984. Magical craftsmanship (3/5)
984. The magical craftsman
Li Du looked at the black cloth used to blindfold him, and was a little amused. This general was too meticulous, right? But is this a little extravagant?
Brother Wolf was not used to losing his vision, so he shook his head at Li Du and signaled Li Du not to do this.
Li Du didn't mind that he had a pair of eyes that could see through.
He mainly felt that this was unnecessary: "General, I understand your purpose and do not want the information from your mine to be transmitted, unless..."
Speaking of this, he suddenly froze and said, "The people you work in the mine are all your internal personnel. They won't leave the mine?"
He wanted to say this, but everyone entering and leaving the mine must be covered with black cloth, right?
Even if he is covered, his territory is so big. As long as someone brings out news that he has a diamond mine here, everyone can still find the location of the mine after careful searching.
Unless, the message cannot be transmitted.
Remoin said: "There is no need to look at me with such a look. I said, I am not a cruel and violent warlord. In my diamond mine, workers can come and go freely. I pay them wages and food."
He looked at Li Du sincerely and continued: "But, believe me, Mr. Li, I did this for useful purpose, and the purpose was to protect the property of me and my people."
The contact was not long, and Li Du felt good about this warlord.
He felt that Remoin was more honest than the lion hunter, nor was he a cruel tyrant, but more like the security chief of a large factory he had ever seen.
So he nodded and said, "Okay, I'm willing to cooperate with you."
He cooperated with Remoin, but the two sides had known each other for only a few hours, so they were determined to be on guard. He released the little flying insect.
Not only did he blindfold his eyes, but the lion hunter was also blindfolded. Except for Remoin and his guards, the others were sent to two jeeps with their eyes blindfolded.
Remoin said he was a warlord, but his life was definitely not easy. Most of his jeep were rusty, and it was probably repaired by abandoned cars processed from Europe and the United States to Africa.
Through the eyes of Xiao Feizhu, Li Du saw that the car was wandering around several surrounding hills, bumping and bumping, making his butt hurt.
After some wandering, the car drove directly to the southwest.
The car drove for more than ten minutes, and there were more undulating hills around it.
Through the eyes of the little flying insect, Li Du saw a stone pile erected with some big words written in multiple languages: Mo Sanbi gives-Cecil national border!
Is this reaching the national border? Li Du thought in his mind and the car stopped.
Remoin and the guards got out of the car, and they were supported by them, walking between the mountains, and then entering a small forest growing all over the mountains.
There was a cave in the woods that was supported by stone slabs. The cave penetrated deep into the hills and they entered the cave.
Li Du suddenly realized that no wonder Remoin wanted to blindfold them and was confident that his mine would not be found.
His mine is inside the hills, so it is really not easy to find when searching from outside.
However, the mine needs to mine ore and crush it to find the diamonds inside. How does the mine work inside the hills?
The answer soon appeared in front of him:
The cave in this hill was not dug by hand, but the magic of nature. The cave stretches for hundreds of meters, tilts downward, and then a vast space appears.
Just like the karst landform, there are hollows inside the hills and large areas. An underground river flows slowly. Some soldiers stand on the shore with guns, while some black miners wash sieves in the river.
This is a high-quality diamond mine!
There is a rich Kimberley ore underground, and the ore has been washed by the river for years and has turned into sand.
As we all know, the hardness of diamonds is very terrifying, and they can be called the natural hard king in nature. The water flow can crush kimberley ore, but it will not crush diamonds.
Forever, diamonds were washed out by running water and were in the sand layer of the underworld. Workers could find diamonds in it by screening the sand.
This is how people discovered diamonds at the earliest time. At that time, four thousand years ago, the world's first diamond was discovered on the riverbed in the Golconda region of India. The riverbed there is similar to the situation in the underground river.
In advance diamonds, many people think of South Africa. In fact, India is the earliest diamond production place. Before the 18th century, most diamonds were found in India.
Those diamonds were cut naturally successfully. The raw diamonds were once worthless because they were too hard and could not be processed with the technology at that time, so the raw diamonds were not beautiful.
In addition to the soldiers carrying guns, there were also buckets, dining tables and a machine on the shore.
Li Du was about to identify what machine it was, but the guards took off the black cloth for him.
The light in the cave was very bright. After all, diamonds were found in the sand and gravel. It would be impossible to have no light. Remoning moved into several generators, and the machine was rumbling and rumbling, providing electricity continuously.
Looking at the scene in front of him, he pretended to see it for the first time and said in shock: "God, is what I see real?"
Remoin smiled proudly and said, "Yes, Mr. Li, what you see is real. Welcome to my diamond mine and welcome to visit my diamond mine."
Shortly after they arrived, a boy who seemed to be at least twelve or thirteen years old raised his hand excitedly and shouted in unknown language.
Remoin and the guards showed excited expressions. They waved to the boy. The boy walked up through the river and placed a small gray stone in his hand on the table.
A woman came up and took the little stone and went to observe the machine that Li Du had seen before. At this time, Li Du saw clearly that it was a small X-ray machine.
X-rays can detect the authenticity of diamonds. When real diamonds are illuminated by X-rays, they will not be displayed on the negative film. Therefore, some places use this intuitive method to identify diamonds.
After seeing it, the woman nodded and spoke in divine words. The child sat happily at the table, and the guard brought him a plate of bread.
The top was served with jam, butter, barbecue and fried meat, which were all simple foods, but the child was very excited and ate it voraciously. After eating, he put the rest in a broken leather bag and stuffed the leather bag full.
Remoin said: "Don't get me wrong, I didn't deduct their food, but I ate tribal food, potatoes, onions and tomatoes. To eat bread and barbecue, I have to find diamonds."
In addition to bread and barbecue, the boy also obtained something similar to paper money.
Remoin further explained: "That's wages and rewards, which are food stamps I issued. Using these food stamps can be exchanged for food in my military camp."
The lion hunter added: "Because of the geographical location, you see, it is close to Cecil here, and the local use of Cecil or Mosanbi to Metical is very problematic, and the ability to resist inflation is almost zero, so the general's food coupon is very popular locally."
Chapter completed!