The trip was very rewarding, not only did it find a large open-pit gold mine, but the mine was not far from the road that had been built, so that large-scale gold mining operations could soon be carried out.

Although gold mining involves mining, refining and transportation, as long as a complete industrial chain can be formed, there will be a steady stream of gold output.

In any era, this gold was a hard currency, especially after the Ming treasure banknotes became waste paper, and the gold produced could fully support the expansion of the United Merchants Group in industries such as cotton, steel, and shipbuilding.

According to the current pace of development of the United Chamber of Commerce, it is no longer a problem to surpass the Jin merchants, Zhejiang merchants and Hui merchants, and even occupy the huge Ming market with strong capital.

It can be said that the discovery of this open-pit gold mine has greatly accelerated the pace of development of the United Business Group, and the lion sleeping in Lingnan has quietly opened its eyes.

It's just that Tiger Girl's good fortune seems to have disappeared with the discovery of this large open-pit gold mine, and only when she walked out of the mouth of the valley, a grain of soybean-sized rain fell from the gray sky and slapped heavily on the dry earth.

The dried clods of soil slowly become wet, and then a trickle of water forms on the ground, which slowly gathers together and forms a stream of water that flows down to the low-lying ground, and finally turns into a rolling torrent.

It's already April, and the rainy season in Luzon has quietly begun.

The entire island was covered by the torrential rain, from the south to the north, and it rained intermittently for three days and three nights, turning the dry river into a river again.

Everything is excessive, and when something goes to extremes, it is a natural disaster. The rain was supposed to nourish everything, but as the river swelled, it destroyed everything, and many animals were drowned by the sudden torrent.

In front of the heavens, not only those small animals, but even human beings are so insignificant. In the face of this heavy rain, they can only hide in all directions, or curl up in a corner and shiver.

Today's Luzon Island is far from being able to follow the population explosion of the Philippines in later generations, and the mountainous areas in the north are not suitable for agriculture at all, making it difficult for the people here to get food and living in a very poor environment.

A fire has just deprived them of their habitat, and the ensuing torrential rain has caused them not only to face a lack of food, but also to suffer from heavy rain.

Ahem......

Even the Beishan tribe with the best conditions is coughing here, and many people are sick because of the torrential rain.

A sturdy young man strode into the Beishan tribe in the rain, listened to the coughing sound coming from several thatched houses, his face looked very solemn, and he went straight to a thatched house in the middle, pulled open the simple leaf door and walked inside.

The interior of the house is very simple, the living room and kitchen are crammed into this large space, but it is like a warm harbor, because it is sheltered from the raging rain.

Bucky and his granddaughter Nina are cooking a pot of potatoes around a fire, and there is a faint smell of fragrance.

When the young man came in, he saw Bucky who was boiling potatoes on the fire, and he looked worried and said, "Chief, three more people from the Barbarian Bull Tribe died of illness today!" ”

"Let them dispose of the corpses properly, and not give birth to the plague!" Batu was already accustomed to seeing birth, old age, sickness and death, so he threw a piece of firewood into the fire and told him earnestly.

The young man nodded lightly, and said with a worried look on his face: "Chief, this rainy season has just begun, and the rainstorm is already so rapid, I'm afraid the next rainy season will not be easy!" ”

Living on this island, the greatest danger has never been wild animals or food, but fires, torrential rains, typhoons and earthquakes that occur every few years.

Now that the rainy season has just begun, there is so much rain that proves that this year's rain is much better than usual. However, because the fire has left many people without shelter, he knows that this death is only the beginning, and more people will die one after another.

Batu pulled open the lid of the pot and looked at the almost ripe golden potatoes inside, but he said firmly: "If you can't boil it, you have to boil it, we have survived like this for thousands of years!" ”

Born in this bitter cold land, they can only live humbly, and their ancestors have been so patient for generations, so that their Beishan tribe has multiplied to this day.

The current situation is indeed worse than in previous years, but there is no way to do it, but only to follow the ancestors for generations to survive this rainy season in this kind of rainy day.

The young man's brows furrowed slightly, and he reported carefully: "Leader, Tu Ku, the leader of the Barbarian Bull Tribe, wants to invite you to come over, he said that he wants to find a way out for the survival of our tribes!" ”

"A way out, what else can there be...... Road? Batu threw in a stick of firewood with disdain, and suddenly said with a sense of seriousness: "You go and tell Tu Ku to let him stay honestly, and if he has that spare time, he will find a way to catch some fish!" ”

Seeing that Batu was so determined, the young man swallowed back the words that had been spit out to his lips, bowed his hand respectfully to Batu, turned around and walked out in the rain to continue his work.

Nina seemed to sit on the edge of the fire very well-behaved, but her gray eyes revealed liveliness, watching the young man leave from the door, and even said to Batu: "Grandpa, why don't I go to United City to find the tiger girl and ask her to give us some medicine that can reduce fever?" Last time I had a fever and was about to die, you sent me to her, she just found Lang Zhong to give me medicine, and then I was fine! ”

"Isn't it okay to always trouble her?" Batu's heart moved slightly, but he said with concern.

Last time, his granddaughter had a high fever and didn't go away, so he took his granddaughter to United City, and it was Hu Niu who saved her granddaughter's life. It's just that people are now providing them with food, and now they are asking for medicinal herbs, but they seem a little out of proportion.

Nina knew Tiger Girl's temperament very well, and even insisted on saying: "Tiger Girl and we are good friends, and now if we don't want to control it, maybe there will be an epidemic!" ”

Bucky thought for a moment, then nodded lightly and said, "Okay! It was just as if he thought of something, and when he advised: "You should pay more attention to what you say in the past, but don't offend people!" ”

Nina looked very excited when she was allowed to do so, and despite the fact that the potatoes in the pot were ripe, she got up from the ground and planned to take a few people to United City for help.