When he found out that there was golden sand in the river, Gu Yi was a little excited, but he was quickly deflated, even if he found a gold mine, what was the point to him?

Gu Yi probed along the river bank and figured out the general environment of the [hollow valley], which was obviously a sinkhole caused by some kind of subsidence, but the geology was not the karst soluble limestone common in the terrain of the sinkhole, but the blue-gray siderite with high hardness, which is also the source of the name "bluestone mine".

Under the terrain of the sinkhole, there is usually abundant groundwater, and the small river in the [hollow valley] with a large amount of water is a branch of the underground river that emerges from the ground, and according to Gu Yi's judgment, there must be a gold ore vein and crystalline ore vein near this underground, otherwise the sand and gravel gushing out from the underground river by the strong water flow will not carry golden sand and crystalline grains, and this can be regarded as a treasure land.

As they explored the valley, they saw a few people moving in the distance, but there were not many of them, most of them were active in the burning and ironstone caves around the mountain wall, which looked like they were mining.

Gu Yi remembered that the boy Ge Qiao had said that it seemed that the people could use the produce in the [Hollow Valley] to exchange for food and needs at the Iron Courtyard.

This is obviously the "Tai Bo Kui" who did not show up in the Iron Courtyard, taking advantage of the privilege of supervising the people in charge of the grain and straw, and privately let the people who were mainly responsible for making money for the mine Zhenggao to do private work for themselves.

I don't know what agreement there is between the Ludao Mine Zhenggaojie and this mysterious Tai Bo Kui, the mine is providing them with money and food, and Tai Bo Kui is guarding and suppressing these unruly people for the mine, the two sides have some meaning of not intruding on each other, and using these 100 people to work is completely Tai Bokui's private behavior.

Obviously, Tai Bokui did not need much of the resources produced in this [hollow valley], and it was enough to rely on the grain and straw of the people who were stuck in the bar, and coerced them to get a little bit for themselves, otherwise, it would be better to transfer more mines from the bluestone mine than to let these people who did not even have a piece of iron in their hands pick it up with their bare hands.

This kind of fake public and private behavior is obviously acquiesced by the mine, anyway, Tai Bo Kui doesn't want much, it will not affect the people's "fat" accumulation of combat power, delaying his main source of income Dou Bo Kui to make money, naturally let the casual Tai Bo Kui toss, do some work should be the right to boil up the strength, lest the fat is too thick, become obese, but lose combat power.

Gu Yi didn't dare to get too close to those people, he took a look from a distance and took a detour to avoid it, the blood essence in his stomach had not yet been digested, but he was not in a hurry to "hunt" these "prey", let them fatten up a little and then kill... The strength is not good, and he doesn't know the depth of the strength of these old people in the [Trap Valley], Gu Yi has no choice but to comfort himself like this.

His plan to tear down a few houses to get some wood fell through, and in the distance he could see the grass and wood houses, which surrounded the small lake in the center of the valley, and divided into several small and large "small villages".

Gu Yi, who didn't plan to have a conflict with these people for the time being, could only take Er Xiao back to the vicinity of the iron courtyard in the upper reaches of the river, and he found several very peculiar phenomena, one is that almost all the people are digging coal and iron ore, but no one goes down to the river to salvage the so-called "gold essence gravel, dragon chalcedony jade"!

This may be because the output of these two things is too small compared to the coal and iron ore that can be picked up everywhere in the [Hollow Valley], and the factor of luck is too great, and you can't catch a few grains in a hard day, and it is not cost-effective to waste your efforts, compared to the coal and iron ore that can be obtained with some effort, it is much easier.

And the most interesting thing is that the people who live around the small lake are not so harmonious with each other, and it is clear that here, too, in the environment of "where there are people, there are rivers and lakes", the people are divided into several small groups according to the distribution of houses.

Among them, the group with the greatest potential occupies the ironstone cave on the mountain wall in the direction of the north shore of Xiaohu Lake, and the second largest force occupies the burning rock cave on the mountain wall in the direction of the south bank of Xiaohu Lake, forming a pattern of "South Coal and North Mine" living across the lake, and there are twenty or thirty people on both sides.

As for the rest of the small groups, it was obviously the small groups of Black Teeth, Rou Servants, Bai Min, and Mao People who had entered the valley with them last night, and they were temporarily attached to these two forces.

I just don't know whether the bract jaw of the Qiang Dao belongs to the "Southern Coal" or the "North Mine", as the only one who is allowed to go out of the valley, and he also holds the position of the head of the Qianshan [Bluestone Mine], he has a lot of power and convenience, and he will not be too bad to mix in this [Trap Valley].

The second peculiar phenomenon is that the people did not dare to approach the vicinity of the iron courtyard at the bottom of the valley at the west end of the [Hollow Valley], and avoided this area far away, and only moved in the middle and lower reaches of the small river, and I don't know whether the Dao was afraid of the strength of that Tai Bo Kui, or whether they were not allowed to approach by Tai Bo Kui by using his power.

But Gu Yi didn't plan to engage in an undoubted "struggle for power" with those people, the environment in the upper reaches of the river was much better than that in the middle and lower reaches, and he planned to build a small wooden house next to the iron courtyard to live in.

Before the strength reaches the point where you can ignore the threat of those karma, it is still very beneficial to borrow the "tiger skin" of the Iron Courtyard, which is very deterrent to the karma people, to protect the weaker three of you, at least you don't have to waste your energy by guarding against the sneak attack of the karma people all night.

Judging from last night's contact with Ge Qiao, the boy in the Iron Courtyard, it seems that he is relatively easy to get along with, just an innocent little baby, although he looks like a little adult, but he is not better than the stupid cow brake, and it should be easier to fool.

As for the mysterious Tai Bo Kui who has not yet appeared, although Gu Yi doesn't know what he is doing hiding in the wooden house in the iron courtyard, he can imagine that he belongs to the type that only focuses on what he is interested in, regardless of foreign affairs, which can be seen from the fact that he is responsible for supervising the karma people, but only carries out extensive management of the karma people.

Thinking about it, as long as the three of them don't provoke him, with their friendship with the little boy Ge Qiao last night, they shouldn't be driven away, and they are not allowed to live next to the iron courtyard, right?

Gu Yi was at least eight points sure of this, and Ge Qiao's kid was still begging him to brew the liquor to compensate him for Tai Bokui, so he shouldn't be too unkind.

The three of Gu Yi, who had been walking around, did not go back empty-handed, pinched and picked a lot of plants that Gu Yi knew along the way, and one of them bundled a large bundle and carried it back, ready to start work.