The weather in autumn is already a bit chilly, and looking at all things that are about to wither and decay, Dragon Crossing the River can't help but feel a little melancholy.
But the colorful fruits of labor that are about to be harvested make people feel excited, even full of longing and longing.
It was in such a complicated state of mind that Crossing the River Dragon made hurried preparations for several days. He was going to take his two brothers to the unknown mountains to mine gold.
The first master, second master, master, wife, etc. all came to see him off. The village also beat the expedition drum, which of course encouraged Guo Jianglong and others to return with a full load.
When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, two golden leaders and a dozen hired laborers were already waiting at the foot of the mountain. Two fully loaded carriages were also ready to go.
"I will send my brothers to pick you up when you come out of the mountain next year. I wish you a fruitful return. Now get on the big roller and cross the river with you. Lord Long will set off. Anyone who dares to fart there will be shot to death!"
Mr. Wang and others clasped their fists and bid farewell to Crossing the River Dragon, Jin Bantou and others! Crossing the River Dragon didn't say much, waved his hand for everyone to get on the bus, and headed towards the intended target.
After walking smoothly for five days, they came to a place called Kaoshanweizi. Guojianglong ordered everyone to go into this relatively large village to rest.
This was a fairly large village near the mountains, and it also had a large car shop for pedestrians to live in. Crossing the River Dragon knew that it was newly opened in Dulong Mountain, and the shopkeeper was Mr. Feng.
The Dragon Crossing the River led the people to live there, and the salesman Feng, his clerk, and his wife worked hard to entertain these people, and they were especially enthusiastic about the Dragon Crossing the River.
“Bring out whatever delicious food you can and cook it for everyone to eat and drink, so that you can have energy to get up early and go on your way tomorrow morning.
We'll put the big roller right here with you, and put everything in the cart on the horse. Anything that the horse can't carry will be put here first, and I'll send someone over to get it.
The journey was a long and short one, and all these things had to be transported to the mountains. How much food did these twenty people have to eat in a year? It would be impossible to bring less.
Lao Feng, you have to keep an eye on me. I will send someone to pick it up in two days. Also, when we come out of the mountain, you have to tell the boss to send more people to pick us up.
Lao Feng, you have to stay here and watch the stall honestly. Don't show off, don't let the wind leak out, let go of your anger, and miss my important event in Dulong Mountain! "
"Master Liangtai, please rest assured. I will definitely stay here and wait for your letter. I will never miss the important event in the village. I will guarantee it with my head!"
There are several roads leading into the mountains in Kaoshanweizi. Anyone who hunts gophers for hundreds of miles around here has to pass by here. Many big gangsters and officials have their dens around here, and I am basically familiar with them all.
I don’t know which way, Mr. Liangtai, you want to enter the mountain and which point you want to go to? I can pick up the knot with you in advance and protect Mr. Liangtai when you go out. "
Mr. Feng is still so enthusiastic and talks a lot. Now that he is the shopkeeper of a large car shop, his tone of voice is more confident. However, the Dragon Crossing the River quickly stopped him and asked him to go about the business in front of him.
"You don't need to worry about all this now. We are going far away this time. Just wait here. If anything happens, I will send someone to find you. Go and prepare a meal!"
We stayed for a comfortable night. Before dawn the next day, Crossing the River Dragon called everyone up to finish their meal. While it was still dark, he led the people into the old forest.
Crossing the River Dragon assigned Qian Dagui to follow Jin Wuye to explore the road ahead. He and Li Er led the team one by one, and let the mountain monkey follow at the end to take a secret signal to enter the mountain.
The group of people walked from dawn to dusk, only eating a simple meal of dry food. At first there was a small road, but later it disappeared and there was just a shadow of the road that was not very conspicuous.
The dragon crossing the river saw that it was too dark and the people and horses were exhausted, so he found an open space, asked everyone to stop and light a fire to cook, and sent people out to let the horses graze.
After eating, everyone took their luggage, lay down on the floor, and went to sleep. In the second half of the night, Dragon Crossing the River called Mountain Monkey and Li Er's head.
Tell the two of them to take people on horseback to Feng Shouzi's place and carry the remaining things. The rest of them will continue their journey tomorrow morning.
The group of people walked back and forth like this for about a month, passing two abandoned gold mining sites on the way, but they did not stop.
In fact, the Dragon Crossing the River didn't know where it was going. Although Jin Baotou told him the specific direction, the Dragon Crossing the River, which had never entered such a deep mountain, still couldn't imagine it.
Everyone followed in a daze until they came to this place called Jinmaigou by Mr. Jin Wu, and then they stopped and prepared to set up camp.
The place was almost freezing. Jin Wuye chose a relatively flat and dry place and asked people to cut down trees in the nearby forest to build a house.
After the house was built, Mr. Jin Wu was still not in a hurry to mine gold. He asked people to cut horse grass and lead horses to carry wooden plows. He was busy for almost more than a month before he stopped.
It was already freezing cold, and heavy snow had sealed the entire mountain. Winter comes early in the mountains, and the long winter is waiting for the dragons and the others to suffer.
The sun was shining brightly on this day, and the heavy snow covering the mountains made it hard to keep one's eyes open. Jin Wuye chose an old river channel and asked people to light twenty or thirty fires.
As the fire burned more and more fiercely, Leader Jin led Leader Li Er to a high hill to burn incense and worship. It wasn't until noon that King Jin asked someone to remove the burned fire.
Have people dig down in the burned area until water comes out and digging is no longer possible. Everyone felt strange, but they all worked very hard.
The next day, Jin Baotou asked people to dig out the ice from the pit, and then lit a fire in the pit. When the bottom of the pit was burned again, he asked people to go down into the pit and continue to dig out the sand.
All the sand dug out was transported to the high hills by the river. It was said that there was gold here, which was alluvial gold. When the river opened next year, gold could be mined.
"Why not dig it when it's not freezing? It's so hard in this freezing environment?"
Some of the hired laborers asked in confusion, but Li Er did not hide his head and explained to the hired workers happily.
"At that time, there was water down here, and there was no placer gold to be fished out. The gold was all buried in the sand."
Just keep burning, keep digging, and keep changing places. Jin Wuye and Li Ertou sometimes wiped the sand dug out of the pit with melted snow water and washed it in a gold dustpan to verify the gold content.
The sand dug out of almost every pit must be tested to determine the location of the pit dug by the hired workers and to find the direction of the gold veins. For a whole winter, people were repeating the same work, but they didn't harvest much gold.
