Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 56 Miners
Longshouyuan, also known as Longshou Mountain.

Legend has it that in ancient times, a black dragon meandered northward from Fanchuan, Chang'an County, to drink water from the Weihe River. His traces turned into the Dragon Head Plain, which was named because the western end rose abruptly from the Weihe River, looking like a dragon's head.

Since ancient times, it has been an important place for the imperial palace. The Weiyang Palace in the Han Dynasty and the Daming Palace in the Tang Dynasty are all here.

However, now, instead of the palace, it has become a mine vein.

Dozens of gentry families in the city of Xi'an divided up the minerals of Zhenlongshouyuan, and all of them ate fat and strong.

"Now that Sun Chuanting has left Xi'an, we can be free to do it."

In a small gold mine, a fat headed and big-eared manager, straightened his waist, held a whip, and smiled as he walked.

On the side, another manager in the same costume also laughed: "When he was here, he was afraid of being caught when he was transporting some mines. Now that he is gone, we have to make up for the loss."

"That's right, I can finally feel at ease."

Beside the two of them, hundreds of mine slaves were either sold, cheated, or kidnapped. They were all ragged and muscular, working tirelessly to run the ore.

However, due to years of hard work, there are no long-lived people in this industry. They look strong, but in fact they just overdraw their lives.

At noon, the miners gathered together to enjoy a rare beauty of the day - eating.

Three vegetable cakes and a bowl of wild vegetable soup were their meals. Even though the vegetable cakes were hard enough to kill people, they still devoured them hungrily.

If you really can't bite, you just eat the soup.

Among the group of people, Yan Guochao, who is nearly six feet (two meters) tall, is particularly conspicuous.

He directly grabbed three vegetable cakes, and as soon as he sat down, dozens of people presented half a vegetable cake one by one, adding up to about twenty pieces, and he ate them all in one go.

Even though they have seen a lot, everyone is still surprised by its big belly.

Just after eating, a clever miner came over and whispered something in his ear.

Yan Guochao frowned, looked around, and then whispered: "I can do it, but others can't. They not only have weapons, but also bows and arrows!"

"It's okay!" The man said softly, "This is brought in from outside!"

Immediately, he took out his arms and found several clay pots, the size of a fist, sealed and with a fuse.

"What is this?" Yan Guochao found it difficult to understand five or six pots.

"Ignite this and throw it out, it will explode and kill a lot of people!"

"Really?" Yan Guochao was dubious, but finally accepted it.

This is their only chance to escape from this ghost place, and they must not pass it up.

"The time is [-]:[-] pm, when you are about to leave work, remember, there will be someone outside to meet you, as soon as possible!"

After a while, everyone started working again.

At night, it is very beneficial for miners who are used to darkness.

When he arrived at the mine, Yan Guochao began to win over his cronies and talked about the riot.

"Boss, is it reliable?"

"So what if it's unreliable? Anyway, it's better to stay here and die."

Yan Guochao said in a deep voice: "When the time comes, don't worry, someone outside will take care of you."

Having said that, he was still a little scared.

Death is not so easy to face.

"Hope, this is useful!"

Looking at the torches in the mine tunnel, it seemed that the entire gold mine was dark, but it also concealed the flush on his face.

After a busy afternoon, everyone was exhausted and ready to go back to sleep.

Buried the clay pot in the ore, and asked his cronies to hold the torch, Yan Guochao walked carefully, and the group was about to pour down the last basket of gold ore.

A few stewards and dozens of strong bodyguards stared at them like a tiger, as if the miners were thieves, afraid of bringing something with them.

When it was the last few baskets, Yan Guochao watched them, took out the pots directly from the baskets, and then his cronies brought the torches.

"Yan Guochao, what are you doing?" The stewards were startled by this sudden action.

"Bang!" Yan Guochao saw the fuze of the clay pot being ignited, and quickly threw it forward, directly to where the steward and others were.

At a distance of five feet, the clay pot quickly flew over.

"Boom—"

Under the astonished eyes of everyone, the clay pot exploded, bursting out stones, nails, etc., directly causing serious injuries to several stewards in the center, and they were almost out of breath.

Yan Guochao was overjoyed.

While the guards were panicking, he threw all the remaining grenades. Dozens of guards ran away in fright, but five or six of them still died.

Yan Guochao hurriedly ran over, picked up the weapon, and raised his arms: "Brothers, take up the weapon and never give your life to the black-hearted mine owner. We are free—"

For a moment, the miners were stunned, and then they were overjoyed. They picked up the weapons dropped by the guards and rushed out.

Outside Longshou Yuan, Zhu Yixi was constantly watching, waiting for the signal.

"Inspector, don't worry, it will definitely be done."

Sun Changzhou patted his chest and said seriously.

"I know you Jinyiwei has a wide range of connections, but mines are different and full of variables."

Zhu Yixi nodded, her expression relaxed a little.

According to the established plan, riots broke out in the mine, and he moved in directly on the grounds of suppressing the riots. In addition, he forged Sun Chuanting's letters and directly sent the miners into the army.

However, if the miners are as usual, there is no excuse, they can only move in forcibly, and it is easy to make waves.

"Several waves of people have been arranged, and the leaders are strong men." Sun Changzhou said hastily.

boom -

Suddenly, there were dozens of booming sounds in the distance, and Zhu Yixi was overjoyed for an instant.

After waiting for a while, several people who looked like guards ran out, and when they saw the neat army, they were stunned for a moment, and then they were overjoyed: "Master Jun, there is a mob rebelling inside!"

"what?"

Zhu Yixi pretended to be surprised, and exulted in his heart: "Come on, let's go, and suppress the riots."

Soon, two thousand epidemic prevention troops were dispatched urgently, and within an hour, the riot was suppressed.

It's just a pity that it was a step late. Most of the stewards and guards were killed, and only many miners surrendered.

Zhu Yixi hurriedly sent someone to count them. The number of miners exceeded [-], and they were basically Kong Wu's powerful men, who were most suitable as meat shields.

"You are Yan Guochao?"

The giant of nearly two meters quickly attracted his attention.

"Ok!"

Yan Guochao nodded, his broad face was full of excitement: "Are you here to rescue me?"

"Being a soldier, are you willing?"

Zhu Yixi laughed.

"Happy, it's better to get out of this death row and have a full meal than anything else."

Yan Guochao was overjoyed, and slapped the palm the size of a cattail fan and rubbed it hard.

"Row--"

Zhu Yixi nodded, and patted his chest: "From now on, you will be my bodyguard, No. [-] fierce general."

"What about you? Do you want to be a soldier too?"

He asked other miners.

"We are willing!" The miners were full of joy and couldn't help shouting.

Zhu Yixi laughed, and got thousands of meat shields.

　Yan Guochao is not, to be honest, the name is a bit of a play

　
(End of this chapter)