Chapter 413 Paying for Water

The black-faced man noticed that Zhuzi's eyes were always on the steamed bun in his hand, so he pretended to be calm and handed the bun to her.

"Separate the buns."

Zhuzi immediately took the steamed bun and soon realized something was wrong. The bun in his hand was a bit hard.

He tried to pry it apart with both hands, but the steamed bun didn't move at all.

He raised his head and looked at the black-faced man blankly, and the black-faced man nodded at him affirmatively.

That’s right, it’s just what you understood. This steamed bun is just that hard.

Zhuzi looked at the two people who were supervising them. One of them looked at the sky, and the other looked at the ground. Finally, they looked at him together and nodded affirmatively.

This is how our chef steams buns. If you can accept it, eat it this way. If you can’t accept it, you have to accept it.

Zhuzi's stomach rumbled at the right time. He was hungry, but he tried to take a bite of the steamed bun in his hand. He managed to bite off a small piece of skin, but his teeth ached slightly.

He didn't dare bite the steamed bun again, for fear that the bun would be finished and his teeth would be ruined.

He rolled his eyes twice and looked at the people next to him: "Brother, you usually eat this steamed bun."

The two looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

"Then your life is worse than ours." Zhuzi "licked" the bun skin with a look of pity on his face.

The man next to him changed his expression: "It doesn't matter whether life is good or not. We are soldiers and you are bandits."

Another person took a look at the steamed bun in his hand and said: "At least our life is much better than yours now."

Zhuzi originally wanted to please the two and ask for some hot water to soak the buns, but he didn't expect to anger them instead. He laughed dryly and took out two silver coins from his pocket: "Brother, I don't know how to speak. Don't be angry, don't be angry."

The two men looked at the silver in his hand, which was slightly larger than a peanut, without saying a word.

"Brother, I just want some hot water to soak the steamed buns. My teeth are really not that good." He wanted to complain about the steamed buns, but he was afraid of saying something wrong and angering the two of them, so he swallowed the words.

The two guards took another look at the silver in his hand and said awkwardly, "We all go to the kitchen to get water, but you know, this silver..."

Zhuzi shoved the silver in his hand into the two men, and then dug out two silver grains from his pocket and handed them to them: "Brother, these are all I have."

The two men took a few pieces of silver and shook them in their hands. One of them stood up and said, "I'll try."

Zhuzi nodded immediately and watched the other person leave with anticipation.

The black-faced man watched the interaction between the few people and said nothing.

The same scene is played out in different places.

After Ye Mingzhu returned to the island, Jiang Hongyu asked someone to bring her a bucket of hot water. She went downstairs to wash up. After Jiang Hongyu and Ye Lang changed their clothes, they gathered in Jiang Hongyu's tent.

Three people came to report that the thieves had paid for hot water. Ye Lang looked at Jiang Hongyu in confusion.

"Master Jiang, why do you let them buy hot water with silver?"

Jiang Hongyu frowned, holding the "confession" of the bolt and Triangle Eyes in his hands.

"How much of the information in these two confessions do you think is true?"

This confession was originally brought by Ye Lang. He had already read it once, but he still found it incredible.

"What Shuanzi and Triangle Eyes said is different. I think one thing is true. There is a small island nearby, and there is a silver mine on the island."

"Although these people's belongings are gone, if they have been mining on the island, they should have some loose silver on them. We can compare them with the loose silver and see if what they said is true."

Jiang Hongyu also found what they said unbelievable, but reason told him that there was nothing wrong with these people and what they said was true.

He is really having a headache now. If people know that there are two mining islands nearby, who knows who will covet them.

He sighed deeply. These things were still too far away and were not something he could take care of right now. His most important task now was to determine the truth of the silver mine incident and then report it.

Fu Chengyun took his men away. If they went to investigate the authenticity of the silver mine again, they would definitely not have enough manpower, so he first confirmed the authenticity of the news and then looked at the next steps.

The excitement on Ye Lang's face was clearly visible: "If the silver mine thing is true and we have discovered the silver mine, then we..."

"The silver mine needs guarding and digging, so we'll definitely be looking for more people. Brother-in-law, do you think you can take this opportunity to move up a level?"

Ye Lang touched Jiang Hongyu with his arm without saying anything. He had always been by Jiang Hongyu's side, so his future was bright.

"You're overthinking it." Jiang Hongyu wasn't as excited as he'd imagined. He shook his head, "I was sent here by mistake. The higher-ups won't let us take over the two mines."

"Besides, we have been operating the gold mine for several months and have not encountered any problems so far. If we continue to stay at the mine, problems will inevitably arise sooner or later."

If he had a choice, Jiang Hongyu would definitely not stay in the mine forever.

Ye Lang was a little confused: "What's the problem?"

"Mine disaster." Jiang Hongyu uttered two words.

"If someone dies and the higher-ups hold people accountable, we might be the first to be pushed out." Jiang Hongyu's thinking was very clear. As long as he was here, he would do his best to ensure the safety of the miners, because the people here were all inextricably linked to him, and it was also for his future official career.

Ye Lang's face looked a little bad, his lips trembled, but he didn't say a word. He had heard about a mining accident from a friend before. One third of the miners in the entire mine died, but the families of the deceased miners did not receive the compensation they deserved.

The miners here are all his fellow villagers. If something happens, he dare not imagine what kind of trouble it will be.

Jiang Hongyu saw through his thoughts at a glance and waved his hand: "I told all the miners about the danger of mining accidents when they came here. They are all mentally prepared. It's just that long-term safety makes them relax. A mining accident may happen tomorrow, it may happen next year, or it may never happen at all."

"We try to ensure that nothing goes wrong during our time in charge."

Ye Lang nodded immediately, and just as he opened his mouth, someone else came in and handed over the change they had received.

Jiang Hongyu asked Ye Lang to record how much change each person handed in, and when the work was done, the change would be rewarded to them.

After everyone handed in their change, a pile of change was placed on the table. They were all slightly larger than peanuts, oval in shape, and looked exactly the same.

"It seems that the story about the silver mine on the island is true." Jiang Hongyu tapped the table: "How do we get them to take us to the island?"