To mine coal, if you have manpower, you need tools. In this era, there were no excavators, and they could only dig with a hoe with manual hands.

Digging coal is a technical job, the coal mine, the construction site is full of strong men, in order not to distract them, women are rarely used, it is best not to use. Who knows if this group of strong men, halfway through digging coal, will "not see the girl for three years, the sow will race the sable"...... It's not like this hasn't happened before.

Therefore, the heavy work of digging coal is generally done by men, and some women also want to sign up, but they are politely rejected for the above reasons. Of course, if this woman is very strong, you can consider it.

Yuan Qing is a conscientious businessman, and he will never allow that kind of unbearable thing to happen in his coal kiln, to put it bluntly, if something really happens, it will not be easy to deal with.

You can't guarantee that you'll be in a mess, but you can promise that you won't let that person sit in your arms.

Bilian Village, surrounded by mountains, is a place with good mountains and rivers, and the scenery is also beautiful. At the foot of the slope to the north, a group of people stood there, most of them were men, except for Yuan Qing and one woman.

Yuan Qing was dressed in green clothes and coarse cloth, which was also consistent with them, and there was nothing too out of place, this was the relationship, and the clothes of the same fabric invisibly brought them closer.

"Miss Yuan, the coal mine you said is here?" A man asked, pointing to the hillside in front of him.

"Yes." Yuan Qing nodded, "You guys are not completely sure what this coal mine looks like, you need to put aside this layer of soil outside, only then do you know, you leave more than ten people to stand over, I have something else to explain, and the rest of us will start." ”

There were more than 60 strong men, more than 10 people came out, and more than 40 people began to throw the mountain.

After all, Yuan Qing is the boss, and they have no objection to her. Don't want money?

More than a dozen men, standing around a young girl, are somewhat rare in ancient times. However, Yuan Qing was not stage frightened, she cleared her throat, took a deep breath and said, "We are going to build a shed on the side of the mountain." Go and cut some wood in the mountains, and who else will be a carpenter? ”

"I'll do a little." A middle-aged man in his forties spoke.

"Okay, you stay." Yuan Qing looked at him and said. "Let's go to the village and get a firewood knife and go up the mountain to find wood."

Everything is difficult at the beginning, and coal mining is no exception. On the construction site, almost everyone involved was busy.

The hillside is a sloping cliff. That is, faults, which form folds due to the movement of the earth's crust or the action of internal forces. The wall is sloping upward, bare, with few plants, and it is about four stories high. The surface of the coal seam is a black coal seam that slides down from the mountains and is cut away. This coal mine is open-pit and wall-type coal mine is much easier to mine than pit and tunnel coal mines.

More than 40 strong men, with hoes in their hands, were digging dirt on the edge of the broken wall.

On the side, Yuan Qing was discussing with a middle-aged man who knew how to build a carpenter.

The coal has been dug up, and it is necessary to find a place to put it. This coal is very easy to put, coal is a mineral similar to stone, how to put the stone, how to put the coal.

At the foot of the hillside here is a flat land, where there are few fields, and most of them are desolate and underground, and when the coal is dug up, it is placed in this open field. So the coal doesn't need to be placed in a shed, so why do you build a shed?

Digging coal is a very hard job, and this worker has to work for a long time with physical labor. They need a place to rest, and they can't walk long distances every day, going back and forth, so it's easy to get tired. So build a shed next to the coal mine. It was used to give rest to the workers.

Even if the coal mine is not very far from the village, twenty minutes away. But for the sake of work efficiency, Yuan Qing actually hopes that they can spend more time on the construction site, so that they can dig a little more coal......

Again. Someone staying at the edge of the mine can prevent the invasion of "foreign enemies".

"As long as you build a shed, it can keep out the wind and rain, and it won't collapse." Yuan Qing said to the carpenter.

The carpenter's surname is Wu, everyone calls him Uncle Wu, he is a carpenter master, and the people in the village want to make furniture or something, they all look for him, and he has a good status in the eyes of the villagers. Uncle Wu understood what Yuan Qing meant, and then nodded and said, "Don't worry, Miss Yuan, you will build a shed according to your wishes." ”

"Thank you for your hard work, Uncle Wu." Yuan Qing said from the bottom of his heart.

"By the way, this is ...... You're a father-in-law, right? At this time, Uncle Wu noticed a young man with a cold face and an indifferent expression on the side.

Yuan Qing followed his fingers and looked over, only to see Li Chen, who was sitting very quietly on the side, watching them mining coal with his eyes blank. She nodded helplessly and said, "Yes." ”

"Oh, this little brother looks young, what's his name?" Uncle Wu asked again.

His name was ...... His surname is Lai. Yuan Qingdao, I don't know why, she always doesn't like to mention his name.

Li Chen seemed to hear them talk about him again, he turned his head, and Gu Jingwubo's eyes looked at them, like a deep pool, difficult to make waves.

"That, little brother, your surname is Li, I'm more than you, how about I call you Brother Li in the future?" Uncle Wu greeted Li Chen quite boldly.

Brother Li? Even the concubine didn't dare to call it that, he ...... Yuan Qing looked at Li Chen's waveless eyes, and suddenly felt that the wind and rain were coming.

"That Uncle Wu, my father-in-law doesn't like others to call him that, you can just call him Brother Li." Yuan Qing hurriedly came back to play the round.

"Oh, I see, Brother Li, have you eaten?" Uncle Wu had just touched a wall, and now he was close to him again.

"What's the matter?" Li Chen didn't answer his question, just looked at him lightly and said his subjective thoughts.

"Well, it's fine." Uncle Wu waved his hand, he was so enthusiastic, and the other party was so cold that he didn't react at all, it was really ...... Is a hot face sticking to a cold ass?

"Uncle Wu, they have brought wood, let's go and take a look at the foundation." Yuan Qing got up and smiled lightly at Li Chen next to him: "That, I'll go over." "Seriously, Yuan Qing just can't call his name at him.

Li Chen nodded lightly, and then Yuan Qing and Uncle Wu walked with their feet to find a suitable open space for building a shed.

"Master, this place is too chaotic, if you can't stay...... Miss Yuan and I are the same. Ling Ran came to Li Chen's side and said.

"Not necessarily." The faint tone carried a hint of determination.

Ling Ran knew that what he had decided would not change, so he didn't say anything more, and turned around to be the overseer. It is to watch them mine the coal.

The ground of the shed is built on a vacant lot at the foot of the mountain, at a distance of 50 meters from the direct mining site, so that it does not have to breathe in the turbid gases of coal mining, and it is convenient for the workers to rest.

Once the foundation is good, construction needs to begin. More than a dozen men began to work in a hurry on the timber they had cut from the mountain.

The general direction is determined, and the next step is to be busy.

More than 14 men worked hard to dig the soil beside the mountain wall, and the soil on the mountain wall was dug away, revealing a black stone wall, which was the coal seam.

A busy day, in the evening, they all stopped what they were doing and went home.

Yuan Qing looked back at the coal seam they had dug out today, this coal seam was a large structure, it was not easy to excavate, and she was thinking about what way she could smash the coal seam open...... That's right, gunpowder.

"Lord Wang, do you know where there is gunpowder?" Yuan Qing looked at the man beside him and asked. At this time, the sun was setting, the twilight was falling, and all the people on the construction site were gone, leaving only the two of them to leave.

"Why do you ask?" Li Chen said. In this era, gunpowder was only used in warfare, and it was not allowed to be sold in the market. In this era, gunpowder is the secret weapon of the state, just like the modern nuclear bomb.

"Well, I thought that if you use gunpowder to blow up this coal seam, the coal will be easier to dig up." Yuan Qing said truthfully.

"Gunpowder isn't easy to get." He replied.

"Is that there?" Yuan Qing didn't have any hope, she felt that in this era, there should be no such thing as gunpowder...... It's not easy to get, but it means that there is. It's easy to do if you have.

Li Chen nodded. He's a soldier, so he knows.

"Lord Wang, I know you will definitely have a way to get gunpowder, you can help." Yuan Qing immediately turned on the begging mode, "Even if it's not much, one tube is fine." ”

"I'll try." He still looked indifferent.

She didn't expect him to agree so happily, and she didn't know what words to say to express her gratitude, so she looked ahead in a daze and walked slowly.

The two of them were the last to leave the construction site, and the twilight was four, and the mountain path seemed rugged, with a lot of grass, and it was dark and dark, and it was a little difficult to walk.

The two of them walked side by side, a light breeze, wrapped between the hair, the two hair entangled, it seemed that the love thread was entangled?

Back at the hut, it was also the beginning of the moon, and they hadn't eaten dinner yet, and their stomachs were already howling...... "Lord, you go and warm up the cold rice left over this morning...... don't pick this situation."

Li Chen didn't seem to be picky, and nodded lightly, "Do you want me to help?" ”

"Well, no need, I'll just go." Yuan Qingdao said, and then raised his feet and walked into the kitchen. How can you say that he is a prince, how can Yuan Qing be embarrassed to ask him to help him cook every day? Unless she doesn't want to mess around in Akishu.

The moon was as cool as water, the hall was still lit with candles, and the two sat at the table to eat supper.

After a busy day on the construction site during the day, these two people who both have a habit of cleanliness will never be able to sleep at night if they don't take a bath.

They have been in this Bilian village for three days, it is early spring and it is still a little cold, and if they want to take a bath, they have to boil water and wash cold water, which is a very painful thing, basically few people are so masochistic.

"Lord Wang, can you go and boil the water? I'll go wash the dishes, and everyone will work together a little faster. Yuan Qing said when he cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks.

"Okay." The man got up and walked out of the hall.

And then there was no then. To be continued.

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