even surprised.Although the language communication is not smooth, Walish can also feel that the workers have a feeling of "so you are the same as us", and seeing him seems to have regained some self-esteem.

The workers often find fault with him and bully him for fun. Seeing their happy faces, Varish can actually feel that these people are very envious of him in their bones. The reason why they like to bully him when they have nothing to do is more or less the same reason. It's so complicated!

Once, the workers bullied him too much and robbed him of his mobile phone. Finally, they were criticized and educated by the working committee members sent by the new alliance. The mine also cooperated with the working group to punish them.

Varish came to work as a miner, and he didn't bring anything else, even the clothes were prepared by Feng Zibin, and he only kept a mobile phone.Because he may be contacted at the headquarters if there is something to do, hold the mobile phone to deal with the situation at any time, anyway, the miners around him can't understand Lanxi.

Varish didn't wear make-up, but no one here knew him, and even if a company executive happened to pass by and glanced at him, he would be completely unrecognizable now with his dirty body and face, messy hair and beard.

A few days before he arrived at the construction site, his only entertainment in his spare time was to use his mobile phone. The workers were very envious of this and some people could not understand it. Why is he the only one who can use his mobile phone?That's why I took my phone away.

In fact, even if he snatches his mobile phone, it seems useless. If you want to read the news, at least you can read?Even if it is a lot of audio and video content, you have to understand it.

Another function of Valish holding the phone is that he can report the situation to Feng Zibin at any time and make various suggestions...

In short, the most difficult first week has finally passed, and the thing that Walish feels most looking forward to is the working group stationed in Vago Mining. Working groups have been established in each mining area, and special working committee members have been stationed.

The working group of the new alliance is investigating the working and living conditions of the miners, and is preparing various activity organizations.Due to various factors, Wagliang actively signed up.This is at least good for his own current situation, and he also knows that Lord Feng Zibin must want him to do so.

A week later, Varish finally saw Feng Zibin again, in his own office, and was brought here quietly in the middle of the night.Feng Zibin smiled and asked gently: "Mr. Wa, you have called me several times this week and complained every time. Are you going to complain about it today?"

Varish held his mobile phone this week and did not receive any calls from the headquarters.He once said that he can't decide many things here, but there are more things that are completely up to him.The so-called mountains are high and the emperor is far away. As long as the production tasks of Yimailei Group are completed without causing trouble, the headquarters will not bother to care about what happened here.

As for the subordinates here, they usually don't call Varish's private cell phone.Varish's habit is to talk about work during working hours and working places, and he has been very withdrawn since he came here for half a year.So he only called Feng Zibin's number this week, mainly for various complaints.

Varish replied: "I'm not complaining, I'm just stating the facts!"

Feng Zibin: "Let me sum it up for you. You first want to improve the food, and then you want to improve the accommodation and sanitation conditions. You also want to strengthen the education and management of workers, and organize more leisure activities..."

Varish: "Yes, I slept in a kennel for a week and ate pig food! Also, the construction site I'm working on is really dangerous and there are many safety hazards. I'm afraid I haven't waited for you to cure it My illness will kill me first!"

Feng Zibin: "Wago Municipality commissioned a working group to conduct a major inspection of production safety and put forward suggestions for rectification. How about starting from the mining area where you work?"

Varish: "Of course, as soon as possible!"

Feng Zibin: "Then you sign this letter of commitment and memorandum, as well as the few opinions you just mentioned. I have also sorted out specific implementation measures. You should sign it too. Your staff may not know How to implement it, but the various working groups will assist."

Varish took the two documents and read them carefully for a long time, his eyes turned red inexplicably, and signed his name with a long sigh.Feng Zibin took out a five-qi pill and said: "This time the treatment can start, it may take a long time, you have to be mentally prepared."

(End of this chapter)