Lu Beichen took over the conversation at the right time: "Okay, you two, stop talking around here. Although they are in the flesh business, they don't steal or rob, so they can still make a living based on their ability. Besides, it's not easy for them, so just take The woman just now told me that the reason why she took the risk and climbed to the second floor balcony was because the guest house was not well organized and the front desk did not let her in from the main entrance."
The fat man nodded in agreement: "That's true, it's so damn hard to make money these days."
Lu Beichen added: "Hurry up and pack up and go to bed. We have important things to do tomorrow."
After some small twists and turns, nothing happened again, and the whole night was silent.
When they turned around, the rain had stopped. After finding out the road clearly, the three of them headed towards Muyingzi.
After walking for a long time, we finally arrived at our destination.
Muyingzi is a small town on the border between China and Mongolia and the last supply point.
The three of them stayed here for another day, picking up leaks and purchasing supplies.
The four tricks of "inverted fighting", looking, hearing, asking, and picking up tongue leaks are exactly the secrets in the "asking" formula.
Before starting work, it is essential to ask about the situation.
Although the three of them are all idiots, they are not bad at talking. Lu Beichen is proficient in green forest code words, and Lao Hu and Fatty have a complete set of fighting theories. Therefore, they really found out a lot of things.
As for purchasing supplies locally, it was not that they were not well prepared, but that they deliberately abandoned some ordinary supplies in order to travel lightly. For example, white vinegar, you can't carry more than ten kilograms of white vinegar from the capital.
There are also candles, mugwort powder, black donkey hooves and other supplies that can be purchased locally.
After being prepared, the three of them set out following the map early on the third day.
According to the map, one hundred and twenty miles west from Muyingzi is the Hailar River and Nuomin River basins. Continuing to the west is the continuous mountains, to the east is the virgin forest, and to the south is the prairie, completely uninhabited.
The two large rivers meandered along the low-lying terrain and gradually stagnated to form swamps.
There is an earth mountain deep in the swamp. There is a rock ditch in the mountain and an ancient cave in the ditch.
In the old days, many people took desperate risks, listened to the rumors spread among the people, and risked their lives to search for gold veins in the ditch, but they all failed to return. People who go there will be eaten by earth ghosts even if they don't fall into the swamp.
Over time, it became a terrible place.
But the Jinke always believed that there was gold veins there, so they called it Laojingou.
It takes at least six days to get to Laojingou.
The biggest crisis faced by the three people is the unpredictable natural climate.
Traveling through that swamp during rainy days without knowing the situation is asking for death.
In fact, not only rainy periods, but also other seasons have their own difficulties. It is easy to get lost in winter and you may encounter wolves. In spring and autumn, the swamp is half frozen and half thawed. It is impossible to see where to pass, and it will collapse if you are not careful.
Along the way, in order to reduce the boredom, the three of them chatted again and again.
"Lao Lu, there's something I don't understand. Can you explain it to us?"
"What's up?"
"Aren't you a descendant of the Zhenlong line? Why did your grandfather do gold mining?"
"It's very simple. The Zhenlong lineage has rules and can only be passed down to one person from one generation. In my grandfather's generation, it was my uncle who got the mantle. In my father's generation, it was my cousin who got the mantle. In my generation, it was me who got the mantle. .”
"Then your family is too proud of itself, and it's impossible to carry it forward."
"Actually, cherishing the broom is one aspect, and the need for talent is another. The inheritance of Zhenlong lineage is not something that everyone can learn. In addition to extremely high qualifications and understanding, it also requires great opportunities."
"I see. By the way, what happened to your grandfather's gold mining?"
Seeing that the two of them were interested, Lu Beichen was not stingy and told him the secrets of gold mining.
It turns out that gold mining also has sects, which can be summarized as river, mountain, abyss and cloud.
The river is the water-gold vein, and the sect calls him the General of Dividing Water, and what he learns is the Book of Dividing Water.
The mountain is a lineage of mountain gold. The sect calls it Guanshan Taibao, and it teaches the secrets of Guanshan.
This Guanshan Taibao is two different things from the Feng Family Guanshan Taibao, but they have the same name.
Yuan is from the Yuan Jin lineage, and the sect calls him Tan Yuan Earth Master, and he studies Tan Yuan Tu Lu.
Yun is from the Yunjin lineage. The sect calls him Lingyun Tianguan, and he studies Lingyun Star Spectrum.
The four sects of gold mining have been passed down for thousands of years, and they also have specific formulas and secrets. They include viewing gold mountains, dividing gold water, finding gold threads, walking gold veins, alchemy juice and other mysterious skills. Each sect has its own rules and its own territory.
For example, those who divide the water will never grab the business of Guanshan, and those who explore the abyss will never cause trouble with Ling Yun. These are the rules passed down by the ancestors. There is a saying for both mice and cows. Of course, the younger generations No messing around.
The four gates of gold mining sound very magical. To put it bluntly, gold customers divide their territories. They divide the water to look for water gold, watch the mountains to look for mountain gold, explore the abyss to look for cave gold, and Lingyun to look for heavenly gold. They all go their own way. conflict.
However, although the gold mining business is rich and noble, it is a night trip.
Why is this happening? Naturally, it is because the wealth is not exposed.
There are many examples of what happens when one reveals one's wealth. There is no need to go into details. Everyone understands.
Take Lu Beichen's grandfather, for example. He spent most of his life hunting for gold and amassed a fortune of more than tens of millions. But in the end, he lived in seclusion in a remote mountain village, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, no different from ordinary farmers.
Except for a few people who knew him well, no one could tell that he was a big shot.
After listening to Lu Beichen's narration, Hu and Fatty were immediately amazed.
Especially Lao Hu, he had no idea that there were so many ways to gold mine.
He finally saw that in terms of rules and techniques, gold panning was no worse than gold touching.
While bragging, I moved forward and soon entered the endless meadow.
The vegetation here is mainly Carex ulata, and meadows are formed where the grass is dense.
Under the meadows one after another, there is silt and water, which is knee-deep in shallow areas and up to the top in deep areas.
Looking around, it seems like you are in a sea of yellow-green grass.
There are no roads underfoot, only vast expanse of stagnant water and grass, filled with putrid swamps and mire. If you want to cross these meadows, you must first use wooden sticks to explore the path every step, so the three people's footsteps are very slow.
But that's not the most terrible thing. The most terrible thing is the changeable weather here.
How outrageous are the weather changes here?
It is common for seven or eight weather changes to occur in one day.
Sometimes there were dark clouds, sometimes the scorching sun was in the sky, sometimes there was thunder and lightning, sometimes it was pouring rain, sometimes there was hail. Sometimes the three of them had no place to hide, so they could only force themselves to be patient and move forward slowly and step by step.
While he was walking, the fat man dropped his foot, and a thick black mist suddenly arose under the meadow.
