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Yang Yi stared at the collapsed hole, wanting to see what would come out of the hole, in this primitive jungle world, he didn't even hesitate to imagine the appearance of three-headed and six-armed demons and monsters appearing from the hole.

It's out, it's out,! It was a buffalo.

Seeing a few buffalo probes out of the hole, and then ran to the grass outside, flicking their tails and happily eating the lush grass, Yang Yi rolled his eyes and couldn't help laughing at himself, it seems that he has watched too much "Pirates of the Caribbean", and he really thinks of himself as Captain Jack.

However, Yang Yi soon couldn't laugh anymore, and as the buffaloes in front of him ran happily to the grass to graze, there was a rumbling sound from the cave again, and a black stream rushed out.

Don't worry, this time it's not a flash flood, it's countless buffaloes, mooing, running out, big and small, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, oh my God, what mystery is hidden in this cave? Where do so many buffaloes come from?

It's been nearly an hour, and the buffalo herd is still pouring out, the number is unbelievable, and at the same time, this matter is covered with a strong sense of mystery, the herd was still a little wary of Yang Yi and the others at first, trying to avoid approaching them;

But Yang Yi and the others did not move for a long time, and more and more buffaloes gushed out of the cave, and the wide grassland in front of them was almost occupied, and the buffalo herd began to ignore these humans and continued to spread to this side;

There was even a calf that ran to Yang Yi's feet and rubbed his body on his leg, well, he did look a little like a tree stump when he stood stupidly.

After nearly an hour and a half, there were finally no buffaloes coming out of the cave entrance, but Yang Yi made a preliminary estimate. There were at least forty or fifty thousand cattle that had come out of the hole.

Tens of thousands of buffaloes have poured out of a large collapsed hole, which is really full of weirdness.

When I saw that there was no movement in the cave. Yang Yi immediately led people to check on the collapsed hole, which was covered with rocks. The lower layer is soil, and it is estimated that it is indeed due to the collapse caused by the recent rain, and the length of the hole is only about ten meters, and you can clearly see the scenery on the opposite side.

Yang Yi came to the other end of the cave, inside was a huge valley, estimated to be tens of square kilometers, surrounded by mountains, there were few trees in the valley, and the grass on the ground was gnawed bare.

Look at this environment. Yang Yi probably understood the reason, this should be a paradise for cattle, because there is no infestation of natural enemies, and the water and grass in the valley are fertile, and the cattle breed in large numbers;

But as the number of cattle grew, the result was that the grass in the valley was gnawed away, and it rained heavily, and a hole opened to the outside world, so the buffalo herd migrated outward.

Even if you figure it out. Yang Yi still had to sigh at the miracle of nature, because he couldn't figure out how the first buffalo entered this valley before the cave mouth collapsed.

If there is another way out. The grass in the valley is gnawing bare, why don't the buffalo herds migrate early?

It's a mystery, it's a mystery. The wonders of nature make me wonderful.

Yang Yi didn't have the heart to study this, and instructed Meng Yunshan and the others: "Okay." Don't look at it, don't forget the purpose of our trip. Keep looking for gold mines. ”

"Yes, Captain."

So the search for gold began again, with the crowd digging under the hillside and the cattle grazing on the meadows, non-aggression and seemingly harmonious.

Yang Yi leaned under a tree, and his mind unexpectedly remembered the huge valley on the other side of the mountain, if you look down from the sky, this valley should look like a huge crater, if this valley surrounded by mountains is really an ancient crater, then it is more likely to find gold here.

Because people with a little geological knowledge know that many large gold mines are associated with the movement of ancient Mesozoic leylines and volcanic lava eruptions, including silver and copper mines;

Japan is located on the fault zone of the earth's crust, and there are many volcanoes and earthquakes, so there are also many gold and silver reserves;

The situation of the Luzon Islands is similar to that of Japan, probably due to the Mesozoic crustal movement of the islands, so the reserves of gold, silver and copper are also very rich.

Meng Yunshan walked up to Yang Yi and said: "Captain, as far as the last general knows, a cow in our Great Song Dynasty can be sold for twenty or thirty guan, and I am afraid that there will be no forty or fifty thousand cows here, if they can all be transported back to the Great Song Dynasty, this is worth more than one million guan, captain, why don't we?"

Listening to Meng Yunshan's words, a certain captain couldn't help but slap his forehead, Jack, Jack, how can you be so focused on digging gold and ignoring other wealth?

Looking at the huge herd of cattle grazing leisurely on the meadow, Captain Jack suddenly seemed to see a stone of silver.

"Quickly send someone back to the beach, let the passing merchant ships come back a little bit, we don't have time to deal with the cattle, let the trading company send a ship to transport it slowly."

"But captain, I'm afraid that the herd will be scattered after a long time, and it will be difficult to find it then."

"No, this herd of bison has a leader, and the herd usually moves with the leader, and such a large herd is easy to find wherever they go."

"Okay, the last general will send someone back to the beach to believe in it."

After Mengyunshan sent people back to the beach, Yang Yi suddenly had another idea, and shouted to the deputy battalion commander Chen Changqing: "Quick, call two or three hundred brothers, let's drive a few hundred buffaloes back to the valley." ”

"Captain, what are you doing back?"

"Still don't understand? Drive a few hundred buffaloes back to the valley, and then seal the entrance of the cave, in a few years, the valley should be able to breed a large number of buffaloes, just like our buffalo breeding farm, we regularly send to dig the hole, so that a large number of buffaloes can be transported back to the Great Song Dynasty in a few years to be sold? ”

After hearing this, Chen Changqing nodded again and again, and immediately led people to drive the cattle, and Yang Yi then shouted: "To drive more cows, it is enough to have a few bulls." ”

Chen Changqing blurted out: "These bulls are so happy." ”

Yang Yi couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "Chen Changqing, if you envy these bulls, then I will seal you into the valley and let you take on the great cause of breeding cattle." ”

When everyone heard this, they all burst out laughing, Chen Changqing laughed a few times, and then yelled at his subordinates: "Laugh at a fart." The captain has an order, but he does not hurry up to carry it out. Whoever laughs again, be careful that I really seal him into the valley. ”

Under the leadership of Chen Changqing. The 300 men quickly took action, first digging a wooden stake in front of the entrance of the cave, tying a fence in the shape of a figure eight, and then each taking a long wooden pole with the thickness of an arm, and driving the cattle into the fence, separating the bull from the cow in the process.

The task of herding cattle here has not yet been completed, and the person in charge of prospecting has already heard cheers. Yang Yi heard them dancing and shouting from afar: "Found it, found it, there is really a gold mine, there is really a gold mine"

Although Yang Yi was already prepared, he couldn't help but run over happily, and one of the prospecting experts, Nie Ping, said excitedly: "Captain, we dug up a piece of dog's head gold, you see, these knocked-out rocks. And the excavated sand contains gold grains. ”

Yang Yi snatched the piece of dog's head gold, which was the size of an egg, and there were many impurities, and the appearance was yellow and green. It is estimated that it would be good to get three percent of gold if it is refined.

As for the rocks that Nie Ping and the others knocked open, they could see some gold grains, and a small number of grains as big as melon seeds. In the mineral sand below, there are also dots of gold mixed in it.

People who don't know. You might think that a so-called gold mine is a large pile of gold piled up in the ground, but it is not like that at all. Like Yang Yi held in his hand this kind of dog's head gold containing a lot of impurities is extremely rare, there are melon seeds as large as melon seeds in the rock is not rare, usually a ton of ore, can refine twenty or thirty grams of gold, it is already a very good gold mine.

Nie Ping was so excited that his face was flushed and he said, "Captain, this is the first time I've seen such a bonanza. ”

Yang Yi said: "Look at other places and calculate an approximate reserve. ”

"It's hard to calculate the reserves, but it's certain to look at other places, and the captain doesn't know, but the gold mines are usually very wide, but the gold content will be different in each place, and the villain will try to find the place with the highest gold content, and when he mines, he will mine from there."

"Okay, go quickly, everyone work hard, rest assured, you will not be able to benefit everyone in the future."

A gold mine was discovered, and everyone was full of energy, digging everywhere, knocking on the rocks, and the good news kept coming, and more and more places where gold-containing mineral sand and ore were found.

In particular, the discovery of golden sand is very exciting, because the gold is relatively easy to handle, and it is generally put into the water and repeatedly selected to obtain gold, which will undoubtedly reduce the cost of refining;

The ore, on the other hand, is ground first, mercury is added, and gold can be refined from the ore after a number of procedures.

Of course, this method also has the advantage of this method, because it can often refine silver and copper at the same time, and generally gold mines will be associated with silver and copper, and silver and copper cannot be extracted by using water panning.

The buffalo is over, the entrance to the cave is sealed, and the gold mine is also found, this time it can be said that it is a full return, after returning to the beach, Yang Yi ordered to work hard Well, it should be to kill cattle and sheep.

Anyway, there are many cattle, and they also invited the Firo people to come together and held a bonfire party on the seaside.

Well, you have to be kind to the Feiluo people, and you have to count on others for mining in the future, although the Feiluo people are still a little nervous, but Yang Yi is very generous this time, and sent dozens of silks and a few baskets of porcelain and some exquisite goods to them. Finally made them more excited than apprehensive.

The soldiers gathered around the fire, blowing the sea breeze, nibbling on beef, and when they talked about this experience, they all danced with their eyebrows, and Yang Yi's killing of the big snake was rendered more and more magical by them;

Then he talked about the flash floods, the cattle coming out of the caves, and the surprises that made the others who couldn't go there scream again and again, and only hated that they couldn't experience it once.

Early the next morning, Yang Yi left a warship to guard here, waiting for the trading company to send someone to take over the mining operation. He continued south with his fleet.

Next target: Malacca.

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(To be continued......)