Feeling something bad in his heart, the smile on Lao Hu's face disappeared. He quickly walked to the river and without any preparation, he went straight into the water.∷
The water here was as deep as the waist, but it was very soft under the feet. This surprised Lao Hu, and his heart, which had been burning just now, began to feel cold.
As soon as Lao Hu entered the water, the people following him rushed to the river one after another, for fear that they would be a step slower than others.
These people have more or less experience in picking up jade, so they are very dedicated and serious in searching for every stone, with the spirit that they would rather pick it up by mistake than miss it.
In their "anticipating" eyes, every stone seemed to turn into every piece of jade.
But when they reached the river, they were a little overwhelmed.
Isn't this river too clean?
Isn’t the Jade River made of cobblestones?
Even if jade is not everywhere, there should be pebbles, right?
But what is the situation here now?
Looking at the turbid river water and the river bed with accumulated sediment, everyone was a little dumbfounded, even Wei Changqing and others were no exception.
It was not like this here yesterday. It used to be that there were stones everywhere, but now, there is only sand and sand left here, not even a pebble as big as a little finger is left.
"What's going on?" Lao Hu shouted in surprise as he felt that his feet were soft and didn't look like rocks at all.
He couldn't help but be surprised. Although he had never seen this place with his own eyes, every stream in the mountain had countless pebbles, and among these pebbles were hidden exquisite jade. But what was the situation now?
Lao Hu raised his head and wanted to see the expressions of Wei Changqing and others, but what he saw were also surprised faces. It seemed that they also knew that something was wrong here.
"Dad!" Hu Ke's cry woke up the thoughtful Lao Hu.
Lao Hu waved his hand and said, "Go upstream. I still don't believe it. Is this the case here?"
As soon as the father and son landed, they saw the Korean peacock coming down from the upper reaches.
Han Kongque said with a smile: "Mr. Hu is here too? It seems that ginger is still hotter than old. We just found jade here, and you guys came here too."
"Is there really jade here?" Hu Ke asked.
Han Peacock said with a smile: "It's true. Look, mine should be white jade, right?"
Han Peacock has a stone the size of an egg in his hand. The stone is white and translucent, with a slightly yellowish shell on the outside. If this is not white jade, then there is no white jade in the world.
Seeing the white jade in Han Kongque's hand, the Hu family and his son, including the people they brought, were all shocked. They looked behind Han Kongque with fanatical eyes.
"Come on, let's go over and take a look." Lao Hu said.
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone swarmed in the direction where Han Peacock came.
Han Kongque looked at the people leaving in a hurry and shook his head.
"Brother Han, over there..." Wei Changqing said.
Han Kongque whispered: "I have scraped all the flat riverbed in this section. If jade is produced in other places, I will have to climb mountains."
After speaking, Han Peacock pointed to the surrounding mountains.
The terrain here is a bit special. The surrounding peaks are very high. If you don't walk up the hillside outside, you won't be able to see the river inside. If you don't enter the river, you won't know that this is a small canyon.
And because the canyon is too small, the surrounding peaks appear very crowded. And the surrounding peaks are very high, so the canyon appears even narrower.
Although a canyon has been formed here, there is no overly flat river channel. Except for the 700 to 800 meters surrounding area, which is a river channel eroded by snow water over a long period of time, the other places are all ravines.
And these ravines are all straight upward, so if there is jade on the mountain, it can only be washed down along the ravine. However, these ravines are too steep. It is almost impossible to find it if you want to go up the ravine. .
"Let's go! Let's go there too, otherwise it will be too suspicious." Qian Mingyuan said.
Wei Changqing and others were naturally aware of the environment here. They felt relieved knowing that all the stones that had fallen from the surrounding peaks over the years had been collected by Han Peacock.
Even if there are some other jade stones, there won't be much left in those small ravines.
The people brought over by the Hu family and his son were not too complicated and should be some people who had good relationships with him, as well as scholars.
Since it requires a long journey to get here, the students who came here were only boys and not a single girl.
After everyone dispersed, some experienced people had already gained something.
Because Han Kongque and others did not pay too much attention, they did not gain much.
After a while, Wei Changqing and others lost interest and returned to Han Peacock.
A few days ago, they were selecting the best among countless rough stones, but today it was not easy to see even one stone. The contrast was really too great, so they were no longer interested in treasure hunting.
"Those students are really cute. Every time they pick up a few pieces, they come to me and ask me if they are jade, haha! They are so cute. There are so many jade waiting for them to pick up." Wei Changqing sat on a rock. , said with a smile.
Huangshan also smiled and said: "There was a young man who was a little embarrassed. He secretly gave me two small pieces of jade, with an expression as if he had given away a valuable gem."
Han Kongque said: "Looking at them, they look like they are going up the mountain!"
"Since there is jade here, Lao Hu and his son must take people up the mountain." Wei Changqing said with a sneer.
Gu Tong hesitated for a while and then said: "Xiao Han, are you sure it was one of these people who brought the wolves last night?"
Han Peacock said with a smile: "A few of us have been here for a few days, but no one has gone back to inform others that there is a harvest here. And if they come here so quickly, shouldn't they be suspicious?"
Gu Tong sighed and said: "I tried a few words, and Lao Hu didn't deny it, but in the end I can't be sure."
"No matter who it is, there is always someone who wants to use wolves to deal with us." Han Kongque said.
Wei Changqing said: "Why bother with this? No matter who wants to deal with us, we can't let him go."
Han Peacock nodded and said: "There is nothing we can do now, let's take a look at their performance!"
Wei Changqing sneered: "Unless they can bring in large-scale excavation machinery, they will definitely not gain much."
When Wei Changqing said this, everyone in Huangshan laughed. The excavator Han Kongque used last night, and if the Hu family and his son did not have the excavator and continued to dig deep into the river, they would not even find a stone in the river. In this way, there is no gain to speak of.
However, in this deep mountain, it is not possible for ordinary people to transport an excavator, because here, except for using heavy-duty helicopters to hoist machinery, there is no other way.
"Do they really want to go up the mountain?" At this time, Huangshan pointed at a few people and said.
Gu Tong frowned and said, "Our campsite is surrounded by icebergs at an altitude of about 6,000 meters. Most people can't stand such a high altitude."
Qian Mingyuan said: "The donkey can't continue walking here. If you want to explore the surrounding peaks, you can only find the birthplace of jade by setting up a base camp here, going upstream from here and approaching the snow-capped mountains."
Gu Tongdao: "The mountain rocks in this area all belong to the middle to late period of medium-acidic magnesia marble. The jade metallogenic belt formed 250 million years ago was at a very low altitude at that time. Due to the violent geological structure Movement, the jade mineral belt is now tightly covered by Quaternary glaciers, even if you want to find mineral spots, it is not that easy."
Looking into the distance from here, the snowy peaks of Kunlun Mountain are clearly visible.
The glacier tongue here is stunning, with a thickness of 6 to 8 meters. These crystal clear glacial deposits are an ideal birthing bed for jade.
Every summer, a large amount of jade is wrapped in icy water and spit out from the deep tongue, continuously replenishing jade supplies for the surrounding rivers.
Here, the ice cap of the Kunlun Mountains is right in front of you, with an altitude of 5,400 meters. The surrounding higher mountains are all over 6,000 meters above sea level.
The local people dare not say that they can adapt to such an altitude, let alone those experts and scholars.
"They should be well prepared." Qian Mingyuan said.
Huangshan Road: "75l backpack, tent, down sleeping bag, high-top shoes, low-top hiking shoes, moisture-proof mat, walking stick, knee pads, thermos bottle, assault clothing, thermal gloves, sunglasses, medicine, food, etc., about 28 kilograms, they The preparations are quite sufficient.”
Han Peacock laughed and said: "Ignore them, we will do whatever we need to do ourselves."
"Brother Han, do you think we should go up the mountain and have a look?" They found a lot of jade. These jade stones must have rolled down from the mountain.
Judging from their harvest, there must be jade deposits in the surrounding mountains. Since they have nothing to do now, they might as well join in the fun.
Han Kongque said: "There are too many water sources in the small river below us, so it is really difficult to find them, and the surrounding mountains are too high. Not to mention that it is not easy to find the mineral spots, even if we find them, the cost of mining jade is too high, so Let’s get ready for lunch!”
They have not been idle these days. Now that they have time, they might as well take a rest.
After a few days, regardless of whether the Hu family and his son had gained anything, they all came out of the mountain.
It has been almost a week since they entered the mountain, and their planned time was half a month, so there is still one week left, and it will take two or three days to get out of the mountain, so they can only search in the mountain for three or four days.
Qian Mingyuan said: "I just said you can't be too greedy, so we should take more rest when we have time, otherwise we will be too tired when we go down the mountain."
Gu Tong also said: "Because we were waiting for Lao Hu and his son this year, we entered the mountain late. If we don't go out by the time, we are likely to encounter rain and snow. If we do, we will be unlucky."
Wei Changqing frowned. Did Gu Tong discover something?
Otherwise, why did he mention the changing of the sky several times?
Before Wei Changqing asked, Han Kongque spoke: "Mr. Gu, are you too worried?" (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!