It is normal for other people present, especially Elder Hassan, to question Zhu Yu. After all, Zhu Yu is so young and his temperament does not look like that of an experienced treasure hunter.
Hu Guanghui also had a questioning expression on his face, but he didn't speak.
On the contrary, Ran Jie and others believed in Zhu Yu's words.
More than once, they had seen Zhu Yu turn the impossible into the possible and the rot into the miraculous.
So when Zhu Yu said that the slag was gold slag, Ran Jie and the others felt that there must be a gold mine nearby.
"Believe my boss, there must be a gold mine nearby. This will explain why Old Lighthouse established such a large base here, and there are so many construction machinery that we are not familiar with."
Ran Jie also figured out the cause and effect of this incident. He said to Elder Hassan and Hu Guanghui:
“Think about it, if there was no sufficient profit, how could Old Lighthouse build such a large base here without spending huge sums of money to fly in various equipment from other places?
If only because of your little lapis lazuli ore and pitiful other minerals, would the old lighthouse be so stupid? "
Elder Hassan said with a wry smile:
“It’s not that we don’t believe it, it’s just that this matter is a bit beyond our expectations.
Before Lao Su came to fight with us, he had not sent people to conduct exploration.
We ourselves have also thought that if we have lapis lazuli ore here, there should be other mines as well.
For this purpose, we invited professional prospectors, but in the end we only discovered that lapis lazuli mine, and it was not large in scale.
Later, there were rumors that there were precious metal mines here, and some countries in Europe and the United States, including Japan, sent people to explore.
But in the end they all came away empty-handed.
It’s not that we don’t believe it, it’s mainly because there have been so many examples before that we can’t believe it.
Mr. Zhu is an expert in treasure hunting, we know this.
But it’s really hard to say that you can tell at a glance that there is a gold mine here. "
Zhu Yu waved his hand and said:
"I'm not asking you to believe it now, I'm just telling you this is a fact.
Of course, this does not affect our cooperation. I will still try my best to find the whereabouts of those materials.
Of course, if there is really a situation here, and if it has not been mined completely by those people from the old lighthouse, we can discuss other ways of cooperation. "
In fact, if it weren't for Hu Guanghui, Zhu Yu really had no intention of investing here.
At present, this place is full of waste. Its investment environment is really not as good as Mongolia in the north.
Zhu Yu's gold mine in Mongolia now has a stable output and can provide Zhu Yu with a net profit of about 20 kilograms of gold every month. This is already a very good profit.
Zhu Yu ended the topic, and then they walked into the base together.
Originally, Zhu Yu had no intention of going to the base. After all, everything that could be moved was probably moved away.
But now that this pile of slag has been discovered, Zhu Yu feels that it is necessary to go in and take a look.
In the empty base, a few rats would occasionally come out.
A falcon flew out of an empty room with a mouse in its mouth. It looked at Zhu Yu and the others with vigilance. I wonder if they were afraid that Zhu Yu and the others would snatch their territory and take away their food. .
Zhu Yu glanced around from room to room, but found nothing.
These rooms were built relatively large. It can be imagined that there must have been a lot of things in them originally. Although the things have been removed now, you can still tell from the marks on the walls and floors which ones are the workshops and which ones are the accommodation areas. .
The ground was covered with scattered glass shards, dust, and torn papers.
There was even some excrement left by people or livestock in the corner.
Some walls were scrawled with unknown graffiti in black pen.
Looking at these familiar scenes, Zhu Yu recalled his experience of participating in treasure hunts in abandoned buildings when he was a child.
He kept his eyes open the entire time, wanting to see if there was anything missing here.
Zhu Yu finally discovered something unusual in a room that was supposed to be a dormitory.
Seeing Zhu Yu's stopped steps, Ran Jie immediately asked:
"Boss, what's going on?"
"Let's see if there's anything here." Zhu Yu took a shovel from Ran Jie's hand and started digging in the corner.
There should have been a bed there, but now there is nothing. There were traces of the corner of the iron bed and a pile of dust and rubbish in the corner.
Zhu Yu was in the corner, and the pair of rubbish started digging.
"Mr. Zhu, do you want to see if there is anything missing from their garbage?" Hassan asked doubtfully.
"This place has been searched many times by our villagers, and everything valuable has been taken away..."
Zhu Yu did not take over the conversation, but continued to carefully fiddle with the garbage.
Hu Guanghui looked at Zhu Yu's movements curiously without making any comments.
He knew that Zhu Yu had begun to establish an education fund to support teachers who taught in remote areas.
This made Hu Guanghui's impression of Zhu Yu much better.
From yesterday to now, Hu Guanghui has actually been secretly observing Zhu Yu. Except for the so-called gold slag, which he didn't know if it was a mystery or not, he didn't find anything special in other aspects.
Now Zhu Yu's sudden action is probably showing what makes him different from others.
Zhu Yu fiddled with his shovel carefully, and everyone's eyes followed his shovel.
Finally, a small ball of linen was plucked out of the dust.
After pulling out the linen ball, Zhu Yu stopped what he was doing.
Seeing Zhu Yu's actions, Elder Hassan became even more confused.
Isn't this linen ball what the villagers in my tribe usually wear?
What's so surprising?
"Untie it and take a look." Zhu Yu said to Ran Jie.
Ran Jie also picked up the linen ball with some confusion and prepared to open it.
His expression changed as soon as he got started.
"Boss, there's something in here! It's quite heavy."
"Open it and take a look." Zhu Yu nodded, thinking that if there was nothing, I wouldn't find it.
Ran Jie opened the linen ball, and a few yellow things were exposed. The big ones are like broad beans, and the small ones are like mung beans.
"Gold!"
"Is this gold!"
"There is actually gold!"
Several people brought by Elder Hassan exclaimed.
Hu Guanghui's eyes were also full of surprise and surprise. He didn't expect that Zhu Yu had said there was gold slag before, but now he had found gold particles.
He could see clearly that the linen balls and gold were really shoveled out of the garbage heap, not put down by Zhu Yu in advance.
This Zhu Yu really has some skills!
Only Ran Jie and the other three looked like they had known this would happen.
"This should be the gold that was hidden by people in the base." Zhu Yu analyzed, "I don't know if it was too hasty when I left, or if some other accident happened, and I couldn't take it with me in the end."
"Windfall!" Ran Jie joked.
As he spoke, he handed these grains of gold to Zhu Yu.
Zhu Yu pointed at Hassan and said:
"Leave it to Elder Hassan."
Elder Hassan did not refuse and took the gold excitedly and said:
"God bless, I hope that gold mine has not been mined out. In this case, our tribe will be saved!"
"Let's go and take a look again." Zhu Yu did not respond to this sentence, but pointed outside and said, "See if there is anything else missing in this base."
After completing the tour of the entire base, Zhu Yu found two more places where gold particles were buried.
However, the gold content is not much, and the total does not exceed one hundred grams.
But this was enough to make Elder Hassan so excited that he couldn't help but want to scream.
"Mr. Zhu, can you see where there are gold mines nearby?" He seemed excited and couldn't wait to say:
"They are building a base here. The gold mine should be not far away, right?"
"It's very possible." Zhu Yu also guessed, "Let's take a look around first."
After coming out of the base, a group of people walked along the ruts into the mountains.
"We found a lot of excavated traces around here." Ran Jie introduced as he walked, "Although these traces are somewhat disguised, they can still be seen."
Elder Hassan took over the conversation with some shame:
"Actually, our people also searched nearby, but found nothing. Mr. Ran is more professional. After arriving, he found some places that were covered up and disguised.
Because the amount of work was relatively large, we didn't move it and just did a simple inspection. Not sure what exactly is down there, so don't want to do too much work. "
Zhu Yu understood what Hassan said. If it is clear that there is something in the filled hole, it will naturally be more motivated to dig.
If you put in a lot of effort but end up doing nothing, then no one will be happy.
To put it bluntly, I still don’t want to take risks.
Zhu Yu didn't expose this and continued to move forward.
When I came to the disguised place that Ran Jie said, I looked carefully and found that there were indeed traces of digging downwards.
However, judging from the direction and depth of the hole, this is not the gold mine as imagined, but an abandoned mine where exploration failed.
Seeing Zhu Yu shake his head, Hassan had a disappointed expression on his face.
He was a little unwilling to give up and asked:
"Isn't there a mine down here?"
"It's a mine, I guess, but I don't know what kind of mine it is. At least from my perspective, there should be no gold mines here."
While Zhu Yu was speaking, he squatted down and pulled the stones and soil near the mine. He could see with his eyes that the soil quality here was very ordinary, and it was really not a mineral vein.
"Then let's take a look at other places. There are several places similar to this one. They all seem to be blocked. We don't know where there are things."
Because Zhu Yu discovered the gold hidden in the base and first identified the slag in the garbage dump of the abandoned base, forming a complete chain of evidence, Hassan is now very convinced of Zhu Yu.
The group of people walked and looked at three places that seemed to be blocked under the scorching sun.
Zhu Yu determined that two of them were artificially dug bunkers. There is another place that really looks like a mine. It's so deep inside that you can't see the end.
The blocked section is 20 to 30 meters away. It is not sure what kind of mine it is, or it may be a cave specially dug for other purposes.
Zhu Yu told them his opinion, and Hassan became a little excited and immediately started calling people.
There is no other signal here, and the only way to contact us is via satellite phone.
Zhu Yu didn't expect that before he arrived, Hassan didn't dare to dig anything. Now it was just a guess on his part, and he would ask someone to dig the hole.
There is a blockage of more than 20 meters here. It would take a lot of work to dig it out manually.
Moreover, he himself was not sure what was behind it, and he did not dare to give Hassan any guarantee.
But in the eyes of Elder Hassan, Zhu Yu has now proven his extraordinary qualities.
Then, he would not treat those prospectors and Ran Jie as perfunctorily as before.
Because of Zhu Yu's magic, Hassan felt that even if there was only a tiny bit of hope, he would be willing to give 100% of his efforts.
After all, gold has seen it, and the hope is obviously high, isn't it?
While waiting, Zhu Yu and the others found a cave nearby and got into it.
The climate here is very similar to that of Nova Scotia. Although it is very hot outside, it will be very cool once you go to a cave or under the shade of a tree.
Some people were resting in the cave, eating some dry food and chatting about recent events.
Hu Guanghui's curiosity about Zhu Yu became stronger. He started chatting with Zhu Yu, mainly because he wanted to know about the things Zhu Yu had done before.
Nothing happened, so Zhu Yu told him the story of how he found some treasures.
A few hours later, a dozen strong laborers arrived here, holding the most primitive working tools such as shovels and pickaxes in their hands. Under Hassan's instructions, they began to dig the sealed passage.
Zhu Yu saw that these people were carrying simple luggage, including some dry naan bread and water bottles.
Obviously they plan to fight for a long time.
"They are working here, let's go take a look elsewhere." Zhu Yu felt that he was almost rested and the sky was getting dark, so he walked out of the cave and planned to take a look further afield.
"Okay, but don't go too far." Hassan reminded, "Although our mountains are relatively barren, there are still wolves. Those guys are often hungry, so they will be very ferocious once they encounter prey. We are here Every year, people are dragged away by wolves. These wolves are very cunning, so you must be careful!"
"Don't worry, we are all very capable too." Ran Jie patted the gun on his back and said, then followed Zhu Yu and the others out.
"There are many caves around here." Ran Jie explained to Zhu Yu as he walked. "There are many caves that the locals have never explored. Moreover, those caves are intricate and complicated, and it is easy to get lost in them.
A few of us once went to a cave and walked through it. It was really like a maze. "
The sky had darkened, and wolves howled in the distance.
Originally, Zhu Yu planned to go further afield, but found that Hu Guanghui, who was coming with him, was a little weak, so he said:
"Come on, let's go back in a circle to avoid running into a pack of wolves and wasting bullets."
Hu Guanghui was not stupid. He could see that Zhu Yuranjie and others were able to continue walking with ease. Only he was a little unable to keep up, so he said mockingly:
"After all, I have also run in mountainous plateaus. I thought my physical fitness has been pretty good in the past few years. But when I compared it with you, I realized that the gap is a bit big."
He looked at Zhu Yu a little unconvinced and said:
"Mr. Zhu, some of them are from special forces. It's okay if I can't compare with them. Why do you feel that your physical fitness is better than them?"
"If it's not good, how can I eat this bowl of rice?" Zhu Yu joked, "I can be considered a person who has traveled all over the world. I started out as a treasure hunter. If I can't walk, how can I hunt for treasures? "
The group of people walked back in circles again, and Zhu Yu discovered that there were several ravines near the base, and each of these ravines had ruts in them.
I don’t know if it was because the Lighthouse people in the base were setting up a suspicious formation, or if they had actually walked all the roads leading to other mountainous areas at the end of every ravine and done something.
If you want to find the materials hidden in the base, you really need to investigate for a few days.
Fortunately, there is no danger at present, and staying a few more days is not unbearable.
When he returned to the dug mine, Zhu Yu was a little surprised. He found that there seemed to be a lot more people here.
Elder Ha, who was arranging a place for these newcomers to live, saw Zhu Yu and others coming back and greeted them with a smile.
"Elder Kaman knew that a gold mine might be found here, so he arranged for some people to come over, hoping to dig out the results as soon as possible."
Zhu Yu nodded after hearing this and did not make any comments.
Compared to the gold mine, what he wanted to find more was the materials.
In this way, Hu Guanghui's wish can be fulfilled earlier, which is equivalent to putting an end to this matter.
As for the gold mine, Zhu Yu really didn't want to get involved. After two years of treasure hunting, his temper had become a little impatient, and he felt that the slow process of growing wealth was not suitable for his personality.
It was completely dark. After Zhu Yu and the others ate the self-heating food, they set up a tent and prepared to rest. Ran Jie and the three of them habitually allocated their time for the night watch.
Hu Guanghui originally wanted to join, but Ran Jie refused.
"The three of us each have two hours, so the time is almost up. Principal Hu, you'd better have a good rest." Cao Dalong, as the first sentry, said while choosing a career position, "There is no need to be polite to us."
Hu Guanghui also knew that they were taking care of him, and he was indeed not a professional in this area, so he did not make any demands.
Although there were many people on Elder Hassan's side, it seemed messy at this time. Most of them unfolded the blankets in the cloth bags they brought, found a flat place to spread them, took off their coats to use as pillows, and then put the blankets on As soon as I lay down, I just fell asleep.
Some people also prayed, while others ate in silence, not knowing what they were thinking.
A bonfire was lit nearby, and two or three villagers were sent up to serve as sentinels. They carried guns on their backs and looked around vigilantly.
Zhu Yu guessed that these people in the tribe should be used to using guns. Judging from the posture of holding the gun, they were all veterans. It's just that those guns are relatively old, and I'm afraid some of them are older than their parents.
The surroundings gradually became quiet, and the occasional crackling sound from the campfire broke the tranquility.
At some point, wolves howled suddenly in the surroundings, and almost everyone was alarmed. The people in the tribe were holding guns or tools, and looked at the sound of wolves howling vigilantly.
At this time, Qin Fei was on duty at Zhu Yu's side. He said to the few people who had already gotten up:
"There is a group of wolves three hundred meters away, about a dozen of them have been spying on this. They were just lying down before, but I don't know what happened, and they suddenly started barking."
"Either there are reinforcements coming or they are preparing to attack." Zhu Yu guessed, "Please pick up your weapons. We will probably see the outcome soon."
Sure enough, the wolves howled one after another, and the sound got closer and closer. There were definitely more than a dozen wolves coming over, at least twenty or thirty at a glance, and there were also wolves appearing further away!
Obviously these beasts have finally regarded them as their prey and plan to have a delicious meal here!
"Everyone, gather around, don't be nervous!" Elder Hassan obviously had a lot of experience. He shouted loudly, "Those with guns stand on the outside. Don't rush to shoot. Just aim and shoot. Wait for my order!
Those who don’t have guns pick up their tools and stand by to protect those who have guns. By the way..."
Before he finished speaking, a wolf had already pounced on him! (End of chapter)
