Ye Chen entered the mine with a mining shovel and walked towards the depths of the cave. After walking a few steps, he saw two young mining slaves in front of him, aged 12 and 14, covered in linen clothes, each carrying a heavy bag. Carrying one or two hundred kilograms of black iron ore in a basket on his back, he came out of the cave panting.
The two little mine slaves were unkempt, their faces and bodies were covered with black black iron powder, their bodies were thin, and their feet were swaying slightly while carrying heavy objects.
Ye Chen glanced at them and stepped aside to let them pass.
The two little mining slaves lowered their heads and carried the black iron ore out of the mine.
Soon, pleading sounds came from outside the mine.
Ye Chen had just entered the cave and heard everything clearly.
"Please tell me, the prison chiefs, please give me more food! This is not enough!"
Several supervisors who were guarding outside the mine yelled and cursed loudly, lashed out with their whips, and said, "Damn it, these two little mining slaves are so lazy that they only dug such a small amount of ore, yet they dare to ask for more food." .Go away, go into the hole and dig for ore. If you dare to make trouble again, you will be beaten to death!"
Snapped!
Snapped!
There was the harsh sound of a whip cracking through the air.
The two young slaves in the mine hurriedly begged for mercy and fled into the mine after being beaten, only to avoid being slapped with a whip by the supervisor outside. There were several whip marks on their bodies, and the skin and flesh were peeled back from the beating. , holding two bags of dry food wrapped in lotus leaves in his arms, looking at the supervisor outside the mine with red eyes of hatred.
Ye Chen looked back and felt angry.
These supervisors are really ruthless. These mining slaves dig hundreds of kilograms of raw ore and can only exchange for a bag of dry food. How much must be deducted from this.
However, now is not the time to touch them.
He knew almost nothing about the situation in the Nanhu Xuan Iron Mining Area.
The general manager, general foreman, and general guard captain in the Nanhu Mining Area are almost all in a group. They take orders from the top of the Tianxu Sect and secretly collude with Feng Zhongjie, the second-generation true disciple of the Immortal Sect. They are not reliable and cannot be used. .
But there is another force in this mining area that is not the same as those supervisors.
This force is thousands of mining slaves.
He could completely leave aside the general manager, the general foreman and his group, and start with the mine slaves to find useful people.
After he spends a few days to figure out the situation in the entire mining area, it won't be too late to deal with Director You and his gang.
Although he has only served as the general manager of the Nanhu Mining Area for two years, he will not wait for others to deal with him.
"This is a hemostatic medicine, put it on."
Ye Chen took out a small bottle of elixir ointment from his arms and handed it to the slightly older mine slave.
"No! Immortal of Tianxu Sect, you and the supervisors are all in the same group! You want to poison me with poison!"
The slightly older mine slave clapped his hands and knocked the small bottle of ointment to the ground. He glared at Ye Chen with angry eyes and turned around to go deeper into the mine.
Ye Chen was stunned for a moment, shook his head and smiled bitterly.
He was wearing the Tianxu Immortal Sect's gown, and he was considered a sect disciple brother with the chief director, chief foreman, and general guard captain outside. However, Director You and his group were thinking of ways to plot against him, and he was not the same group as them.
Another younger mining slave quickly picked up the bottle of elixir that fell on the ground, sniffed it, touched a little bit of the elixir and rubbed it on the wound on his body. He suddenly felt a cool feeling and was whipped back. The bruise stopped bleeding quickly and even started to heal the scar.
"Brother! This is a real elixir, but it is the treasure of the immortals!"
The twelve-year-old little mining slave couldn't help but be overjoyed and quickly caught up with the little mining slave in front of him.
"Is this a real elixir?"
The slightly older mine slave looked back at Ye Chen doubtfully.
The older little mining slave couldn't help but believe it when he saw that his brother Hui's wound was healing quickly. He was shocked why Ye Chen gave such a good treasure to these two little mining slaves. Here In the mines, such treasures are even rarer and more valuable than food, and the mine slaves can work hard for such treasures.
"This spiritual ointment is very rare in the mine. It can be used to save your life in critical moments. Use it sparingly!"
The older mine slave didn't use the elixir ointment too much and carefully hid the elixir ointment close to his body.
"Thank you, Immortal, for giving me the medicine. I was so angry that I was rude just now! Little slave Azhi, he is my younger brother Ali. I wonder what I call you, Immortal?"
The older mine slave's eyes changed when he looked at Ye Chen, full of gratitude, and he bowed and saluted.
Ye Chen was slightly surprised, how could a young mining slave still know these common etiquette, and couldn't help but ask, "My surname is Ye. Who are you, so young, and why are you mining in this mine?"
"We two brothers are the children of an earl of Wanchang Kingdom, and we originally enjoyed all the glory and wealth. Wanchang Kingdom and Dongzong Kingdom fought, and the city guarded by my father was breached, and we two brothers were captured as slaves. Just because We two brothers are third and fourth level warriors in the body refining stage. We are stronger and were sent to Tianxu Immortal Sect to be mine slaves."
"In this mining area, almost all the warrior slaves captured by various countries during the war are very powerful in secular countries. Some are even captains and generals who were captured here to become mining slaves. The Tianxu Immortal Sect is Yun The state’s leading Immortal Sect, secular warriors like us can only serve as slaves in the mines here.”
The mine slave felt sad and quickly calmed down, saying, "I wonder if Ye Xian came to this mine for mining?"
"Well, I'm coming to the mine to dig some minerals and earn spiritual stones! You two brothers should be familiar with this mine. Can you take me around the mine to see where it's suitable for mining?"
Ye Chenping said peacefully.
What he wants to know most is the situation of the slave slaves in the mine. However, he has just met the two brothers, and asking about this may make them suspicious. These things should wait until he gets familiar with the two brothers before asking. .
Brothers Azhi and Ali looked at each other and seemed a little worried, but they still agreed.
"OK!"
"However, mining in the mine requires the permission of the slave head. Let's take the Immortal Chief to see the slave head in the mine!"
The three of them walked deeper into the mine.
Ye Chen walked all the way, memorizing the topography of the mine tunnel in his mind.
The mine tunnel is quite large and can accommodate more than ten people in some places. A faint spiritual light can be seen on the cave wall, making the dark cave barely visible.
After walking for several miles, in the mine, Ye Chen could see some mine slaves, old and young, from time to time.
These mine slaves were very surprised when they saw Ye Chen appearing deep in the mine. They even showed fear and awe. Ye Chen was wearing the clothes of Huizi, a disciple of Tianxu Immortal. What kind of power does this mean? Couldn't be more clear.
Ye Chen was a little surprised, "Why are there only slaves in this mine? Those supervisors and foremen, they don't even go down to the mine?"
"They don't dare to come in at all. The mine slaves here hate them to death. If they dare to enter the mine, they will be dead in less than an hour."
Azhi snorted disdainfully.
"Then how do the supervisors urge you to dig ore? If you don't dig, they won't go down to the mine to supervise the work?"
Ye Chen became even more strange.
"The supervisors don't have to go to the mines at all. They exchange food for ore. We mine slaves dig out the ore and transport it out. One hundred kilograms of raw ore can exchange for three days of rations for a person. If we mine slaves don't work in the mines, , it won’t be long before you starve to death.”
Azhi showed Ye Chen a bag of dry food in his hand, gritted his teeth and said bitterly.
Ye Chen somewhat understood.
The third-generation disciples of the Tianxu Immortal Sect come here to mine, and can exchange a thousand kilograms of black iron ore for a spiritual stone. But I am afraid that few of the third-generation disciples are willing to do such a dirty and tiring job. He is Along the way here, I didn’t see any third-generation disciples of the Immortal Sect working in the mine. And these mine slaves can only earn one bag of dry food from one hundred kilograms of black iron ore. The dry food is worthless to the monks. , which means almost no cost is needed.
"No wonder the Nanhu mining area uses so many warrior slaves to work! There are countless countries, big and small, in Yunzhou, and the number of warriors is extremely large. Sending warrior slaves from various countries to the mining area to mine will make a huge profit. Birang Xianmen disciple It’s more cost-effective to come back and do it.”
Ye Chen thought to himself.
It can be seen on the big map of Xianmen that Tianxu Xianmen has a large number of mining areas that can mine various ores. This Nanhu Xuantie mining area is just one of them, otherwise it would not be his turn for a third-generation brother to return. He came to this mining area as the general manager.
Calculating this, the number of mining slaves in the entire Tianxu Immortal Sect is probably quite large.
Ye Chen, Azhi, and Ali walked deeper into the mine. The place gradually became wider, and a huge cave hall measuring thousands of feet appeared.
The entire hall was hollowed out by mining.
Thousands of capable mining slaves were divided into three large groups and gathered in the cave hall.
"Bah!"
"Tian Luo Fist!!"
In the middle of the hall, a strong and burly mining slave was attacking another capable mining slave. His fists were like a sky and the wind was fierce. He hit the opponent's body and heard a series of bone-crushing sounds. .
The defeated mine slave flew several feet away, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and was almost crippled.
"well played!"
The surrounding mine slaves' eyes were filled with enthusiasm. They were all knowledgeable people, and they burst into cheers.
Being able to be captured to work in the mining area of Tianxu Xianmen, they are naturally not ordinary slaves.
If any stone is thrown at it, it can hit a group of people on the fourth or fifth level of body refining. In the past, the generals of the secular country, the wealthy families, and the powerful officials were returned to the country because they were defeated and captured as slaves. Now they can only Stay in this mine.
Even though their clothes are in rags now and are worse than beggars, their strength is still there and their martial arts skills have not been wasted.
Otherwise, the violent reaction of the mining slaves will not cause great headaches for the supervisors and guards in the mining area. Although their martial arts are much weaker than those of the immortal cultivators, they are not suitable for the early and mid-term monks who are refining Qi. That said, there is still a threat.
However, only the strength of these warriors can dig the extremely hard black iron ore.
Mortals without any force cannot dig black iron ore at all. Nor will they send it to this black iron mining area.
The mine slaves are fighting.
Ah Zhi and Ah Li led Ye Chen in, and soon attracted the attention of many mine slaves. They looked at Ye Chen with very fierce and unfriendly eyes. Ye Chen was dressed in the costume of a monk from Tianxu Sect, and the mine slaves gathered here. In the mining area, it is impossible not to attract attention.
"What are they fighting about? They're so cruel, they'll beat him to death!"
Ye Chen's eyes were cold and he asked Azhi.
Medicines are scarce in the mine, and being seriously injured is no different from waiting to die.
"Ye Xianchang, the mining slaves here are the three most powerful groups of mining slaves in this mining area! The mining slaves from Wanchang Kingdom, the mining slaves from Dongzong Kingdom, and the mining slaves from Yunjin Kingdom! There are hundreds of them.
They are fighting for the right to allocate the mine tunnels this year. The mine tunnels in the cave are limited, and they have to fight almost every year. If you want to enter the mine tunnels for mining, you need the consent of the slave leaders."
Azhi said quickly.
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