Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 544 Gold Mine Treasure

After Old Man Xue and Xue Xiaoli, father and son, took Chu Xiangqin into the study, surprisingly they did not let Xue Jianguo stay aside and listen.

This made Chu Qianqian couldn't help but feel nervous, secretly thinking that something must have happened, right?

Fortunately, Mr. Xue and his son first asked how they were getting along with Xiao Laner as newlyweds.

Then he made it clear that he was looking for him this time because his superiors were worried that the 20 tons of gold lent to him would soon be spent.

With a casual calculation, the leaders knew that the last 36 tons of wheat and 4 tons of corn kernels cost at least US$1400 million.

Converted into gold, it costs about 10 tons no matter how you calculate it, and this is still the cost price.

If you add in the costs of freight, smoothing relationships, etc., it might cost another one or two million dollars.

The superiors knew in their hearts that Chu Xiang went there to post money. While thanking him, they also knew that the remaining 10 tons of gold were all converted into grain, and they could only buy to tons.

If the drought still does not ease, in the next year, at least several times more gold or foreign exchange will have to be spent to continue to purchase grain in large quantities.

This would put a lot of pressure on the economy, so I thought about finding an open source method.

Moreover, it is easy to spend gold. If you want to buy it back, you don’t know how many years it will take to buy back the 20 tons of gold bit by bit.

So what the boss meant was very simple. I wanted to ask Chu Xiangqian if there was any way he could help the boss earn some foreign exchange.

Or if Chu Xiangqian knows so many people abroad, does anyone need domestic minerals or the like?

Chu Xiangqian rolled his eyes after hearing this. There is no need to think about minerals and the like. Even if some things are needed abroad, China may not sell them to the people of Magnesia.

Besides, if it really wanted to be sold, it would not be my turn as a member of the gang to sell the ore that was a bulk commodity.

Several large state-owned enterprises must be responsible for this business.

Moreover, Chu Xiangqian knew very well that although China was indeed very difficult now, its exports to Hong Kong Island last year, that is, in 59, exceeded 10 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Chu Xiangqiang does not yet know the export volume for the whole year this year, but the export volume in the first half of the year exceeded 4 million, and he has already known it from the Secretary for Administrative Affairs Hader.

In other words, it is not that China does not have foreign exchange in its hands.

Being so short of money is just because I buy too many things from abroad, and I always feel like I never have enough money.

Moreover, the foreign exchange expected to be earned this year has basically been used for last year.

That's why in order not to delay the planned plan, Chu Xiangqian had to be given 20 tons of gold to buy grain.

Chu Xiangqian thought that he had obtained 20 tons of gold in advance. During the last dollar crisis, he made nearly 10 tons of gold by selling high and buying low.

Pretending to be hesitant, he frowned and thought for a while.

Then he said to Xue Xueli and Xue Xiaomin, father and son, "Grandpa, dad, in order to thank the superior for lending me 20 tons of gold, I plan to support 10 tons of corn to the superior.

After paying for the last purchase of 40 tons of wheat and corn kernels, there is still 10.8 tons of gold left.

It should be possible to purchase 45 to 50 tons of grain. Doing so much is already my limit. "

Seeing Chu Xiangqian say this, Xue Xueli couldn't help but sigh, but from the bottom of his heart, he was secretly relieved.

It would actually not be a good thing if Chu Xiangqian had to solve all the troubles.

Not only does it appear that Chu Xiangqian is too important, but he can also threaten the higher-ups, which is a taboo.

It also appears that others are too incompetent.

The teams that went out to purchase food and negotiate have not yet come up with a solution. Not only are their leaders disgraced, but the people responsible for purchasing food may hate Chu Xiangqian to death if they know of his existence.

Now Chu Xiangqian said that he had tried his best to get another 55 to 60 tons, of which 10 tons were still for nothing.

No matter who knows about this, they will not and have no right to accuse Chu Xiangqian.

Xue Xueli nodded, "Okay, I will report this to the leader."

After speaking, he nodded to Xue Xiaomin.

The father-in-law got up and walked to the bookcase. He opened the bookcase door to reveal a built-in safe.

He opened it and took out a document bag and handed it to Chu Qianqian.

Chu Qianqian opened it and looked at it for a while, then looked at Old Man Xue and his father-in-law with a happy expression.

"This is real?"

Old Man Xue nodded, "According to what Dana said about the address, there must be more than one gold mine like this on the grassland.

And according to records in ancient documents, there are indeed many rivers on the grassland, and gold sands and even gold nuggets were discovered a long time ago.

This also shows that there should be gold mines at the source of the river.

But going deep into the grassland for supplies, personnel safety, direction, etc. are all problems.

You have shown extraordinary ability in this area, so if you are not busy after the Chinese New Year, you can go to the grassland with the ore prospecting team? "

Chu Xiangqian shook his head without thinking, "I don't have time. In order to mobilize food, I have sold all the iron ore I got to the Yingwang royal family and the great nobles.

It takes ten and a half days to travel between Magnesium Country, Ying Country and Hong Kong Island every month.

Adding in other businesses, I wish I had 48 hours in a day. "

After hearing this, Xue Xueli and Xue Xiaomin glared at Chu Qianqian angrily. If they really didn't have time, they wouldn't have stayed in Los Angeles for a month with Xiao Lan'er.

He even returned to the capital a week early to prepare for the New Year, just because he refused to endure the hardship.

But in Chu Xiangqian's heart, there were too many uncertainties about finding gold mines.

And wouldn’t it be uncomfortable to look for gold mines in the northern grasslands in the middle of winter?

Just a big snowstorm and the entire prospecting team might be wiped out.

In other words, as long as the person in charge of this matter is not stupid, even if the prospecting matter is the fastest, it will have to wait until March or April.

Chu Xiangqian actually wished that China would find more gold mines to mine. The more gold in the hands of the superiors, the more generous they would be in spending it.

The gold that is used may end up in his own hands.

Thinking of this, Chu Xiangqian said simply, "In order to support the prospecting team, I will support you with 10 Hong Kong dollars. If you find a gold mine but need animal power.

Give me some time and I'll ship you 20 English Shire horses.

And if this kind of heavy-duty draft horse is properly bred, although its efficiency has long been inferior to that of machines, it is still very useful in the northwest and grasslands of China. "

Heavy-duty draft horses were not eliminated until the new century, let alone the Chinese dynasty, which had a larger area and a relatively later rate of mechanical penetration.

However, one of these horses can eat more than a dozen other horses, and the amount of fodder they consume every day is also a big problem.

Fortunately, if they are raised in a large group, fodder is not a problem.

A Shire horse can pull 5 tons of cargo. If two of these horses were given to the forest farm where the second and third uncles lived, I believe everyone on the forest farm would treat these two Shire horses as if they were their ancestors.

From now on, all heavy physical work in the forest farm can be handed over to these two Shire horses, instead of serving seven or eight Mongolian horses that can only pull a few hundred kilograms.

In terms of efficiency and labor consumption, it is natural to serve two horses, which saves far more time and energy than seven or eight horses.

Speaking of horses, Mr. Xue and his son couldn't help but think of the horse racing auction held on Hong Kong Island not long ago.

Cathay Pacific did not need to report this matter to the superiors. The comrades in Hong Kong took the initiative to sort out the process of the auction and report it to the superiors.

40 sweat horses were auctioned for 1800 million US dollars, which is incredible just thinking about it.

Someone above estimated that with Chu Xiangqian's character, he could earn at least 3%.

In other words, after the entire auction, Chu Xiangqian earned at least six to seven million U.S. dollars from the 90 purebred, Arabian, Andalusian, Hanoverian and sweat-blooded horses sold. Although the boss was greedy for the money, he didn't think there was anything wrong with Chu Xiangqian making the money.

I even wish he could earn more every year.

To put it bluntly, the persona Chu Xiangqian maintained was that he would rather lose some money than help the Celestial Empire purchase food.

In the eyes of many people above, a large part of the money Chu Xiangqian earned was actually subsidized to the country.

So the more he earns, the more profit the boss will make.

Not to mention that Chu Xiangqian gave away more than a dozen bloody horses to the country for nothing last time.

Several of those horses are already pregnant with foals, and new members should be born in April or May next year.

This is equivalent to four to five million US dollars for every birth of a horse and raising it for two or three years.

The profits are so huge that it is impossible not to pay attention to it.

After finishing the business, Chu Qianqian looked at his watch. It was already past 9 o'clock in the evening. Before going out, his father-in-law Xue Xiaomin pulled Chu Qianqian's arm.

He whispered, "There is unconfirmed news that when the little trickster retreated from the north, he hid a lot of gold and jewelry in the Changbai Mountains.

Don’t you have a group of people who are good at searching for wild beasts in the mountains?

Otherwise, we cooperate.

You come out, we provide accurate clues, and we really find the treasure, you 4 and we 6? "

If Chu Xiangqian really had such subordinates, he would definitely agree without hesitation.

But since that batch of manpower does not exist, the person who goes to find the treasure is Chu Xiangqian himself.

When he had no money, Chu Xiangqian would also take a trip to try his luck.

But for him now, unless the treasure is 100% real, it would be better to go to the United States every month.

Helped Frank Sr. of the Chicago Mafia and Pablo of Colombia to transport $1 million and $2 million to Panama City.

A trip to draw three results is 9 million US dollars.

After three to five months, tens of millions of dollars will be obtained, which will definitely make more than the treasures hidden in batches by the little trickster.

Of course, Chu Xiangqian would definitely be interested in going to India and digging up the treasures in the temple's underground treasure house.

Xue Xiaomin saw Chu Qianqian shaking his head to solve the problem, and immediately said anxiously, "Qianqian, our news is definitely correct, you just need to send someone to find it."

Chu Xiangqian interrupted directly and said, "Dad, let's not talk about the credibility of this kind of news that has been circulated for more than ten years.

I'm sure the danger is not small, and if I don't follow it personally, I can't guarantee whether my men will join forces to steal the treasure after they find it.

So for me, the safest way to make money is to let my subordinates continue to look for white tigers, black tigers, or go to East Asia to look for bloody horses. "

Xue Xiaomin could only watch Chu Xiangqian finish speaking, and got into Xue Jianguo's car without hesitation.

After the car disappeared, Xue Xiaomin returned to the living room and saw his father looking at him.

He smiled wryly and shook his head, "That guy refused."

After saying that, he repeated what Chu Xiangqian had just said, and Xue Xueli nodded.

Then he said with a smile, "I had already guessed that this kid Qiang knew as soon as he heard this, that this matter must not be that simple.

Otherwise, the treasure would have been discovered long ago, and why would we have waited until now?

Besides, although this news was confirmed by many people back then, no one knew whether the thing was still there or not.

Moreover, the vegetation in the forest changes in one or two years. It has been more than ten years, and whether it can be found is still a problem. "

Xue Xiaomin nodded helplessly. A few years would be enough for a small tree to grow in the forest, and the terrain would naturally change greatly.

When Chu Xiangqian returned home, before getting off the car, he asked Xue Jianguo if he wanted some midnight snack.

Xue Jianguo immediately showed an expression of surprise.

Although I had a casual work meal in Da Nei tonight, two steamed buns per person, plus one meat, one vegetable and one soup, was not enough for a working man like Xue Jianguo.

That bit of food has long been digested by now.

He turned off the engine and got out of the car, followed Chu Qianqian and shouted the door into the courtyard with a smile.

Then, just like the night before, the whole family gathered in the pavilion and verandah of the central courtyard, lit four small stoves, roasted mutton, and drank coconut milk or tiger bone wine.

Chu Xiangqian added three daughters-in-law, five younger brothers and sisters, three sisters Zhaodi and Xue Jianguo, a total of 12 adult or half-year-old children, plus the little one Aiqiu.

I actually ate almost 20 kilograms of mutton.

If Chu Xiangqian hadn't been worried about his younger siblings having stomach upsets at night, the three Aiguo boys and Ai Qiu would definitely be able to eat another pound or two.

As for Xue Jianguo, he had four pieces of roasted lamb chops. His mouth was full of oil and his belt was untied by two sections.

Because Xue Jianguo drank and it snowed this morning, Chu Xiangqian simply asked Xue Jinglan to clean up the house and let his second uncle stay here for one night.

Of course, Xue Jinglan was also worried that her second brother would have an accident while driving so late in the snow.

He took Zhaodi and Laidi and went to clean up the reverse room in the middle courtyard.

Chu Xiangqian hugged Ai Qiu, who still had some unfinished thoughts, to prevent the little thing from stuffing snacks into his stomach while he was not paying attention.

Standing in the verandah with Xue Jianguo, watching Aiguo, Aimin, Ai Lin, Hong Kong Sheng, Feifei and Pandi clear the stove and other things.

When only Chu Xiangqian and Xue Jianguo were left in the veranda.

Xue Jianguo looked at Ai Qiu, who was already lying in Chu Qianqian's arms and started to feel sleepy. Seeing that the little thing was really dozing off, he asked in a low voice, "I heard from my dad that there are eight out of ten cases of treasures in the Changbai Mountains." Nine is real.

Are you really not going to look for it? "

Chu Qianqian rolled his eyes at Xue Jianguo and said in a joking tone, "My subordinates have made me millions at least this year.

For a treasure that no one can be 100% sure about and no one knows the specific dangers, I let my men take risks.

If it were you, would you be willing? "

Xue Jianguo thought for a while and nodded quickly, "How many millions did I really help you make?"

Chu Qianqian chuckled, "First, it was a white tiger. When I sold it to Mountbatten's grandson Norton, I sold it for 30 pounds.

The second black tiger also sold for more than one million pounds.

Two months ago, I found another white tiger and sold it to Philips of the Infant Royal Family for another 30 pounds.

This 160 million pounds alone is equivalent to 640 million dollars in U.S. dollars. Deduct the points given to my subordinates and the money spent on building relationships.

These three tigers alone made me more than two million US dollars, not to mention dozens or hundreds of bloody horses.

I would be crazy to let my men go into the deep mountains and forests to take risks in search of treasures that I don’t know whether they are true or not, and I don’t know how many treasures there are. "

After hearing this, Xue Jianguo nodded helplessly. If Chu Xiangqian wasn't talking nonsense, then for him, looking for the so-called treasure was indeed not a good deal.

(End of this chapter)