It was a little dark inside the cabin, but since it was still daytime, it was not so dark that you couldn't see anything.
As soon as I walked into the house, I saw a large number of tools placed inside, such as hoes and pickaxes, basically things that can be seen in the mine.
A strong earthy smell filled the air, as if someone had dug out wet soil buried deep underground.
Following the smell to its source, Qin Yuesheng discovered that there was a large cave there. The cave was dark and deep, and no one knew where it led to.
There are obvious traces of soil transportation at the edge of the cave. Someone must have transported the soil dug out from the ground to somewhere else.
"What on earth am I doing here?" Qin Yuesheng was curious, so he took out a tinderbox and threw it into the cave.
It fell more than two feet before the tinder hit the ground with a thud. Thanks to the great height, the tinder went out immediately after landing.
However, the light from the fire before it went out was enough for Qin Yuesheng to see the situation below clearly. It seemed to be a place similar to a mine tunnel.
Qin Yuesheng jumped down in one step.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
As soon as I entered the cave, I heard the clanging sound of iron hammering coming from a mine tunnel not far away.
Qin Yuesheng hurriedly walked in that direction.
There was a faint glow of fire inside the mine tunnel, and shadows were reflected on the smooth rock walls of the mine tunnel. When Qin Yuesheng walked around the first corner, three skinny men appeared in his eyes.
The three men were disheveled and hammering at the rock wall with pickaxes in their hands. There were several bamboo baskets on the ground, filled with ores of various sizes.
These ores emitted a faint golden glow under the firelight, and seemed to be... gold ores!
Bang!
Seeing Qin Yuesheng's appearance, the man who noticed him was so surprised that he dropped the pickaxe in his hand to the ground. His lips trembled and he couldn't speak.
"Who are you? Do you know I'm here?" Qin Yuesheng asked.
"Help, help, save us, take us out."
The three men reacted and didn't care that the ground was covered with gravel. They knelt on the ground and kowtowed and prayed.
Qin Yuesheng asked, "Don't worry, tell me what's going on here. Why are you digging for gold here?"
One man immediately burst into tears of joy and told his story while crying.
It turned out that Liu Xian, the governor of Yangzhou Prefecture, had an illegitimate child among the common people. Because Liu Xian's wife was very powerful, he did not dare to take the illegitimate child home, so he had to raise him in the home of a local security guard among the common people.
Although Liu Xian was unable to allow this illegitimate son to return to his ancestral home, he was extremely respectful and doted on him.
As a result, this illegitimate child developed a fearless and extremely licentious character.
A few months ago, among Liu Xian's followers there was a strange man who specialized in geological survey. He discovered that there was a huge gold mine underground in the Meteorite Mountain in Qingyang City. If he could get it, it would not be a problem for him to become rich enough to rival a country.
Although Liu Zhizhang was dissolute, he was an excellent manager and had outstanding personal abilities. At the age of sixteen, he established a folk gang with his fists. It was quite powerful and could compete with many old gangs with a long history.
In addition, few people knew the identity of this illegitimate son except Liu Xian himself, so Liu Xian handed the matter over to his illegitimate son Liu Zhizhang, and asked him to come to Meteorite Mountain to secretly mine the gold mine.
These miners, who were as thin as skin and bones, were secretly captured by Liu Zhizhang from the villages and towns near Meteorite Mountain.
The one-eyed man who had just attacked Qin Yuesheng outside was a thug in Liu Zhizhang's gang, and he also had the responsibility of "supervising" by staying here.
Qin Yuesheng also learned from these miners that this place was not the main vein of the huge gold mine, but only a small branch. However, even so, the gold content was quite rich.
Liu Zhizhang was born lustful and could not wait to have sex with women every night. Since no one in Qingyang City knew him anyway, he gave himself the identity of "I'm here".
"Secretly mining gold, the ambition of Liu Xian, the governor of Yangzhou Prefecture, must be huge." Qin Yuesheng thought to himself.
Since ancient times, if you have money, you have soldiers; if you have soldiers, you have power; if you have power, you have the throne.
Once Liu Xian's little trick was discovered by the imperial court, it would be a catastrophic disaster, and even the entire nine generations of his family would be implicated.
"Do you know where Liu Zhizhang is?" Qin Yuesheng asked.
"I don't know. He has no fixed place to live and only comes here occasionally to see our results. I've only seen him once or twice a month," said the miner.
"Okay, then I'll rescue you first. After this happens, remember not to spread the news, otherwise your lives will be in danger."
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