Tian Zhiyuan walked into the house. After he moved to the county town, he usually dressed very elegantly, but today he was wearing old clothes and old shoes, and there was dust on his head and body. Tian Zhigao asked him what he had been doing. Tian Zhiyuan replied: "It's because we don't have money to hire someone to repair the courtyard wall, so I had to take the sixth and seventh sons to dig a hole and set up a few stakes, and use wood to block it horizontally. Then we can find some waste bricks and stones to build around it. Otherwise, the neighbors will laugh at us all day long. What's more important is that the alley will occupy our courtyard when we walk along it."
Tian Zhigao said, "It's ugly to use wood to fence it off. This is not a rural area, so just leave it alone. Go find a notebook and a pencil, sit down and listen to me carefully. When you finish this job, let alone the fence, you can renovate the entire courtyard house, or even buy a new large courtyard. It's all fine."
Tian Zhiyuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurried out to find paper and pen in the room where he and his wife lived. He sat down and listened carefully to what Tian Zhigao said while taking notes. Finally, he assisted Tian Zhigao, and the two brothers worked together to draw a "map".
After Tian Zhigao patiently explained it over and over again, Tian Zhiyuan finally understood and memorized this "map" that only the two brothers could understand.
Tian Zhiyuan touched the place name marked on the "map" and was a little stunned: "Third brother, you also said that you went there three years ago. It's been such a long time. I remember the location correctly, right? Don't let me go there in vain. It's so far away, I don't know the place, and it's on the border. Who knows what I will encounter?"
Tian Zhigao looked at him and said, "Why? You are scared before you even go. Haven't you heard the saying: Fortune and wealth are sought in danger? Besides, that place is very hidden. It used to be a mining area. The road is smooth and there is no danger. If you don't have the courage, forget it. When I am fully recovered, I will go by myself. If those things are still there, I can eat meat and take you with me. I am afraid that if I miss the opportunity, someone else will get there first and go faster than a disabled person like me. Then there is no hope——
We brothers could have easily become wealthy and superior people, but because we fell behind, all was lost! You can’t blame us for having little to eat and wear for the rest of our lives, and not having a good place to live. Even the next generation will have to suffer poverty with you.”
"Brother, Third Brother! Stop talking, let me think about it." Tian Zhiyuan scratched his head, looking conflicted.
It's fine if he went to Y Province alone, but he also went directly to the jade mining area in the mountains on the border. Although he didn't have much experience, he was still a high school student. How could he not know that there were border guards stationed on the border? They were equipped with real guns and bullets. What if they mistook him for an illegal border crosser and shot him directly? He had just gotten married and was about to become a father, so he didn't want to die.
Tian Zhigao looked at Tian Zhiyuan, whose face had turned bitter, and cursed him in his heart, calling him a coward. If it were someone else, he would have run away long ago due to this great opportunity to make money. But his younger brother was still hesitating. He really doubted whether he could succeed.
In his previous life, after Tian Zhigao became successful and famous, he had the leisure to travel around. He also liked to take different beauties with him and travel around the border in a large RV. In this way, he also made the acquaintance of some like-minded people, all of whom were powerful and wealthy. In between eating, drinking and having fun together, they would share some strange anecdotes or stories that they had experienced personally. One of the stories about jade treasures was something he heard on the way.
Moreover, Tian Zhigao also followed the protagonist of the story to the place where a large amount of jadeite ore was unearthed and camped there for two days, so he has a deep memory of it.
That place is somewhere on the border of Province Y. As everyone knows, it is rich in jade mines.
The protagonist of the story was an educated youth who went to the countryside. His surname was Lin. He suffered a lot and did not return to the city until the 1980s. However, he had no job and was penniless. However, his father, who worked in geology, gave him a surprise and left him a large fortune:
Father Lin started working in the jade mining area on the border of Province Y in the 1950s. Whether it was due to his special abilities or years of experience, 90% of the raw stones he selected contained top-grade jadeite.
However, people working in the jade mine must be inspected when entering and leaving the mining area. Even if Lin's father has the ability to identify jadeite raw stone mines, he cannot take out a single grain of ore.
Father Lin had selfish motives, so he teamed up with a transport driver to steal ore. What they did was that Father Lin was responsible for selecting the ore and marking it, while the transport driver transported it to the storage location of the raw mine. When they passed a stream on the way, the transport driver threw the ore into the stream by the roadside.
They decided to make a long-term "investment" and threw not much each time, just three or two pieces, but a little bit added up to a lot, and after four or five years, the stream was filled with raw stone ore.
Later, the transport driver died in an accident, and the throwing of raw stone into the mine was stopped.
In 1976, the jade mine where Lin's father worked was exhausted, and the armed garrisons in the area were withdrawn, with only occasional guards patrolling by. Lin's father was transferred, and he temporarily had no ability to transport the ore.
In 1981, Lin's father, who was critically ill, told Lin about this matter.
Lin immediately found a way to join a transport team as an apprentice and learn how to drive. In 1983, he was qualified to drive alone. He found an opportunity, headed straight to the border of Y Province, found the stream, and dug up the raw stone. It is said that he made several trips before he finally transported all the raw stone.
Later, he used this batch of raw stone mines as start-up capital, expanded his business all over the world, and became one of the top five richest people in the world.
After hearing this story, Tian Zhigao was very shocked and envious: Just think about how much so many top-quality jadeite are worth!
Now that he is the chosen one and has the chance to be reborn, those jades belong to him!
Boss Lin, who told Tian Zhigao about this matter, may not have distributed the jade ore he dug out to the descendants of the transport driver.
Tian Zhigao never asked, and there was no need to ask. He knew it was impossible to divide it. Who would be so stupid?
Now Tian Zhigao is unable to move and is really short of money, so he has to let Tian Zhiyuan participate. Fortunately, they are brothers and the journey is long, so it is good to let Tian Zhiyuan be the pioneer to test the situation first. When Tian Zhigao recovers next year, the brothers can work together to transport everything back.
This year marks the 75th anniversary. The jade mine has been fully mined and all personnel, equipment and guards will be withdrawn. As long as people are careful, there is nothing to worry about. Even if they encounter an inspection, it is not difficult to make up an excuse.
Anyway, it was my first time there and I wasn't driving a car to transport a large amount of ore, so I could just wait for the right opportunity to put two or three small pieces in my carry-on luggage.
Boss Lin didn't go looking for that batch of raw stone mines until 1983. Now it's only 1975, so there are still 8 years. Tian Zhigao can take his time. Even if he transports one truck every year, he can move all the raw stone mines! (End of this chapter)