Chapter 686

Zheng Yuanshou sat in the main room of the Zheng family's residence in Xingyang and drank tea. Several maidservants behind him served him carefully and beat his shoulders and legs. On several tables in front of him, there was the dog head gold sold by the man before.

On the other side, the shopkeeper of Jinyuan gold and silver ware shop knelt down beside him in fear and spoke carefully.

"Lang Jun, after the man sold the dog head gold, he humbly ordered someone to follow him and wanted to see where he was. The shopkeeper followed him all the way. Finally, he found that the man had gone to a small temple called 'Xingguo Temple' thirty miles outside Duqu county."

The shopkeeper looked up at Zheng Yuanshou and continued, "that guy is also smart. He inquired about the surrounding villages. The host of Xingguo temple is Zhengdao, which was taken over not long ago with an ultimatum from Zongzheng temple. The man is a layman disciple of Zhengdao monk, named Lin Yang."

"I sent someone to Duqu county again. Zheng Mingfu inquired and learned that the Xingguo temple was originally a small temple. Except for a stone mountain behind the temple, there was no temple property and no incense. But after taking over the abbot of the temple, the righteous monk recruited craftsmen in Chang'an City recently, bought a lot of building materials and began to renovate the temple. I also heard that Duqu county was right There are still many rumors. "

The shopkeeper's words finally interested Zheng Yuanshou. He raised his eyelids and asked, "what's the rumor?"

"It's the stone mountain behind the Xingguo temple. It was once Li Mi's Tibetan soldier cave at the end of the Sui Dynasty. There are all kinds of treasures hidden in it. Now it has been discovered by the righteous monk. But..."

Zheng Yuanshou glanced at him: "but what?"

"But I'm afraid the rumor is untrue. I'm afraid it's probably that there are gold veins in the stone mountain." the shopkeeper replied.

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

The shopkeeper pointed to the dog head gold on several cases and said: "Mr. Lang, there are many rumors among the people that this dog head gold was formed by meteorites falling from the world, but it's not. I know that this dog head gold is produced from gold veins. I have operated this gold and silver ware for many years, and I know a lot about gold mines all over the world. Whenever dog head gold is found, there must be gold veins, so this dog head gold is also called gold mother. I guess that 80% of the dog head gold is gold Gold was discovered by the righteous monk in the stone mountain. "

Zheng Yuanshou reached out and picked up the piece of dog head gold. After rubbing it for a moment, he asked, "it's impossible. The monk excavated it from other places and sold it to repair the temple?"

Shopkeeper shook his head: "Lang Jun, the dog head gold was only sent for sale today, but the righteous monk had already started to recruit craftsmen to repair the temple half a month ago. I went to the Duqu county government to ask the scribe. When the monk went to receive the temple that day, he had nothing to wear and was very shabby with his layman disciple. Today, I saw Lin Yang wearing brand-new silk clothes, which cost a lot of money It's worth a lot. It's obviously bought recently. That is to say, the righteous monk and his disciples suddenly got rich half a month ago. "

Zheng Yuanshou nodded: "yes, you're right. Hehe, it's interesting. It's rare that a gold mine was found in the temple property of a small temple. In your opinion, what's the output of the gold mine in the stone mountain? Is it a large mine or a small mine?"

"Lang Jun, since there is dog head gold, the output will not be less. The gold mines in Poyang, Lishui and Bonan are all famous all over the world, and these gold mines were found at the beginning of excavation."

Naturally, the shopkeeper's words are not nonsense. All gold mines that can find dog head gold are world-famous. Once the emergence of dog head gold is determined, it is a major event for gold mining.

Zheng Yuanshou nodded: "in that case, you have to make a good plan. Ha ha, a small Xingguo temple may not have the blessing to hold a gold mine."

"You are right, but the stone mountain is the temple property of Xingguo temple. I'm afraid it's not easy." the shopkeeper replied carefully.

Temple property is not taxed, nor is it managed by the government. Even though the Zheng family in Xingyang is one of the five surnames and seven Wangs and a famous family, it is not easy to seek to seize the temple property. If it is leaked and attacked by monks all over the world, I'm afraid even the Zheng family in Xingyang can't bear it.

Zheng Yuanshou didn't comment on this, but smiled calmly: "there's only one monk around. Don't worry about it. I'll make my own decision. It's done well. Go back to the public account and receive 100 Guan copper coins as a reward. Go on."

Naturally, the shopkeeper didn't dare to say much. After thanking him for his kindness, he withdrew.

Zheng Yuanshou thought for a moment before he ordered someone to invite his cousin Zheng shanguo.

After whispering for a long time in the main room, the two principals of the Zheng family recruited several episodes into the house and ordered some things. After these episodes took orders respectively.

In the next few days, more information was reported to Zheng Yuanshou and Zheng shanguo.

The Zheng family's episode has secretly searched the stone mountain behind the Xingguo temple, and found a hidden tunnel.

It is obvious that the tunnel has been excavated for a long time. A tunnel more than 100 meters long has been excavated in the stone mountain, and there are many scattered ores and mining tools in the tunnel.

Holding a torch into it, golden reflectors can be seen on the four walls of the tunnel. The Zheng family episode did not disturb the monks, teachers and disciples in Xingguo temple, but secretly took two pieces of ore from the tunnel.

After being identified by the craftsman found by the Zheng family, it was confirmed that the two pieces of ore shining with gold and brought back from the tunnel were gold ore.

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

Mountain gold means the gold vein on the mountain. Placer gold is divided into water gold panning in water and placer gold digging in the flat.

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

The craftsman who identified the ore asserted that the gold content of the two ores was very high. He estimated that it was a rich gold mine and the gold reserves contained therein would be very huge.

Since ancient times, extracting gold from ore is to crush the gold ore into soybean grain size and then grind it into powder with a stone mill. Then put the ground stone powder on the hanging plate and wash it with water.

Because gold is heavier than gold, it will be left on the hanging board. Finally, the collected Jinsha is remelted and cast into gold ingots.

The craftsmen found by the Zheng family extracted nearly three or four kilograms of gold from these two fist sized gold ores. This content is very frightening.

It should be noted that ordinary gold mines may not be able to extract one or two gold from a ton of ore.

In the words of craftsmen, only a few gold rich mines controlled by chaotang can produce gold ore with such texture. It 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 in the back mountain of the small Xingguo temple. The news is amazing.

Zheng Yuanshou couldn't help laughing and said, "cousin, God helps me. If it weren't for the monk's disciple who happened to come to our Zheng family's gold and silver shop to sell this dog head gold, I'm afraid we don't know anything about it."

"Ha ha, however! That monk is also a fool, and he dares to show people such treasures. It seems that God is really helping my Zheng family! I was cheated by a little bastard surnamed Li last time and lost hundreds of thousands of copper coins, which almost forced my hometown in Xingyang to be unsustainable. Fortunately, I paid the gambling with the private money, otherwise I won't have a good year. Yuanshou, the Zheng family must have the gold mine in hand!"

They looked at each other and burst into laughter. In their view, it was easy to catch a monk. The gold mine belonged to their Zheng family