Chapter 202: Gold Mine
There is gold in this hole, what else is needed to encourage the cheer?
This is also bigger than the dog hole, how could Mr. Gao and Zhong Qinbo climb in front of the soldiers?
Dig! Dig for me, this hole will be dug up to the height of a man!
More than 1,000 people, divided into two shifts, were digging at night with torches.
"General, it's dug up!"
"General, there's gold!"
This is simply an unexpected joy, before they reached the ravine at the bottom of the cliff, just digging a cave, they all dug up gold nuggets, that really can't waste a little soil, the dug out of the soil, directly crushed and sifted!
This kind of surprise, when the more and more you dig, the soldiers are numb, this, this gold is too much! It's just everywhere, rotten streets!
They didn't dislike digging the hole too tired, they only hated the cave, it wasn't too deep, and they dug it for six days and five nights.
In addition to dirt, stones, and gold nuggets, more than a dozen pythons were dug up.
The biggest one is bigger than their heads, and they can see the big men squeaking and screaming one by one, how can the snake in Daxia be so big, it scares people to death.
The more daring ones ripped off the python's skin, and discussed how to eat the python's meat.
Gao Huaiyu is not afraid of the ground, he is afraid of the snake and this mollusk, even if he sees that the python is already colorless, but he still holds on, and he doesn't want to be ugly in front of his subordinates.
Amanlin, the child, looked obsessed with the python, and if one was caught alive, he dared to pick up the snake's tail and turn it in circles.
"My mother, this little brother is really cruel!" Qin Ke was so impressed that he threw himself to the ground, at most he dared to use a sword to kill the snake, he didn't dare to catch the snake, and he still played with it? Do you have goosebumps all over your body?
Heiwa kept telling the soldiers who were digging the cave to be careful and careful, if they were bitten by poisonous snakes, they would die of poison if they couldn't get out of the cave far.
Imperial Doctor Shangguan is not here, you have to cherish your own life!
Heiwa reminded Gao Huaiyu of this, and he asked his soldiers to return to the camp and called Shangguan Imperial Doctor into the ravine.
The imperial physician should be very attentive to these poisons, and with him staying here, the brothers can also be relieved in time if they have three longs and two shorts.
They did not immediately enter the cave that had been dug through, in the words of Zhong Qinbo, to give the animals who heard the movement some time to escape, and try not to confront them head-on.
After one night, and lunch the next day, they began their cave exploration.
Gao Huaiyu's personal soldiers walked in front with torches, the cave was dark, and everyone walked to the innermost hole.
Standing at the entrance of the cave, looking up at the sky, well, the day.
Looking in front of me, there was a ravine about ten meters wide, overgrown with weeds and many small trees.
The cliffs just shade the sunlight at the bottom of the ditch, making it look particularly dark.
Perhaps many years ago, this long gully was a stream that meandered beneath the cliffs that nurtured the land.
"First of all, shovel these weeds and trees, everyone be careful, pay attention to whether there are snakes or poison in the grass, and pay attention to being bitten!"
"Got it, General, don't worry!"
"Oh, this piece of gold is so big!" Only then did he begin to clean up, and a small soldier's shovel had scooped up a golden lump the size of a human head.
"Oh my God, is there gold everywhere? Hurry, hurry, brothers, don't spare an inch of land! ”
"Damn, we've never seen so much gold in our lives!"
"Be careful, be careful, brothers, I saw the snake's tail, tsk, this one has a big head, too!"
"This big guy doesn't give our brother face, he has given him a night to escape, and he doesn't even run far!"
"Most of the big pythons are non-venomous, you should be careful of those with bright patterns and small ones, big ants, spiders, wasps and so on, they can't be underestimated, and the toxicity is not weaker than poisonous snakes at all." Heiwa told and advised.
"Brothers, listen to the advice of the uncle, we haven't made a fortune yet, and the father and mother are waiting for us to go back."
The soldiers who were overly excited calmed down, yes, who knows how many years no one has been here under this deep ditch, and there must be a lot of poison hidden in it.
It was no longer an irregular digging around, and after discussing for a long time, dozens of people with long branches were first beaten by the grass and startled the snakes.
The rustling of grass and jungle made the people behind them break out in a cold sweat.
The brothers in front kept whipping the grass, and the middle wave began to pull the grass, with hoes and knives, and the tools were also varied.
Walking in the last wave, he was only responsible for digging deep into the earth, and six out of ten hoes could dig out gold nuggets of various sizes. How can digging a hole be so cool, and in this long ditch, there are obviously bigger gold bumps.
"Uncle, let's not transfer some more people, this is obviously not enough!"
After confirming that there were a lot of golden bumps in this ditch, Gao Huaiyu was in a mood, and he couldn't wait to drive his sea boat to the mouth of the cave, dig it out and send it to the boat!
Heiwa thought for a while: "I think it's feasible, but in this ditch, I'm afraid that there are too many people to show it, and I have to explore the gold content in the mountains on both sides of this ditch."
It's good to take turns to do homework like now, and then there is another group, hunting, picking, cooking, and vigilance, and the brothers are doing hard work, and they have to eat meat! ”
What can Gao Huaiyu disagree with, this arrangement is very reasonable: "Uncle is still thoughtful, I will arrange it, and transfer another 3,000 people!" ”
"The brothers on the beach can come back and leave a few to see how those sweet potatoes grow once in a while! If it grows well, plant some more, it's hot here, and it should ripen quickly! Let's just plant all the river beaches! ”
"Hehe, we have this big golden bump, who still rares that gadget, Ming'er will let people go back and spread the word! You really care about those sweet potatoes, rest assured, rest assured, plant, plant, plant! ”
"General, doesn't it take time to dig for gold? The longer we stay, the more we will consume food and grass? If you don't grow some sweet potatoes to fill the gap in staple food, where will you go to replenish them? ”
"Hehe, I forgot about this stubble, if I don't finish digging up the gold here, who will be willing to leave, brothers. Uncle, you think about it well, it's really Zhou Xiang! ”
Not to mention planting some sweet potatoes, Zhong Qinbo will want to go to heaven, Gao Huaiyu is willing to build a ladder for him!
In the base camp, the personnel of the navy army quietly changed, and after receiving Gao Huaiyu's order, the imperial doctor Shangguan rushed to the cave with ten military doctors, and poison is also good medicine if it is used well.
He wondered, could this place be richer than the Inca Empire's medicinal herbs? All the generals were alarmed!
The shipwrecks were unaware, except for the shipbuilders, who were so bored that they were numb to catch fish. When they were tired of eating fish from the sea, they caught them in the lake.
The fish in this lake are dumbfounded, weighing dozens of pounds each, and they can catch dozens of fish a day.
If they don't often encounter large crocodiles, they feel that these lakes are perfect, much safer than the sea. It's a pity that crocodiles are too ferocious to deal with.
Occasionally, they would see herds of wild sheep and wild buffalo coming to the lake to drink.
Anyone who has eaten the beef will never forget it, and after knowing that this hunting ground belongs to an indigenous tribe near their home, they did not act rashly.
sent someone to find Huang Shangshu, asked Master Yan to help draw a cooperative hunting map, and then found the jungle tribe.
They joined forces with the hunters of the jungle tribe several times, slaughtering hundreds of bison, and Chief Amu became interested in their machetes again.
Huang Shangshu, the head of the camp, took charge and gave Chief Amu two long machetes, and Chief Amu didn't care about the number of them, and slaughtered the prey that belonged to them.
The soldiers' hunting grounds spread out into the mountains and forests, and they loved to wander around the territory of the lion tribes.
The people of the lion tribe dared not speak out, so they had to watch them stumble in their hunting grounds. The large prey is almost slaughtered by this group.
After this long ditch was cleared out of more than 1,000 meters long, and it was confirmed and affirmed that there was gold in this ditch and in the mountains on both sides, Gao Huaiyu's sailors mobilized again.
Heiwa and Gao Huaiyu plan to take turns to station, and one person needs to appear in the base camp, otherwise, they won't be able to see the two of them for too long, not to mention that the shipbuilder is suspicious, even Huang Shangshu can't stand it.
The first to return to the base camp was Heiwa, who not only left by himself, but also took the eight teenagers and Amanlin with them, and they also planned to go to the jungle tribe to repair the kiln for Amanlin.
In addition to the black pottery, Heiwa also plans to give them some sweet potatoes and potatoes, these good grains, wild and wild can grow.
"Uncle, if you don't come back, I'm going to die in a hurry, where did I go!"
Seeing Zhong Qinbo, Huang Shangshu turned on the chatter mode, and Heiwa had to pull him to talk secretly.
"What do you say? Large-scale gold mines? How big is it? ”
"I don't know how big it is, but we're going to dig it for a year and a half, and it's estimated that we can load a few boats! Look, that's what was dug out of that gold mine. ”
Heiwa made a move, it was a golden pimple bigger than a fist, Huang Shangshu trembled and picked up the golden pimple, well, it's so heavy!
After identifying it again and again, and making sure that this was gold, Huang Shangshu was not calm, walked around the tent, and finally stood still: "Uncle, let's continue to dig, dig until we don't say anything more, this has entered Baoshan, and we can't let the boat go back empty!" ”
"Well, you're right, General Gao and I also discussed it like this, what are you afraid of for a while, this gold can be pulled back, but it can catch up with the income of our treasury for ten years!"
"That's right! We have suffered so much, isn't it just to add some gold and silver to our treasury, what do we need the old man to do, uncle, you can arrange it! ”
"Let's do this."
Three smart people, to do big things, it's not too difficult to hide some news, the navy has long been trained by the chief soldier to ban it, and several Guozijian students have also been banned by Huang Shangshu.
Since the stay may be long, Heiwa will lead people to start the cultivation of corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes and pumpkins, and of course she will have to repair the house.
The privacy of the tent is obviously not good enough, and Heiwa also wants to meet his daughter-in-law at night.