Chapter 203 Gold is rolling in (I wish you all the food and clothing parents,
Mid-Autumn Festival Happy Reunion)
In the northeastern region of my country, mineral resources are extremely rich, and some areas even contain large amounts of gold resources.
Therefore, the local area has the reputation of "thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, edged by gold" since ancient times.
Compared with the Northeast, where gold can be found in every shovel, the mineral resources in Anhui are always jokingly called by geological surveyors as "stars everywhere, but no moon."
The reason is that although metal can be detected in the soil layer, the proportion of gold contained in it is of no mining value at all.
However, this is only the conclusion reached by predecessors.
According to the plan after the establishment of the Gold Force in 1979, the area around the existing copper veins must be explored again.
Based on past experience, areas with copper deposits are twice as likely to contain gold deposits.
Because most copper and gold mines are sulfide ores, they often appear together, and Anhui has been a major copper producer since ancient times.
Therefore, the mission of the second detachment is to follow the veins of known copper mines to find gold mines worth mining.
The soldiers came to the mountainside and looked around.
Compared with the wasteland everywhere in the Northeast mining area.
The landscape displayed in front of Zhang Junfeng's eyes at this moment was lush with wild grass and trees everywhere.
Either on their backs or on their shoulders, the team members moved in groups and spread out while carrying the exploration equipment.
As time passed, Zhang Junfeng, who had been busy for most of the day with no results, raised his head and looked further away.
Today was different from the past. Ever since he entered the mountain, he had been looking for the shadow of the carnation flower.
Not to mention ten, not even one was seen.
"It's so beautiful,"
The afterglow of the setting sun filled the Western Mountains.
Comrade Xu Xiaotian, who was partnering with Zhang Junfeng, stood on the edge of the cliff and expressed his feelings:
"Jun Feng, if you have the chance, go to my hometown for two days."
"Why, there is gold in your hometown?" Zhang Junfeng walked over with a smile.
"There is no gold," Xu Xiaotian looked at the horizon: "But there is endless prairie. When the time comes, I will teach you how to ride a horse. You will definitely like that feeling."
"Hearing what you said," Zhang Junfeng was also looking at the sunset: "I'm already tempted. The sunset is so beautiful, like gold."
"Look below," Xu Xiaotian pointed to the cliff and said, "The sunset falls on it. It looks like a piece of gold has been sprinkled on it."
"Haha," Zhang Junfeng chuckled: "After all, he is a comrade in the Golden Army. Everything looks like gold..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Junfeng was stunned.
On the side cliff at my feet, several small flowers, white on the outside and purple on the inside, swayed gently in the breeze.
Petals with serrated edges, five petals open.
The leaf-like stems and leaves of leek are sparsely distributed around.
"This is..." Zhang Junfeng stretched his neck and looked down: "This flower looks so familiar!"
"Really?" Xu Xiaotian also took a look: "Does it look familiar? Anyway, I haven't seen it before."
Looking down the cliff, Zhang Junfeng became more and more surprised: "2, 5, 7, 10, 11..."
"What are you counting?"
"27?" Zhang Junfeng counted roughly and immediately became excited: "There are actually 27 dianthus flowers in this small area."
[If you see more than 10 carnations per square meter of land in the wild, there are nine out of ten gold mines hidden underground.]
For a while, the words in the newspaper kept jumping in my mind.
"This flower is called dianthus," Zhang Junfeng tried hard to hold back his excitement:
"It is said that if you can see more than ten flowers in a small area, there is probably a gold mine buried underneath."
Upon hearing this, Xu Xiaotian, who was also looking down, suddenly looked at Zhang Junfeng: "There is a gold mine under this flower? Who did you listen to?"
"People from my hometown."
"That's right," Xu Xiaotian quickly looked at the dianthus flowers, and then frowned: "But how come we haven't seen such flowers in the place where we detected gold mines before?"
"Haven't you seen it?" Zhang Junfeng tried his best to recall: "Xiaotian, think about it again and make sure you have never seen this flower in the mining area before."
"This flower looks special. I would definitely be impressed if I saw it."
If it weren't for the tricky angle of the cliff, Zhang Junfeng would have been ready to dig.
"How about we chisel it and take a look?"
Before Xu Xiaotian finished speaking, Zhang Junfeng was already lying on the ground.
After leaning out half of the body, there was a chisel facing the rock wall.
Wow…
Several pieces of earth and rocks rolled down the cliff.
"This soil layer doesn't look very similar," Xu Xiaotian also lay down at the mouth of the rock.
I picked up the tool and shoveled it, and there was a clang sound, as if the tool in my hand had hit something hard.
The two people lying at the mouth of the rock heard the sound.
Inadvertently, they struck hard at the foothold just now.
At this moment, the comrades in arms all carried their belongings and moved closer to the meeting point.
"What are you two doing lying there?"
From a distance, the detachment leader saw two men in green military uniforms lying on the ground.
"Report to the captain," Xu Xiaotian reported while digging: "We are looking for gold mines."
"Looking for gold mines?" The detachment leader who had already reached the edge of the cliff leaned out and looked down: "Are there any gold mines like you?"
"People from Zhang Junfeng's hometown have experience and say that as long as they can find a large number of dianthus flowers, they can find gold mines."
"Oh?" The detachment leader also lay down next to them: "Is there any other way to say this?"
Just when the captain lay down, there was a sudden "crash" sound, and a large piece of rock rolled down the valley along with the soil.
The birds in the valley flew up in great fright.
Looking at the edge of the cliff again, the three people who were still asking questions and answering them were all speechless.
As the flying dust gradually returned to calm, the steep cliff shrouded in the sunset suddenly flashed with golden light.
The three people lying at the mouth of the rock all held their breath and stared at the place where the soil collapsed.
"That's gold?" Xu Xiaotian stared blankly at the sparkling rock wall.
"There is gold on the surface," the detachment leader almost drooled: "I have only seen ore with this kind of gold content in the Liaodong gold mine."
"We...have we found a gold mine?"
Zhang Junfeng, who was lying on the ground, slapped the ground and shouted loudly.
As soon as they heard the movement, all the comrades behind them gathered over.
"Bring the metal detector quickly."
Zhang Junfeng shouted to the soldiers behind him.
"What kind of detector are you using? We've already seen this!"
"Look carefully below," Zhang Junfeng pointed at the valley and said excitedly, "There are more dianthus flowers down there!"
The comrades looked in the direction of his finger.
The further down you go, the denser the purple-white flowers become.
Looking from a distance, purple is swaying all over the valley.
This piece of purple and white fell into Zhang Junfeng's eyes and turned into a brilliant golden light.
"what is that?"
"Dianthus flowers!"
“What does carnation have to do with gold?”
"They are the companion flowers of gold," Zhang Junfeng said slowly: "Seeing them is like seeing a gold mine!"
Hearing this, the soldiers on the top of the cliff looked at the gold ore at their feet and then at the dianthus flowers in the valley.
Then, everyone cheered in victory.
"Everyone is there, heading towards the bottom at full speed"
"yes!"
On the way to the valley floor!
The detachment leader asked curiously: "Zhang Junfeng, I remember your hometown is Pujiang, right? There is also mining experience there?"
"Report to Team Li,"
At this moment, Zhang Junfeng can finally tell the truth in a down-to-earth manner:
"Actually, I saw the news in a newspaper in my hometown. It said that dianthus is actually the companion flower of gold mines."
"What else did the newspaper say?"
When Zhang Junfeng pulled out a piece of "Oriental Metropolis Daily" from his bag, the detachment leader took it as if he had found a treasure...
A few days later, the Oriental Metropolis Newspaper office in Pujiang received a letter of thanks from the Golden Army.
When Jiang Shan read the letter and put it down, he realized that everyone in the room was staring at him.
"What are you looking at?" Jiang Shan said with a smile, "What's there to see?"
Cai Wensheng narrowed his eyes and said: "Chief Jiang, you wrote those two manuscripts, right?"
"You're really amazing!" Rong Bin truly admired him: "If I were the leader of the Golden Army, I would definitely recruit you."
"Just laugh if you want to," Jiang Hai looked at the third child's look and said, "Don't hold it in too much."
"It's a coincidence," Jiang Shan smiled brightly:
"I've always been greedy for money, and I usually like to collect some tips for finding treasures. I didn't expect that the organization would see them."
"What a pity," Rong Bin smiled and shook his head: "It's a pity that you didn't pick up a single grain of gold yourself."
"Who says it isn't!"
After saying that, Jiang Shan picked up the letter on the table again.
The next day, a news item was clearly published on the front page of the Oriental Metropolis Daily: "A huge gold mine has been discovered in a county in Anhui and can be mined for 20 years."
Yanjing People's Education Press, the book "How to Write Good Pen Calligraphy" has received a notice of approval for distribution.
"Has the royalties been sent out?"
After confirming the book cover, President Zhu Ling casually warned: "After the copybook is printed, don't forget to send a few copies to the author."
"Don't worry, President Zhu, the manuscript fee and the book will not be delayed."
"Um,"
President Zhu nodded and looked at the name of the author Jiang Shan on the cover of the book: "By the way, I will also send a few copies to the three authors of the preface."
"Okay, President Zhu."
Just as Jiangshan's copybooks were being sent to the printing factory, Wen Huaisha led Pang Zhonghua to Dean Jiang Feng's home.
The climate in Yanjing these days is too dry, and Dean Jiang's health is obviously not as good as it was a while ago.
Accompanied by a cough, Pang Zhonghua finally met the long-awaited Dean Jiang of the Academy of Fine Arts.
"Hello, Dean Jiang,"
After Wen Huaisha's introduction, Pang Zhonghua quickly said hello to Jiang Feng respectfully.
"Sit down and talk," Jiang Feng nodded, then opened the manuscript in his hand.
If he hadn't seen Jiang Shan's pen handwriting, Dean Jiang would definitely have caught the gay man in front of him and praised him fiercely.
Unfortunately, Jiangshan is well aware of the truth of preconceptions.
He rushed to deliver his manuscript to the key people as soon as possible.
"It's well written." Dean Jiang flipped through a few pages and then closed them: "Do you also want to publish a fountain pen copybook?"
Pang Zhonghua didn’t know why Dean Jiang added the word “ye”:
"I have been practicing fountain pen calligraphy for many years, and everyone praised my beautiful handwriting, so... I was thinking about whether I should publish a fountain pen calligraphy book."
"Yes," Dean Jiang nodded: "This is a good idea. Now that the whole society is writing with pen calligraphy, it is necessary to have a few more copybooks."
Wen Huaisha touched his beard, looked at Jiang Feng and said with a smile: "It's a pity that the comrades in the publishing house are not as aware as you."
"I also know some of the specific situation," Jiang Feng coughed twice and pondered for a while: "The publishing house in Yanjing must not think about it..."
"Oh?" Wen Huaisha was stunned for a moment: "Why is this?"
Dean Jiang waved his hand, signaling the other party not to ask any more questions:
"Let's do this. I'll call the publishing house in Tianjin in two days. Whether it can happen... depends on Comrade Xiao Pang's luck."
Some things seem to be different from what Wen Huaisha expected.
In his opinion, Jiang Feng should have the best relationship with Yanjing Publishing House.
Why did the matter go to Tianjin now?
I don’t know what’s going on here.
Forget it, as Jiang Yuan just said, everything still depends on Pang Zhonghua's own luck.
…
After leaving the airport, Yu Sigui took a deep breath of the Pujiang air.
"Hey," she laughed with a look of disgust on her face: "Why do they all smell like country?"
As he spoke, he lowered his head and glanced at the two suitcases beside him.
One of them was specially prepared by Yu Sigui for Jiang Shan.
"Comrade Jiangshan," she couldn't help but laugh: "Comrade Yu Sigui is here!"
Dozens of minutes later, a small taxi slowly stopped in front of the Oriental Metropolis Newspaper office.
Dragging two suitcases, Yu Sigui couldn't wait to run to the animation wall.
"Wow,"
After a few wows, Yu Sigui suddenly felt that his eyes were not enough.
After looking carefully several times, Miss Yu walked back to the "Happy Coke" advertising wall.
Pure blue sky and white clouds.
Green grass, green trees, beside the creek...
A group of well-known animated characters sit comfortably in the embrace of nature.
A bottle of Happy Coke on each paw made Yu Sigui laugh unconsciously.
"This painting is so interesting," the girl looked at the advertising wall and murmured to herself:
"Even people who are in a bad mood will laugh when they see it."
The word "healing" is Jiangshan's definition for this advertising painting.
It's a pity that Miss Yu now doesn't know that these two words can also be used in paintings.
At this moment, Jiang Shan, who was sitting in the office, was lying on the table coloring a cartoon.
For several months, the delivery time of "Oriental Metropolis Daily" has been ranked at the bottom of the post office's schedule.
As for the delivery situation in remote areas, we can't even look at it.
The most annoying thing is that according to the feedback from newspaper reporters, the situation of other newspapers is better than that of Oriental Metropolis Daily.
Not only can it be delivered to urban newsstands at 6 a.m. in the morning, but delivery in remote areas will not take more than two days.
It is completely different from what happened in Oriental Metropolis Daily in two to one week.
Although editor-in-chief Jiang Hai made a special trip to communicate with the post office about this matter, the reply he received was still the same:
The Post Office's delivery team has limited manpower and can only go according to the previous time schedule.
Faced with this matter, Jiangshan had no way to deal with it.
After all, the other party is the big postal brother who has to give up three points to the Propaganda Department.
We can only hope to save the country through curves and break through from a distance.
I don’t know if this method is effective, but he’s really good at painting now!
"What are you painting?"
Suddenly, Jiang Shan was stunned by a familiar voice behind him.
After raising his head suddenly, he saw a beautiful figure in a trance: "Yu...Comrade Sigui?"
"Pfft," Yu Sigui burst out laughing. She had expected that Jiang Shan would call her this.
Then, he stretched out a hand and said formally: "Hello, Comrade Jiangshan."
Jiang Shan said nothing more, just looked at the person in front of him and smiled lightly, and then said: "We haven't seen you for so long, do you miss me?"
With just one brush, Yu Sigui's face instantly turned red.
Fortunately, the clever mouth is still smart: "Guess!"
