Looking at the sand, Zhang Qi squatted down, picked up a handful of it with his fingers, put it in front of his nose and smelled it like a fool, and then took a closer look at it.
After confirming that it was indeed gold sand, Zhang Qi looked at the two soldiers, and then at the other soldiers and generals following him. His face suddenly turned red.
The organization of the Huyi Army is the same as that of the Han army's field corps. It consists of five people, two teams make up a team, five teams make up a team, and a combat team has a full strength of one hundred soldiers.
However, because he was not executing combat orders, Zhang Qi only brought out half of his strength, which was five or so troops.
Along the way, in order to keep in touch with Xinhua and prevent him from getting lost, after he left the last outpost under Xinhua's control, he would put down two cavalrymen on the road every two days as a communication sign.
By the time we got here, there were less than thirty people in the entire expedition team.
"Let's go, I'll wait and take a look..." Zhang Qi said to everyone.
So, everyone left ten people on the hillside to guard the horses and supplies, and the others followed Zhang Qi and walked down the hillside together.
The valley was still very large, so everyone went down the hillside and walked more than a hundred steps before reaching the river beach.
The river water is very clear, so clean that it can reflect the appearance of people. Along both sides of the river, there are no traces of human activities. On the river bank not far away, you can still see two buckets abandoned by the two daredevils just now.
Zhang Qi squatted down and looked at the sand in the river. Then he reached in and grabbed a handful of sand, and then spread the sand on the pebbles on the ground.
Among the fine sand, a few small yellow gravels, although inconspicuous, cannot be ignored, soon come into view.
Zhang Qi took a deep breath, stood up, and looked at the entire river.
This river is undoubtedly a tributary of Blackwater. It winds eastward in this valley and flows out for at least dozens of miles.
If the river sand in this entire section of the river contains such gold content, then what a huge treasure it would be here!
"At least tens of thousands of gold..." Zhang Qi said tremblingly.
This number alone is scary enough!
Even the emperor would have to disregard his face in front of such a huge amount of wealth, right?
The Han family used gold as its currency.
Gold is more valuable than all other resources.
So much so that the world goes crazy for gold.
There is a folk proverb that says: Gold can be made, and the world can be saved.
There is a large group of alchemists and warlocks among the people. They go crazy and secretly ponder the so-called "alchemy" all day long, hoping to turn stones into gold and become rich overnight.
Under such a trend, in some places, such as Handan, if a person was previously poor, but he was wearing a rag and a horse, then people would suspect that he had learned alchemy. Then there would be a big wave.
'Xia Ke' and 'Heroes' came to his house to watch.
Zhang Qi heard that the Huainan generals who were protecting the Yi army even talked about the fact that in Shouchun, there were well-known alchemists who had treasures of alchemy such as "The Secret Art of the Pillow" and "The Book of Hongbao".
But it's a pity that even when Liu An, the king of Huainan, was here, he spent millions of money, but these guys didn't get any real gold.
However, counterfeit gold is quite common in this world.
Some alchemists who were crazy and poor cast some crude counterfeit gold to deceive the people, fooling the people in order to leave some gold vessels for themselves to be buried with after death. They all fell into the trap.
So much so that the late emperor had no choice but to issue an order: Counterfeit gold was made privately and abandoned on the market.
Counterfeit gold can already drive people crazy.
What about real gold?
What about tens of thousands of real gold or even hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of real gold?
Why don't thousands of people die?
Zhang Qi took a deep breath.
He knows that if he doesn't handle this matter well, I'm afraid that this small group will soon fight among themselves and kill each other.
In the face of such a huge fortune.
Who can be unmoved?
Even at a certain moment, Zhang Qi himself had the idea of swallowing this wealth, then fleeing the world, hiding his name, and becoming a rich man.
He looked at everyone, clasped his fists and said, "Husbands, everyone has seen that the gold sand in the river is real!"
Everyone's eyes were fixed on Zhang Qi, their expressions extremely nervous.
Before today, few people in this expedition had seen gold.
But now, a golden mountain is right in front of everyone.
Who can not be nervous? Who is not excited?
"But..." Zhang Qi said to everyone: "This is a gift from heaven. Only the virtuous can have it. Even if we want to take it, we can't take it away!"
As soon as Zhang Qi said these words, he let out a sigh of relief.
The others also gave a long sigh, but they all relieved their tension.
Because Zhang Qi is right.
This expedition team of less than thirty people, even if they recall other members along the way, is only fifty people, and there is not much dry food and supplies.
With just such a small number of people, compared to this stretch of river that winds for dozens of miles, how much gold can be found even if one pans for gold here until death?
Except for the emperor, no one has the ability to take advantage of this wealth.
Moreover, everyone’s family members and heirs are all in Xinhua City.
Who can truly abandon his wife, brothers, and even their lives, just for wealth?
At the very least, no one here can do it.
What's more, according to legend, the emperor sitting in Chang'an was a god who descended to earth and could communicate with ghosts and gods.
Maybe, by now, the emperor would have known about what was going on here through the mountain god He Bo.
Because the Han Dynasty likes to say that "if you don't teach, you punish them for torture." Therefore, everyone knows what kind of punishment they will face once the matter is exposed.
At the very least, they will abandon the market, and it may even affect members of the three clans of the family.
"But we have already made great achievements. Once we turn around, we will be rewarded and promoted, and we will enjoy endless glory and wealth!" Zhang Qi clasped his fists and bowed: "We can even bless the clan, make our parents, wives and children, Kunzhong take the honor.
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This is true.
If such a huge treasure is presented to the imperial court, the emperor will definitely be overjoyed and receive many rewards, and the rewards may even be greater than what he earned from working so hard for gold here.
As a result, everyone's spirits immediately became trembling, and they all worshiped: "We are willing to listen to the command of the team leader!"
Zhang Qi looked at everyone and issued an order: "Go find some packages and rags immediately. We are here and bring back some river sand. If we have the real objects, we will be able to prove what we say!"
"In addition..." Zhang Qi suddenly remembered and said seriously to everyone: "Before meeting the captain, no one is allowed to reveal the situation and location of the valley we issued to prevent accidents!"
When everyone heard it, they thought it made sense.
With such a great contribution, there is no guarantee that some people will not be able to resist using dirty tricks to take advantage of it.
Only when you meet the captain can this credit truly fall on the big guy! (To be continued.)
ps: Today I will fulfill yesterday’s promise, 10,000 words~
In addition, guess where is the gold mine or the Shajin River discovered by Zhang Qi?
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