The morning breeze is gentle, and the morning sun is rising

The golden sun shone on the earth, like a golden spy spread on the ground

Han Sanhu drove Yang Yue to the smelter

The smelter occupies a radius of five miles, the east is built into rows of houses, the west is the alchemy workshop, the north is stacked with many ores, and the south leads the river water in

The construction is model, and it is no different from the factory area of later generations

In the workshop, there are many coolies, craftsmen pushing carts, transporting ore from afar and piling them up in the north, like dirt and mountains

Next to the ore, there are craftsmen commanding coolies and miscellaneous laborers to tightly control the ore and return it to the downstream for washing

Everything is in order

Walking through the smelter, there are often craftsmen, coolies, and handymen bowing and saluting

Yang Yue came to the rest place of the alchemy workshop, and there was no trace of Xiao Yun, only the manager of the alchemy workshop

Knowing that Yang Yue had come to inspect, the steward hurriedly came and reported: "Lord Wang, Xiao Qian went to the minerals, and the lower officials immediately sent someone to inform."

"No need to be reminded!" Yang Yue waved his hand, slowly walked out of the resting place, and looked into the distance

At this time, the steward hurriedly approached, looked at Yang Yue's line of sight, and reported: "Lord Wang, the smelting workshop has started, with the efforts of the craftsmen, coolies, and miscellaneous servants in the workshop, there will be a hundred taels of gold every day."

Yang Yue frowned slightly, turned his head and asked, "So much?"

According to his understanding, due to the difference in the gold content of gold ore, the output of alchemy in later generations was still very small, and the rich ore of thousands of catties was at most less than half a tael, or even less

His alchemy workshop, even if the minerals are rich in gold, every thousand catties of ore, refining half a tael of gold, the need to mine stones is a very huge project

"Lord Wang, this is Lord Xiao's proposal," the steward replied

"How many laborers are there in the mine?" Yang Yue asked

"There are nearly 10,000 people, mainly responsible for transferring ores, grinding, washing, and 2,000 people in the workshop, most of whom are alchemy" The steward reported!

Hearing this, Yang Yue couldn't help but think about it, alchemy didn't seem to be as hard as he imagined

Moreover, according to the current prices, one tael of gold is exchanged for ten taels of silver, and one tael of silver is exchanged for thousands of dollars

One penny buys an egg, two pennies buy a baked cake, five pennies a bowl of knife-cut noodles, five pennies a pound of fish, and ten pennies a pound of meat.

Friends have a dinner, a hundred texts are enough, a banquet, a few hundred texts will be very rich.

The dignitaries and dignitaries set up a lavish banquet, and they only needed a few taels of silver

Even if coolies, miscellaneous laborers, and craftsmen cost ten cents a day, alchemy is still a million profits

What's more, if you improve your alchemy technique, the amount of alchemy per day will increase, and the income will be more lucrative

Sure that it is not a loss-making transaction, Yang Yue no longer spoke

When the sun was on the third pole, Xiao Yun and Li Xuanqi returned to the smelter with a few skilled alchemists

Everyone saluted Yang Yue, Xiao Yun stepped forward and reported: "Lord Wang, everything is ready, and Weichen has found a skilled alchemist."

After that, by the way, he introduced the three alchemists around him to Yang Yue

After getting to know each other, Yang Yue stared at one person and asked, "Master Hu, do you think the standard set by Lord Xiao can be fulfilled every day?"

"Lord Wang, there are usually no mistakes," the alchemist surnamed Hu said firmly

Hearing this, Yang Yue asked again: "Tell me about your alchemy method"

Master Hu didn't dare to hide it and hurriedly reported

I learned from Master Hu that in addition to using gold sand to refine gold, most of the gold was mined by burning and blasting pits.

The so-called pit explosion, to put it simply, takes wood to burn ore, with the help of the principle of thermal expansion and cold contraction, burns for 35 hours, pours cold water, and the ore is burst and broken by thermal expansion and cold contraction.

Gold miners grind it into powder and sift it with water in a bowl.

Different from the alchemy of burning water and burning fire, the earth method of alchemy is commonly used at present.

The so-called local alchemy refers to mining gold ore, transporting minerals, smashing the ore into small pieces, grinding it into powder in a stone mill, pulling it with water, letting the gold sand sink to the bottom of the water, and finally burning the gold.

At present, in the smelter, the method adopted is the local method of alchemy

Yang Yue bowed his head, stared at Master Hu with his eyes, and said loudly: "Alchemy is difficult, today, this king teaches the three of you a new alchemy method, hoping to increase the gold output of the smelter."

"Lord Wang, you know alchemy, this is impossible, according to the grass people, the best alchemy method in the world is soil refining!" Master Hu explained that he did not believe that Yang Yue had a new method

"Yes, Lord Wang, the grass people don't dare to hide it, the soil method of refining is already the most effective method," Master Han next to him echoed

At this time, Xiao Yun stepped forward and said, "The prince is proficient in alchemy, he can easily make spices, and he must be proficient in alchemy."

What he said was categorical, Xiao Yun still had doubts about alchemy in his heart, which was far from leading troops to fight

As the saying goes, interlacing is like separating mountains, and between alchemy and conquest, there are not only mountains, but also mountains that stretch for 800 miles

Yang Yue smiled confidently, his eyes swept over Xiao Yun and the three alchemists, and said loudly: "Look carefully"

As he spoke, Yang Yue took two or three steps forward, grabbed the ore and smashed it with a hammer, put the crushed stone into the stone mill, and sent the guards to grind it into powder

When all the ore is crushed, put it into the water for washing, and use the buoyancy in the water to remove the non-ore part of the ore, leaving more gold containing powder

At present, the method adopted by Yang Yue is similar to that adopted by Master Hu and Master Lin

However, the next link made Xiao Yun, the steward, and the three alchemists stunned and surprised

Yang Yue collected all the ground powder, sent Han Sanhu to bring the equipment he had specially made, and poured the collected powder into a wooden barrel filled with water, with foot pedals on both sides of the barrel, and stepped on it, and the muddy water in the barrel was tumbling

Gradually, a lot of foam appeared on the surface of the barrel, and in the flickering of the foam, Xiao Yun, the steward, and the three alchemists clearly saw some golden glittering things in the foam

For a moment, a smile appeared on his face

Gold dust?

Is it gold dust that glitters with gold?

In addition to joy, he was so excited that he didn't dare to make a sound, and his eyes stared at the foam floating on the water

The foam flowed slowly down the nearby sink and into the red-hot iron pot next to it, and the water vapor was evaporated

There is only a little miscellaneous, and you can often see a little golden thing

At this time, Yang Yue sent the guards to bring the wooden box in the carriage and took out the black sphere inside

This black ball is Yang Yue's use of wood chips, rice husks, and special activated carbon

The guards pounded out the bottom of the pot, sucked out the gold powder with the adsorption effect of activated carbon, and then put the activated carbon into the stove to burn

Staring at Yang Yue's actions, Xiao Yun, the three alchemists, had already determined that Yang Yue's method could refine gold, which was faster and more efficient

At this moment, the three alchemists moved to the stove and stared at the flames burning in the furnace, and in about half an hour, the fire in the furnace was extinguished

The three of them were impatient, poured the extinguished ashes into a wooden basin containing clear water, and kept adding clean water, and when the muddy water was clear, there was something golden at the bottom of the basin the size of a grain of rice

Gold?

Gold!

"Gold, the prince has refined gold!" Master Hu carefully pinched the gold grains and couldn't help but exclaim

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