Capítulo 1833: Chapter 1835: Find It Yourself
After returning, Luohua’s most prominent figure was Yang Yuxin, as the minerals they brought back made many people’s hearts flutter.
On Sister Hong’s side, there was less attention, although her actions were not small. The market was initially opened over there, and she still needed to acquire a lot of equipnt. As for second-hand equipnt… she decided to wait a bit longer.
Liu nglong ca back from his trip but no longer contacted those dealing with second-hand equipnt. Guided by President Li, he spent his days indulging in pleasures in Zhengyang, and after drinking too much, he even made a nuisance call to Sister Hong, thanking her repetitively, but with no other intentions.
If he dared to have other intentions, President Li, for one, would not let him go. In fact, President Li had hinted multiple tis that Sister Hong’s relationship with Elder Feng was quite unusual, advising him to tone it down and not to act this way every ti he drank too much.
These were minor issues. The key was that he currently had no job temporarily and was quite bored after resting for so long, thinking of doing sothing again. Sister Hong called him and asked if his storage yard could be lent to Luohua if there wasn’t much cargo left.
Liu nglong naturally expressed that there was no problem and took the opportunity to inquire whether there was anything else he could do.
Sister Hong, actually worried about a lack of personnel, said, if you’re not busy, help manage so equipnt; put aside the second-hand equipnt for now, as there is more new equipnt. If you do well, I will have a service fee here.
Liu nglong had made a lot of money before, but he was also well aware of Luohua’s plans, knowing that the second-hand equipnt would still be useful in the future. Besides, he now had a team, all in industrial equipnt, with many people relying on him for a living.
So, even though the job did not earn much money, it was worth it to keep the team together. As long as the team didn’t disband, there would still be chances to earn big money in the future.
Therefore, he agreed very quickly, even stating that the money was not a big deal, but Sister Hong straightforwardly pointed out that making so money was not easy for him, so he shouldn’t put on a facade.
This statent particularly stimulated Liu nglong. Of course, he knew Luohua was wealthy, but now he was also a billionaire.
During this period, when he went out to purchase equipnt, others would always call him General Liu. Though he humbly said he was just a worker, people often ntioned that a billionaire capable of mobilizing billions of funds surely was being falsely modest.
Therefore, hearing “don’t put on a facade,” he once again realized the significant gap between himself and Luohua.
The ordering and delivery of equipnt this ti took almost a month. Compared to the last ti, not only was there more crude oil distillation equipnt, but also three-acid-two-alkali processing equipnt, and even an additional battery factory and three bicycle production plants.
In fact, Luohua assembled industrial equipnt for refining platinum group tals as well, which, although not a large slting factory, was indeed industrial rather than experintal extraction in nature.
Yang Yuxin expressed understanding for the concerns in the rare earth industry; however, understanding did not an she had no reservations. Therefore, she planned to attempt production locally in the mobile phone dinsion first, and if the results were not too bad, refining on both sides could work.
About half a month later, with many raw materials for production ready, everyone re-entered the mobile phone dinsion.
In the mobile phone dinsion here, they surely wouldn’t feel their long absence, and the addition of Gu Jiahui didn’t stir much curiosity, but the new production equipnt that arrived at Mount Zhige caused great curiosity: so many new things arrived?
Feng Jun handed over the tasks to Sister Hong and left in a relaxed manner, planning to search in Donghua Country to find out if there were any iron or copper mines available—since the mines in Qingyuan Prefecture were ant for trade, mines in other places wouldn’t have these issues.
Ultimately, it was Director Yang’s casual leak about iron and copper that led to this passive situation—Luohua needed to consistently supply large quantities of ore to maintain its influence in the industry.
If she only negotiated discreetly with one or two steel companies, such issues wouldn’t arise. However, Yang Yuxin intended to make the rare earth industry concede by pressuring it with another industry, which, without significant effort, won’t activate everyone’s enthusiasm.
Thus, Director Yang’s need to vent led Luohua to deeply engage in the iron ore sector.
Feng Jun supported her unruly actions—as his woman, never mind Luohua, wouldn’t let anyone be trampled on.
However… iron ore is an extraordinarily large commodity. Huaxia’s annual import volu reaches over a billion tons, so to make a sound in such a big market requires how many shipnts of iron ore?
Not to ntion, Feng Jun’s largest storage bag is over eight hundred thousand cubic ters, and considering an iron ore density of six, a full storage bag only holds five million tons, so to make an impact, at least twenty of such storage bags need to be filled?
Nonetheless, a family-established FLAG, even with tears, must be completed.
The iron, copper, and platinum mines here at Qingning Prefecture are promised for trading trains and railways, and their extraction speed is also concerning. More importantly, they can’t be mined at will. Hence, Feng Jun has no choice but to open new, undiscovered mining sites.
Are there any such mining sites? He really wasn’t sure, since these things cannot be easily inquired about—mineral deposits known by everyone are certainly under the attention of the Imperial Court. Feng Jun is not afraid of the Imperial Court but does not like hassle.
Here, hassle doesn’t an difficulty but flattery. Correct, what he dislikes the most is flattery, as he is not good at refusing people, even though at his status, putting on a magnificent facade isn’t difficult, but he always feels uneasy inside.
Especially now, except for a few ntally impaired fools—such as General Changsheng, who dares to ignore him, an Immortal—most people cannot flatter him enough.
Even the Magistrate of Qingning Prefecture, Feng Jun highly suspected, bought trains and tracks not for performance sake or to curry favor with the Ministry of War, but more likely… to get familiar with him.
Feng Jun disliked being entangled, so he personally sought mining sites, even though generally “where there is work, disciples serve,” but when it cos to seeking mines, he couldn’t rely on others; he had to do it himself.
His speed in finding mines wasn’t slow; he checked over four hundred square kiloters with a single smartphone swipe, totaling no less than two hundred thousand square kiloters a day; it just cost him a lot of Spirit Stones… and electricity too.
However, Donghua Country is enormous; he searched for ten days and didn’t even cover five percent of the area, even skipping the towns.
During this period, he indeed encountered more than once iron, copper, and aluminum mines, but aluminum ant nothing to Huaxia—it had too much of it, and the found iron and copper mines were mostly low-grade.
He actually discovered a rich copper mine, but the content was just too high, and transporting it to the Earth Realm would certainly lead to questions about its origin.
There were rich iron mines as well, but they were deeply buried, and Feng Jun deed them unsuitable for extraction due to high costs.
In fact, he also ca across an iron mine suitable for open-pit mining; unfortunately, it had already been discovered.
Nevertheless, there was so good news; Feng Jun found a small platinum tal mining area. Even though it couldn’t compare in scale to the one at Qingning Prefecture, it had not been discovered by anyone else.
And then, he finally located a large, undiscovered mining area suitable for open-pit mining—a lithium deposit!
This type of ore was indeed very good, soaring in value even in the Earth Realm, but Feng Jun was uncertain whether he should enter the lithium industry, as, with the bulk commodities alone, oil and iron ore had nearly exhausted him.
Adding another new bulk raw material, he felt he might not have enough ti left for cultivation in the forthcoming days.
Thus, he resolutely decided to return, as he had ticulously designed a route earlier for the journey, choosing a different path on his return, resulting in the discovery of high-quality iron ore.
The iron ore wasn’t exposed on the surface but wasn’t far deep either. Regretfully, the reserves were not large, estimated only at three to five billion tons, and large-scale mining wouldn’t last long.
But if it could last two or three years, it was acceptable since Feng Jun wasn’t planning to stay in this work long-term; it’s just that the reserves were rather low.
Upon returning, he unexpectedly encountered soone—Yongyi Duke.
Yongyi Duke was considered Lord Beiyuan’s backing and had conflicts with Feng Jun before. After those issues were resolved, there was no further contact.
Interestingly, Yongyi Duke ca this ti also wanting to purchase railways and tracks from him.
And Yongyi Duke candidly stated that although he and General Changsheng were related by marriage, he never liked General Changsheng; the children’s union back then was due to their own resolutions and not parental instructions.
“I’m not interested in that,” Feng Jun interrupted the topic, clearly indicating, “He offended the Immortal Family and fled the scene. Facing consequences is quite normal. But, Yongyi Duke, your situation I understand completely, and it’s unrelated to you.”
Yet, how could Yongyi Duke feel at ease? However, since the Immortal already said so, he could only smile and state this ti he intended to purchase a railway of five thousand miles and several locomotives and carriages.
This was no small undertaking, and the primary use for this railway was to transport various goods to the Capital City.
This suggestion had already received support from many officials in the Imperial Court, but many opposed it as well. The capital city had a significant, lavish population whose consumption was extraordinarily high, but it also supported a substantial number of forces making their living from this. They naturally opposed trains entering the capital.
Yongyi Duke shared this not to gain any support from Feng Jun, rather to show that he had negotiated sothing so difficult, but the paynt… so would surely delay. They needed to work out a flexible paynt thod.
Feng Jun was actually quite surprised; he thought Yongyi Duke’s negotiation of the railway was a Ministry of War order which unexpectedly turned out to concern the Ministry of Revenue.
Without money from the Ministry of Revenue, are you not just fooling ?
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