Chapter 19: Deep in the Forest
"It's still early, let's not go back yet." , Zhao Hongyu looked at the sky, it was more than nine o'clock in the morning, it was still early. "Two pheasants and a hare are not enough, let's hunt more."
After fighting for a while, Zhao Hongyu sat on the ground and tilted his head to propose.
Emma certainly didn't want to go back so early, she was now the age to be playful.
"Yes, yes, I know there is a place where there is a lot of prey."
Emma said happily to Zhao Hongyu.
Since Emma knows where animals often haunt, then of course it's a good thing.
Zhao Hongyu in this province is in great trouble.
"You wait a minute, I'm going to leave a little mark here, this is the first time you've accompanied me to the secret mushroom garden to play."
As she spoke, Emma took out a small white stone from her coat pocket, then found a black rock and drew it on the flat rock face.
Indians now also have the habit of scribbling on some rocks or cliffs, which Zhao Hongyu finds very interesting. He walked over to see how the little girl's 'graffiti' level was.
However, when Emma took out the small white stone from her pocket, Zhao Hongyu's eyes suddenly widened, as if he had seen something incredible.
"Emma, can you show me that little stone in your hand!"
Zhao Hongyu looked a little excited, and his voice was trembling.
Because on that small stone, there is a circle of golden metal, which is shining in the reflection of the sunlight and giving a unique luster.
Hearing this, Emma stopped the 'graffiti', looked back at the excited Zhao Hongyu, raised her right hand and handed over the small white stone, "What's so beautiful about this, I know that there are many places in one place." ”
Emma felt that this 'Zhao' brother's reaction today was really strange.
Isn't it just small stones, which are of no use at all except for leaving a white mark on the black rocks.
The children of the tribe don't like this kind of stone, only they like to scribble, so they just pick up a few pieces.
Hasn't this big brother ever seen this kind of stone?
Well, if that's the case, I'll take him to that place to pick up a few more pieces.
Emma felt a little funny, and at the same time thought Zhao Hongyu was quite cute.
God, an eleven or twelve-year-old Indian girl actually thinks that Zhao Hongyu, a 15-year-old boy, is cute.
Zhao Hongyu didn't know what Emma, the little girl in the Dao Dao, was thinking, he was now looking down at the small white stone in his hand, his expression was serious and serious, the little white stone was constantly playing in his hand, and at the same time he kept thinking in his heart.
Well, the golden substance wrapped in the stone should be gold if I am not mistaken.
The sunlight shines down through the branches of the forest, and the golden luster flashes in a dazzling eye.
This should be quartz!
Soon, Zhao Hongyu had a preliminary judgment.
Seeing Zhao Hongyu fall silent, staring at the stone. The little girl Emma stopped making a sound, she stood quietly beside Zhao Hongyu, tilting her head to look at this little brother.
She couldn't understand why this little brother was so interested in such useless stones, she really didn't understand it at all.
Song Hu also came over at this time, he came to Zhao Hongyu's side and stopped and asked in a low voice, "Chief, is this gold?" ”
Hearing this, Zhao Hongyu nodded silently.
"I guess so, if it weren't for gold, its luster wouldn't be so dazzling." After speaking, Zhao Hongyu threw the white stone in his hand and said to Song Hu: "Do you know what kind of stone this is?" ”…,
Song Hu shook his head, and responded angrily: "I don't study geology and mining, how can I know what kind of stone this is." Song Hu only had a primary school education, and he sighed a little dejectedly.
If he hadn't been selected to be a soldier, he wouldn't have known so much about the Dao.
Three years of compulsory military service is not in vain.
But even so, it was impossible for him to know what the stone in Zhao Hongyu's hand was.
Zhao Hongyu smiled and said to Song Hu: "This is quartz stone, this kind of stone is nothing." It's just that this quartz vein usually has another metal that is half-born, and that is gold! When it was said that the half-lived veins of quartz were gold, Zhao Hongyu's face flashed with excitement and brilliance.
"Oh, there's such a thing." , Song Hu is also interested, it is the first time he knows about this matter. At the same time, Song Hu sighed in his heart, it is good to have cultural knowledge, and the culture of the leader is stronger than that of a person with a primary school diploma like him.
Zhao Hongyu shook his head with a smile and didn't make a sound.
In fact, he knows that the Tao has nothing to do with his cultural knowledge, but because in the 21st century, when consulting is developed, when there is nothing to do, he looks east and west on the Internet to see the Tao of the Tao.
After all, in the 21st century, with the development of the Internet, in an era like the Big Bang of Consulting, even home-going otaku will usually know some information that ordinary people don't understand.
After being silent for a while, Zhao Hongyu said, "I suspect that there should be a large quartz vein nearby, and there is also a gold mine. It's just that I'm not sure about the size of this gold mine, or how difficult it is to dig it. ”
Hearing Zhao Hongyu say this, Song Hu said with a grin: "Let's go and have a look first, instead of thinking nonsense here, it is better to go and see the situation over there to judge." Zhao Hongyu nodded, then turned to the little girl Emma and said, "You said that there are a lot of these stones nearby, I don't know if you can take me to see it?" ”
The little girl Emma listened to the conversation between Zhao Hongyu and Song Hu, but she couldn't understand what they were talking about.
What veins, what quartz stones, what gold, she listened to the clouds and mountains and fog shrouds in confusion.
It's no wonder that the little girl doesn't understand, after all, there is a difference of almost 400 years, and the gap in knowledge and generation gap is not ordinarily big.
However, when the little girl saw Zhao Hongyu and said that she should take it to the place where only she knew the Tao, she still responded happily.
"There is no problem with the words of the little brother, only Emma knows the Tao in that place, and Emma knows a lot of secrets in this forest." Emma proudly raised her little face and straightened her thin little body.
Looking at Emma's childish appearance, Zhao Hongyu and Song Hu looked at each other and smiled.
Emma was right, the other children in this forest didn't like to play, and even if they came here to pick mushrooms or something, they wouldn't go into the depths of the forest.
Only the little girl, Emma, is bold, she likes to explore alone and discover the secrets of the deep forest.
It is precisely because of this relationship that the little girl Emma discovers this secret garden full of mushrooms, as well as the 'useless' quartz veins and gold.
I have to say that Zhao Hongyu's luck is good, the Indians in North America don't value gold at all, and they are not like the Incas on the Caribbean coast of Central America.
And because of this, those British near Virginia still don't know about the gold here.
Otherwise, the British would have conquered this place and started digging in a big way.
Hmph, since Lao Tzu is here, then don't think about the golden European turtles here, no matter who wants to grab this golden Lao Tzu, he won't have a good time! …,
Following behind the little girl Emma, Zhao Hongyu's heart turned a thousand times.
Follow the creek into the depths of the forest, about an hour's walk. On the way, Zhao Hongyu saw a variety of small animals and birds.
Wild boar! Squirrel! Badger! Marmot! Fawn! Pheasant! Lynx! Fox! Aardwolf......
After those small animals found Zhao Hongyu and his party, they all rushed into the forest. Emma was very disappointed, because these were all prey.
But now Zhao Hongyu's mind is not on hunting, he has to quickly determine whether there is a quartz vein in that area, and whether there is a gold mine.
You must know that if you really find a gold mine, and the output is very huge, it will bring him great benefits.
Because the business of selling gold to space-time traders is more profitable than collecting furs.
Now that the trade in furs has tended to decline, the profit of a dozen furs a day is too small, and the quality of these furs is still uneven, which is very troublesome.
But if there is a gold mine, then there will be a new income point, and in the short term, it will bring a qualitative leap to his development.
A gram of gold costs 320 yuan, how can the gold mine here produce 50 grams of gold a day. This is still the minimum production, and if the veins are rich, it will produce even more.
At that time, if you want to buy a genetic person, you can buy a genetic person, and if you want to invest in a copycat, you can invest in a copycat.
Come to think of it, it won't be long before your tribe can expand rapidly.
Once you have the manpower, you don't have to worry about safety anymore. And the cottage has been invested, and it is not good to buy some machinery and vehicles.
Hey!
The more Zhao Hongyu thought about it, the more excited he became, and he felt that happiness was coming.
"Right here, the creek in front of you goes upstream, and there are a lot of these stones!"
Emma, who was leading the way in front of her, suddenly stopped, she raised her hand and pointed ahead, turned her head and said to Zhao Hongyu.
Zhao Hongyu and Song Hu looked in the direction of Emma's finger, and a deer drinking water in front of them was frightened, and it was jumping towards the depths of the forest, and soon disappeared into the forest.
And on the branches of the yellow trees on both sides of the stream, the elven squirrels were crouching and watching them outsiders.
Zhao Hongyu, Wang Hu and four other genetic people hugged Emma and walked over slowly.
"Look, Chief!"
Song Hu's eyes were good, and he saw the strangeness in the shallow stream at a glance.