"Where is the mining area?" Mu Sicheng asked.
Bai Liu's voice came from the earphone: "You break into the gold distribution office to see. This department manages the gold distribution. There should be a map and location of the gold mining area inside."
"OK." Mu Sicheng responded, turning around and kicking open the door violently, and a huge amount of gold powder rushed towards his face. Although Mu Sicheng quickly covered his mouth and nose, he still inhaled some and began to choke violently. He waved away the gold powder, half-squinted his eyes, and walked into the gold issuing office.
The first floor of the Gold Issuing Office is very open, as wide as a stadium, and the height of the floor should be six or seven meters visually. In the center of the ceiling hangs a gorgeous octagonal ceiling. Crystal pendants hang down at eight corners and are connected to ribbons. Scattered in eight directions and connected to the ground, the silk rose-red ribbons are covered with gold powder. There are also animal gold sculptures of different shapes in the hall, which is like a place where a celebration is held.
Mu Sicheng took a good photo and sent it over, and Liu Jiayi sighed: "A department that manages money has cultivated so romantically, this country is really..."
"Innocent." Bai Liu's calm voice continued, "Mu Sicheng, you can take a photo of these sculptures and show me."
"Okay." Mu Sicheng leaned close and took a picture of a golden dog sculpture for Bai Liu to see, but when he took the picture, he keenly noticed that something was wrong, "This dog..."
This dog sculpture wears a collar, has a wide mouth, and its fur is distinct. It is squatting on the ground with its tongue out, looking in a certain direction, as if waiting for its owner. The eyeballs can see the arc of rotation, but it is just that sudden. It stopped, it was so lifelike that it made people scared that it didn't look like an ingenious sculpture, but like a real pet dog frozen in gold.
"Gold is not suitable for sculpture, because it is too soft, and it is difficult to carve very fine lines." Bai Liu said in a calm voice, "So ordinary craftsmen will not make gold sculptures specially, because it is very It's hard to make a good product."
"So..." Tang Erda asked hesitantly, "This dog is very likely..."
"There are not enough clues and information, we can't be sure." Bai Liu skipped lightly, "Mu Sicheng, don't touch it."
Mu Sicheng stopped the hand he was about to touch, and scratched his head: "How do you know I'm going to touch it?"
"What you must be thinking is that if this dog is solidified by a real dog, it is mostly a monster. As long as you touch it and unlock the monster book and let the dog attack you, we can determine the identity of the dog. Right?" Bai Liu asked calmly, "But have you ever thought that if this dog is really a monster, do you think there will only be such a monster in such a big distribution agency?"
"Be careful when you go upstairs and don't touch other statues."
Mu Sicheng had a pause, he looked at the stairs hidden behind, and walked over slowly and carefully.
Behind him, the eyes of the golden dog that had been motionless moved a little slowly, and a drop of saliva rolled on the outstretched tongue. The moment the drop of saliva fell on its fangs, it turned into a drop of gold. .
There were also some animal statues in the corridor, the squirrels and birds on the windowsill, and the two cats in the corridor. Mu Sicheng carefully skipped them, and sent the pictures to the team to see.
"It's strange, why are there no sculptures of human beings?" Mu Ke asked musingly, "They are all animals."
"Maybe because no one is in the gold issuing office." Mu Sicheng looked around and replied, "There is a lot of golden dust on the stairs at the front desk, and things have been evacuated. I feel that no one has been here for a while. Now, the dog before was also a stray dog."
"In other words, this distribution office has been empty for a long time, causing many stray animals to settle here." Mu Ke thoughtfully, "then it became a golden eagle here."
Mu Sicheng kicked open an office door, pried open the desk drawer, and found a map in the drawer: "I found the mine map, do I need to look for other clues?"
"Not for the time being." Bai Liu said in a deep voice, "Come out first. It's not accidental that the animal will turn into a golden eagle here. Don't stay in this place until you figure it out."
"Have health and spirit values decreased?"
Mu Sicheng neatly turned over from the window sill and fell down, then clicked on the system panel and checked: "None."
Opposite the headset was silent for a while, and Mu Ke's slightly puzzled voice came: "We don't have it here either."
"So it is neither a spiritual alienation nor a drop in health. How did these animals become golden eagles?"
"Is the concentration of gold powder in the issuing office high?" Bai Liu asked.
"Very high," Mu Sicheng replied quickly, "I was choked as soon as I entered."
"It should be related to this thing." Liu Jiayi's voice came. "We found some masks in the hospital, but they were useless. These gold powders seemed to be very thin. Wearing a mask also felt like I could breathe in. We were in the hospital. I found some information, summarized some information, and talked to you."
"Many of the recent medical records of the hospital are miners." Mu Ke calmly explained, "The income of the miners here seems to be very high, they live in very good wards, and the treatment methods used are also the most advanced. According to the instructions on the medical records, These miners have been using the best protective measures and technology since mining, and there have been no major problems, but after a certain point in time, the gold mines here began to decline, and the Gold Issuing Administration issued a series of layoffs. Strategy, miners are unemployed, and the people are very dissatisfied."
"After that, after a period of time, the date on the medical record was about ten years ago, the declining gold mine suddenly showed an explosive growth, the demand for miners increased, and many mining areas hired a large number of miners."
"But from that time on, the probability of occupational diseases among miners has greatly increased."
"From the medical records here, it seems to be a disease of organ sclerosis. At first I thought it was the same perennial occupational disease of miners as before, but later it was discovered that something was wrong. No matter what medicine was used, it could not alleviate this organ sclerosis. The number of ill miners has increased, and the seriously ill miners will even cough up some kind of golden red powder."
Liu Jiayi said: "We speculate that it should be blood-stained gold powder."
"That's right." Mu Ke nodded, "It should be that at that time, Georgia, the prince here, put forward a heresy, saying that the explosion of gold mining areas was due to heretical influence, and requested that the closure be handed over to the Heretic Third Bureau. , Aroused anger."
"So, on the day Georgia insisted on handing over the mining area, all the people went to the mining area to stop this incident." Bai Liu continued calmly. "The people of Guluorun didn't trust the heresy processing bureau of unknown origin. They can’t understand Georgia’s choice."
"Even his father, the king of Guluorun." Tang Erda sighed in a complicated voice, "I also stopped him. We found a newspaper. The biggest headline called everyone to stop Georgia and give it back. He was given a title, called the Treasonous Prince."
"They said Georgia was destined to be a man abandoned by God. He should have been sixteen years old at that time."
"No wonder I didn't see anyone on the street. It turned out that they all went to the mining area." Mu Sicheng suddenly realized, and then asked a little distressedly, "But there are too many marked points on the mining area map, and there are seven major mines. , Where is it?"
"There should be other things recorded on the mining area map of the Issuing Administration." Bai Liu asked, "Is there a recent increase in the mining volume of each mining area?"
"Yes." Mu Sicheng replied.
Bai Liu: "Go to the mine with the biggest increase recently."
"Let me see..." Mu Sicheng looked for it seriously, "Ah! 13 mining area."
"Well, you go first, don't say anything, we will follow you." Bai Liu calmly ordered, "Before I arrive, don't conflict with Georgia's troops."
Mu Sicheng: "OK!"
13 mining areas.
Georgia is standing on a steep mountain covered with gold dust, where there is no grass. Through the gold dust, you can vaguely see some black mineral soil. Georgia looks down at the abandoned railroad tracks and mine carts at the foot of the mountain. This was once the country's most In the bustling mining area, the minecart can run more than 3,000 times a day, and the railroad tracks can be pulled all the way to the King's Castle in the city center.
After a long winter break, mining for the first time in spring every year, excited miners drove mine carts out of the cave, across the snow-covered plain, and transported them to the King’s Castle.
Everyone will grind the first car of gold mined into gold powder, and happily scatter it under the castle, and celebrate with him and his father standing above the castle, another carefree country of gold, the arrival of a fairytale spring.
What an extravagant memory, he was laughing with them at that time, and all the golden powder falling in the sky was reflected in his eyes. For a long time, he thought this was the appearance of spring.
The mining truck will continuously transport the gold to the Gold Issuance Department. The Issuance Department will plan the acquired gold and sell the trading materials to the outside. They will collect data, make a unified plan, calculate the gold sold out every month and year, and control it. In a range that does not devalue the outside world gold, we can exchange materials that will enable people in the whole country to live happily.
The Gold Issuing Office is the export of the ancient Luolun State and the only place where it communicates with the outside world. It is known as the Window of Ancient Luoren and it was once the most respected institution in the entire country.
Georgia used to work here, relying on his own ability to achieve the position of deputy head of the General Administration. He was exposed to a lot of core secrets, and through this window, he learned of the existence of the heretical administration.
Georgia at the time did not approve of the Director General's approach. He asked the chief who was older than his father and managed the Director General for half a century: "Why don't you leave a part of the gold as an emergency reserve when planning the gold?"
"Gold sent to the people and transported abroad can be appropriately reduced."
"Why do you want to stay?" The head of the General Administration looked at him doubtfully, "His Royal Highness, we must use the mined gold to the best of our ability to let every citizen live the best life. With so much gold, they can't live. That's great."
"But..." Georgia clenched his fists, and lowered his head. "Gold, there will always be a day when it will run out."
"Haha, how could it?" The chief laughed up to the sky as if he heard a big joke. "The seawater of the ancient Luohai will dry up, and the rice fields of ancient Luolun will wither, but only gold"
"It is inexhaustible and inexhaustible."
"That day will not come." The chief looked at the gloomy prince and blinked playfully, "Hey, future King, be happy, is the gold powder mined by the spring car this year didn't fall on you?"
The chief patted the silent Georgia on the shoulder and said with a loving smile: "Don't say any more about reducing the amount of gold issued to the nation. The people of Guloren love you so much. If they hear this, they will all be sad. Crying out loud."
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