In the middle of noon, Ma Yu.

On the mountains, woods, boulders or dense, a loess road that can carry two large cars in parallel winds straight into the mountains. In order to ensure that the road surface is solid and durable, the road surface is also sprinkled with a layer of uneven particle size gravel, judging from the different shades of ruts printed on the entire road surface, the road reciprocating vehicle load is not light.

There was a clanging sound in the depths of the mountains, and from time to time there was the sound of stones rolling down from the slope, the sound of scolding, the whipping of leather whips, and the screams, if someone came in along the mountain road, you could see that there was a valley between the mountains, and there were more than 20 large and small shacks and some wooden houses built at the bottom of the valley, and from the shack area along the excavated mountain road to the mountains for another seven or eight miles, you could see hundreds of people like ants in the east group, and the west group was distributed on the valley floor and the hillside.

Most of these people were dressed in rags, with vegetables on their faces, and most of them were barefoot or wore straw sandals. They moved stiffly, and they quarried among the boulders with iron drills, hammers, and thick sticks in their hands. There are also people who use ropes, logs, crowbars, etc., to transport the large and small stones to the bottom of the mountain, and place them in a centralized manner according to their type and size, and some people simply chiseled and polished the stones on these stones to make stones. Other people on the hillside were carrying firewood, they piled it on the boulder, lit the fire, and when the stone was burned hot, they quickly poured water on it, only to hear a loud sound, and the white mist rose up, and some cracks appeared on the boulder or split directly into several smaller stones.

Surprisingly, a large number of them are still in shackles, and the force between movements is even more difficult. The overseers who patrolled around them had the worst attitude towards them, and from time to time they summoned the whip to their bodies, and these whipped people could only let the whip fall on their heads, clenching their teeth and suffering bitterly. Some people couldn't stand the pain and just snorted softly, but these reactions only aroused the overseer's temper even more, and the whip became heavier.

At last there was a bang, which was a signal for all the people to rest and have lunch, and the people working everywhere put down their work mechanically, took the tools of work, and rushed to the bottom of the valley as quickly as possible. After working for a long time, everyone was already hungry in their stomachs, some of them were screaming like drums, swallowing not much saliva in their mouths, and staring at the gruel in the vat like hungry wolves.

There are many people and little porridge, and the people in the back are afraid that the bowl is basically water.

This is a quarry, the supervisor here is basically responsible for the slaves of each large family, the income of the stone is distributed according to the number of people in each family, and the local county naturally has shares and dividends, so the Linqu County Ya sent many errands here to assist in supervision. The overseers oversaw and scolded them in the shadows for a long time, and they also felt tired and had a dry mouth, and they had their own people bring them vegetables and meat. Just under the pergola nearby, dozens of overseers drank and ate slowly from the city's liquor stores, leaving only a few people to watch over the drives for the time being.

"Mom, this day is really poisonous, this morning Lao Tzu drank three water bladders, look at the sun, these two days are not cool!" A big man with a black face who bare his chest and belly sighed as soon as he came in.

"Brother Pan doesn't have to complain about this day, last month's work has been delayed, if this month still can't be completed by the end of the month, I'm afraid that no one will have a good time with the masters! Then it will not be just a matter of the sun. A man with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks next to him said.

"Grandma! The old men in the city only know how to urge, urge, urge, and urge, and it is best to let them take a look at these drives, one by one, as if they are working? The black-faced man surnamed Pan shouted.

"Brother Pan, don't worry, everyone has a total of how to complete it this month, otherwise the big guys will not only have less money this month, but I'm afraid that the masters will not be able to explain it."

"What's your idea? Speak up and listen. Everyone in the audience shouted as they ate.

"If you want me to say, these days, you might as well add more food to these expendists, and only when you have the strength can you work! That brother of the Tian family, don't feel sorry for the sorghum noodles, you might as well add half a bucket to each pot. In addition, let them wake up half an hour early and do more work, won't they all come back? The sharp-mouthed man stuffed the beef into his mouth and continued vaguely, "Also, Brother Pan, tell everyone not to work too hard in the future, you have disabled them, injured them, and can't go to work, and in the end it's not us who suffer!" ”

"Also, Brother Pan's anger has been a bit big recently! Nineteen have already died this month, and if it continues, there will be less and less work, which is really not a thing! I said Brother Pan, haven't you been unhappy in Tianxiang Garden recently, which girl didn't serve our Uncle Pan well? Another yellow-faced man who was drinking shouted loudly, causing a burst of laughter and scolding.

"You grandson! Dare to see the jokes of the master! Last time, I just lost a bet, so you kid took the lead in Xiao Fengying, if you have the guts, our family will fight with you in Tianxiangyuan in two days? Pan Ge glared at a pair of bull's eyes and shouted at the yellow-faced man.

"Fight and fight, the brothers of each family are just here to be a witness, whoever loses the debt is a big king!" Everyone coaxed together, saying that this meal of flower wine is indispensable.

A thin monkey-like man said to a few people waiting outside: "Can you send the wine and food prepared for the old men in the county?" A few people who were standing outside and waiting hurriedly replied with a smiling face: "Don't dare to bother with Lao Ye, the small one has already sent the wine and food over, each table has four large pots and one soup, two meat and two vegetarian tubes are enough!" According to the master's instructions, two barrels of jujube wine were also sent. ”

"Why bother so much with those county lords! They are just doing chores here, and these county lords know that the profits will be distributed at the end of the month, and every time there is a labor escape and trouble, do they have us so concerned? If you want to share dividends at the end of the month, you have to rely on us, rely on us! A sharp-mouthed man suddenly shouted excitedly.

"Okay, everyone understands what they can do, but in this world, it will always be the hardest waist of the official family. Isn't the eldest man of our family also looking at the faces of the adults in the county and the house? People are just participating in dry stocks, after all, this is the place where Linqu is governed, and the strong dragon doesn't suppress the head snake! The yellow-faced man just now said slowly while sipping a little wine.

"Hey, speaking of your eldest master, I heard that he has recently had a relationship with an unknown noble family in Dadu, and even the general of Yidu Road is polite when he sees your lord now?" Pan Ge swallowed a piece of chicken thigh meat in his mouth, and suddenly asked the yellow-faced man.

"Don't talk nonsense! What is the master's business, we minions can talk nonsense. As long as you do your duty well, you will be dedicated to your master. The yellow-faced man hurriedly argued, but the arrogance on his face was unconsciously revealed, as if he had also received the salute of the Mongolian general. The rest of the people were silent, and their hearts pouted, this yellow skin has always been above the top with the power of the main family, looking down on them, this time his main family climbed to the nobles of the capital, and the yellow skin is also honored, and this arrogance is more obvious on the face today.

This yellow-faced man has darker yellow skin, and everyone calls him yellow-skinned in private, but his real name is gradually forgotten.

"Then dare to be kind, our brothers will have to take care of our brother in the future, you eat meat, we can also drink soup." I heard that this batch of stones was sent by your master to the capital? No wonder my brother has been so obsessed lately! The sharp-mouthed man said flatteringly.

Huang Pi didn't answer, turned his head to Brother Pan and said, "Brother Pan, if you are tired, you will worry more about these untouchables in the future, or don't you have to die so much, you still have to rely on these guys to work, right?" Let the few people who were caught back two days ago let them go, just teach them a lesson, after all, they are all powerful, it's a pity to die! ”

"Just listen to my brother, and let people go when I turn around." Pan Tou raised his glass to the yellow skin and agreed. Pan Tou is considered to be the chief of the overseers here, and he hates the most disobedient expulsors and coolies, and the most expellent coolies who die at his hands, and is known as the king of Pan Yan.

While these overseers were eating, drinking, and chatting together, a group of people wearing yacha uniforms were also eating and drinking in a large shed on the shady side of the mountain.

"Boss, the food these days is really fucking bad, in addition to these dishes, it's still these dishes, only those jujube wine can still be eaten!"

"Recently, the amount of quarrying has not only decreased, but even the quality has decreased a lot, presumably those big men in Yidu Road must urge them to jump their feet! These vampires only know how to use whips, and they only have women in their heads except gold and silver, and I hope the Buddhas will send them all to hell! The head of the yacha surnamed Shi, couldn't help cursing, he didn't think about it, he was only fifty steps and a hundred steps laughing.

There are about 60 yacha in this greenhouse, which is almost one-third of the Linqu County Office. Because this is related to the county's cadre dividends, especially related to how much the county's Daru Huachi's family assets can increase every year, so the county specially sent them to garrison here, rotating a batch every half month, with only one purpose, which is naturally not to ensure the safety of one party, but to prevent these driving laborers from fleeing, once discovered, they will be fully pursued, and at the same time cooperate with those overseers and domestic slaves to control the quarry, and if there is restlessness, they will cooperate to suppress it.

It's just that the environment here is more difficult than that in the city after all, except for a few yacha team leaders who have a lot of oil and water here and are willing to rotate here, the rest of the yacha are complaining for days.

These little people basically can't get any oil and water in this place where the birds don't, and they can only divide the filial piety of each big family every month, barely enough to go to the restaurant a few times. There is little oil and water, and of course the yacha will not do their best, but only look forward to the early expiration of the rotation and return to the county seat. Let them do their best to hunt down those who have escaped, and fools will do it!

As for the county's monthly spardies are really pitiful, if it is some grain and silver, it is fine, at least it can be eaten and used, if it is a yuan banknote, you can only sigh bad luck, recently this year, the imperial court has issued yuan money indiscriminately, the benefits of the depreciation of this thing, many people are unwilling to use.

Looking at the sun in the middle of the sky, the sun was still shining, Shi Tou said to his subordinates: "Everyone hurry up, do your best after eating!" If the county lords collect less silver, the life of the big guy will not be easy, this time I will go back in shift, I will treat you to the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, and all the brothers will go to enjoy their faces! The crowd applauded.

After Shi Tou finished eating, he went to a small wooden shed next to him to rest, where he was specially left with three slightly beautiful women, all of whom were selected by domestic slaves from the exorcism and dedicated to him, one of whom had just come last month, and Shi Tou liked it very much.

While entering the wooden shed, Shi Tou pondered whether to take this woman back with him when he returned to the city this time, and then placed in the alley and made an outer room, but how to hide from the tigress at home for a long time was a problem.

In order to ensure the effect of supervision, these yacha also went into the mountain and returned with the driving laborers of the quarry, and when they worked, the yacha mostly stood on a high place or the top of the mountain to monitor, only those domestic slaves were scattered in the labor to supervise, and found that they were not satisfied with a whip, and those who dared to resist or escape, once caught, they were put on the cage and exposed to the sun outdoors. Ordinary people usually die after one day, and if they don't care about it for two days, they often die. During this period, the overseers were only allowed to give these people a little gruel, and they were just allowed to hang a little life.

In recent months, the urging has been tight, the stone has been more demanding, and the quality is still demanding, so the overseers have been more demanding than usual, and the leather whips have been more diligent. In the past two months, four groups of people have been run, but in order to reduce the loss of the driving mouth, the people who were caught back were only rewarded with a leather whip, not on the standing cage, only tied their hands behind their backs, tied to the outdoor wooden pillar, people can barely sit on the ground, and they are allowed to drink soup before dark, hanging a life. If he can last two days without dying, he can be released.

After the few people who escaped with Mu Chun were captured, they were also tied to these wooden posts.