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"Brother Hanxing, we'll take our leave now!"

The others said goodbye to Zhuge Tian one after another.

Even though we were fighting side by side just now, we had no choice.

Just like Yu Jin, he also tricked Zhuge Tian.

Now that Zhuge Tian doesn't care, they'd better run away as soon as possible.

After all, this is Sun Ce's territory.

Their purpose was actually to explore the gold mine in Kuaiji.

Now that we have confirmed the news, it would be better to bring it back as soon as possible.

For all major forces, the priority of Kuaiji as a must-fight place will definitely be greatly increased.

As for staying here for a few days to mine like Zhuge Tian, ​​that makes no sense.

The best strategy is to go back and let the lord plan how to capture Kuaiji in the future.

Although Sun Lang wanted to keep these people, he knew at this time that it was just a fantasy.

The most powerful person here now is Zhuge Tian. If Zhuge Tian doesn't take action, no one can defeat the undercover agents he brought with him.

Just pretend you didn’t see it.

They in Jiangdong are not vegetarians either.

Now that he has this gold mine, his brother Sun Quan can speed up the recruitment of troops.

As long as there are enough troops, we can hold this gold mine in our hands.

Lu He didn't know that Qin Lang was actually a Hun, and there were so many connections behind him.

After much deliberation, he decided to surrender to Sun Ce.

With him around, the location of the gold mine will naturally not be difficult to find.

We followed him into the mountains for about ten kilometers and arrived at the mining area.

There were more than a hundred guards here, and naturally they all followed Lu He to surrender to Sun Ce.

"I didn't expect this gold mine to be right here!" Zhuge Tian said as he stood in front of the gold mine. "If time passes, even without a guide, this place won't be able to hide anymore."

"Why?" Liao Hua asked.

"There were no roads in this world originally, but when more people walked, a road appeared!" Zhuge Tian pointed at the frightened miners in the camp and said, "To supply so many people, they have to take the route we just took. There's not much time left and no road has appeared yet."

"After a long time, the road will be visible at a glance."

After saying this, he looked at Sun Lang and said, "According to the agreement, we have three days to deal with this place. What should we do with these people?"

Sun Lang smiled bitterly and said, "These are all Jiangdong people who were deceived by Lü He and his men. Naturally, they were released directly."

But if these people are released back, I'm afraid the secret of this place in Jiangdong will no longer be kept.

There are still a large number of Shanyue troops in Jiangdong.

But if they don’t let them go, since they are originally Jiangdong citizens, should they continue to keep them here or kill them all?

Even a decisive person like Sun Lang could not make such a decision.

"In that case, why don't we let them go with us?" Zhuge Tian asked with a smile.

"Go with... you guys?"

Sun Lang was stunned.

"Yes, come back to Wolong Village with us. I will help you watch them for a year. After this year, they can come and go freely."

"As for their families, we can help them write letters to let them know they're safe. That way you'll have a year to prepare."

Although many of the fleeing Shanyue troops may have known about the mining area at the beginning, they certainly did not know its specific location.

For Sun Ce, time is very important.

As long as he is given more time and enough money to expand his strength, the Shanyue in Jiangdong will no longer be a problem.

Zhuge Tian made such a suggestion, not because he wanted to be a saint, but because...

Spring is coming soon. The more people who participate in spring plowing in Wolong Village, the more land will be reclaimed and the more crops can be planted.

These people are all important labor force!

As for being free to come and go after a year...

Haha, after these people lived a life in Wolong Village with fish and meat, their children could go to school, and there were famous doctors in the village to see patients, it would not be so easy even for Zhuge Tian to drive them away.

If the families of these people are taken in, the population of Wolong Village will increase by at least several thousand.

"In that case, thank you very much!" Sun Lang thought about it and couldn't figure out the harm it would do to himself, so he naturally agreed.

"Then they are all mine, right?" Zhuge Tian asked with a smile.

When Sun Lang saw Zhuge Tian’s smile, he had a bad feeling.

But the two of them had just agreed to it, so they naturally couldn't go back on their word so quickly.

I could only nod in acknowledgment.

"Then... they can help me mine gold for three days, right?"

Sun Lang: “…”

So he is waiting for me here!

But in his opinion, the difference between 1,500 people and 500 people is not that big.

Just after he arrived at this gold mine, Lu He's confidant came to report.

Although the gold is all on the surface, the top layer has been almost dug out.

Those below have to keep digging up the rock layers and looking for gold from underneath.

These more than a thousand people are considered relatively skilled, and they can't dig much in a day.

Zhuge Tian took them away and raised them, which was considered as helping Jiangdong.

So Sun Lang smiled bitterly: "You are really good at calculating."

But still agreed.

"Also, we brought a batch of supplies looted from Cao's army. Aren't you planning to expand your armaments? How about selling them to you at market price?"

Since Wu Jing had intended to rob his fellow robbers from the very beginning, the transaction naturally failed to be completed.

Zhuge Tian and the others couldn't possibly pull all that baggage back to Wolong Village.

Sun Lang's words were much more effective in speaking to Sun Ce than Wu Jing's.

Moreover, this time Sun Lang found the gold mine and learned the truth about Sun Jian's death, which can be considered a great achievement.

"No problem!" With a gold mine in his hands, Sun Lang spoke with a lot more confidence.

Apart from anything else, there is still some gold in the gold mine that has been mined but not shipped out in time, which is enough to purchase the batch of supplies that Zhuge Tian mentioned.

"In that case, please take your people away from my gold mine, Brother Morning!" Zhuge Tian said with a smile.

"...Three days, only these three days are your gold mine!"

After Sun Lang finished speaking, he led his men out.

He has already sent the news to Sun Ce. It seems that someone will come here with soldiers and civilians in about three days.

After Sun Lang brought his men, Liao Hua and his companions ran to the mine curiously.

I dug it up with my hands and found that it was all gravel, with some gold sand occasionally visible.

"Just a few grains of sand?" Liao Hua picked them up and held them in the sun. "How much can we dig out in three days?"

"That's right!" Gan Ning handed an iron pickaxe to Xu Chu and asked him to try it.

Xu Chu used an iron pickaxe to dig directly, but because he used too much force, the quality of the pickaxe was far different from those produced in their Wolong Village.

It broke into two pieces directly, and the front piece spun around and flew past Liao Hua's thigh.

"Damn it, Zhongkang, I almost became a eunuch!"

Liao Hua looked at Xu Chu with a pale face.

Xu Zhu touched the back of his head and gave Liao Hua an awkward smile.

"Hanxing, if we continue mining using the old method, we won't get much in three days."

Xu Shu also spoke up, "Could it be that you brought some magical weapon?"

There are many magical things in Wolong Village, such as the shadowless lamp used to perform surgery on his mother, which he thinks is a magical thing.

Now that Zhuge Tian was so confident, he thought the other party had brought some magical weapon again.

"I didn't expect to come here to mine, so how could I possibly have brought any artifacts with me?"

In fact, even if he knew it in advance, there wouldn't be many things he could buy from the system to help with mining.

After all, many tools require either electricity or diesel.

And they are all big energy consumers.

Then there are things like explosives and detonators, which are not cheap in the system either.

In addition, he had no relevant experience, and he didn't know where to place the explosives if he really wanted to explode, so it was even questionable whether he could recover his costs.

Seeing everyone looking at him expectantly, Zhuge Tian smiled slightly and said, "Everyone, help cut down some trees. I see there's a bamboo forest over here, so cut down the thicker bamboos as well."

"Cutting trees? Cutting bamboo?" Liao Hua and others were stunned. Aren't they going to open a mine?

Can this hard rock be mined using wooden or bamboo tools?

But they also knew that Zhuge Tian was not the kind of person who would act without purpose. Since he said so, they would just do it.

Using the loudspeaker they brought, they arranged for the remaining miners and their soldiers to start cutting down trees in batches.

This mine is hidden deep in the mountains, surrounded by trees. You can start working after just a few steps.

"Um..." A miner, while helping to pick up dead branches, hesitated and asked a soldier from Wolong Village beside him: "Brother, I think you look like a good person... Can... Can you let me go?"

"I'm... the only man in my family. It's not even spring yet, and I... I'm going to die if I don't go back. I'm afraid my family... my family will starve to death!"

He begged for mercy with sobs, but didn't dare to speak too loudly.

Because the soldier from Wolong Village seemed to be taking good care of him and spoke to him in a gentle manner, he finally mustered up the courage to beg for mercy.

Deng Zhong looked at the miner in front of him, sighed and said, "Brother, I definitely can't let you go, but do you believe it? Our Wolong Village is definitely the best place in the world to live!"

As he said this, he pulled the other person to sit down and called another young man from his group over.

In order to prevent these miners from running around, the people in Wolong Village work here in pairs.

The three of them sat down, and Deng Zhong took out a small picture from his arms.

That was actually a full moon photo taken by Zhuge Tian after his son Deng Ai was one month old.

You can take a photo like this in Wolong Village for a little money.

He followed out and naturally took the photo with him.

"Look, this is my second child. Doesn't he look smart?"

"This...this..." The two had never seen such a lifelike photo before. The baby in the picture looked exactly like a real person.

For a moment, both of them were stunned.

"Hey, you didn't go to Wolong Village. If you had gone, you would definitely not want to leave!"

As he spoke, Deng Zhong took out his supplies from his bag.

"Come here, you must be tired after working for so long. This is beef jerky, dried by my wife! And this is fried rice noodles, made by grinding rice and adding a little salt. It's also fried by my wife. Try some."

The exact time of this trip is unknown, so the people from Wolong Village brought a lot of supplies with them.

The two men stared blankly at the large piece of beef jerky stuffed into their hands.

Meat! Beef!

What a niche word!

Seriously speaking, in this era, a cow is worth much more than a person!

Kill the cow and eat the meat?

I'm afraid I'm dreaming, right?

In fact, there is not much beef in Wolong Village. They just slaughter a few older cows during the Chinese New Year.

However, for most people in this era, they may never be able to eat beef in their entire lives.

The miner began to beg for mercy and tried to put the beef jerky into his mouth. It was a bit hard, but the salty and fragrant taste was so tempting!

After softening it slightly with saliva, I finally bit off some.

Then he thought this was probably the most delicious meat he had ever eaten in his life.

"This... Do you all eat so well when you go out to fight?" The younger man next to him, who had better teeth, took a big piece and chewed it while saying enviously.

"Well, we don't usually eat these."

After Deng Zhong finished speaking, the two of them were not surprised. What kind of conditions? What kind of family? Eating so well every day.

"Because we usually eat fresh food at home! Hey, when I went out, my wife made me a big pot of braised pork." Deng Zhong gestured: "Such big pieces of meat with fat and lean meat, and roasted potatoes. The meat and potatoes are half and half, and it makes a whole pot!"

"The meat was braised in the soy sauce I bought from Brother Tian. Every piece was that tempting deep red color, coated in the sauce... Just talking about it makes me want to eat the braised pork made by my wife!"

"Gudong!" The two swallowed silently as they listened to Deng Zhong's description of the delicious food they had never seen before.

"Once you go to Wolong Village, as long as you work hard, you can definitely have a big meal of meat once a week. In the village, if anyone can't eat three meals a day, they will be laughed at."

Eat three meals a day!

Just eat dry rice!

To the two of them, it sounded like a very niche statement.

At this point, Deng Zhong patted the miner who was begging for mercy on the shoulder and said, "We can also advance food. When you get there, ask Tian Ge'er to advance some food to send to your family."

"Is there really such a good place in the world?" The two of them were a little unconvinced. This... was too fake.

"Hahaha, I'm not lying to you. In Wolong Village, as long as you don't be lazy, it's very easy for the whole family to have enough food and clothing!" He showed his sleeves to the two of them again.

"See? Padded jackets. Almost everyone in the village has two or three. This one of mine was also made by my wife."

While eating and resting, Deng Zhong told them about life in Wolong Village.

And he was not the only one who did this. Xu Shu had secretly instructed him to do this a long time ago.

These soldiers from Wolong Village were not very educated, but it was these simple words that sounded the most real to the ears of these miners.

When it was time to rest at night, the miners lived together and exchanged the information they had heard during the day. They felt that there really was such a paradise.

Not to mention anything else, the spirit and energy of the soldiers in Wolong Village were something they had never seen anywhere else.

At this time, Zhuge Tian's words came from outside through the loudspeaker:

"Okay, everyone, get some rest. We'll set fire to this gold mine tomorrow!"