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The sky was just beginning to lighten.

Su Chen jumped up from the mattress.

To be precise, he barely slept all night.

He rushed out of the house and searched through the tool shed.

After searching for a long time, I found an iron shovel.

The blade of the shovel was chipped, and the wooden handle had several cracks, making it prickly to hold.

Su Chen carried the shovel back to the main house and stood at the location marked by the system.

It's next to the fireplace in the living room, near the corner.

The floor was made of rotten pine planks, which creaked when stepped on.

He picked up the shovel and started digging.

With the first shovel strike, the plank shattered, revealing the soil beneath.

When the shovel struck the rock on the second shovel strike, sparks flew everywhere.

The soil was incredibly hard, having not been turned over for years, and had hardened like concrete.

In the past, Su Chen would have collapsed from exhaustion after digging this kind of ground for only ten shovelfuls.

But now, with his enhanced physique, his body is like an engine with a full tank of fuel.

His arm muscles bulged, and each shovelful could lift up a large chunk of soil.

One shovel, one shovel, and another shovel.

The pit grew larger and deeper.

When we dug down to about one meter deep.

The shovel suddenly hit something and made a muffled sound.

Su Chen's heart suddenly raced.

He slowed down and carefully cleared away the surrounding dirt.

As the soil layers peeled away, the outline of a pottery jar gradually came into view.

The mouth of the can was sealed with wax, and the outside was covered with a layer of rusted iron sheet for protection.

Su Chen threw the shovel aside and started digging with his hands.

The moment the entire pottery jar was lifted out of the soil.

His hands were trembling.

The pottery jar is not large, only about 30 centimeters tall, with a large belly and a small mouth.

But its weight is astonishing, at least twenty pounds.

Su Chen placed the pottery jar on the ground.

Find a stone and smash it into the wax seal.

Snapped!

The seal broke open, revealing what was inside.

Golden light spilled from the mouth of the jar, making Su Chen squint.

He reached in and grabbed a handful, his fingers touching the cold metal.

coin.

A jar full of coins.

They come in gold and silver, and in various sizes.

Some have smooth edges, while others are engraved with intricate patterns and portraits.

Su Chen spread a handful of coins in his palm and examined them closely in the light from the doorway.

gold.

It's all gold coins.

There are also quite a few silver coins.

He looked through one of them.

The front features a female head wearing a helmet, while the back is engraved with a soaring eagle.

There is a line of small print on the edge that reads "$20 DOUBLE EAGLE".

Su Chen didn't know anything about coin collecting, but he recognized the words on that page.

The Double Eagle gold coin is one of the most famous gold coins in the United States.

Minted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, each coin contains nearly one ounce of gold.

He flipped through a few more coins, some smaller gold coins and some silver dollars.

There were also some ancient European coins that he didn't recognize at all.

[System notification: A large amount of precious metal currency has been detected.]

[Preliminary identification: Includes approximately 120 American Double Eagle gold coins, approximately 80 Indian Head gold coins, approximately 200 Morgan silver coins, and a small number of medieval European gold coins.]

Estimated total value: $45 to $60.

Su Chen's mind went blank.

With just this jar of money, after paying off the debts, there will still be at least 350,000 yuan left.

Su Chen sat on the ground, leaning against the wall.

Gold coins slipped through his fingers and clattered to the ground.

He looked up at the hole in the ceiling.

The morning sunlight shone into the cave, and tiny dust particles danced in the beams of light.

He smiled.

As I laughed, my eyes welled up with tears.

Three days ago, he was still eating expired bread in his rented apartment in Los Angeles.

He only had $187 left in his pocket, not even enough to pay the rent.

Now he sits on his 1,200-acre ranch.

He had gold coins worth half a million US dollars in his pocket.

That's what you call turning adversity into opportunity.

[Note: The gold coins inside the pottery jar are in good condition. It is recommended to sell them in batches to avoid attracting unnecessary attention.]

The sudden appearance of a batch of gold coins in a small town would cause trouble if the news got out.

He needs to be careful.

First, pay off the debts and stabilize the ranch; we can deal with the rest later.

Su Chen picked out two ordinary-quality double eagle gold coins from the pottery jar and put them in his pocket.

Hide the rest again.

I drove that beat-up pickup truck back to Whitefish Town.

This time, instead of going to the lawyer's office, I went to a pawn shop.

The town's pawnshop was small, with a faded sign hanging at the entrance.

The shop window displayed secondhand pistols, old tools, and some silver jewelry.

I pushed open the door and went in; the bell rang once.

Behind the counter sat a bald old man, wearing reading glasses and reading a newspaper.

The old man looked up at him, his gaze lingered on his face for a moment, and then fell on his clothes.

"What do you need?"

Su Chen placed the two gold coins on the counter.

The old man's eyes lit up instantly.

He put down the newspaper and picked up a gold coin, examining it from all angles.

He blew on it again and brought it to his ear to listen to the sound.

"The Double Eagle Gold Coin of 1882".

"Good condition, MS60 or higher. Where did you get it?"

Su Chen did not say it explicitly.

It was left behind by an elderly family member.

"Can you accept it?"

The old man pondered for a moment.

"With a pure gold content of nearly one ounce, plus the collector's premium, I can give you two thousand two hundred for one."

Two thousand five hundred.

The old man frowned.

"Two thousand three hundred, that's the most I can do."

"These small-town pawnshops have limited liquidity, so even if I buy them, I'll have to sell them slowly."

Su Chen thought for a moment.

"I'll play one first, and keep the other one."

"Two thousand three hundred it is."

The transaction was completed quickly, and the old man counted out two thousand three hundred dollars in cash from the drawer and handed it over.

Su Chen's fingers tightened slightly as he took the money.

One gold coin was worth two months' income for him when he worked.

He put the other gold coin back into his pocket.

After leaving the pawnshop, they headed straight for the First State Bank.

The bank is located at the crossroads of the town's main street.

It is an old stone building with white-painted porch pillars.

Su Chen pushed open the door and went in; there were only a few people in the lobby.

The clerk behind the counter was a woman in her forties with curly hair and gold-rimmed glasses.

Su Chen handed over the ranch loan documents.

"I need to repay my loan."

The teller took it, glanced at it, then looked up at him, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.

"Are you the new owner of Sunset Ranch?"

"right."

"The total loan amount is $87,000, plus interest up to today, totaling $89,420."

"How do you plan to repay it?"

Su Chen took out a wad of cash from his pocket.

Two thousand three hundred dollars, and a debit card with only a little over one hundred dollars left.

The teller looked at the stack of money and her lips twitched.

"Sir, you still owe more than 87,000."

Su Chen nodded calmly.

"I know."

"I'll pay back part of it first, and the rest within three days."

The teller clearly didn't believe her, but her professionalism prevented her from showing it.

She completed the partial repayment procedures in a businesslike manner and issued a receipt.

Su Chen walked out of the bank and took a deep breath.

Producing 87,000 yuan within three days is something that seems like a pipe dream to others.

But for him, it was just a matter of making a few more trips to the pawnshop.

That jar of gold coins was enough to cover all the debts, and there was still a large sum of start-up capital left.

But we can't rush things now.

Taking out too many gold coins at once would arouse suspicion, so he had to distribute them in smaller amounts.

It would be best to find buyers in Kalispel or even further afield.

Back at the ranch, Su Chen didn't rush to dig up the remaining gold coins, but instead headed towards the south slope.

Those sick cows are still there.

There are five cows, four standing and one lying down.

The side that was lying down was even weaker than yesterday.

His eyes were half-open, white foam hung from the corners of his mouth, and his abdomen was rising and falling more and more slowly.

Su Chen squatted down and reached out to touch the cow's forehead.

Dry skin, elevated body temperature, pale conjunctiva, and pale gums.

Typical malnutrition combined with parasitic infection.

It's probably been a month or two since they've had any decent feed.

His body was full of roundworms and liver flukes.

If we delay any longer, we will surely die.

In the past, Su Chen could only watch them die.

He took a deep breath and silently recited it in his mind.

"Activate Beastmaster Affinity".

A warm energy surged from my chest, flowing down my arm to my fingertips.

His palm was placed on the cow's forehead.

The feeling was strange, like an invisible thread extending from the body into the cow's brain.

The lying-down ox suddenly opened its eyes.

The fear and wariness in those cloudy eyes slowly faded.

Instead, a gentle, dependent light shone forth.

It gave a soft hum and nuzzled Su Chen's palm with its nose.

[Note: Livestock loyalty is being established...]

[Scalper #1's Loyalty Rate: 62%]

[Growth potential activated, health status improving...]

Su Chen could clearly sense the cow's physical condition.

It's like a transparent medical report is floating in my mind.

The degree of parasitic infection, malnutrition index, and visceral function status.

All the data is clearly displayed.

He gently patted the cow's neck, stood up, and walked towards the other four cows.

The same process, the same warm energy, the same change in eyes.

All five cows have established a loyalty connection.

Just as the last cow completed the connection.

The cow that had been lying on the ground stood up shakily.

It was standing unsteadily, its four legs were trembling, but it did indeed stand up.

Their eyes changed too.

Previously, his eyes were cloudy, numb, and on the verge of death.

Now it looks bright and clear.

Although the fur was still dull, the sickly, deathly gray color was fading.

[System notification: The domesticated livestock will automatically initiate a quality optimization program. Health is expected to return to normal levels within 24 hours. Meat quality indicators will begin to improve within 72 hours. Milk production will double within 7 days.]

Looking at the five cows, Su Chen felt an indescribable sense of peace.

This isn't the euphoric feeling of sudden wealth that comes with gold coins, but rather a more secure sense of security.

[Ding! Strong signal detected 300 meters to the northwest!]

[Type of buried object: Unknown; signal strength is extremely high, exceeding the range of conventional detection methods]

[Depth: 3.2 meters]

Estimated Value: Extremely High

[The host is advised to proceed with the investigation as soon as possible.]

Su Chen suddenly turned his head to look in the northwest direction.

It was an even more desolate hillside, overgrown with weeds, where even the fence had collapsed.

However, under the system's detection.

Beneath that seemingly worthless wasteland lies something far more valuable than gold coins.

Su Chen's lips curled up slightly.

There are gold coins under the roof, a treasure of extremely high value in the northwest, and the sick ox under his command is beginning to recover.

Su Chen wasn't in a hurry to dig for the treasure in the northwest.

He did something more important first.

Take stock of your belongings.

He spent two hours counting the gold coins in the earthenware jar one by one.

118 Double Eagle gold coins, 76 Indian Head gold coins, and 203 Morgan silver coins.

In addition, there are 11 medieval gold coins with indecipherable writing.

According to the old pawnshop owner's estimate, the total price would be between 500,000 and 600,000.

This money is enough to pay off debts, repair ranches, and buy good cattle.

There is still a large amount of working capital left.

He first selected forty of the worst-quality Double Eagle gold coins and put them into his old backpack.

Drive to Kalispel.