Urban Sims

Mining is an extremely dangerous job.

No matter how careful you are and how prepared you are in advance, your chances of survival are slim in the face of sudden collapses, magma eruptions and other disasters.

And it is impossible to have a situation like Zhou Ming's world, where the government organized tens of thousands of people and hundreds of equipment to rescue, the news media broadcast live broadcasts day and night, and the people across the country anxiously waited for a miracle to happen.

There is no one to save!

In addition, through two game experiences, Zhou Ming discovered a pattern: in underground mining areas, the average life span of male miners is no more than 35 years old, and no more than 5% of miners can live to be over 40 years old.

The average life span is so short. On the one hand, the labor intensity of mining is too high, which leads to long-term physical exhaustion and accelerated aging. On the other hand, various sudden underground disasters have led to a large number of accidental deaths, about every five people. Two miners will die in mining accidents, and one will be disabled, without any compensation.

A large number of men died abnormally, which led to an imbalance in the ratio of men to women in various mining areas. There were more women than men, and polygamy became a normal phenomenon. Even so, many adult women still found it difficult to get married, especially those widows with children. No one dared In order to survive, they can only follow the mines.

Isn’t there a kind of mineral vein with fewer mining accidents, higher ore value, and rich reserves, which can ensure food and clothing for the whole family by digging for only a few hours a day?

some.

Not only that, but in the third mining area, there are more than a dozen such stable veins.

But these types of mineral veins are all occupied by a few large families in the third mining area. These families have many people, well-equipped, vicious and cruel methods. They are single-family and cannot fight against them.

Such as the Jin family brothers, Lang family brothers, Shi family brothers, Sha family brothers... As long as the mineral veins in your hands are targeted by these brothers, there is basically no possibility of keeping them.

Therefore, after experiencing two games and starting a new game, even if Zhou Ming told Tie Qiang the few stable veins he had written down, the Tie family might not be able to defend them.

"What kind of mineral resources can be exploited for a long time, have high value, and are not very laborious and dangerous?"

At this time, Zhou Ming remembered something in his mind, and Zhou Ming suddenly became extremely excited:

"I have an idea!"

Enter the game again!

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In the blink of an eye, Tie Qiang is already 16 years old. Due to adequate nutrition, he is now stronger than his two brothers. He has earned more credits in the past few years than his father and brothers combined. And due to He can often dig up some high-value rare minerals, and he is also nicknamed "Lucky Iron Strong".

He even had many "affairs". Many pretty widows and beauties in the No. 3 mining area were very fond of him and seduced him.

Of course, the young Tie Qiang couldn't help it. Even though he was only 16 years old, he had already achieved the feat of killing ten people. He accidentally became the father of two children, causing a small part of his income to flow into those women's pockets. in hand.

But he doesn't care, as long as the "grandpa" in his mind is there, he doesn't have to worry about not having enough credits.

No, as soon as he got off work today, the "grandpa" in his mind said something to him again that surprised him.

"Tie Qiang, do you want to do the kind of job where you don't have to go down mines to mine anymore, and you can sit at home every day and have countless credits in your account?"

"Think about it, of course! Is there really such a job?" Tie Qiang, who was very tired, immediately sat up from the iron bed and asked excitedly.

"Yes, as long as you find a kind of mine, a mine of infinite value."

"What mine? It's there, I'll go find it right away!"

"Water, go to shallow mining areas, water can be easily found."

"water?"

Tie Qiang was startled, then shook his head and said: "Why are you looking for water? There is no way to mine water, and you can buy it from the company. One liter of water is only worth 2 credits..."

Tie Qiang disagreed, thinking that water was nothing unusual and could not be sold for so much money. However, after he listened to the idea told to him by the "grandpa", Tie Qiang, who became more and more excited, took a short rest. After a few hours, I took my tools and set off to the place designated by the grandfather in the shallow area to look for water.

After searching for about a month, he used a rock drill to drill seven or eight holes in a row. Just when Tie Qiang was about to lose confidence, a torrent of white liquid hit the machine in his hand at high speed, hitting the flexible protective suit for a while. It hurt, and he couldn't help but let go of his hand. The rock drill fell down, and the man stepped aside to avoid the impact of the thin line of water.

"I found the water, I found the water!"

Tie Qiang shouted excitedly, and Zhou Ming in reality also drew two semi-arcs at the corners of his mouth, smiling and nodding.

Groundwater is not difficult to find. In the shallow rock formation four kilometers above the third mining area, there is a large water storage rock formation with a water storage capacity of more than 10 million tons. In the previous life, when Tie Qiang was 30 years old, a company After the exploration team accidentally cut through this rock formation, a large amount of high-pressure fresh water spewed out at a flow rate of hundreds of cubic meters per second, killing many exploration team members on the spot. About half of such a huge amount of fresh water fell downwards The water flowed into the third living area. In the following two years, the third living area was plagued by groundwater flooding.

After the water in the rock aquifer was almost gone, there was a lake with an area of ​​about ten acres in the third living area.

Zhou Ming stared at the water, what's the use?

The first is to sell money. This water is fresh water that contains various trace elements and can be directly consumed. If you collect all this fresh water, hold it in containers, and sell it at a price of 1 to 1.5 credits per liter, it will only cost 1 to 1.5 credits per liter. Calculating the drinking needs of more than 3,000 people in the third living area (2 liters per person per day), you can earn 6,000-9,000 credit points.

This does not include people's daily washing water, bathing water (people here take a bath at most twice a year), and cleaning tools...the water consumption in these aspects will not be less than the drinking water.

The second step is to cultivate the land and use the water to grow food and vegetables.

Isn’t this a joke to grow grain and vegetables 12km deep underground?

No joke, water is the source of life. Even in places with harsh environments, as long as there is water, plants can grow in even the poorest soil.

Of course, external energy supply must be added, such as light energy for plant photosynthesis.

At this time, some people may laugh. One degree of electricity provided by the mining company costs one credit point. People usually turn off the lights because they are reluctant to turn them on for one more minute. You use this precious electricity to emit light. Yes, let the plants absorb and grow. Haven't the costs been carefully calculated?

Of course Zhou Ming had done the calculation, so he planned to let Tie Qiang assemble his own generator to generate electricity and be self-sufficient.

What do you rely on to generate electricity?

Underground magma.

Yes, the temperature of underground magma is as high as more than 3,000 degrees. Even if a steam boiler is placed near the magma river, the steam will continue to expand and work under the high temperature of thousands of degrees, driving the power generation device to generate electricity. The electricity generated will then It is transmitted to the living area through wires, and the electric energy is converted into light energy through light bulbs, and the energy for plant growth is also available.

Given the level of technological development in this world, mining companies still provide materials such as high-Tesla magnets, electrical wires, copper wires, welding equipment, plastic water pipes, and high-strength steel plates.

In order to meet the tastes of different consumer groups, some cereals, beans, fruits, and even corn kernels are available, but the price is much more expensive than compressed nutritional meals.

Therefore, after successfully finding water, in the next few years, Tie Qiang enlisted the help of his brother and father to install a pressure-resistant water pipe more than 4,000 meters long. After controlling the water resources, he sold the water for a while. Earned the first pot of gold: 3 million credit points.

With these credits, they bought a batch of equipment and materials. The Tie family organized a group of people to successfully assemble a power generation device with a power of 20KW thirty kilometers underground, which was transmitted to daily life through cables. District, and under the guidance of Zhou Ming, Tie Qiang built the first greenhouse composed of glass boxes. The light bulbs on the top finally used free electricity.

Two months later, the first batch of peas matured. After picking them, the fresh texture and different taste of the pea soup cooked by my mother Hongyan instantly conquered everyone's stomach.

After waiting for another month, the rice matured, the barley matured, and the corn matured... Countless patterns began to appear on the Tie family's dining table.

Some people may want to ask, this is water, electricity, grain and vegetables. The Tie family has come up with so many tricks. Are others greedy and want it?

Of course I'm greedy, of course I want it!

Especially the Jin family brothers and the Lang family brothers, the two biggest local snakes in the third mining area, were extremely greedy and extended their hands several times, but apart from suffering losses and paying a heavy price, they got almost nothing.

It turned out that in order to protect these interests, Tie Qiang followed Zhou Ming's suggestion and used half of the profits earned from selling water to hire 30 of the best miners in the mining area to act as full-time bodyguards to protect the interests of the Tie family. There are four father and son members of the Shangtie family, as well as a dozen relatives, and nearly 50 strong men, who are completely unafraid of any power.

Moreover, after the greenhouse was built, as the scale of the greenhouse expanded and the production of grain and vegetables continued to increase, the demand for manpower also increased. The Tie family also hired some miners' wives and some extremely poor widows to work in the greenhouse. Although the salary was not very high, it greatly reduced the burden on the family and the labor intensity was not high. For a time, being able to work in the Tiejia greenhouse became the envy of women in mining areas.

but……

Will everything develop so smoothly?

After Liu Wei, the person in charge of the third mining area, reported the situation to Fang Zhihong, the manager of the E7 area, the middle-aged man in his forties thumped his desk and said expressionlessly: "I want everyone to do it like you. Mining companies, how can they dig underground mines?"