Beiyang new warlord

The wooden spoon mixed the meat and vegetables at the bottom and put them in a bowl. Under the envious eyes of a group of rough people, Han Xiaomo brought the bowl to Mao Xingjian's side with a sweet smile. Unfortunately, the prince who frowned tightly It was still a shameless push.

"If you can't eat it, take it away."

Full of disappointment, Han Xiaomo took the bowl and backed away silently, sat by the fire by the window, lowered her head and pulled herself up.After sending her away, Mao Xingjian stared gloomyly at the Columbia River that was still flowing in front of him, and his eyes fell on the water surface that was much wider because of the waterfall at the estuary.

This case of stalking is not an isolated case. There are already quite a few familiar faces who greeted me to leave. As for the ones who walked away quietly, there is no other way. The big guys came to the New World with the dream of getting rich. When spring came and the ice and snow melted, a bunch of guys went into the mountains again to find the gold they had dreamed of.

The serious consequence of this is that Baoshihai Town, which was already seriously short of labor force, was severely cut down again. Without the labor force, Mao Xingjian's grand plan was nothing but nothing.

Now he has really experienced the difficulty of pioneering. No wonder those Spanish colonists and Portuguese colonists took decades or even hundreds of years to build a colony.

But Mao Xingjian really doesn't have so much time. He needs to build the ideal country he wants on this vast and wild continent within ten years to win Mao Jue's approval. In order to cultivate his own political team, Mao Jue was able to take over the exhausted resources and tight time of this huge empire when Mao Jue was in full swing, which really made him anxious.

Of course, Mao Xingjian still has another choice, which is to write a letter to Mao Jue and cry poorly. With his father's power, even if tens of thousands of people are forced to relocate for him to drive, it is still easy. However, the self-esteem in Mao Xingjian's heart, no matter I can't save this face no matter what.

"I'm going out for a walk!"

Unbearably bored, he stretched out his hand to pick up the cloak, Mao Xingjian pushed open the shed door, turned around and went out, startled, Dongfang Meng hurriedly grabbed his musket, shook his head, and followed with two sailors.

In this mountain, American waves, black bears, brown bears, wild boars, everything is missing, it is too dangerous to go out alone!

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Not to mention, it’s really the breath of spring. On the towering mountains, I don’t know how many snow-capped mountains melted into streams, flowing down cheerfully, and finally merged into the Columbia River. I’m used to people following me wherever I go. Mao Xingjian It was with his head down, stepping on the ice beside the stream, thinking of a way.

Later Franklin once fell into a deep pit because he was observing the starry sky. This time, Mao Xingjian committed the same problem. After hearing the news, the cold stream flowed up the cloak, making him shiver heavily.

"Prince Prince!"

Shouting in alarm, several sailors hurriedly surrounded him and pulled Mao Xingjian out of the water by his shoulders. He was already irritable, but Mao Xingjian was so angry that he was smoking, and his soaked cowhide boots were about to shine Kick over the ice.

However, the muddy boots stopped in mid-air, and immediately Mao Xingjian pushed Dongfang Meng who was concerned about his health and care, and leaned over to let the bright moonlight cast on the water after the wood was cut.

Against the bright moonlight, dots of dazzling golden light shone out!

Chapter 774. The Gold Mine of the Prince

"Gold! Really gold!!!"

The whole work shed was boiling, and they traveled hundreds of kilometers to the south, searching for those undiscovered gold mines. In one year, more than a thousand gold diggers in Baoshihai Town died and disappeared. The footnotes can even continue to the northern part of California in later generations. It also walked out of the Rocky Mountains in the east, reached the Central Plains, and even reached the edge of the Great Salt Desert in the south, but no gold was found.

But I never thought that the gold mine was right under the eyes of the place where I lived.

Looking at the cleared forest, exposed in the creek and exposed to the sun shining bright golden sand, all the workers from Geng Gengbo to Jin Laoliu almost cried, especially Geng Gengbo, whose attitude simply came to 180 Turning sharply, he knelt down on the ground with a thump, and slammed his head on the ground heavily.

"Prince, you are really the reincarnation of the God of Wealth!"

This compliment didn't make Mao Xingjian happy. He despised yellow and white things the most, and he didn't want anyone to be the God of Wealth.

But just at this compliment, someone couldn't hold back and jumped into the cold stream, fishing in the stream with his hands like a lunatic.

"Hey, the crown prince found this out, who told you to go down and fish for gold!"

Han Xiaomo suddenly became angry, and shouted angrily. The sailors on the side also took off the muskets that were slung around their waists, but Mao Xingjian slapped the sailors who were about to move.

"Let them fish!"

"What are you still doing in a daze, just follow along!"

Facing Geng Gengbo who was kneeling on the ground in a daze again, Jin Laoliu and the others shook their jaws and fell down in astonishment, and they also splashed into the water.

The charm of gold is a curse to mankind!It's only been more than a month, and the stream is still icy cold, but the immigrants who are fanatical about gold panning don't seem to feel it at all. In an instant, the clear stream water is trampled and turbid, and some cold-water fish fry flee in fear. Yes, he turned around and ran back to the work shed, took out all the dustpan and sieves he carried with him, turned around and jumped in again.

The crazy appearance stunned the people watching, and the rows of sailors even shrank back in fear. Han Xiaomo widened her bright eyes in horror. This scene also caused Mao Xingjian's pupils to show deep disgust Come, but even so, he didn't leave, he just pointed towards Dongfang, who immediately moved a bench for him.

Lifting his robe, the crown prince sat there gloomily, looking at a group of greedy and crazy gold diggers with disgust.

The road construction work was completely stopped, and time began to pass bit by bit. With the crazy shaking, the sand was sieved and settled at the bottom of the creek. The gold powder heavier than the sand was gradually revealed. I took the dustpan to the shore, Looking at the gold powder, quite a lot of old men knelt on the ground like dolls and cried loudly, and some of them stood in the water for a long time, their legs and feet were completely numb from the cold, and they just threw themselves into the cold stream Among them, the people from Tongzhen, who were busy fishing for gold, didn't even have a hand to help them. In the end, it was Mao Xingjian's sailors who dragged him up.

"A gentleman is compared to righteousness, and a villain is compared to profit! The desire for profit is swaying the heart, and the people's hearts are not ancient, and they are just a sign of ruin!"

Shaking his head and sighing, Mao Xingjian couldn't help but feel even more disgusted with Mao Jue's way of governing the country that emphasizes business and rhetoric.

Finally, one day passed like this. After all, no one has ever searched for it in ancient times. More than 300 people have more or less gained something. The passion has passed, and in the exhaustion, there is a small pinch of precious gold powder in his arms. , A group of gold diggers strolled back to the work shed talking and laughing.

At this time, it’s just in time for the meal. The strong aroma and the stewed fish, the gold diggers who have been busy for a day are like flowing water. They are in a hurry. Geng Geng has a bowl on his neck. He ran to the rice cooker, and was the first to yell excitedly.

"Sister Xiaomo! Come on, I'll give you Zhao Gesheng one night! There are still fish! Come on!"

Who knew that Han Xiaomo, who usually had a smile on her face, treated her coldly, her big eyes and white eyes rolled upwards, and she immediately stretched out her small hand to Geng Geng's neck. She threw it aside with a click, and stretched out her little hand.

"Sister, what do you mean by that?"

Geng Geng neck was dumbfounded all of a sudden, and asked in astonishment.

Only then did she take back the beautiful big-eyed Ren'er, but Han Xiaomo yelled angrily.

"It's only natural to work and eat, right? Which of you worked for the eldest nephew today? No one has worked, so pay for it!"

"Forehead"

The group of gold diggers who were originally in high spirits suddenly cooled down, and after looking at each other for a while, Geng Gengbo gritted his teeth: "Sister Xiaomo is right, it's only natural to work and eat, and it's only natural to pay for money when we don't work. How much, let's pay!"

"One or two."

Just after he finished yelling enthusiastically again, Geng Gengbo was once again choked by Han Xiaomo's cold words, full of disbelief, and he also became a little angry, yelling full of shock and anger.

"How much? Miss Han, don't go too far! One tael of silver for a meal, are you going to grab it?"

Who knew that when this was mentioned, Han Xiaomo was even more angry than him, and her voice suddenly became shrill. She pointed to the door with her little finger and screamed angrily: "Go to Xinghaizi Port to inquire about it yourself! Now this rice grain, It costs ten taels and one stone to get off the boat! The food in the Gemstone Sea was evened out by the prince with the help of the black-hearted food, and it was still on the Black Pearl!"

"Do you know what the Black Pearl is? The flagship of the empire! His Majesty's old man's ship brought food for you! The prince paid for his own money to give you food, coaxed you to work, and cultivated for everyone If this Gem Sea Town can prosper and become rich, it’s good for you unscrupulous people, when you see gold, you are like a dog who sees a poop, and you will all jump on it.”

After angrily yelling, Han Xiaomo immediately rolled her eyes and said, "This gold mine was discovered by the prince. It doesn't matter that you collect the mine money. You are willing to eat. If you don't eat this girl, you still don't want to serve. There is a river outside." , Take what you eat by yourself."

Throwing the rag on the sleeve, Han Xiaomo really waved her little hand: "Take it!"

Several sailors carried the hot rice bucket and turned to another room, staring at the hot rice in dumbfounded ah!Vegetables!They all left, Geng Gengbo and his gang seemed to watch their wife go to the hotel with other men.

Geng Gengbo froze there with a blank face, while Jin Lao Liu hummed resentfully: "Isn't it just a meal? What's the matter if you don't eat? Brother, let's go, there is food all over the mountains and plains, what's wrong with him?" point?"

After all, the poor are afraid, and most of them are concerned about money. Hula, three hundred or so gold diggers just went out with a dirty mouth, and looked at the sailors in the other room and the cavalry of the New World Expedition Team. Fan's figure licked his lips, and Geng Gengbo followed out of the room resentfully.

Indeed, humans have just set foot in the coastal mountains in this era, and it is still dominated by wild animals, but it does not mean that fish can really swim into your pot. A large group of gold diggers rushed to the river, splashing in the cold water It took half a day, but the vast majority of people came back empty-handed and spent the night hungry.

In the early morning of the next day, I was frozen in cold water for a whole day yesterday. It was not a joke. Many people could hardly walk with knee pain, and the breakfast that I could see when I opened my eyes before was no longer available. Yes, early in the morning, with a hungry stomach, listening to the sound of the sailors picking up their rice bowls in the shed next door, it is really uncomfortable.

But when a group of gold diggers rubbed their empty stomachs and struggled, another group of new gold diggers rushed over excitedly carrying pots and pans, and plunged into the icy golden stream , Excitedly fishing for gold sand.