An old veteran in the team with many years of experience already had tears in his eyes.

"I have found several gold mines for Da Qi in my lifetime, but unfortunately the output is not very high.

"The most extensive one was only excavated for five years before it was basically exhausted.

“I never thought that even at my old age, I could still witness such a miracle.

“The gold mine in this mountain must be a rich mine!

"The most rare thing is that this place has never been discovered by anyone, let alone stolen by the local people. Everything is well preserved.

"May God bless our Great Qi, may God bless our Emperor!"

The old minister was trembling all over and tears streaming down his face as he spoke.

Prince Rui quickly asked someone to go up and support the old man, so that he would not get too excited and get sick before the gold mining began.

Everyone was sure that there must be a gold mine in this mountain, and it might even be a big mine.

Prince Rui also had an idea in mind. He took out the secret decree written by the emperor before leaving and sent someone on horseback to deliver it to Wen Zonglin, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong.

The content of the secret decree was to ask Wen Zonglin to lead his troops to Jiapiqiao immediately, obey Prince Rui's orders, and protect the gold mine.

Fortunately, Jiapiqiao is located in a remote area with complex terrain and few residents around. Otherwise, the gold sand in the river alone would have exposed the location of the gold mine long ago.

In the following days, while Prince Rui was waiting for Wen Zonglin to bring his troops, he began to try to find mineral veins with the few men he had available.

It has to be said that Jiapigou is indeed a rich mine, and it yielded a harvest not long after it was excavated.

When Wen Zonglin hurriedly led his troops over, what he saw was a hill of gold ore.

There were people grinding and crushing the gold nearby, and then putting it into a furnace to bake it, so as to dissolve and separate the gold.

Looking at the large piece of gold nugget placed on the table, with a piece of paper specially pasted next to it with the words "three hundred and seven taels and four coins" written on it, Wen Zonglin could hardly believe his eyes.

He even pinched himself secretly, thinking that he was hallucinating because of exhaustion from traveling all night.

Just when he was doubting his life, Prince Rui came towards him with a smile on his face.

"Master Wen, you are finally here.

"I only have so few people with me, and I'm really worried about guarding so many treasures every day!

"Now that you have arrived with your troops, I am relieved. I can finally sleep well at night!"