Mountain driving career since 1982

Chapter 674

Chapter 674

As early as the Qing Dynasty, there were constant influxes of gold diggers in Mohe, Huma and other places.

The most famous Mohe Yanzhigou, the name is related to gold, because it is rich in gold sand, the news reached Cixi's ears, and she changed this place into her own private property. Over time, people forgot the original name of Yanzhigou. It is called rouge ditch.

The gold mines in Xinglonggou had already been mined as early as the Qing Dynasty.

Wherever gold is produced, all kinds of stories full of blood and tears have been staged.

Xinglonggou is an east-west ravine, sixteen miles long and four miles wide, which is also rich in sand.

Just such a place, even if it is managed by the Gold Mine Bureau, there are still more than 100 gold diggers staying there.These people are basically people or descendants who entered the Guandong in the early years of the Republic of China or during the Puppet Manchukuo period.

Of course, there are still many people with dreams of getting rich who keep pouring in and set up shacks in the surrounding area.

After so many years, it is still lively.

Within the area delineated by the Gold Mine Bureau, the machines roared, and the gold diggers were constantly busy.

Outside, the waste slag was being crushed and screened by a machine, and someone was panning in the river ditch downstream.

Looking along the way, there are people everywhere, most of them are hunched, which is formed by bending over and squatting by the water all the year round or simply standing in the water.

Even so, they still couldn't stop the rhythm of them filling a wooden dustpan used for panning for gold, dipping it into the stream, and shaking it left and right.

The wooden dustpan reacted with the water surface, making a crackling sound, accompanied by ripples rippling out in circles.

After washing for a while, I scratched the bottom of the dustpan with my fingers to take a closer look, and then scraped off the excess sand and gravel. After repeating it several times, I poured the remaining fine yellow fines that were hard to pick up with my fingers into a basin beside me. .

Everyone's operation is the same, but the speed is endless.

The five of them walked around to have a look, Zhang Shaofeng looked at the black and red faces, shook his head slightly with his white and wrinkled hands soaked in water, and asked in a low voice: "Old Wu, it's just such a small amount, how can I wash it in one day?" How much is it, is it not enough to plug the gap between the teeth?"

"If we do the same, I'm afraid it's better to go to the mountains and find the greyhounds to make more money." Liang Kangbo also frowned: "I'm afraid the ashes that fall into the eyes are more than the little gold dust."

I heard Lu Lu said it simply, as if I could go into the mountain and pick it up directly. The excitement disappeared without a trace after seeing the current scene.

The most important thing is that this place is too close to the north. Even in Yichun, the crops have grown to knee height. Here, there are still a lot of unmelted snow in many shady places. How cold the water got.

I feel guilty looking at it.

"Do not talk nonsense!"

Lu Lu said softly: "Just look at it but don't talk about it. Gold panning is the same as carrying a mallet and hunting. There are rules. Don't bump into others and cause trouble. Also, don't expose our purpose of looking for gold. It’s not good for people to stare at you.”

When they heard the words, they immediately closed their mouths tightly and said nothing more. They just watched silently along the river all the way until the edge of the pile of waste in the mine, when a man with a gun pointed at the wooden sign next to him and shouted: "The mining area is an important place for operations. No one else is allowed to enter. It's such a big sign, can't you see it?"

"I don't know how to read... We are just passing by, looking curiously, and leaving immediately!" Lu Lv smiled, and asked several people to back away.

In this way, several people turned around a large area in this ravine, and found that in addition to the mining area, there are still many places with slag and other things, which are surrounded by people to prevent them from approaching.It can be vaguely seen that the densely packed gold diggers in this ditch are also divided into gangs and gangs, and many of them even bring guys with them.

Anyway, he was just learning how to use a wooden dustpan to pan for gold. Lu Lu did not stay near the mining area, but chose to go downstream along the ditch. By the way, when he passed the village, he asked a child to ask and found A family who specializes in gold-panning wooden dustpans bought five gold-panning dustpans.

This thing is simply the symbol of the gold diggers. All of a sudden, wherever they passed by, everyone became vigilant, for fear of robbing them of gold.

Lu Lu simply led a few people to go further, until the number of people in the downstream became less and less, then he tied the horses to the big tree by the river, looked around, and sat down by the river beach on the lower right. On a stone, a thin old man with gray hair and buried in the gold panning in the muddy stream walked over.

Seeing Lu Lu and others surrounded him, the old man was startled at first, and suddenly turned his head to look at them. He didn't show a fierce look like the others, but got up slowly: "Leave it to you!"

After speaking, he took his tools and luggage, turned around and walked down.

It's not difficult to hear that this is treating people like themselves as a land grab.

"Old man, don't get me wrong, we didn't come here to compete with you...Let me be honest, in fact, some of us went hunting in the mountains. We passed by here, and we were a little curious, so we came here to have a look. I heard that you can get rich by panning for gold. I want to learn to see if people like myself are suitable for panning for gold... a few of us, but we don’t even know how to use this wooden dustpan.”

Lu Lu explained with a smile.

"Get rich? Here comes another group of people who want to get rich. If it's so easy, I won't stay here for the rest of my life and never get out."

The old man smiled and shook his head: "Young man, hurry up, this job is not suitable for you."

"We're just trying... In this way, please teach us how to use this wooden dustpan, old man. We will follow you today to pan, and all the gold we find will belong to you. I also want to see how much I can get in a day. So desperate."

Lu Lu continued to increase his chips.

After hearing this, the old man thought for a while: "It's fine, if you give up, you can leave early... Come on!" He sat down on the stone again.

Lu Lu and the others also took off their shoes, rolled up their trousers and sleeves, and squatted down by the river beach. As soon as their feet entered the water, a feeling of coldness pierced through their hearts, making them all shiver.

"The work of panning for gold is actually not complicated. Back then, countless people came to this place with the dream of getting rich, but basically none of them got their wish..."

The old man smiled faintly, and began to instruct a few people to use the wooden dustpan.

Panning for gold in the wilderness, due to seasonal reasons, the gold panning process has to be divided into two steps.

First of all, it is necessary to "prepare materials" in winter, that is, move the soil containing gold placer to the side of the stream, and wait until the snow melts in the coming year and there will be running water before the formal gold panning begins.

The gold panning process is also simple, that is, add the prepared sand to the wooden dustpan, then immerse the wooden dustpan in the water, wash and disperse it briefly, then start to shake it left and right, the soil and stones will be washed away with the running water, and slowly Separation little by little until finally, the placer gold with larger specific gravity stays at the bottom of the dustpan.

The old man is too old, his body can't bear it in winter, and he has no ability to prepare materials at all. He can only rely on his experience. In these places that have been scoured countless times, he chooses places where gold dust has been produced before, mess around a little, and try his luck. , Also see if you can find some golden foam left along the river in the silt deposited at the bottom of the river.

Yes, Jin Moer!

The placer gold that is panned out is almost like fine powder, shapeless.

According to the old man, a slightly larger placer is shaped like millet. If you can find a soybean-sized one, you will be lucky.

Some gold nuggets are larger than broad beans, so they can be called "dog head gold".

For gold diggers, dog head gold is hard to come by.

Lu Lu had hidden a large piece of dog's head gold from Jin Zhiquan, of course he knew the value of this thing.

Under the guidance of the old man, a few people squatted by the river, shaking the wooden dustpan in their hands clumsily in the water. After working for half an hour, their hands were sore and their feet were numb from squatting, but finally they saw some dust mixed with the bottom of the wooden dustpan. Tiny yellow dots in the black fine particles, a bunch of people are cursing their mothers in their hearts.

It's just such a little thing, and all of them are put together. If it's dry, just dip some saliva on your finger and it will stick to it all at once.

It is really a dream to make a fortune by panning for gold like this, I am afraid that it will be difficult to fill the stomach with these things.

But the old man looked calm: "Picking for gold depends on luck!"

Several people agree with this point.

At this moment, a few people in Chinese tunic suits, carrying buckets, shovels, and gold dustpans came down from the forest and walked along the road towards the mining area.

When they saw these people, those who had already squatted on the side of the road waiting to see nothing to do immediately jumped up and surrounded them one after another, pulling a group of people, who were handing cigarettes, wine, and others. Take biscuits and cans and send them to people's bags.

Several people even saw a woman with a pretty face and good figure although she was a bit dark, making a whimpering voice, pulling the leader into their shack.

A group of people watched a man emerge from the shack, closed the door consciously, squatted at the door, and greeted the group of people with a smile on their faces.And these people, as if they were watching a common thing, left talking and laughing. Before they reached the mining area, they were dragged into various shacks, or eating and drinking, or being greeted by women.

"Damn... can this be tolerated?" Zhang Shaofeng felt a little unbelievable, and muttered in a low voice.

"Those people went out to conduct surveys in the mining area. Although there is an element of luck in gold panning, no one can deny that if you want to make money, you still have to rely on these cultural people. You will get used to it after spending a while in this place. Everyone is special. I am willing to get acquainted with the surveyors, and I want to extract the location of the rich ore from them. This kind of thing is not surprising, as long as people let go, it is not a problem to eat and drink for a period of time, and even make a small fortune."

The old man's tone was very flat. When he said this, his cloudy eyes were also staring at the shack where the woman entered. He seemed to be a little excited, and he didn't know what he was thinking about.

Lu Lu listened silently, didn't say much, just washed the fine gold powder in his wooden dustpan into the copper basin next to the old man with water, added some sand into his wooden dustpan again, and continued to shake in the water.

For him, panning for gold is something that he has thought about but never tried in his previous life. He has experienced it in this life, and he is working hard to master the skills.

After all, in the next few years, there is still a lot to do in this regard.

Zhang Shaofeng and others looked at it, and joined in with their heads sullen, but they still couldn't help looking up at the shack that started shaking violently after a while, and then suddenly returned to the peaceful shack.

None of the five were stupid, they had already learned and even become proficient at using the wooden dustpan at night.

Especially Lu Lu, the old man couldn't help but praise him for his quick learning. He was even lucky enough to find a small piece of gold sand the size of half a grain of rice near the evening, which made the old man even more excited , Said directly that he would invite Lu Lu to drink.

At the end of the day, I don’t feel much harvest. If I talk about harvest, it’s more like back pain, leg cramps, and white folds on my hands and feet. I’m afraid it still hurts.

　Thank you Q book friend 20230613979_ba for your reward!

(End of this chapter)