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Chapter 435 Illegal Gold Dredge

Chen Ya's words stunned Pi Changshan, and he said with surprise:
"how do you know?"

"Hehe, you don't care how I know."

The corner of Chen Ya's mouth twitched, he couldn't help looking at Jiujiu and said:
"Old Pi is a big fool, don't listen to him."

Because his ancestors were landlords, his grandfather left a few pieces of Yuan Datou, which are still kept at home, so Chen Ya has also studied it.

Although the ordinary Yuan Datou with a double weight is widely circulated, it is indeed worth only about 1 yuan in terms of silver price alone, but it is still valuable for collection after all.

It's worth more than 1000 yuan anyway.

The silver dollar that Jiujiu found is a boutique version of the 'Flying Dragon' commemorative coin, which has a relatively small circulation and is priced at around [-] yuan.

Even some silver dollars with less circulation are worth hundreds of thousands or millions.

For example, the starting price of the "Dalong" silver dollar in the late Qing Dynasty was [-] RMB.

Another example is the "Empire of China" commemorative coin collected by the Palace Museum with a price as high as 280 million.

Things are rare.

This is also the reason why Chen Ya and Lao Pi rushed up to check immediately.

"Wow! So, I picked up at least 1 yuan?"

Jiujiu was overjoyed. Although ten thousand is not a lot, it was worth making her happy. Chen Ya nodded and smiled:

"You're lucky, you can look for it again, maybe there are more."

Hearing this, Jiujiu immediately ran to the water's edge and continued to search, while Lao Pi said with a depressed face:

"Xiaoqiang, don't tell me if you see through, do you understand?"

"I don't understand."

Chen Ya smiled, and the netizens in the live broadcast room were all excited, clamoring to find it too.

Ever since, the three of them also came to the river to search for the sand, but unfortunately they didn't find anything afterward, but the cold river water actually made their hands a little cold.

It is located in the upper reaches of the Jinsha River, with an altitude of nearly 3000 meters. Further up is the snow-capped mountains of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The water in the river is melted snow and groundwater. No wonder the river is cold.

After searching for five or six minutes and finding nothing, Jiujiu said with regret:

"It's a pity, I just picked up a silver dollar."

"Let's go and see those gold diggers."

As Chen Ya said, he walked towards a bend in the river bed first, Jiujiu and Lao Pi naturally followed.

……

At this moment, Alopecia areata and five subordinates were hiding behind a certain hill on the bank of the river, staring at Chen Ya and the others.

Seeing Chen Ya on the river bed, walking away, Alopecia areata immediately ordered:

"Take the rope and follow!"

Because there are hills on both sides of the Jinsha River, except for the embankment next to the cross-river bridge, other places must use ropes to go down to the bottom of the river bed.

In other words, Alopecia areata plans to follow Chen Ya all the way, wait until the other party is far away, and then go down to the bottom of the river bed to kill this brat Zhi Na!
After all, there are Huaxia police nearby. No matter how courageous Alopecia areata is, he would not dare to chase and kill Huaxia people under the nose of the police.

But as soon as the five of them left, a beggar with ink paste ran over quickly.

"Uncle Mei?"

Alopecia areata was a bit surprised, when Wu Daomei caught up, he said directly:
"Your father, let me help."

Hearing this, Alopecia areata was overjoyed and said:

"Haha, that kid is dead!"

……

Turning their eyes back to Chen Ya, the three of them came to the bend of the river bed, and immediately saw many Tibetan and Qiang gold diggers.

They are very focused on washing sand and mud. These gold diggers are men and women, and some even have children. They are obviously locals nearby.

About Jinsha, Lao Pi briefly said a few words.

[-]. Natural gold sand is deposited at the bottom of the river bed, and usually the bends of the river are the most densely populated areas of sand. Therefore, the bends of the river are often the most attractive places for gold diggers.

[-]. Where there are gold mines, white quartz stone can be found, which is an associated mine of gold. Although it does not mean that where there is quartz, there must be gold.

But at least it shows that there is still a certain connection between gold and quartz stone.

……

Lao Pi's words made Chen Ya and Jiujiu look at the riverbed covered with pebbles, and they found many white stones.

Immediately afterwards, the eyes of the three turned to those gold diggers who were working.

However, in addition to the traditional shovel and shovel, the most attractive thing is the gold pan.

It was a dark green plastic disc, which looked a bit like a large saucer, with ring-shaped threads all over the disc, which could serve as a filter.

But at this moment, those Tibetan and Qiang men didn't care about what Chen Ya and the other three were watching. They were standing in the icy river with their trouser legs rolled up, shaking the gold pan repeatedly.

The silt in the pan was washed away, and the big stones were discarded. After repeated washing, some small stones with larger specific gravity and a small amount of sand were gradually left behind.

Among them are small stones, about the size of soybeans, brownish yellow in appearance, reflecting metallic luster, obviously containing metal components, or gravels with low gold content.

But these gravels are almost useless for eggs.

Then came the screening. The gold diggers picked out all the gravels and either threw them away or put them into cloth bags. Seeing this, Lao Pi couldn't help saying:
"The gold content of those gravels is too low, and the purity is mixed. The meaning of refining is not great, but some people also collect them."

It has been said before that some tourist attractions, in order to create a gimmick, will buy a large amount of gold sand, which is the gold-containing residue.

These residues, although containing gold, are not worth much.

You can buy several catties for a few hundred dollars.

After all, there are several steps in the process of refining gold, and chemical substances are also used. If the gold-containing residue is extracted, although gold can be purified, I am afraid that the cost will not be recovered.

Therefore, it can only be sold to attract tourists.

But no matter what, this can be regarded as an extra income.

Of course!
If you are lucky, you can still find gold in the gravel.

"Haha, gold!"

However, a Tibetan man smiled and found a piece of gold the size of a grain of rice from a gold pan. Although it was small, it was a surprise to the gold diggers.

The gold that is the size of a grain of rice weighs about half a gram, so it is not in vain.

And at this time, the gold panning work is the time to see the truth.

After sifting out the gravel, continue to wash until there is only a layer of fine sand left in the gold pan.

The color of these sands is generally gray-black, and most of the gold diggers were disappointed, obviously finding nothing.

But some gold diggers showed smiles, because in their gold pans, some small grains of sand are golden in color.

Obviously, this is the sand with higher purity.

Although in the end, the amount of gold dust is pitiful, but everyone understands the truth that the accumulation of small amounts of money makes a lot of money.

After repeated scouring and washing, the golden dust was left in the gold pan, and the sweaty Tibetan and Qiang men immediately collected it in a glass bottle.

Under the sunlight, a light golden layer appeared inside the transparent glass bottle, which was really dazzling.

"It's heartbreaking to watch."

Jiujiu looked envious, Chen Ya couldn't help laughing and said:

"We still look around, maybe we really found dog's head gold."

Chen Ya was not envious of gold diggers. After all, it was normal for people to get rewards for their hard work. Besides, this work was too time-consuming.

Using these simple tools, it is estimated that after a busy day, you can get more than ten grams of gold sand, which is not bad!
Of course, what really caught Chen Ya's attention was that these gold diggers would use shovels to fill up the excavated places when they needed to change the place after digging the riverbed.

This is the rule that gold diggers abide by each other.

No damage to the river bed allowed!
Before changing the site, the excavated area must be filled and leveled. This is also to protect the Jinsha River and prevent the river from becoming potholed.

Immediately afterwards, the three continued on foot and began to search the riverbed, expecting to find Goutoujin.

Among them, Lao Pi walked towards the gold diggers and started talking in Tibetan, as if he was asking for something.

Chen Ya cast a glance and didn't care, but Jiujiu next to him suddenly looked up into the distance and found three small black spots on the river bed more than ten kilometers away, so he said curiously:
"what is that?"

Due to the high altitude, pure air, and extremely open surroundings, human eyes can still see scenes more than ten kilometers away.

Hearing this, Chen Ya raised his eyes and found that the distance was too far away, so he opened Super Eagle Eye.

In the next second, with Chen Ya's sharp gaze, he could clearly see the scene more than ten kilometers away.

However, three wooden boats were parked at different positions, and a conveyor belt on the boat was constantly transporting the sand and mud in the river, and there were small hills of stones piled up around them.

"Is this... an illegal gold dredger?"

Chen Ya frowned. He didn't even need to think about it. Compared with the gold diggers, these three gold dredgers were absolutely illegal.

This is indeed the case, and the riverbed where the gold dredger is located has long been destroyed beyond recognition.

On the more than 600-meter-wide river, there are potholes everywhere, and stone mountains are piled up one after another. Such a messy picture is simply unsightly.

The Jinsha River seemed to be howling, silently accusing the criminals of their actions.

"What? A gold dredger?"

Jiujiu's face changed, and he immediately picked up the phone and said:
"Hurry up and call the police!"

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Lao Pi came back, shook his head and said:

"What's the point of calling the police? By the time the police pass by, those gold dredgers will have already left!"

Saying that, Lao Pi looked at the three black dots in the distance, and could only sigh:

"We can't control this matter!"

This is indeed the case. Since people dare to blatantly conduct gold mining operations, there is obviously a way, and they are not afraid of the police.

Chen Ya felt a little upset, but he didn't seem to be able to control it, until he, who was in the eagle-eyed state, glanced away, and suddenly saw a few people poking their heads out quietly on the hills by the river bank.

Huh, inkpad monkey?

Seeing the alopecia areata staring at him viciously, Chen Ya couldn't help showing a smile. It seemed that this guy was here to seek revenge.

The next second, Chen Ya took another look at the three illegal gold dredgers in the distance, so he couldn't help laughing and said:
"It's better not to call the police. I have a way to take away the gold dredger at once."

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[PS: The first update, everyone, get ready, the protagonist is going to do something!Lao Sha fell asleep last night. Today, his wisdom teeth were inflamed and hurt so badly. He probably couldn’t sleep. So, tonight, I’m going to be crazy about coding! 】

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