In placer gold mines, most of them are small gold grains, while large gold grains are called nugget gold, which is nugget gold. Generally, they are usually called brackish gold and Kang gold. These are small flaky grains, and the smallest gold grains are gold nuggets.
Those who can only be called Jin Mo'er.
The higher the gold content of placer gold, the closer the color is to reddish yellow.
The ones selected by Lu Law Firm are naturally of good quality.
Especially the largest piece of nugget gold, weighing three kilograms and nine taels, with a smooth periphery and no edges and corners. There are honeycomb-shaped holes in several places on the surface. The shape is like a naive tiger cub sitting on the top of a mountain. It looks very
pretty.
There are also several smaller pieces with different shapes, all of which are of great appreciation value.
When he was led to go panning for gold, Lu Lvdan took two pieces. Even if the ones he chose were all nugget gold, he himself felt at ease.
Although I only took two copies, the actual value was not much less than taking three copies. In addition to the nugget gold, the purity was also kept there. This was my "selfishness" that I made clear to a few people.
"I would like to emphasize again that when you take these things back, you must hide them well. You must not spread them randomly, let alone show them off. At least it is not appropriate in this year."
After the placer gold was divided, Lu Lu warned again, thought for a while, and then said: "Otherwise, we have been tired for a while, so we might as well work harder and come to my place tomorrow to help build an earthen kiln.
Buy a larger crucible from the district... Bring it here, and I will help you melt and purify it, remove some impurities, and condense it into a block for easier storage."
"This is the best, otherwise it will be all fine dust and you won't be able to pick it up if it is scattered." Zhang Shaofeng nodded.
"It's best to do it at night!" Liang Kangbo added.
"Okay, then come over tomorrow and set up the earthen furnace during the day. Just for fun, and then do the smelting at night. I have some coke here, so I don't need to buy it, but I'd better go to the district to buy the crucible. I can smelt iron, aluminum and other things to cast pots and pans.
There are places where you can buy this. I'm too lazy to run away and I can't spend a lot of money. Be careful, you need one with a larger capacity." Lu Lu said with a smile.
"I'm going to buy something... It just so happens that since I haven't been at home for more than a month, I should go to the Ministry of Armed Forces to report and ask what's going on." Zhang Shaofeng nodded and agreed.
The matter was settled in this way, everyone collected their own placer gold, and Lu Lu also sent his own gold nuggets into the bedroom.
It was almost evening when Wang Yan, Ma Jinlan and Aunt Duan returned, each of them carrying half a basket and more mushrooms.
Seeing the horses on the meadow, they immediately knew that Lu Lu and others were back, and they all speeded up and hurried back happily. As soon as they entered the house, Aunt Duan looked at the few people and patted her legs: "You can be regarded as
I'm back. I've been away for more than a month. Look, in the last few days, Xiuyu had to stand at the intersection for more than an hour every day. The lights in the room were also on all night, and the swallows were also on.
If you follow him every day, you will almost become a stone of hope.
Also, Yue Jia, Unakan and Liang Pao, your wife, come to Xiuyu every now and then these days. Whenever they have time, they don’t say it, but anyone with a discerning eye will know that they are here specifically to visit.
Let’s see if you guys are back.”
"Isn't this back? It makes them worried!"
Lu Lu got off the kang and helped them unload the baskets on their backs.
"Is everything okay?" Ma Jinlan looked at a few people and asked with a smile.
Zhang Shaofeng said with a smile: "Auntie can also care about people! With a capable uncle like you leading us, what can we do?"
Ma Jinlan smiled awkwardly. Of course she knew what Zhang Shaofeng meant: "Aren't the palms and backs of the hands full of flesh?"
"Just kidding... We are all good, not even a piece of skin has fallen off." Zhang Shaofeng said.
"I didn't see what you brought back this time? What are you doing in the mountains?" Ma Jinlan looked at the yard outside, then glanced around the house, and asked a little strangely.
"Our main purpose this time was to go into the mountains to inspect and see what else we could do. The main thing was to walk around and visit a lot of places!"
Lu Lu didn't want to spread the news about gold mining, especially to Ma Jinlan. He was still a little worried that she couldn't control her mouth.
"I see that you are all tired and busy. The days in the mountains are hard... No matter what, you just need to come back well!" Aunt Duan said with a face filled with relief.
At this time, Chen Xiuyu poked her head out of the kitchen and shouted: "Yanzi, come in and help. They have been in the mountains for so many days and haven't had anything good to eat. Let's give them a good meal tonight."
"Yeah!"
The blushing Wang Yan, who had not yet spoken to Chen Xiuqing, who was sullen, hurried into the kitchen to help.
"Let's also go to the river to take care of these mushrooms and dry them... you guys!"
Aunt Duan said hello to Lu Lu and others, and asked Ma Jinlan to go outside to wash the mushrooms.
Lu Lu took the child over and followed Zhang Shaofeng and the others to drink tea and chat on the kang, teasing the child from time to time.
The little guy was a little cautious at first, but after being teased by Lu Lu for a while, he gradually became familiar with it. He finally heard the little guy call him daddy again.
This made Lu Lu very happy. He hugged the little guy and kissed and rubbed it, making him giggle because of the stubble.
Chen Xiuyu and Wang Yan made all the good food at home. They worked for almost three hours and prepared a table full of dishes. By the time they actually started eating, it was already dark.
Fortunately, the big 100-watt light bulb in the house is now bright, so it doesn't affect it at all.
Lu Lu asked Chen Xiuyu to bring out the blueberry fruit wine at home to entertain everyone.
This wine was relatively soft. He didn't want a few people to get drunk and talk nonsense if they went back.
After finishing the meal, several people went home separately.
After sending a few people away, Lu Lu returned to the house and immediately put the nugget gold together with the nugget gold and placer gold that he had brought from Jin Zhiquan. After thinking about it, he took out the placer gold and prepared it when the time came.
After smelting and purifying it, I took a look at the hammer sealed inside. After making sure there was nothing wrong with it, I resealed it.
Then, after Chen Xiuyu heated up the hot water, he took a comfortable bath in the tub, lay down on the kang and fell asleep, without having the energy to communicate with Chen Xiuyu in depth.
The next morning, he slept until midnight and woke up naturally. When he left the house, he saw that Chen Xiuyu was already making breakfast again. He went to the kitchen to take a look and took the child out of the simple walker.
"Brother Lu, I saw in the warehouse that you brought back a lot of colorful stones. Apart from being beautiful, what are those things used for?" Chen Xiuyu obviously didn't care about those agates either.
"That's agate. I think it will be very valuable in the future, but you can't throw it away. I picked it up on purpose. I'll go see Uncle Kong in two days to see if these things can be carved and processed into something small..."
From this point on, when the honey was harvested and I had some free time, I would still think about it and spend a few days picking it up."
Uncle Kong can do all kinds of jade carvings, and he has such good skills. Lu Lu believes that even an ordinary stone will transform into something magical in his hands, so it cannot be wasted.
"Wuyi Ridge is not very far from here...Brother Lu, can you take me there then?" Chen Xiuyu asked with a hopeful look on her face: "I haven't been out for a long time."
"What will happen to the child if you go with me?" Lu Lu asked with a smile.
Hearing this, Chen Xiuyu's mouth suddenly pouted.
"There is a place that I can take you to." Lu Lu deliberately let it slip.
Chen Xiuyu's eyes suddenly lit up, she ran to Lu Lu and looked helplessly: "Where is it?"
"Beijing... I want to take you out to see the world!"
"Jingcheng... is it real or fake?"
"Of course it's true! I also want to buy some houses there..."
"What are you buying a house for?"
"When we get rich in the future, we can live there at any time. Besides, you can see that there are more and more rich people now. Who doesn't want to have an apartment or something in the capital? That's the capital.
Ah! What if I can’t buy one in the future, right? I’m still thinking about buying one in Shanghai. I can spend the winter there and watch the sea. I can buy one next to Dian Lake in Yunnan and go there in the summer.
Escape from the summer heat..."
This is what Lu Lu has thought for a long time. After all, he has had many intersections in his life.
When I was a child, I left Yunnan with my mother and moved to Shanghai. Then as a young man, I moved to Dahuang, which were all turning points of fate.
Chen Xiuyu looked at Lu Lu silently, with longing on her face: "It's beautiful to think about it... Can we live such a life?"
"Definitely!" Lu Lu was full of confidence in this.
"Okay, it's your hard-earned money anyway, you just have to make the decision, I believe you!"
Chen Xiuyu's joy made Lu Lu a little dazed. He didn't expect that the matter would be settled so easily.
Those days are indeed beautiful!
How could Lu Lu not admire him?
But now, he only has one idea in his mind: to make more money, otherwise he will not be able to support such a life.
Liang Kangbo and others came here in scattered pieces after lunch. As for Zhang Shaofeng, he said he was going to the district...
Lu Lu immediately called a few people, took tools and started kneading the yellow mud. He used the yellow mud that was dug out and piled aside when the underground cellar was built.
This kind of stove is not complicated. It can be made by just relying on yellow mud without the help of other things. It is really like playing with mud. It looks like a chimney. It is 70 to 80 centimeters high and is equipped with a pull-out wooden bellows.
, it will be convenient to blow air from the bottom to increase the temperature in the furnace. As for adding carbon, just add it from the mouth.
Several grown men worked together and finished a thick earthen stove in less than half an hour.
It's just a temporary tool, so it doesn't need to be too particular. Lu Lu lit firewood directly inside to dry it. It didn't matter even if it cracked. The smelting of placer gold only requires more than a thousand degrees, and it doesn't even need to reach the level of iron-making. There is coke, there is
Fans are easy to achieve. Of course, the higher the temperature, the better the impurity removal effect.
After burning it all afternoon, I glued the larger cracks and it was ready for use in the evening.
Zhang Shaofeng came back in the evening and bought two crucibles. He even brought crucible pliers to make it easier to take the crucibles out of the fire.
So, that night, after several people went home to have dinner, they came back after dark with their own placer gold.
The charcoal fire in the earthen furnace was already very strong. Starting from Zhang Shaofeng, several people took turns putting their placer gold into the crucible. Amidst the whirring sound of the bellows that was constantly blowing, the placer gold in the crucible was melted in the hot white coke.
What Lu Lu did was like making bubbles out of soup, using a furnace hook to pick out the debris floating on the surface of the melted gold sand lava.
As soon as this thing came out of the earthen stove, it immediately solidified on the stove hook and had to be smashed with a hammer.
After cleaning up, pour the remaining gold solution into another crucible and cool it into pieces.
However, at this time, with one hand on the knee and the other hand pulling the bellows, it was definitely a physical job that required a lot of patience. Several people took turns to work, and the smelting was completed until late at night.
After a few people left, Lu Lu couldn't take any time off. The gold sand he got from Jin Zhiquan hadn't been smelted yet.