Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 113 Arriving at Hamili, Salt Lake Mine, Coal Mine
Ever since that day, Zhang Yong and Wo Kuotai had discussed the matter and never talked about it again. They both had a very tacit understanding, as if the matter had never happened.

After more than ten days of marching, everyone finally arrived at the predetermined land, which now belongs to Wokuotai's fiefdom.

It only took them more than ten days to cross the entire land of Xiliao, and they were about to reach the border land of Xiliao.

"We are almost there. In front of us is my fiefdom, which is called Hamili. If we go about 400 miles east, we can enter the territory of the Xixia Kingdom." Wo Kuotai said.

Hamili is located to the north of the Tianshan Mountains. In the territory of Xiliao, this area is relatively rich in water resources. Because it is located in the Tianshan Mountains, there are several small and large lakes around it, and the water and grass resources are relatively abundant.

During their expedition to Khwarezm, they grazed and groomed here for a period of time.

The land here is also relatively fertile, so Wokuotai chose this place for planting. It is estimated that Genghis Khan and his army will arrive here in four or five months.

After completing supplies here, you can enter the territory of Xixia Kingdom, or go further north and directly enter the Mongolian grassland.

Hamili?Hamili!Isn’t it the Hami city in later generations?

This is the gateway city of Xinjiang and has been a transportation artery connecting the east and the west since ancient times.

It is also an important town on the Silk Road and will be known as the gateway to Xinjiang, the gateway to China, and the throat of the Western Regions in the future.

It is also the origin of Hami melon, and the watermelon seeds in his hand were cultivated in Hami, because Zhang Yong was a Hami person before he traveled through time, and these watermelons were also bought in Hami.

Wokuotai is really good at choosing places. Planting watermelons here is equivalent to growing watermelons locally without any acclimatization. It has grown here for dozens of generations, but it has just traveled back to more than 800 years ago.

So, is he back to his hometown? Homeland more than 800 years ago!Zhang Yong has such a wonderful feeling!

Unexpectedly, this is now the fiefdom of Wokuotai. Going further east, you can enter Gansu. Most of Gansu now belongs to the territory of Xixia, but part of Lanzhou belongs to the Jin Kingdom.

"This is a good place, it is the choke point to enter the Western Region. If you want to do business with the countries in the Western Region, you must take this road.

Merchants from the Central Plains must pass through here, or merchants from the Western Regions must also pass through this place. It is very similar to the city of Nanda La. This is equivalent to the city of Nanda La in the East. "Wokuotai said.

"I know this place. It was the General's Mansion of the Western Regions during the Western Han Dynasty. I lived here for a while." Zhang Yong said.

"Oh! I forgot that you are from the Han Dynasty. So you should be familiar with this area?" Wo Kuotai asked.

"I'm very familiar with it, but also very unfamiliar! Over the course of thousands of years, everything has changed." Zhang Yong said.

I am indeed very familiar with this place. With Hami City as the center, I walked eastward until I passed the Xingxing Gorge and entered Gansu. Zhang Yong once drove directly to the vicinity of Jiayuguan.

Go west, as far as the Korleba Prefecture in southern Xinjiang, and go north over the Tianshan Mountains to enter Barkol County, where there are huge natural grasslands and extremely rich water and soil resources.

The Hami area is very rich in mineral resources. The richest one is coal mines, and in addition there are some iron ores. However, none of these mineral resources are currently exploited.

There is also a huge open-air salt lake in the area near Yiwu, which is a salt-producing area. The reserves of natural mineral salt are very rich, and this is not the largest one.

More than 200 kilometers west of Hami, there is a large salt lake, where saltpeter can also be produced. There used to be a factory producing alkali sulfide, but it later closed down.

The role of salt in ancient times is self-evident. These two places must be developed well!And even if the sea changes, the locations of these two salt lakes will not change, and Zhang Yong is confident that he can find them.

There are also very rich coal resources near Mao Lake in the northeast corner of Yiwu. The coal production here is also very rich. In other words, the coal production in the Hami area is already huge.

However, it was very difficult to cross the Tianshan Mountains at this time. Unlike modern times, the Tianshan Mountains have been opened up, and it only takes one and a half hours to drive through the Tianshan Mountains.

Now if you want to climb over the Tianshan Mountains, the altitude of just a few thousand meters is enough for a person to drink a pot.

But to the west of Hami, near Sandaoling, less than 100 kilometers away from Hami, there is a natural giant open-pit coal mine.

"Father-in-law, the minerals here are very rich. Have you opened any mines here? Or have the local Uighur people under your rule opened mines here?" Zhang Yong asked.

"Uh! Are there any minerals here? I don't know. There are only a dozen Uighur villages here, and there is a small county town of Hamili. It covers an area of ​​thousands of miles, and there are only tens of thousands of people in total. That’s all.

Local people grow some food, mostly wheat and raise cattle and sheep.

Melons are also abundant here, and there is also something called Elaeagnus, which tastes good, sweet and sour.

But when it comes to mining, I don’t know. I don’t know there are mines here. What kind of mines are there? "Wokuotai asked.

"As far as I know, there are at least five coal mines, two salt mines, iron mines, and a copper mine." Zhang Yong said.

My previous occupation was quite special, and I worked in these mines.Go and deliver vegetables, water, meat and some supplies.

Most of Hami, Xinjiang, is the Gobi Desert. In addition to several important highways, there are also a large number of dirt roads.

So sometimes if you want to find these mines, you must be familiar with their terrain locations, and you are the living map.

Walking east of Hami, there is the Daming Iron Mine. In the surrounding area, there is also a titanium alloy mine that was only discovered a few years ago. I have been there several times.

Damn it, the mineral resources in this area are simply not too rich. Even in modern times, they have not been fully exploited.

However, it was still a troublesome matter for ancient manpower and material resources to mine these things. After all, there were too few local people.

"Really! Are there so many mines? Are you kidding me?" Wo Kuotai asked with surprise on his face.

Five coal mines, do you know what they are? Coal is a very good iron-making resource!
And there are two salt mines!There are actually two salt lake mines, and this guy actually knows about two salt mines!
Even he, a grassland man, knew the value of salt. As for iron ore, he didn't care. Iron ore was relatively easy to find, and there were good smelting technologies in the Central Plains and Mongolia.

What is really important is the salt mine!It's salt!
Boy, do you know the value of salt?
If we mine these two salt mines, we will completely solve the salt problem.

What can salt do?Salt can be used to marinate meat, can be used by troops, and can stabilize people's hearts.

Even getting rid of the dependence on the Central Plains, salt has been a strategic resource of the country since ancient times. Even selling salt privately is a capital crime.

So after hearing about the salt mine, Ogedai was extremely excited.

"Let's tell our men to grow watermelons, and then we'll go look for this salt lake mine. We must find it. Don't you guys know how important the salt lake mine is?" Wo Kuotai said.

He doesn't want to do anything else now, he just wants to drag Zhang Yong to look for salt mines and find salt mines, even if the watermelons can't be grown and there will be no harvest.

Both he and Zhang Yong have made great contributions, a huge contribution!He doesn't care about coal or iron ore, but the importance of salt mines is too great.

"There is one that is about 400 miles away from us, and there is another one that is closer to us, but it is also more than 360 miles away. It's just that the one 400 miles away needs to cross the entire Tianshan Mountains, while the other one doesn't need to cross the Tianshan Mountains." Zhang Yong said. (In reality, the author can also find these two salt lakes, haha, there are many salt lakes in Xinjiang.)
"It would be more troublesome to climb over the Tianshan Mountains. It is too difficult to climb over the Tianshan Mountains. Even if the salt is mined, it will be bad luck." When he heard that there was a salt mine, but he wanted to climb over the entire Tianshan Mountains, Wokuotai immediately ruled it out.

But fortunately, there is another one that doesn’t require climbing mountains.

When he got there, he directly set up a gathering place there. As for people, he could notify Genghis Khan and ask Genghis Khan to mobilize a large number of slaves to mine salt mines.

Even build a city directly nearby.

"The other one is more than 300 miles away from Hamili. We have to keep going west." Zhang Yong said.

The salt mine to the west of Hami is 200 kilometers away from Hami City. If you drive yourself, you can get there in a few hours. Now, the distance between you and others from Hami is only a hundred miles.

It should be very close to this salt mine.

Zhang Yong had to look for some familiar mountains nearby. He remembered that there was a giant green mountain package very close to the salt lake. If he looked for it himself, he should be able to find its location.

In addition to the salt lake mines, there are also small lakes and abundant water resources. You can also grow watermelons directly there.

"That is to say, it is very close to us, right? In that case, let the army rest here first, and you and I go to find the salt lake. Just drive your iron car that can run, followed by a dozen riders." Wo Kuo Tai said.

"Okay! Our target is a green mountain. It is also covered by mountains nearby. It has rich pastures and a small lake. I remember that there are some wild ducks in the small lake. You can pay attention to the movements of nearby birds. , birds generally like to live in places with aquatic plants." Zhang Yong said.

"Okay!" Wo Kuotai nodded and immediately ordered the entire army to camp here.

After marching for a full month and a half, the Mongolian army, which had never set up camp, began to set up camp more than 100 miles away from Hamili.

Then Wokuotai and Zhang Yong drove a car and took more than [-] riders with them, and began to search nearby.

Look for the huge salt lake mine that Zhang Yong mentioned.

　Hami East Salt Lake, resources include

　　The solid salt sedimentary resources mainly include rock salt, Glauber's salt and anhydrous Glauber's salt.It is estimated that the rock salt reserves are 2070 million tons, the surface Glauber's salt reserves are 322.47 million tons, and the bottom layer Glauber's salt reserves are 1490 million tons.

　　The main products for comprehensive utilization of salt lake resources include raw salt, refined salt, iodized salt, Yuanming powder, alkali sulfide, and soda ash.

　　
　
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