The mine is very large, and there are many prisoners working in it, and no one can be found for a while, but fortunately, Cao Mata is familiar with the ground, and he quickly found the official in charge of the mine with Li Zhang, and after looking up the roster, he also quickly found the area where Jinshan is located, and the other party was also very enthusiastic after learning the identity of Li Zhang and Cao Mata, and specially took Li Zhang and them down the mine in person.

"Shao Guogong be careful under your feet, the road here in the mine is not very good, there are stones everywhere, don't hurt you!" The official who led the way in front of him carefully reminded as he walked, this official's surname is Qian, and he is the mine supervisor of this iron mine, and since he learned that Cao Ma is Cao Wei's son, he has been serving carefully, and as for Li Zhang, he ignored it, and it is estimated that he would not have thought that Li Zhang's origin was greater than Cao Mata.

Li Zhang also looked at the environment of this iron mine while walking, only to see that the pit is several miles in circumference, the outside is large and the inside is small in the shape of a plate, there is a road in and out of the east, west, south and north, and the miners also wield pickaxes to work at the bottom of the pit, they mainly mine the ore, and then crush and load the truck, and in addition to this large pit, there are several smaller pits around.

After these ores are mined, they are not smelted here, but transported to Gyeongju City for smelting, mainly because this is the border, in case the enemy comes to occupy here, then the smelted steel will be used by the enemy, in contrast, Gyeongju is much safer, so the local government would rather spend effort to transport the ore to the rear than open an iron-smelting workshop here, which can also be seen that the control of the Great Song Dynasty on the border is still very weak.

Li Zhang and Cao Ma followed the money mine supervisor down to the largest mine, surrounded by fierce and vicious overseers in addition to the miners who worked, and these miners except for the exiled prisoners, the others were all prisoners of war captured on the battlefield, most of them were aliens, and as far as Li Zhang knew, these prisoners of war were worse than prisoners, if the prisoners could survive their sentences, there was still a possibility of leaving, but if these prisoners of war did not have anyone to help them redeem themselves, I am afraid they would have to work here until death.

After the money and mine supervisor came down, he asked a few supervisors, and soon found the area where Jinshan was working, originally Li Zhang thought that he could see him at a glance in Jinshan's size, but at this time, he looked at it for a while, and he didn't find Jinshan's huge figure from the crowd of people working.

"Golden Mountain!" As an overseer shouted, I saw that a person in the crowd finally stopped what he was doing, and then raised his head and glanced at the overseer in confusion, but when he saw Li Zhang next to the overseer, he couldn't help but show an ecstatic expression and said, "Li Zhang!" What are you doing here? ”

Hearing Jin Shan's familiar voice, Li Zhang was also overjoyed, but when he saw the other party, he was startled, and he almost didn't recognize it, because Jin Shan's iconic fat had disappeared without a trace, and the facial features on his face were completely exposed, which made his appearance change a lot, if he wasn't particularly familiar with people, I was afraid he wouldn't dare to recognize it at all.

Li Zhang immediately took a few steps closely, looked at Jin Shan and said excitedly: "Not only am I here, Mrs. Jin and my little sister are also here, they are in the inn in Gyeongju City!" ”

"My mother, they're here too!" Jin Shan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately grabbed Li Zhang's arm excitedly, and the fat clothes on his body trembled slightly, speaking of which, only the clothes on his body could show that Jin Shan had been fat before.

"Well, I didn't want them to come, but they knew that I was coming to Gyeongju, so they had to come with me to see you, so I had no choice but to bring them!" Li Zhang also patted Jin Shan's shoulder happily at this time, and at this time he also found that Jin Shan had not only lost weight, but also lost too much, and his shoulders were full of bones, so he didn't need to ask to know how much suffering he had suffered during this time.

"Hehe, my mother will definitely be happy to see me, I finally got rid of the fat on my body!" Jin Shan also saw what Li Zhang was thinking, and laughed at himself again at the moment.

"Yes, Mrs. Jin will definitely be happy, but the little sister hasn't lost weight recently, but she has gained some weight because of martial arts training." Li Zhang also laughed at this time, Jin Shan didn't tell him how much suffering he had suffered during this time, and Li Zhang didn't ask, after all, everyone is a friend, and some things can be experienced without saying it.

At that moment, Li Zhang and Jin Shan chatted a few more words, and then turned to the Qian Mine Supervisor next to him and said, "Mine Supervisor, I want to take Jin Shan out, I don't know if it's feasible?" ”

"This ......" The Qian Mine Superintendent showed an embarrassed expression when he heard Li Zhang's words, and hesitated for a moment before speaking, "According to the rules of the mine, exiled prisoners are generally not allowed to go out, and their families can only come to the mine if they want to visit." ”

"Cough~, Qian Mine Supervisor, you can be tolerant, Li joined the army but came from the capital, this Jinshan's family came here all the way, and it is two women, it is not very convenient to come to your mine!" At this time, Cao Ma coughed dryly and spoke for Li Zhang.

As soon as the Qian Mine Supervisor heard that Cao Yu had also spoken, he immediately changed his words: "Of course, the law is nothing more than human affection, since Jinshan's family has come all the way to visit him, then I will give him three days off, as long as he comes back after three days, it will be no problem!" ”

"Thank you, Prison Supervisor!" Li Zhang also thanked the other party when he heard this, although this money and mine supervisor is a villain who tends to be inflammatory, but now he still has to rely on him to take care of Jinshan, so when he spoke, he deliberately used his body to block the sight of other people, and then quietly stuffed a few gold leaves into the other party's hands, as a result, this money and mine supervisor also had a bright eye, and he put it away quietly at the moment, and his attitude became more enthusiastic.

"Jin Shan, let's go, go out for a bite to eat first, and then I'll arrange for you to meet Mrs. Jin!" Li Zhang immediately spoke to Jin Shan again.

Jin Shan was also very happy at this time, put down his pickaxe and prepared to leave with Li Zhang, but at this moment, he saw a prisoner who was working behind Jin Shan and shouted: "Brother Jin, I ......"

Jin Shan was also stunned when he heard this voice, and then glanced back at the prisoner, with a hesitant expression on his face, and Li Zhang only then realized that the prisoner opposite was about the same age, at most about the same as him, but he was a head taller than him, that is, he was too thin, looked like a bamboo pole, and the big eyes on his face were black and round, and he looked very clever.

"Li Zhang, this is my good brother, and thanks to his care during this time, I was able to survive in the mine, so I also want to take him to meet my mother!" At this time, Jin Shan spoke to Li Zhang again with a sad face.

Li Zhang was also stunned when he heard this, it seems that the relationship between this young man and Jin Shan is really good, otherwise Jin Shan would definitely not take him to see Mrs. Jin, so he immediately turned to the Qian Mine Supervisor and said: "Qian Mine Supervisor, you see ......."

"No problem, it's still the same, just come back in three days, otherwise I won't be able to explain it to me." The money and mine supervisor accepted Li Zhang's money, and knew that Li Zhang had Cao Wei behind him, so he replied very simply at this time, anyway, there is not much difference between going out one and going out two.

Seeing that the prison supervisor agreed, the young man in prison uniform also happily threw away the tools in his hand and cheered, and then followed to the side of Jinshan, Li Zhang and Cao Ma also smiled, and then left here with them.

When he was out of the iron mine, Li Zhang also deliberately found the Qian Mine Supervisor and quietly gave him some gold leaves, mainly asking him to arrange an easy job for Jinshan in the future, after all, the heavy work of smashing ore is simply too tiring, and many miners are exhausted to death.

For Li Zhang's request, the money and mine supervisor also slapped his chest with a shocking sound, and repeatedly promised that he would definitely arrange for Jinshan, whether he wanted to be a supervisor or want to go to the back kitchen to cook, whatever Jinshan could choose, this is also the easiest job in the mine, the supervisor does not have to work, and the kitchen cooking has oil and water, and there is no worry about not having food, if ordinary people don't go up and down, they can't take their turn at all.

After getting the assurance of the money and mine supervisor, Li Zhang was also relieved, and after a few polite words with the other party, he took Jinshan to say goodbye and left, and then Cao Ma took them into Tuoyuan Village again, and found the place where Cao Mata said to roast mutton before and ordered a table of mutton, Jinshan and the young man didn't care about talking, grabbing the mutton is a big meal, and they don't need to ask to know that they usually eat well in the mine.

Li Zhang also tasted the roast mutton here, and found that the taste was indeed good, no wonder Cao Yu kept chattering, and when Jinshan was almost finished, Li Zhang asked: "Jinshan, I came with Cao An's envoy this time, he probably has something to do, and I will arrange a carriage to send you back to Gyeongju City first after eating, Mrs. Jin has been talking about coming to you for the past few days." ”

"No problem, I miss my mother and little sister too!" Jin Shan wiped his mouth at this time, and after speaking, he grabbed a roasted rib and gnawed it, as if he wanted to make up for the lack of meat during this time.

But in addition, the young man next to Jinshan is even more terrifying, seeing the meat is like dying, a roast leg of lamb has been gnawed by Li only bones, so he still refuses to give up, still uses his teeth to gnaw the mutton bones "click" sound, if it is not really bitten, it is estimated that he will eat the mutton bones.

"Eat this, this one is more tender than the leg of lamb!" Cao Mata, who was next to him, couldn't stand it anymore, so he immediately picked up a roasted rib and handed it to the young man.

"Thank you!" The young man said vaguely with a mouth full of oil, took the ribs and immediately ate again.

Seeing the appearance of this young man's eating, Li Zhang couldn't help but think of the wild dog, the appearance of these two people eating is too similar, but this time the wild dog did not come, first, Li Zhang followed Cao Wei out, and the safety must be no problem, and secondly, Li Zhang was worried that it was not safe for Mrs. Jin's mother and daughter to live in the inn, so he kept letting the wild dog accompany them in the inn.

"Jin Shan, what do you call this little brother?" Li Zhang asked at this time, after he and Jin Shan met before, they only cared about chatting about each other's recent situation, and they didn't have time to introduce this young man.

didn't wait for Jin Shan to answer, but saw that the young man who was gnawing bones was the first to say: "My name is Di Qing, Brother Jin has always called me Xiaoqing, and you also call me Xiaoqing!" ”