"What is this?"

Wu Shishi took out a thumb-sized stone from the stream, looked at the sunlight in a daze, and occasionally refracted a clear yellow flash, which made Li Shi's heart that was still faintly hanging fall to the ground.

"Where's this?"

The stream came from under a mountain wall, and Jia Gouzi picked up a small half-palm thing under the water in the crack of the stone, and the heavy feel made him feel strange when he was used to touching iron ore, and quickly touched it.

"What else could it be, gold."

Li Shi said idly while frowning and rubbing his feet. It's not that he is delicate, this Cockscomb Mountain is still a reckless place now, not as leisurely as climbing Yuexiu Mountain in his previous life, and there is not even a path to collect medicine and hunt. All the way up, the specially prepared hometown brand straw shoes have stepped on two pairs of broken feet, and there are a lot of openings on the soles of the feet. Not only him, but the others were not much better, compared to the real mountain people, their climbing skills were much worse.

"Really...... What gold! ”

Tian Dayou took the stone from Wu Shishi's hand, looked at it for a moment, and his hands trembled with excitement

"It's gold!"

He tried hard to swallow his saliva, and Guan Fengsheng, Lin Dashu and others behind him wanted to rush over to take a look, but they felt that they were too visible, and their faces suddenly turned red.

When Jia Gouzi handed over the piece of dog's head gold, Tian Dayou shouted out the word gold again at the top of his throat, and the others couldn't bear it anymore, so they rushed up and surrounded the dog's head gold and watched it non-stop. He Gui and He Carpenter even snatched the gold with his hand, and stared at him in front of him, looking like he couldn't swallow it.

"Gold ......"

I don't know who said it with a crying voice, and everyone else choked up.

Tian Dayou rushed forward along the stream, came to the place where Jia Gouzi dug out the dog's head gold, picked up a handful of sand at the bottom of the stream, shook it gently from side to side, and after a while, shouted again: "This is a golden sand stream!" ”

He looked at the mountain wall behind the creek and made a conclusion in his professional capacity: "There is an underground river in there, and there will be more gold sand!" ”

Li Shi limped, jumped over, and stretched out his hand to everyone: "Give it to me." ”

He didn't say anything about this, Jia Gouzi snatched the dog's head gold from He Gui's hand and handed it over. Wu Shi pinched the piece of puppy head gold he touched, and wanted to feed it to his mouth, wanting to see if this gold was really sweet, Li Shi's eyes swept over, he scratched his head and smirked, and quickly handed it over.

After receiving these two pieces of dog's head gold, Li Xian stretched out his arms, as if hugging this cockscomb mountain, and made a declaration of "sovereignty": "This mountain, no, this mountain, is a mountain of gold, our mountain of gold. ”

Guan Tian and the others looked up at the top of the mountain, their eyes were already crazy, and it took a while before they tasted the meaning of these words.

"Fourth brother...... The gold is yours. ”

Guan Fengsheng subconsciously spoke, this was not because he didn't want to touch the gold, but because he emphasized that others didn't have a share. The second girl changed her name to Guan Xuan, and she had already entered Li Shi's door, Li Shi was his son-in-law, so he naturally had to talk to his family.

"Let's help the fourth brother dig for this gold! The fourth brother will give us some scum! ”

Tian Dayou hurriedly spoke, in his opinion, this is what Li Xian meant.

"That's right, we're in person!" 【1】

Wu Yaluo and He Gui hurriedly answered, and if you want to pan for gold, you will naturally have to be a charcoal head and a carpenter.

"Then I...... I'll be the leader! ”

Lin Dashu didn't know why he was also pulled by Li Shi, and he was at a loss, but when he saw Jinzi, his mind became active. He is just a farmer, and he can't help much with the gold panning, but he can make do with the logistics details, and he doesn't want to be left behind at such a critical juncture.

Feeling the thoughts of everyone being baked by the gold, Li Xian smiled secretly, these people are the backbone of Fengtian Village, and now with this gold, he can finally hold the entire village in his hands.

is still the same sentence, kindness is powerless in the face of interests, after all, if you want to grasp people's hearts, you have to hold interests.

"Uncles, this gold is barely mine. But if I'm alone, I can't find much gold, and this is a barren mountain, in case the news leaks, most of my life will be in danger, so it is right to do it according to Uncle Tian's proposal. ”

Li Xian said slowly, what to do, he had already thought through the front and back.

"My greatest wish is for everyone to live a better life, and it is useless for me to ask for too much gold myself. And to pan for gold here is not like mining, it's a huge adventure......"

Speaking of this, the joy on everyone's faces also faded, and worry and horror churned out from the depths of their hearts.

That's right, gold eats people's hearts, this news is going to spread, and it's no wonder that the surrounding villagers don't pour in tens of thousands! When the time comes, let alone keep the gold, whether you can keep your life is hanging.

"Calling a few uncles over today to see this gold is to absolutely believe in the uncles. Since God has given me this gold, I cannot retreat, but I must let it benefit everyone......"

Everyone nodded awe-inspiringly, and their minds calmed down, to keep the news, it was useless to just keep their mouths shut, and they had to do too many things. But no matter how hard these things are, they can't suppress the ** who got the gold, this risk, no one wants to accept it.

Li Yan exhaled a long breath and finally said his specific plan.

"I want to build a club!"

The so-called associations were very popular in Guangdong at this time, such as fish pond meetings, field meetings, tea parties, and so on, just like the partnership companies of later generations, in which a number of people and households jointly run a certain business.

"Reform this personally, and distribute the elements to the heads of each village, and our whole village, there are people who contribute and have the strength to share this gold. Of course, it is a matter of life and death, and everyone in the village who joins the association must sign a life and death contract......"

Li Shi's words made everyone's breathing gradually heavier, and the scene was silent for a while, only the sound of whirring and panting, and then Guan Tian and the others looked at each other, and finally made up their minds.

It can only be like this, if you want to benefit, you have to pay, and they all understand this truth. In addition to contributing, it is more important to keep the gold a secret, because if it leaks out, it will harm the whole village. Li Shi proposed to make a life and death contract, which made this matter seem very scary, but if you don't distinguish the "harm" first, what "benefit" can you talk about?

"Fourth brother, there are more than 100 households in the village, will it be too much?"

Guan Fengsheng still cares about the interests of his son-in-law.

"Yes, not everyone is willing to sign a life and death contract."

Tian Dayou frowned and said, he was considering the practical difficulty of implementation.

"Life and death contract...... It seems that the government doesn't recognize it, right? ”

Wu Yaluo was still a little worried.

"Okay, report the gold mine to the government, and they will admit it."

Lin Dashu shouted sarcastically, and Wu Yaluo glared at him, but he didn't say anything more. If you want to divide the gold, you have to act in secret, and at this time, it doesn't matter if the government recognizes it or not.

"Let's come step by step, since we are going to pan for gold here, we can't stay in Fengtian Village anymore. Before we went up the mountain, we saw a large wasteland in the bend. Anyway, we have to set up a separate mile in Fengtian Village, so it is better to cultivate the fields there, so as to cover the eyes and ears of outsiders. ”

Jiguan Mountain is located in the middle of the Tianxin River to the west, under the mountain in the south is the walled fort that killed the bandits before, and the river bay in the east is a large piece of wasteland, because the land is barren and alkaline, and it cannot become farmland without spending great efforts to open canals and plough the land, so no one cares.

According to the decree of the Qing Dynasty, whoever reclaims the ownerless wasteland can also be exempted from land tax for six years. Of course, the decree is the decree, and the magistrate will not let the grass people enjoy such a generous treatment, but Li Xian's friendship with Li Zhushou can take advantage of such a advantage.

"If you are willing to come along, let him join the club, and if you don't want to, you won't be reluctant."

Li Xian's strategy made everyone nod their heads, this method is good, and it will not make the villagers face too tiring choices at once. As for the matter of moving, Guan Tian and the others, the backbone of the village, don't care, except for Lin Dashu, they no longer rely on the field for their business. Even Lin Dashu, thinking about gold, didn't feel that he had to guard the ancestral field to feel comfortable.

With gold, what can you do without?

"It's just...... At the foot of the mountain in the south is the leprosy courtyard built by the fourth brother......"

He Gui whispered with palpitations.

When the leprosy courtyard was built, at the bottom of the mountain, Li Shi gave Pan Jinling 1,000 taels of silver, and asked her to settle the women and their families first. It didn't take much effort to do this, and the cheap master Duan Hongshi felt that it was a great good deed, so he took the initiative to take on the work of lobbying and fooled Li Zhushou.

The establishment of a leprosy parlor in Yingde County was very taboo at first sound, but when you think about it carefully, this is a cultural and moral industry that can be recorded in the county annals, and you don't want the county to pay for it, just divide the place, Li Zhushou's ideological struggle did not last too long, and he agreed very neatly. For this reason, he made a lot of effort, and also "ventured" to the walled fort in person, and gave the plaque of "Yingde Leprosy Good Hall" written by himself to Pan Jinling.

By the way, it was also Li Shi who changed the name of "leprosy" to "leprosy", a small change, Duan Hongshi and Li Zhushou both said yes in a row. This is an elegant way to be considerate of human feelings, to cover up contempt, and they literati like to take care of this matter.

"Isn't that bad?"

Li Xian said lightly, Li Zhushou made a move, this mountain is the matter of the leprosy courtyard, and it suddenly spread throughout Yingde, who else dares to approach this place?

With this rhetorical question, He Gui's eyes straightened, and he didn't seem to be able to figure out whether this was a coincidence, or if Li Shi had already made arrangements.

Of course, this is Li Shi's pre-arrangement, the reason why they want to leave Panjinling and them in Yingde is to cover up Jiguan Mountain, there is this leprosy courtyard, and Jiguan Mountain is a forbidden place in people's hearts.

"Don't blame me for cheating, that's the benefit of the traverser......"

This thing is really wonderful, and Li Xian can't help but feel proud in his heart.

The general policy was decided, and Guan Tian and the others were pushed by enthusiasm, and immediately surveyed the situation on the spot, where the shed should be, where the melting furnace should be, and how to determine the route up the mountain, the sooner these plans were finalized, the better.

After greeting Jia Gouzi and Wu Shishi and other nine orphans, Li Shi looked at them with a smile.

"Do you want to share the gold?"

Jia Wu and the others looked at each other for a while, and they all nodded, but then shook their heads again.

"Originally, I thought, but then I thought, what's the use of us asking for gold? Can it compare to what the fourth brother gave us? ”

Jia Gouzi told the orphans' thoughts clearly, and the boys nodded vigorously.

[1: In person, it is a way for people to join the shares and share the harvest. It is present in all types of labor industries, and mining is more popular. The mine owner recruits the miners themselves, and the remuneration is the amount of the ore dug up by the miners themselves, which is a joint venture method in which the mine owner lacks capital. If the mine owner has sufficient capital, he generally recruits monthly workers, that is, workers with a fixed salary. 】

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