"Mr. MacDonald, here's a roundup of intelligence from Alaska this month." Elizabeth placed the texts on the table.

"Very well, thank you." Scrooge looked up and smiled at her, watched her walk out of the office, and then took the text and looked through it.

"How? How much gold has been dug up? Dorothea asked when she saw Elizabeth go out.

"Winter hasn't passed yet, what to dig and how to mine gold without flowing water?" Scrooge smiled, "Now it's just preparing for mining." Well? There are workers who have gold? ”

"What? It's going to be okay, right? Dorothea tensed up at once.

"It's nothing," Mr. Scrooge said, "and they can't get the news out of the country anyway." It's just that it may bring a little trouble to the management to some extent. ”

……

Kohler's gold was entirely accidental. While clearing the camp, he was instructed to dig up the contents of a shed left behind by the original expedition. The shed had been crushed by the snow by the time they arrived, but for the record, there were still some tools or something. So it also needs to be dug up and things out.

But now there is a problem, that is, the heavy snow has covered all those places in a thick layer, and it is impossible to see from the ground where the old workshop with the tools is. Although they have a map in their hand, this map is only a rough diagram, relying on it can only know the approximate location at most, and if you really want to find the specific place, well, you still have to dig to find it.

As a result, while digging through the snow, Kohler's shovel hit something hard.

"Maybe it's the tools." That's what Kohler thought at the time. But when he dug up the layer of snow, it seemed to be just a stone, but it seemed to glow with golden metallic luster where the shovel had touched it. Kohler picked up the "stone", which was not too big, but it was very heavy. He took it to his eyes and looked at it carefully, and then his heart thumped, and his head thumped, and he could hardly see anything, hear nothing—it was gold, natural gold!

"Kohler, what are you doing!" Several workers who were working together asked curiously when they saw that Kohler had suddenly picked up something and was trembling there.

But Kohler could no longer hear his companion's questions, he threw away the shovel in his hand, and held the piece of natural gold in both hands, and could not hear anything.

"What are you doing? What is this? A worker walked up to him and took a look, "Nima's, gold!" Such a big piece of gold! The man stretched out his hand to grab it, "Show me!" He shouted.

Kohler also came to his senses at this point, and he shoved the worker away, shouting, "What are you going to do?" It's mine! At the same time, he bent down to pick up the shovel that had fallen to the ground. But at this time, the man who had been pushed away swooped down, threw Kohler to the ground at once, and then desperately tried to snatch the piece of gold in his hand.

"What are you doing?" Thomas, the Blackwater guard, who was standing not far away, shouted, and at the same time unfastened the safety of the revolver in his hand.

Neither of them paid attention to him, but continued to snatch.

Thomas walked over and kicked the guy in the ass who was pressing on Khloe, kicking the guy over a heel. Then he raised his gun and fired a shot into the sky. At this time, the two dizzy guys were able to come to their senses.

Of course, the results after sobering up are not good. The piece of gold, because it was found on the company's land, was undoubtedly the property of the company, and then it was naturally confiscated. Although Kohler was very reluctant to give, at this time, he had already come to his senses. He knew that he was working hard with the company, and no one would know about death in this place. In fact, it's not like there's no one dead in Alaska these days......

……

"The situation of the convoy losses, well, a whole team of people from the port to the mine is missing?" Dorothea also stretched out her head to read the information.

"If you go missing in that environment, you're basically dead." "Damn, I lost a lot of supplies and sled dogs." However, the losses are still within the expected range. This figure is acceptable. ”

"Do you think there will be people who dig around the ground at this time to find gold, and then find a way to escape with the gold?" Dorothea asked.

"How to escape? It's icy and snowy. Scrooge said disapprerovingly.

"Get the gold first, then steal a sled. Fleeing all the way south. If he's lucky, he might be able to escape to Canada. Dorothea said.

"It takes very, very good luck." "And now that the land is frozen under heavy snow, gold is hard to find." However, it is also necessary to emphasize to that you must take care of the sled. Oh, Dorothea, you're right, someone has escaped......"

……

There is a small grove near the mine, where most of the fuel comes from the camp - it is very uneconomical to use a sleigh and run for days to the port to load fuel. This morning, the workers came to the grove on sleighs, under the watchful eye of the Blackwater's guards, oh, I should say protection.

In the evening, the workers boarded three sleds and began to return to the camp. One of them was dragging wood, and two were loaded with workers and Blackwater's guards. It hadn't been long since the sleigh with the firewood suddenly broke down. So the whole team stopped, the workers busily moved the firewood down to see if the sleigh could be repaired, and the Blackwater guards were ready to encounter wild animals.

Just as the workers and guards on the sleigh had gone down, one of the sled riders suddenly waved his whip and drove the sleigh to the south.

"Damn! It's Parry, what does he want to do? Thomas raised his gun and fired a shot. The crisp sound of gunfire echoed across the wasteland. But the sled showed no signs of stopping, so Thomas began to really raise his gun and take aim. By this time, however, the sled had already gone far, and Thomas fired two shots, but it was very windy, and the sled was running fast again and failed to hit.

"Go chase him back." Thomas and two of the guards jumped onto the remaining sled, but the sled had only gone a few dozen meters before it went wrong.

"Damn! It must have been that bastard who did it! Thomas scolded.

Now he was sure that Parry must have found a bit of gold at some point. He secretly hid the gold, and then, just now, while everyone was not paying attention, he moved his hands and feet on the sleigh. Then he fled in a sled.

It took Thomas and the others a while to fix the sled, but by this time, the wind was getting stronger and stronger, and it began to snow again. Obviously, it's not a good idea to chase that guy again at this time.

"I'll camp and report to the port. Let the harbor side watch their own ship. Thomas thought for a moment and said.

……

Parry drove the dog sledding for a while, and when he looked back, no one was chasing him, so he slowed down. Although he didn't know much about this wasteland, he also knew that the dog couldn't stand running all the way like this. And whether he can get out or not depends on these dogs for a long time.

Parry reached out and pressed his chest, the thing was hard and still there, which gave him more courage. Now that the wind is strong and it is snowing again, it is not good to stay in such an open place, he has no tent, in such a field, let the cold wind blow for a night, and by morning he will definitely be frozen into popsicles.

Parry's eyes widened as he looked around for shelter from the wind, well, there was a bush-covered hill over there, and behind that, he might be able to find shelter.

Parry drove the sleigh to the back of the mountain, where the wind was a little lighter, but still very cold. The days in Alaskan winter are short, and in the blink of an eye, it will be dark. Parry remembered that when he had talked to the guides, they had mentioned how the Eskimos used snow to build their own houses, so he began to try to build a hut for himself.

However, the Eskimo snow room was obviously a very skill-intensive job, and Parry tried hard for a long time, but could not build a snow room like the guide described, so he had to use the second option, using snow to build a small space for himself and the sled dogs on all sides, but without a ceiling. Then he went up from the sleigh and lowered a little firewood and lit a small fire. In order to guard against a possible pursuer, it would have been best not to light the fire. But Parry thought that on a snowy night like this, no one would chase after him. Moreover, in such an environment, without lighting a fire, he was not sure that he would survive this long, cold night.

……

"This guy doesn't have a gun in his hand and doesn't have enough food with him. Well, we've been controlling everyone's food, and at most, he secretly left a little bit at mealtime. In addition, if there is too much food, it will be revealed. "In the camp, Blackwater's guards were discussing the incident.

"In such conditions, he didn't even have food to feed his dogs, and at most tomorrow, he would have to abandon his dog sled and hike south. I don't know if he can make his own sled, but even if he had a set of his own sleds, I don't think he would be able to get much out of his hands before he ran out of food. Not to mention walking to the inhabited areas of Canada, it is impossible to reach our ports. Chen Guang said, "So, I don't think we have the need to chase him......

……

"Dorothea, do you think that guy can get out?" Scrooge asked.

"I don't know." Dorothea said, "Why don't we make a bet......

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