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Walking downstream along the stream, they only visited four gold panning spots, which took them more than ten miles, and they had no intention of going any further.

Jing Chunxi skipped and jumped on the pebbles by the stream. From time to time, he bent down to pick up a piece and looked at it in the sunlight, muttering, "Does this look like a gold nugget?" This made Uncle Sijiu, who was following behind him, shake his head and say, "My dear little ancestor, if gold mines were so easy to find, your uncle would have become rich long ago! Why would he starve in the north?" This made everyone laugh, and they all took off their shoes and walked into the shallow water.

Just as Uncle Sijiu said, the trees along both sides of the stream were cut down as deep as possible, and most of them had open spaces dozens of feet away, so both sides of the stream were very open.

The felled tree stumps looked like rows of small stools. Jing Chunxi playfully jumped over them one by one and almost slipped on the moss. Fortunately, Xu Zize was quick to grab the back of her collar.

Except for some special sections of the river where the slope is too steep and the banks on both sides are relatively steep, there is no way to accumulate sand and gravel, so there is no logging, but the area has been expanded as much as possible.

There were many people in plain clothes working along the way. I just took a second look at them when I saw them passing by. It was not until I saw Uncle Sijiu and two familiar soldiers that I stopped and greeted them.

"Xi'er, if the sand and rocks were piled up as high as the nearby mountains, they would stretch for dozens of miles." Jing Changjiang pointed to the vast riverbank and picked up Jing Chunxi, who had been sneaking his foot into the stream. Jing Chunxi raised his head and smiled, revealing two small white teeth. "If it really doesn't work out, I'll come visit my uncle again in a few months." He pulled a handful of wild fruits from his sleeve and stuffed them into Jing Changjiang's mouth. "Leave them for you to remember, they're very sour!"

Jing Changjiang felt a sour taste in his mouth, but he was reluctant to spit out the wild fruit in his mouth. He just grinned.

That being said, Jing Chunxi also knew it was impossible. She didn't have time to do it many times, so it would be best to get all the ore in one go.

Because according to her memories of her previous life, around October of this year, the news of the gold vein in Cangwu County would spread throughout the capital, and it was also from that time that those bastards in the imperial city began to take action.

Therefore, the mineral vein must be collected as soon as possible, and some time must be reserved for my uncle to erase the original traces.

Gold panning sites are generally chosen in places with relatively large amounts of water and relatively open areas on both sides. It is obvious that a lot of ores can be piled up, and simple rest sheds have been built.

A young soldier was making a fire and cooking in front of the shed. The bacon porridge in the pot was bubbling and the aroma wafted from far away.

Jing Chunxi sniffed and moved closer, and Xu Zize tapped his head lightly with a branch: "Greedy cat, you still want to steal other people's food?" Jing Chunxi smiled and said playfully: "No! I want to leave some preserved vegetable buns for them." Then he ran to the shed and took a look around.

Jing Changjiang was very satisfied with how well everything was done. He patted Uncle Sijiu who was standing beside him and removed the leaves stuck on his collar. "Thank you for your hard work. It will take about ten days to finish. When I send a message back, you and Qier will take your men to Leizhou to meet up with Dalang."

Uncle Sijiu was about to nod when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Jing Chunxi secretly putting something into the kettle hanging around his waist, and quickly turned around and dodged.

Jing Chunxi laughed in anger. He had only intended to add some water from the well, but it had frightened him. Whatever, he should return to the farm and add more water to the well or tank. That way, the soldiers would all benefit.

"Are we going to Leizhou too?" Uncle Sijiu rubbed his head, a bit surprised by the general's words. His pipe nearly poked the soldier watching nearby. The soldier nimbly jumped back, knocking over a fish basket hanging on a rock. Several small fish fluttered back into the stream, causing the soldier to jump back into the stream to try to catch them again.

"Yes, there is a more important mission over there. Come back after you complete it. The soldiers should have arrived by then, and we can start panning for gold right away," said Jing Changjiang.

"General, you scared me." Uncle Sijiu touched his chest exaggeratedly, pretending to calm himself down, and deliberately staggered two steps and bumped into a tree trunk, shaking off a few leaves that floated down into Jing Chunxi's hair. "I thought you would never come back after going to Leizhou. I can't row a boat, let alone swim." He made an exaggerated drowning gesture, "I'd rather stay in this mountain and eat river fish." Everyone laughed, and even the usually serious Xu Zize couldn't help but cough twice with his sleeve covering his mouth.

When going down the mountain with Xu Zize, Jing Chunxi was walking in front. She was still a little confused. She grabbed the dogtail grass on the roadside and weaved little rabbits. When she weaved the third one, she remembered to ask Xu Zize beside her: "Why did my uncle transfer people away? Isn't it the time when people are most needed down there?" Before she finished speaking, the rabbit in her hand was taken away by Xu Zize.

Jing Chunxi's cheek was immediately flicked. Xu Zize smiled and said, "You're getting dumber and dumber." He stuffed the rabbit into his sleeve and said, "If we don't transfer the people out, how can we cover you? Several mountains of sand and gravel suddenly appeared out of thin air? Wouldn't that be terrifying?"

Jing Chunxi understood, thought for a moment, and said, "I'd better ask my uncle to arrange a longer mission for them in Leizhou." Suddenly, her eyes lit up. "It would be best if they come back after the Chinese New Year." She counted on her fingers, "After a year or two, he will have nothing to say, and I won't be able to get any information out of him."

"Finally you're a little smarter." His forehead was hit again, but it didn't hurt at all. There was a faint medicinal fragrance on Xu Zize's fingertips, which was quite pleasant.

Jing Chunxi: "Don't run around in the future, be careful not to be recognized, it's just... Hi!" She suddenly kicked a small stone and watched it rolling down the hillside, just like her mood at the moment.

She had thought that they could meet in Jian'an County every year in the future. Now, it might be difficult for them to meet again in the future. Hey, that's also good.

See you again, and look at each other forever. Maybe this is life, there will always be regrets.

Thinking of this, she secretly glanced at Xu Zize's profile, which was coated with a layer of gold in the sunset.

"Brother Xiaokang will ask my uncle for help in Jian'an. You can go to him if you have any problems." Xu Zize didn't turn around when he spoke, "Remember to bring a few more guards when you go out, and don't be impatient and make Brother Xiaokang worry." Jing Chunxi raised the dogtail grass to his nose and took a deep breath, deliberately sneezing because of the itch.

Xu Zize turned around and said with a smile, "Don't worry about me here. I will definitely go to see Xier when I have the chance." As Xu Zize spoke, he gently patted the top of her head and put the wild flower that she had secretly inserted into her hairpin in the morning back to her ear.