I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

Seeing Shimadzu Mitsuhisa shirk the blame on the construction of the steel plant, Ichiro Xiongchuan was very helpless and could only talk about another thing.

"Shimadzu-kun, should we think of something to stop the outflow of women? It's only been three months, and nearly 5,000 women have been lost from our Satsuma domain."

Ichiro Xiongchuan heard that many people were complaining that finding a wife had become difficult, and he was very worried.

"Xiong Chuan-kun has been thinking too much. Most of the women just went to work, and they will come back when they make money. The current state of affairs is difficult, and we need their efforts."

Shimadzu Mitsuhisa said helplessly.

Will be back?

This Xiongchuan Ichiro is not sure, after seeing the beautiful life of Dahua, those women will still be willing to return to the backcountry of Fusang?

"I think we should contact other feudal lords and the shogunate. It is time to unite. Otherwise, we, Satsuma Domain, cannot cope with Dahua's various means."

Kumagawa Ichiro continued to express his recent insights and opinions, but Shimadzu Mitsuhisa did not buy it.

In other words, Shimadzu Mitsuhisa is more realistic.

He knew that it would be impossible to unify Fuso through negotiation.

Only by force can real unification be accomplished.

Before the reunification, it was impossible to take Dahua's losses.

As long as the support of Dahua can be replaced and the unification is completed, all these losses are worth it.

In the end, Ichiro Xiongchuan did not get the results he wanted in Shimadzu Mitsuhisa. In desperation, he prepared to leave for Edo and go to the major clans to lobby, hoping that all the daimyo could unite.

Apart from the alliance, he couldn't think of any other way to fight against the mighty Dahua Empire.

Shimadzu Mitsuhisa's careful thinking, Qian Sule is very clear in his heart, and very supportive.

He was waiting. After Shimadzu Mitsuhisa beat the others, he would quietly sell the weapons to others and let them fight infighting.

Now, he doesn't need to pay too much attention, and his energy is still on economic plunder.

On July 1, a large ship arrived in Kagoshima.

The ship that came to Kagoshima was not to sell anything, but was a professional mining expert in Dahua.

They came here this time to be in charge of the mining of the two gold mines in Kawabe Town.

"Let's post the recruitment notice first. This time we will recruit at least 500 people."

The person in charge, Xu Jie, said.

Then, the people below get to work.

There are special translators at the port, and you can easily ask for translators to explain the propaganda to others.

The work of mining is both fortunate and dangerous, and the people of Fusang don’t really like it.

However, the salary given by Dahua Dongshan Mining Company is double that of others.

Therefore, their recruitment is also very smooth.

As long as the money is in place, no matter how hard, tiring and dangerous jobs are, there will be people doing them.

After easily recruiting more than 500 people, they headed to Kawabe Town.

There are also several large machines on the road, which are machines used to crush ores.

The most labor-intensive part of rock gold mining is smashing the ore.

With these machines, the speed of gold mining and smelting can be greatly improved and the cost can be reduced.

At the same time, Dahua also sent a force of more than 300 people to protect them and protect these machines.

Although, even if the Fusang people robbed these machines, with their industrial base, they would definitely not be able to figure out this machine, and if they figured it out, they wouldn't be able to imitate it.

But after all, it is a weapon of the country, and it still needs to be protected.

And the gold mine also needs protection, maybe some people who have eaten the bear heart leopard want to fight the autumn wind.

"This motherfucker is also called a road?"

Xu Jie scolded all the way, and the guide said that there was a way to Kawabian Town.

But the road in the concept of a guide is completely different from the road in Xu Jie's concept.

In the concept of a guide, the one who can pass people and cross the carriage is a good way.

However, for Xu Jie, who was accustomed to Dahua's super-large, super-flat, and super-straight official roads, this kind of road couldn't be called a road at all.

"Get used to it, Fusang is so backward, we will live here for a long time in the future."

Another person in charge, Tu Youan, said.

The irritability caused by the difficult journey disappeared instantly after arriving at the gold mine and seeing the quality of the ore.

The two gold mines in Kawabe Town are also of the kind that are easy to mine and of high quality.

With current exploration technology, gold deposits found are often of this type.

As for those minerals that are very difficult to mine, they often cannot be found with the current exploration technology.

"From this ton of ore, at least one hundred grams of gold can be extracted."

Xu Jie made an estimate, and his face was filled with joy.

This gold production ratio is several times or even ten times that of several domestic gold mines.

That is to say, they mine here, and the income is several times higher than in China.

Even domestic gold mining is a super cost-effective business.

Mining this kind of gold mine in front of you is really a huge profit.

"Almost, the surrounding Shimadzu's own gold mines are almost the same."

Tu Youan said.

"Let people build housing first."

Although a golden mountain is in front of him, he is also anxious

Not coming.

If you want to work here for a long time in the future, housing is the most important thing.

The first job these recruited workers did was not mining, but building houses, finding water sources, and even growing vegetables.

All in all, it's all trivial.

A few days later, they officially started mining.

Although it is not an open-pit mine, it is actually not much different. After scraping off a layer of rock on the surface, the following is the associated rock containing gold ore.

These rocks were first blasted by gunpowder, and then smashed into small pieces, which were loaded into trucks and transported to the smasher for further smashing.

After mashing, grinding, washing and brushing, displacement reaction, refining, brushing...  

The whole process, with at least a dozen procedures, is very cumbersome.

Of course, these tedious processes are worth it compared to the harvest.

After all, it only takes a few days for more than a dozen procedures.

On average, about ten tons of ore can be refined in one day, and about two kilograms of gold can be refined, which is about 18 yuan.

At the current price of grain in Dahua, you can buy 200 catties of good rice for one yuan.

In other words, they can buy almost 4,000 catties of grain with their harvest this day.

And, this is just the beginning.

As workers become proficient in their work, and as more machines and hands come over, the daily gold production here will definitely be greatly improved.

Their plan is to produce at least one hundred catties of gold a day.

After reaching this scale, the income of their gold mine can reach more than 3 million yuan per year.

Three million yuan is not a small sum for Dahua.