"Yes, I obey my orders!" Li Bao accepted the order.

"You're not too busy in Haijun Town. There will be a monthly meeting in two days. You will also attend. There is something to be announced this time!" Yang Song said.

"Can you report what you gained from this trip to sea?"

"My subordinates went to the northeast this time and finally discovered a large island." Li Bao reported truthfully.

"My subordinates sent people up to check and found several animals they had never seen before. One of them looked a bit like a lizard, but much larger."

"After testing, the flesh of this lizard is delicious after being peeled off." I didn't expect that Li Bao would be the first to think of eating it! Listen to him continue.

"There is a small basin in the middle of the island. Most of these lizards live in groups here. They are omnivores and are very suitable for breeding!"

"There is also a kind of seabird on this island. This bird makes a living by fishing in the sea. There is also another kind..."

Li Bao told Yang Song about the harvest of this trip to sea. Just when Yang Song thought he had only discovered some new animals this time, he heard Li Bao say.

"Lord, my subordinates also discovered a gold mine on this island!"

"What?! Gold mine!" Yang Song asked in surprise.

"Yes, it is not an exaggeration to say that a gold mountain was discovered to be accurate!" Li Bao said proudly: "When an officer under his command led the crew to resupply fresh water on the island, they found something shiny in the river and fished it out.

Only when I got up did I realize it was golden sand!”

"So my subordinate decided to search upstream along the river. Halfway there, he even found a whole piece of gold. As he went further up, he discovered a gold mine! My subordinate tried to use gunpowder to blast a place, but he didn't expect it.

The gold content in this gold mine is frighteningly high!”

"My subordinates collected some of them and brought them back. They are now outside the door!" Li Bao said.

"Then bring it in and take a look!" After Yang Song said to Li Bao, he shouted to the door: "Come here, call Qian Liang!"

A "yes" came from outside the door! Then I saw the figure of a guard walking away!

"Lord, this is the gold that my subordinates brought back!" After a while, Li Bao returned to the living room, with two soldiers behind him carrying a large wooden box.

After Li Bao asked the two soldiers to retreat, he opened the wooden box with his own hands. Suddenly, a piece of yellow stone came into Yang Song's eyes.

"Wow, such big pieces of gold nuggets!" Yang Song said in amazement as he looked at the gold in the wooden box. The gold nuggets in the wooden box were as big as a head! The smaller ones were as big as a fist!

"Hey, it's a pity. The currency of the territory is paper money. The gold can only be issued as gold coins at most, and the rest is of little use!" Yang Song said with a pity. After saying this, he seemed to have thought of something.

"Aren't we going to open a trade route with the north? This gold may or may not be useful!"

Because the legal currency of the territory is banknotes issued by the territory's banks, this gold cannot be directly used for circulation.

It’s not completely useless. It can still be used as precious metals for jewelry and decorations, but it’s just not very useful for the development of the territory!

Thinking of this, Yang Song rolled his eyes, reached out and picked up two fist-sized gold nuggets and said: "I accepted these two pieces with a smile. Leave the rest to Qian Liang, the Finance Bureau!"

"I see my lord, I wonder if I have anything good to give to you!" At this time, Qian Liang just walked outside the living room door when he heard Yang Song say that he had something to give to him. He entered the living room to see Yang Song and said.

"Qian Liang, you're here. Commander Li discovered a gold mountain overseas and brought back a box of gold. I asked him to hand over the gold to you for management!" Yang Song explained after seeing Qian Liang's arrival.

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"Oh, I didn't expect that there really is a mountain of gold! Wow, such a big gold nugget!" Qian Liang's reaction after seeing the gold in the wooden box was exactly the same as Yang Song's reaction just now.

"Ahem~, do you see any use for this gold?" Yang Song coughed twice in embarrassment and asked immediately.

Of course Qian Liang knew that Yang Song was asking about the role of the gold in the development of the territory. He pondered for a while and replied: "The value of gold is very high. After it is all minted into gold coins, not many people can afford it yet."

"But it is still very useful as a currency reserve of value!" Qian Liang continued without waiting for Yang Song to ask: "With a large amount of gold, the value-preserving ability of the banknotes issued by the territory has been greatly improved, and they will not easily expand or depreciate!"

"Maybe it will be useful after doing business with the forces in the north." After Qian Liang finished speaking, he frowned and tried to think of other uses.

"Well, it seems that this gold is still very useful!" Yang Song said a little surprised. He thought it could only be used as jewelry, but he didn't expect it to have such a big effect on finance! He is indeed a professional.

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"I can only think of so much for the time being. I'm really ashamed. I think this gold has many uses, but I really can't think of much at this time. I hope the lord will atone for his sins!"

After thinking hard, Qian Liang could only think of these uses, and he apologized to Yang Song with great shame.

"It's okay, I don't blame you!" Yang Song waved his hand and said, "It's not easy for you to think of so many uses in such a short period of time. How can I blame you?"

"Then tell me, should we mine this gold mountain?" Yang Song asked again.

"I think it won't be needed in the near future. There is still a lot of gold reserves in the territory!" Qian Liang thought for a while and then said: "If it is insufficient in the future, I will tell you in advance!"

"Well, okay, then go and do your work if you have nothing to do!" Yang Song saw that the two of them had nothing to report, and he himself didn't think of a place where they were needed for the time being, so he let the two of them go down.

In fact, Yang Song has some personal matters to be busy with.

Yang Song came to the study room with two fist-sized gold nuggets, spread out paper and pen, and began to draw.

After a while, two sets of jewelry styles appeared on the two pieces of white paper. Each set of jewelry includes earrings, necklaces, hairpins, and bracelets.

This is when Yang Song thought about using gold as jewelry, he suddenly thought of his two little maids. They hadn't given anything to them for so long, so now Yang Song personally drew two renderings!

The first design drawing is designed according to Xiaolan's gentle and watery character. A small orchid pendant is decorated with silver stamens; the earrings and hair forks are also the same, with a few strands of silver wire surrounding them; the bracelet is made of thin

It is made of gold wire and turns into two orchids at the joint, one big and one small standing side by side.

The second picture is for Xiaojuan. Xiaojuan is a lively and cute girl, and azaleas just suit her name and personality. The other styles are no different from Xiaolan’s orchids, except that the orchids are replaced by azaleas!

Yang Song looked at the two pictures in his hand and was very satisfied, but he just didn't know whether the craftsmen in the territory could make them, such as gold and silver thin threads, thin gold chains interlocking, and bracelets made of gold threads.

It is made of woven gold. Although pure gold is soft, it is not too soft.

"Whatever, we'll find out later with a few skilled workers from the arsenal and we'll find out!" Yang Song thought to himself.

Yang Song asked the weapons-making factory to make two sets of jewelry for him. Is this considered a cannon to swat mosquitoes - overkill and underutilization?
Chapter completed!