Goldfinger is a bit strange
Chapter 652: Ice and Fire (1/2)
Liu Qingshan was also a little stunned when he saw what Hou San was holding in his arms.
The thing was dark gold, with an uneven surface and a flat shape.
It was quite big, about a circle larger than a basketball, and it looked quite heavy. Although Hou San was skinny and didn't have much strength, he was still an adult.
Liu Qingshan hurriedly took a few steps forward and reached out to take it.
While Hou San put the thing in Liu Qingshan's hand, he kept muttering: "Boss, it's heavy."
The thing really felt heavy in his hand, probably more than ten kilograms.
This is because the shape is relatively flat. If it was spherical, it would probably be heavier.
Hou San clapped his hands: "This is the gold nugget that Medveitch from the Black Bear Gang brought here. There are too many impurities in it."
"If we didn't have a jeweler here, I would have asked someone to melt it into a few gold ingots. It would have been so pleasing to the eye. Now this thing looks like an ugly monster."
Yes, this thing in front of him is really ugly. Not only is the surface bumpy, but there are also holes in some places.
Liu Qingshan carefully studied the gold nugget in his arms, and then said: "Brother Hou, it's a good thing that you didn't melt it into gold ingots, otherwise the loss would be great."
"Boss, what do you mean by this?" Hou San was a little confused.
Liu Qingshan put the gold nugget on the ground: "This should be called dog-head gold, it is a natural gold nugget, it has impurities in it, it's normal."
"This dog-head gold is very rare, so it can't be calculated according to the value of gold. People regard it as a symbol of wealth and good luck, and its value is much greater than gold."
Hou Sanyi slapped his thigh: "When I was a child, I heard adults tell lies. I heard that someone picked up a dog-head gold and made a fortune. Could it be this thing?"
"That's right." Liu Qingshan nodded: "This kind of natural gold nugget is generally produced near gold mines, and the cause is very complicated."
"Some people say that this is a meteorite rich in gold. When it fell to the earth and burned in the atmosphere, When the other materials are burned, only gold is left. This is how it is formed. "
Liu Qingshan gently stroked the gold nugget on the ground again: "No matter what, it is very precious and can be regarded as a treasure."
Hou Sanze blinked his eyes: "I heard from Medvevic that his men exchanged this thing with a box of canned fruit. I wonder if there are any left?"
This guy slapped his thigh again: "By the way, boss, I heard from Medvevic that there are quite a few gold mines over there. What I said is that nugget gold is usually near gold mines, which is consistent with it."
Gold mines? Liu Qingshan certainly knew that a few decades later, there were more than 200 gold mines over Lake Baikal, and the gold output was huge.
The Russians have a vast land area, so the resources are also very rich.
In fact, to be honest, the Lake Baikal area belonged to China for a period of time in history.
The famous Su Wu herding sheep was in the North Sea, and the North Sea refers to Lake Baikal.
It's just that some rulers in history believed that such a wild land was of no great use.
This stupid idea was also a very common phenomenon at that time. Didn't you see that the Russians sold Alaska to the United States?
As for the price, it's shocking: more than 7 million US dollars, so cheap that it's unbelievable.
Even so, the United States was still reluctant to pay the full amount.
Ding Shan also added: "I heard from the Black Bear Gang that the gold there is indeed very cheap. In addition to the Russians, there are also a small number of people whose names I can't remember. I heard that they are a branch of the Mongolian ethnic group."
"They are the Buryats." Liu Qingshan's information is certainly not comparable to that of people nowadays.
Ding Shan nodded: "Yes, it's the Buryats. I heard that they still live a more traditional pastoral life. Sometimes they can pan for gold by the river while grazing."
"For them, this gold is useless except for making jewelry and eating or drinking."
Ding Shan smacked his lips from time to time while talking, looking really envious.
If it were this side, why would they graze cattle and sheep? They would pan for gold every day.
Liu Qingshan also understood a little: No wonder a box of canned fruit can be exchanged for such a large piece of dog-head gold.
The nomadic tribes in Buryatia may have never been to a city in their lives. Gold is really of little use to them.
Hou San also smacked his lips: "It's a pity. If those Buryats also come here for border trade, we can exchange materials for gold. That would be fun."
Liu Qingshan was also moved by what he heard. If the Buryats don't come, they can go there.
They can't get through, but since the Black Bear Gang can bring back jade, it should be no problem to bring back gold.
The main problem is that Buryatia is far away and the government can't reach it. wAp.
If we get more large-scale mining equipment and mine gold on a large scale, maybe it will be a success.
No, we must discuss this with the Black Bear Gang. If it succeeds, it will be another way to make money.
As for the customs clearance, when winter comes, won't there be passages on the river?
Besides, they can even bring you fighter planes and tanks, let alone gold?
Liu Qingshan remembered that the Buryats in the later Republic of Buryatia kept clamoring for independence. After all, they are a branch of the Mongolian ethnic group and have nothing to do with the Russians.
So is it possible that when the Soviet Union collapsed, they could have persuaded the Buryats to become independent?
After returning to the hotel from the warehouse, Liu Qingshan pondered for a long time. He decided to give it a try.
As for this batch of Russian jade, when Liu Qingshan was ready to go back, he would use a large truck to directly pull it back to Jiapigou and stockpile it first.
At this time, even Hetian jade and jadeite are not so valuable, let alone the lower-grade Russian materials.
Thinking of this, Liu Qingshan had another idea: should he take advantage of the current cheap jade materials to stockpile a batch of Hetian jade and jadeite raw materials?
The next morning, Liu Qingshan woke up before dawn.
Because of the high latitude here, it gets light very late and gets dark very early in winter.
When he woke up Li Tieniu, who lived in the same room, and went out for morning exercise together, the sky outside was still full of stars.
It is the coldest time of the year, and the morning is the coldest time of the day. The temperature is estimated to be almost minus 40 degrees.
The two brothers ran for several miles on the empty street. It was just dawn and they were much warmer.
The sound of running came from behind. Liu Qingshan turned around and saw a uniform greeting: "Good morning, Mr. Liu!"
It turned out that they were all retired soldiers of the company. Under the leadership of Li Tie, Hu Wei and the old squad leader, they were also doing morning exercises.
Although they left the barracks, they did not abandon their military style.
Liu Qingshan and the others ran together. While running, Liu Qingshan chatted with Hu Wei beside him: "Commander Hu, your belly is getting bigger. You have to exercise well."
Hu Wei has indeed gained a lot of weight. In the past two years, he has mainly been expanding his territory in other places and busy with the construction of an instant noodle factory. Naturally, he can't avoid eating and drinking with local government officials.
He was not as relaxed as Liu Qingshan, but was running with a gasp, like a bellows.
A layer of white frost formed in front of the scarf on his mouth: "Little, little brother, I was sleeping well, but Tiezi had to pull me up."
"Old Hu, you should exercise." Li Tieniu also said in a muffled voice.
Hu Wei also nodded: "This, this is not felt at ordinary times, but when compared with everyone else, the difference can be seen."
Although he ran hard, his willpower was still very firm, and he still gritted his teeth and persisted.
People who came out of the army are much more resilient than ordinary people.
Liu Qingshan patted Hu Wei on the shoulder and said nothing more.
After breakfast, it was already past nine o'clock, and the group prepared to go to the river for winter fishing.
The fourth and fifth brothers were dressed like cotton balls, running happily in front. The little fourth brother accidentally slipped and didn't get up for a long time because he was wearing too thick clothes.
The river surface was not as flat as people imagined, but was dotted with ice ridges, because the river water did not freeze all at once.
At this moment, Jiang Shuichang led the fishing team and was already waiting on the river surface.
In addition to a horse sled, two jeeps were also driven, because the place where they were fishing was six or seven miles away from here.
However, everyone was not in a hurry to get on the car. They first walked on the ice for a distance before taking public transportation.
There were a lot of people, and the car couldn't squeeze in. The remaining few followed behind the car, pulling the jeep, and the soles of their shoes slipped on the ice.
Anyway, the speed was not fast, so they just slipped.
After walking a few miles, the figures of fishermen gradually appeared on the river surface, some pulling sleds, and some driving horse carriages.
The horses here have shoes under their hooves, and horseshoes are nailed on the horseshoes, so they don't slip at all on the ice.
When we arrived at the fishing area of Jiang Shuichang and his team, we saw many branches stuck on the river surface, with some cloth strips tied on them, fluttering in the north wind.
This was a hole in the ice that had been dug long ago. It was completely opened with a few pokes of ice pick.
Otherwise, if we poke holes in the ice every day, we would be exhausted.
A mark was made on it to prevent people from accidentally falling in.
Jiang Shuichang led Wang Yufeng and his team to start casting nets. The river water below was flowing, so the main thing was to cast the nets.
The ice here was too thick, so it was very difficult to thread the nets under the water.
It was really hard to work on the ice in this cold weather.
Perhaps because they were about to say goodbye to the life of the fishing team, Wang Yufeng and his team worked particularly hard today.
As they cast the nets skillfully, they would shout from time to time.
Listening to the songs they sang, Liu Qingshan couldn't help but want to laugh. Why did they have to sing "A Fire in Winter"?
Sing if you want, anyway, it's okay to shout until your throat is hoarse.
Jiang Shuichang sang the fishing song from his hometown, the tune was melodious and quite nice:
"The Ussuri River is long and long, the blue water is wavy, the Hezhe people spread thousands of nets, the boats are full of fish and the warehouses are full..."
It's just that it's a bit out of place in this icy and snowy weather.
But the warehouses are full of fish. When the nets were pulled up, the fish caught, big and small, filled several sacks, which was a bigger harvest than usual.
"Boss, let's grill fish on the ice today!" Jiang Shuichang had already packed up several big fish, split them into two pieces, and put them on the iron skewer.
Wang Yufeng and others lit the charcoal and the wood shavings they brought and started grilling fish.
It seems that they were well prepared and asked everyone to try something new.
A fire was lit on the ice, and everyone gathered around to keep warm.
It's really like ice and fire.
Because the heat rises, the ice surface below was fine and not melted.
It seems that Jiang Shuizhang is really an expert in grilling fish. After both sides of the fish meat were grilled and slightly yellowed, he began to apply oil to the surface.
Yes, he just applied it. He brought solidified lard. With the heat from the fish meat, he gently rubbed it and it was covered with a layer.
Then he gently sprinkled the salt noodles he brought on it and continued to grill.
Now, a fragrance spread on the ice surface, tempting everyone to sniff.
Jiang Shuizhang applied oil three times and sprinkled salt twice, and the fish meat was grilled. The surface was golden and looked appetizing.
"Come, try it!" Jiang Shuizhang first handed half a grilled fish to the fourth and fifth children, and the two little guys tore the fish meat and ate it.
"Wow, it smells so good!" The fourth child praised with his big eyes shining.
Perhaps it was because eating hot and fragrant grilled fish in this kind of icy and snowy weather made the feeling particularly different.
Wang Yufeng and his friends took out a few bottles of Lao Baigan from their coat pockets, bit off the bottle caps, and handed them to everyone.
There were no cups either, so two or three people shared a bottle and blew into each other's mouths, and no one looked down on anyone else.
Eating grilled fish and drinking wine, everyone felt the same way: it was beautiful!
"In fact, our fishing life is pretty good, and we may miss these days in the future."
Wang Yufeng also took a sip of wine, wiped the corners of his mouth with the back of his hand, and looked at the river in the distance, his eyes unexpectedly nostalgic.
Liu Qingshan smiled and said, "It's actually pretty good to start a new life."
When they returned with a full load, the market on the big island was just over, and hundreds of people took various means of transportation and walked back with large and small bags. The scene was really spectacular.
"Brother, let's go to the market tomorrow!" The fourth child thought about the time when he came here before, and he exchanged a lot of nesting dolls in the trading shed on the big island.
Shan Xing also nodded her head: "It would be better if we could go to the cloth market across the street to have a look."
Liu Qingshan immediately waved his hand: Forget it, he didn't want to go to the cloth market now, it was still too chaotic and not very safe.
When they returned to the station, Hou San told Liu Qingshan: He had notified the people of the Black Bear Gang, and if nothing unexpected happened, Medvej would definitely come tomorrow.
Then Hou San arranged to go to the hotel for dinner. Everyone had just eaten a lot of grilled fish and was not hungry, so they shouted to go to Hou San's new house to have a look.
So Hou San led everyone to the warehouse station. His new house was not far in front of the warehouse. There were two rows of newly built bungalows there. It was the accommodation area for the employees of Longteng Company. It was just completed last fall.
There are nearly 20 such ridged houses in a row, and the courtyards of each house are connected, which is convenient for walking and the most important thing is that it is relatively safe.
Generally, people with families live in one room, and bachelors who are not married live in one room. There are more than 100 employees in Longteng Company, all of whom live here.
Hou San's new house has been tidied up a long time ago, including furniture and furnishings in the house, which are very complete, and even have a large color TV.
Everyone is very satisfied with it and is waiting to marry the new daughter-in-law.
Liu Qingshan suddenly remembered something: "By the way, Brother Hou, have you and Anna registered? Can you handle household registration in this case?"
Hou San was stunned for a moment: "I really forgot about this!"
March, early spring.
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The gloomy sky was gray and black, revealing a heavy depression, as if someone had splashed ink on rice paper, and the ink soaked the sky and smudged the clouds.
The clouds overlapped and blended with each other, diffusing crimson lightning, accompanied by rumbling thunder.
It was like the roar of gods, echoing in the world.
Please download the Aiyue Novels app to read the latest chapters for free without ads. The bloody rain, with sadness, fell into the mortal world.
The earth was hazy, and there was a ruined city, silent and lifeless in the dim red blood rain.
The city was in ruins, everything was withered, collapsed houses could be seen everywhere, and blue-black corpses and pieces of meat were seen everywhere, like broken autumn leaves, silently withering.
The streets that were bustling in the past are now bleak.
The sandy road that was once crowded with people is no longer noisy at this moment.
Only blood mud mixed with minced meat, dust, and paper remained, unable to distinguish one from the other, shocking.
Not far away, a broken carriage was stuck in the mud, full of sadness, with only an abandoned rabbit doll hanging on the shaft, swaying in the wind.
The white fluff had long been soaked into wet red, full of eerie weirdness.
The turbid eyes seemed to have some resentment, looking alone at the mottled stones in front.
There, a figure was lying.
This was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, with tattered clothes, full of dirt, and a broken leather bag tied around his waist.
The boy squinted his eyes and did not move. The biting cold penetrated his shabby coat from all directions, swept through his whole body, and gradually took away his body temperature.
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Following his gaze, about seven or eight feet away from him, a skinny vulture was gnawing on the rotten corpse of a wild dog, occasionally looking around vigilantly.
It seems that in this dangerous ruin, the slightest movement will cause it to take off instantly.
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After a long time, the opportunity came, and the greedy vulture finally completely buried its head in the belly of the wild dog.
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