Martial Arts: I Have Chapter 180 - 132: Mining Gold; A Startling Change in the Mo

Chapter 180: Chapter 132: Mining Gold; A Startling Change in the Mountains

Back at the settlent, Cheng Zongyang led them to the Storehouse, where they each collected 2,000 Contribution Points. The others who hadn’t made the discovery were also given 50 points each as compensation.

As for the families of the deceased, they would be compensated with Contribution Points according to the established rules.

"As for your Martial Arts Training, I’ll have the Clan Leader arrange it for you. It should be within the next three days or so."

Thrilled, the two n agreed enthusiastically.

Cheng Zongyang notified several of the clan elders and explained the situation in the ancestral hall.

They all had the sa excited look on their faces when they heard about the discovery of Golden Sand.

Having money ant they could purchase more supplies.

But for Cheng Zongyang, that wasn’t the most important part. The gold’s primary purpose was to expand his item slots in the Wilderness World.

The items currently refreshed only once every three days, so he had to maximize the effectiveness of his slots. The only way to do that was to increase their quantity.

However, the amount of Gold required for later expansions was too great. He estimated he could probably only expand two or three more slots, and that would be it.

The fifth slot cost ten taels, the sixth one hundred taels, and the seventh one thousand taels.

If they could gather a hundred taels of Gold from that small area, it would be an incredible stroke of luck.

As for the slots after that, the required amounts were far beyond what he could gather in the short term.

There were so many things he would need money for in the future. Silver and Gold were his long-term goals, so he needed to create more goods to trade with the outside world.

At the sa ti, he needed more ard forces to protect his assets and more ordinary people to increase the workforce and aid in the territory’s developnt.

All of this required a process of developnt, and the biggest problem was food.

Once the food problem was solved, he could continuously recruit refugees. Food, therefore, remained the primary factor limiting their developnt.

After so discussion, the group reached a decision. Cheng Zongyang put Zhang Guangwen and Zhang Changjiang, the two who had made the discovery, in charge of the operation. They were tasked with making bamboo sieves with different-sized holes for sifting the soil, as well as preparing clay pots and other equipnt. Additionally, five or six honest and reliable people would be assigned to go and pan for the Gold.

This work could only be done by hand, a little at a ti. It also required protection from Martial Artists.

The key was ensuring that the people assigned to the task kept their mouths shut.

At the sa ti, Cheng Zongyang also told his father about arranging Martial Arts Training for the two n.

On this point, his second uncle, Cheng Guangshan, had already devised a thod. Although they could also undergo the dicinal baths, the herbs would be halved, aning the dicinal effects would be diluted.

A dicinal bath regin that would normally be completed in ten days would now be dragged out to twenty days or even a month.

For those n, this was still a huge and pleasant surprise. Besides, they couldn’t let the Foreign Race outpace the inner clan mbers.

By the ti those people beca Ninth Grade Martial Artists, the original Ninth Grade Martial Artists of the clan would have likely advanced to the Eighth Grade.

Only by constantly maintaining a dominant advantage in martial strength could they keep these Outsiders under control.

Cheng Zongyang himself was their greatest asset, so he wasn’t worried in the slightest that the Outsiders could ever rebel. His own Cultivation was already on the verge of reaching the Seventh Grade!

This level of Cultivation was considered top-tier even in Jade Peak County.

After the discussion was over, he left the matter for his father to handle.

After the Gold was collected, it would be placed in the Storehouse, and ultimately, Cheng Zongyang would be the one to allocate it. After all, he was responsible for purchasing all the supplies from the outside, so he would also have the final say on how this money was spent.

This was also Cheng Zongyang’s intention.

’With all the food from the Wilderness World, Gold is the perfect dium.’

’In the future, even the Wilderness Rice, Martial Arts Techniques, formulas, and more can be "laundered" through Gold in the sa way!’

Therefore, Cheng Zongyang was paying very close attention to the matter of the Gold.

After his father made so of the arrangents, it was Cheng Zongyang who followed up on them.

He also personally selected the five workers for the job, all of whom had wives and children.

Only people like this had sothing to lose.

The fact that they had stuck together through their entire flight was proof enough of how much they valued their families.

Zhang Guangwen and Zhang Changjiang were appointed as foren. In addition to working, they were also responsible for supervision.

The location wasn’t too far, so they would generally set out at dawn and return by dusk, avoiding the need to spend the night in the mountains.

Although there were a few Martial Artists in the clan’s territory, his younger uncle and his second cousin, Zhou Zhendong, were in charge of the Salt Workshop, while his father and eldest uncle handled clan affairs. His eldest cousin’s Ability was still green, and his temperant also needed tempering. So, he was still learning to handle both combat and administrative tasks.

Therefore, the protection of the gold mining operation could only be handled by him, taking along his eldest cousin, Zhou Zhenyuan, which would also serve to continue training his Ability.

「Two days later.」

Cheng Zongyang led the group to the mining site.

He left Zhou Zhenyuan in charge of leading the n to chop wood and build a wooden hut, so they wouldn’t have to work exposed to the elents.

anwhile, Cheng Zongyang used Seven Herbs Powder to drive away the local pests and vermin while he inspected the surroundings. This would make things a little safer for everyone.

With everyone working together, a small shed of over twenty square ters was completed. Following that, they cleared the weeds, marked out the work area, and diverted a water source.

Cheng Zongyang had never panned for gold himself, but he had seen videos of it in his past life.

He tried it himself, shoveling dirt into a wooden basin to wash it, then running it through a sieve. Although his technique wasn’t perfect, the goal was to separate out the Gold, and that was all that mattered.

After a flurry of activity, when they finally saw the gleaming, fine Golden Sand and two or three Gold Particles slightly larger than sesa seeds at the bottom of the ceramic bowl, everyone’s eyes lit up so brightly they almost seed to tremble.

"My god, that’s all from just one shovelful!" Zhang Changjiang’s eyes were wide with shock.