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Chapter 1173 Jinshan (fourth update, please subscribe)
Why did Emperor Zhu care about the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Boer Republic?

To put it bluntly, it is because the empire needs gold!
If Emperor Zhu remembers correctly, in 1886, two young scientists from the United States and France invented the electrolytic aluminum process at the same time, pulling aluminum from the throne of the crown.

In the past twenty years, hundreds of tons of aluminum were produced every year in the secret laboratory of the empire, and those aluminum brought extremely rich returns to the empire.

Thinking that the empire would lose this income in two years, Emperor Zhu was heartbroken.

But what about heartache?
He really didn't remember the names of the two inventors who invented electrolytic aluminum. What were they called?where people?Finding them and then solving them is simply... harder than finding a needle in a haystack. After all, there is always a place to find a needle in a haystack.

Under such circumstances, Emperor Zhu naturally set his sights on South Africa.To be precise, the Boer Republic.

"gold!"

In another world, South Africa is the world's largest gold producer. Among other things, the reserves of just one Rand gold mine are equivalent to one-third of the world's.

Of course, Emperor Zhu would not miss such a huge gold mine.

Even if the Rand Gold Mine is in the Boer Republic, so what.

Establish diplomatic relations first, then use local laws to mine gold mines, and when the time is right, take the gold mines together with the Boer Republic.

Of course, Emperor Zhu's ultimate goal is not just a gold mine.Compared to gold mines, the importance of the Boer Republic far exceeds itself!

Therefore, what is needed now is to give full play to the role of the Boer Republic.

"Almost, this year!"

After Zhuge Jun left, Emperor Zhu recalled reading an article about South African gold mines when he was in college.

Historically, the "gold rush" in South Africa began in June 1884.A Nata explorer discovered a valuable gold deposit near a small village called Barberton in the De Cap region.

Subsequently, almost every day someone announced that a new gold mine had been discovered there, and "Barberton" quickly became the focus of the world.This marked the beginning of the "gold rush" in South Africa.

However, the gold mines in southern Africa are different from the gold mines in Australia, the Yukon River and other places. Those gold mines can be panned for gold with just a gold pan, but the gold mines in southern Africa are accompanied by ore.

If you want to mine the gold in the ore, you not only need to mine the ore, but you also need to crush the ore and then refine it.Whether mining gold or crushing ore requires a lot of equipment, what does that mean?
"This is an opportunity!"

The corners of Emperor Zhu's lips lifted slightly, and he said to himself.

"How can you be worthy of God if you have money but don't make money!"

Export of complete sets of equipment... This is Daming's strong point!

But for Emperor Zhu, he was not only staring at the export of equipment, but...

Speculation!

Even if the emperor is rich all over the world, he can't bear to hinder another speculation!

Besides, this is also an opportunity!
Thinking of the "Darius Plan" drawn up before, Emperor Zhu thought for a moment, then he glanced at the calendar on the table, thought for a while, and picked up the phone again.

"Hey, Qian Qing, do you have an idea about the "Darius Project"? Remember the funding issue I mentioned at the beginning? Regarding the funding issue, maybe there is an opportunity right now!"

……

After hanging up the phone, Qian Zizhuang was somewhat surprised, because the news on His Majesty's phone was really shocking.

Gold mine!

A gold mine has been discovered in Southern Africa!
Where did His Majesty get this news?

It should be the company!

The company's intelligence collection work is definitely not inferior to the existence of the Imperial Investigation Department, and even surpasses the Investigation Department to a certain extent, because the investigation department targets countries and will focus on certain countries, but the company is different , Their business organizations are scattered all over the world, and the intelligence they collect is also all kinds of intelligence.

Nine out of ten information like the gold mine was provided by the company's intelligence agency.

Soon, Qian Zizhuang called Tian Lei,

"I asked you to come here because of the "Darius plan" last time. How is the plan going now?"

"funds."

Tian Lei said directly.

"We need to develop a relatively perfect funding cover. This funding cover must be able to keep our people from attracting the attention of others. After all, money will explain everything. If there is no suitable funding cover, the plan is likely to be half implemented, and it will Exposed, after all, what we need is not just a few thousand pounds, but tens of thousands, even 10,000+ pounds.”

The current investigation department is no longer a grassroots team like it used to be. Now it has grown into an extremely professional intelligence agency that pays great attention to details.

"It's true that money will explain everything, but that's not the problem now."

Qian Zizhuang said directly,
"Just now, His Majesty sent a piece of information obtained by the company. A gold mine was discovered in southern Africa. This is likely to trigger a new round of gold rush. Now, all we need is to send our people there. participate."

"Participate in it? Panning for gold?"

Tian Lei said in surprise.

"Can the fund problem be solved by panning for gold? With a pan for panning for gold?"

"Yes, yes, we do not need to rely on gold panning to solve the funding problem, but to rely on gold panning to explain the source of funds. Of course, it is not a problem of gold panning. The local gold mines are quite special, and we need to build mines and crush ores , do you know what that means?"

Qian Zizhuang asked His Majesty's question back.

"You don't know it, it means that one person can't go it alone, they need to form a company, and then they can raise enough capital, and then there will be speculation, and all we need is to participate in it."

"Participate in it? Speculate?"

"Yes, speculation is the only way to make money!"

Qian Zizhuang said with a smile.

"We now need a person who is good at speculative business to go there, go to the local area to explore gold mines, and participate in this investment frenzy. If everything goes well, we can not only solve the funding problem of the plan, but also get extremely rich returns. Additional expenses to support the Investigations Department, after all intelligence work is inherently money-hungry."

When saying the word "after all", Qian Zizhuang waved his hands to emphasize his tone.

It is well known that intelligence work requires a lot of money. The investigation department spends enough money to build two battleships every year. This huge expenditure is not a small burden for the empire.

"Well, there is a more suitable candidate at the secret service school."

After thinking for a while, Tian Lei said.

"That student has long been in our sights. I originally planned to send him to London as a backup for 007."

Every good intelligence officer knows to leave behind some backhands when executing the plan, and Tian Lei keeps his backhands.

"There is no problem with his identity. Since two years ago, we have started to implement the plan. If necessary, there should be no problem with him."

"Okay, then use him!"

Qian Zizhuang nodded and said.

"I haven't been to the Secret Service School for a long time. If I have time, I still want to go and have a look..."

(End of this chapter)