Chapter 6: The Gold Has Been Found

The vegetation in the mountain forest was very lush, and Du Dalei and Zhao Zizhong waved * to clear the weeds and shrubs in front of them, stopping from time to time to determine the direction with a compass. After traveling for about two hours, Zhao Zizhong said: "Let's take a rest, wait for Lao Wei and them to come up and study the map, this place is high and dense, and it is not easy to determine the direction." ”

A few minutes later, Wei Hongye and the three of them caught up. Zhao Zizhong said: "Everyone rest for a while, Lao Wei, you take a look at the map, I'm a little unsure of where we are now." ”

Wei Hongye took the map in Zhao Zizhong's hand, studied it for a while, raised his head and said, "This primeval forest is too dense, we can't move forward in a straight line, we can only bypass many obstacles and move forward in a curve. As the saying goes, Wangshan runs a dead horse, and I estimate that we have traveled about 16 kilometers in a straight line according to the map, and the direction is slightly more than two kilometers to the west. It's not a big problem, and it's estimated that you will reach the Laogou River after another seven or eight kilometers. ”

Zhao Zi nodded emphatically: "Then let's rest for a while and then continue to go, this time the five of us don't separate, let's go together." You and I are exploring the way ahead, and I am a little unconfident now, and I am afraid of taking the wrong path. ”

Wei Hongye smiled: "Then let's discuss it while we go, I'm not very sure." After ten minutes, the five men continued on their way. This time, the whole team slowed down, and according to the guidance of the compass and the map, they walked zigzag for almost two hours, and the woods gradually thinned out a lot, and everyone quickened their pace, and after a while, they walked out of the mountain forest.

Suddenly the front of us opened up, and what appeared in front of everyone was a gentle mountain valley, and a small river was flowing quietly. The river is not wide, the water flows slowly, the beach is dotted with large and small stones, and the banks are green meadows.

Du Dalei asked excitedly, "Is this here?" Are we there? ”

Wei Hongye nodded and said, "According to the instructions on the map, it should be here, and the map shows that there are no other rivers within a radius of a few kilometers." ”

Na Zhe hurriedly said: "Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and find gold." ”

"Don't get too excited, you still have to be vigilant, Old Wei, Boris and I are on guard on the riverbank, you take those two boys to find it." Zhao Zizhong said.

Du Dalei picked up Lao Wei and left: "Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up and find gold." ”

Na Zhe also ran over: "Wait for me, Lao Du, don't you want to swallow it alone." Lovely gold, I'm coming! ”

Zhao Zizhong shook his head helplessly: "These two boys are always babbling, and they don't make people worry." Boris, let's take our crossbows and escort them. ”

Du Dalei pulled Wei Hongye to the river and said eagerly: "Old Wei, how to find it, tell me quickly." ”

Wei Hongye unloaded his backpack, picked up a camping shovel, and said: "It's nothing special, just dig river sand in the shallow water of the river, dig a few more places, and you can always find it." ”

So the three of them took off their shoes and socks, rolled up their trouser legs, took the camping shovels and went down to the river.

Du Dalei dug up a spade of river sand and approached Wei Hongye to ask him to identify whether there was any gold. Lao Wei grabbed a handful of sand from the shovel, pulled it with his fingers, looked at it carefully, and said, "It doesn't seem to be there, if it doesn't work, find a few more places to dig." ”

Na Zhe asked: "Old Wei, how can I tell if there is gold?" ”

"The proportion of gold is large, the chemical properties are stable, generally do not react with other substances, judging whether it is gold mainly depends on the color, natural gold sand has green yellow, purple yellow, golden yellow, red yellow and other colors. The shapes are granular, iron-filing, and lumpy. Large pieces of gold are commonly known as 'dog's head gold', and if you can really find a few pieces, it will be developed. ”

The three of them got busy and spread out to dig in the shallow water. More than half an hour has passed, and there is still no gain.

Du Dalei was a little disappointed: "I said Lao Wei, we've been digging for a long time, and we haven't found any hair, is there no gold here!" ”

Wei Hongye straightened up, looked around, and pointed to the direction of the upstream of the river: "There is a river bay over there, and when the river flows through the river bay, the speed of the water will slow down, and the gold particles are easy to deposit, let's go there and find it." ”

Na Zhe hurriedly said, "Then hurry up." He shouted to Zhao Zi on the shore again: "Boss, let's go upstream to look for it, you follow us." So they went up the river.

Ten minutes later, everyone came to the upstream river bay, and Du Dalei couldn't wait to rush into the river and dig with a shovel. Seeing this, Wei Hongye thought to himself that this kid was really anxious, and he was always frizzy. So he waded into the river and found a place to dig up.

At this time, it was almost noon, the sun was rising high, the hot sun was shining on the body, the skin was sore from the sun, and everyone was sweating like rain digging and finding, full of motivation. Even Na Zhe, who is usually a little bit of a young master, gritted his teeth and insisted on not complaining about being tired.

More than an hour later, Du Dalei suddenly shouted excitedly: "Wow, it seems to have been found, Lao Wei, come and take a look!" ”

Wei Hongye threw away the shovel and hurriedly ran over. He snatched the shovel and rushed to the place where the sun was strong, rummaging through it with his fingers. Not long after, he stretched out the shovel in front of Du Dalei and Na Zhe, "There is really gold sand, but the content is a little low." ”

There were a few gold particles scattered in the river sand on the shovel. The big ones are as big as soybeans, and the small ones are the size of rice grains, shining golden in the sun, and Na Zhe sighed: "This is gold, it's really beautiful!" ”

Du Dalei excitedly shouted to the shore: "Boss, I found the gold, I was really lucky today, I found it in such a short time." Amitabha Buddha, Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, Three Qing Dao Ancestors, Four Heavenly Kings, Five Directions Jiedi, Eight Great Vajra, the gods and Buddhas of the heavens, you have sent down boundless blessings to the disciples, bless us to find the gold, if the disciples are really developed in the future, they will definitely worship you devoutly, and give you high incense every day. ”

Wei Hongye listened to his mouth full of firewood, and angrily knocked his finger on his head: "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and go ashore so that Lao Zhao and Boris can also see this gold sand." ”

The three of them returned to the shore, and Zhao Zizhong and Boris gathered together to watch the gold sand dug up. Boris reached out and picked up a gold nugget, put it in the palm of his hand, looked at it carefully for a while, raised his head and said: "It's so beautiful, is this natural gold?" ”

"That's right, that's gold." Du Dalei said happily.

Boris asked: "How can we get the gold out of it if we don't have the tools?" ”

Wei Hongye replied: "This is not a big problem, the density of gold is much greater than that of sand, and under the impact of water, the sand particles are carried away by the current, and the gold particles remain in the container. This is how gold panning works in the sand. In ancient times, people generally selected flexible wicker and weaved it into a dustpan after simple processing, and they used such primitive and simple tools to pan for gold. We should follow the example of the ancients, find some flexible branches, weave them into dustpans, and use them. ”

Du Dalei shouted: "Old Wei, then why don't you hurry up and take us to find branches to weave dustpans, I can't wait." ”

Wei Hongye shook his head: "Xiao Du, don't worry, the place where we found gold sand just now is not high in gold. In the past, I have seen some information about the gold mines in the Mohe area, and the gold reserves here are very rich, so we should find a few more places with high gold content in the river sand and start panning for gold. ”

"What kind of place has more gold? How should we find it? ”

"Because the chemical properties of gold are stable, generally do not react with other substances, so it exists in the sand and gravel in a free state, under the natural weathering, the rock is broken, and finally forms sand and soil, and the granular golden sand is buried in it, under the washing and carrying of flowing water, the particles of sediment and gold move together with the water, and the speed and state of their movement are different, so in a certain area of the riverbed can form a rich area of golden sand, which is the gold rush that people are eager to find. We should try to look in places where the river is flowing slowly, and we can find it. ”

Zhao Zizhong looked at his watch and said, "It's noon, are you hungry?" After walking so far in the morning, and having eaten all the food in the morning, have you found some gold that makes you so excited that you can't even care about hunger? ”

Du Dalei scratched his head embarrassedly, "Boss, when you say this, I really feel hungry, I'm a little too excited, do you have any delicious introduction?" ”

Zhao Zizhong said: "As the saying goes, 'Rely on the mountain to eat the mountain, rely on the water to eat the water.'" 'Can we still be hungry in this place where there are mountains and rivers?' There were so many good things in the woods, pheasants, rabbits, roe deer, deer, roe deer, I had seen them all the way in the morning, but because I was in a hurry, I didn't have the time to start. Also, I found that there are a lot of fish in this river, so it is not difficult for us to get some fish, right? ”

Du Dalei raised his right hand like a primary school student answering a question, "Report to the boss, I know how to catch fish, when I was a child in my hometown, my classmates and I often went to the small river after school, built a dam with mud, cut off the river, and the fish downstream downstream were blocked, and we could catch a lot every time." ”

Na Zhe also said: "I have seen this kind of fishing on TV, but I have never played in the big city of Shenyang since I was a child. ”

Du Da Leideser patted Na Zhe's back, "Kid in the big city, you are really pitiful, let's go, brother, I'll take you to build a dam to catch fish, believe me right, go with my brother and have fish to eat!" ”

Zhao Zi thought about it again and said, "Old Wei, you and these two boys go fishing, and I'll take Boris to the nearby woods to see if I can catch any prey." Grab some mushrooms and wild herbs by the way. ”

Wei Hongye nodded: "You have to pay attention to safety, don't go too far." ”

Zhao Zizhong and Boris took crossbows and took *, and walked towards the woods on the bank of the river.