Chapter 296: The Man of the Hour
Yun Fu guessed that Qi Hanzhou should be in another department.
But the area of this mining area is really too large.
There is also a distance between departments.
The closer ones are a few hundred meters away, while the farther ones are even more than ten miles away.
Normally, each department has basically no intersection.
Plus, those overseers are everywhere.
During the day, when they were working in the mines, they were kept a close eye on.
At night, everyone crowded into a wooden shed similar to a cowshed, and some people were keeping watch outside.
Basically, there is no freedom.
Here, these quarrymen are not human beings at all, but living quarrying tools.
Yun Fu could only put the search for people on hold for the time being.
She didn't come here just to find Qi Hanzhou.
She also wants to take over this mining area.
Through observations over the past few days, Yun Fu felt that this area C could be used as a breakthrough point.
Because the supervisor here is really not a human being!
Life is hard enough for these quarry workers, and their already meager rations are also withheld by the supervisors.
Only one meal a day.
Everyone's meal consisted of a bowl of soup mixed with some unknown kind of wild vegetables and a whole grain pancake half the size of a palm that smelled of mold.
This amount of food is not enough for ordinary people to eat.
What's more, these quarry workers consume their physical strength constantly and work for eight or nine hours at a time.
Yun Fu estimated that if this continued, something would happen here within a few days.
As expected.
The next day, several quarry workers fainted from hunger.
Those supervisors didn't care about the reason at all and just started beating us up.
"Get up! Stop playing dead!"
"Don't be lazy, you bastard!"
"If you don't get up, I'll throw you into the mountains to feed the wild dogs."
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Those quarry workers have overdrawn their bodies to the limit, and once they fall down, it is very difficult for them to get up again.
He could only howl in pain as the whips made of vines fell upon him.
Some people couldn't bear to watch it anymore.
He tried to step forward and plead for the fallen quarry workers: "Gentlemen, please have mercy. They didn't do it on purpose. They were just too hungry and couldn't hold on any longer."
Yun Fu recognized the old stonemason who was walking slowly.
He has some prestige among the quarry workers in District C.
When everyone saw him, they all respectfully called him "Mr. He".
It is said that they are the group of people who have stayed in the Bing department the longest.
"Hungry? Don't talk like we didn't give you anything to eat. There are so many of you, you're bound to eat a few bags of food from us someday."
Since those supervisors were capable of withholding rations, it is impossible for them to admit their mistakes.
"But that little bit of food is not enough to fill me up!"
"This is the Ghostly Prison, not a restaurant or inn in Shengjing. And you still want to eat and drink well? Old man, who do you think you are? Get out! Get out now!"
"Gentlemen, calm down. Look, if you kill them, we will be short of manpower. Where will we find people to replace them then?" He Yi has been here the longest and is considered the longest-lived quarryman here. He knows the temperaments of these supervisors and what they value most.
It's not human lives, but the value of these people that can be exploited.
Sure enough, the supervisors stopped and walked away cursing.
Yun Fu then went over to check on the fainted quarry workers: "They just fainted from hunger. Carry them to a cool place and give them some water. They should wake up slowly."
He Yi also knew her. She was a newcomer to the Bing Department. On her first day, she kicked the head supervisor, Hei Hu Ye, out.
He once became a celebrity that the quarry workers talked about behind his back.
Everyone admires and fears him.
No one dared to get too close to this new guy.
Because everyone knew that this kid had offended the head supervisor and would be retaliated against sooner or later. If he got too close to him, he would definitely not have a good ending.
Seeing the boy's innocent look, unaware of the impending danger, He Yi couldn't help but pull him aside and warned him, "Be careful, Lord Black Tiger is a mean-spirited and ruthless person. You kicked him in front of so many people, he won't just let it go. The reason he kept you here is not because he's willing to accept defeat, but because he wants to find a chance to get revenge on you."
Yun Fu thanked him after hearing him talk so much, then changed the subject: "They bully you like this, why don't you resist? Are you just going to let them bully you?"
He Yi didn't expect this kid to be so bold. His face changed drastically, and he wanted to block his mouth: "Don't say that everywhere, are you trying to kill yourself?"
Yun Fu twitched the corners of her lips, a hint of sarcasm in her voice: "Don't you want to die? If you keep going like this, how many people can hold on? It's better to fight for your life."
"You're new here, and you don't know who they are." He Yi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "If it were just these few dozen people, we wouldn't be afraid. But behind them is the Sansheng Hall of the Wangchuan Sect, a powerful force that we can't resist!"
He Yi took out half of a crushed pancake from his arms and handed it to Yun Fu: "Hold on, the days will eventually pass."
Yun Fu did not take the pancake, but just looked at He Yi deeply and said nothing more.
Yun Fu knew that these quarry workers were about to collapse.
Now, she still needs an opportunity.
A trigger that could provoke these people to rebel.
She didn't expect this moment to come so soon.
The one who got into trouble was He Yi.
This is a common accident in the mining area. He was hit by a falling rock and half of his body was crushed under the rock.
The person was still alive, but the supervisors seemed not to notice.
He shooed away the stoneworkers who wanted to go over to rescue him: "Go, go, go, go back to work. The old man is already like this, just let him wait for death, he will be dead soon."
In the eyes of these supervisors, human life is worthless.
He Yi has some reputation among these quarry workers, and many of them have been taken care of by him.
Now, seeing him like this, they all clenched their fists silently and were unwilling to leave.
Yun Fu observed the situation here and knew that the time had come.
These people are not heartless, they have just been oppressed for a long time and have forgotten how to resist.
At this time, someone needs to stand up and lead them to find a way to survive in this dark hell.
Yun Fu is this person!
When the supervisor's whip fell, she raised her hand and grabbed it firmly. She turned her wrist and pulled hard, pulling the man and the whip towards her. With her other hand, she drew the sword from the supervisor's waist, and with one clean move, the man in front of her fell down.
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