After understanding the cause of the malfunction, he repaired the jammed section inside the gold prospecting ship.
The material composing the gold prospecting ship was unknown, lighter than pure aluminum, yet its performance rivaled aircraft carrier deck steel!
This also brought immense difficulty to the repair. After some hammering and pounding, although it wasn't perfect, it was the extent of what Fang Er could achieve.
Of the three helicopters that came out, one was a Ka-27, and the other two were domestically produced by Shenyang.
The Ka-27 was scrapped and Fang Er threw it into the system warehouse.
The other two were purely mechanical, with no electronic systems, so there was no need to worry about them being affected by the gold prospecting ship.
"Click!"
As the last part snapped into place, illuminated by sunlight, the running lights on the top of the gold prospecting ship glowed once more.
Immediately after, the gold prospecting ship lifted off the ground. After reaching an altitude of about ten meters, it stopped ascending.
Concurrently, a faint golden mist once again permeated the surrounding ground and mountains, converging towards the bottom of the gold prospecting ship.
Fang Er stood to the side, staring intently at the bottom of the gold prospecting ship. Without propellers or jet nozzles, he genuinely couldn't figure out how this thing flew!
The gold prospecting ship was highly efficient, producing a gold brick almost every ten minutes. These were then collected by claws extending from the ship's body.
An hour later, the internal space of the gold prospecting ship was filled, and it automatically descended.
Upon disassembling the hull again, eight gleaming gold bricks were exposed to everyone's sight.
"Damn, this is much faster than the refining done by those old guys in the Ministry of Works!"
"Not just faster, its purity is at least eight streets ahead of theirs!"
"With this, won't we be able to make money lying down from now on?"
"Lord! We haven't even been to Zhao Xu's pyramid yet~"
"Right, right, and from Zhao Guangyi's era, we only took the golden sarcophagus. There should be a gold prospecting ship there too!"
Wang Xuance and Xue Rengui surrounded the ship, discussing with excitement.
Fang Er shook his head with a wry smile. He didn't care about making money while lying down; how much money was too much?
As long as he wished, no one in the Great Tang could be richer than him.
What he wanted now was to quickly gather one hundred million tons of gold and then bring the people of the three dynasties back to the Great Tang.
After retrieving the eight gold bricks and reassembling the ship, the gold prospecting ship once again ascended to mine gold.
When the gold prospecting ship completed this round of mining, Fang Er stored it in the warehouse. The few of them boarded the helicopters and returned towards the pyramid.
Ge Luoyang, who had not received any news from them, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
However, he dared not leave without permission. There were still two secret chambers of gold under his care. If he left, some bastard might benefit.
Seeing Fang Er and the others return, he hurried to greet them.
"My Lord, you're finally back!"
Observing his distressed expression, Fang Er asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"My Lord, hungry~~!" Ge Luoyang was almost in tears.
They had been gone for two to three days, and the three hundred people from the underworld were all hungry. He and a few special forces soldiers were completely unable to satisfy everyone's needs.
With sandstorms raging here, there was nowhere to hunt.
Furthermore, Fang Er had led the team before, and their food and drinks were all provided by the system warehouse. The helicopters didn't even have a bottle of mineral water.
Kuha Qiong Cha had also had a difficult few days, with his subordinates causing trouble.
If not for the machine guns holding them in check, his soldiers would have rebelled long ago. Without enough food, no matter who it was, even God himself wouldn't be effective!
"Hahahaha! It was my oversight."
Fang Er smiled, took out a large quantity of individual combat rations, and beckoned to Kuha Qiong Cha and Jia Yin.
"Come, come, everyone come and get some food!"
After a period of eating and resting, they took off for their return journey.
Kuha Qiong Cha and his men were sent back to where they had met them, receiving a gold brick as a reward – a four hundred and fifty jin gold brick!
"Whoa! Heavens! You are too generous!"
Originally, they thought this was just working for God for free, but they never expected such a great reward. The old man's face was creased with laughter.
"Alright, remember, once you get back, you must convey God's will to the Pope. Peace is paramount in all things!"
Fang Er stared at him and instructed him very seriously.
Kuha Qiong Cha nodded repeatedly, "Yes, I remember. You can rest assured, if the Pope doesn't listen, I'll beat that son of a bitch to death~"
So much gold was enough for him to launch a coup, and his words were full of confidence!
Fang Er smiled with satisfaction, placing his right hand on the top of his head, "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerate, God bless you!"
With that, he turned and returned to the helicopter.
Kuha Qiong Cha reluctantly retracted his gaze only after they had flown far away and disappeared from sight.
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Southern Song Dynasty, the capital, Lin'an.
Yue Fei stood on the city wall, watching the armies converging from all directions outside, and his nearly extinguished heroic spirit rekindled.
A unit of cavalry galloped from afar. Upon seeing Yue Fei's figure, the leader's eyes immediately welled up with tears.
Arriving beneath the city gate, he dismounted and knelt on one knee, shouting in a rough voice.
"Reporting to Marshal Yue! Left Army Commander Niu Gao, reporting for duty!"
As soon as Niu Gao finished speaking, another troop of cavalry arrived.
"Zhongyi Society, Liang Xing, reporting for duty!"
The thundering hooves did not cease. Troops and horses converged outside the city gate, loudly proclaiming their identities.
"Youyi Army Commander, Yao Zheng, reporting for duty!"
"Taba Army Commander, Dong Xian, reporting for duty!"
"Yue Family Army Commander, Xu Qing, reporting for duty!"
Seeing his old subordinates arrive in such a short period, Yue Fei's eyes were also moistened with tears, and his chest heaved violently.
Yue Yun and Zhang Xian, standing behind him, exchanged glances, leaped from the city wall, and knelt before Niu Gao and the others.
"Beiwei Army Commander, Yue Yun, reporting for duty!"
"Forward Army Commander, Zhang Xian, reporting for duty!"
The citizens entering and exiting the city gate were drawn by this scene. Upon hearing the names they announced, they immediately erupted.
"My heavens! The main generals of the Yue Family Army have all arrived!"
"Quick, look at the city wall!"
"Marshal, that's Marshal!"
"Is this a mobilization for another northern expedition?"
"It must be, otherwise, why would Master Niu and Master Liang have all come?"
"It is easier to shake a mountain than to shake the Yue Family Army!"
This saying had already reached the ears of the people of the Great Song.
"Starving without plundering, freezing to death without dismantling houses." The Yue Family Army was the army they could entrust their lives to!
ps: Some readers have recently commented that the plot has deviated, deviating like Xiao Shenyang's crotchless pants.
But Shi Zi assures everyone here that the plot has been planned in advance, and every segment has its significance, especially these chapters.
This book has been written for over a year, and every day's plot is not without purpose.
As everyone has seen the pit dug earlier, to complete the task, it is necessary to come into contact with some new things, whether it is learning from or opening up fixed ideas, these are all necessary.
Moreover, the population of the Great Tang is only tens of millions. It is almost impossible to complete such a massive task with such a population base.
Therefore, I also hope everyone can understand, thank you~