It took everyone almost three hours to reach the top of the mountain, working hand and foot. [Read the latest chapter] Looking out from here. As far as the eye can see, there are mountains high and low, with tropical savanna vegetation nearby and lush forests in the distance.
Everyone carefully observed the surrounding soil and vegetation. We also tried to dig out some areas. The soil on the hillside is relatively typical southern red soil, with no special mineral deposits. Although this iron mine is said to be 1 day old, it is still covered with several meters of soil. They have to determine which points of iron ore are worth mining - the traversers do not have the powerful machinery of modern mining to remove the covering soil on the surface of the minerals on a large scale.
After digging several exploratory excavations, Cui Yunhong was still not satisfied and decided to use modern geophysical prospecting equipment to find it. He showed off his most precious transient electromagnetic meter, fiddled with the anchor detector and sonic detector for a while, and finally identified a few locations that could be opened, and then dug down less than 1 meter. Magnetite is found. He knocked off a piece and inspected it visually. It turned out to be a rare and rich iron ore.
When Li Benqing saw the head shopkeeper playing around with some weird things, he started to dig a hole and dug out a stone and put it in his pocket like a treasure. But this stone is neither gold nor silver, nor is it the green stone that the Han people like most, so I can't help but be confused.
Cui Yunhong led the team further down the mountain for more than ten miles, and found several more mineral spots suitable for mining, and another associated pyrite ore. It's a pity that transportation is inconvenient, otherwise it would be a good fertilizer for the agricultural sector.
As for the legendary malachite mine, it has never been found, but Cui Yunhong didn't take it to heart - compared to iron, their demand for copper is very limited, and the Japanese red copper imported from Guangdong is almost enough.
Several people trekked all the way on the hillside and ridges carrying equipment, and from time to time they had to dig holes to set up equipment and draw. Under the hot sunshine, everyone was sweating profusely, and the miscanthus fragments stuck to the skin, causing pain and itching.
Finally, it was time to take a break at noon. I drank the salt water that He Ping had mixed in the morning. As for the rice cakes that everyone agreed were unpalatable, they were all eaten with a slurp. The physical exertion is too great.
"Do you want to continue the exploration in the afternoon?" Jiang Muzhi, the representative of the industrial port, asked breathlessly. His physical fitness was relatively poor and he had a lot of fat. After a whole morning of hard work, he was already a little overwhelmed.
Originally Cui Yunhong didn't want to take him to join the expedition, but Bai Guoshi left with the ship and was going to lead another expedition to Tiandu. There was no one in the team who knew much about biology, animals and plants.
"Of course, it's not easy to come here once. We have to collect as much information as possible and go back."
"God, please let me go back to the 21st century. When will this end!" Someone finally couldn't bear it anymore and wailed.
"It's like eating KFC." Someone looked at the sky with blank eyes, "There are also grilled mutton skewers, grilled chicken bones, grilled corn in front of our school..."
"It's too late to think so now, just work honestly." Cui Yunhong said with a smile.
"Isn't it difficult to mine such a big mountain?" Jiang Muzhi asked.
"Mining is not difficult," Ye Yuming said. "If you completely ignore the laws and regulations on mine safety production, just give me fifty workers. It is purely manual operation and only works one shift during the day. It is no problem for each person to produce 2 tons of ore per day. We can produce 100 tons in one day. The ore is almost 40,000 tons of iron ore throughout the year." He used to work in mine safety supervision and knew a lot about mine blasting and mining.
"Aren't you running a black coal mine?"
"It's not black, it's just average. Besides, this kind of 1U sky mine doesn't need to dig tunnels at all. Just remove the outer covering soil." Ye Yuming looked around the mountain, "In fact, the amount of earth and stone in this mountain is It’s not too big. If you have enough explosives, you can completely blow it up——”
Several people gasped, and the whole thing exploded? Darling, it’s really a big deal to just kill a mountain.
Cui Yunhong knows that this is not an exaggeration. It is very common to blast off a mountaintop in a 1U sky mine, and it is not technically difficult. Whether the Crossing Group has this ability is another matter.
"Forty thousand tons of iron ore a year, Ji Wusheng couldn't help but smile."
"Such a rich iron ore can be used to make steel directly."
“This is only based on fifty excavators working ten hours per person per day.” Ye Yuming said, “When the Japanese mined in Shilu, each worker worked 14 hours per shift, and the quota was 8 tons. In addition to a small number of pneumatic picks, the mines at that time did not have much mechanized mining. With the ability of our group, we could maintain a mining team of 200 to 300 people and mine 150,000 tons of iron ore a year. questionable."
Cui Yunhong said: "Actually, such 1u-day mining is not a big deal, but it requires supporting facilities. Just for workers to eat, drink, and have sex, they have to build a small village, and it is not enough if the arrangement is not good. Mining and transportation require high-intensity labor, which affects the quality of life." If it is too bad, the mortality rate will be very high. Unless we engage in death mining like the Japanese do and directly use human lives to fill it, otherwise the mine will collapse in a few months."
Huang Zhao said boldly: "From now on, we will capture men from Japan and come over to mine!"
"No matter who does it, the amount of the project will not be small." Cui Yunhong said, "The difficulty with Shilu is the difficulty in transporting ore." He opened the map, "Originally, the Changhua River provided a convenient passage to the sea, but unfortunately Shilu Ridge does not Not by the Changhua River, the only feasible route is still the same as the route chosen by the Japanese back then, building a railway from Shilu to Basuo. Then going to the sea from Basuo."
However, the construction of this line was quite difficult, as the terrain along the way was complex. When the Japanese army laid this 55-kilometer railway line, tens of thousands of workers were used, and it took 5 months to complete.
The terrain of this line from Basuogang to Beili is flat, while the area from Beili to Baoqiao is hilly; east of Baoqiao is the mountainous area. The valley and hilly area between Bac Li and Baoqiao is 15 kilometers long, and the project is particularly difficult. A total of 17 bridges have been built along the line, including 3 large bridges, 3 medium bridges, 11 small bridges, and 178 culverts. All are reinforced concrete or iron frame structures. A tunnel was also built between Baoqiao and Shilu, with a total length of 25o meters.
Basuo was originally a small fishing village. In order to accommodate the entry of ore ships of more than 10,000 tons, it was expanded into an artificial port. The entire Shilukai project includes mines, railways, ports and power plants, employing a total of 140,000 workers. Tens of thousands of workers were killed or injured.
Listen to this number. Everyone felt that it was not feasible to open a mine here. Jiang Muzhi whispered: "In this case, aren't we here in vain? The executive committee will definitely not open Shilu."
"I also think that at least this idea will not be used in the first five-year plan." Ye Yuming said, "If you ask me, it would be better to go to the trouble of building a railway to the eighth place and then build a man-made port in the eighth place. Just build it directly to Tiandu, connect the two major mining areas, and ship them out from Yulin, a natural port."
"The line is about 180 kilometers long, and it's not easy. The Japanese didn't finish it until 1943."
After the discussion on the prospect of Shilu Iron Mine ended, the expedition team, which had recovered from their fatigue, continued their investigation activities on the mountains. During this period, Cui Yunhong collected other types of ores, but only malachite remained. Reluctant to meet - am I unlucky? Cui Yunhong is really puzzled. Shilu has been famous for its copper mines for hundreds of years, which means that malachite should be very common on the surface. This search did not end until it was getting late and we went down the mountain.
On the second and third days, the expedition team continued to conduct inspections and explorations around Shilu Ridge. During this period, they encountered a black bear unexpectedly. The two sides looked at each other for a few minutes and ended with the black bear retreating on its own initiative. Although Huang Zhao wanted to I'm addicted to shooting, but it's not easy to deal with such a huge creature, it's a waste.
Cui Yunhong saw that he would not find anything new if he continued to investigate, so on the morning of the fourth day, everyone broke camp and turned around. There were no words on the way. Returning to the Sancha River, the bamboo raft was still in place. After resting for a night, we boarded the boat and turned around. We disembarked quickly along the current and returned to Li Village in the afternoon.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they entered Li Village, they were surrounded by more than a dozen Li Ding. Each of these people held swords and guns and had serious faces. Many ordinary people in the village stood in the distance and looked around. This posture shocked Cui Yunhong, thinking we didn't do anything bad?
"Xiaomu, what do you think your compatriots are planning to do?"
Mu Min said helplessly: "I am from the Li ethnic group, but I can't speak the Li language -"
In a moment of panic. One of the leading figures bowed and spoke to them with a very respectful expression. However, I still can’t understand a word
Fortunately, Li Benqing was there. It turned out that this person was an Oya in the village. He said that the owner of the cave in our village was very ill. I heard that they Han merchants had a magic medicine that cured Li Benqing's cold and fever in one go. I want to ask them to give some magic medicine to save the cave owner.
Everyone was quite embarrassed when they heard this. If it was just malaria, it would be easy, just give a few more chloroquine pills. But He Ping was just a half-baked health worker. If he was asked to treat the doctor seriously, it would be fine if he happened to get it right. If someone died from the treatment - these were the family members of the brain in the village! In the 21st century, Chinese people still chase doctors and nurses in the hospital after the death of their loved ones, let alone in the primitive cottages of the 17th century.
He Ping said: "Let's go and have a look."
"Are you really prepared to go and treat this cave master?" Mu Min was really worried.
"It would be even worse not to go. I think these people are quite sincere."
"But you don't even know what disease he has!" Mu Min said anxiously, "This is the master of Yidong. If you die, everyone in the village will be angry with you, and we will be too late to save you-"
"Don't worry. I have been educated by Dr. Shi for several months. I am still confident in my basic medical skills and can always cope with it. Besides, if we really want to leave, they may not be able to stop us."
Huang Zhao nodded: "Indeed, at worst, we just have to kill him out. If you are afraid of implicating others, you can simply take Li Benqing away as well -"
"Don't worry. If it can't be cured now, I'll give you some placebo. At most, you'll be driven away, but I won't kill you."
So they agreed to treat the cave owner. The group returned to Li Benqing's residence first and took stock of the medicine box in their luggage. Because it was used by the expedition team, it contained various bandages, dressings, commonly used medicines, and anti-inflammatory drugs. All categories are available. There are also simple surgical instruments and sterile medicines.
While everyone was cleaning things, Li Benqing walked around outside and then quietly came back. With a worried look on his face, he said to Xiong Buyou: "Several shopkeepers, I'm afraid the disease of this cave owner cannot be cured with medicine-"
Xiong Buyou hurriedly asked what was going on? Li Benqing quietly told them:
It turned out that the owner of the cave had been ill for seven or eight days, and he had taken Li herbal medicine, but he still could not recover. The people in the village suspected that he had been "banned". The so-called "forbidden" is similar to the meaning of ghosts and gods in Han Dynasty. It is generally believed that some people with magical powers summon "ghosts" to harm people. The owner of the cave invited the Taoist priest to come and release the ghosts, but he couldn't do it no matter what. It is said that the "ghost" who was summoned is very powerful. As a result, no one dares to provoke this matter now.
"You are Han people, why bother to trouble the Li family." Li Benqing advised kindly, "If the person who imposed the ban is angry with you and imposes a ban on you, wouldn't it be a disaster?"
Naturally, everyone doesn't care about this, but they can't fearlessly say "We are atheist fighters." This statement is probably unconvincing.
"Don't worry, old man," Xiong Buyou comforted, "We have science -"
"Are you very good at science?" Li Benqing's rhetorical question made everyone dumbfounded. It turns out that there is no concept of God in the original religious beliefs of the Li people, and the forces of nature are called "ghosts".
As they were talking, Mu Min suddenly walked up and asked, "Since someone is said to be banning someone, is it the male or female?"
"I heard that she is a forbidden mother. The Oyas have already asked people to arrest this woman." Li Benqing shook his head and said, "A good woman, I don't know what evil she is."
"This is bad." Mu Min was a little anxious.
"What's wrong?" Everyone was confused.
Mu Min explained that whenever there is a so-called "banned" thing, Daogong will name someone as the person who "imposed the ban". The man is called "Jin Gong" and the woman is called "Jin Mother".
People who are declared as "forbidden men" and "forbidden mothers" are somewhat similar to the "wizards" and "witches" in medieval Europe. Everyone is afraid of and hates them, thinking that they may impose prohibitions on others at any time. In this way, once someone in Li Village is accused of being a "forbidden male" or "forbidden mother", the masses will often kill them. In some places, it is a little gentler, but it is inevitable such as torture and forcing the woman to take a bath. The so-called "exorcism" method. This phenomenon was not eradicated until the 1950s with the strong intervention of the People's Government.
Now that someone is recognized as a forbidden mother, this woman's life is in danger.
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The information about the "ban" of the Li people in Hainan, including all the folk customs and social customs of the Li people in this book, comes from the government's social survey data on Hainan's ethnic minorities after liberation. Many of the phenomena, customs and habits mentioned in this book actually only existed from the Qing Dynasty or even the late Qing Dynasty. Currently, there is less information available about the Li people in the Ming Dynasty. ! ~!
