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As soon as the bowl came up, he poured cold water on Shen Bing:

"General, although the king sent me to wait for mine prospecting, after the initial inquiries, Xiaomin thought that the possibility of mine prospecting in Yunzhong County is not high."

Shen Bing asked suspiciously:

"Why?"

Bowl answered:

"It's just that the mineral veins are mostly in the deep mountains, but Yunzhong County is located in the plains, and the mountains are under the control of the Xiongnu in the north and west..."

After thinking about it, Shen Bing understood what Bo said.

The mountains mentioned by Bo refer to Yinshan and Daqingshan in the north and Langshan and Helanshan in the west.

The former has always been the Xiongnu's sphere of influence... Even during the Li Mu period, it was not pushed to Yinshan, and it was not until Meng Tian sent troops to drive out the Xiongnu to control that area.

The latter is the rear set abandoned by Shen Bing and the surrounding areas of Xitao.

And Yunzhong County, as Bo said, a large area of ​​plains is empty all the way, south of the Yellow River and even deserts.

But Shen Bing still didn't understand.

"Dare to ask Lao Zhang." Shen Bing asked puzzledly: "Why does prospecting need to be in the mountains?"

Bo looked dumbfounded:

"If you don't explore in the mountains, where can you explore?"

Shen Bing has been questioned.

It was later that Shen Bing understood this problem.

This is actually the gap between modern people and ancient people's understanding of copper, iron, and tin mines, even the Nirvana mine.

Modern people know that minerals such as copper, iron, and tin are not necessarily found only in the deep mountains, including the nirvana (coal).

But the reason why modern people know this is because there are more modern and more advanced prospecting equipment and theoretical foundations, such as drilling a hole from deep in the earth's surface to analyze its composition.

In ancient times, there was no such equipment, and prospecting could not just find a piece of land and dig down!

Unless, like Shen Bing, he knew that Hequ had coal mines and digged them, he would not find iron ore if he was exhausted.

Therefore, the "mining prospecting" referred to in ancient times is actually more "mining prospecting".

That is, to look for exposed iron ore in the deep mountains.

This does not require any technology or knowledge, just recognize iron ore.

As for why you want to search deep in the mountains, it is because there are usually exposed mines only on the mountains...The exposed soil layer was discovered because of landslides, landslides and other reasons. It is very difficult and rare to expose the ore on the plains. .

Therefore, the 37 iron ore mines clearly recorded during the Warring States Period were all "iron-producing mountains", including Nirvana.

So people in ancient times took it for granted that these minerals are all things that grow from mountains and must be searched in the deep mountains.

So there is the saying of Bo... There is no mountain in Yunzhong County, how can I find a mine?

But this is really a problem.

Before Shen Bing, he knew roughly about the land covered by coal mines and Shanxi is a major mining province, so it is relatively easy to dig coal.

At this time, looking for these copper, tin, iron ore and no equipment, is it really necessary for the soldiers to dig all over the ground?

Or wait for the Yinshan Mountain to be laid down, or to regain the back cover or the west cover before considering the mine?

After thinking about it, Shen Bing said:

"If you want to go deep into the mountains... Yunzhong County does not have it."

"But I wonder if Lao Zhang can explore mine along the river?"

Bo looked confused:

"Exploring along the river? Xiaomin has never heard of such a method of prospecting..."

Shen Bing replied:

"Lao Zhang might as well give it a try."

"Shen Bing will pay for the old ones, and if the minerals are found, there will be another heavy reward!"

Bowl nodded without thinking.

What Bo and the group of people want is not mine, mine is meaningless to them, they only need payment.

As long as the remuneration is in place, they will be happy even if they are allowed to go prospecting in the desert.

Shen Bing confessed again:

"Especially at the turn of the river."

"It may be covered by shallow silt."

"If ore is found somewhere in the river, the mine may not be nearby, and it may rush from upstream to that place!"

Bowl nodded dubiously and faintly.

Shen Bing is actually "a dead horse as a living doctor."

Since in ancient times, prospecting could only be limited to exposed ore on the surface due to equipment restrictions, it was a river except for the possibility of exposed veins on the mountain.

The river course is actually a deep ditch dug down by the river water... The place should be flat, but after long time washed by the river, the river course gets deeper and deeper, and the two banks are highlighted.

Of course, there are exceptions. For example, the Yellow River contains a lot of sand, and the soil it brings will cover the ground layer by layer, resulting in higher and higher levels.

However, the Yellow River in the Hetao area is different from the Yellow River downstream.

The Yellow River in the Hetao area only partially passes through the Loess Plateau... A short section of the Loess Plateau is passed near Xitao, and then to the south near Yunzhong County to a large section of the Loess Plateau at the third corner of the "ji" shape. Greatly increased.

Therefore, the sand content of the Yellow River in Yunzhong County is not high.

However, whether an open-pit mine can be found depends on luck. If it is not found, we can only wait for the recovery.

Both paper and iron are too sensitive to the lifeline of the country and cannot be released for the time being.

So only textile is left.

There is no problem with textiles, and the industrialization of almost all countries begins with textiles.

There is no other reason.

Textile is to solve the "clothing" problem in "food, clothing, housing, and transportation".

It is not unreasonable for the ancients to put "clothes" in the first place.

Because "clothing" is to solve the "warm" problem in "food and clothing", it is especially important to be in the cold north.

The ancient clothing process was cumbersome and time-consuming: first planting ramie, then peeling it, soaking the fiber and spinning it into twine, then weaving the twine into a cloth, and finally the cloth can be made into clothing.

As I said before, women in ancient times didn't know how to work but stayed at home to do housework.

But the housework in ancient times was extremely heavy. Just pounding rice, weaving cloth and making clothes were almost exhausting all day long.

If the problem of "clothing" is not solved, the labor force will not be liberated: almost everyone's time and energy are spent on eating and putting on clothes. If these two problems are not solved, even survival becomes a problem. How can we go to the factory?

This is the advantage of the textile industry. It not only solves the basic survival problem of "wearing" and liberates a large number of labors, it also greatly improves production efficiency through industrial production.

The more important point is that... the textile industry is much simpler than large-machine production. It only needs hydraulic power in the initial stage.

And other machines must first have steam engines.

So there is no doubt that Shen Bing will focus on the textile industry in the commercial production of key industrial zones.

So each and every waterwheel was made...At first, Shu and others thought that these waterwheels were still used for pounding rice.

What they don't know is that the milling mill does not need to be placed in an industrial zone.

As a result, the pounding rice workshop can be placed in the city without polluting the water source.

Secondly, pounding rice workshops are more suitable for scattered distribution in the city for the convenience of the people.

Textile workshops are another matter.