"Sir, please return home with peace of mind. When you come back next time, you will definitely have built the castle." On a simple dock, Sean bowed to Chen Xu. After arduous investigation, Chen Xu finally found a suitable port on the west coast of the North American continent and arranged for Sean to lead a thousand men to station again. Chen Xu helped Sean build a simple dock and the frame of the castle and had to prepare to return to the Ming Dynasty. Sean and others will stay here to reclaim the fields and build the castle, so as to build a complete bridgehead for the subsequent army.

"This admiral may be able to arrive here again after a long time. Now there are only more than a thousand Chinese people left on this continent." Chen Xu was quite moved. Although he had prepared sufficient food, ammunition and other supplies for Sean and the others, it was too far from here from the Ming Dynasty, and he could not guarantee that these supplies could be supported until the Ming fleet will transport supplies next time.

"Sir, please rest assured. I will definitely take good care of these brothers." Sean seemed confident. "There is no Jiannu within a radius of a hundred miles, and there are only a few weak indigenous tribes around. If there is not enough food in the future, we will never rob them. We will only have knives and guns on our hands and will never starve to death."

"That's great. After returning to the Ming Dynasty, this admiral will ask for merit for you and these soldiers." According to Li You's will, these soldiers who went overseas to fight for the Ming Dynasty, regardless of salary, pension or promotion, were much more favorable than local soldiers. He also hoped to use this policy to persuade more people from the Ming Dynasty to enter the expedition. Otherwise, Sean would not have gained such a high status in such a short time.

After another reminder, Chen Xu turned around and set sail. Soon after, the fleet set sail and gradually disappeared below the sea level. Until the last mast disappeared, Sean and others left reluctantly. I don’t know when they would meet again. "Let’s go, it took so long today, and you have to work harder to catch up with the progress." Now they can be said to be fighting alone, so they have to seize the time to build a castle so that they can have a safe place.

Since then, Sean divided the more than 1,000 soldiers into three groups, with the largest group of 500 people, and was responsible for building castles, and 300 people were responsible for hunting and reclaiming fields. Although the food is still abundant now, it is still right to make more preparations. In the end, the two hundred people were responsible for investigating everywhere, drawing maps of wherever they go, collecting intelligence to see which indigenous tribes are nearby, how strong is they, and what resources are available nearby. These three waves of people are constantly rotating. Build cities today, hunting and opening up the land tomorrow, and go to the surrounding area to check intelligence the day before, so as to keep in shape and not forget your instinct for fighting after working for a long time.

Gradually, a solid castle began to appear in its prototype not far from the port, and a large area of ​​cultivated land was also cultivated around the castle. The soldiers carefully cared for the green seedlings that had just grown. Most of these soldiers were from farms and were not much weaker than marching and fighting. The scope of exploration around them gradually expanded. At the beginning, they could go back and forth on the same day, but now every time they went out, they had to carry a tent and dry food, and rest for a night or two before they could come back.

It was Sean's turn to take people out to investigate the situation. He walked along the road marked on the map for a whole year before he arrived at a place they had never been involved in. There were no traces of local indigenous activities, so Sean was relieved and began to lead people to build tents to prepare for the night.

When he woke up the next day, he was about to put away the tent and continue moving forward, but when he saw clearly the stone that was used to press the corner of the tent yesterday, Sean's movements were fixed. He saw that the stone reflected a fascinating golden light under the sunlight. Sean's breathing was immediately thickened. He had seen gold digging on the tributary of the Baishui River, so he immediately identified the stone. Last night, he just thought that this stone was particularly heavy and was especially suitable for pressing the corner of the tent. Unexpectedly, it was a piece of gold!

He quickly held it up with his hands and stumbled. The weight of this piece of dog-headed gold is probably less than twenty kilograms! Since such a large piece of dog-headed gold can be found, it means that there must be a gold mine in front of him, and maybe there is a similar dog-headed gold! The knowledge I heard when drinking with the gold diggers in the past played a role at this moment. Sean decisively changed the exploration plan and spread the soldiers around to find the gold mine.

The result did not disappoint him. Some soldiers found natural gold nuggets nearby. Although they were not as big as his, it was a considerable fortune to get the Ming Dynasty. What made him even more happy was that the gravel at the bottom of a stream not far away was also shining with golden light under the sunlight. This was obviously sand gold.

Afterwards, Sean brought people here many times to collect the gold of the dog head, and drew the location of the gold of the dog head, as well as the distribution of the gold of the sand of the gold on the map. When Chen Xu arrived again, he brought this map and the gold of the dog head, and returned to the Ming Dynasty to send it to Li You.

"Okay! It seems that this place is indeed rich in gold, so this place is called Jinshan!" Li You can see from the map that the port built by Chen Xu and others should be near San Francisco in later generations. There are indeed gold mines here, and it triggered the gold rush in the United States. So it seems that we can also take this opportunity to attract more Ming people to the American continent? Is there anything more tempting than gold?

"Since this dog-headed gold was picked up by General Xiao, it should be decided to be General Xiao, and the remaining gold nuggets will be handled accordingly. Whoever picked it up will belong to him. However, if you are willing to sell it, I will buy it at a double price." Sean and others refused and quickly agreed.

Then Li You asked someone to take these dog-headed gold to start a tour in the Ming Dynasty, and took this opportunity to greatly promote the prosperity of the American continent. The gold that can be seen everywhere became the focus of publicity. Li You used Sean's experience as an example to tell the people of the Ming Dynasty that no matter who it is, as long as he can find gold, then the gold belongs to them.

Many people were blinded by the golden heads and gold, and signed up for the expedition teams in North America. For a time, adventures to the North America continent seemed to have become the hottest topic in the entire Ming Dynasty. Not only the common people, but even those things were deeply wondering whether they could form a fleet to go to the North America continent to find gold.

Westparley says
Chapter completed!