Zhu Long thought about it seriously. With the backward mining tools and a shortage of labor, it would take a lot of time to mine 30 tons of iron ore and transport them all to the base. It would probably take at least half a year.
This was something he absolutely could not accept!
Needless to say, mining iron ores required as many people as possible. 2,000 people were simply not enough!
Just transporting these 30 tons of iron ore to the encampment was a huge project!
Even if 2,000 people were to carry it on their shoulders, it would take at least a month or two to transport 30 tons of iron ore to the encampment five miles away!
After thinking for a while, Zhu Long came up with an idea.
In this way, the transportation process could be eliminated. Everyone only needed to mine the iron ore, saving more than half of the time.
In order to reach the mission target of 30 tons as soon as possible, Zhu Long also announced that he would temporarily stop mining coal and all 2,000 miners would come to mine iron ore.
20 tons of coal was enough for everyone to use for a long time just to keep warm. It would not be too late to mine coal when they needed it in the future.
"The labor force is still too small. We can only do this for the time being!”
Zhu Long brought 2,000 miners to the place where the iron ore was stored.
With the help of his amazing underground iron ore detection technology, Zhu Long found the precise location of the iron ore storage in the pile of rocks. According to the description on the map, the iron ore reserves in this location exceeded 50 tons, and the buried depth was only two meters. Compared to the iron ore in other locations, it was the easiest to mine.
Soon, under Zhu Long's command, the miners began to dig from the ground.
In this era, there was no large machinery like the 21st century. They could only rely on manpower to dig. The tools used by everyone were ordinary farming tools, which were very outdated. Moreover, there were many large rocks in the soil. The temperature was often below zero degrees, and they were frozen together. Therefore, the entire excavation process was not smooth.
The progress could be said to be very slow.
Zhu Long stood at the side and did not dare to be careless. He carefully checked the direction the miners were digging in. As long as there was a mistake, he would immediately correct them and let them return to the correct direction.
It took them three days to dig to a depth of 2.5 meters.
At this moment, the miners present finally saw the black and shiny iron ore!
"I didn't expect that there would be so much iron ore here!”
"With steel, we can forge a large number of advanced weapons. We don't have to worry about the invasion of the barbarians in the south!”
The Russian miners were still relatively calm, but the Han miners present were all screaming excitedly!
They knew very well that iron ore meant steel. It was too important for the rise of the Han in Siberia!
Zhu Long looked at the iron ore in the deep pit and was very excited.
The underground iron ore detection ability was indeed impressive. They actually found iron ore in this place!
Now that he had found the iron ore, he was a big step closer to refining steel!
"Everyone, prepare to mine the iron ore!”
Zhu Long waved his hand and ordered the miners present.
All the miners immediately began to move.
Originally, Zhu Long was worried that the iron ore here was relatively hard and that it would be difficult to separate it with ordinary tools. It would be very difficult to mine it. Unexpectedly, when the miners dug out the iron ore from the mine pit one after another, Zhu Long was pleasantly surprised to find that the iron ore was not particularly hard due to the high iron content!
Compared to mining coal, it didn't seem to be that difficult!
This made him very happy!
With Zhu Long personally supervising the scene, all the miners were very active in their work. In just three days, a lot of black iron ore had piled up in the open space outside the mine.
Zhu Long carefully observed the iron ore. The quality of the iron ore was very high. The iron content was at least 50%, and the weight had reached 6 tons.
At this rate, he would be able to produce 30 tons in 12 days at most. The completion of the system mission was just around the corner!
Zhu Long was extremely excited!
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