Chapter 72 Explosion
Yuelai Inn, from noon to evening, Gu Haotian and Bian Xiang, Ma Xian, Tang Long and others waited in the room.
In the afternoon, Shi Qian brought the situation of Zhu Gui and the three of them, and went back again. Shen Shizhong, Sha Santie came to report, and in two days, a total of more than 100 people were contacted, plus nearly 400 family members, and 16 craftsmen from seven households. In the evening, Xue Can came over, and the number of people he contacted reached six or seven hundred, plus nearly two thousand family members, mainly because they were all fellow villagers, relatives and neighbors helped each other, and word of mouth spread all of a sudden, and it snowballed like a snowball.
With so many people, Gu Haotian felt a little troublesome, it wasn't that there were too many people, but the plan to rescue Jiao Ting and the plan to pick up and drop off people were going to change.
"Ma Xun, you immediately send someone to contact Xiao Qi, to send more ships, tomorrow night you take someone to escort the four hundred people from the three iron contacts to the dock to take the first step, these people are free, as long as you do something secret, there is no problem."
"Brother Xue Can, the family here is in trouble."
Originally, Gu Haotian and a few people planned to take the opportunity to rescue Jiao Ting tonight to create chaos and take the opportunity to leave, but more than 1,000 people fled at night and were afraid that they would be in chaos first.
"Three days later, there will be a temple fair at the temple in Xitou Mountain, and the families in the mining area will go to incense and buy some daily utensils, which may be an opportunity."
The work in the mine is very dangerous, and the people are helpless and have to ask the gods, especially the mountain god who is in charge of the mountains and forests, and the incense is particularly vigorous, so Xue Can feels that this is an opportunity.
This is an opportunity, Gu Haotian secretly thought in his heart, but Jiao Ting had to be rescued first, otherwise he would have to die for half his life if he didn't die for three days by Ding Baiyan.
Let's say that in the mine tube well room, Ding San took a bowl of leftover rice and went to a room in the back building, only to see two guards guarding outside, one of the guards saw Ding San come over and take the key to open the door, after entering, he saw him take out a knife and pry it on the ground, and a crack appeared, and after pushing it open, a downward staircase appeared below, and it turned out to be a basement.
Shi Qian looked carefully in the dark and remembered it in his heart. In the second half of the night, Shi Qian took the two team members who had sneaked in advance to the detention place, and they easily dealt with the two guards and successfully rescued Jiao Ting.
Jiao Ting has not been tortured in the past two days, he ate another bowl of leftover rice last night, and his spirit is not bad, he picked up a knife from the guard at the door, and turned around to kill him. Shi Qian said that it was still useful to stay for a few more days, so he persuaded him.
The four of them retreated to the door along the road explored in advance, and were about to push the door out, but there was a noise outside, and several people wondered if there was another person who had already dealt with the guards at the courtyard gate just now. Shi Qian listened carefully to the crack in the door for a while, and suddenly remembered the two big dogs that Sha Santie talked about, and thought that he had thought of it earlier, otherwise he would suffer a big loss. I saw him take out two lumps of things from his arms and throw them out through the crack in the door, but after a while, there was no movement, so the four of them fled from the courtyard and quickly left under the answer from outside.
Early the next morning, Ding Degui recuperated his spirits, and finally had time to clean up Jiao Ting, and he was very excited to think that he could immediately report the humiliation of a punch.
"Ding San, can you still live in peace?"
"When I first came, I made a fuss for a while, but now I'm afraid I don't have the energy."
"Hehe, today he was asked to taste the master's methods, and Bao told him to die rather than live."
Ding Degui was lewd, and Ding San's scream suddenly sounded in his ears.
"There's something wrong with the second uncle, why are these two lying here." Ding San is Ding Deguitang's nephew, so he is called the second uncle.
Ding Degui came back to his senses, but saw that the door and the basement door were open, and the two guards were unconscious on the ground at the door.
"Oh no, Napo just fled, and he will seek revenge on me one day." At that moment, Ding Degui was nervous, and blurted out.
"Second uncle, don't panic, I think that guy is scared this time, otherwise he would have killed the front yard at night to seek revenge, and he would have fled obediently, not to mention the lives of the four guards, according to the usual temperament of that guy, there is a chance to live." Ding San was calmer.
Ding San's words calmed down Ding Degui, he was right when he thought about it, according to the temperament of the poignant, how could he leave without making a fuss, he must have been scared by him, thinking of this, he became angry again, thinking that he must not be far away, so he ordered the guards to go to the shantytown in the mine to check door to door.
In the next few days, chickens and dogs jumped in the shantytown of Wujia Mine, and those guards took the reason for arresting the thieves, and the family was not at ease.
In such a panic, the temple fair day of the mountain temple came quietly. Early in the morning, Xue Can went down to work in the mine, Xue Erniang, sister-in-law, and nephew, went out to catch the temple fair with a simple cloth bag, she looked back at this "home" that had lived for half a year, and her eyes couldn't help but shed a trace of reluctance, but when she thought of the good days that Jiao Ting's brother and eldest brother said were coming, she had no nostalgia, and took Xiaoshanzi's hand and walked forward without looking back.
And on the morning of this day, there were countless families in the shantytown, just like Xue Erniang, who gave up their tattered belongings and helped the old and the young to go to the mountain temple in the west of the town. It was not until the evening that the people who rushed to the temple fair returned one after another, but the number of people was greatly reduced. But I didn't know that on this day, more than 1,000 men and women quietly rode to the west in a carriage with the noise of the temple fair.
In the evening, the mine was finished, the miners came back one after another, and the guards of the Wu family iron mine also came out on time to search for the thieves. The weakness of the miners had made them more arrogant for a few days, but tonight was a little different from the past, the guards found that the miners were not so obedient, and the conflict first broke out in Xue Can's house.
I saw Xue Can holding a wooden stick, chasing two guards, all the way from home to the road outside, and this scene was like a signal of action, and suddenly the shantytown was a mess, and those guards retreated one by one in a panic, crying father and mother, but these miners still did not stop, hundreds of people followed behind until the steward's room, and surrounded the house.
Ding Degui was stunned by this sudden commotion, and the sheep he thought of in the past suddenly turned into a wolf, and hurriedly sent his confidant Ding San to the town to find the eldest brother to move the rescuers.
When Ding Defu received the distress letter, it was already early in the morning, and he hurriedly gathered dozens of cronies to rush to support. It was already a long time when he arrived at the scene, but to his horror, he, the biggest manager of the Wu family's trading house, did not get a little respect and respect from these miners. Dozens of people were instantly surrounded by the miners, tearing, beating and scolding.
Under the desperate protection of his cronies, Ding Defu easily squeezed to the door, but he didn't know that he had become the guide of death. The moment the gate opened, the frenzied miners swarmed in, and a bloody slaughter began. Those miners who were bullied in the past, faced the high-ranking stewards and guards in the past, and vented their long-standing grievances together. In a short time, there were countless dead and wounded in the steward's room, and blood was flowing everywhere.
Ding Defu was coerced by the miners into the yard, but he was the first rescuer to become a ghost to send death, Ding Degui took more than a dozen diehards, strictly guarded the staircase on the second floor, and watched his brother die, but he didn't dare to go downstairs.
"You, you, you have no imperial law, kill people and set fires, aren't you afraid of exterminating the family?" Ding Degui stood on the second floor and screamed.
Not to mention that this shouting really has a little effect, some people who don't know the truth and follow the class are really frightened.
"Brothers, now we have even killed Ding Defu, do you think there is still a way out, these days, we have been tired and tired in the Wujia Mine, but we have been bullied by Ding Baiyan every day, and this revenge will not be avenged at this time."
At this time, Xue Can stood up and shouted, only to see him pick up a steel knife and take the lead to attack upstairs, and everyone also woke up one after another, and no longer hesitated to follow.
The riots in the Wujia mining area spread like a plague to various mining areas, and miners continued to come out in droves to smash and besiege their respective stewards' residences.
It was not until the end of the period that the steward's room of the Wujia Mine finally turned into a raging fire, and the rioting miners fled one after another, and the miners fled one after another in various mines. But the fire of the Wu family mine is right in front of you, and no one in the stewards of other mines is willing to risk their lives at this time. In their opinion, as long as they survive this night, tomorrow's lowly miners will eventually be ants on the soles of their feet.
Nearly 1,000 miners fled from various mining areas during the overnight riots, and the Wujia mining area suffered the heaviest losses, with nearly 200 miners fleeing, accounting for almost two-thirds of the original employees.
Early the next morning, the commercial banks mobilized manpower to conduct a strict search around Jinling Town, but except for a few people who were arrested, more than 700 people disappeared without a trace, and even their families disappeared out of thin air overnight.
When Zhu Gui and a group of people hurried to the mine, the smoke and dust in the steward's room had not yet dissipated, and the corpses in the room were scorched by the fire. Zhu Gui ordered Zhao Neng to lead people to collect the remaining miners and appease people's hearts. He also ordered Zhao De to lead someone to extinguish the fire and collect the body, clean up the scene, and at the same time ordered someone to report to the official.
A riot burned the Ding family brothers and cronies to the ground, Zhu Gui, the new owner of the Wu family's firm, suddenly established absolute authority, even if some people have two hearts, but the backer has been lost and dare not show it, can only wait for Wu Erye's return, of course, this is destined to be an ending without an ending.
After a period of time, Zhu Gui used his power to place the men sent by Liang Shan in various key positions, and quickly controlled the Wu family's pig iron trading house. Zhao De replaced Ding Degui as the new manager of the mine, and Zhao Neng sat in Ding Defu's position and became Zhu Gui's most important assistant.
Due to the fact that most of the miners fled and the start of work was insufficient, the Wujia Commercial Bank had no choice but to raise the wages, reaching an average of two taels per month, which was twice as much as the original, and some miners with free status heard the news and came to vote one after another, and in just one month, the miners of the Wujia mine reached three or four hundred, even more than before. Regarding the protests of other mines, Zhu Da's reply was that the situation was pressing, and the mines could not be allowed to shut down.
Wujia Mine's move to raise wages invisibly forced other mines to follow suit, so that all miners have more or less benefited, and Wujia Mine under the leadership of Zhu Zhangbao not only increased wages, but also changed the past mean practices, became humane, and thus gained a good reputation, many miners are famous, but Zhu Gui is not refused. But every time after a while, Wujia Mine will select a group of good miners and send them to the newly mined mines in other places, of course, the destination is Nashuibo Liangshan.