1840Indian rebirth

In order to avoid the rain, everyone in the westward expedition team set up simple tents on a rocky plateau. Under the protection of cowhide, they looked at the falling rain outside.

The rain gradually weakened.

Ma Shao stayed in the tent and seemed to remember something. He took his metal detector and made some modifications.

In fact, some extra cowhide is added for waterproofing.

"Chief, what is this?" Looking at the metal detector in the horse whistle's hand, he couldn't help but ask.

Horse whistle: "This is a metal detector."

"Metal detector, what is it for?"

"...metal detection."

"Really?" Husband blinked, as if he didn't believe it.

Ma Shao muttered: "Of course it's true, but it's not very easy to use. I'm improving it."

As he spoke, he held a metal detector and scanned it in front of him, then took out a gold coin and put it over, and scanned it again, indicating that the speed of the fan would change accordingly.

In 1847, electricity was an alien existence to most people in the world.

Electricity in people's eyes at this time is probably like quantum in people's eyes 1780 years later, which basically only exists in various high-level scientific and technological news.

Of course, it can also exist in a scam.

"What...what's going on?" Nonsense. As an Indian, and he hasn't learned much about physics from Ma Shao, it's natural that this can only be seen infrequently and strangely.

Du Tiao smiled and said, "This is electromagnetic induction."

"Electricity...electromagnetic induction, what does it mean?" I couldn't understand almost a word of the nonsense, and I was confused.

"If you have the opportunity to enter the advanced mathematics and science class in the future, you will be able to understand these concepts." Du Liao said and couldn't help but smile and started teasing, "If you don't enter the advanced mathematics and science class in the future, you probably won't be able to understand it, but you can't say for sure.

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"Hahaha!" Several people nearby laughed, "You can't learn from Alone View."

"Come and let me show you one in person." A soldier took out a piece of dried meat and asked, "Nanshi, do you think this is beef jerky or venison jerky?"

"Maybe it's beef jerky, or..." The nonsense blurted out, and then he realized something and stopped talking.

Everyone burst into laughter.

At this time, Ma Shao handed the metal detector to Du Tiao: "Du Tiao, I'll leave this for you first. When you're free, you can use it to explore the surroundings. You might be able to find something good."

He has already demonstrated and briefly explained metal detectors to some students in class, and Lone View is one of them.

So when Du Tiao took the metal detector from Ma Shao, he looked like an excited student about to take an experimental class.

The rain subsided and the sky gradually cleared.

"Let's keep going," the horse whistle said.

The westbound team packed up and continued on the road, heading west to California.

Along the way, the horse whistle let some people take turns playing with the metal detector. People were very interested in this novel and interesting gadget, and everyone would keep exploring everywhere after getting it.

Although the gold mine has not yet been discovered, it is not all without success.

While passing through a desert, someone used a metal detector to discover several bodies.

These corpses were buried in shallow sand, and metal objects such as coins on their bodies triggered a response from the detector.

Obviously, they were white people who died accidentally during the westward march. Their identities were unknown, so the ownerless property naturally belonged to Ma Shao's westward march team.

The westward march was obviously not an easy task, as these corpses are proof.

Fortunately, Ma Shao and others were well prepared and did not experience any major setbacks. The only attrition was caused by a rattlesnake.

After more than two months of long journey, Mashao's westward march finally approached its destination, the northeastern region of California, the city of Sacramento.

To be precise, it's Alta California, while Baja California is still in Mexico.

In addition, there is no city of Sacramento yet, only the Sacramento River.

However, based on this river and his knowledge of the California gold rush in his previous life, Mashao was able to confirm the general location of the city of Sacramento on the map.

As for the location where the gold mine was discovered, he still remembered a few key words: under the Sierra Nevada Mountains, sawmills, and rivers.

Since it is under the Sierra Nevada Mountains, it is naturally east of Sacramento.

Since it was a gold mine discovered when building a sawmill, there should be dense forests nearby, plus rivers...

The horse whistle pointed to an area northeast of Sacramento on the map and asked: "Is there a forest near this river?"

"Yes, there is a large forest near Coloma." He said nonchalantly.

Ma Shao nodded, and then asked: "Who lives or is active here?

Nonsense: "Mainly the Maidu people, the Miwok people...and the white people from Sutterburg."

"Sutter's Castle?"

"The place John Sutter founded, he was a cunning and cruel guy!" Nonsense continued, "Many people were deceived and even enslaved by him."

The horse whistle thought for a moment, then pointed to the map: "Let's go here to investigate."

The place he was pointing to was the Coloma area that was mentioned in nonsense.

He could basically confirm that Coloma was the location of the gold mine that triggered the climax of the westward movement.

Even if it isn't, it shouldn't be too far off.

The gold mine is close at hand!

"...In the Maidu language, Coloma means 'beautiful', and the name of this valley flowed by the Round House River is actually 'Beautiful Valley'." Wushu introduced it to Mashao.

Ma Shao looked at the surrounding scenery and couldn't help but nod: "The scenery is indeed beautiful."

Coloma has fertile soil and water, and is home to a lush forest. Clear and pollution-free river water flows through the valley, making the nearby forest reverberate with the sound of water.

The scenery is pleasant and the air is very fresh.

"This seems to be a very suitable place to build a lumber camp. If we settle nearby, we will definitely use the wood from this forest." Ma Shao said.

Afterwards, everyone shuttled through the forest, and soon passed a shallow area of ​​​​the river, and people waded through it one after another.

Just as everyone was crossing the river, a soldier who was swinging a metal detector in his hand suddenly made a surprised voice: "Hey, the detector is responding!"

Most people didn't care much about this. After all, the detector reacted more than once along the way, allowing people to pick up a lot of scrap metal and a few coins.

However, Ma Shao almost always pays attention to the metal detector, after all, this is his primary target.

"Is there something in the river?" he asked, seemingly just casually, but actually he was quite expectant and nervous inside.

The soldier holding the metal detector leaned down and shook the detector again.

The detector's coil is now wrapped in cowhide and can be placed directly into the water for detection.

The soldier watched the changes in the indicator fan, then reached out to fish it out in the water, and then under the sunlight shining through the shade of the trees, he fished out a golden object...