The 48th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty - the second day of the April 2nd, the auspicious day of the zodiac, suitable for travel, meeting guests, and seeking wealth!

At noon, some guests came to the White Sand Castle, no more or less, exactly nine!

"Yangjiabao, Lord Yang Baihu is here!"

"Aushan Fort, Lord Zhao Baihu is here!"

"Yongxing Fort, Lord Liu Baihu is here!"

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"Thank you all for your appreciation. Please come in and have a seat!"

The guests who came to visit were the officials of the nine other fortresses of the Qiang Sect in Zhen. Some rode mules, some drove carriages and came to the White Sand Castle in dust!

Grandpa Baihu led a few old military households to greet each other at the gate, and bowed to each other with fists. When they met with a good relationship, they would make a few jokes, and then led them into the house.

The banquet was ready. On the long table made of thick logs, braised pheasants, steamed hares, stewed river fish... There were also a large pot of wild boar bones, which were filled with fragrance, making people's index fingers sensation.

The wine is a little worse, it is a few jars of small earthen soup made by farmers, but for the poor military households, it is also a rare good thing, and it may not be able to drink it during festivals!

"Song Cutezi, you live a good life. Have you picked up gold from a dog head?"

"Or, I'm going to take another concubine and invite us to have a wedding banquet. What about the new lady, bring it out for us to see you, haha!"

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Such a sumptuous banquet scared all the officials of all households.

As we all know, among the ten fortresses in Zhenqiang, Baisha Castle is the poorest one. Military households do not cover their clothes and eat, especially in winter, people will freeze and die of starvation almost every year.

When I received an invitation from Song Baihu before, everyone thought that the White Sand Castle had encountered difficulties again and wanted to ask other for help.

Although the fortresses are not rich, I still need some support for many years of friendship.

Therefore, all the officials of all households brought some things, some of which were bags of grain and some of which were half a truck of vegetables. Although the quantity was not large, they tried their best. After all, everyone's life was not easy!

Unexpectedly, the actual situation of the White Sand Castle is completely opposite to what was expected!

The military households here were all red and full of breath when they spoke. Even the two big yellow dogs in the fort were fat and strong, and they didn't look like they were short of food and drink at all.

Several officials from the world came from the west. When they passed through the Kuye River, they saw huge wind turbines, large green fields, and the well that came out of water at a pressure. They were shocked for a long time and could not speak.

The white sand castle has undergone earth-shaking changes!

"Haha, I am nearly 60 years old, and I have the intention to take a concubine, but I don't have the power to do it. Today I invite everyone here to drink, talk about the past, and discuss something!

Okay, everyone, let’s sit down quickly, simple meals, wild wine in the mountains, and places where there are poor hospitality. Please don’t want to wait. Let’s have a meal first, eat enough and drink enough before talking about the important matters!”

Grandpa Baihu laughed and treated everyone, and then sat in the middle. Grandpa Tartar, grandpa lunatic, grandpa Lu, and Xue Yu sat on both sides!

Such seating arrangements surprised all the officials.

Everyone knows Grandpa Tartar and Eunuch Lu. One has an extraordinary origin and the other has a deep background. There is no problem sitting here!

As for the mad grandfather, the officials of all households looked up and down and soon recognized it. It was the former "No. 1 Warrior of Yulin Guard". He had been crazy for more than 20 years, but now he has woken up.

Although he was old and weak and had lost one arm, although the tiger was old and his hero was still there, he was fully qualified to sit here and have a banquet together!

But who is this young man?

Baihu is not a high-ranking official, but also a dignified sixth-rank military officer. Why did a child with a young man sit in the same seat as everyone else and sit in the upper seat?

Everyone was puzzled, only Liu Baihu from Yongxing Castle knew a little, but he shook his head and said nothing, so he was so happy to see what others guessed.

Then again, those who can be officials of all households have some knowledge and a little scheming. Although they are confused, their faces are not revealed. They drink big bowls of wine, eat big pieces of meat, chat and laugh, and are very lively.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, it’s time to talk about the serious business.

Grandpa Baihu didn't say anything, but took out a small cloth pocket and it was still on the table. The things inside instantly spilled out, a large yellow piece...

"What's this?"

"Ah, it's gold, sand and gravel, and a piece of gold on the head!"

"Is it true?"

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The oldest official of a hundred households recognized the thing in the cloth bag, which caused a huge sensation in an instant. All nine officials of a hundred households stood up, their eyes widened, and their mouths widened. It would be no problem to stuff four eggs into one at a time.

Some people couldn't believe it, so they picked up a piece of gold and gravel and took a bite. Sure enough, there were clear tooth marks on it.

I joked before, did I pick up gold?

Unexpectedly, someone really picked it up!

"To be honest, just a few days ago, the people of our White Sand Castle accidentally discovered a gold mine in Hongshi Mountain. These gold sands were mined from the mountains.

I invite you all today to join forces with ten fortresses to mine this gold mine together. We will make money together and spend money together. I wonder what you think?"

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"Song Baihu is serious about this. Do you really want to mine gold mines with us?"

"A real man, once a word is spoken, it is hard to pursue!"

The nine officials of the households were no longer shocked, but were a little stupid. No one expected that there was a gold mine in the Red Stone Mountain!

I didn’t expect that the White Sand Castle people would share this gold mine with everyone!

Isn't it good to hide it?

In fact, Grandpa Baihu and others thought about eating alone, but were stopped by Xue Yu. The reason is very simple:

Mining gold mines is not only a technical job, but also a physical job, mining, transportation, washing, smelting... Every link requires a lot of strong labor!

There are only more than 300 people in the White Sand Castle, most of whom are old, weak, women and children, young and middle-aged, and there are very few young people. Some people have to be divided into groups of people to take care of the large fields on both sides of the Kuye River. Relying on the remaining people to mine gold mines, even if they work day and night, how much gold can they be mined?

A little less mining is secondary, the key is danger!

There is no airtight wall in the world. If there is a gold mine in Hongshi Mountain, it will sooner or later be leaked. At that time, countless people will inevitably covet gold mines, or even kill people and seize mines!

With the existing power of the White Sand Castle, not only can it not protect the gold mine, but it is afraid it will also face a catastrophe!

Therefore, Xue Yu made a suggestion to join hands with the nine surrounding fortresses to mine gold mines together, which has two benefits:

First of all, you don’t have to worry about the labor force. With sufficient labor, you can mine more gold ores. As the leader, the White Sand Castle can definitely get much more gold than you can get independently mined.

Second, everyone's interests are tied together. If someone covets the gold mine, the people of the ten fortresses will work hard together. This is much safer than the white sand castle alone.

It was these two powerful reasons that convinced Grandpa Baihu and others to agree to mine gold mines with the other nine fortresses!

But they didn't know that Xue Yu had another purpose in doing this: to take this opportunity to spread his influence.

As long as the military households of the fortresses around him join this interest group, it will not take long to make them obediently and obey orders. At that time, the entire Qiang District of Zhen would fall into his own control.

The first step is to settle the Qiang Site.

The second step is Yulin Wei.

The third step is Yulin Town.

The fourth step is the Northwest!

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If you do this step by step, sooner or later, you will become...hehe!

This plan is perfect.

"Song Baihu is loyal to wealth. With such a wealthy thing, we can still think of us brothers. We are very grateful. But as far as I know, there are evil spirits in the Red Stone Mountain, so it is probably not easy to mine gold mines, right?"

"Yes, I heard that there are monsters in Red Stone Mountain, and I have swallowed two people recently."

There are also smart people here. Although this gold is a good thing, it is a bit unworthy to exchange for human life.

At the same time, I was secretly guessing that the people from the White Sand Castle were unable to fight against the evil spirits, so I brought everyone to mining together?

"Haha, you are right. There are indeed evil spirits in the Red Stone Mountain, but what you don't know is that this monster has been eliminated. Please follow me outside to take a look!"

While talking, Grandpa Baihu led everyone outside, and seven or eight other old military households worked together to lift the corpse of the giant python out.

The giant python has died for several days, and it has been burned by the fire, and its body has shrunk a little, but it is still about three feet long. The remaining power emitted by these hundreds of households is frightened and they are determined to touch it, but they cannot suffocate this courage.

How to kill such a big python?

Next, Grandpa Baihu explained the story of slaughtering pythons in detail, and made a big fuss about the role played by Xue Yu. Finally, he told the officials of Baihu that the wind turbines by the river, the pressure well outside the fort, and the winter mushroom planting were all made by Xue Yu.

After hearing this, all the officials of the households turned red with envy, and some even slapped themselves a few times, and their hearts were filled with regret!

When they were assigned to immigrants, they arrived first, but they only had to choose young and strong laborers, leaving a group of children to the late Song Baihu. They also made jokes at that time, asking him to pick them up, and there might be a golden doll inside!

The result is really accurate. This young man is just a golden doll!

Song Cutezi, I’m so lucky. Why do I just recite it so much? I’m so blind!

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The demon has been destroyed, so everyone naturally agreed to the matter of working together to mining.

Next, it was about how to mine gold and how to distribute it. After discussing for a while, everyone quickly made a decision: the white sand castle would account for 30% of the gold mined in the future, and as for the remaining 70%, it would be distributed according to the efforts of each castle!

No one objected to this result!

"My dear 100 households, there is a saying that I will say before. The matter of working together to mine gold mines will sooner or later be leaked. If someone comes to grab the gold mine, how do you deal with it?"

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"Whoever dares to grab the gold mine, I will fight him to the death!"

"That's right, no matter who it is, the white knife goes in and the red knife comes out!"

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Chapter completed!