Zhao Jun greeted Zou Yong, and then led everyone slowly towards the stone quarrying site.
People were carrying stones back and forth along the way.
The whole road was covered with trampled ash.
"Are these all criminals?"
Xiao He asked a minor official who was leading them over.
These people have dark bodies, bent backs and numb expressions.
Looking at this terrible environment, one can already imagine how hard life is for the people here.
"Yes, most of the people here are war criminals, but there aren't enough of them. The people over there are those who were paid to be recruited."
The clerk pointed to the stone quarrying area across the street. The people there looked similar to those here.
"How are the war criminals treated here? How much are the workers paid?"
Zhao Jun looked around and asked questions in confusion.
"We didn't mistreat the war criminals. We treated them well. We had three meals a day. Even though the food wasn't good, we didn't starve. The work was a little hard, but the wages were good."
When Zhao Jun heard him talk about the daily wages, he found it was indeed not a small amount.
They chatted all the way and finally arrived at the place where the stones were mined.
It was a huge cave, and people were constantly carrying stones out of it.
However, the hole is not deep, and you can see the person inside pounding hard.
"Okay, everyone, look around and see if you can find any pure black stones."
Everyone was very curious about the stone mining and kept looking inside.
Only after Zhao Jun shouted this did everyone start to act.
There were many people working around, but only occasionally would someone look up at them, and most of the time they were sitting there doing their own things.
Zhao Jun looked around the quarry and saw many potholes and holes.
There should be some gains here.
The people who had dispersed kept banging and hammering around.
Not long after, a shout was suddenly heard from somewhere.
"Sir, this way."
That was Qingliu's voice.
Could it be that there is a discovery?
Soon, Zhao Jun and others gathered towards her.
Seeing Zhao Jun coming over, Qingliu asked excitedly while holding the thing in his hand.
"Is it this black stone?"
What Qingliu was holding in his hand was actually a piece of black coal!
Found it!
"Yes, that's it, that's coal!"
Zhao Jun was very excited. She didn't expect to get something right the first time. They were so lucky!
She quickly rushed to Qingliu and gave her a big hug.
Everyone around was stunned.
After hugging her, Zhao Jun looked at the coal in her hand.
It was indeed a lump of coal, black and full of coal dust.
"This is the coal."
Fusu didn't understand why she was so excited. This black stone looked ordinary.
"Is this the treasure?"
Liu Bang stood behind with a puzzled look on his face.
No matter how you look at it, it looks like a black stone. Could it be that there is gold inside when you cut it open?
"Qingliu, where did you dig this?"
Zhao Jun ignored these people and just asked Qingliu.
Qingliu pointed to a place not far away where a few pieces of black coal were exposed on the ground, and the rest were buried in the soil.
She walked to the side and took a look. It seemed that she still had to dig this side up to find out how big the coal mine was.
"Everyone, look at this little stone. It's just ordinary, isn't it?"
After looking around, Zhao Jun turned around and spoke to them with the coal in his hand.
"You guys watch out for what's next."
Zhao Jun plans to demonstrate the effectiveness of coal blocks himself.
"Xiao He, do you have a flint with you?"
But the King of Zhao didn't know how to light a fire, so he could only call on Xiao He who might have brought a flint.
Xiao He nodded and took out the flint.
Zhao Jun put the things underground a little further away.
"You light a fire on the coals."
Xiao He didn't understand why but did it anyway.
Zhao Jun stood aside and watched proudly.
Xiao He lit the fire very quickly. Before anyone knew what Zhao Jun was going to do, the fire had already been lit.
Then everyone saw that the small piece of coal was lit.
Xiao He quickly withdrew his hand, stood up and watched the coal being lit.
"Can this be burned?" Fusu widened his eyes.
You know, almost everyone burns firewood now.
When they suddenly saw that the stone was burning, no one reacted.
"Yeah, keep watching."
Zhao Jun said this and asked everyone to continue staring at the coal.
So, this is the picture now.
A group of handsome men and beautiful women, as well as a bunch of soldiers, all stood still and stared at a stone quietly.
From a distance, the scene is quite funny.
Everyone stared for a while until Liu Bang, who was yelling, couldn't stand it anymore.
"Although this stone is magical and can burn, we don't need to stare at it for so long, right?"
Liu Ji looked at Zhao Jun in confusion.
He turned his head and looked at the person next to him.
For some reason, Xiao He and Fusu both stared at the burning stone with fanatical eyes.
"What on earth are you looking at?"
Liu Ji was frightened by their looks and couldn't help but approach Xiao He to ask.
"You haven't noticed yet, you're really stupid."
Zhao Jun stood leisurely at the back, looking at the motionless people.
Then he looked at Liu Bang sarcastically.
Liu Bang was still confused and didn't understand.
"Look, it's just a tiny piece of coal, but it hasn't changed since it burned. Haven't you noticed?"
After hearing her words, everyone woke up from their frenzy.
"Yes, you see the flame hasn't changed in size at all, but the coals haven't changed in size either. That means..."
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