Chapter Forty-Seven: Go to the Mountains to Fill the Warehouse with Gold
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The autumn sky is already a little cool, and looking at everything that is about to wither and decay, I can't help but feel a little melancholy. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info but the colorful fruits of labor that are about to be harvested are exciting and exciting. It was in such a complicated state of mind that Guo Jianglong hurriedly prepared for a few days, preparing to take his two brothers to set off to the unknown mountains to mine gold.
The big boss, the second master, the master, and the lady all came to see him off. When they came to the bottom of the mountain, the two golden leaders were already waiting at the bottom of the mountain with a dozen hired laborers, and the two fully loaded carriages were ready to go.
"I will send my brothers to pick you up when you go out of the mountain next year, and I wish you a full return. are all on the big rollers, and set off with Jiang Longye, who dares to fart there, don't be killed! The big boss and others hugged their fists and said goodbye to the dragon of the river.
Guo Jianglong didn't say much, waved his hand to let everyone get into the car, and headed towards the predetermined goal.
Shunshun walked for five days and came to a place called Gushan Weizi. This is a small tunzi, but there is a big car shop for pedestrians to live in and out, Guojianglong knows that it is opened by Dulong Mountain, and the shopkeeper is Feng Langzi.
Guojiang Long led people to live, and Feng Langzi was busy entertaining this group of people with his men and wife. Guo Jianglong said: "Take out everything delicious and make it, let everyone eat and drink, and get up early tomorrow morning to hurry." Put the big roller on you, put the things on the cart on the horse, put the horses that can't carry it first, and then I will send someone to get it, and the back and forth will be short, and they will have to be transported to the mountains, these more than 20 people, how much food they have to eat in a year, you have to show me, and I will come to pick it up in two days. Also, when we go out of the mountain, we have to tell the big boss to send more people to pick us up, and keep a good guard here, don't be public, don't leak the wind, run away, and miss the big event of my Dulong Mountain. ”
"Don't worry, Lord Liangtai, I will definitely stay here and wait for your letter. I have several roads into the mountains, and those who dig gophers in this radius of hundreds of miles have to pass through here, and many big locks and officials have nests in front and back, and I know them all. I don't know which way you went into the mountain or where you went, so I can pick up with you. Feng Langzi said enthusiastically.
"No need, we're going far this time, just wait here, if there's something I'll send someone to find you, go and prepare a meal!" Guo Jianglong sent Feng Langzi away.
Before dawn the next day, Guo Jianglong called everyone up to finish eating, and took advantage of the black-collar people to get into the old forest.
Guo Jianglong assigned Qian Dagui to follow Jin Wuye to explore the road in front, and he and Li Er led the team with the first and first middle schools, and let the mountain monkeys follow at the end, making a secret mark of entering the mountain. The group walked from early morning to dark, and only ate a mouthful of dry food in the middle. At first there was a small road, but then the road was gone, but there was a little little inconspicuous shadow. When he saw that it was too dark and people were sleepy, he found an open space, asked everyone to stop and make a fire to cook, and sent people out to herd the horses.
After eating, everyone took their luggage, lay on the ground, and went to sleep. In the second half of the night, Guojianglong called the mountain monkey and Li Er to their heads, and told them to send someone to ride to Feng Langzi to carry the rest of the things, and the rest of the people would rush forward tomorrow morning. The group walked back and forth like this, walked for about a month, and passed by two abandoned gold mining points on the way, but they did not stop, until they came to this place called Jinmaigou by Jin Wuye, and then stopped to prepare to set up camp.
This place was already freezing, so Jin Wuye chose a flat and dry place and asked people to cut down trees and build houses nearby. After the house was built, Jin Wuye was still not in a hurry to mine gold, he asked people to mow the grass and lead the horses and pack the halberds, and he was busy for almost a month before stopping. At this time, it was already freezing cold, and the heavy snow had sealed the entire mountain.
On this day, the sun was shining, and the heavy snow on the mountains made people unable to open their eyes. Jin Wuye chose an old river channel, let people light twenty or thirty fires in one go, and he led Li Er's head to a high post to burn incense and worship. When the next day came, he had the fire removed and dig down where it had been burned, until the water came out and he could no longer dig it out. The next day, he had the ice in the pit shaved out, and then lit a fire in the pit, and when the bottom of the pit had melted, he had the people go down to the pit, dig out the sand, and transport it to the high post by the river, saying that there was gold here, and it was placer gold, and the river would open next year and they would be able to pan for gold.
"Why don't you dig when it's not freezing, it's so hard to freeze?" Someone asked puzzled.
"At that time, there was water below, and there was no gold to be fished out, so the sand was drilled." Li Er replied with his head.
Just keep burning, keep planing, keep changing places. Jin Wuye and Li Er took the lead and wiped the sand from the pit with the melted snow water and washed it in the golden dustpan, and tried the sand dug out of each pit to determine the location of the hired pit plow. For the whole winter, people repeated the same work.
This winter, although people also worked hard, they also stopped steadily. This group of hired laborers has already paid a year's wages in advance, and the price is not low, otherwise no one would want to come, and they would still be at risk. It is precisely because of the lack of gold, coupled with the advance payment of wages, that these talents have a stable mentality, work hard, and are relatively easy to manage.
Spring in the mountains came late, in May, and the grass was just about to grow, and the hungry horses were already skinny by this time. There were a few horses that couldn't be seen and killed and eaten during the Chinese New Year. As soon as the grass came out, Guo Jianglong led the two brothers to hurry to release the horses, and after more than ten days, the remaining horses were a little relieved.
The river was completely opened, and Jin Wuye left a few people to carry sand for him and Li Ertou, while he and Li Ertou stood by the river all day to sand gold. The rest of the people still went to the place pointed out by Jin Wuye to transport sand here, and people carried horses and horses, and there was a lot of transportation in a day. Guojiang Long sent Qian Dagui and the mountain monkey to look at Jin Wuye and Li Er's head left and right. Every day, the gold that comes out of the sand must be weighed, counted, and handed over to the river dragon for safekeeping.
Throughout the summer, Jin Wuye was so busy leading people. Seeing that autumn is coming, there is not much sand and soil by the river, and what is worse is that the food brought is about to be eaten. It was also at this time that there was a sudden increase in gold, and Jin Wuye said that this was to find the golden vein, urging everyone to work harder.
When people saw that there was more gold, they all came to the spirit and tried desperately to pick it. But as time passed, that energy slowly faded, and the phenomenon of grinding and laziness became more and more, after all, no amount of gold was mined by the hired workers. It is said that there will be some extra wages, but that is only a matter of the future, and the employees do not approve of it, especially in order to save food, and the food is also rationed, and the motivation of the employees is even less sufficient.
At night, he couldn't sleep and thought about countermeasures. He was afraid that he would affect Qian Dagui and the mountain monkeys over and over again, and he was worried about those thin horses, so he went to the place where the horses were fed, and thought about things while watching the horses graze.
The night in the mountains is cool, the half moon passes through the faint clouds, and tomorrow may be a good autumn day.
At this moment, Guo Jianglong saw that the door of the house where Jin Wuye and Li Er lived opened, and a figure flashed out, looked left and right, and trotted to the hillside behind. It's Li Er's head, and it seems that he is quite familiar.
Guo Jianglong stared at it with both eyes, and slowly got up, wanting to follow to see what was going on. But he finally didn't move, and slowly squatted down again, looking at the direction where Li Er was heading. It took half an hour for Li Er to come back in a hurry, dodge into the house, and quietly. Only then did Guo Jianglong get up, return to his room, and lie down to sleep.
The next day, Guo Jianglong did not make a noise, silently went to the construction site to observe for a day, and when he came back, he took a detailed look at the grain in the warehouse. He knew that Li Er's head must have gone to hide the gold. The grain of gold is small and does not take up space, so it is easy to hide it under people's noses, and you can't look at it, let alone a gold mining veteran like Li Ertou. The key is whether Jin Wuye knows about this and whether he is also involved, it is difficult to say. Man dies for money, and birds die for food. Guo Jianglong decided not to ask about this matter for the time being, he wanted to think of other more secure ways.
After dinner in the evening, Guo Jianglong came to the house where Jin Wuye and Li Ertou lived. After they arrived, they built a total of three houses, and crossed the river to live with Qian Dagui and the mountain monkeys, and used them as a storehouse, and put all the grain and tools they brought there. Jin Wuye and Li Er live together, and the outside room is cooking. The rest of the house was occupied by hired laborers, and a dozen people were huddled together.
Jin Wuye saw Jiang Long coming, and hurriedly gave up his seat and said, "Is there something wrong with Lord Liangtai?" ”
"The two of us are logarithmic, and it's late autumn, and the gopher digging is ready to get up." Guo Jianglong said.
"Okay, let's get together. I don't think it's any worse, every day. You see, this is my account. "Jin Wuye's account is really detailed, the accounts are clear, and Guo Jianglong doesn't look at it carefully.
"The number is really right, this time the harvest is not small, and I have paid it. By the way, I still have something I want to discuss with Jin Wuye. I don't think there's much sand left, and the food is almost gone, so let's finish the rest of the work and go back together. Guo Jianglong sat up straight and looked at Jin Wuye and said.
"Let's do it for a few more days, I just found a thick place, I didn't see how much gold is coming out these days, we can't lose the opportunity." Jin Wuye hurriedly said.
"I want the hired people to work for ten or twenty days on their own, even if they are paid more." Guo Jianglong said.
"That's not going to work! We have been paid when we came, so you can add some more. Now is the good time, the fat can't be eaten by them, they can't be too cheap. Li Er shook his head vigorously and said no.
"Don't you see that those people don't want to do it? When the gold came out, my eyes were red, and I was afraid that they would make trouble. Only in this way is the best way, and they can work hard. Guo Jianglong further persuaded.
"No! Whoever makes trouble and kills him, tomorrow people will start to watch them, and if they don't do a good job, they will be beaten, and I will not believe in them or be honest. Li Ertou still disagreed.
"I've thought about it, let's split it with them. Jin Wuye and you, as well as the three of us, each have one copy, which is our personal and will not be handed over to the counter. Only in this way can they work hard, come back with us, why don't they go back with some gold, we can't be too dark. Let's settle this matter like this, if it's okay, Ming Jin Wuye will tell them, we have to hurry up, there will be nothing to eat in a few days. After Guo Jianglong said these words, his eyes stared at Jin Wuye to see his attitude.
"Maybe that's a solution, I'll leave it to you, but there's no oil or water on the counter. In that case, we'll all have to go out and watch tomorrow, or they'll be out and won't hand it over so much. Jin Wuye said in his heart.
"There are only two of us on the counter, just the two of you on your side, and I have the final say on Dulong Mountain's side. Besides, there are already a lot of them on the counter, how much is more, almost enough, people can't be insatiable. I don't have to look at it, I can't look at it, you can count how much you can take, and you can't pay less. Divide people into groups and voluntarily assemble them. Let the two cooks also go, and fatten them up. Let the two brothers I brought with me cook, and I'll help with the order. ”
"If you don't look at it, you can't enlarge the eye soup! That's all leaking, can't be cheap for them. Li Er stood up and said, it seems that he has no objection to Jiang Long's idea.
"Well, that's it. We all took the time to go out and look at the dots. After Guo Jianglong finished speaking, he was about to get up and leave.
"Master Liangtai will sit down for a while. It's a good idea of yours, but you have to run through the cracks. But you can catch more gophers and don't let them burrow into the ground. In this way, it is more than what is picked now, and if you calculate it back and forth, it is still so appropriate, and the employees can also have more hours, which is beneficial. Guo Jiang Longye is really a civil and military all-rounder. In the past, none of our gang came up with this method, they only knew that it would be suppressed, please be better than agitated, let's see, the effect will be good tomorrow. Jin Wuye said while sending Jiang Long out, even he himself came to the spirit at this time.
These hired men are like crazy, working in no black or white. The struggle is the future, and the crazy is hope. It only took more than ten days to dig up almost all the places with gold veins, and a lot of gold was really sanded out, which is about to catch up with this year. Jin Wuye said that this was the most gold he had picked in his life, and it was really enough.
Seeing that they were exhausted and weak, the food was eaten up, and the sky began to freeze, Guojianglong asked people to pack their luggage, throw away all the tools they brought, and prepare to lead people to retreat out of the mountain.
A fairly grand ceremony was held, and everyone worshiped the sky, the earth, the mountain, the water, the gods, the heads, and the mother! Although everyone was exhausted, they left the mountains with confidence and full of joy of abundant harvest.