Zhao Hao took a look at the young man. The man was about twenty-three or twenty-four years old, very thin and not very tall.
His whole body was dark.
Zhao Hao smiled slightly and said, "Okay, thank you, Master Duan. Brother Shanjia, I'll trouble you this time!"
When the pangolin heard this, an extremely incredible look suddenly appeared in his eyes.
He immediately knelt on the ground, clasped his hands and said, "Sir, I am truly unworthy of this!"
Zhao Hao hurriedly helped him up: "Brother Shanjia, there is no need to do this."
Then he looked at Duan Youde again: "Master Duan, there is no time to lose, I will set off now!"
"Everything will be discussed after I come back."
He left Zhuoya and Hongye in the manor, and left more than 20 guards.
In addition, Wusong and Qingniao, with more than a hundred guards, left Qinzhou City on horseback and headed towards the mine over there.
At the beginning, the road was okay and not very difficult to walk on, but it became more and more difficult as we went on.
In the end, they all turned into mountain paths, and some places were even extremely rugged.
If you are not careful, there is a risk of falling.
After a day and night of travel, Zhao Hao finally arrived at the nearest mine.
Sitting on the horse, Shan Jia pointed to a mountain in front and said, "Sir, the shorter one between the two mountains is the mining area."
Zhao Hao nodded and said, "Shanjia, we'll be there soon. Don't be too anxious. Tell me about it."
"Who are the miners working in this mining area?"
"As far as I know, the state will send some serious criminals to the mines to work."
"But, there are probably nearly 30,000 people in these three mines. They can't all be prisoners, right?"
Shan Jia quickly said, "My Lord, it is impossible that they are all prisoners."
"There are prisoners, but they are less than ten percent of the miners."
“Most of the miners are homeless people from all over Qinzhou.”
"These people have no houses or land, no homes, and they have no choice but to come to the mine to make a living."
“That’s how my parents came to the mine.”
Zhao Hao nodded: "Judging from your age, your parents should be in their forties, right? Are they still working in the mine now?"
Hearing this, Shanjia's expression suddenly dimmed: "My parents are dead. They died in the mine."
Zhao Hao's eyes flashed: "Died in the mine?"
Shanjia nodded: "My father died of exhaustion, and my mother was killed by a rolling rock on the mountain."
“After entering this mine, few of these miners can get out alive.”
"Even if they get out alive, they will be disabled and become useless."
Zhao Hao frowned immediately: "Why is this?"
Shanjia sighed and said, "Because these people are desperate. If they leave the mine, they have nowhere to go."
"Moreover, everyone who wants to enter the mine must sign a ten-year contract."
"During these ten years, no matter what happens, you can't leave."
Zhao Hao's eyes were stern: "Is there such a rule?"
Shanjia nodded: "Actually, this contract is nothing to the miners. They don't have a home anyway."
“Whatever money we make, we spend on the mines.”
Zhao Hao was puzzled: "Spending it at the mine, what does that mean?"
The foot of the mountain said, "You don't know, sir, there is a large number of people gathering outside the mine. Over time, they have formed a scale that is like a small town."
“There are all kinds of businesses in there.”
"For example, wine shops, casinos, and brothels."
"The miners made some money and spent it all in these places."
"You will see it when you go there, it is even more lively than an ordinary town."
When he said this, Shanjiao's face began to dance with joy.
Zhao Hao nodded slightly: "I would like to see it with my own eyes."
Everyone rode their horses forward, and after more than half an hour, they finally arrived at the foot of the mine.
All I saw were rows of dilapidated wooden houses built against the mountain. Although there was some distance between them, I could still smell the stench.
What you see is a completely chaotic, dirty and messy scene, with no sign of management at all.
Zhao Hao frowned, turned to look at Shanjia and asked, "Shanjia, do the miners live here?"
The pangolin nodded.
Zhao Hao said, "But, Lord Duan said that there are at least five or six thousand people in this mine. There are probably only a few hundred of these wooden houses. There is no way they can accommodate five or six thousand people, right?"
Shanjia said quickly: "Of course there is no room for them. These wooden houses are for the leaders of the miners. The rest of the miners live on the mines themselves."
Zhao Hao immediately asked in confusion: "Living on the mountain? Is there any place to stay on the mountain?"
Shanjia smiled bitterly and said, "No, I just find a flat place to lie down and sleep."
"Continue mining after waking up."
"As for food, we only have one meal a day, and stewards will deliver it at the foot of the mountain."
Upon hearing this, not only Zhao Hao, but also Wusong and Qingniao, their expressions changed again and again.
Zhao Hao took a deep breath and said, "They only provide one meal a day, and they don't even have a place to live. Even so, are they still paid?"
Shan Jia said, "Yes, sir, we have it. Each person gets ten coins a day."
Zhao Hao then asked: "What if the miners are injured or sick?"
Shan Jia said, "If you have a minor illness, bear it. If you are seriously ill and cannot work, go down the mountain to recuperate. When you are well, go back up the mountain. If you are not well, and you die, the mine managers will give you a mat and bury you."
Hearing this, Zhao Hao was completely speechless.
It would be strange if the output could be high if the miners are treated like this.
They don’t treat the miners as human beings at all!
Zhao Hao shook his head and said, "Come on, take me to the mine to have a look."
Everyone urged their horses forward, and after about an incense stick of time, they arrived at a row of wooden houses at the foot of the mountain.
The stench almost made Zhao Hao vomit.
This is a weird and complex smell, a mixture of shit, piss and fart mixed with sweat.
One sniff of it can almost make one a fairy.
Even here, in a relatively open area at the foot of the mountain, the smell is so strong...
If it were a more closed place, it would be unimaginable.
The arrival of the group immediately attracted a lot of people's attention.
Many people came out of the wooden houses, and some came out of the caves at the foot of the mountain.
Shan Jia hurriedly whispered, "Master, the people living in the cave are the mine managers. The environment over there is better."
Zhao Hao looked around and saw five or six people in total, wearing the same clothes.
There was a knife hanging on his waist.
Coming out of the cave, he was walking towards this side with big strides.
When they came closer, one of them bowed and asked, "May I ask who you are? Why did you come to the mine?"
Zhao Hao and his men were not ordinary from the way they were dressed, and each of them rode a chestnut horse. Their guards also had extraordinary temperaments.
Zhao Hao asked, "Who among you is the manager of this mine?"
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