Some people found gold-rich veins and made a fortune, they were the first to board, marked the boundary pillars, and immediately went to the government for the record, thanks to the southeast government, they activated the mobile police post, provided protection for the people, and at the same time provided corresponding logistical support, and did not let those.

Many people pan for gold in ravines and streams, they are picking up spills, picking up nuggets of gold that the mountains have washed down from the mountains.

Washing is the only way to do this, people put the soil in the pan, then shake the pan, rinse the soil with water, and then slowly pour the soil out of the plate, and if they are lucky, there are grains of gold left under the plate.

Gold was smelted, trees were cut down for fuel, and when the trees were all cut down, coal was brought in for fuel.

There is indeed a mountain of gold in Jinshan Province, and some lucky people have actually found a huge amount of gold worth 5,000 silver dollars in three days, and a small bag of gold is used as money, and people use the weight of the bag by hand to estimate its value.

It's a time of money.

……

Yang Nanli and his party of 20 men and 15 donkeys and mules sailed up the river known locally as the Puas River, and they prepared to find gold.

The boy Yang Nanli has a fair complexion, a handsome face in his delicate facial features, a strong and robust body, and a sunny temperament, showing his extraordinary.

That's right, he is the brother-in-law of the boss of the Southeast Mansion, the youngest son of the "national father" Yang Tiansheng.

This guy's family is extremely rich, his sister is in power, his father is the minister of construction, and the family runs a fleet, super rich, he doesn't have to do anything, he wanders around all day long, and lives a life similar to the previous young master Wang of Quanzhou.

My sister and father knew that the world was sinister, and he was the most vulnerable to the trap of a rich and noble little white, so they sent him to Jinshan Province to pan for gold to see how much he could earn, and said that he would give him as much as he earned!

At this time, Yang Nanli was in great spirits and led a small team up the river, ten of which were migrant workers, eight were bodyguards, and he and an old servant.

Everyone else is looking for gold in the coastal area, but the eldest young master asks to go inland.

The roads were very rough, the mountains were covered with grass, mosquitoes were everywhere, and even the natives had never come, and people could not keep up with the team if they had not brought donkeys and mules, horses and oxen.

They are well protected, their clothes are thick, and they reject mosquitoes, but every day they emit an unpleasant stench.

Rancid taste!

You must know that Yang Nanli is fragrant in Taiwan!

It was this smell that made him know what life is!

He learned to cut the road with a machete, learned to camp, learned to observe the environment, and learned to cook!

Kill a poisonous snake with your own hands and cook it to eat!

Killing a leopard with a gun---- it was actually a group fight, and he didn't retreat!

And at home, he is the eldest young master who comes to eat and stretches out his hand.

The old servant of his family, seeing his transformation, nodded with satisfaction: "Even if you don't find gold, the young master learns to be a man, it's worth it!" ”

However, the old servant didn't expect that the luck of his young master was beyond everyone's imagination.

They searched many places, explored the ground, inspected the streams, but in the end, when the food was exhausted, they made a last ditch effort, chose a stream under a large mountain, and set up a pan.

Digging sand and pouring on the pan keeps churning.

There was no in the first set;

The second set is still nothing;

When the third plate was finished and saw something shining on the plate, Yang Nanli reached over and got the thing shaped like a bowl of beans, the size of half a pea, like brass, and then there was another one on the plate.

The two things are soft, and after the old servant saw it, he said with confidence: "It's gold, congratulations to the young master!" ”

Everyone cheered up and continued to pan for gold.

Three pieces of gold were found in another plate...... On the same day, they found a full three taels of placer gold!

Then they went up the stream, and the grass was dense and the mosquitoes were like mist!

They continued to move on, and at times, the road was so difficult and steep that the donkeys and mules dragged them blindfolded, until at last, halfway up the mountain, at an altitude of five hundred meters, they stopped.

The mountains and rocks shimmered with golden light, and when I looked at the past piece by piece, I had a dazzling feeling!

Signs were placed in several places, "Go back!" Yang Nanli said indifferently: "Go back!" ”

Two weeks later, he made a comeback, this time with a battalion of infantry and 2,000 slaves!

He has this gold mountain!

Yang Nanli made a fortune, made a fortune, he found a mountain of gold!

Later, he himself admitted that he was panning for gold in Jinshan Province and got an income of almost 10 million silver dollars!

One of the lucky ones in the gold rush, the secret of his success is his willingness to invest: as soon as there are good veins, he invests them and owns those plots in the name of the company.

However, after he wisely issued paper money in the southeast province, he converted two-thirds of the gold into paper money and supported the southeast province, so he did not cause him trouble.

When the others heard the news, many came, carrying basins, shovels, and hoes, and those who did not have iron pickaxes with wooden pickaxes, all anxious to make a fortune, but unfortunately they could only find gold in the streams.

Originally, the southeast government stipulated two contracting methods for gold mining, one was a company and the other was an individual;

Personally, with the household registration book or the certificate of the people, pay a silver dollar, you can demarcate a piece of land of five meters by five meters, and everything dug up belongs to the individual, and there is no need to pay taxes, it's that simple.

The company has to invest more than 100,000 silver dollars in Jinshan Province, and invest anything, in exchange for a piece of land one kilometer by one kilometer, and everything dug up belongs to individuals

All the land is protected by the government, and the government vigorously cracks down on those who bully, buy and sell, let them taste the power of the iron fist of the Southeast Prefecture----- and the inevitable punishment is to send them to dig gold mines---- but there is no income!

There will be no income from labor/reform/convictions, and all their gains will go to the government!

The government of the southeast province is so strong, and the education is also very effective, everyone knows the "rule of law", there is something to find the police, and the police do not do things, and there are inspectors and inspection teams!

No one would be stupid enough to work for the government in vain, so everyone in Jinshan Province can make a fortune with confidence, forming a good atmosphere of getting rich through labor.

In the mine, personal gold panning, everyone has the same status, clothing, money, manners, family relations, origin, there has never been such a worthless, everyone began to dig gold, in essence, the opportunity is equal, just like the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty, the southeast government examination civil officer, the door is unimpeded, no capital requirements, no qualification restrictions.

There are two principles: one is that you are a full-fledged subject of the Southeast Province; The second is first-come, first-served.

Gold was so abundant, and once seemed so inexhaustible, that no one had to worry about what you had or I had, and everyone was at peace, and the social and property inequalities between people were swept away, and every newcomer was welcomed and told: take up the basin and the iron pickaxe, and go to work for yourself!

It is difficult for the richest man in the mines to hire a helper, and the former petty workers are now doing a good job in their own land, for themselves!

The milky boy is as likely to be a rich gold mine in the creek, just like the old man who is immersed in this trade.

On the other hand, the territory that produces the most gold by the river can be "exhausted" and can no longer produce a grain of gold sand.

The destitute man in the mines can ask for a handful of gold from his neighbor who has gained something, let him start anew, help him "seek the blessing of Mazu", people never let anyone be trapped, the wealth on the mountains is close at hand, and it seems to be inexhaustible, the cost is low, as long as you work hard, plus a little luck, you will get rich.

The natives wept to death: "This land and this gold are ours!" ”