Chapter 99
Gold mine is easy to understand, but these two words combined with smuggling are confusing.
Chu Huan asked three questions in a row: [Which gold mine was smuggled from? Who smuggled it to? Where did they go?]
The value of the gold mine is immeasurable. The system will use the word "smuggling". It must be that Dasheng's gold mine was stolen outside, and national interests were damaged.
Hearing the host's anxious tone, the system didn't dare to keep it a secret: [The gold mine is in a village in the remote northeastern region, below Zhao County.]
The land in the gold mining area is highly acidic and contains heavy metals, requiring the cultivation of acid- and heavy metal-resistant plants. Ordinary crops are not suitable, which is why the village's harvest is poor.
Most people might think that being poor in their hometown is bad, so they'd move to another place. If they can't bear to leave, they might go out and work to earn money, then come back when they have enough. But the people here are stubborn and refuse to leave.
Chu Hua: [It's hard to leave one's hometown. No matter how poor it is, it's where they were born and raised. Unless forced to do so by natural disasters or man-made calamities, few people are willing to leave their hometown.]
Even if many people flee due to natural or man-made disasters, they are willing to return once things calm down.
The system is not a real human being and cannot experience this kind of emotion.
It puts the overall system into the hometown and puts itself into the wanderer who has left the hometown. No matter how you think about it, you don't feel reluctant to leave.
"I've been living quite well with you since I came to Dasheng. At the main system, I have to undergo system training every day. There are penalties for being late or leaving early, violating rules and regulations, failing exams, poor performance, and even being rude to the host. In short, it's all punishment, punishment, punishment, punishment."
Isn't this just like any other student? The system world is surprisingly down-to-earth.
Chu Huan suppressed the corners of her mouth that were slowly rising. No, she couldn't laugh, or the little idiot would explode.
The system was confused: [So I escaped from that place, and I don’t understand why you humans would want to go back.]
Chu Huan: “…”
Everyone: “…”
That’s hard to say.
Put yourself in their shoes. If they were the system, they wouldn’t want to go back to a place where punishment is given at every turn.
So inhumane.
Chu Hua: [What punishment?]
System: [To humans, if you don't do your job well, you'll be deducted money. To the system, money is just a string of numbers, meaningless. We deduct energy. The melon-eating system deducts energy, and the love system deducts heart points. Different names for these are the energy that keeps the system running.]
[To some extent, the overall system is similar to the most ruthless profiteers among you humans. They deduct whatever the smaller systems at the bottom care about the most.]
As he spoke, the system's anger also rose, and he cursed: [Ugh! The system is a damn profiteer!]
Chu Huan: “…” Little Sha Tong has learned bad habits.
She hit upon a seemingly insignificant point that she personally cared deeply about: [Why is it the underlying small system?]
System: [Because the systems above the bottom have long since accumulated enough energy by supporting a few hosts or performing private tasks outside of their network, and have even learned to hide their hidden energy, they're not afraid of having their energy deducted by the main system even if they accidentally commit a crime.]
Good job!
Isn’t this private money?
Everyone exclaimed that it was outrageous that the private money had become popular in the system circle!
Chu Huan really wanted to pay attention to the gold mine. The question was on the tip of her tongue, but her mouth had its own thoughts: "If you just eat melons whenever you have a little talent, how can you save money?"
The system stated bluntly: "Purchasing the melons sold on the system interface requires melon energy, and maintaining the system's daily operations is a significant expense. If you actually eat the melons, you earn melon energy for free. The more people the melons involve, the greater the impact, and the more melon energy you earn."
Having said that, the system switched to private chat mode and mentioned: [Actually, while enabling group chat mode consumes some melon energy, the resulting impact generates a significant amount of melon energy. The amount of melon energy generated varies depending on the size and impact of the melon. The calculation method is somewhat complex, but generally there is a surplus.]
Even if there is no surplus of some melons in the end, if the surplus is added together with the surplus produced by other melons, there will be no deficit.
This is also the main reason why the system is willing to help Chu Huan share frequently and share the good news with everyone.
Otherwise, given the amount and speed of Gua Energy consumed in group chat mode, it would not be enough even if one practiced questions for twelve hours a day to accumulate Gua Energy. It would be impossible to be so leisurely.
Hearing this, Chu Huan couldn't help but feel a little scared.
Fortunately, she had not discussed with the system earlier how to make money from melons and how to calculate it. If she had told it the conversion formula, with the IQ of those old foxes, she and the system would never have been able to achieve their wish through private chat and group chat mode.
At this time, the Fifth Prince and others thought of a question because of the information they had just learned: So some time ago, the system used melon energy to solve cases, and the court arrested people and generated melon energy, so is the income and expenditure balanced?
It should be.
If the system really lacks Gua Neng, it will definitely practice questions late at night, forcing the entire Chu family to follow suit.
Hiss——luckily, fortunately!
A group of people who didn't want to take the imperial examination or listen to the imperial examination questions raised the cry of poor students.
The system continues to use the shared function: [If you use me frequently, my melon energy will increase. When you die, I will bring the remaining melon energy back to the main system, and the remaining ones will all be my private property.]
Chu Huan smiled: [Then I'll have to try to eat more melons so you can take home a huge fortune.]
The system jumped up and down with joy: [Thank you, Sister Huan, love you!]
Little Shatong is becoming more and more like a child.
Chu Huan suspected that there was something wrong with the way she maintained the system, but she didn't have a second system around her, so she couldn't make a comparison.
That's all.
How was gold discovered?
System: [As mentioned earlier, gold mines are highly acidic, so acid-resistant plants like horsetail and dianthus will grow where there are gold mines. I guess you may not know what these two plants look like.]
Chu Hua: [Indeed.]
Not to mention Chu Huan, many people who heard it at the scene didn't recognize her.
The system briefly switched to private chat mode and said to Chu Huan: "Actually, these two plants are now weeds, the kind that no one pays attention to on the roadside, but they were not very common in ancient times."
After temporarily giving the host a small favor, the system switched back to group chat mode and said, "It's not that there will necessarily be gold mines in the areas where these two plants grow, but if there are gold mines and these two plants are present, they will both grow well."
[So in ancient times, aralia and dianthus became a simple way to determine whether there were gold mines in the area.]
Chu Huan had been at the Ministry of Industry for too short a time. Her main purpose at the time was to modify and upgrade the treasury's organs. She had no knowledge of mineral veins, so she didn't even know how the Ministry of Industry looked for mineral veins, or whether they also looked at aralia and carnations.
How was the gold mine stolen?
System: [This place is too remote, close to the border between Dasheng and Dongyi. Compared to the Xirong and Beidi, who frequently fight, Dasheng and Dongyi have had a relatively good relationship over the years. At least they don't fight or cause trouble, so there aren't many troops stationed on the border.]
It’s not that Dasheng was completely confident in the Dongyi, but the domestic military force was limited. The Western Rong and Northern Di were fighting fiercely, so naturally more troops had to be sent to those two places.
System: [Gao Tian was originally a miner in Dongyi. He had an argument with his manager, then got drunk and killed someone. He was wanted by Dongyi officials and soldiers, so he had no choice but to sneak across the border to Dasheng.]
He was nearly discovered by border patrol officers, so he took advantage of the situation and hid in the mountains. He happened to see a dianthus, and after searching, he discovered the gold mine.
Smuggling himself to Dasheng had cost him most of his savings. He didn't even have a Dasheng travel permit, making him an illegal immigrant. Mining and refining gold there was out of the question, so he made a very bold decision.
Chu Huan had already guessed it, her eyes chilling: [He returned to Dongyi with this news, right?]
Only when the benefits far outweigh other things and he is sure that not only will he be safe but he can also gain greater benefits, will Takadahara dare to go back, and Dasheng's gold mine will be smuggled out of the country.
system:【? ? ? 】
Is this an illusion? I feel like there's a hint of disgust in the host's tone.
The system was still a little confused. Sensitive people like the Fifth Prince were certain of Chu Huan's disgust, and then they became curious - did Chu Huan hate Gao Tianyuan, or did she hate Dongyi?
"Yes." The system wasn't sure if Chu Huan truly hated it. Looking at this long, meaningless paragraph of Takatahara gossip, it summarized it: "He provided information about the gold mine. Dongyi sent people to secretly explore it. They discovered a large deposit and contacted the local officials."
The county magistrate sternly stated: "The gold mine belongs to Dasheng. Private mining is strictly prohibited. Any discovery of the gold mine must be reported to the court as soon as possible." The county magistrate also demanded that they obtain a permit to enter the country, or he would arrest them. The Dongyi people, realizing this route was impassable, imprisoned the county magistrate and replaced him with someone else.
The Dongyi people's attitude was: If you don't cooperate, there are plenty of others who will. If you don't work, they can still sideline you. There's no need to hang yourself on a tree. They didn't kill the county magistrate because if he died, the court would send someone else to take over. If they discovered problems, it would be troublesome.
Chu Huan took deep breaths, but still couldn't suppress her anger: [Shameless! Villain!]
The Dongyi people are certainly hateful, but aren't the people of Dasheng who refused to cooperate with the county magistrate in arresting people and expelling the Dongyi people who had smuggled in, and instead colluded with them, also hateful?
The fifth prince was still young and was in his own room, so he no longer insisted on controlling his facial expressions.
When he heard that the county magistrate was imprisoned for disagreeing with the Dongyi people's actions, and that the people of Dasheng helped the Dongyi people steal things from their own country, his little face turned blue with anger.
"Stupid!" The Fifth Prince stamped his feet in anger. "How many Dongyi people have smuggled in? The county yamen has runners and the local garrison has soldiers. They can just rush in and capture them!"
"They actually allowed the Dongyi people to imprison the Dasheng County Magistrate on Dasheng's territory, overthrow the county magistrate, and smuggle Dasheng's gold mines out of the country. Did these people get kicked in the head by a donkey?!"
The Jinyiwei and other members of the Chu family were also very angry.
They can be completely controlled by the Dongyi people on their own territory. These people are really hopelessly stupid!
They are not necessarily stupid, they are just too greedy. They want Dongyi to have meat to eat and they can also have some soup.
Stupid and greedy!
system:【……】
Looking at this, he was so angry that he couldn't speak. Looking at that, he was also so angry that he was half dead.
It thought to itself: If you're so angry now, how can you eat the melon below? Don't be so angry that you can't sleep tonight.
Chu Huan calmed down and said, "Go on."
The system was quite worried that the host might develop breast nodules due to anger, so it kindly suggested: "How about we talk about this tomorrow? I'm worried that you'll have trouble sleeping tonight after hearing this."
Chu Huan: “…”
Everyone: “…”
Boy, he's already getting angry.
[No, you say it.] Chu Huan wanted the emperor and all the officials to discuss countermeasures overnight, so as to quickly deal with these corrupt officials in the court and the Dongyi people who dared to sneak into the gold mines on the land of Dasheng.
"Everyone knows that the Dongyi people are stealing my Dasheng gold. I can't sleep until I finish eating this melon."
Everyone nodded angrily: That’s right!
They would rather be unable to sleep because of being angry than be unable to sleep because of being anxious and worried because they didn't get to eat the melon.
The system did as they wished: [The gold mine was discovered by Gao Tianyuan three years ago. Dongyi has sent people to explore, dig, and mine. They set up a gold refinery in the area and have been continuously shipping gold bars to Dongyi.]
[The area is too close to the border between Dasheng and Dongyi, and soldiers and military patrols frequently come here, so it's not advisable to transport it in a big way. However, no matter how secretive it is, the amount of money collected over three years is astronomical.]
Chu Hua: [How much was stolen?]
The system asked quietly: [Do you really want to know? You really won't be able to sleep. You might not be able to sleep for ten days or half a month.]
Chu Hua doesn't have many good qualities, except that she listens to advice: [Forget it, let's talk about the female killer. How did she know about the gold mine smuggling?]
System: [The county magistrate's term is three years, but the area is so remote and poor that few officials are willing to take up the position. Therefore, the county magistrate has been re-elected for two terms. This is his sixth year.]
The county magistrate was imprisoned, and his wife, son, and daughter were all threatened with death and under constant surveillance by the Dongyi people. It was impossible to get any information out.
As the county magistrate's daughter grew increasingly beautiful, the Dongyi people who were guarding and monitoring them became malicious. To protect her, the county magistrate's son had his legs broken. Seeing her daughter about to be raped, the county magistrate's wife threw her head against a wall and died.
[Fuck!] Chu Huan couldn't hold back this time, [Beast!]
The system wanted to comfort the host, but after seeing what was said next, it felt that comfort was useless, so it just continued speaking in one breath.
[He was sent to such a remote place as a county magistrate because he came from a poor family and had no background. The county magistrate's wife was not from an aristocratic family, but she had a kind heart.]
She had long since discovered the Dongyi people's desire for her daughter, and fearing that this day would come, she had been thinking about how to spread the news. Despite repeated failures and even severe beatings, she refused to give up, and then she considered death.
[When the county magistrate's wife died, the county government had to hold a funeral, and the county magistrate had to come forward. Her husband was a man of unyielding character, having been imprisoned for three years without yielding. He must have more resources than a woman in the inner chambers.]
For the sake of her daughter's innocence, her family's safety, and the interests of the country, the county magistrate's wife sacrificed herself.
Chu Huan admired the lady's courage and integrity in sacrificing her life for justice, but she could not do anything because she was out of reach. She could only secretly make a wish in her heart: I hope everything will be as you wish, I hope you will have a smooth life in the next life, I hope Dasheng will be strong and the people will be prosperous, and I hope the people of Dasheng will never be bullied!
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