The Founder of the Great Financial Family

Chapter 5: Venturing into Gold Hunting (2)

It was Andrew who responded to Rockefeller's words. "I think I've heard about it! Long ago, there were a lot of dwarfs here! They all mined gold, didn't they?"

The third child also seemed to have heard something, as he started to speak.

"I've heard about it too. This domain used to have a lot of gold mines. Really a lot. Although there's none left now......."

The reaction of the younger siblings was predictable.

"First, you guys also need to learn the work. So, Andrew and Joshua, dig as deep as you can in the soil beneath the river bank and bring it to me. Then I'll show you how to find gold dust in that soil. You just need to watch and follow along."

The method of extracting gold dust was simpler than expected.

Gold, being of a high density, usually settles at the deep bottom of the river.

So, if you dig deep into the river bank and put the soil into a large dish called a panning dish, and then swirl it on flowing water, the gold and a few other metals, being heavy, will not be washed away by the flowing water and will remain in the concave part of the panning dish.

After separating the sparkling gold, that was the method of panning for gold.

'I remember having to do it several times before just to get a few pieces, I wonder how it'll go here.'

Rockefeller, half in doubt, started to swirl the panning dish slowly over the flowing water, filled with the dirt his younger siblings had gathered.

The visible pebbles and sand were quickly washed away, and the dirt underneath was also swiftly carried off by the flowing water.

Joshua, who had been watching the panning process with bated breath, spoke anxiously.

"Is there really gold in there? It all seems to be washing away..."

"You fool! How can there be so much gold? Just wait, Rockefeller is looking for it."

The usually quiet fourth child also spoke up, his eyes sparkling as he watched the dirt flow out of the pan.

"Is there really gold here?"

Rockefeller, silent, was fully focused on the panning dish, intent on finding the gold dust.

'Please, please show up. I need to make a living too.'

As the panning process concluded, the immediately noticeable sparkling gold dust came into view.

It was a much larger amount than expected.

'Can this much really come out?'

The amount under the panning dish was incomparable to when gold was mined in Korea.

The younger siblings, new to gold panning, were bewildered by the situation, but Rockefeller found it too difficult to hide his excitement.

"With this much... at least we won't starve to death, right?"

It was the moment when he, lost in a novel's world and wandering in endless darkness, first saw a ray of salvation.

"No. With this, life could change. This alone won't change life, but what if we grow from this foundation?"

As Rockefeller was overwhelmed by the unexpectedly large quantity, the third sibling, staring intently at the panning dish, said,

"Is this all gold? The stuff that's shining here."

The younger siblings knew what gold was, but they seemed disappointed by the lesser amount than they had imagined.

"But isn't this too little? How are we going to live on this?"