In the early morning, the sky looked gray.

The temperature in April has gradually warmed up, the morning dew has wet the weeds and stones, a few spider webs that have fallen on them are also covered with dew, and a few birds chirping can be heard from the pine forest in the distance.

Huniu and others left the water hole and followed the dry river. While carefully identifying the looming river, they also continued to search for gold ore.

This area is a mountainous terrain, and this dry river is mostly made of stones with most of the edges and corners worn away, with little trace of soil. The stones are just different sizes, so you have to be careful when walking through them.

Zhang Yong led a dozen of his men as if they were walking on flat ground. They seemed to have been accustomed to this kind of terrain and walked quickly here. Huniu followed closely with Ali and others, also helping to navigate this river.

Looking for traces of gold ore among the rocks.

Naturally, they did not do this for the value of one or two pieces of gold ore, but because they wanted to use this search to determine the source of yesterday's piece of gold ore, and then confirm that there was a gold mine in the upper reaches of this dry river.

What is disappointing is that there are too many rocks here, or the gold ore in the puddle was not brought by the river from upstream. After searching for more than 200 meters, no new gold ore was found.

However, this dry river showed more vitality. Many Manila grasses emerged from the cracks in the rocks, some of which were as tall as a person's waist. There was clear water at the bottom of some deep rock pits.

Several mouse deer were foraging in the grass in the river. When they noticed that this group of uninvited guests suddenly appeared here, they immediately raised their heads and stared at them with their dark eyes.

Zhizhi...

The little golden monkey showed off its might, ran to a high rock in front, and roared at the mouse deer, baring its teeth and claws.

The mouse deer were really timid. Seeing how "ferocious" the little golden monkey was, they ignored the difference in size between the two and just fled away into the distance.

Zhang Yong saw more and more malani grass and puddles here, but he became a little wary. He immediately asked the two generals next to him to cheer up and take the initiative to walk ahead to clear the way.

"Hu Niu, look!"

Due to her martial arts practice, Ali had a strong sense of observation and soon found a stone under a pile of weeds. Her beautiful face was slightly red as she raised a stone the size of a coconut and said hello.

"Gold Ore!"

Zhang Yong and others have been looking for gold ore with a clear goal. When they heard the movement, they looked for fame. When they saw the stone in Ali's hand, their eyes immediately shined with excitement.

It was obviously different from Huniu's piece of gold ore yesterday. Half of this piece was golden. Although it was a cloudy day today, it still felt slightly dazzling and intoxicating.

The most important thing is that now they have actually found this piece of gold ore in this dry river, which undoubtedly points to the traces of the gold mine more clearly.

"Zhang Yong, are you sure there is a gold mine up there now?" Huniu's face immediately overflowed with excitement, and she turned to look at Zhang Yong and asked.

Only then did Zhang Yong wake up from his excitement, but he did not dare to hold out too much hope and said: "It seems like there should be a gold mine up here. I just hope that the scale of this gold mine is not too small!"

Gold mines naturally come in different sizes, and some gold mines can even make ends meet. This is also the reason why the imperial court closed many gold mines, because the government's mining harvest could not afford to pay wages and food.

After this new discovery, everyone became more active and soon found two pieces of gold ore, making it even more certain that there was a gold mine in the upper reaches of the river.

When the third piece of gold ore was found, Zhang Yong told everyone not to search anymore. After all, they didn't need to care about one or two pieces of gold ore. Their goal had always been a big gold mine.

After about a mile, everyone followed this dry river to the front of a mountain.

Unlike Wohu Mountain, which is like a mound of dirt, this mountain appears to rise suddenly from the ground. It even has a mountain like bamboo shoots with a few pines and cypresses growing sparsely on it.

When we came to the front of the mountain, the vegetation here seemed more lush. It was still a wide gravel land, with clusters of half-human-high Malani grass growing wildly in random directions.

Zhang Yong gave the men next to him a wink, and they rushed into the weeds with machetes to clean up, but no large beasts were seen. Several golden pheasants jumped up from the ground with a "pounce".

The good thing about Luzon is that there are no tigers or wolves here, and this mountainous terrain often provides nowhere to provide enough food, so it is basically impossible to encounter large beasts.

"The source is inside!"

The dog went up the river and first saw a large clear puddle in the grass. Then he discovered that the water source was inside, and a clear stream flowed quietly from the canyon in front of it.

Zhang Yong and others looked at the stream and finally understood why the upper reaches of this dry river were overgrown with weeds. Fortunately, the water source here was not completely cut off, and some water sources nourished the plants here from time to time.

Zhang Yong turned around and faced Huniu, wanting to persuade Huniu to stay outside. After all, there might be unknown risks here. He just thought that the matter was related to the gold mine, and the Luzon Island had never heard of tigers and wolves.

Swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

"Let's go in together!"

Huniu glanced at Zhang Yong without knowing why, and then said calmly.

At this moment, she didn't have the slightest fear, but more of a sense of nervousness. At this point, the truth would soon be revealed, and the result was related to whether their joint business group could feed more people.

If the ideal gold mine is not found in this canyon, then all the efforts today will be in vain, and their joint business group will still have to spend another year to continue laying roads, and she will not be able to continue to work without restraint.

Use the money from the United Merchant Group to provide relief to the people in Luzon Island.

However, if a big gold mine can really be found here, then many problems will be solved easily, and I will have a lot less constraints on what I do next, and no one will even dare to criticize me anymore.

A group of people walked into the canyon. The mouth of the canyon was several feet wide and shaped like a gourd.

Hmm...

Among the rocks beside the stream, a black and white venomous snake with a flat head and scales on its back suddenly stood out. It was spitting messages at these uninvited guests.

"Everyone, be careful!"

When Zhang Yong saw this venomous snake that suddenly sprang out, he felt like he was facing a formidable enemy and asked the people around him to be on guard, but he stood directly in front of Huniu and shouted loudly.
Chapter completed!