Capital Datang

After Feng Shijie reported the gold mine he discovered to Manila, it immediately attracted the attention of Yanbei. After all, this was the first gold mine discovered by private individuals in Luzon, and the estimated reserves were not small. Therefore, Yanbei not only met Feng Shijie in person, but also asked various yamen to give Feng Shijie convenience to mine the gold mines on the Pine Tree Plateau as soon as possible.

Speaking of which, although Luzon has been defeated, economic development and population are big problems. Although Taiwan has been immigrating, and the speed of immigration is also very fast, within a year or two, Taiwan's population may not reach the saturation, and Taiwan's population is not saturated, no one would be willing to go to Luzon.If the population of Luzon cannot increase, it will not only be detrimental to the local rule, but also the economy will not be able to develop. After all, population is the foundation of everything.

It is precisely because of these considerations that Li Yin came up with such a method, which is to use the mineral deposits in Luzon as bait to encourage private prospecting. As long as the mineral deposits are found, especially minerals such as gold and copper, it will definitely attract many people to participate. Investment, and as long as someone opens a mine, a large number of people will be attracted to move to Luzon. As long as there is a population, everything is not a problem.

After completing the formalities, Feng Shijie immediately returned to Taiwan with his people, and used the document issued by the Manila government as a voucher to obtain a loan from the headquarters of Datang Bank, which had moved to Taiwan, and then used the loan to purchase various gold mining equipment. Another group of managers was recruited. As for the miners needed for mining, Luzon is the place where slaves are produced. Although the slavery industry is in a downturn, it is still much easier to buy slaves than Taiwan.

In addition, Feng Shijie is considering that the Pine Tree Plateau is still some distance from the sea, and if he wants to repair a road on land.It is really a time-consuming and labor-intensive method, and in addition to the rainy weather in Luzon.Ordinary roads are easily washed away, but if cement roads are built.The initial investment was too large, so finally Feng Shijie gritted his teeth and bought a small steamboat.Capital Datang 508

The reason for this is because Feng Shijie remembered that the Keku River was wide and there were no major obstacles, but it was a pity that when it flowed down from the Pine Tree Plateau, the current was too fast, and ordinary boats could not get on it at all.That's why he decided to buy a steamboat. Although this kind of boat is expensive and burns coal, its power is huge enough to go upstream. It only takes a few more trips to send mining equipment and personnel to the pine tree plateau. , saving a lot of time.

After everything was ready, Feng Shijie rented a few more large boats.All kinds of equipment and personnel were sent to Luzon, but instead of going to Manila, they anchored directly at the mouth of the Keku River.But when they arrived here, Yanbei had already sent people here.A small port is being built at the mouth of the river, and a mixed army of Han Chinese and Koreans is also stationed, although the number is only 300.But it is also enough to protect the safety of gold mines and people.

The accompanying personnel temporarily stationed at the mouth of the Keku River, and then entered the river by the small steamboat.After more than ten days of non-stop transportation, all the equipment and personnel were finally sent to the Pine Tree Plateau.In addition, Feng Shijie also sent Lin Ge and the others to Manila to buy a batch of slaves, and then transported them to the plateau.

With the arrival of personnel and equipment, it was officially named the Pine Tree Gold Mine by Feng Shijie. In the early stage, it was mainly panning for gold. Countless slaves entered that river valley to pan out the gold sand at the bottom of the river.In addition, Feng Shijie also asked someone to invite a geologist from Datang.The so-called geo-teacher is actually helping people to look at the feng shui of yin and yang houses. This kind of behavior originated very early. It was already very popular in the Jin Dynasty, and it was even more prevalent in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

These geologists have been walking in the field all their lives, helping people explore geomantic omens, and accumulated a lot of knowledge about geology. They can be said to be the earliest batch of geologists, and they also have deep research on various mineral deposits. So in the past, occasionally He also helps people explore ore veins. Later, with the development of industry and commerce, Datang's demand for various mineral deposits has skyrocketed, which also makes more and more work in ore exploration. Simply study the knowledge of prospecting, and turn the original sideline business into the main business.

Feng Shijie hired a geologist who specialized in prospecting for mines. After all, he only found this river valley full of golden sand, but he hadn't found the exact vein yet.However, after the professional geologist arrived, he was shocked to find that there was more than one mineral vein in this pine tree plateau, and there were probably other gold mines around.

Feng Shijie was very shocked when he got the news, and immediately he paid a lot of money to keep the geologist a secret, and then asked the other party to help him find the ore veins, planning to take all the gold mines near the Pine Tree Plateau into his own hands.However, it is a pity that when the geologist was looking for the third ore vein, he accidentally broke his leg, and there were no good doctors in the area, so Feng Shijie had to send him to Manila for treatment. Just after recovering from his injury, he met another colleague in Manila. The two drank some wine and chatted. As a result, this guy's tongue was not strict, and he even leaked the news.

This is really a hornet's nest. In the blink of an eye, almost the whole of Manila knows that there are gold mines everywhere on the pine plateau, and a large part of it has not been explored.Almost all the people who heard the news went crazy, and most of them prepared all kinds of tools overnight, and then rushed to the Pine Tree Plateau with big bags on their backs.And when Feng Shijie knew that the news had leaked, it was too late to recover, and the entire Pine Tree Plateau was full of people looking for gold mines.

Seeing this situation, Feng Shijie cursed the unprofessional geologist, while reluctantly registering the originally discovered gold mine in Manila. Ming's gold mines will be kept, as for the others, they can only compete fairly with those prospectors who have risen up.

And when the news of the discovery of gold mines in Pine Tree Plain reached Li Min, who was listening to Chou Chou reciting the Analects of Confucius, he couldn't stop laughing. Before that, he only knew about the Nanyang Gold Mine, but he didn't expect that there was a gold mine in Luzon. Moreover, after the news spread to Taiwan, it has attracted many people from Taiwan to Luzon to look for gold mines. Although the chances are very slim, if they can find a gold mine, they can get rich overnight. But it's something that countless people dream of, so no matter how small the chance is, some people can't help but want to try their luck.

Speaking of which, there is indeed a huge group of gold mines around the Pine Tree Plateau. As soon as those prospectors arrived at the Pine Tree Plateau, news of someone discovering new mines spread one after another, which stimulated the nerves of those prospectors even more. Some people even dare to drill around the mountains alone, in order to find gold one step earlier than others.

The gold rush in Luzon quickly spread from Taiwan to the inland of the Tang Dynasty, and even the newspapers in Chang'an reported on the incident. As a result, it aroused the interest of many big businessmen, especially some wealthy people who were engaged in mining. It even regards Luzon as a treasure land. After all, if such a large gold mine can be found, there must be other associated mines.

It is precisely because of this that these powerful mining giants have also begun to take action, organizing personnel to go to Luzon for prospecting.They are much more professional than those prospectors who work alone. There are even special geologists in the team, and all kinds of equipment are very sophisticated.It is precisely because of this that their gains are much stronger than ordinary people.

With the addition of these professional prospecting teams, the gold mines around the Pine Tree Plateau were quickly explored, and all the gold mines already had their owners. Among them, Feng Shijie took the lead and became the largest gold mine owner there. The big mine owners from Taiwan and Datang occupied most of the remaining mines. As for the other small gold mines, they were found by some private prospectors, and they are also typical of getting rich overnight.

It is also worth mentioning that after the gold mines near the Pine Tree Plateau were explored, some prospecting teams did not stop because of this. Luzon now strongly supports the mining industry and has many preferential policies. In addition, there are enough slaves here. It's not too far from Taiwan, so many people are planning to do a big job here.Especially for some mining owners from Datang, they feel that both Taiwan and Luzon have a much more relaxed environment than Datang’s domestic environment. There are not many regulations on the mining industry, and it also gives them greater profits. space, so after they came to Luzon, they even had a feeling that they didn't want to go back.

With the support of the mining owners behind them, those prospecting teams began to conduct large-scale prospecting in Luzon.There are many mountains in Luzon, and the mountain roads are very rich in mineral deposits, so some other mineral deposits were discovered soon, and there were even some sporadic gold deposits, but unfortunately, none of them could compare with the gold deposits in the Pine Tree Plateau.In addition to the gold mines, it was soon discovered that there are not a few copper mines in Luzon, and most of them are rich mines, which are much stronger than the copper mines in Datang.

The discovery of two precious minerals, gold and copper, gave Luzon's economy a take-off point. Driven by the mining industry, many people from Taiwan and Tang Dynasty came to Luzon to do business or work. However, the number of Han Chinese in Luzon quickly grew from less than 10 to about [-], and with the development of the mining industry in the future, the population will only grow faster.In addition, steamship transportation has also begun to be opened between various cities in Taiwan and Luzon, making the two places more closely connected. Unless there is a major typhoon, it usually only takes one day to reach the two places.

And just when Luzon's development was on the right track, Li Yin just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but was entangled in another matter. This matter was much more important than the development of Luzon, so he had to deal with it himself. (to be continued...)