Long before the outbreak of the Four-Nation Alliance and Denmark war, Marin had the idea of ​​developing the Failun copper mine. At the end of the war, Marin and Old Sten Sturre signed an agreement, and Marin contributed money to develop the ** copper mine. Swedish officials assisted Marin's men to build a road from Failun to the harbor of Gevle, dozens of kilometers away. The proceeds of the copper mine were half divided between Marin and Sweden. In addition, the copper mine was not paid tax, and the mining tax was calculated within half of the profit.
After the war, Marin returned to East Friesland, and then sent people to Austria and Bohemia copper production areas, recruited hundreds of experienced mining engineers, miners and smelting engineers, etc., plus the new furnace similar to the simple blast furnace left by Marin's hometown in the back mountain of his previous life, he went to Fayilun to develop the copper mine.
In addition, Marin also sent dozens of road construction engineers to find ways to build a road from Failun to Jeffle. After all, the copper mine will still have to be transported out after it is mined and smelted. Otherwise, it can only be piled in the mountains.
After the development team arrived at the Fayilun Copper Mine, they quickly conducted exploration. After the exploration report came out, everyone was shocked...
Why? For ordinary copper ores, it is good to have a copper content of more than 1%. However, the copper content of the Fayilun Copper ore is as high as 3% to 7%. Moreover, the reserves of ores are very large and difficult to estimate.
When Marin received this report, he was also shocked. Why? In later generations, the highest-tasting Spanish CLC copper mine had a grade of only 5%. The grade of the Ferylón copper mine was so high and its output was so large. No wonder it could later support Gustav II to compete for the continental power.
It is said that in the 17th century, the annual copper production of Fayilun copper mine was as high as 3,600 tons! What is this? If we divide the current silver-copper price by 3,600 by 15, it is 240 tons. Then divide the gold-silver price by 12, that is 20 tons... gold... equivalent to 5.61 million gold coins...
Even in the 17th century, the silver-copper price ratio fell between 1 and 50 and 80. We assume that the copper price fell by 5 times, and 3,600 tons of copper was worth more than one million gold coins. No wonder Gustav II was able to support an army of 10,000 or 20,000 tonnes and compete for the dominance of the continent. If Sweden's barren land was produced, not to mention supporting a army of 20,000, two thousand soldiers would be in trouble.
You should know that two-thirds of Gustav II's army were musketeers and hundreds of artillery pieces. When such an army fought, the consumption of gunpowder was amazing. So, although Gu Erye had less than 20,000 troops, his expenses could be as high as tens of thousands of cold weapons.
The blast furnace sent by Marin to the Fayilun copper mine can only process 5 tons of copper ore per day. However, the copper produced by these 5 tons of copper ore is as high as 150 to 350 kilograms. Generally speaking, an average of 250 kilograms of copper can be produced per day, which is 551 pounds.
In the first few months when I went out, I had to build new mines and buildings in the Failun area, paving roads and finding charcoal resources, in the past two months, the copper mines can produce 250 kilograms of copper ingots every day.
However, according to the report of the engineers of the paving team, Marin learned that the mountain road from Failun to Jeffle may not be repaired within three years. Therefore, the paving team gave another solution to the problem - carrying it with a mule...
From Failun to Jeffle, there are many mountain roads, which are not suitable for carriages, but mules are fine. The advantages of mules are that they can walk on mountain roads and carry things weighing three or four hundred kilograms. Therefore, the engineers of the paving team suggested introducing a batch of mules to carry the copper ingots smelted by the Failun copper mine from Failun to Jeffle.
So, Kohler, who was responsible for following up the entire project, allocated funds to buy 100 mules and sent them to carry copper ingots. In this way, 33,000 pounds of copper produced in the past two months were carried by 100 mules, each mule, and a total of 300 pounds were carried out...
After arriving at Gevler, Kohler arranged a transport ship to load 30,000 pounds of copper ingots. However, when he headed south, he docked in Stockholm and unloaded 15,000 pounds of copper ingots, which were handed over to Old Sten Sturre as dividends...
When Old Sten Steel fainted when he heard that it was only two months of dividends, he was so happy that he fainted. Fortunately, Marin sent a court doctor from the Golden Horde to the side, and quickly pinched the person and rescued the old guy. Otherwise, Old Sten Steel might have been extremely happy and sad.
At this time, Sweden had just been independent for a short time and was in a mess. However, the Swedish court had no money and could not do anything. And these 15,000 pounds of copper ingots could be exchanged for one thousand pounds of silver. How could Old Sten Sturre not be happy? Moreover, this was only a 2-month gain. In a year, wouldn’t it be a super high return of 90,000 pounds of copper (6,000 pounds of silver)?
After careful consideration and long-term vision, Old Sten Sturre decided to pay the money and send people to practice the road from Failun to Jeffle so that the carriage can be passed. As long as the output of Failun copper mine increases, the Swedish court will receive more dividends.
After leaving Sweden, the copper ship continued to move south, then passed through the Ore Strait, which was jointly controlled by Lubeck and Hamburg, entered the North Sea, and returned to East Friesland.
Then, the 15,000-pound copper ingot was transported to Orich and asked Marin to deal with it...
Seeing the piles of copper ingots in front of him, Marin was also confused. When he learned that if there were more blast furnaces, the output would increase, Marin immediately ordered that the blacksmiths create 9 more blast furnaces and dismantle them and send them to Failun for reassembly. In this way, as long as the miners' mining volume and charcoal supply keep up, the copper output will increase ten times.
Moreover, the miner's problems and charcoal problems can be completely helpful to Old Sten Sturay. Sweden has a sufficient population, with 800,000 people. It is not a problem to get some miners from Old Stenstored. As for charcoal, Sweden lacks everything, but does not lack wood. At that time, just cut more trees to smel charcoal. As for Sweden's environmental protection, Marin doesn't care, it's not his territory...
If the output is increased ten times, then the copper mine will produce 150,000 pounds of copper in two months, worth 10,000 pounds of silver. Even if 30% of the cost is eliminated, there will be a profit of 6,000 pounds of silver. In this way, the annual income can reach the level of 30,000 pounds of silver.
The only concern is whether the Swedish officials will be jealous and take back the Failun copper mine. However, in Marin's opinion, the other party should not be so short-sighted. At least, Old Sten Stewart would not be so stupid. You must know that if Marin's army had not intimidated Denmark, with Sweden's strength, it might not be able to withstand Denmark's attack. Therefore, Old Sten Stewart would not have done anything stupid to betray allies. If they had no allies, Sweden might have been re-annexed by Denmark. Historically, after Old Sten Stewart's death, Denmark quickly annexed Sweden. Later, it was not until the rise of the Vasa family that Sweden regained independence.
"Sell all these copper ingots!" Marin suddenly waved his hand and asked Kohler's men to sell the 15,000-pound copper ingots for silver.
Chapter completed!