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Chapter 91: Digging for Gold in Shit

Zhao Zhen led Yang Lin into the front hall and asked Zhuang Ding to bring out fruit box wine. Zhao Zhen held three cups in his hand. Yang Lin thanked Zhao Zhen and drank. The two sat down, and Zhao Zhen said to Zhuang Ding, who was waiting next to him: "Go to the east courtyard and invite all the heroes to talk together."

Just as he was talking, he heard Tang Sen shouting loudly from a distance: "Master, gold, gold, gold has been found."

Tang Sen panted and ran into the front hall. When he saw someone in the hall, he didn't bother to salute and said: "Master, gold has been discovered in Dry Tree Mountain." After saying that, he took out a handkerchief from his arms and handed it to Zhao Zhen. .

Zhao Zhen took it and said: "The lanterns announced last night, and the magpies are noisy this morning. First a good man came to vote, and then there is good news. Everything will be fine today."

With that said, Chao Gai, Guang Hui and Song Wan came to the hall. After seeing the ceremony, everyone sat down and talked about what happened just now. Zhao Zhen opened the veil, put it on a tray, and showed it to everyone.

Zhao Zhen said: "Manager Tang, how did you discover the gold mine?"

Tang Sen said: "I would also like to thank King Chao Tian for the big goose that he gave to the village owner."

Chao Gai heard this and said, "How can you say this?"

Tang Sen said: "Last time, these big geese were placed at the northern foot of Kushu Mountain, where they meet the lake. I have sent the geese back to Dongxi Village in the past few days. I don't want to waste the goose droppings here when I am free. Today I brought a few farmers with me." I cleaned it, but unexpectedly, while cleaning it, I picked up a small piece of gold. It was shining golden in the sun. I bit it and it turned out to be gold."

Just as he was talking, everyone looked at Song Wan, and saw that Song Wan was taking a slightly larger piece, putting it in his mouth and biting it, and everyone burst into laughter.

Song Wan also laughed, picked it up, smelled it again, and said, "It doesn't stink."

Guang Hui said: "Gold and silver are not dirty, and making money does not make you tremble." After hearing this, everyone said that Guang Hui's words had Zen meaning.

Tang Sen continued: "I collected the goose dung and washed half of it. I got these small and large pieces of gold. I was anxious to report it. I took the gold sand I took out and hurried over."

Yang Lin listened and said: "I heard a scholar said a strange thing: 'There is a golden pond in Han County. People living there suddenly raised geese and ducks. They often saw gold bran flakes in their feces, so they raised more of them and collected them. If you dig for it, you will get a tael or half a tael a day, and you will become rich. 'Isn't it the same thing today?"

Zhao Zhen said: "If this is true, I'm afraid there is a gold mine in the lake, but it cannot be mined, and I don't know what the output is." He then asked Tang Sen: "Has it been weighed?"

Tang Sen said: "When I came here, I weighed the zhuzi. It weighed six taels."

Zhao Zhen said: "These more than a thousand geese have stayed here for five days, and they can earn almost two taels of gold every day. It is also a way to make money. I didn't expect that there is gold sand in the lake. What a surprise."

Tang Sen said: "Master, do you want to invite the goose back?"

Zhao Zhen shook his head and said: "Dongxi Village doesn't have much industry. There are only more than a thousand Baizi Geese now. If you put them here, don't do anything bad. Besides, if they all move to your place, Dongxi Village will have less output in the future." There are a lot of them. In this way, you move all the ducks and geese in Xixi Village. I remember there are always more than a thousand. Leave more than a hundred for daily consumption. They can circle a place by the lake, build a shed first, and hatch some. . I will let Dongxi Village hatch more Baizi Geese. In another three to five months, your place will be enough. Then I will send the ducks and geese back to Xixi Village. You and Ding Chou will be informed about this, and you will handle it accordingly. ."

After hearing this, Tang Sen was overjoyed and said, "The owner of the village is right. I will go down and find Manager Ding to tell you." After that, Tang Sen happily resigned.

Zhao Zhen handed the handkerchief to Zhao Yuanli and said, "Yuanli, take this and wrap it in gold, let Zhang melt it and cast it into gold melon seeds weighing one penny. Do the same with the gold sand you get in the future. Go to the carpenter's workshop again, Make a boxwood box to serve it in.”

Zhao Yuanli took the bag of gold sand and responded. Zhao Zhen continued: "I won't go to the workshop today. I will arrange a banquet to welcome Brother Yang Lin."

With that said, Zhao Zhen stood up and everyone went to Dongkua Courtyard together. Went to the pavilion under the shade of willows, everyone sat down together, and ate some snacks and fruits first. After a while, a table of ready-made delicate fruits, vegetables, and wine was laid out, followed by fat geese and tender chickens, freshly caught in the lake. Fish, shrimps, turtles, crabs, and freshly braised fat pigs and lambs were also served one after another.

After five or seven glasses of wine, Li Xiaoer led a boy over, brought a plate of sweet and sour fish, and placed it in front of Yang Lin. Li Xiaoer pointed to the sweet and sour fish on the table and said: "Master, I was waiting in the back kitchen to hear that another hero came to invest today, and the owner has good luck with wealth. Today I will make sweet and sour four-tailed carp." Like a fish leaping over the dragon's gate, I wish the owner good fortune, good fortune, and good fortune, and I wish Yang Yingxiong a bright future as he leaps over the dragon's gate."

After hearing this, everyone applauded and laughed. At this moment, Zhao Yuanli hurried over, handed over a cloth bag, and said: "Master, Zhang Da and Yang Mazi worked together to cast golden melon seeds from all the golden sand. A total of 60 seeds are here."

Zhao Zhen took it, opened the bag, took one out, handed it to Li Xiaoer and said: "Xiaoer, I give you this golden melon seed. Not only do you cook every day, but you are still willing to use your brain. Not only is it delicious and delicious, but now I am becoming more and more refined. I will study more dishes in the future and strive to become a great chef, just like Zhu Yizun, who wrote a masterpiece on health and diet literature like "Shi Xian Hong Mi"."

Li Xiaoer took the golden melon seeds and said excitedly: "When I was in trouble, the owner of the village took me in, rewarded me with money, food and clothing, and assigned me a job. At that time, I made up my mind to die for the owner. Now my wife and I I have become stewards and have a good life. It is all given by the owner of the village. I will definitely do my best in the future. The little one has no other skills and can only serve the owner three meals a day."

Zhao Zhen helped Li Xiaoer up, gave him a glass of wine, and encouraged him a few words before Li Xiaoer resigned.

Zhao Zhen sighed and said to him: "I didn't expect that the waiter was so thoughtful. He made a whole fish feast when he first came here. Today, the sweet and sour fish dish has been improved a lot. Brother Yang Lin, come and try it. How’s the fish doing?”

Song Wandao: "Brother Yang Lin, I only came two days earlier than you, and yesterday I also ate this spiritual fish specially made for catching the wind." After hearing this, Yang Lin was not polite, picked up his chopsticks, and started eating.

Everyone ate and drank until dark, then dispersed.

At night, Zhao Zhen talked about this matter with Bai Zhi. Bai Zhi said it was incredible and she had never heard of it. He picked up a golden melon seed with his fingernails and said, "My lord, is this really gold?"

Zhao Zhen said: "It's absolutely true. If you don't believe it, just bite it and you will know." Bai Zhi frowned and seemed to have made up her mind. She handed the golden melon seeds to the lion cat's mouth and said: "Xiao Bai, don't you want to be called Xiao Bai? ? Take a bite of this golden melon seed, and I will never call you Xiaobai again. How about changing your name to Snow Dumpling?"

Zhao Zhen also looked at the lion cat. The lion cat tilted its head and seemed to be thinking seriously. He stepped forward, sniffed it first, and then actually took a bite.

Then it quickly stepped back and made a 'meow' sound, as if to say: "What the hell, I can't bite it at all."

Bai Zhi raised the golden melon seeds in her hand and took a look. It turned out to be real. The golden melon seeds had Xue Duanzi's teeth marks on them.

Zhao Zhen said: "These are all burned in the furnace, and dirty things cannot be burned. I have never seen anyone think that money is dirty."

Bai Zhi said: "It's just a temporary reaction. Whoever listens to it will feel uncomfortable."

Zhao Zhen said: "You are just hinting in your heart. When I got the golden sand today, Song Wan bit it." The two of them had a rough fight before falling asleep.

The next day, Zhao Zhen got up early, and Song Wan, who lived across the courtyard from the east, practiced some Shajia pole. Yang Lin looked at it, took out his muddy stylus barrel gun, and practiced some Liuhe gun.

Later, King Guanghui and Chao Tianwang came to Zhuangzi and began to teach Zhuang Ding martial arts, and the East Cross Courtyard suddenly became lively.

After dinner, Mrs. Li first came to the village to measure the sizes of Song Wan and Yang Lin, and sent over some clothes that Zhao Zhen had made for Bai Zhi. After Mrs. Li took the measurements, she came over to report and then went about her business.

Zhao Zhen had breakfast today and was going to watch the bankers panning for gold. After tidying up, he asked two strong villagers to follow him, and they took two pieces of clothing as a baggage. Zhao Zhen took two heroes, Song Wan and Yang Lin, and rode straight to Kushu Tun.

Yesterday, all the ducks and geese were transported to Kushu Village. Tang Sen followed the others and handed Zhao Zhen a bag of gold sand. He said: "Master, this is the gold sand left by washing the goose dung yesterday. This part is close to the shore. , the output of gold is even more than yesterday, eight taels."

Zhao Zhen took it, handed it to the soldier behind him, and said, "Go back and give it to Zhao Yuanli. He knows how to play with these gold sands."

Seeing that everyone was interested in gold mining, Tang Sen said to Zhao Zhen: "Master, do you want to go to the back mountain?" Zhao Zhen said: "Call Brother Bao Xu and come over to have a look."

From the foot of the mountain to Kushu Tun, Zhao Zhen, Song Wan, and Yang Lin were also very tired. They took advantage of the opportunity to call Bao Xu and took a rest.

After meeting Bao Xu, several people met first and made a gift. Zhao Zhen first handed over the new clothes in the bag and said: "Brother Bao Xu, these are two sets of clothes that I asked Wang Fen, a silk and satin shop, to make for the brothers. You can Take it. Today I’m going to go see the gold diggers. Do you want to go with me, brother?”

Bao Xu nodded and said: "This is the first time I have seen someone panning for gold in these pickled things. Let's go together. Let's go together."

A few people went down to the northern foot of Kushu Mountain and saw many ducks and geese by the lake from a distance. Several farmers were panning for gold sand by the lake with pans, but not from the mud in the water, but from the feces next to it. In the pile.

Tang Sen said: "I cleaned it up today and asked the farmers to wash it to see if there is any gold sand."

Zhao Zhen said: "I just moved here yesterday. There should be no gold sand in the food in front of me." Everyone walked over and took a look. Some gold sand was faintly visible on the gold digger's plate.

We just moved here yesterday, and we were able to pan out gold sand today. It seems that there is a lot of gold sand under the water. After everyone watched the gold rush, the smell was really strong, and after a while, they all walked away.

After seeing the gold rush, everyone returned to Kushu Village. Tang Sen said: "Master of the village, will the washed gold sand be sent to the village every day from now on?"

Zhao Zhen said: "I will ask Zhao Yuanli to arrange for the villagers to pick it up every two days. You only need to supervise the washing of the gold sand."

Tang Sen nodded in agreement. The weather was getting hotter and hotter. Everyone was covered in sweat when they went up the mountain. Tang Sen led everyone to the village hall to enjoy the shade under the big tree.

(End of this chapter)