Of course his recent work was satisfactory. For three months, he had been exploring mineral deposits in a foothill nearby. The mountain range was called "Baoshan" and was located near a tributary of Irrawaddy. The local natives said that there was a gold mine in the mountains. Chen Zaixing arrived here around January and walked all over the hills. He asked the recruited native workers to dig holes after holes in the mountain and obtained a large number of mineral samples. Then he brought these mineral samples back to where he lived, using chemical agents he carried with him and Bensheng.

Dings came to inspect these ores, but he finally found that there was no gold mine on the hill that the local natives said, but found a considerable copper mine. From the ore analysis, there was a considerable amount of accompanying gold mines. This unexpected harvest made Chen Zaixing very excited. Today's mineral samples are his last part. After checking these, he could leave here, raise funds for mining by himself, or sell the location and mineral samples to his business partners, and obtain a large amount of wealth or shares.

Suddenly, a light flashed in front of Chen Zaixing's eyes. He rubbed his eyes, turned the ore in his hand and looked carefully. His movements froze. A translucent crystal was inlaid in the ore in his hand, which emitted a blood-red light under the illumination of the Bunsheng lamp.

"Oh my God, it's a ruby!" Chen Zaixing opened his eyes wide. As a family member, he naturally knew the preciousness of the crystal in his hand. The value of such a piece of ruby ​​as the size of an index finger in Hanjing was no less than thousands of taels of silver. Even Chen Zaixing had seen the world, and couldn't help but hold his breath for a moment. He carefully put the ore aside, and carefully checked the remaining ores to see if there were any other rubies.

After thirty minutes of inspection, Chen Zaixing found three smaller rubies in it. Now it is basically certain that he has discovered a ruby ​​vein. Chen Zaixing carefully recorded the number of the sample and prepared to go to the prospecting site early tomorrow morning to record the detailed location on the map for future development.

As soon as Chen Zaixing finished all this, he heard a barking sound from the outside, and then the shouts of his native guide came. He quickly stood up, picked up the loaded rifle on the side, and walked out of the tent quickly.

"We have no malice, we just got lost. We want to ask where is this place?" Badou looked at Maumaoke in anger and explained to the two natives with their upper body in front of him. A black dog was barking at him, and more natives were walking towards him behind him. He instinctively held the pistol at his waist. It turned out that they and his group left Mandalay and moved northeast along the Irrawaddy River. But after a few days, floods surged upstream, destroying the embankment and roads, forming a considerable swamp. They had to turn west to bypass the swamp, but they didn't expect to get lost. Seeing that the food they were carrying was about to finish eating, they happened to come and ask for directions and replenish some food.

But the two natives ignored Maumaoke's explanation, but instead shouted loudly in local dialect they couldn't understand. One of them raised the bamboo tube in his hand. He had been in Myanmar for more than a year and knew that this was a weapon used by local natives. He quickly pulled out his pistol, fired a shot into the sky, and scolded loudly: "Everyone kneel down and take out the food and guide, otherwise I will kill you all!"

Seeing that the leader had ordered, the guards escorted him also raised their spears from the horse's back and pointed them at the natives who came out of the tent. Obviously, this threat exceeded the language barrier. The natives looked at the uninvited guests angrily, but they still put down their weapons and raised their hands one by one.

After pulling the pistol into the holster, he smiled proudly at Mao Aoke and said, "Mao Shi, I'd better use this trick. I can't reason with these barbarians, so I'd better use it with the gun!"

Mao Aoke opened his mouth dissatisfiedly. Obviously he was not happy with the escort's arrogance, but he still held back. At this moment, a gunshot suddenly came, and at the same time, Badu's hat on his head was not flying. Then a voice came from the grass opposite him and shouted loudly in Chinese: "Put down the gun for me, otherwise I will shoot this idiot!"

Badu was startled at first, and then a ball of anger rose in his chest and rushed to the gate. He looked at his hesitant subordinates and shouted loudly: "Silly donkey, you can't put down your weapons. There is only one enemy. Let's surround me. If I'm beaten to death, I will be replaced by the team leader. If the team leader dies, the deputy team leader will be replaced by the bench!"

"Oh no, it should be the regular army of Dashun! But how could they appear here?" After seeing the escorts scolded by the leader, Chen Zaixing rode his horse and trotted towards him regardless of his threat. These people were skillful in riding and had no command and dispatch, so they scattered into sparse rows to expand the scope of search and were not afraid of the attack of cold guns. They were obviously not caravan guards, but should be regular soldiers.

Maumaoke stepped forward and grabbed Badu's arm, and said anxiously: "Pedal brigade, don't have any conflicts on other people's land. If you hurt Your Highness, you will be in trouble! Let's give you more money!"

Badu looked around, covered with dense woods and bushes. As Maumaoke said, if he clashed with the shooter just now, at least a few lives would be lost here. If the prince was injured, his previous efforts would be in vain. He snorted, whistled, recalled the search soldiers, and shouted: "We are also Dashun people, and are lost caravans. As long as you provide food and guides, we are willing to pay!" After that, Badu made a gesture, signaling the subordinates of the natives who were holding guns to monitor the rifles in front of him to take back their rifles to show goodwill.

In the bushes, Chen Zaixing carefully observed the strange brigade. He naturally did not believe what Badu said. Not to mention that there would be no caravans in this season, and the team vaguely protected a very gorgeous white elephant decorated in the middle. There was a tent on the elephant's back, and there were obviously distinguished guests. Chen Zaixing knew that this white elephant was very rare, and it was a common means of transportation for the royal family in Myanmar. Besides, if it was a caravan like the people said, they carried too few goods, and they were afraid that they would not even be able to earn the cost of hiring guards. Not to mention that these guards were obviously regular troops in Dashun. This combination was too strange, right? Could something happened in Mandalay, Myanmar, and these were fled royal members? Thinking of this, Chen Zaixing suddenly shouted loudly: "Is something wrong in Mandalay?"

The string in Badu's mind was already tense up to the extreme. When someone suddenly asked, he answered instinctively: "That's right!" Then he reacted and said angrily: "Tell me quickly, who are you? How did you know that something happened in Mandalay?"

Chen Zaixing thought for a moment, weighed the pros and cons, then gritted his teeth and stood up, walked out of the bushes, threw the rifle in his hand aside, raised his hands to indicate that he had no malice, and replied loudly: "I don't know that something happened in Mandalay. I just made a temptation to prove it from you. Don't you want a guide? I can be a guide for you. As for the food, I am familiar with the natives here. Just explain it and you will be delivered immediately!"

Ba Du stared at the man walking towards him. His skin was already tanned by the subtropical sun, but judging from his face and eyebrows, he should be a Chinese. He heard the other party’s answer and breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately remembered the incident where the other party shot and provoked him. He asked angrily: "Who are you, why are you here?"

Chen Zaixing smiled slightly, pointed to the tent over there and said, "I am an engineer and are looking for mines here. These are the workers I hire. If you don't believe it, you can go to the tent to take a look."

Badu snorted coldly and made a gesture. A guard quickly jumped off the horse and ran towards the tent over there. After a while, he returned and whispered a few words in Badu's ear. Badu's pupils shrank slightly and asked in a low voice: "Why did you test me just now that something happened in Mandalay?"

Chen Zaixing pointed to the white elephant not far away and replied: "It's very simple. In Myanmar, only the royal family or extremely noble people can ride this white elephant, and you are the regular army of Dashun. The regular army of Dashun escorted the royal family of Burma and got lost. Why don't you tell me that something happened in Mandalay?"

"How do you see that we are the regular army of Dashun?" Badu asked angrily.

"It's very simple. I've just shot your hat away. If it were an ordinary guard, I would definitely retreat. Only the army would enforce such orders." Chen Zaixing replied calmly.

Badou glared at Chen Zaixing, suddenly pulled out his pistol and pointed it at his head, threatening: "You are very smart, but I can kill you with just one shot now!"

Chen Zaixing smiled slightly and replied, "Yes, but if you kill me, these natives will run away immediately, and you can't speak with them, so you will have neither a guide nor a food!" At this point, Chen Zaixing pointed to the beautiful girl behind him and smiled, "I don't think this noble man will like it!"

Mao Aoke pulled out the sleeves of the slumber and whispered: "He is right, don't forget Lord Zhao's advice before leaving!"

Ba Du stared at Chen Zaixing fiercely, as if he was about to swallow it in one bite. After a while, he suddenly turned around and shouted, "Okay, prepare the food quickly, we will set off after we finish eating!"

Chen Zaixing smiled slightly, turned around and said a few words to the natives behind him. The attitudes of the natives immediately softened a lot and they retreated one after another. After a while, they sent a lot of fruits, cassava, rice, and some chicken and fish. Badu and his group had been hungry for a long time, but after all, the upper and lower classes in the army were very strict. After Mauoke first presented them to the two princes on Baixiang, Badu signaled his subordinates to start eating.

Seeing everyone finishing their meal, Chen Zaixing ordered the natives to send some rice and salt, and while returning to the tent to pack his luggage, he moved quickly. Except for a few necessary medicines and tools in the jungle, he only brought the three ruby ​​raw stones on his body, and all the other property tools were distributed to the natives. In just half a cup of tea, he finished cleaning up. He looked at Chen Zaixing coldly and suddenly asked, "How far is it from here to the nearest Dashun Post?"

Chen Zaixing smiled and said, "If it is dry season and it is rainy, it depends on luck!"

Ba Du frowned, and the other party's answer confirmed his ominous premonition. As time goes by, the rebels' control over Myanmar has become stronger, and the British are more likely to win support from various countries to maintaining the status quo. The difficulties of Dashun's force interference will become greater and greater, and even become impossible. Now every minute and every second are very precious. Thinking of this, Ba Du suppressed his disgust and said in a deep voice to Chen Zaixing: "You send us to Wancheng (an important town in northern Myanmar, which was an important town in Shunjun at that time). I report to the government, I will give you a heavy reward, how about 5,000 taels of silver?" Speaking of this, Ba Du took out his waist card from his arms and shook it in front of Chen Zaixing.

Chen Zaixing had a very sharp vision. In a flash, he had already seen the waist sign clearly and said with a smile: "Yizhi School Captain, from the seventh rank of Wusan official, you have already achieved a long time ago, but no matter how much money you have, you have to have the life to spend it. It takes twenty days to get to Wancheng in this weather."

"No, at most fifteen days, if you can bring it, the bounty will double!" Badu's voice was firm, and Mao Aoke, who was standing beside him, said: "There is no limit. If this hero brings us to Wanding within fifteen days, this will be yours!" Speaking of this, Mao Aoke took down a pair of bracelets on his wrist and threw them into Chen Zaixing's arms. When Chen Zaixing saw that the bracelets were made of gold and were covered with various types of bracelets on it.

The gems were made with various Buddha statues, which were exquisitely made and valuable. Chen Zaixing couldn't help but be surprised: This person seemed to be just a guard leader, and he had such a precious bracelet, so his identity as a character on the white elephant was probably lower. Thinking of this, Chen Zaixing took the bracelet into his arms and replied: "There is a shortcut. If you take that road, if you are lucky, you can reach Wanding within fifteen days, but-"

Seeing that Chen Zaixing stopped talking, Badu hurriedly urged: "It's just something, tell me!"

"It's just that this shortcut has to cross a savage valley that is more than 40 miles long. There is a heavy miasma there. It's rainy season now. If you take that road, I'm afraid that 70% of the people here will die there!"
Chapter completed!