Coal was already very important in the Han and Tang dynasties, because mankind had already established an artisanal coal industry at this time, and coal was widely used in smelting and casting metals (using heat energy).

However, coal mining in ancient times was really a very dangerous thing.

In ancient times, the roadway for coal mining was very narrow and dark, with no protection measures and poor safety.

The lighting is a dim little oil lamp on the coal wall; There are no ventilation tools in the entire roadway.

At that time, the miners used the "high falling" coal mining, that is, a deep groove was dug along the bottom of the coal seam with a hammer, and the coal seam above was naturally loosened without support, commonly known as "planing roots"; After that, the workers use the "stabbing gun" to stab down the coal seam that is not loose above, commonly known as "falling stack".

Large pieces of coal that fall on the ground are carried out by a special person; Small pieces of coal are loaded into small trailers and transported to the wellhead; The miners at the head of the shaft wait for the coal basket to be filled and shake the rope bell; When the workers on the ground heard the bell ringing, they lifted the coal baskets out of the wellhead with their wheels.

And there is also the danger of losing one's life at any time, so it is not to the point of last resort, the ancients would not mine coal, because they are not fools, who will not die.

No one mined coal, but coal was profitable, and some small nobles began to use their brains, these people abducted or robbed the people to mine coal for him, so that not only could they mine coal, but also did not need to pay wages, which was simply a lot of money.

He Ren and Wang Xianye, these two bastards, have been doing this thing.

In the night, the time was already midnight, that is, around four o'clock in the morning, in front of a coal yard, a private soldier stumbled to the gate of the coal yard and shouted: "Open the door, open the door I am a bolt!" ”

After shouting seven or eight times, a voice finally replied to the bolt.

"Ah, Brother Bolt, didn't you go to eat meat today, why did you come back at this time?" When I was done, I heard the sound of the door opening.

It's just that as soon as this door opened, what this benevolent brother saw was not his bolt brother, but teams of black-armored cavalry.

"Brother Bolt, Brother Bolt, what's wrong, where did you come from, Master Bing!" The brother who opened the door shouted in a panic.

At this time, Ouyang Duoduo grinned and said: "You are really stupid people who didn't have any precautions at all, just opened the door like this, and it was really a group of guys looking for death." ”

Female soldier master? The man panicked.

At this time, the man named the bolt finally appeared, and he directly pulled the man to squat down and said, "Don't talk, it's over when you squat!" ”

Soon Xue Rengui came in and shouted, "Bring all the personnel out!" Light the torches! ”

Then all the people in the coal yard were taken out, and then squatted in a small square, and the torches instantly illuminated the entire coal yard, and the coal diggers in the coal yard also looked at everything in the square from their shacks one by one.

Li Zhan slowly rode in on his horse, Gao Hu has always been watching and protecting Li Zhan by his side, and Feng Ming has never left Li Zhan's side, you must know that Feng Ming is different from Ouyang Duoduo.

Ouyang Duoduo just wanted to leave Li Zhan's side, but when Feng Ming came, he was asked by the eldest grandson queen, and Feng Ming also swore a poisonous oath that if Li Zhan had anything to do, Feng Ming would cut himself.

Just after Li Zhan arrived in the square, Li Zhan said to Qin Shui, who was sitting on Gao Hu's horse on the side: "Hurry up and shout to tell you that He Ren is the one who colluded with Haikou!" ”

"Oh!" Qin Shui nodded hurriedly, then dismounted, limped to the middle of the square, and shouted under a torch: "Uncle Lin, Uncle Lin, I am Qin Shui, I am Qin Shui, I brought General Li from Chang'an to save you." ”

"Qin Shui!"

Suddenly, Qin Shui's appearance made all the coal diggers who had been observing the situation in the shack excited.

At this time, Qin Shui shouted again: "Uncle Lin, you come out quickly, no matter what, General Li will be the master for us." ”

shouted several times, and finally, the door of the shack was opened, and all the groups of coal diggers came out, and the leader of them, Qin Shui, shouted in surprise: "Uncle Lin!" ”

followed Qin Shui and rushed into the arms of this Uncle Lin.

Li Zhan walked over after a while and looked at Uncle Lin and said with a smile: "Uncle Lin, my name is Li Zhan, the commander of the Chang'an Huben Army, this time I came to Dengzhou to suppress bandits at the behest of His Majesty, and I am solely responsible for Dengzhou matters, I want to ask you, do you know whether He Ren has colluded with Haikou."

If you tell me, I will condemn Nagaren for beheading. ”

"What did you say!" In Dengzhou City, there was a burst of chickens and dogs jumping in He Ren's house, and He Ren shouted with a roar.

Then listen to He Ren's nephew He Ming said clearly again: "Second uncle, our three thousand private soldiers were defeated, at least half of them were killed, and now less than three hundred people have come back." ”

"How can this be, how can this be!" After He Ming's words were finished, He Ren couldn't believe it at all, you must know that it was 3,000 people, 3,000 people beat 1,000 people and most of them were killed, how could this be possible?

However, this is the case, He Ming once again said to He Ren, who did not believe: "Second uncle is not only like this, just now I got the news again, that Li Zhan directly gave our coal yard to occupy the coal yard The people who occupied the coal yard were all arrested by us, if we confess it, we will be finished." ”

"This Li Zhan doesn't want to live anymore!" Hearing that Li Zhan occupied his own coal yard, He Ming was finally angry again, you must know that the coal yard is not only an important economic source for He Ren, but more importantly, there is evidence of collusion between He Ren and Haikou.

Because the coal diggers inside were all captured by He Ren in collusion with Haikou.

If Li Zhan knew about these and reported them to the imperial court, not only would he He Ren die, but the entire He family would be finished.

So Heren is going to make a last stand.

"He Ming, you immediately hurry out of the city, go to Park Renbiao and say that we have encountered the biggest crisis, let him immediately bring all his subordinates to Dengzhou, you must be quick I think this Li Zhan will stay in the coal yard for a while, as long as Park Renbiao can arrive today, we can surround Li Zhan on the coal yard.

Then besiege this Li Zhan alive! ”

After He Ren finished speaking, He Ming was stunned and said, "Second Uncle Li Zhan is a messenger sent directly by His Majesty!" ”

"Stupid!" He Ren scolded He Ming and said: "Don't say that he Li Zhan is a Qincha, that is, he Li Zhan is the prince, he knows our secret at this time, and I, He Ren, will also cut the grass and eradicate the roots!"

Okay, you don't talk nonsense here, hurry up and inform Park In-pyo.

If it's too late, we can't surround Li Zhan and let Li Zhan run away, and our He family will really be finished. ”

I'm going to go now, but what if Park Il-pyo doesn't come? He Ming asked with some concern.

"No, it won't!" He Ren looked at He Ming at this time and said: "Park Renbiao and we have this great hatred, you just need to tell him that the other party is an army from Chang'an, and he will definitely come." ”

"Good second uncle, then I'll go!" After saying that, He Ming ran out.

At this time, He Ren also took two steps and walked out of the door, He Ren looked at the sky that was gradually getting brighter, He Ren sighed heavily, and then said fiercely: "Li Zhan will die!" ”