Chapter 294, Gold
If anything, it is attractive, and it is undoubtedly gold.
The reason why the Golden Continent was able to spread all over the world quickly was mainly because Liu Jin boasted that there was gold everywhere in the Golden Continent.
For gold, from the emperor and nobles, down to the ordinary people, everyone likes it, since ancient times, ancient and modern China and foreign countries, because gold symbolizes wealth.
As someone shouted gold, the whole camp exploded completely.
A large part of the motivation for the crew to go to the Golden Continent is the gold supply, and countless people dream of going to the Golden Continent to dig a boatload of gold and come back.
They are not Emperor Hongzhi, they have themselves in their hearts, but they will not say that they have such lofty ideals, and they will go to the Golden Continent to introduce good seeds for the sake of the food of the people of the world.
They were able to work tirelessly, and the only people who traveled thousands of miles to the Golden Continent were silver and gold.
It is still a long way from the Golden Continent, but I didn't expect to find gold in such a place.
Du Mingen, Tian Erniu and others were all alarmed, and the eunuchs who followed the fleet to the Golden Continent were also alarmed, and everyone suddenly crowded together, looking at the crew with a piece of dog's head gold in their hands.
"Mr. Du~"
Tuwa looked at everyone a little nervously, and then handed the dog's head gold in her hand to Du Mingen.
"Well, I'll take a look~"
Du Mingen took it and looked at it carefully, this piece of dog's head gold weighed more than a dozen catties, such a large dog's head gold was very rare, it was uneven, and there was some dirt or something, but it was certain that this was gold.
"It's gold~"
Du Mingen looked at it carefully and said with great certainty.
"Haha~"
"Yay~"
When the surrounding crew heard this, they couldn't help but shout excitedly.
"Rich, rich~"
"Gold mines have been discovered before they have arrived at the Golden Continent~"
"I don't know if there is much gold in this mine~"
The crew was excited, because according to the current rules, all the income from going to sea, after deducting the cost, one percent belongs to them who go to sea, they used to go to North Korea, go to sea to fish, Liu Jin has never deceived them in this regard, every time they go to sea, every crew member can get their own piece of cake.
This time I went to the Golden Continent, Liu Jin made an agreement with us, and 20% of the income this time belonged to the crew, which is a very large proportion.
"Let's go, brothers, let's go and have a look~"
Du Mingen returned the dog's head gold to Tuwa, and said with a wave of his hand.
Tuwa led the way in front with a dog's head gold, followed by a mighty crowd and walked towards the place Tuwa said.
Tuwa found that the place where the dog head gold was located was also very close to the camp, only a few kilometers away, and it was also in the middle of a river, but it was not a tributary of the Fish Creek, which was much smaller and much gentler.
Du Mingen and the others followed Tuwa through a mountain, and the vision in front of them suddenly became wider, and a golden river appeared in everyone's field of vision.
"Wow~"
Everyone looked at the golden river, and they couldn't help but open their mouths wide, it was the first time they had seen this kind of golden river, if it wasn't for Tuwa saying that the river was full of golden sand, they wouldn't know what was going on.
"It's all gold~It's all gold~"
Several of Tuwa's teammates were still beside the river at this time, excitedly looking for dog-headed gold, and from time to time grabbed a handful of river sand and rummaged for golden sand.
When he saw the arrival of the large army, he immediately shouted excitedly.
There was no need for Du Mingen to say anything, everyone rushed towards the golden river at a speed of 100 meters, and when they came to the river, they were not afraid of the cold of the river, and they even went down to the river to collect sand and look for gold from it.
Tian Erniu is the same, he came to the river, picked up a handful of river sand with both hands, there are a lot of laser sand in the river sand, these are golden sand, the content is extremely rich, a handful of river sand can find dozens of grains of sand.
"Got rich~Got rich~"
Tian Erniu came to Du Mingen's side with Jinsha in his hand and said excitedly.
In Tianjin Maritime College, Liu Jin has specially handed over such things as gold mines and silver mines to them, so Tian Erniu knows very well that if this is the case in the entire river, then this is a Jinsha River, and they will really get rich.
"This content is incredible~"
Du Mingen counted carefully, he has seen a lot of knowledge, he has seen people look at gold mines before, the number of gold mines in Daming is very small, the output is very limited, often a load of sediment can not wash a few golden sands, but the river in front of him, casually grab a handful of sand, there are dozens of grains of golden sand, the content of this gold ore is too high, and in front of him is the river, there is no doubt that this is extremely easy to mine.
"Haha, dog's head gold, dog head gold~"
"I also found one~"
Here, the crew members are constantly rummaging for stones on the river beach, and from time to time someone shouts excitedly.
……
In the camp at night, in the largest tent, Du Mingen was convening a meeting, the captain and deputy captain of each ship, as well as the eunuch Li Gonggong sent by Emperor Hongzhi, and Lin Shuhong, a student of Liu Jin, more than 30 people were huddled together, and everyone could not hide their excitement on their faces.
"Let's talk about it~"
Du Mingen looked at the crowd and said.
"Needless to say, of course the mine is opened, and the gold mine of a river is enough for each of us to make a fortune."
Someone immediately said.
"That's right, we have to open a mine, the gold mine in this Jinsha River is too rich, and we have made a fortune."
Someone followed.
"I think everyone should calm down first and not be lost by the gold mine in front of them."
Lin Shuhong thought about it and said.
His words were also like a basin of cold water poured on everyone's hearts, and everyone immediately calmed down, and then remembered that everyone's task was to go to the Golden Continent to introduce the good seeds back to the Golden Continent.
"First, our task is to go to the Golden Continent, not to open a mine here, Your Majesty is still waiting for us to bring back the good seeds of the Golden Continent, so that everyone in Daming can have enough to eat."
Lin Shuhong's words also made everyone nod solemnly, especially Gonggong Li, his mission is to supervise whether the fleet is going to the Golden Continent according to the original plan, and whether he has tried his best to find good seeds and introduce them back to Daming.
"Second, we don't have the tools to mine gold at all, so can we mine it by hand?"
"Third, Jinxi is uninhabited, and although the living materials we carry are abundant, there is no way to hold on for a long time."
"Fourth, Jinxi is high in latitude and low in temperature, so we can hold on now, but after a while, when winter begins, how can we survive here?"
Lin Shuhong clearly stated his point of view, which also made everyone present sober up, and they couldn't help sighing.
"Isn't this a return empty-handed in Jinshan?"
"Anyway, you have to bring some gold back, right?"
"A Jinsha River~"
Everyone was unwilling to enter the gold mountain and return empty-handed.
"Do you feel unwilling?"
Lin Shuhong smiled and said: "We haven't reached the Golden Continent yet, but there is already so much gold, and when we get to the Golden Continent, there is gold everywhere, are you afraid that there will be no gold at that time?" ”
"I'm afraid that by that time, we will be worried about whether our ship will be able to fit it."
"That's right, the Golden Continent is full of gold, are you afraid that there will be no gold?"
After listening to Lin Shuhong's words, everyone's eyes lit up again.
Du Mingen and Gonggong Li looked at each other, and then coughed lightly and said: "Brothers, sooner or later, the gold here will be ours, and when we return to Daming from the Golden Continent, we will specially organize people to come here to mine gold, I assure you that everyone has a share of the gold here." ”
"I also assure everyone that everyone here has a share."
Gonggong Li also followed and said, his words represented the words of Emperor Hongzhi, everyone believed it, and everyone laughed happily one by one.
"It's so cold that if you mine gold here, you'll only be able to come here during the hottest months."
"When the time comes, we will build a small town here in Yuxi, not only can we mine gold, we can also hunt furs, there are a lot of all kinds of animals here, and the furs are basically pure white, and it will be very valuable to transport them back to our Daming."
"Yes, yes, after we come back from the Golden Continent, we will come here to mine gold again, and mine slowly~"
"This secret can't be known to outsiders, and we big guys shouldn't pass it on."
"Nonsense, fools will spread it, when the time comes."
One by one, everyone excitedly imagined that a special town would be built in Fish Creek in the future, which would be used to mine gold, hunt furs, and so on.
Du Mingen, Gonggong Li, and Lin Shuhong looked at each other, and breathed a heavy sigh of relief, for fear that the crew would refuse to continue to the Golden Continent because of their nostalgia for the gold mines here.
In this place far away from the lawlessness of the Ming Dynasty, the binding force of many things has become very weak.
But fortunately, after the efforts of the three of them, everyone also saw the situation clearly, and did not say that they must stay to open a gold mine.