"What is this?"
The mayor looked curiously at a Pariah under his rule who had dirtied his floor, watched him sprinkle dirt from the damn basket, and watched him put the damn golden thing on the table.
"It's gold!"
The mayor was a little emotional. He picked up his handkerchief to cover the gold nugget and squeezed it with his hand. It was hard.
After a short examination, he sighed again, "A natural gold nugget!"
"And the purity doesn't seem to be very low. Where did you find it?"
The Untouchable told where he had found him, and emphasized that he had found it on one of his cultivated lands, which he must emphasize, for it was now essentially his property.
The mayor looked at the Pariah and shook his head. "You're lucky. You can keep it or give it to me. I'll give you a reward that will satisfy you …"
Not long after, a staff member in the city hall quickly walked out of the office building with a strange look on his face. He didn't even care about the greetings between people. He seemed to be affected by something and kept walking forward quickly.
The moment he left the vicinity of the City Hall, he broke into a run!
Three days later, Garton heard the news that a large gold mine had been found on the land under his jurisdiction. He said that the provincial government would take care of this matter.
A week later, the whole world knew that a gold mine with potentially considerable reserves had been found in Najaril.
This news made everyone envious and jealous of the local rulers of Najaril. Gold was different from other metals. It didn't need a lot to be heavy. Gold mines, large reserves, high purity. They were rich!
Some geologists once again raised their previous speculations. They had long felt that a geographical environment like Najaril would inevitably have large reserves of various mineral resources, such as precious metals. This was normal.
They were not shocked by the discovery of a large gold mine in Najaril. They just felt that the ignorant Najaril government had obstructed the initial development. Otherwise, the Federation would not have taken advantage of it.
The second half of the sentence was their true inner thoughts. They were sour, upset, but they had to admit that the Federation had made a fortune!
Perhaps in order to let more people witness this scene, Nagalel's Garden Provincial Supervisor invited many reporters to go to the place where the original high-purity gold mine was found for on-the-spot filming.
They saw large amounts of gold hidden in the stones exposed to the air. In order to thank the reporters from all over the world for coming so far to film this, the local government also gave each of them a small hammer, allowing them to mine on a huge stone for a short period of time.
They knocked on the rocks, knocking away pieces of rock fragments. Amidst their exclamations, they constantly found golden ores in the rocks.
That feeling … was too great!
Everyone had harvested several pieces of gold ore. This was more meaningful than giving them money or other gifts. After all, these were the gold ores that they had mined with their own hands.
This also made them realize how easy it was to mine these gold mines.
"I just took the eight-pound quadrangular hammer they gave me and knocked on the rock outside the surface for a while. Soon, I found these little cuties among the broken rocks (Picture 1) (Picture 2) (Picture 3)!"
"There's no difficulty in mining them. An unprofessional miner like me can easily do it. I'm really jealous of these people!"
Such reports were overwhelming. Gold was gold. Although they didn't seem to be so valuable, gold was gold.
Since ancient times, gold had represented wealth. It not only had the significance of measuring the value of money, but it also represented wealth!
It had become a social symbol equivalent to wealth in the process of social and cultural evolution!
This also made many more professional people realize that this was a piece of f * cking open-air high-purity rich ore!
On the day various reports came out, the gold price fell.
It couldn't be helped. The increase in the amount of gold in the world meant that the price of gold would drop in a short period of time. Perhaps it would rise in the future, but for now, its price would drop.
More importantly, the general attack of silver against gold seemed to have started. During this week, another inconspicuous small country announced that it would give up its gold reserves and replace them with silver reserves.
At the same time, a private equity fund also announced that it would dump all its gold and replace it with silver reserves. It was optimistic about the future of silver.
With this rise and fall, the gap wasn't just a little bit!
Now, there was the discovery of an open-air rich ore with considerable reserves. The closing price of gold that day fell by 2.7%, close to the tenth largest daily drop in history.
And silver rose by another 2%.
An invisible undercurrent was sweeping across the world. Many people in the financial industry seemed to have smelled a strange trend.
They didn't know what it was, but they could feel that something big was happening.
At the same time, the continuous increase of silver in the financial market and the good news completely ignited the enthusiasm of the entire market. The trading volume began to gradually increase. Some foundations that were not so interested in silver also began to stockpile some silver.
The volume was not very large. First, there was no stock. Second, they were still worried about silver.
A metal that was worth one or two dollars an ounce was almost ten times the price. Why?
This situation didn't seem right. However, there were more individual investors in the market who didn't have the ability to think.
They never analyzed why something would rise or fall. They only thought about one thing — why didn't I buy it?
Yes, before it rose, when it rose, why didn't I buy it? What the f * ck was I doing?
This kind of chasing momentum couldn't be stopped at all. Even a few years ago, before the financial tsunami of the Federation came, someone published a book called "Tips to Become a Billionaire: Chasing Up and Killing Down."
This book, which was regarded as a joke by experts, sold very well among individual investors. Those individual investors treated it as the key to the temple of wealth and lost all their money.
They were always taking over for the bankers and institutions. They always felt that they were doing the right thing, but in fact, they were never wrong.
There were constantly financial scholars who said that this book could be used to analyze some financial trends, and this was what all capitalists wanted to see because … they needed someone to take over.
Just like now, the price of silver had passed the most terrifying stage of profiteering. This could be considered the end of the miracle, but individual investors still continued to enter the market.
Why?
On the one hand, it was because individual investors lacked systematic knowledge and understanding of the financial system. They simply didn't know what they were facing.
On the other hand, they blindly trusted various stock brokerage companies and brokers. As long as those brokers could convince them, they would simply believe that those people were right.
Silver was still rising, but the rate of increase was very slow. Everyone thought that it would definitely break through 20 yuan, or even 22 yuan, and then slowly fall.
But was this meaningful?
From the current point of view, even if this was true, the return rate was less than 10%. But if there was a problem, the loss would be more than 10%!
But who cared? No one cared. Compared to the small amount of silver that the funds were buying, the individual investors in the financial market were really crazy. They were all dreaming, dreaming that they could become an era!
In March, the temperature rose. The outdoor temperature in Bupain had returned to more than 10 degrees, and the extremely low temperature in Marillo had gradually returned to about one or two degrees, or even two or three degrees.
This kind of low temperature was normal for the people of Marillo. They didn't even think that it was a problem.
There were no gunshots in Marillo this spring, which was badly hit by the disaster. They always liked to have some small skirmishes before the spring planting.
Although it was called a skirmish between armed forces, it was actually more like a ceremonial clash, like a sacrifice or something.
There were no such incidents this year. The various warlords were cleaning up the mess. The puppet central government of Marillo also jumped out, hoping that the international community would give them the most basic humanitarian aid.
Money, supplies, food, these were all things they needed.
The ultra-low temperature had not thawed their land until now. This year's spring planting might be delayed, which also meant that they would be short of food for the whole year.
The low temperature had killed more than half of the animals in the wild, and many of the plants had also died. Food had become a deadly thing.
The international community was also responding positively, but Marillo was not the only place affected by the snow. Other countries were also affected by the snow. All sectors of society were talking about silver, gold, and the snow disaster.
"The snow has blocked our way forward. We will probably have to wait until April before we can continue to move north according to plan."
"Based on our current timeline, we will probably arrive at our planned location in May or early June."
In the command room of Blackstone Security, the management officers were reporting to Lynch about Marillo's work.
In front of him was a model of Marillo's sand table. It had been shrunk to a large table, and the ups and downs of the mountains and rivers could be easily seen.
This was to allow the command center to make more accurate deployments. Sometimes, after staying up all night, the contour lines would be blurred and they might make a wrong judgment.
"Are our new employees ready for the training?"
Lynch looked at the sand table. There were many small flags on it.
The head of the logistics department nodded. "Yes, everything is ready. We can head north at any time."
Lynch looked at the sand table and pondered. After a while, he said, "I want you to ensure that Sapphire arrives at the planned location before early June. This is related to our follow-up plans."
The commanders looked at each other, but no one said anything. They maintained their silence.
Lynch pursed his lips. "At all costs!"