my wonderful zoo

Chapter 215 Gold Discovery
"Don't tell me, it's quite fragrant!" Someone praised as they smelled the aroma gradually coming out of the barbecue.

"Nonsense, don't even look at how much my spices cost?" said the team member who was a part-time chef.

Just when everyone was eating dry food and warming up, the black tiger playing in the stream suddenly rushed ashore and screamed at everyone.

"Be alert!!" Chen Liu immediately shouted an order.

Everyone dropped the food in their hands, pulled out their knives, or raised their spears, and some crossbowmen began to load arrows.

"Black Tiger! Come here quickly!" The dog handler greeted Hei Hui.

"Woof!!" Black Tiger barked again, then lowered his head and chewed a stone from the grass, and ran to everyone.

He put the stone at the dog handler's feet and said, "Woof! Woof!..." The black tiger's tongue was stretched out and its tail was wagging like a fan.

"This is...!" When everyone saw the stone, they were immediately stunned.

"Golden dog head!!" The dog handler picked up the stone and looked at the dark golden light reflected by it in the sun.

"Quick! Quick! Quick! Taosha! Taosha!" Chen Liu ordered loudly and excitedly.

Everyone no longer cared about eating, so they quickly took out their sand washing tools and started working in the creek next to them.

Soon, a large cage of river sand was washed clean, leaving a few grains of shining golden sand in the dustpan.

"We found it!!" Chen Liu shouted loudly.

"Hahahaha!! We found it!"

"Get rich! Get rich!"

...

All the team members were yelling like crazy.

After he calmed down a little, Chen Liu looked at the black tiger. The dog breeder was holding it and rubbing its head.

Chen Liu rushed to the front, snatched the dog's head, hugged it and kissed it hard: "Heihu, you have made a great contribution this time. After you go back, I will give you a month's worth of venison! No! A year's worth of venison!"

"Captain, you can't just eat venison, you'll get tired of it," one of the team members joked.

"Yes, yes! You can eat whatever you want, delicacies from the mountains and seas. As long as I can buy them, I'll give them to you." Chen Liu was very excited.

"Captain, didn't you just say that the food provided by the government is enough?" the dog breeder teased with a smile.

"That said, our black tiger can't just eat the dog food. It has to improve the food, greatly improved." Chen Liu was not annoyed, and now, any teasing couldn't stop the excitement in his heart.

According to the military government's reward system for discovering mineral deposits, Chen Liu and his team can retire and enjoy life from today on. The generous bonuses, even if they eat meat every day, will be enough for these people for several lifetimes.

The news spread back to Cornerstone Town, and soon a large group of prospecting teams arrived at the creek where the gold sand was found.

The crowd spread out and searched up the creek, and soon found a river with higher gold sand content. So far, it can be preliminarily determined that the gold mine is nearby.

The good news was sent to Guangzhou and Xuzhou. Soon, a larger scale of personnel was dispatched. Jishi Town was upgraded to Jishi County and became one of the heavy industry development bases of the military government.

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June 29.

Boxing County, Qingzhou is located on the south side of the Jishui River, only 100 miles away from the mouth of the Jishui River.Along the way, more than [-]% of Zhao Gou's non-combat soldiers were reduced, and most of them fled at night.

Many of the soldiers who knew that Zhao Gou planned to leave Hebei by boat were very unstable. No soldier was willing to leave his hometown and go thousands of miles away when the war was still going on in his hometown.

The sky was getting dark. Because the weather was already very hot, the army did not set up tents. The soldiers had to camp out to spend the sultry summer night.

Han Shizhong and several officers gathered around a fire, and a hare was roasting on the fire. Everyone was waiting for the hare to be roasted to improve the food.

It is estimated that each of these dozen officers could not get a piece of meat, but it was still meaty.

"I heard that the officials have frequently received envoys from the Kingdom of Jin recently." During the chat, an officer changed the subject.

"I've also heard that there are rumors in the army that we were able to reach Qingzhou smoothly this time because the official family and the Kingdom of Jin reached an alliance, and Wanyan Zongbi didn't stop us."

"General Han, I don't know if these are true." An officer asked Han Shizhong.

Han Shizhong was Wang Yuan's trusted general, and Wang Yuan was Zhao Gou's most trusted military attache. Everyone thought that Han Shizhong should know more.

Yes, Han Shizhong did know more. He also saw the officials receiving the Jin envoy and listened to them discussing how to deal with Chen Jiajun.

In the past, Song and Jin allied to destroy Liao.

Now, Song and Jin have once again abandoned their previous differences and plan to form an alliance against Chen Jiajun.

However, this made Han Shizhong feel so disgusted that he couldn't say anything.

"Like everyone else, I have heard some rumors." Han Shizhong looked gloomy. He couldn't figure out how Zhao Gou could cooperate with the enemy who killed his father and brother, even if it was just to survive.

"It can't be wrong. This time Wanyan Wu Qimai wrote to Zhao Gou personally, admitting that he was wrong in breaking his promise and not returning the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. He promised that as long as the Song Kingdom would ally with the Jin Kingdom again and destroy the Chen thief, not only would He is willing to remove all the Jin soldiers in the Song Dynasty and return the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to the Song State. He also promised that the Jin State and the Song State will be brotherly countries from now on and will no longer require the Song State to hand over annual coins every year." An officer who was relatively well-informed said There is no difference between the basics and the facts.

The Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun here was after the alliance between the two countries to destroy the Liao Dynasty. Wanyan Aguda agreed and wanted to return it to the Song Dynasty. However, Wanyan Aguda died suddenly. His fourth brother Wanyan Wu begged to buy power. He admitted it and sent troops south to invade the Song Dynasty.

"Can you believe the Jin man's words?"

This question was shared by everyone present. At the same time, all the officers present did not think Jin's words were credible.

"The official family used to be a hostage in the Kingdom of Jin, so they trust the Jin people more." Someone said.

"Isn't this just drinking poison to quench thirst?" Someone exclaimed.

"Otherwise, what else can we do? Even if there is no golden man, if Chen Thief is so aggressive, what can we do?" Some people felt helpless.

"Why is there nothing we can do? We are all mortals. Even if the big blade cuts down on him, Chen Thief still can't bear it. Just hit him." Han Shizhong was a little angry.

Han Shizhong was a man of tall stature and extraordinary bravery.Born into poverty, he enlisted in the army.

Brave and good at fighting, with a strategic mind, he made great contributions to the Song Dynasty in the war against Xixia and Jin Dynasty, and also made significant contributions to quelling rebellions in various places.

His current position was built with his own swords and guns. His many years of military experience made him believe that peace cannot be obtained through negotiation.

"It's easy to say that Thief Chen even defeated the Jin people. We are the only ones who can fight there." An officer retorted.

"So what about the golden man? It's not like he hasn't been beaten before..." Han Shizhong argued so hard that he even lost his confidence.

It's not because the Jin people are strong or the Chen family's army is strong, but because he knows the fighting power of his colleagues and the soldiers of the Song army, so that he can't even speak hard.

(End of this chapter)