Chapter 1001 Welfare in the Mine
Jun Yichen left Yang Chaofan on the mountain. Shengze's previous plan went smoothly, and the team that had come to northern Hubei to convey the imperial edict were all deployed to various mining sites.
Among them, the young eunuch who served Yang Chaofan personally was unfortunately assigned to the mine where Li Junyi was.
"Little Eunuch Li," Li Junyi stared at the dusty young eunuch with wide eyes, "Why are you here too?"
This eunuch Li was the apprentice of the chief eunuch beside Sheng Zhan. He was quite favored by the emperor. Because his surname was Li, Li Junyi became his relative.
There was another eunuch named Li in the palace. This one was younger, so Li Junyi called him "Eunuch Li".
The young eunuch also looked at Li Junyi in astonishment, "Master Li, you are here too?"
As soon as he said this, he suddenly remembered that the previous sneak attack on northern Hubei had failed, and General Jinghe and Governor Li Junyi were both captured by the northern Hubei army. It was not surprising that Li Junyi was here.
"Before I came, I heard that Eunuch Li was assigned to the Imperial Master. Now that you are here, then the Imperial Master..." Li Junyi suddenly had a bad feeling.
The Imperial Master holds a special status in the court, and no one has ever seen his true face. However, Sheng Zhan lets the Imperial Master do many things, which shows that he is a man of real ability.
But now everyone around the Imperial Master has been captured by the Hubei Northern Army. Can the Imperial Court's plan against the Hubei Northern Army really work?
The young eunuch struggled to drag the basket full of iron ore while whispering to Li Junyi, "The Imperial Master is not an ordinary person. The Hubei Army can't catch him. I guess the Imperial Master must have noticed that we are missing by now."
He told Li Junyi that the imperial court had sent someone to announce the decree, and at the end he said hopefully: "Don't worry, Master Li, the Imperial Master will definitely send someone to rescue us!"
"Shh!" Li Junyi quickly made a hushed gesture, "Keep your voice down, these people are not to be trifled with!"
He saw clearly these days that the Hubei Northern Army did not treat them, the prisoners, well. Although no one abused them, they still had to do a lot of work every day.
When it was time to finish work and rest at night, no one had the extra time to think about how to leave.
"It seems that the imperial court has been deceived by them before." The young eunuch lowered his voice, his eyes darting around.
Everywhere you look, there are busy scenes. Everyone is working hard. With so much iron ore being mined, it is no wonder that the Hubei North Army has such sophisticated weapons.
At this time, the supervisor shouted, "Stop and drink some water!"
Li Junyi hurriedly pulled the young eunuch towards a shed at the edge of the mine, his face still a little excited. "Little Eunuch Li, we'll talk later. Let's drink some water first."
The young eunuch didn't understand what he was so happy about, so he just stretched his neck and looked forward.
I saw several soldiers carrying several large baskets of something and placing them on the ground. There were also two large vats with steam coming out of them.
"Line up, don't push!" the supervisor shouted again.
Then, the young eunuch saw the person in front of him, holding a clay bowl in one hand and something in the other, happily walking to the open space next to him.
"What are they doing?" The young eunuch tugged at Li Junyi's sleeve in confusion.
Li Junyi whispered, "The Hubei Army treats all the people working in the mines like this. They let them drink water and eat something between lunch and dinner every day."
At first he was puzzled, thinking that the Hubei Northern Army was too good to these people. Later he heard that due to the heavy workload, many people were overwhelmed and exhausted, so that they could not keep up with the progress for a while, which led to the current benefits.
The young eunuch nodded in sudden realization, and soon it was his turn.
After he drank a sip of water and took a bite of something yellowish, his eyes lit up.
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