Chapter 751 I have to thank him
Apart from food and drink and some things that focus on people's livelihood, what is very important for the development of civilization? It must be ore! However, for this ore, Zhou Xu did not need to confirm it city by city. He directly summoned Zhang Xuemei and asked her to report.
He himself had very limited knowledge of minerals, so if he were asked to go and see, he probably wouldn't be able to see anything.
In comparison, Zhang Xuemei has sufficient professional knowledge.
At the same time, before this, all the ore-related work here was handed over to Zhang Xuemei, who was considered the general person in charge of this entire work.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!"
As always, Zhou Xu had already opened his "Eyes of Secrets" to confirm it long before Zhang Xuemei entered the room.
This time, the other party didn't say much truth, and his loyalty increased by two points compared to the initial level, reaching sixty-three points.
This was within Zhou Xu's expectations. After all, modern people are mostly egoists who put themselves first and it is difficult for them to be loyal to anyone.
However, Zhou Xu didn't care too much. To put it bluntly, Zhang Xuemei's job was to explore geology, find mineral veins, and identify ores. There was no requirement for loyalty.
"I called you in this time mainly because I want to know the specific details of the types and quantities of the mineral veins on this land."
Without any hesitation, Zhou Xu directly stated his purpose.
After hearing this, Zhang Xuemei secretly breathed a sigh of relief and then quickly began to report.
I don’t know if it’s the influence of the geographical environment, but the number of mineral veins here is still quite considerable.
According to Zhang Xuemei's report, there are a total of two coal mines, three iron mines, two copper mines, one gold mine, two silver mines, four salt mines and one lead-zinc mine.
This is only the main mineral vein. You have to know that these mineral veins also contain associated minerals and produce various other ores. Zhou Xu, who has not done much research on this, felt a headache when he saw this.
As of now, the number of minerals discovered here far exceeds that in the Old Continent.
Of course, this is largely due to the existence of a professional like Zhang Xuemei.
Simply put, in the Old World, apart from those particularly conspicuous mineral veins, other mineral veins exist underground or in the mountains, and they don't know about them either.
It is impossible to dig up a piece of land as soon as you see it, right? After you dig it up, you can move on to the next piece. This approach is not realistic.
"In other words, all the mineral veins here have been discovered?"
Faced with this question, Zhang Xuemei shook her head.
"Although I'm doing geological exploration, if I want to find deep mineral veins, I also need some professional equipment, which is impossible to do in this era. Now the best I can do is to find some shallow mineral veins."
This answer did not surprise Zhou Xu.
The convenience of modern society lies in the fact that there are many convenient devices that simplify many things.
This has also led to the fact that many professions, and even many people, would be ruined if they left these things.
However, Zhou Xu was a man who knew how to be content. You know, when he faced minerals before, he was basically completely in the dark. Except for a few that were particularly easy to recognize, he knew nothing about the rest.
Now, at least we have Zhang Xuemei who has the relevant knowledge and professional ability, which is much better than before.
Afterwards, Zhou Xu was not ambiguous and quickly told Zhang Xuemei about his plan to transfer her to the interior of Da Zhou to conduct geological surveys and confirm mineral veins.
When Zhang Xuemei heard this, she agreed directly and said there was no problem.
Although loyalty is low, she is not a fool and knows who has the final say now.
Nowadays, both Liu Jiefang and Zhang Xuemei actually have the typical working-class mentality.
According to their thinking, working for anyone is not working for them. As long as they get paid and receive benefits, that's all.
In comparison, Liu Jiefang is more open-minded.
Before the time travel, taming homing pigeons was one of his hobbies, and he was an enthusiast who took it very seriously.
In the past, when he wanted to play, he had to consider the pressure of life and family. But now, he can raise pigeons happily every day and make money. His life is pretty good, so his mentality is naturally much better.
From this point of view, he is very similar to Ma Guotao.
But Zhang Xuemei is different. She may have a talent for geological exploration, but this is definitely not her hobby. Plus, she is very thoughtful, so her mentality is naturally not good.
Zhang Xuemei is undoubtedly a talent, and Zhou Xu still hopes that she can work for him honestly.
With this mentality, although Zhou Xu didn't know how to enlighten her, he could provide her with better treatment and rewards.
For example, every time a new mineral vein or new ore is discovered, she can be given a bonus, and when the work is finished, she can be given a month-long vacation.
A month-long vacation? That was unimaginable in this era. Even Zhou Xu himself worked non-stop and didn't give himself a few days off throughout the year.
Zhang Xuemei gets a bonus and a long vacation. Regardless of whether her life there is better than in modern times, it at least sounds pretty good, right?
As it turns out, there was some effect. By capturing Zhang Xuemei's micro-expressions, Zhou Xu was able to feel that Zhang Xuemei was happy. By the way, her loyalty also increased a little, which was a good sign.
Zhang Xuemei accepted the task, went back to pack up her things, and then set off quickly with the members of her geological exploration team.
During this period, new coins minted by the mint were delivered continuously.
As the amount of new currency reserves on hand increases, the comprehensive currency replacement work here has officially begun.
Each city has a person in charge of this work, and the person in charge in Xianyang City is naturally Li Bowen, the current minister of the administrative department.
Although the work of currency replacement has only just begun.
But the preliminary preparation work has actually started long ago.
The previous famine paralyzed the cities and left most of the people here homeless.
Zhou Xu took advantage of the famine to provide relief to the victims, promote employment for immigrants, and at the same time, took over all the private industries in the city. He then provided jobs to the new immigrants.
Li Bowen was so impressed by these methods. Compared with this great king, their previous methods were too immature.
Their king took away all the private properties in the city, and in return, the people had to thank him.
To get back to the point, all the people have become his employees, so naturally he has to pay them wages.
The wages paid out were in the form of newly minted copper coins.
Given the situation at the time, it would definitely not be enough to exchange all the currencies at once, but it was still completely possible to pay salaries every month.
In other words, the new currency has long been integrated into people's lives, forming a state where the new and old currencies coexist.
Compared with replacing everything at the beginning, this operating procedure is undoubtedly more acceptable to the people.
(End of this chapter)
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