When he woke up in a daze in the morning, Gao Jin saw Mulan at first sight. Last night, after he applied medicine to his father Gao Chong, he was rushed to the Huotou camp where Mulan was in charge. Of course, it was not appropriate to say that Huotou camp, because although the slaves and the servants here did not have to fight, they did all kinds of tiring and hard work.

"Young Master."

In everyone's surprised eyes, Mulan handed a bowl of water to Gao Jin.

"Mulan, my father said, I'm here to take care of the camp with you. If you call me the young master, how can I convince the public?" Gao Jin took the Mu Bowl and said in a silence. Too much emphasis on hierarchy here will only make people alienate.

The core of the Gao family caravan is undoubtedly their father and uncles. They were all elites in the border army of the Ming Dynasty. In the past ten years, the Gao family caravan has never had any major problems in the Great Wall. It relies on their experience and force. However, now they are old and have recruited some young and strong men to join the caravan in the past two or three years.

The guys were not bad at all, they could eat enough, and they still had some money when they returned to the side wall. The worn leather that Mulan brought back yesterday was sent to them, which made them very happy.

Gao Chong felt that Gao Jin had grown up, so he asked him to take care of the Huotou Camp, which was not without the intention of being a test. The remaining eight guys had been in the caravan for more than a year, and they had figured out their character and other aspects, which was trustworthy.

Gao Jin understood his father's thoughts. If the caravan wants to grow, he cannot rely solely on the elderly. Even if the caravan changes blood in the future, a group of uncles and nephews will fill in to be the backbone core, and they will also absorb people from outside and serve as wing assists.

Mulan looked at Gao Jin's frowning brows and knew that Gao Jin was really angry. She pursed her lips and thought about it carefully, but still didn't change her words.

"Yes, Master."

A group of guys were watching the excitement. Mulan was a woman, but this woman's eyes were vicious. Whoever was cheating could tell at a glance, let alone being fierce and capable of starting a fight. A few strong men were not opponents, and who did something wrong would have to be punished. Only when the whip was whipped off would he realize that it hurts. Who would dare to see her as a woman? Now they saw this murderous woman surrendering to others for the first time.

Gao Jin didn't say anything to the guy, and anyone would say beautiful words, but in the end, people still saw how much you did. My father asked him to manage these guys, but it was not just a mouthful.

He asked Mulan to take care of the group of people as usual, and after eating, he followed the observation and study.

The guys have a lot to do, packing the camp, moving the goods into the van and camels, and cleaning the feces. The things are mostly trivial things, but they are very busy when they are really done, so Gao Jin will also help.

At first, the guys thought that the young master was here to be the supervisor, but when Gao Jin carried goods with them and talked about local dialects and chatted with them, they realized that Gao Jin was really working with them, and they unconsciously felt a little close to him.

Gao Chong and Wei Lianhai were sitting in the van over there. Seeing Gao Jin busy moving goods and picking up manure, Wei Lianhai couldn't help but say to Gao Chong, "You really want Erlang to do these chores, and you don't have to be underestimated!"

"What are you looking down on? Is it okay to convince the public? Is it okay to just talk?"

Gao Chong glanced at Wei Lianhai and said angrily, "Old Wei said that he was more pampering Xiao Jin than himself. Mulan is a girl, so she insisted that she call Xiao Jin as a young master."

"If he can't even control these guys, why should the caravan hand over to him in the future?"

Wei Lianhai didn't say anything. At first, a group of overly trusted brothers gathered together to do business together. Gao Chong's temper was the best. If Gao Jin was not capable, he would naturally not want to mention the matter of taking over the caravan in the future.

"Xiaojin has grown up, and this kid has his own ideas, so we don't have to worry about him."

Looking at Gao Jin who was soon in a group of friends, Gao Chong suddenly sighed that his son is a good child. Whether he is practicing martial arts and studying, the child is doing well and has a sense of ruthlessness, but his temperament is a little cold. However, in this world, ordinary military families like them are capable, so what if they don’t understand the worldly ways, and they can’t deal with people, they will definitely live a difficult life. Even if they have all their skills, they will waste their time.

Who would have thought that he would attack the horse thief and fall off the horse, but he would fall to his body alive. It is said that this person will undergo a major change in life and death. It seems that Gao Jin is like this. He is a blessing in disguise. He can only say that Gods and Buddhas protect him. Even if he doesn't believe it, he will still be looking for worship in the future.

All the goods were on the van and camel's back. The caravan was on the road. The guys drove the convoy and camels. Gao Chong and his group of soldiers divided into two groups and took turns to ride horses to escort the caravan on both wings.

Previously, due to the wind and sand caravan, he left the main road of the Kuye River and found a place to shelter from the wind. As the energy cleared today, he walked along the Kuye River again.

Gao Jin drove his horse to the front of the team. At this time, he had no awkwardness of "first arrival". He first rode his horse along the river bank, but compared it with the sections of the Kuye River in his memory. During the years he spent in the city geological team, he spent almost all the days in the wild on the edges of the Kuye River...

Compared to hundreds of years later, the Koye River at this time seemed more turbid, but the general river channel did not change much. The caravans walked along the "road" on the river bank all morning. The road was actually flat and crowded river beaches, and they were all bumpy. Fortunately, the caravan mainly relied on camels to transport goods, and the greater function of the convoy was to form a vehicle array to defend when encountering enemies.

Gao Jin soon discovered the traces of the horse thief. Just as his father Gao Chong said, the group of horse thieves still did not give up and followed them in a dim manner. However, compared with the horse thieves who followed them not far away, the horse thieves who were monitoring them did not dare to come forward to provoke again.

The soldiers in the caravan naturally did not take these horse thieves to heart. After Gao Jin discovered the traces of the horse thieves, he inspected the convoy and found that the young men were not worried or afraid. Obviously, the victory last night gave them confidence. He believed that even if the horse thieves attacked the caravan again, they would definitely not be able to go there, and even came to deliver things to them.

It was almost noon, and the caravan's speed slowed down. At this time, a strong wind blew, and the hills on both sides of the Kuye River were filled with yellow sand. The valleys in the distance disappeared into the chaos in an instant.

Gao Jin narrowed his eyes. He had been dealing with wind and sand in the wild for many years. He knew very well that the gust of wind and sand was sudden and would not last for a long time. Even so, the caravan went to a nearby valley to avoid the sandstorm.

After about a meal, the wind and sand passed, and the surroundings were quiet. Gao Jin shook off the sand and soil on his body and rode out of the valley. The water of the Cave River still flowed under his feet. He looked into the distance. At the junction of the endless Shaanxi Plateau and the edge of the Mu Us Desert, clusters of sand willows were vaguely visible in the desert, forming a majestic and sad magnificent scenery under the scorching sun.

The caravan was on the road again, but Gao Jin rode his horse to the center of the team, "Dad, I plan to go ahead and take a look!"

"Go with your Uncle Chen and be careful on the way."

Gao Chong did not stop him. In his opinion, the matter of looking for a mine is not that simple, but since his son wants to give it a try, he will let him go, and it will not be too late to teach him a lesson.

Old Chen rode his horse to Gao Jin and said nothing. Gao Jin knew that Uncle Chen was a ruthless and didn't say much. He just said, "Please trouble Uncle Chen", and then rode his horse toward an inward-bending river valley ahead.

There are many open-pit shallow surface coal mines on both sides of the Kuye River, and they usually carry some companion iron mines. The Kuye River leaves Shenmu County, and towards Inner Mongolia is the Ulanmulun River. There are many tributaries of this big river, but those open-pit mines are basically near the valley next to the main river channel.

Old Chen followed Gao Jin and watched Gao Jin climb up a hill and observed the terrain everywhere, feeling that this kid looked decent.

A nine-sided important town like Yulin Town has always been a place where generals are offered. There are very few scholars. Gao Jin studied, so he was not to take the imperial examination. However, being able to read and write is already a very great thing in the border area. Take the famous "Tai Shi Du" in Yulin for example. What this general likes to do most is to ride on a horse with bare shirt and be proud of being illiterate.

I don’t know that Old Chen was thinking about himself. Gao Jin was observing the landform at this time. The terrain on both sides of the Kouye River was a typical windy beach. In winter and spring, northwest winds were mostly mainly used in the sand dunes or in the low-lying places, there were lake basin beaches of varying sizes. These beaches were flat in the middle and lush water and grass in summer. In this era, they were natural settlements of Mongolian tribes.

The soil erosion here is severe and cannot support many large tribes, so it is very desolate all the way. Gao Jin got off his horse, and in Old Chen's surprised gaze, he went to the rocky beach in the dry river valley, and took a small hammer to slam the stones around the stones.

Old Chen naturally didn't understand any geographical and geomantics. In fact, Gao Jin said he wanted to go out to find a mine. He was like Gao Chong, thinking that Gao Jin was playing tricks. As for the coal on both sides of the Kuye River, it was a fool who knew. After all, every winter passed, the Kuye River would flood during the spring flood. People in the fortress would go to the river to catch coal, but I have never heard of anyone finding a coal mine.

Gao Jin didn't care about his actions and was already being used as a fool by Lao Chen. In fact, he was sure that there was a coal mine buried in the valley under his feet. Both sides of the Kuye River were one of the main mining areas of the Shendong Coal Field in later generations. They were basically shallow mines that were easy to mine. Moreover, the coal mined was also high-quality thermal coal with low ash, low sulfur, low phosphorus, and high calorific value.

Gao Jin is so familiar with those rocks that he cannot be familiar with them. However, the shallow coal mines in the Kuye River area in later generations generally had a burial depth of between two and forty meters. Due to water erosion and wind and sand erosion, the shallowest coals would be stripped out and washed into the river. This is also the time when the Kuye River floods every year, people in the fortresses under Shenmu Fort went to the river to catch charcoal.
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