Datang romantic little landlord

"Humble and let people go to Duqu County. Zhengming Mansion asked about it, and learned that Xingguo Temple was originally a small temple. Except for a stone mountain behind the temple, there was no other temple property, and there was no incense. After taking over the abbot of the temple, he recently recruited craftsmen in Chang'an City, bought a lot of building materials, and started to renovate the temple. I also found out that there are still many rumors about this in Duqu County."

Zheng Yuanshou finally got a little interested in what the shopkeeper said, raised his eyelids slightly and asked, "What rumor?"

"It is said that the stone mountain behind the Xingguo Temple used to be Li Mi's military cave at the end of the Sui Dynasty. There are various treasures hidden in it, and now the righteous monk discovered it. But..."

Zheng Yuanshou glanced at him: "But what?"

"However, I think that the rumors are not true, and I estimate that there are probably gold veins hidden in the stone mountain." The shopkeeper replied.

"Oh? Why do you say that?" Zheng Yuanshou became more and more interested.

The shopkeeper pointed to the piece of dog's head gold on the table, and said: "Mr. Lang, there are many folk rumors that this dog's head gold is formed by falling meteorites from the world, but it is not true. I know that this dog's head gold is produced from gold. Among the veins. I have been operating this gold and silver wares for many years, and I know a lot about gold mines in various places. But wherever the dog’s head gold is found, there must be gold veins, so this dog’s head gold is also called the mother of gold. My humble guess, [-]% of this dog’s head gold, It was discovered by the righteous monk in that rocky mountain."

Zheng Yuanshou reached out to pick up the piece of dog head gold, rubbed it for a moment and asked, "Isn't it possible, is it that monk who excavated it from other places and now sells it for the purpose of repairing the temple?"

The shopkeeper shook his head: "Your Majesty, this dog's head gold was only sent for sale today, but the orthodox monk had already started recruiting craftsmen to repair the temple half a month ago. I humbly went to the county government of Duqu County to ask the clerk. When the monk went to take over the temple that day, he had nothing to wear, and he and his lay disciples were wearing very shabby clothes. But today I saw Lin Yang, but he was wearing brand new silk and satin clothes, which were expensive, obviously newly purchased. In other words, the righteous monk and his disciples suddenly became rich half a month ago."

Zheng Yuanshou nodded: "Yes, what you said makes sense. Hehe, this matter is quite interesting. It is rare for a small temple to find a gold mine. From your point of view, the gold mine in the stone mountain , how is the output? Is it a large mine or a small mine?"

"Lang Jun, since the dog's head gold appears, the output will definitely not be small. The gold mines in Poyang, Lishui, Bonan and other places are all famous in the world, but these gold mines, at the beginning of excavation, all found dog's head gold. .”

The shopkeeper's words are of course not nonsense, but any gold mine that can find dog's head gold is a world-renowned big mine.Once the appearance of the dog's head gold is confirmed, it will be a major event for gold mining.

Zheng Yuanshou nodded: "If that's the case, then we have to plan carefully. Hehe, a small Xingguo Temple may not have the blessing to hug a gold mine."

"Lang Jun is right, but the stone mountain is the temple property of Xingguo Temple, it may not be easy." The shopkeeper replied cautiously.

There is no tax on temple property, let alone government management.Even though the Zheng family in Xingyang is one of the five surnames and seven Wangs, a well-known and famous family, it is not easy to seize the temple property.If the news leaked out and monks all over the world attacked him, I am afraid that even the Zheng family in Xingyang would not be able to bear it.

Regarding this, Zheng Yuanshou was noncommittal, but just smiled indifferently: "It's just a monk, you don't have to worry about this matter, I have my own decision. This matter has been done well. Go back to the public account and get a hundred copper coins. As a reward, go down."

Naturally, the shopkeeper didn't dare to say much, thanked him a thousand times and withdrew.

Zheng Yuanshou pondered for a moment before ordering someone to invite his cousin Zheng Shanguo.

The two principals of the Zheng family whispered in the main room for a long time, and then recruited several tribal members to enter, and after giving some orders, these tribal members went away respectively.

In the next few days, more information was reported to the ears of Zheng Yuanshou and Zheng Shanguo.

The Zheng family has already secretly searched the stone mountain behind the Xingguo Temple, and found a hidden tunnel.

The tunnel had obviously been excavated for a long time, and a tunnel more than [-] meters long had been dug out of the rocky mountain. There were still many scattered ores and mining tools in the tunnel.

Entering it with a torch, golden reflectors can be seen on the walls of the tunnel.The Zheng family trilogy didn't alarm the monk and apprentice in Xingguo Temple, but secretly took two pieces of ore from the tunnel.

After identification by the craftsmen recruited by the Zheng family, it was confirmed that these two pieces of ore brought back from the tunnel were gold ore, which were shining with golden light.

Gold mines are usually divided into mountain gold and placer gold.

Shanjin means the gold veins on the mountain, and placer gold is divided into water gold for gold panning in water and placer gold for digging wells on flat ground.

Mountain gold is the mountain gold mine, the most rare. Usually, the gold produced in mountain gold is often lumpy gold.Whether it is mining or smelting, it is much simpler and easier than placer gold.

The craftsman who identified the ore asserted that the gold content in the two ores was very high. He estimated that this is a rich gold mine, and the gold reserves contained in it will be huge.

Since ancient times, China has extracted gold from ore by crushing the gold ore to the size of soybeans, and then grinding it into powder with a stone mill.Then put the ground stone powder on the hanging board and wash it with water.

Because gold is relatively heavy, it will be left on the hanging board.Finally, the collected gold sand is re-smelted and cast into gold ingots.

And the artisans recruited by the Zheng family, from these two pieces of gold ore the size of a fist and weighing about three or four catties, actually extracted gold weighing nearly three or four jin by this method, and the content was very scary.

It should be noted that in ordinary gold mines, even one ton of ore may not be able to extract a tael of gold.

In the words of the craftsman, there are only a few rich gold mines under the control of the court in the world, which can produce gold ore of this quality, which is very rare.

After Zheng Yuanshou and Zheng Shanguo heard the news, their eyes were full of greed.

Sure enough, there is a gold vein with rich reserves hidden in the back mountain of the small Xingguo Temple. This news is really amazing.

Zheng Yuanshou couldn't help laughing and said: "Cousin, God helped me in this matter. If it wasn't for that monk's disciple, who just happened to come to my Zheng family's gold and silverware shop to sell this dog's head gold, I'm afraid I wouldn't know anything about it."

"Haha, of course! That monk is also an idiot, and he dares to show off such treasures. It seems that this is really helping my Zheng family! Last time I was tricked by a little bastard surnamed Li, and lost hundreds of thousands of copper coins. It forced Xingyang's hometown to be unsustainable. Fortunately, I used the private money to pay the gambling bill, otherwise this year would be difficult. Yuanshou, this gold mine must be in the hands of my Zheng family!"

The two looked at each other, and they couldn't help laughing. From their point of view, it's easy to handle a monk, and the gold mine belongs to the Zheng family...

687 Eating Alone Doesn't Taste Good

When Zheng Yuanshou and Zheng Shanguo thought about it, how would a small monk dare to fight against them from the Zheng family of Xingyang.

If the monk is knowledgeable, that's all right, the Zheng family in Xingyang will naturally repair the Xingguo Temple, and then send the monk some extra money, at least to make the monk and his disciples rich.

But if the monk doesn't know how to do it and doesn't want to offer the gold mine with both hands, that's easy, just send someone to silence him, and then burn the ruined temple with fire.When the stone mountain becomes unowned, the Zheng family will buy it and excavate it.

It's just that the latter is easy to attract the attention of others, and Zheng Yuanshou and Zheng Shanguo don't want to make more troubles, so it's best for the monk to retreat and offer the gold mine with both hands obediently.

When the two of them thought about it, with the power of the Zheng family, forcing a monk with no foundation to bow his head would be an easy thing to do.

The next day coincided with Xiumu, Zheng Yuanshou and Zheng Shanguo were worried about long nights and dreams, so they led Fuzhong Buqu and rode to Xingguo Temple in Naduqu County early in the morning.

But when the group arrived at the Xingguo Temple, Zheng Yuanshou and Zheng Shanguo couldn't help being surprised.

At this time, outside the Xingguo Temple, which was under construction, there were already many people here, and the Xingguo Temple was surrounded, and no one else was allowed to enter.Zheng Yuanshou and Zheng Shanguo both recognized the people surrounding the Xingguo Temple, but they belonged to Duke Lu's mansion.

The part of Lu Guogong's mansion did not seem to have expected to encounter people from the Zheng family of Xingyang here. Immediately, some people ran to the temple, but the others didn't know whether they should stop Zheng Yuanshou and others, and seemed a little confused for a while. measures.

Those Cheng family trilogy hesitated for a while, but some people came forward to salute Zheng Yuanshou and Zheng Shanguo: "I have seen the two Zheng Gongs. I wonder if Zheng Gong came to Xingguo Temple today for something?"

"Hehe, the old man came to offer incense and worship the Buddha today, but I don't know what your father-in-law is doing here today?" Zheng Yuanshou forced a smile on his face.

"Back to Duke Zheng, my lord is also here to pay homage to the Buddha today."

What Lu Guogong said, made Zheng Yuanshou sneer in his heart.

Cheng Zhijie, that old man, will be damned if he comes to worship the Buddha.What's more, if you want to worship the Buddha, there are many big temples in Chang'an City. If you come to this ruined temple in the backcountry to worship the Buddha, ghosts will believe it.

He and his cousin Zheng Shanguo looked at each other, secretly thinking that something was wrong.

The old man Cheng Zhijie probably knew about the gold mine somehow. His purpose of coming here today is probably the same as that of himself and others.

Zheng Yuanshou didn't say much, he and Zheng Shanguo raised their feet and prepared to go to the temple.

The trilogy of Duke Lu's mansion wanted to stop them, but they couldn't give a reason for blocking them, but all the trilogy still blocked at the gate of Xingguo Temple, refusing to let go.

Zheng Yuanshou said angrily: "What? You still dare to stop this old man? Could it be that this Xingguo Temple has become the property of Lu Guogong's mansion? Get out of the way, otherwise don't blame the old man for questioning Lu Guogong!"

At this time, Cheng Yaojin's laughter came from inside the temple gate: "Wow ha ha ha, why does Zheng Gong have the same knowledge as Lao Tzu's trilogy?"

Cheng Yaojin separated all the parts, strode out from the temple, greeted Zheng Yuanshou and Zheng Shanguo indiscriminately, and asked aloud: "You two, Zheng Gong, why are you not in Chang'an City today? What are you doing here at Xingguo Temple?" ?”