If there is anything that attracts people, it is undoubtedly gold.
The reason why Golden Continent spread quickly was mainly because Liu Jin boasted that there was gold everywhere in Golden Continent.
For gold, everyone from the emperors and nobles to ordinary people likes it. This has been the case since ancient times, both at home and abroad, because gold symbolizes wealth.
As someone shouted out gold, the entire camp completely exploded.
When the crew went to the Golden Continent, a large part of the power was provided by gold. Countless people dreamed of going to the Golden Continent to dig up a boatload of gold.
They were not Emperor Hongzhi. They only cared about themselves. They would not say that they had such lofty ideals that they would go to Golden Continent to introduce improved seeds for the sake of food for the common people in the world.
The only thing that can persuade them to work tirelessly and travel thousands of miles to the Golden Continent is the white silver and the dazzling gold.
We are still a long way from Golden Continent, but we never expected that gold would be discovered in such a place.
Du Mingen, Tian Erniu and others were all alarmed, and the eunuchs who followed the fleet to the Golden Continent were also alarmed. Everyone crowded together and looked at the crew member who was holding a gold nugget in his hand.
"Mr. Du~"
Tuwa looked at everyone nervously, then handed the gold nugget in her hand to Du Mingen.
"Well, let me take a look~"
Du Mingen took it and looked at it carefully. This piece of gold nugget weighed more than ten kilograms. Such a large piece of gold nugget is very rare. It is uneven and has some dirt on it, but it can be said with certainty that it is gold.
.
"It's gold~"
Du Mingen looked at it carefully and said with certainty.
"Haha~"
"Yeah~"
When the surrounding crew members heard this, they couldn't help shouting excitedly.
"Get rich, get rich~"
“The gold mine has been discovered before we even arrived at Golden Continent~”
"I don't know if there are many gold mines~"
The crew members were wildly excited, because according to the current rules, 10% of all the profits from going to sea, after deducting the costs, belong to them, the crew members who went to sea. They used to go to North Korea and go fishing, but Liu Jin never had it.
If they are deceived in this regard, every time they go to sea, every crew member will get their own piece of cake.
This time we went to Golden Continent, Liu Jin made an agreement with us, and 20% of the profits this time will belong to the crew, which is a very large proportion.
"Let's go, brothers, let's go take a look~"
Du Mingen returned the gold nugget to Tuwa and said with a wave of his hand.
Tuwa led the way with the gold nugget in front, followed by a huge crowd of people and walked towards the place where Tuwa said.
The place where Tuwa discovered the nugget gold was also very close to the camp, only a few kilometers away. It was also in a river, but it was not a tributary of Yuxi. The water volume of this river was smaller and gentler.
Du Mingen and others followed Tuwa through a hilltop, and the view in front suddenly became wider, and a golden river appeared in everyone's field of vision.
"Wow~"
Everyone looked at the golden river and couldn't help but open their mouths. This was the first time they saw this golden river. If Tuwa hadn't said that the river was full of golden sand, they wouldn't have known how.
What's going on?
"It's all gold~ It's all gold~"
Several of Tuwa's teammates were still beside the river, excitedly looking for gold nuggets. From time to time, they grabbed a handful of river sand and rummaged through it for gold sand.
When I saw the large army arriving, I immediately screamed with excitement.
Du Mingen didn't need to say anything, everyone rushed towards the golden river at a sprint speed of 100 meters. When they came to the river, everyone was not afraid of the cold water, and even went down to the river to fish for sand, looking for gold.
The same is true for Tian Erniu. He came to the river and picked up a handful of river sand with both hands. There were many laser-shimmering gravels in the river sand. These were golden sands and were extremely rich in content. Dozens of them could be found in a handful of river sand.
Sands.
"Get rich~Get rich~"
Tian Erniu came to Du Mingen with gold sand in his hands and said excitedly.
In the Tianjin Maritime Academy, Liu Jin had specially handed over gold mines and silver mines to them, so Tian Erniu knew very well that if the entire river was like this, then it would be a Jinsha River. They really
You will get rich.
“This content is incredibly valuable~”
Du Mingen counted the numbers carefully. He was well-informed and had seen people looking at gold mines before. The number of gold mines in Daming was very small and the output was very limited. Often there were not even a few gold sands washed out from a load of sediment.
But in the river in front of us, if we just grab a handful of sand, there are dozens of gold sands in it. The content of this gold mine is really too high, and there is a river in front of us. There is no doubt that it is extremely easy to mine.
"Haha, nugget gold, nugget gold~"
"I also found one~"
Here, the crew members were constantly rummaging for stones on the river beach, and from time to time someone would shout excitedly.
…
At night in the camp, in the largest tent, Du Mingen was convening a meeting for everyone. The captains and vice-captains of each ship, as well as Eunuch Li, the ship's eunuch sent by Emperor Hongzhi, and Liu Jin's student Lin Shuhong, more than 30 people
Crowded together, everyone's face could not hide their excitement.
"Everyone, let's talk~"
Du Mingen looked at everyone and said.
"What else needs to be said, of course we will start mining. The gold mines in one river are enough for each of us to make a fortune."
Someone said immediately.
"That's right, we must mine. The gold mines in this Jinsha River are so rich. We will make a fortune."
Someone followed and said.
"I think everyone should calm down first and not be blinded by the gold mine in front of them."
Lin Shuhong thought for a while and said.
His words were like a bucket of cold water pouring on everyone's mind. Everyone calmed down immediately, and then they remembered that their mission was to go to Huangjin Continent to introduce improved seeds back to Huangjin Continent.
"First, our mission is to go to the Golden Continent, not to mine here. His Majesty is still waiting for us to bring back the fine seeds from the Golden Continent so that everyone in the Ming Dynasty can have enough to eat."
Lin Shuhong's words made everyone nod solemnly, especially Eunuch Li. His mission was to supervise whether the fleet went to Golden Continent according to the original plan, and whether they tried their best to find good seeds and introduce them back to the Ming Dynasty.
"Second, we don't have the tools to mine gold at all. How can we mine it one by one by hand?"
"Third, Jinxi is completely uninhabited. Although the living supplies we carry are abundant, there is no way we can sustain it for a long time."
"Fourth, the dimensions here in Jinxi are high and the temperature is low. We can still hold on now, but after a while, when winter begins, how will we survive here?"
Lin Shuhong stated his views clearly and clearly, which also made everyone present wake up and couldn't help but sigh.
"Isn't this the case of entering a mountain of gold and returning empty-handed?"
"That's right, you have to bring some gold back anyway, right?"
"A river of golden sand~"
Everyone was unwilling to enter the Jinshan Mountain and returned empty-handed.
"Does everyone feel unwilling to give in?"
Lin Shuhong smiled and said: "We haven't reached the Golden Continent yet, but there is already so much gold. When we get to the Golden Continent, there will be gold everywhere. Are we afraid that there will be no gold by then?"
"I'm afraid when that time comes, we'll be worried about whether our ship can hold it."
"Yes, the Golden Continent is full of gold. Are you still worried about the lack of gold?"
After listening to Lin Shuhong's words, everyone's eyes lit up again.
Du Mingen and Eunuch Li looked at each other, then coughed slightly and said: "Brothers, the gold here will belong to us sooner or later. When we return to Daming from Huanghuangzhou, we will organize people to mine gold here.
Everyone guarantees that everyone will have a share of the gold here."
"I also assure everyone that everyone has a share in the Golden Continent here."
Eunuch Li also said that his words represented the words of Emperor Hongzhi. Everyone believed it, and everyone laughed happily again.
"The temperature here is too low. If we want to mine gold here in the future, we can only come here during the hottest months."
"When the time comes, we will build a town here in Yuxi. Not only can we mine gold, but we can also hunt for fur. There are many kinds of animals here, and the fur is basically pure white. It can be transported back to our country in Daming.
It’s very valuable.”
"Yes, yes, after we come back from Golden Continent, we will mine gold here again, slowly~"
"This secret cannot be known to outsiders, and we don't want to spread it out."
"It's nonsense that only a fool would spread. That's when the time comes."
Everyone talked excitedly about building a small town in Yuxi for gold mining, fur hunting, etc.
Du Mingen, Eunuch Li, and Lin Shuhong looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that the crew would not continue to the Golden Continent because they were nostalgic for the gold mines here.
In this lawless place far away from the Ming Dynasty, the binding force of many things becomes very weak.
Fortunately, after the efforts of the three of them, everyone understood the situation clearly and did not say that they must stay and open the gold mine.