"What are you standing there for? Go and push all the rocks away."
Qian Yinbao, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, shouted to the guards behind him.
He frowned and looked at the treasure map drawn by Shangshu Chai, confirming that this was the location of the gold mine.
Minister Chai told him to transport the gold from this small gold mine back first to solve the urgent problem of the Ministry of Revenue.
But why is this mine blocked?
Qian Yinbao watched as the guards rushed forward and pushed aside the rocks blocking the mine entrance.
They pushed away a few large rocks that were blocking the cave entrance, but they had no way to clear the ones that were blocking the entrance inside the mine.
The guards looked at Qian Yinbao with embarrassment.
"Master Qian, we need to push those stuck inside out!"
Qian Yinbao frowned, walked to the entrance of the mine, and lay down on the gap between the stone and the edge of the mine, shouting,
"People inside, push hard!"
“Did you hear that!?”
The guards who were clanging stones in the mine were so frightened when they heard the noise coming from outside that their pupils trembled.
Could it be that the living devil has come again?
Who the hell dares to push this stone away?
Ah Jin pursed his lips, endured the cramps in his stomach, and shouted with courage,
“Who is that outside?!”
The smell in the mine was so pungent that he couldn't stay there for a whole day.
No matter whether the people outside are here to rob or for some other purpose, he must get out today.
Qian Yinbao heard the weak voice coming from the mine and immediately replied,
"I am Qian Yinbao, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and I am here to transport the gold on the orders of the Emperor."
Qian Yinbao lay on the crevice and shouted into the mine.
After he shouted this, he instinctively took a deep breath.
“Ugh~~”
Qian Yinbao retched after taking a deep breath.
What the hell is that smell inside?
Qian Yinbao took two steps aside in disdain and pointed at a guard casually.
"Ugh~~you~~ugh~you go and shout!"
“Ugh~”
Qian Yinbao felt that his mouth was filled with that unpleasant taste.
He couldn't help but ran to the side and vomited for a while.
When A Jin in the mine heard Qian Yinbao's words, he turned around happily and looked at the half-dead guards and miners lying in the mine.
"Hurry, get up quickly, someone is coming from the capital!"
"We are saved..."
A Jin shouted excitedly,
"If everyone works together to push the rocks out, we'll be saved..."
"The rocks outside have been moved away. Only these few stones are left. Everyone, hurry up and push together..."
When those who had been lying on the ground and had long lost their motivation heard this, they all propped themselves up and crawled up.
After they hammered away day and night, only two of the six or seven large rocks blocking the mine were left.
Before, because there was a bunch of rocks blocking the outside of the mine, they couldn't push it and could only chisel it open bit by bit.
Now that the stones blocking the outside are gone, they should be able to push the two stones out if they work together.
Although they didn't have much strength left, with three hundred of them working together, they were still quite strong.
At A Jin's call, everyone gathered around the stone, forming layer after layer.
"1.2.3...Push harder~"
"Hey yo~ Hey yo~ Hey~"
“.......”
When Qian Yinbao heard the sound coming from the mine, he immediately waved to the guards surrounding the cave entrance.
"Everyone, get out of the way..."
As soon as Qian Yinbao finished speaking, the rocks blocking the mine rolled out.
He frowned and took four or five steps back in an instant.
The smell that just came out of the cracks in the mine made him feel sick.
He really couldn't imagine what the situation was like in the mine.
“Crack! Crack! Crack!”
"Squeaky, squeaky~~"
Accompanied by a harsh friction sound, the stones were pushed out of the cave little by little.
"Bang, bang, bang~~"
The outermost stone blocked the way and rolled down the slope.
A moment later, a group of people rushed out of the mine pushing half a stone.
As this group of people rushed out, there was also a pungent and disgusting smell.
“Ugh~”
The guards suddenly smelled the pungent smell and couldn't help but retching.
After the people in the mine rushed out, they suddenly saw the long-lost sunlight and all collapsed on the ground and cried bitterly.
"Ahhhhhh~ I'm finally out, I'm still alive..."
"Water, I want to drink water..."
"Ahhh, sir, help me, give me something to eat..."
“…”
More than 300 people were trapped in a mine with only five barrels of water.
The food only consisted of two baskets of baked cakes and one basket of steamed buns, which was normally a meal for a miner.
The three hundred of them almost fought over the food.
Later, we thought about going out to smash stones together, so each of us got a sesame cake or a steamed bun.
In this way, they took a bite or two of sesame seed buns and took a sip of water every day, and managed to hold on for more than ten days.
If no one comes from the palace, they will really starve to death in the mine.
"Give them something to eat!"
"And water."
Qian Yinbao looked at the people who were too weak to stand up, frowned and waved to the guards.
The guards suppressed their nausea and threw some of the steamed buns they had in their bags to these people who had rolled in feces and urine.
A few water bags were also thrown into the crowd.
A Jin and his group didn't care whether the steamed buns fell on the ground or not. They just grabbed them and stuffed them into their mouths.
The people who fell at the entrance of the mine saw people outside handing out food, so they gritted their teeth and crawled out.
“Give me some, ahhhh…”
"Eat, I want to eat..."
“Give me a bite…”
“…”
Qian Yinbao frowned and glanced into the mine.
Looking at the people lying in the mine, he suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Pull him over here!"
Qian Yinbao pointed at A Jin, who was stuffing food into his mouth, and signaled the guards to pull him over for questioning.
Ah Jin rolled his eyes as he was choked by the steamed bun, but he still stuffed the bun into his mouth regardless.
He has been so hungry these days that he has started eating yellow and white food. He is already starving.
A Jin was dragged by the guards and kept stuffing steamed buns into his mouth.
Seeing that Ajin was about to choke to death, Qian Yinbao quickly asked the guards to give him some water.
A Jin gulped down several gulps of water before he recovered.
"Ahhh, thank you for saving my life, sir..."
After A Jin felt alive again, he kowtowed to Qian Yinbao.
Qian Yinbao held his breath and looked at A Jin.
"Don't cry..."
Qian Yinbao looked up at the mine and asked in a deep voice,
"Tell me, what's going on?"
"Where are your people in charge?"
He didn't have the courage to enter the mine.
This mine is no different from a shit pit. He really doesn't have the courage to walk in it.
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