Starting from the Greyhound, seventy-two changes.

Chapter 70 Rise
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Somewhere under the river surface in Qiche Town, Baojiao County, the Longjiang River turns here. Chen Ku came here in person and dived into it, splashing a large amount of water.

He was not very good at swimming to begin with, and could be considered a landlubber in both his previous life and this life. But ever since he transformed into a small dog, he naturally became able to swim. The same was true when he transformed into a crocodile.

However, even without these changes, after reaching the Hua Jin realm, one can use strength to control the mouth, nose, and body muscles to possess good water skills.

Although it has been discovered that there are ownerless Wuchensha mines underneath the crocodile while in the body of a crocodile, Chen Ku still needs to conduct an exploration himself to find out exactly how much there is.

It sank to the bottom of the river thirty meters below. There were many fish under the water.

"This bighead carp, a big catfish, is so big..."

"Is this a sturgeon? In the past, it would have been a protected animal."

"Hey, it's actually a precious fish, an elephant-trunk sturgeon, with a strange appearance. Although it's not as expensive as the precious grass, it should be worth twenty or thirty taels of silver in the market. Let's catch it."

It is said that one pound of fish has ten pounds of strength. This elephant-trunk sturgeon weighs about ten pounds. An ordinary man cannot defeat it after going into the water.

But with Chen Ku's current skills, he could kill a ten-pound fish in an instant, let alone a giant python.

Two fingers suddenly shot out underwater, and the force was like a bullet passing through, leaving a stream of air, which instantly passed through the gills of the ten-jin precious fish and held in the hand.

He carried the precious fish in this way, held his breath, and reached the muddy bottom of the river.

Walking back and forth in the mud, feeling the distribution of the black sand in the mud below, it is really terrifying...

After he put his feet down, the weight of the black sand in the mud made every step he took feel as if his feet were filled with thousands of pounds of lead and tied with weights.

These black sands are scattered among the river sand and silt, just like spilled salt grains falling into flour, which is very confusing.

In this way, Chen Ku used the lung capacity of the crocodile to walk back and forth under this Gulf Stream area to measure, and finally dug at the edge of the riverbed. He dug more than ten meters deep and found black sand distributed everywhere:
"My goodness, the content of the black sand here, based on my current measurements and surveys, is at least a hundred tons of black sand mineral resources, which is about 200,000 kilograms... According to the market price, that is a mineral resource worth 60,000 taels of silver."

Chen Ku was excited. This was just a conservative estimate of his own. He hadn't seen the bottom yet. After it was fully mined, maybe the yield would double that of a hundred tons.

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He returned to the shore from the river.

"Mining regulations and leasing river areas require government connections to operate... I guess I have to go visit my brother-in-law."

Chen Ku looked down at the ten-pound elephant-trunk sturgeon, which was just right as a gift for the visit.

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In the inner city of Baojiao County.

Tongluo Lane.

Chen Ku came here carrying the elephant-trunk sturgeon. As soon as he entered his brother-in-law's yard, he caused exclamations from other people in the yard.

"This is a precious fish, with shiny scales and an elephant's trunk..."

"My goodness, I remember this young man, he is the brother-in-law of Captain Li, and he is an apprentice in Yaowang Hall. It seems that he was the one who reported Ni Kun last time, which made Captain Li achieve great merit and was promoted to Captain again."

"He's really capable. He actually brought such a valuable fish to visit his sister."

People living in the inner city are always more knowledgeable than those living in the countryside. They all have industries to make a living. Even if they have never eaten pork, they have always seen pigs run.

What's more, Baojiao County is famous for its many mountains, rivers, medicinal herbs and fish.

Upon hearing the sound, Chen Tian hurried out, wearing a blue floral apron, her hands covered in flour. She was naturally very happy to hear that her brother had come, but when she saw Chen Ku holding the big fish in his hand, she was shocked.

The envious voices of other people in the yard made her proud, but she could not let her brother just give her a precious fish worth dozens of taels of silver and accept it openly.

"You kid, come in first."

Chen Tian pulled Chen Ku into the house and began to scold him:
"How much does such a big fish cost? I told you last time not to spend money recklessly. I felt bad for you when you took me to Hongyan Tower for dinner, and you spent money again this time! For such a big fish, you really don't know how to save money. Don't forget, you still have to get married in the future!"

Chen Ku listened to the nagging voice full of strong family affection, but did not say anything to contradict him. He just smiled and said, "It didn't cost any money. I caught this fish myself. You know I am practicing martial arts now, and my brother-in-law also practices martial arts. This precious fish is useful to both of us, so I brought it to you and asked you to cook it. When your brother-in-law comes back, we will eat it together." When the sister heard this, she hesitated and asked, "Did you really catch it?"

At this moment, a voice came from outside, "Captain Li is back, your brother-in-law brought you a valuable gift, you are so lucky..."

Chen Ku stood up in the house and saw Li Yuancheng, with a cold face, long arms and legs, walking in with a knife.

"Such a big precious fish?" Li Yuancheng was also shocked when he saw the ten-pound elephant-trunk sturgeon.

Upon seeing this, the elder sister quickly told her husband what Chen Ku had just said.

"Did you catch it yourself?" Li Yuancheng looked at his brother-in-law curiously. If it was really his brother-in-law who caught it, it meant that his underwater skills were quite good. However, luck actually played a bigger role in catching such a precious fish.

Chen Ku said to Chen Tian, ​​"Sister, go and cook the fish. To be honest, this time I came here mainly to discuss something with my brother-in-law."

Suspicion flashed in Li Yuancheng's eyes.

Talk about things?
Although he had heard that his brother-in-law had single-handedly brought the Chen family back to health and was now the head of the family, he still didn't think that this boy, who was not even eighteen years old, could discuss anything important with him.
On the contrary, he had something he needed to remind him of, such as the death of Huang Gun some time ago, which almost led to a fight between the two gangs.

Unexpectedly, Li Yuancheng had not yet said anything to make Chen Ku pay attention when working at Yaowang Hall.

Chen Ku then explained in detail the purpose of his visit to the other party.

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Li Yuanben was hanging his knife, but after hearing it clearly, he didn't hang it firmly and fell to the ground. He turned around absentmindedly and looked at Chen Ku in disbelief:

"What did you say? You found an unmined Wuchensha mine under Longjiang River?"

When sister Chen Tian heard the sound of the knife falling, she subconsciously thought that her husband and brother were fighting, so she rushed into the house nervously.

But Chen Ku faced her husband and said calmly, "Yes, I have already surveyed and found that there are at least 200,000 kilograms of iron ore underneath. I plan to buy that area and open a iron shop. When the time comes, we can dig it all out. After paying taxes to the court and deducting labor costs, we will make at least tens of thousands of taels of silver."

"Tens of thousands of taels... of silver?" My sister felt dizzy.

Not to mention having seen so much money, I've never even heard of it.

Li Yuancheng's heart also started beating faster.

Because what Chen Ku said were all within the scope permitted by the laws of the Daji Dynasty.

Net profit of tens of thousands of taels of silver?

suddenly.

He looked at his brother-in-law in disbelief: "You just said...we? What do you mean?"

"I am weak and alone. It may not be easy for me to buy that river area. So I need my brother-in-law to say hello and help me buy that place and get the approval document for sand panning. Then, I will be considered as a shareholder of my brother-in-law... That will be our family's mine."

Chen Ku extended an olive branch.

Li Yuancheng's heart was pounding, it was a huge temptation and legal income.

After all, what Chen Ku said were all completely reasonable, logical and legal rules. There would be no danger of violating the law. All he needed to do was to make an application to Chen Ku, and then he would go to the "Household Room" clerk in the third shift and sixth room to say hello, and it would be done.

But Li Yuancheng quickly grasped the most important point:
"Do you know how much money you will need if you want to lease a section of the river, dig sand and start mining, and then add artificial paving... all this together? Where do you get so much money?"

Chen Ku smiled mysteriously: "To be honest, I have some friendship with Mr. Chai in the city. It's okay to borrow some money to invest in the company."

This was what he had thought in the beginning. To do this business, he would provide the technical resources, his brother-in-law would provide the background, and he would attract a big investor... With such a basic iron trade, he could make the business successful. Then he could recruit some trustworthy people to run the shop. Even if he was a hands-off boss, he could still make a fortune.

If this succeeds, his identity and social status in this city will undoubtedly rise to a higher level.

From an apprentice from the countryside, to...

Shopkeeper Chen who has his own store in the city?
(End of this chapter)