Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Chapter 612 Guarding the Gold Mine and Selling Shovel

"What? Gold?"

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Shanying installed the radar on the roof and came down to greet a group of enthusiastic natives. When they wanted to divide the work to prepare dinner, Wynn pulled him into the warm wooden house and told him a good news...

The moment he entered the room, Huai En stopped in surprise, took off his dirty coat a little awkwardly and put it at the door, then looked at the floor inside the house, a little unsure whether he should step in.

Shanying smiled and pushed the cold-looking Wynn on the back, then reached out and rubbed Jesse's head and said, "Go to the grocery store to get some drinks and bring a few chairs. There's nothing in this house, but I'm serious about entertaining friends."

Huai En stepped on the warm floor and walked into the wooden house to take a look. Then he said with a little envy: "This is a good house..."

Shanying smiled and said, "If you like, you can also buy one for yourself. I heard that you have six children, so a house of this size should be just right for you."

Wynn stood at the window, watching his son Jesse running over from the grocery store with a few folding fishing chairs. He smiled and said, "I don't need them. As long as the child grows up, he should have his own house.

When Jesse turns 18, I will help him build a log cabin that is completely his own.

It is difficult for children who have lived with their parents for a long time to adapt to the harsh environment..."

Shanying waited until Jesse brought the chair into the house and sent him out to play. Then he asked Wynn to sit down in front of a French window, handed him a bottle of beer, and said, "Tell me, what's the matter with gold?"

Wynn took a sip of beer, then smiled and said, “In recent months, those animal protection organizations and environmental protection organizations have not stopped investigating the valley.

They dug a hole and found that the huge cave inside the mountain was not completely buried. The best thing was that an underground water source inside the mountain was preserved.

Those investigators were not interested in the water source, but our people found gold sand in the water.

The mountain, that area was originally a gold mine. Starting from twenty years ago, gold diggers would go there every year to pan for gold.

It was only when Dimension Card Company took control of the area that the gold diggers were driven away."

Compared to Wynn's excitement, Shanying was very calm...

Because he entered the cave and escaped with Luna through the underground sewer.

He harvested a lot of gold there, and then activated the intelligent tactical computer, which stimulated most of the functions of the Crow Golden Cicada in his hand.

Of course he knew that there was gold in that area, and not only gold, but also amethyst of very high quality.

However, the emergence of gold did not have much significance except that it slightly increased the value of the land he controlled.

It’s not that he doesn’t like gold, but the cost of mining gold on a large scale from that remote valley would be ridiculously high.

Compared to gold, Shanying would rather Huai En send people in to raise some cattle and sheep for his own consumption...

Huai En saw that Shanying didn't seem very interested, so he asked curiously, "Shan, why don't you seem particularly happy?
That's gold, and it's in your land, you're going to get rich!"

After hearing this, Shanying shook his head and said, “Unless someone offers a high price for that mountain area, I can’t imagine how I got rich.

Wayne, I can't drive large machines in to mine gold because the construction and labor costs in Alaska would be incredibly high.

And the summer here is only four months long, so it’s not efficient at all.”

When Huai En heard this, he was surprised and said, "That's gold, and it's on your land. Don't you want it?"

Shanying spread his hands and said, "Of course I want it, but I will never invest a penny there to mine gold.

Huai En, if you are interested in gold, you can take your people there to pan for gold.

I know where the underground water outlet of the cave is. If I find an expert who is familiar with gold panning, he can find the waterway that may produce gold sand. "

Huai En looked at Shanying in disbelief and said, "Are you willing to let us enter your land to pan for gold?"

Shanying looked at the stern middle-aged Indian who had lost his composure, shook his head and said with a smile: "Wynn, I am happy to share the output of the earth with my friends, but I would like to advise you not to dream of gold rush.

Believe me, instead of dreaming of changing your life by gold panning, it is better to guard your ancestral land, set up a camping site, collect some fees, and provide food and drink to those gold diggers. You will definitely make a lot of money.

What is the best way to make money in this world?
Money for women’s beauty, money for the health of the elderly, money for children’s education, money for the poor to get richer, and money for the rich to live longer…

Gold panning means 'poor people wanting to get rich', and greed will drive groups of gold diggers here!

Believe me, guarding the gold mine and renting out tents and tools will definitely make more money than those gold diggers!"

After hearing this, Wynn seemed to remember something. He shook his head with a heavy expression and said, "NO, those gold diggers are villains and bastards. They won't let us make money."

Shanying smiled and said, "That's because that piece of mountain land used to be ownerless...

Now it belongs to me, so I am the one who makes the rules!

If you are really interested, I can authorize the opening of that mountain area so that gold diggers can enter to pan for gold by paying a certain management fee.

However, they need to live in a fixed area, pay rent and can only buy daily necessities from you.

I can even provide acquisition services...

Those gold diggers who get gold sand and amethyst don’t need to go to nearby cities to be bought at a low price. I can directly provide recycling services according to the market price and quality.”

Shanying looked at Wynn, who was surprised, and said with a smile, "Believe me, as long as you are determined and follow the rules without hesitation, you can share the profits of the gold mine and crystal mine from another perspective."

After hearing this, Wynn thought for a few minutes with a complicated expression, and finally shook his head and said, "NO, those gold diggers are all villains and bastards. Letting them in will affect the young people in the tribe."

Facing Huai En's rejection, Shan Ying was not disappointed at all. On the contrary, he liked Huai En's conservative character.

Huai En's character seems to be not conducive to development, but in fact he has preserved the most precious things belonging to their tribe, 'tribal culture' and 'survival skills'.

Mountain Eagle has no say in other parts of the United States, but he knows that in this area of Alaska, the laws are relatively favorable to the indigenous people.

For example, only the Inuit can hunt seals, and Indians do not need to apply for hunting quotas...

Although these indigenous people live a hard life compared to modern people, they have privileges and land in the reserve that others do not have, and are real property owners.

Huai En's choice seems conservative, but in fact he doesn't want foreign trends to interfere with the tribe...

He had no objection to young people going to school and then going out to try their luck. He was just worried that once the reservation was polluted too much by the outside world, those failed young people would lose their last way out.

In fact, the indigenous people and the farmers of Dongda are very similar in some aspects... No one does not yearn for a modern life, but modern cities cannot accommodate so much happiness!
In this world, there will always be people who have to endure pain to fulfill the happiness of others.

One hundred indigenous children leave the tribe to pursue education and then bravely go to the city. How many of them can gain a foothold?

Once they leave the reservation, if they do not have a high level of education, they can only do relatively low-end jobs, and then repeat the same thing over and over again, and finally find themselves unable to find a place in the city.

The reservation is their way out, but most young people see the prosperity and convenience of the city and are unwilling to go back, nor can they endure the hardships of the reservation, so they become the bottom of society...

Wynne wanted to protect the reservation that belonged to them, not only the land, but also the customs and habits of the reservation.

Because once a large number of gold diggers pour in, the ecology there will change.

In the end, it is very likely to become some reservation in the interior of the United States, where young people drink and take drugs all day long, and are so confused that they even forget what it is like to live a dignified life.

Then people will discover a strange phenomenon: the poorer the people are, the more they like to have children!

The lower class blacks, MSL, Southeast Asian slums, India, and even some poor areas in the University of Tokyo...

The number of Native Americans in the United States was 2010 million in 293. By the end of 2014, their population had exploded to nearly 500 million, and this trend shows no sign of slowing down.

Compared with the poor, the backbone of society, that is, the middle class, is less likely to have children.

Those who earn more invest their money in themselves and their children…

In order to make your life comfortable, you can either not have children at all, or concentrate the family's limited resources on one or two children, let them receive a good education, and work hard to improve the children's competitiveness.

The poor have to face many children...

They can't even take care of themselves, let alone their children.

In the end, there is no choice but to push the children into society, feed them through universal welfare, and then seek that tiny chance of their success through the cruel process of survival of the fittest.

There is no right or wrong in this matter...

It’s just that some parents will try their best to guard their own little piece of land, and tell their children to "go home" when they feel tired or desperate.

However, some parents only want their children to take care of them in their old age. They cannot accept their children coming back to share what they have which is already limited.

Wynn is the kind of conservative who wants to protect the reservation, preserve tribal traditions, and give those who have left a place to return to!
Huai En looked at Shanying, who had a calm expression, and said in a low voice: "Are you disappointed with my choice?

Maybe I am just a coward, maybe I will never be able to lead the people of the tribe to live a happy life in this lifetime..."

Shanying looked at Huai En, who looked a little lost, and shook his head and said, "On the contrary, I think you are very brave!
Believe me, when you have the land in your hands and can obtain enough food and supplies from nature to satisfy your life, being conservative may cause you to miss some opportunities, but it is never a mistake.

Because where there is gain there is loss, where there is opportunity there is risk!

For a clan leader, only when he has enough tolerance for mistakes can he be qualified to talk about adventures! "

Huai En lowered his head and was silent for a while, then said bitterly: "Our young people all want to go to the city. I have been there, and I know it is not suitable for everyone.

I just hope that when they return here, there will be people who can teach them how to get along with nature and how to live proudly in this harsh place."

Shanying looked at Huai En's depressed look, and he smiled and said, "Brother, although you rejected my business plan and made me a little disappointed, it doesn't mean that I will do nothing...

You Indians have a tradition of gold panning. You don't want gold diggers to interfere with the operation of your tribe, but you can allow your people or indigenous people who are in trouble to go in and pan for gold and collect amethyst.

Every year, one hundred or two hundred people pay me one dollar for a gold-digging ticket, and then you sell the gold to me. If the amethyst is of good quality, you can also sell it to me.

This will help continue your traditions while also alleviating the life pressures of some indigenous people who are facing difficulties.

I can choose not to make money, but you have to ensure the safety of that mountain area, and let your nephew try to see if he can make use of the valley again.

We don't need to raise cattle and sheep on a large scale. After all, if there are too many cattle and sheep grazing, it will cause conflicts with native species.

Just one or two thousand heads are enough for us to eat and drink, and occasionally you can also get some financial supplements through cattle and sheep trading.

what do you think? "

Huai En originally wanted to persuade Shanying to open the gold mine so that the gold obtained could be divided equally between the two parties.

This will allow the indigenous people to use part of their time each year to pan for gold to supplement their family income, accumulate more assets, and add a little more tolerance to their lives.

He didn't expect that Shanying first proposed a way to make a lot of money, and after being rejected, he actually offered better conditions...

It was so good that Huai En couldn't even say no, but he felt a little embarrassed to nod!
Facing the sincere gaze of the mountain eagle, Huai En struggled for a few minutes. Finally, he stood up and bowed to the mountain eagle solemnly...

"Mountain, you are our friend forever!"

Shanying waved his hand and said with a smile: "As an outsider, I am honored to be your friend!
I'm happy to help you!
Because I believe that as long as I am sincere, you will also help me when I need it! ”

Seeing Huai En sincerely and solemnly making a promise, Shanying pulled him to sit down again...

In fact, for the mountain eagle, reliable people are much more important than the gold sand flowing in the river!
If Mountain Eagle wants to turn Brown Bear Camp into a solid stronghold of his own, he cannot do without the help of the indigenous people!

That mountain has basically no commercial value to Mountain Eagle.

Compared to paying huge costs to collect gold, it is better to gamble whether you can make money or lose money...

It is obviously much more valuable to establish close strategic cooperation with Huai En's tribe!
And the gold will eventually fall into his hands. Now that the natives have money, the best place to spend it is still the Brown Bear Camp.

Shanying is still the man guarding the gold mine and selling shovels!
While the two were talking, Old Joe walked into the house with a heavy expression...

The old man glanced at Wynn, who looked very excited. He walked to Shanying and said, "Boss, the state police are here. They want to ask us for help..."

Shanying frowned and said, "Are you looking for help from us?

We only have a few green onions here, what can we do to help them?"

Old Joe looked at Barron, who was running around with a group of little wolves outside the French window, and said, "Little Ruby has found the crash site. There are signs of human activity on the ground. The state police need a large number of personnel and hounds to join the search and rescue."

When Shanying heard this, he frowned and said, "No!
The mountainous area in the north is not a tropical rainforest, and the terrain is not complex.

If the people who crashed the plane were still alive, they should have asked for help. There was no need to waste a lot of manpower to search and rescue. "

(End of this chapter)