Upon hearing His Majesty's request, the county magistrate tensed up and looked up at Mr. Zhao.
I have also seen the mines where coal was mined. The depths of the mines were long ago and were still open-pit mining.
It’s just that in these years, as time goes by, mining has been further expanded.
Whether it is moving forward or sinking, it can be said that the bottom is bottomless.
According to Mr. Zhao, the distance must be more than 10 meters deep at least.
All the miners mine inside, entering in the morning, carrying food and water with them, and not coming out until the evening.
The work there is very dangerous in my eyes.
Therefore, the wages paid to those who are absent from work are higher than those who work above.
At that time, we adopted an independent registration method for who would work below.
Originally we planned to recruit dozens of people, but in the end the number of people who signed up was several times more than expected.
The last resort is to draw lots, and whoever is caught can work in the mines to earn more money.
Everyone who was caught going into the mine showed excitement.
Those who did not go to the mines looked disappointed, after all, such a good opportunity to make money was gone.
But such a deep mine is still very scary for the county magistrate.
I am worried about danger, and His Majesty is the Ninth Five Supreme Being. If anything happens if he is in front, I, a small county magistrate, cannot afford it.
"Since you want to see it, Lao Li, let's go ahead and take a look."
"Master Zhao?"
The county magistrate wanted to dissuade him, but Zhao Mu waved his hand.
Since you want to see it, what if you let him see it? These are not secrets!
Seeing Mr. Zhao like this, the county magistrate could only nod in agreement, but he was already ready to sacrifice his life for His Majesty.
If His Majesty is really in danger later, I must rush forward as soon as possible to protect His Majesty.
Even if you die yourself, Your Majesty cannot make any mistakes.
Several people went deeper inside, and as they went deeper, more and more people were inside.
Inside the mine, one cart after another containing coal was pushed out through the track.
After pushing it to the side, there was a carriage parked aside. The peasants beside him carried the coal to the carriage and left.
Looking at the dark mine, with a large number of kerosene lamps on the left and right extending all the way in, it gives the impression that it is bottomless.
"Brother Xian, are you digging in there?"
“After I encountered this mine, I thought it was an open-pit mine.
It wasn't until I mined all the coal in the open pit that I discovered that there was still a lot of coal hidden underground.
The coal you see is mined more than 10 meters underground.
Actually, I guessed that such a coal mine could extend at least tens of meters underground.
But according to my current strength, mining 10 meters can ensure the safety of these people who can work.
If mining proceeds further, once a landslide or other problem occurs, Datang's current level of rescue will only lead to a dead end.
So even if the output is lower, I still want to ensure the safety of the people who work for me."
"My younger brother is a great talent, I, Old Li, am ashamed of myself.
However, according to Xiandi, the coal reserves here are still very huge.
But for some reasons, we can only dig to 10 meters, is that what you mean?"
Zhao Mu shook his head.
"You have misunderstood me. With the method I provided, it is more than enough to dig to tens of meters.
But this 10 meters or so is the maximum depth that I can guarantee the safety of everyone.
If we mine further underground, if danger arises, the miners working underground will have no choice but to die."
Oh oh oh oh.
Zhao Mu's words did not shock Li Er much. Instead, he looked at Zhao Mu with excitement.
"Brother Xian, you scared me. I thought you were going to say that the coal here would be mined.
I was still thinking that if the coal mines here were illuminated, I would have to arrange more people to search for minerals around them.
Since there are a lot of coal mines here, and they can go 10 meters or more deep, this matter will be much easier to handle."
Let me ask you, is money or life more important?
For Li Er, of course money is more important!
"What's the meaning?"
Zhao Mu looked at Li Er with a puzzled look.
"Brother, don't you know that there is a tooth market in Chang'an City?"
Yashi, of course I know!
We can buy a large number of slaves in the tooth market and let these slaves work in the mines to mine more.
If there really is a landslide like what my dear brother said, some slaves will die.
Speaking of the Tang Dynasty, it also had its own way of distributing identities.
It has always been said that scholars, farmers, industry and merchants have the lowest status.
According to the three religions and nine streams, this businessman is at the end of the nine streams.
In addition to the upper nine streams, there are the middle nine streams and the lower nine streams.
Through these classification methods, people's status levels are fixed, forming a chain of contempt that belongs to the entire society.
Of course, to the people of the Tang Dynasty, even the lowest-end actors and prostitutes were considered half-free people.
The people who were worse off than them were the slaves.
These slaves, from the moment they become slaves, are driven by their masters for life after life.
Children born between slaves and slaves are still slaves.
Once a slave is branded, their identity has been registered with the government.
Unlike free people who have their own identity cards, this identity card is similar to the ID card of later generations.
If an ordinary person wants to go out, he needs to have such an identity card and be inspected by the government anytime and anywhere.
If they are from the same hometown and are familiar with each other, they can be exempted and there is no need to check.
It's just that when this foreigner comes to a place, if he can't provide his identity card, he will be turned over to the government and will be investigated by the government.
If you are an ordinary person, you will be deported. If you are a slave, it will be miserable.
You may pay any price to be freed from your status as a slave.
Unless the owner takes the initiative to go to the county government to remove their status and let them regain their freedom.
But such an idea is tantamount to wishful thinking.
If an ordinary person is beaten to death by an ordinary person, he will be severely punished by the government, compensated and other things.
As for a person who is a slave and is beaten to death by others, he only needs to pay compensation to the original owner.
If you are beaten to death by your master, it is entirely your own fault and you will be thrown into a mass grave. The master does not need to bear any responsibility.
This complete set of laws not only protects the interests of ordinary people, but also protects the interests of landlord class slave owners.
On the contrary, those slaves work hard all their lives until they die.
The purchase price of these slaves is very low, so it would be great if they come to mine!