Chen Laosan quietly went over and whispered a few words to the leader.

The man's eyes immediately swept over Ouyang Zhenyu and Lao Liu.

After a while, people began to work together in an orderly manner.

A group of people continued working, and the clanging sound of stones being smashed was clearly convincing; the supervisors outside didn't come in every now and then.

A dozen or so people were already sitting on the ground near the deepest part of the mine.

Each person was given two biscuits, and five bottles of water were passed around among them.

Ouyang Zhenyu went out and pretended to bring back something, which was obviously very convincing.

Ouyang Zhenyu had just pushed a handcart out pretending to empty the stones, and when he came back, he had placed biscuits and mineral water under the stones.

It certainly didn't look like it was pulled out of his pocket, which would be quite alarming.

Everyone stared in surprise when they saw the food that Ouyang Zhenyu gave them.

But after eating two cookies and drinking water, when their stomachs felt bloated, everyone looked even more surprised.

Everyone looked at Ouyang Zhenyu and Lao Liu with such gratitude, because these days, being able to have a full meal is practically a lifesaver.

People will die if they go hungry in this mine.

After a while, the leading man was brought before Ouyang Zhenyu by Chen Laosan.

"Xiao Jiang, this is Brother Da Shan."

"His name is Liu Dashan, and he's from the village at the foot of the village."

“These people all listen to him.”

Upon hearing this, Ouyang Zhenyu immediately remembered Old Liu, whom he had mentioned on the fifth day of the lunar month. He hurriedly asked in a low voice.

"Brother Dashan, do you know Chuwu?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Dashan stared warily at Ouyang Zhenyu.

The people who arrested him had no idea about his relationship with Chu Wu.

Liu Dashan has been able to hold on with his family until now, and he agreed to work as a transporter for these people because he was waiting to discover something amiss on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year so he could come and rescue them.

You should know that I usually go down the mountain once a month on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

This is their only chance of being saved.

But now this unfamiliar young man is asking him if he knows Chu Wu, which makes him inevitably suspicious.

"You're asking this because you know Chu Wu?"

This is the only possibility, because these people in the mine have dealt with them themselves.

They knew these people were completely unaware of the situation in the surrounding villages.

"We were on our way out to buy things on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year when we passed through your village and realized something was wrong."

They went back to get reinforcements, and that's how we got tricked.

Upon hearing this, Liu Dashan couldn't help but feel indignant.

"These bastards did something inhuman. I never expected that someone would rob us in broad daylight."

But now there's no other way. My wife and children are in their hands, and they're forcing me to lead this group of people to transport goods for them.

"So what are your plans?"

"What else is there to say? Since you're on the fifth day of the lunar month, this makes things much easier."

The third brother just told me. "Do whatever you want, don't worry, we'll definitely work with you."

Liu Dashan lowered his voice and said.

"Many people have died here. I arrived more than a month ago, but many others were arrested and brought here three or four months ago."

Who would have thought that a perfectly good village would be wiped out?

The foremen here don't treat us like human beings at all, as you've seen. Dead people are just buried in abandoned mine shafts, and nobody cares, nobody ever finds them.

There's no way to escape.

"I think the terrain of this mountain looks very ominous."

“That’s right. This place is easy to defend and difficult to attack. I’ve lived here my whole life and I never knew there was a mine in these mountains.”

Liu Dashan said in a low voice.

"However, there is a good opportunity. I heard them say that they will deliver another shipment in five days. In the past, they only delivered once a month. I didn't expect it to be so soon this time."

I don't know why, but it was an opportunity.

Ouyang Zhenyu perked up at these words, realizing that if they could get out, they could contact Chu Wu.

This is a tremendous opportunity.

"Since that's the case, everyone should rest and recuperate for five days. Since the other party has let us out."

We'll find a way to bring them back on the fifth day of the lunar new year.

Liu Dashan nodded.

"But is there enough food? There are over 100 people here."

Although I feel full after eating those compressed biscuits, it's obviously not a long-term solution.

"Don't worry, we'll make sure everyone has enough to eat. Eat as much as you want and take care of your health first."

At least when we fight back, we can grab a stick and whack those bastards a couple of times.

We can't kill them, but we can't let them escape so easily either.

Faced with these beasts, Ouyang Zhenyu truly wanted them dead; he never imagined that such heartless people existed in the world.

He had heard of illegal coal mines in his past life, but this wasn't a coal mine.

They then asked Liu Dashan where the delivery was going.

Liu Dashan shook his head.

"Actually, we don't know either. All we know is how to get to this road."

When we got to a place not far from there, we were blindfolded.

They took us to a certain place, then locked us up, and our goods were unloaded.

"However, I overheard a few words from the guards' casual conversation."

It seems to be some kind of power plant or dam.

Ouyang Zhenyu's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.

Think about the products produced in this mine.

If it's related to power plants and dams, it means the other party is quarrying these stones to make explosives.

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