"Gem mine?"
Tang Songyuan said in surprise: "There is still a gem mine in Guokang?"
Yang Zhicheng said: "Why not? Mogok is not the only one in Myanmar that produces gems. Forty years ago, we also discovered several gem mines of a certain scale in Xishan District."
"There are both rubies and sapphires, and production reached its peak in the mid-1990s,"
"At that time, 90% of the world's gemstones came from Mogok and our Xishan area..."
He had been to Mogok during the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, and there was a gem mine there which he accounted for 10% of.
Although he never asked, Lai Qingyan would pay dividends to his account every quarter.
Tang Songyuan asked again: "What about the two gem mines that Brother Yang just mentioned?"
Yang Zhicheng said: "It's a coincidence. A few days ago, my brother Yang Zhikang came back from the Qingshui River defense line to rest and went to give pensions to a few soldiers."
"The place is remote, with high mountains and dense forests, and almost no human habitation,"
"If Zhikang hadn't happened to pass by there, no one would have thought that there would be gem veins in that kind of place."
"However, there is no accurate data yet on the exact size of the reserves, but I have arranged for people to go there to conduct detailed exploration,"
"I didn't hear that Brother Tang was coming, so I came right away..."
Tang Songyuan suddenly became interested and said with a smile: "It's still early and it's not very far from Xishan District. Why don't you take me to the scene to see it?"
Yang Zhicheng smiled heartily and said: "No problem, I can do it anytime. How about we leave now?"
Tang Songyuan also smiled and said: "Okay!"
So Tang Songyuan asked Luo Gang to lead a team of people, and Yang Zhicheng also arranged a small team of guards to escort them all the way to the newly discovered gem mine in Xishan District.
Xishan District is located between Laojie City and Hongxing District. This is where Peng Daoren used to fight guerrillas, and it can be regarded as Lao Peng's base camp.
It was precisely because of the high mountains and dense forests that the Allied forces had a chance to breathe.
Entering the Xishan District, you can see the desolation as far as the eye can see.
The terrain is rugged, with mountains and dense forests, and there are few traces of human activity.
The road was also a dilapidated dirt road, and in the end it was even impassable for cars, so the group had to get out of the car and walk.
There was soft soil and fallen branches underfoot, and there was silence all around, with only the sounds of insects and birds chirping.
Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties had always kept their perspective open to guard against possible enemy situations.
This is now a war zone, and there is a high possibility of encountering small groups of enemies interspersed with them.
After traveling through the deserted mountains and forests for nearly an hour, we finally arrived at the location of the first gem mine.
The landforms here are very distinct, with the soil showing a strange red color mixed with some particularly shaped stones.
Tang Songyuan squatted down, picked up a stone and observed it carefully. Although this stone was not a gem mine, it was also a common associated mine in gem mines. It can be seen that there are indeed gem veins under this piece of land.
He had always turned on his perspective vision, and now he also adjusted his angle to look toward the ground.
The underground scene immediately appeared before his eyes.
He saw a ruby vein that was not very deep in the underground soil. It was like a red ribbon winding in the soil, and like a giant red dragon sleeping underground.
Dots of rubies in the vein are like stars in the sky, embedded in this gemstone vein, shining with charming light.
The Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties could clearly see the direction and distribution of the mineral veins, and could even see the shape, size and quality of each ruby.
There are many gemstones with bright red color, high size and purity.
The crystal shape is good and the colors are mainly purple-red and maroon, indicating that the rubies here are of extremely high quality.
In addition to rubies, the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties also saw a lot of mineral inclusions such as rutile, calcite, dolomite, spinel, and phlogopite, which are all associated minerals of rubies.
Together they form this huge mineral vein.
The mineral vein was like the roots of a giant tree, with many branches branching out and extending underground, even beyond the one kilometer range of his perspective.
It shows that this vein is very large and has high mining value.
This made him very excited. The reserves of this vein must be very considerable.
At this moment, the exploration team previously dispatched by Yang Zhicheng also came over, led by Yang Zhicheng's cousin Yang Zhikang.
The few people met and exchanged pleasantries. When Yang Zhikang learned that Yang Zhicheng was going to hand over these two gem mines to Tang Song and Yuan for mining as collateral for a 500 million loan, he said happily:
"Brother Tang, don't worry. We have conducted rigorous exploration and found that although these two veins are not large in size, they are of very good quality. There are also many associated mines that are also very valuable."
"The only difficulty is that transportation is inconvenient, the environment is harsh, and mining is a little more difficult..."
He said that the size of the vein was not large, but Tang, Song and Yuan had seen it through perspective and found that the size of this vein was much larger than the gem mines he had seen in Lai Qingyan, Mogok.
And the further down you go, the wider the reserves of gemstones and the higher their quality.
I don’t know what kind of exploration technology Yang Zhikang used, but it is not as intuitive as the perspective vision of Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties.
But he didn't point it out explicitly, but said with a smile: "Inconvenient transportation or poor environment are not problems,"
"In my philosophy, there is no difficulty that we Han people cannot overcome, and there is no enemy that we Chinese cannot defeat."
"The harsher the environment, the more it inspires our fighting spirit. I believe I have the ability to develop these two gemstone veins."
"So I decided to invest 100 million in advance and fully exploit these two gem mines..."
The Yang brothers were also very happy after hearing Tang Songyuan's heroic words.
An investment of 100 million will definitely bring considerable economic benefits.
Yang Zhicheng also looked overjoyed and said:
"Brother Tang is indeed young and promising. I, Lao Yang, deeply admire this courage."
"Don't worry, as long as you are willing to invest, on behalf of the Allied Forces, I will fully support you..."
Then, the group rushed to another gem mine for field inspection.
Another mine was about seven or eight kilometers away from the ruby vein, and Tang, Song and Yuan also used perspective to survey it.
This gem mine mainly contains sapphires. Although the reserves are not as large as the ruby veins just now,
However, the sapphires contained in the veins have high transparency, good quality and color, and are uniform and rich in color.
In addition to blue, there are also some gemstones in other colors, including more than 20 varieties such as pink, green, and purple.
But they all belong to the category of sapphire.
Suddenly, Tang Songyuan frowned and his eyes became sharp. He looked at Luo Gang and said:
"I feel something is wrong. Send someone to the four o'clock direction to conduct reconnaissance, and be careful to stay hidden!"
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