"What mines are there?" Wuyang asked.

"Lime mines, mainly limestone, I haven't heard of other mines. You're here to look for the mines. The boss said.

Tan Shean said: "It's not that you are extremely poor and boring, you want to try your luck." ”

The boss said, "I can tell you a general direction, and you'll be able to find it." This is the middle section of the Luoxiao Mountains, near the urban area, is a nature reserve, even if you find a mine, you can't mine it. ”

Tan Di'an asked: "How big is the nature reserve?" ”

"It's 50 kilometers. Even if you find it, there's no point. If you build a highway of dozens of kilometers, it is how many billions, and if you have this money, it is better to sit at home and enjoy it. ”

"What then?"

"There are 4 roads here. If you are convenient, you can go to the east and west, if you are not afraid of hard work, you can go to the north and south, you can go to Jiulian Mountain in the south, and you can go to Wugong Mountain in the north, depending on which way you go. ”

Wuyang said: "We have half a month this time, boss, which way do you think it is better to take?" ”

"Are you driving or hitchhiking? What kind of car are you driving? ”

"We drive dirt bikes."

"Then I suggest you take the southern route, there are mountains all the way from here, you can see if you want to understand, and if you don't want to see, turn onto the highway, it's very convenient."

"Thank you, boss."

A few people said goodbye and walked around the city for half an hour. What you see are some dried bamboo shoots, smoked bamboo shoots, magnolia slices, and various pen holders carved from bamboo. I saw two shops selling Brazilian rosewood furniture, all kinds of furniture, art, and even dragon beds.

Wuyang took a look at the dragon bed. It was found that it was not carved from a single piece of wood. It is chiseled with a tenon. Connected.

Xiaoya said: "Wuyang, are you also going to carve such a dragon bed?" ”

"There are already a few carved in the furniture factory, but the door at home is too small to enter, and you will move the villa next year, and you will put one in each villa."

The last two women bought some snacks, Wuyang bought a map, and went back to the hotel. Return to the guesthouse. Xiaoya has not rested since noon, so she brushes her teeth and sleeps when she enters the door. Tang Jin looked at Wuyang, a little embarrassed to speak, of course Wuyang understood, so he hugged her and fell asleep.

When he woke up in the morning, Wuyang began to invade again, Tang Jin pushed him away, picked up his mobile phone and looked, "It's 6 o'clock, you look for Xiaoya at 7 o'clock." Leave her for half an hour. ”

"Xiaojin, I can't do that in the car today. It's time to look for minerals. ”

Tang Jin smiled: "If you ignore me, I won't be alone, I think you yourself are a." ”

"I'm not looking for you, and you say I'm incompetent."

Set off on time at 8 o'clock, leaving the city, is to take some country roads, potholes, fortunately, the stability of the Hummer is better, and the car is not particularly bumpy. After walking for two hours, Wuyang began to look at the roadside.

Sometimes the mountain is relatively high and big, so I park the car at the farmer's house, let Xiaoya and Tang Jin stay behind, and I and the three Tan brothers get out of the car to see.

The three Tan brothers have all practiced martial arts since childhood, and they are in good health, and they have walked down for a few hours, and there is no special sign of tiredness.

The distance traveled by the car varies every day, sometimes dozens of kilometers, sometimes 100 kilometers, and the slightly larger mountains on both sides of the road have been seen, but nothing has been found.

Now even in remote villages, accommodation is not a problem, as long as you pay money, all kinds of food are available, and it is really produced by the farmer, and the house is not bad, but Wuyang and Tang Jin and Xiaoya can't live together. But it doesn't bother them. I was so tired at night that I got up in the morning and drove to a place where there was no one populated.

On the 6th day, the odometer on the car showed that they had left the city for more than 400 kilometers, and the three Tan brothers were a little tired. In the afternoon, Wuyang finally found a vein under a big mountain, there is a gold vein of more than 10 meters in the stone, you can't see the bottom, the vein is buried relatively deep, it is estimated that it is more than 30 meters, plus the thickness of the vein, so you can't see the bottom.

Wuyang told the three Tan brothers about the situation, and the three brothers immediately became excited. After walking with Wuyang for more than two hours, Tan She'an asked, "Wuyang, you haven't seen your head yet." ”

Wuyang said: "The vein is still a little wider now, I don't know where the head is." ”

Tan Di'an said: "It's late today, let's go back from the other side and forget it, and come back tomorrow." ”

Wuyang said: "Uncle Di'an, if you and Uncle Jian'an go back, Uncle She'an and I will look at it again, you go to the local villagers to understand the situation, drive the car to 10 kilometers to the south, and we will get in the car directly tomorrow, okay?" ”

Tan Jian'an said: "This is a good way. But let's go with Wuyang, I'm in better health, I'm younger. ”

"Okay, so be it." Tan Shean said.

Wuyang and Tan Jian'an walked forward, and the two Tan She'an brothers walked back.

The two of them walked to the sky and it was almost dark, the ore vein was not broken, and they did not see a single family. I had no choice but to go down.

The trees here are very dense and thorny, and they are constantly going up and down, and it is estimated that they cannot walk 5 kilometers per hour.

After dark, although it does not affect the vein, it affects the distinction between trees and thorns, sometimes it looks like it is a branch, and when it touches it, it is a thorn, either with clothes and pants, or with hands. Tan Jian'an's vision at night is poor, which is even more inconvenient.

At more than 10 o'clock, I finally saw a light in front of me, and when I got closer, it turned out to be the light on the ship, and the vein was no longer visible here.

Wuyang shouted a few words, and the people on the boat agreed, listening to the accent is from Wu Yue and the family, not Hakka.

The boat got closer and asked Wuyang what was going on, and Wuyang said: "We are from the geological team, we went in the wrong direction, and we can't find the way." ”

When the people on the boat heard that his Mandarin was very standard, they believed it, put down a sampan, and took the two to the boat.

Seeing the tattered clothes of the two of them and their hands covered with blood, the people on the boat asked, "Aren't you from the geological team?" What about your stuff? ”

Wuyang said: "We are so tired that we have lost everything. I'll go get it back tomorrow. Do you have anything to eat? Can you sell us some? ”

"It's all people who are away from home. Talking about what to sell or not, we are also tired for a day, there are leftovers in the pot, you can heat it yourself and eat it. ”

Chatting after dinner, it turned out that it was really the people over there, the boss spent 500,000 yuan a year to contract a reservoir fishing here, and the 16 of them were specialized in fishing.

Wuyang asked, "Masters, which province is this?" ”

"It's right where the two provinces meet. The reservoir belongs to the province to the north, and to the other is the other province. Where are you from? ”

"We're coming from the road over there." Wu Yang pointed in the general direction.

"How many days have you been gone? Actually, there is a road from there, about 150 kilometers, and if you go through the mountains, it is estimated that it will look like 5 or 60 kilometers. ”

"How far is the highway from where we are now?"

"We don't know, it's about 5 or 6 kilometers, we only walk in the water on the boat, we don't walk in the mountains."

"Masters, how do you fish?"

"This reservoir is made up of two large valleys, each about 3 or 40 kilometers. We used four boats to trawl from two valleys to the reservoir dam. Drag a net for two days, and then rest for a day, and catch 2 or 30,000 catties each time. ”

"How do you get so many fish out of the city?" Wuyang asked.

"There's a concrete road right there at the dam of the reservoir. It is very convenient to go to both provinces. The fish we catch are all big fish of more than 20 catties, and every time the fishmongers come to pull them away. How are you guys, have you found a mine? ”

Wuyang said: "According to the geological structure, there should be a mine, but we have not found it. ”

"If you don't find it, there's no way, and you guys work hard, so I can't blame you. It's not early, let's rest, and we'll start work at dawn tomorrow. ”

The four fishermen gave them a quilt, and after sleeping in the afternoon sun, the smell was too strong, and they drilled into their nostrils, and there was no way to cover it, so they had to run the true qi and go to the big week to keep out the cold. Tan Jian'an didn't have anything to do, and slept soundly.

Before dawn, the fishermen got up to cook, and when the meal was ready, the two of them got up to eat, and when they left, Wuyang gave them 400 yuan, and the fishermen didn't want it, Wuyang said that you take it, and there is a reimbursement, so it was collected.

The two went up the mountain, and Wuyang pointed out the ore vein he saw last night to Tan Jian'an, so that he could remember it. Where they started walking yesterday, Tan She'an and they will definitely remember it.

Walk in the other mountain, less than 200 meters, I saw a vein again, Wuyang thought it was yesterday's old vein, and looked at it repeatedly, confirmed that it was right, and then went forward, walked not far, felt that if there was still next to it, I would look at it together, and save going back. Walking past about 1500, I found another one.

When I walked back and forth like this, I reached the edge of the highest peak, and found that it was not in strips, but in patches. You can't see it below the mountains, but over the mountains, there are still patches of mineral veins. Going a little farther, it became a strip again.

Back on the side of the road, it was already half past one in the afternoon. When the two women saw their embarrassed appearance, their eyes turned a little red.

Tan Shean said: "We just bought food from the farmer's house, let's eat it. ”

It turned out that none of them had eaten and were waiting for them. While eating, Tan She'an said: "Wuyang, the village here is called Jiehuachong, 17 households, 12 kilometers in front of a slightly larger village, called Lotus Leaf Pond, that is, 30 households, here is about 60 kilometers away from the county seat, there is a provincial highway, which can lead to the highway." ”

"What's the name of this mountain?" Wuyang asked, pointing to the high mountain.

Tan Shean said: "It's called Qi Fengling." ”

"Uncle She'an, what is the road condition leading to the county seat here?"

"The villagers said that 30 kilometers are like this, and the other 30 kilometers are concrete roads."

"How far does this lead to the reservoir?"

I didn't know what to say, so I didn't ask the villagers. The villagers didn't say it, it is estimated that they don't walk often, it's farther. ”

"What is the financial situation of this county?"

Tan She'an smiled: "I didn't ask, I guess it's not good." You see, it's a major highway, and it's not much better than that. ”

"Let's do this, there are still many places on the mountain that have not been seen, I estimate that it will take two to three days, and the three uncles will stay with me every day, and the rest will go to the lotus leaf pond and the reservoir dam to understand the situation, especially the situation in their county. Which uncle will remember the place when I go up the mountain with me, after we finish reading. The three of you will talk to the county government. Buy the mountain. If it's not expensive, we'll take care of the road. ”

Tan Shean said: "The mountains here are all contracted by the villagers, and buying them from the county cannot completely solve the problem, so we still have to talk to the villagers in the future, including the trees on the mountains." ”

Wuyang said: "We just need the supporting timber for the mine, so we can buy them together." What does Uncle She'an mean, do we have to talk to the villagers first? ”

"Yes, the county government agreed. The villagers did not agree, but they still could not start work. ”

"It's nature. Uncle She'an, we can give the villagers the greatest discount, but we can only squeeze it like toothpaste, otherwise the lion will open its mouth and it will be troublesome. If we give the money to the villagers to buy the mountain to the county government, then we will only pay taxes to the county government, and the villagers will benefit greatly, and we will see if we can think of a way in this regard. We still pay the same land tax on land resources, and the county government only needs to ensure our electricity supply. ”

Tan Shean said: "Before coming. Brother Ren An has already made it clear to us, so go back when you see it. It's no problem to help set up the smelting equipment. ”

Wuyang asked Tan She'an and them to come over from Tan Ren'an, and he knew what he meant, Tan She'an and they must be here to preside over the production. "Uncle She'an, how many pieces of equipment do you think is enough?"

"You haven't been optimistic about it yet, I don't know how much you need, but I think it's better to have 60 sets. Our 3 brothers have 10 sets each, and your brother-in-law of the Tang family also has 10 sets per person. ”

"Okay, after you have negotiated with the villagers and the county government, you will prepare the site, and I will set the equipment. Miss Tang, can you call your brother too? ”

Tang Jin didn't say anything, but Xiaoya said: "Miss Tang's family still thinks she works in the airline." ”

Wuyang said: "Xiaojin, no, how can I see your family in the future......"

Tang Jin said: "We are happy with each other, and you are not tying me up, I am not afraid of a girl, what are you afraid of?" ”

Wuyang smiled, "Okay, don't be afraid." You go to find out the situation in the afternoon, which uncle is leaving with me? ”

Tendian said, "I'll go." ”

"Okay, Uncle She'an, I see that you go directly to the county to learn about the power supply situation in this county, it doesn't matter if you don't come back at night, Uncle Jian'an will rest in the car, we will take a look at the mountain in the afternoon, and we will go over tomorrow."

"Wuyang, I'll drive to Lotus Leaf Pond to understand the situation." Tan Jian'an said.

"We'll go over by ourselves, and I'll trouble you to arrange your meals and a place to stay."

A few people split up. Wuyang and Tan Di'an walked along the side of the mountain for a while, and saw a mineral vein again, so Tan Di'an followed the ore vein into the mountain, and continued to walk south. About 1000 meters away, it was discovered again.

After a while, I looked at my side, and then I ran to Tan Di'an's side to take a look, and when I got to the bottom of the mountain, I met with the veins below the mountain without suspense.

Turning back, the situation is similar, Wuyang is estimated to be in a high mountain place, and there is a radioactive distribution in it, only the one that was discovered first is not like this. Back on the side of the road, it was almost dark, and I didn't see the shadow of the village, so I took out my mobile phone and prepared to make a call, but when I looked, there was no signal at all. No wonder there were no calls for a few days, it turned out to be a blind spot.

Estimating that there should be some distance from the lotus leaf pond, the two walked south, and half an hour later, they saw a car coming on the road. Approaching, Zhilu Road was driven by Tan Jian'an, and he took a car to Lotus Leaf Pond.

Tan She'an, Xiaoya, and Tang Jin didn't come over, and they washed and slept after eating in the afternoon.

Early the next morning, Wuyang and Tan Di'an set off after eating leftovers at the villagers' houses, and Tan Jian'an drove them for a while. When I got out of the car, I took the biscuits that Xiaoya and the others left on the car. There is no need to bring water, there are small streams in every valley in the mountains, and it is a better drink than mineral water.

Wuyang chose the mountainous area to the south again this time, and because he found a pattern, it was basically just a matter of walking. After Tan Di'an heard Wuyang tell him that the ore vein was going in the direction of the reservoir again, he said: "Wuyang, anyway, we can't dump slag in the reservoir, so there's no need to go over and look at it, just dig it slowly in the future." ”

Wuyang thinks it's right, if his own people come to mine, it is impossible for others to mine from the direction of the reservoir, if people use primitive manual gold panning, dig it if they want to.

After noon, the two began to walk back. Lu Chenyang saw a shallow buried vein, only 1 or 2 meters above the ground, and its width was more than 100 meters, and this time the thickness could be seen, which must have exceeded 10 meters.

Walked along this vein for more than 10 kilometers, the terrain has been declining, the scenery in front can be seen far away, that is, there is no village and cultivated land, it is estimated that it is still a mountainous area, tomorrow drive to the direction of the reservoir dam to see the road.

At that time, I started to fight Xiao Jiujiu in my heart, Tan Di'an is not Zhuqing's uncle after all, such a big vein can't be given to him, but he still has to give it to his closest relatives.

Back at Lotus Leaf Pond, it was already dinner time, and Tan She'an, Xiaoya, and Tang Jin all came over. When she got out of the car, Xiaoya said: "Wuyang, let's hurry back, Sister Xia was hospitalized yesterday, and the phone call to us couldn't get through. ”

Wuyang said, "Shall we leave after dinner or will we leave tomorrow?" ”

Tang Jin said: "You have climbed the mountain for a day, we dare not open this kind of mountain road, Sister Xia is hospitalized anyway, there are doctors and nurses, and it is just a comfort effect for us to go back, it is better to go tomorrow." ”

Wuyang said: "It's okay, I can, that is, 60 kilometers on the national highway." Tell me about it. ”

"Okay, let's talk while we eat."

Tan Jian'an had already eaten, and seeing that Tan She'an still had to pack food, he said it first. "Wuyang, I will tell you the results of the consultation with the villagers. The site of Qifengling, from 3 kilometers north of where we found the ore vein, to the road next to the reservoir dam, is the mountain forest contracted by the villagers of three small villages, a total of 875,000 mu, 175 people at the time of the contract, and each person is about 5,000 mu. Now more than 30 contractors have died and more than 40 have been born. The result of the discussion was that the dead did not care, and the newborn and married people were in charge, there were 188 people, and they demanded 100,000 yuan each; Trees on the mountain with a diameter of less than 10 centimeters do not cost money, and each cubic meter above them costs 500 yuan. ”

Wuyang smiled: "How can there be a tree under 10 centimeters on the mountain?" They are all big trees, and they were planted by aerial seeding many years ago. However, this condition is acceptable. By the way, didn't the fishermen say that it's 150 kilometers from here to the reservoir dam? ”

Tan Jian'an said: "Yes, the road began to turn from the front, turned to the east, bypassed several mountains, and it must be very far." ”

Tan Shean said: "Wuyang, we may have worked hard in vain. (To be continued......)