Chapter 918: The Secret of the Forbidden Land!

Tang Ye called Ma Ran into his office.

"Go to the local gazetteer office; I want to look up some information."

Ma Ran was stunned for a moment, feeling a bit strange about Tang Ye's instruction.

However, he knew that Tang Ye would not assign him a task for no reason.

Subsequently, he went to the local gazetteer office and borrowed the relevant materials.

Looking at our country's history, archival work and gazetteer compilation work have always been important tasks for the Government.

Tang Ye read these materials very quickly; he could finish a volume in half a day's time.

Within a week, he not only finished reading the local gazetteers but also went into Julong Mountain to conduct research.

After finishing this basic work, Tang Ye dialed Sun Hai's phone number.

"Monkey, can you come to Dayu County sometime recently?"

Sun Hai was quite surprised: "Why? Is there some urgent matter?"

Tang Ye said: "I have a small discovery."

Sun Hai knew that Tang Ye must have discovered some business opportunity.

Consequently, he bought a plane ticket the next day and arrived in Dayu County.

Tang Ye took Sun Hai to a private room in a restaurant.

After they were seated, Sun Hai boasted: "Tang Monk, how is it? Do you think I've lost weight?"

Tang Ye noticed that he had indeed lost quite a bit of weight and said in surprise: "It seems taking care of children is quite tiring!"

Sun Hai shook his head: "The elders take care of the children. A while ago, I had a physical examination, and many indicators were sounding alarms, so I controlled my diet and run several kilometers every day."

Tang Ye nodded slightly: "Health is the capital of revolution; it's quite good that you have this realization."

Sun Hai asked curiously: "Tell me, what is the matter with calling me over here?"

Tang Ye said with a smile: "I've made an appointment with someone; we'll chat together in a moment."

About half an hour later, Li Na pushed open the door to the private room.

Tang Ye introduced her to Sun Hai: "This is Ms. Li Na, the Chairperson of Hongling Group, and this is my high school classmate, Sun Hai."

Li Na and Sun Hai shook hands.

Sun Hai exclaimed: "Ms. Li, you are so beautiful!"

Li Na was stunned for a moment, then immediately smiled: "Thank you for the compliment!"

Tang Ye greeted the two to sit down, then instructed the waiter to serve the dishes.

When they were halfway through the meal, Tang Ye took a document out of his bag and placed it by Li Na's hand.

"Boss Li, you came to me a while ago and said you were interested in the mining rights for a piece of land! I studied it, and to secure the exclusive mining rights for this land, it will require at least 60 million yuan."

A look of helplessness appeared in Li Na's eyes: "I don't have that much money on hand right now."

Tang Ye made a gesture to Li Na: "This is the reason I organized this meeting today. If you don't mind, I think you could consider cooperating with Sun Hai to establish a company and do this together."

Li Na looked at Tang Ye with a complex expression: "Secretary Tang, I can only come up with 20 million right now."

Tang Ye's gaze turned to Sun Hai: "Can you put up the remaining money?"

Sun Hai was caught between laughter and tears: "This matter is too sudden!"

Li Na was also somewhat surprised; the last time she looked for Tang Ye, she had actually just mentioned it, and even if it were to be executed, it would have been a long time later.

—After all, although Hongling Group had blood transfusions from the Anthracite Project and had begun to improve, it had not yet completely climbed out of the mire.

Tang Ye understood the thoughts of the two.

He rummaged through his bag, pulled out a notebook, and flipped to one of the pages.

"Boss Li, you showed me the exploration report that day, and after I went back, I immediately looked through the local gazetteers of Dayu County. The materials mentioned that the area of Julong Mountain was once a village over two hundred years ago.

At that time, it was rumored that the village was cursed; the villagers were mostly sallow and emaciated, weak and sickly, with very obvious anemia. Both adults and children were tortured by a strange illness and suffered unspeakably, yet they could never find the cause. Later, the villagers moved away collectively, and that area became a no-man's-land, becoming a forbidden land."

Sun Hai's reaction was extremely fast, and he slapped his thigh hard: "I've read a news report that some endemic diseases among villagers in mountainous areas are all related to drinking water; either there is a severe lack of a certain trace element in the water, or a certain element is overly concentrated."

Tang Ye looked at Sun Hai and nodded: "You guessed right! I went to the site to look around recently and discovered this."

Having said that, he took a plant out from the folder of his notebook.

Li Na's gaze fell on the plant, and she asked in confusion: "What kind of plant is this?"

Tang Ye explained: "This is called Horsetail, also known as a living metal probe, which has extremely strong characteristics for metal-tolerant environments. Simply put, it likes to take root in places where the soil is rich in metal trace elements, and while its root system is developed, it absorbs many heavy metal substances. If the gold content in the soil of a certain area is relatively high, Horsetail seems to grow particularly lushly."

Sun Hai said with a smile: "It seems this place might really be hiding a treasure."

Tang Ye did not speak in absolutes: "Horsetail is a mineral indicator plant and has an extremely strong absorption capacity for many metal elements, so we don't know what is underneath; it could be a big pile of heavy metal mud with no economic value. So there are still quite a few risks involved here."

Tang Ye knew that Li Na was in urgent need of an opportunity to completely turn things around,

which is why she wanted to find a breakthrough point in terms of prospecting.

But Sun Hai was not necessarily the same; he had no need to take this risk.

Surveying for mineral deposits is like opening a blind box; it is a high-stakes gamble!

Now that Li Na was taking the initiative to gamble, Tang Ye, after investigation, found that the probability of success exceeded seventy or eighty percent, which is why he had Sun Hai make this trip to Dayu County.

For Li Na, she wanted to open this "treasure."

Firstly, she needed Government support to give her the mining qualifications;

Secondly, the startup capital she had on hand was not sufficient.

Now, Tang Ye was working hard to help her solve these two difficult problems.

"If Boss Sun is willing to provide the capital, I am willing to give up sixty percent of the company's shares!" Li Na stated her conditions at the critical moment.

Sun Hai looked at Tang Ye; he had always trusted Tang Ye's words. Seeing that Tang Ye did not express an opinion, he slapped his thigh hard: "Fine, let's do it that way!"

Tang Ye breathed a sigh of relief: "Let's have a drink to the two of you joining forces!"

Sun Hai and Li Na raised their glasses with a smile.

Li Na felt quite warm inside; she had not expected Tang Ye to keep the matter on his mind all this time.

The dinner party ended, and Li Na left.

Sun Hai asked Tang Ye, "For this mine, should we let your mother hold shares?"

Tang Ye shook his head, "My mother won't hold any shares!"

Sun Hai nodded slightly, "Alright, I'll listen to you."

Tang Ye's official career was becoming smoother and smoother.

Qin Lan's shares in Qinge had been filed with the Discipline Inspection Commission during their previous investigation, so even if they were to ask about them, it could be explained.

If a mining company like this one in Dayu County were to get involved, it would easily become a handle for others to attack with.

Tang Ye facilitated this matter not to strive for any great wealth for himself.

The annual dividends from Qinge now left him with no financial pressure.

No matter how much money there is, it is nothing more than a number!

Tang Ye had a vague feeling!

The treasures underground were silently calling out!

As long as they could be found, they would certainly bring a huge driving force to the local economic development.