HCB Chapter 455: Investigating Jinshan
Chapter 455: Investigating Jinshan
The next morning, people who knew carpentry and house building had been selected from each ship. Min Xi took a look and saw that there were quite a lot of people, so he arranged for them to follow General Yan to find a suitable place to build a house.
The houses built for the indigenous tribes should not be too far away from the Jinshan indigenous tribe, and there should be a water source nearby. The terrain should not be too low to avoid being flooded during the rainy season.
Of course, how high it will be can only be estimated, after all, no one has ever experienced the rainy season here.
Min Xi said: "I have made you work hard, but I will not let you work in vain. In addition to the military pay from the court and the wages from the employer, Lord Yun and I will give you certain rewards based on your respective contributions."
Everyone is very happy to have this guarantee, which means they can get more pay. They work hard on the ship, which is a life-threatening job, and the purpose is to make more money.
Everyone set out together. Min Xi and Yun Ji took two craftsmen to Jinshan to continue exploring the approximate distribution of the gold mines, so as to determine how to divide the gold mine range for merchant ships. By the way, they also called up Doctor Qiao to check on the conditions of the injured.
Before departure, the leader of the merchant ship asked to go along. Min Xi and Yun Ji discussed it and agreed to let them go together. At that time, the imperial court might send people to mine gold, but it should still mainly rely on merchant ships. The imperial court would only send a fleet to escort and then collect half of the profits, which was similar to the model of European countries developing the New World.
"Doctor Qiao, let me help you carry your medicine box." Min Xi took Doctor Qiao's medicine box and said, "Thank you for your hard work these days."
Doctor Qiao was born into a family of doctors in Beijing. He had suffered a little while learning medicine since childhood, but he was also pampered. When he received the imperial edict to follow the envoy to the sea, his whole family was terrified. His mother, wife and children cried for many days, and he himself was also half heartbroken. You know, he had never even left the capital, and he was worried whether he could come back alive.
However, Doctor Qiao was not completely pessimistic. After all, every scholar in the world has the ambition to read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. He had lived under the emperor's feet since he was a child and had few opportunities to travel far. This time he had the opportunity to go out, so he still had a bit of optimism. He finally had the opportunity to go out and take a look.
It was indeed new when he first left the capital, but he was a northern landlubber and was very seasick. Fortunately, he was quite capable and gave himself acupuncture, so he quickly adapted to the shaking feeling. It was not until he went out to sea that he realized the boredom and difficulty of sailing. Fortunately, he was on the same boat with Min Xi and Yun Ji, and they could pass the time by playing chess and chatting, and also listen to them talk about their experiences traveling in Europe in their early years.
Min Xi and Yun Ji also understood how difficult it was for him and were very respectful and polite to him, trying their best not to let him suffer.
Doctor Qiao felt that the journey to Nanyang was not too difficult, as he could stop at the shore every few days to replenish supplies and rest. The real hardship came after arriving here, when he had to travel every day, and his legs, which lacked exercise, were almost becoming thinner.
"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Lord Min. It's because I lack exercise and my physical strength is not as good as others." Doctor Qiao smiled awkwardly.
Yun Ji took the medicine box from Min Xi: "Give it to me."
Doctor Qiao said hurriedly, "How can I let you carry my medicine box for me?"
"It's okay. I'm in good physical condition and can handle it. But Doctor Qiao needs to exercise more. You will have to work hard in the future." Yun Ji said.
"Yes, yes! I will definitely exercise well." Doctor Qiao smiled awkwardly.
They left home early in the morning and arrived at Tulu's village early, where they first visited the two injured. After taking the medicine, the two injured had obviously improved, recovering much faster than their previous injuries, and with less pain.
Because of this, Min Xi and others have a high status in the village. Every time they come, the leader will come to greet them personally. When they came today, the leader brought them some wild fruits. Obviously, he saw that Min Xi and others were not interested in meat, but only in those fruits.
When Min Xi and others left, they called Tulu along, partly to learn the native language and partly to teach Tulu to speak their language so that he could serve as an interpreter in the future.
After arriving at Jinshan, Min Xi and his team first went to the tribe at the foot of the mountain to check on the patients. The mother and child were stable and out of danger, but the injured with fractures were still unable to move, so the effect could not be seen in a short period of time. However, after feeling the pulse, Doctor Qiao said that the condition had improved, but he just needed time to rest. Because the medicinal materials were precious, he used less and less, so he did not give him any new medicine.
Min Xi and Yun Ji took this opportunity to learn about the population of the entire tribe, counted how many houses there were, and roughly how many houses they should build.
After counting, there are about twenty-six houses in this tribe. The number of people in each household varies, some have two or three, some have seven or eight. It seems that in order to build houses for them, each household must have at least two rooms.
Min Xi and Yun Ji informed General Yan of what they had learned and asked them to look for a place first. When they found a good place, they would come to the mountain to check it out and build the house after they confirmed it. Min Xi reminded them that the selected location should not only consider water sources and flood control, but also the convenience of using local materials for building the house.
After explaining all this, Min Xi and Yun Ji went to the mine to check the situation of the gold mine. Worried that Doctor Qiao would be tired from climbing the mountain with them, they asked him to wait in the village until they were done and come back with him. Doctor Qiao was indeed not in good physical condition, so he agreed to stay in the village and wait for them.
Min Xi and Yun Ji took the craftsmen and the merchant ship's boss to walk the entire mountain, looking up and down, to determine where the mineral vein extended approximately, so that they could allocate mining areas to everyone.
There is not much of this golden mountain exposed outside. Along the mountain stream, you can see an area of about one mile. The thickness from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside is about one or two hundred meters. However, it is not certain how deep it is. We can only know by digging.
Fortunately, some traces of gold mines can be seen on the other side of the mountain, and even the hill next to it extends over there, indicating that both mountains should be gold mines, especially the exposed ore, which contains a lot of gold, so it is worth digging. This reassured the leaders of the merchant ships, and they were eager to start digging for gold.