Before it got dark, Lu Lu and the others took their horses and walked downstream for a while, choosing a piece of grassland where they planned to camp and let their horses go.
While Liang Kangbo, Chen Xiuqing and Zhang Shaofeng were setting up tents and preparing firewood, Lu Lu and Zhao Yongke led Yuan Bao into the nearby forest. After more than half an hour, they shot three flying dragons, a jumping cat and
Two greyhounds are back.
Chen Xiuqing was carefully turning over the rice in the antimony pot by the fire, while Zhang Shaofeng and Liang Kangbo were lying on the grass, not wanting to move.
When they saw the two people coming back, they all turned over and sat up with grins on their faces.
"My waist... is broken, broken!"
Zhang Shaofeng clenched his fist and hammered his waist hard.
When Liang Kangbo turned over, he also screamed: "There is no comfortable job in the world. It sounds like gold mining, but I didn't expect it to be so tiring!"
Lu Lu said jokingly: "Yes, nothing is cheap and easy. Even a kiln sister who makes money while lying down must have a good waist and a good life!"
After a pause, he continued: "Everyone get up and help. Fill your stomachs early. We will leave tomorrow to go to Tomulun's house. We have already learned how to use a wooden dustpan. When the body recovers, we will go look for gold and wait.
If you find gold, you won't feel tired anymore."
"Go directly to Tuo Mulun's house? Don't you want to see the mountains and water veins? You can look all the way there!" Zhang Shaofeng said with some doubts.
"This matter is not urgent... We need to do it without anyone noticing. We have to get rid of some trouble first and let them think that we have left and are no longer watching us, so that we can act more easily."
Lu Lu sighed slightly.
Hearing what Lu Lu said, several people looked around but found nothing.
Liang Kangbo couldn't help but ask: "We haven't done anything, why are you staring at us?"
"Whenever you go to these places, you are either staring at people or being stared at. Things are not as simple as you think, and there are always reasons for being stared at... You will know it at night!"
Lu Lu smiled: "Gold mining is no different from other things. People who come to these places are all interested in money, and their thoughts cannot be measured by common sense. In short, the more secretly we do our work, the better. Let's go to Tuomulun.
Home, firstly to rest, and secondly to inquire about the surrounding situation. They often run in the mountains, so they should have heard something about it.
Furthermore, the location of Tuomulun's house is very delicate. It is a moderate distance from Xinglong Valley in Huma, Fuke Mountain in Mohe, and Yanzhi Valley in Mohe. These three places are all the locations of large gold mines.
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When the little turtles invaded the wilderness, they plundered all the way along the river. No one knows how much gold and silver they took away from this place. The gold mines in the vast mountains of Fuke Mountain were discovered by the little turtles in 1933.
Found it.
There are many large-scale gold mines in the surrounding area. In this area, maybe we can find a place with gold just by looking at the topography and water veins. The more undiscovered the place is, the easier it is to produce big goods. We are not targeting those places.
Jin Mo'er is here.
In short, everyone needs to be more vigilant than hunting or carrying a stick."
Lu Lu had already thought about these things. What he was thinking about was not just Baoxing Ditch. Rather than squatting in the ditch to search for things, he wanted to pick them up.
Most of the things that can be picked up are what can be called gold nuggets. They are both gold, but they are more valuable than gold.
After hearing that Lu Lu had already made plans and ideas, several people immediately became interested and got up one after another to help take care of the prey and prepare the dishes.
The flying dragon bird must be cooked in soup. As for the gray dog and jumping cat, it must be stewed.
There are a lot of small root garlic and wild green onions in this area. You can easily find a lot of them when you go into the mountains. They are both excellent seasonings.
Looking around, there was no one around. When Lu Lu came back from washing small garlic and wild green onions, he sat down by the fire, twisted the two things into several sections, added some to the Feilong soup, and some to the braised jumping cat.
In his pot, he took the opportunity to whisper to a few people: "Teach you some ways to find gold. In ancient times, the ancients also had their own skills when looking for gold. They relied on plants to determine what minerals there were. This was also one of the skills.
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For example, where honeysuckle bushes grow, there are often silver mines; where plantain grows well, there may be zinc mines; where mugwort grows well, there may be manganese mines. And where horsetail and sagebrush grow,
Where there are Luoyang flowers, there is a high probability of gold.”
As he was about to enter the mountain, he felt that it was necessary for a few people to master some basic skills in order to take advantage of the power of many people. He alone could not take care of so many things.
Upon hearing this, several people's ears suddenly stood up.
"What is wattle grass?"
Chen Xiuqing asked a little strangely.
Obviously, several people are very interested in gold-related matters.
"The horsetail grass is in these places. If you look around, it's everywhere!"
Lu Lu smiled and walked aside, then took a handful back.
"Isn't this what we call wasp grass and bristle grass? These things are everywhere!" Liang Kangbo said with a smile: "If there is gold wherever there is this thing, then there is not gold everywhere."
He obviously didn't believe it.
There are many aliases for horsetail grass, and they are called differently in different places, such as thorn grass, male and female grass, thorn grass, hollow grass, knot grass, keyhole grass, horsetail... This is probably among the plants known to Lu Lu,
There is no one weed that has the most names.
"The horsetail grass has another name in other places. In addition to being used as traditional Chinese medicine, its greatest characteristic is that it can absorb gold-related components from the soil through its own root branches. Therefore, it is also known as the most greedy plant.
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Lu Lu explained: "In this wilderness, if you find a large area of horsetail grass existing and growing very luxuriantly, it is worth checking carefully in the soil below. It doesn't mean that there is horsetail grass somewhere.
Gold, but it can be used as a mark of judgment.
By the way, horsetail grass is slightly poisonous and harmless to humans, but it is poisonous to horses. But be careful not to let them eat too much. Otherwise, if they eat too much, they will stagger when walking and even cannot stand.
Stable, there are more serious situations. This is why I kept him tied up today. There are too many horsetail grasses here, and I am afraid that the horse will eat them and cause problems."
After listening, several people nodded slightly.
"What about the wormwood you're talking about?" Chen Xiuqing asked curiously.
Lu Lu pointed to the small root of garlic in the pot and said with a smile: "This is the garlic!"
Looking at the small pieces of garlic in the pot, and then hearing what Lu Lu said, several people felt a little awkward. They all rolled their eyes at Lu Lu, feeling like they were being teased.
"I don't mean to tease you, it's just that's what it's called in ancient books."
Lu Lu hurriedly explained: "Our ancients were smart. They knew how to use plants for mineral exploration very early on. There are ancient books that say, 'The grass stems are red and beautiful, with lead underneath; the grass stems are yellow and rusty, with lead underneath.
Copper; there are onions on the mountain, and silver below; there are scallions on the mountain, and gold below; there are ginger on the mountain, and copper and tin below, etc. This is a plant prospecting theory hundreds of years earlier than abroad.
In the field of mineral exploration, these plants are called indicator plants."
"Luoyang flower, that must not mean peony!" Zhang Shaofeng had already guessed Lu Lu's intention.
I deliberately used these strange names to make a few people ask questions, just to make a few people remember these things more clearly.
"Yes, although peonies are also called Luoyang flowers because they are abundant in Luoyang, the Luoyang flower we are talking about is another thing, which is the wild dianthus that is more common on the edge of the forest on the mountain or on the roadside. The reason why it is called so is because in Luoyang
A large number of dianthus were found in the gold mine on Sanshan Island in Jiaodong. It was from this gold mine that scientists determined the associated relationship between Luoyang flower and gold mines through research, and it also became an indicator plant for judging whether there is gold.
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Luoyang Flower: Wild dianthus blooms with bright red flowers every summer. In Jiaodong, it is often used as a basis for determining the location of gold mines.
There are a lot of dianthus in the wilderness, so Lu Lu would not forget to use them.
"I am telling you all this because I want you to pay more attention to the places where horsetail grass, small root garlic and dianthus are growing after entering the mountains. Where these things grow densely, there may be some in the soil below.
Find gold. Of course, there are other ways to find gold..."
When Lu Lu said this, Yuan Bao suddenly ran to the side of the tent and shouted. Lu Lu quickly stopped, stretched out his hand, and lifted up the semi-automatic rifle with a scope that he placed next to him. The others also alerted
They each stood up with their guns in hand.
Several people followed him to the side and looked in the direction of Yuanbao's barking.
I saw today that they were helping the old man, who had been searching for gold sand for most of the day, carrying a wine jar and the dog hugging him, walking down the gentle slope.
The old man actually brought wine.
Lu Lu thought for a moment: "We won't drink the wine he brought later. We will drink the mine-bee brewed wine we brought ourselves. Also, drink in moderation and don't get drunk. People from this place are here."
Gold diggers have complicated hearts and can do anything, so they can't be careless."
"Remember!"
Several people responded with serious faces.
The old man came down very slowly, walking tremblingly for a short distance, and it took him a while to reach the tent.
Seeing Yuanbao and the others barking and blocking the way, he didn't dare to get close for a while.
"Gentlemen, I've brought you wine!" the old man shouted loudly.
Lu Lu greeted him with a smile and comforted Yuan Bao: "Sir, you are so busy today. I just wanted to learn how to pan gold from you, and I also wanted to send you wine."
"Oh, it's been a long time since I've seen people who are so close to each other like you. I mainly want to talk to you. In my life, most of the time, I just talk to myself. I haven't talked to anyone for a long time.
I’ve said it before, but I’m feeling depressed right now!”
The old man handed over the wine can with a smile: "It's not really good wine, it's just liquor bought from the countryside. I brew it myself from grains. It doesn't even have a name... Well, it smells good. It seems to be delicious.
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Lu Lu smiled and took the wine jar: "Just order Feilong soup and jumping cat meat... Come and sit inside and have some together. I accept this wine without courtesy, since it's here with us.
, Of course we are treating you to a drink. Thank you for teaching us how to use a wooden dustpan today. The Mine Bee soaked wine we brought when we came out is very good for fighting off rheumatism."
Living in the mountains all day long, eating and sleeping in the open, may not feel good when you are young, but once you get a little older, rheumatism will easily show up. Considering that this time I went to the mountains, I often soaked in water.
Everyone had wine made from mine bees, so they each brought some out to drink to relieve their fatigue and also to drive away rheumatism.
He asked the old man to sit down by the fire, got into the tent, put aside the wine jar the old man brought, and took out the soaked wine he brought.
The old man stared at the golden jumping cat meat and the fragrant flying dragon soup, took a deep breath, and said with enjoyment: "Today is a good meal... By the way, what are your plans for tomorrow?"
"I'm afraid this kind of work is not something we can do. We plan to leave tomorrow and continue to wander around the mountains to find some medicinal materials, prepare some meat and so on... It's not easy to mess around!"
The food was already cooked, so Lu Lu asked Chen Xiuqing to distribute the bowls and chopsticks, pour some wine, and invite everyone to eat with their chopsticks.
"Yeah, it's not easy to get around... I came to Huma from Shandong when I was a teenager. I've been living in poverty all my life, and I've been alone all my life. It's better to leave early, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to leave for the rest of my life."
The old man let out a long sigh, picked up the wine bowl, took a big sip without any scruples, and said with a grin on his face: "Good wine!"
When one person speaks, it is called talking, but when a group of people talk, it is called talking.
"What's your age?"
"She's already over seventy!"
"Oh, then it will be very early when you reach Huma!"
"I came to this place in 2024, when I was fifteen years old!"
Under the stimulation of alcohol, the old man's chatterbox suddenly opened up.
Thanks to book friends Shili Peach Blossom and Du Que for the reward!