Chapter 39: The Hope of Freedom

It was a moonless autumn night, and there was silence between the sky and the earth.

In the wilderness of Hesse in the distance, unknown night birds, occasionally a few night cries, all kinds of nocturnal beasts, quietly lurking in the dark, patiently waiting for the arrival of their prey.

In the shadows of the trees, countless black shadows were walking quietly and quickly. Occasionally, from their hurried figures, a cold light like a blade flickered and flashed, making this dark jungle more and more terrifying.

The Li family iron sand mine, surrounded by barren mountains and mountains, seems so small in the dangerous jungle, like a lonely lamp in the dark, isolated in the vast forest sea.

Inside the high earthen walls, under the flickering torches, the stewards who stayed overnight to guard the mine slaves naturally did not have to fear the fierce beasts in the deep mountains and old forests. As long as the miners don't run away at night, they can spend their boring nights in peace, and they don't care about everything that frightens them outside the mines.

In the observation shed on the earthen wall, there are two people, drinking wine and eating delicious snacks.

"Monkey San, look at that minion, why did he pour it into the water tank and didn't come up for a long time...", the manager of the mine, Li Guan held a wine glass and looked at the bangs poured into the water tank.

"Brother Li, leave him alone... Let's continue to drink, as long as he doesn't run...", the steward Monkey San, who was a little drunk, curled his tongue, pulled Steward Li, and continued to drink.

"By the way, you said that you ran three people at once last time, why didn't you catch them all the time..."Steward Li took a piece of greasy fat and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Maybe he died outside, Brother Li, you don't know yet, how can anyone who escapes not be caught, unless he is dead..."

"Well, as long as the master doesn't blame... I didn't expect that the old man would reduce the grain on the mine again this time... What is this called how do we ......" Just as Steward Li shook his head and said, suddenly a sharp arrow came from the back of his head, and before he could react, the sharp arrow pierced through.

"Bang..."Steward Li shook and poured into the wine on the wine table.

"How... Brother Li got drunk so quickly..."Monkey San thought he was drunk, smiled, and was about to say something more, when another sharp arrow passed through his forehead like lightning.

"Ahh

Then, the mine screamed and the flames raged everywhere. All of a sudden, the entire iron ore field instantly turned into a killing Shura field.

I saw that countless black shadows, climbing over the earthen wall, rushed in, hurriedly scattered to various places, looking for their respective targets, as soon as they saw the stewards of the mine, they immediately used the blades in their hands to serve them.

In the blink of an eye, screams erupted, blood splattered, dead bodies were everywhere, and there was fire everywhere.

Many of the stewards who were still asleep had their heads cut off as soon as they opened their eyes, and there were even people who had drunk too much, and before they woke up, they were removed from the people who had eaten for themselves, and they could never be friends with the wine and meat again.

Perhaps they never dreamed that in this wilderness, in such a well-guarded mine, there would be people who would take risks to attack. Moreover, the boss of this mine, how deep his background is, it is the support of the city lord of Guanping City behind his back, how can ordinary people provoke it.

Therefore, they usually have a big grin, and they bully whoever they want. For the miners on the mine, they did everything they could, wantonly rampage, beat as they wanted, and scolded as they wanted. Sometimes they even think of ways to torture those dishonest miners, so as to achieve their own psychological pleasure.

But it is often because of their arrogance and ignorance that they lose their lives. Almost none of the stewards and thugs in the entire mine were able to escape their doomed punishment in this killing, and all of them died.

And the miners in the various grass huts have long been awakened. At this time, they hid in the shack one by one, trembling, afraid that the black shadows that suddenly appeared, rushed in and killed them.

After a while, the group of black shadows in night clothes rushed into the grass hut, but did not kill them. Instead, all the miners were driven to the open space in the middle of the iron sand mines.

Out of the grass hut, facing the black shadows with blades in their hands, they stood around viciously, and hundreds of mine slaves did not dare to come out.

Although some of them were like dead hearts, some closed their eyes and waited for death, and some lowered their heads in fear, but more of them were expressionless, and their eyes showed a look of lovelessness, as if they had already seen through the red dust, and in the face of imminent death, it seemed that they no longer cared.

"I used to be a miner here, just like you—" A thin figure stepped out of the shadows, and he walked straight up to the high platform in the clearing, shouting as he rolled up his sleeves, revealing the slave marks on his arms.

I saw that although this person was thin and weak, there was a domineering spirit between his eyebrows, and he was the new owner of Heifeng Ridge Black Wind Village: Wang Qiang.

The miners in the audience, some were surprised, and some were unmoved. They were all silent, staring at Wang Qiang blankly, as if they didn't understand his words.

Wang Qiang glanced at the hundreds of miners in the audience, saw the changes in everyone's expressions, and ignored their ignorance. Then he shouted, "I don't care what you think, as mine slaves, you know better than anyone else... Now there are only two ways before you, one is to wait here, or be caught somewhere else, to continue to be a mining slave, to continue to work for those dog thieves who are not merciful to the rich, day and night, and never be free. The second is to follow me back to Heifengzhuang, give you a place to live, and give you a free body. How you choose, it's up to you to do it?"

"Really?"

"Who are you?"

"Ah, I know you, you used to be here..."

"We went, what will we do in the future?"

......

Hundreds of mine slaves were in an uproar. In the midst of the cries of many people, all kinds of appeals spread one after another, and they fell into a burst of chaos for a while.

"Don't worry, I am Wang Qiang, the owner of Black Wind Village, and I used to be a mining slave here...... Here, too, I suffered and suffered like you, and then escaped with the help of an old mine slave..."

Wang Qiang looked at the miners, they were all talking in a whisper, and then said: "I know that most of you are loyal people, and you don't want to fall into the grass, but think about it, from now on, where can you go? What's more, most of the people who occupy the mountains and forests are forced to be helpless, who doesn't want to live in peace! You can rest assured, in our Black Wind Village, there is absolutely a free body, and everything depends on oneself to fight for it..."

"This is the hope of freedom, I am willing to ......"

"I'll go with you, anyway, there will be no way to live in the future..."

"I'm going too..."

"It's no fun to live, it's better to find a place to live..."

"For the sake of freedom, I will also go to ......"

......

In a short time, hundreds of miners, for the sake of freedom, roared, shouted, and screamed, releasing the hopes and expectations they had been dreaming of in this place of suffering.

Being able to get rid of the miserable life gives people hope to live, the fools are unwilling, and they shout one by one that they are willing, thanking Wang Qiang for coming to save them.

Most of the miners wept with joy, old tears, lying on the ground and kowtowing to Wang Qiang. Others wept bitterly and shouted that the heavens would open their eyes so that they could be free.

What's more, he ran up to the high platform, knelt at Wang Qiang's feet, and kissed his hands and boots to express his most sincere gratitude.

In the face of these simple miners, they are sincere and express their emotions.

Wang Qiang was also in tears, crying silently, choked for a while, he kept taking his sleeves to wipe his tears.

At this moment, the deep touch of his soul is even greater, he is also a person who has suffered and suffered, where can he not understand the current feelings of these mine slaves.

He also secretly vowed that for the sake of those who really suffered and suffered, he would no longer suffer hardships, and he would continue to do such things in the future.

The other brothers who came with him were also moved, their eyes full of tears, and they choked up. They couldn't bear to look directly at the touching scenes.

People are very strange, once someone takes the lead, everyone likes to follow the trend.

After a while, these hundreds of miners scrambled to get up, and they all expressed their willingness to go to Heifengzhuang.

Wang Qiang agreed one by one, and asked the mine slaves to pull out the clothes and shoes of the mine stewards and collect their money. He also asked the people to carry their naked bodies and throw them into a few grass huts, and then set them on fire.

Finally, he ordered people to take out all the things that could be eaten in the room and distribute them to the miners, so that they were moved for a while, and they all shouted that he was a good man.

When everyone was full of food and drink, Wang Qiang asked them to work together, and the iron sand ore mined in the mine was moved to the mine one after another, and the carriage that transported the ore was packed into a cart with all the things that could be used, and planned to bring it back to the village.

Later, he asked people to sort out the loot this time, as well as the number of mine slaves. According to statistics, their operation this time was very fruitful, as far as iron sand ore is concerned, as many as more than 30 trucks, as well as a large number of driving tools, as well as some weapons. The rescued mine slaves, in addition to some of the old, weak, sick and disabled, young and strong men, also numbered as many as 600.

In this way, I was busy until dawn, and finally cleaned up.

Wang Qiang and his subordinates took hundreds of mine slaves and drove dozens of loaded carriages towards Heifengling.

The Li family's iron ore mine left behind was also destroyed by them. Not only did they fill in the mines, but they also took away all the tools used to open them, and they dismantled all the mud houses where the stewards lived, the usable bedding and furniture, and the thatched huts of the miners.

In short, they took almost all the usable things in the mines, and left nothing behind.

Obviously, Wang Qiang thought that these things, after they brought them back to Heifengling, were still of great use, and it was a pity that they were wasted in vain.