The place where the quarry is located is not very far from Shouchun City.

After leaving Shouchun, it didn't take long for Cao Shuo and the others to come to the quarry.

There have been people from the government who have been dealing with accidents here for a long time.

In addition to the people from the government, Qingwu actually brought a few female soldiers to the scene.

Seeing Cao Shuo coming, Qingwu walked over.

greeted Cao Shuo and the others, and said lightly: "Husband, when the landslide happened, there was a woman who couldn't dodge and was stoned to death. There were more than a dozen injuries, all women. ”

"All women?" Cao Shuo asked, "Where is the man?" ”

"The woman picks stones at the bottom of the mountain." "Men are quarrying stones in the mountains, or carrying away the selected stones. ”

"The woman who died, did the family come?" Cao Shuo asked.

"The family has arrived." Qingwu said: "The government is dealing with it, and the quarry has to be compensated." ”

"Human life is at stake, and if someone dies, of course you have to pay for it." Cao Shuo asked, "How old is that woman?" Do you have any children at home? ”

"Twenty-three or four-year-olds with five children." Qingwu said: "It's pitiful to say. ”

"Try to get the quarry to pay more compensation." Cao Shuo said: "This kind of thing, the government can only coordinate. People die here, and the quarry has a responsibility that cannot be shirked. ”

"I understand." "I just wanted to ask, what can we do here?" ”

"You don't have to do anything." Cao Shuo said: "Comfort the families of the deceased, and settle the injured women." ”

He then asked, "How do you deal with your injuries?" ”

"I've been sent to the hospital in Shouchun City." Qingwu said: "My husband has set up a hospital in Shouchun, and this kind of thing is very easy to handle. ”

"Has there been an investigation into how the collapse was caused?" Cao Shuo asked, "Could it be that there is not even a little support when quarrying?" ”

"Everything that needs to be done has been done, and it is indeed a loose mountain, and there is really no way to do it." Qingwu replied: "This matter, the quarry is also bitter and can't be said. ”

"Since this kind of thing happened, there must be a reason behind it." Cao Shuo said: "Let them have some blood, and they can remember the lesson in the future." ”

"Do you want me to tell the official who handled this matter what my husband meant?" Qingwu asked.

"No, you don't." Cao Shuo said: "Yuan Fang will take you back first, settle the wounds, and let the government coordinate on the deceased's side." All you have to do is send someone to comfort the families of the deceased. ”

"Isn't there a need for us here?" Yuan Fang asked Cao Shuo.

"It's not just a woman's business, and it's useless for you to stay here." Cao Shuo said: "You do what you have to do, just have me and the public platform here." ”

Yuan Fang and the others answered and left with their female soldiers.

Cao Shuo said to Chen Gong: "Gongtai, what I mean is that you will convey it to the local government. Although my wife manages women's affairs, this kind of thing does not only concern women, but also does not need them. ”

"I saw Gongzi coming over with two ladies just now, and I thought that this kind of thing would also be handled by the ladies and them." Tian Feng said: "Since it is not for the ladies to deal with, I know what to do." ”

Cao Shuo nodded, and Chen Gong rode his horse to the side of the official who was dealing with this matter.

With Deng Zhan, Zhu Ao and others, Cao Shuo inspected the hill where the accident occurred.

At the foot of the mountain, there are many rocks piled up, and some of them still have blood stains on them.

Looking at the messy stones, Cao Shuo said: "This kind of scene looks really shocking. ”

"There are many more shocking scenes on the battlefield than this." Deng Zhan said: "I haven't heard Gongzi say this. ”

"When we go to the battlefield, either we kill the enemy, or the enemy kills us." Cao Shuo said: "How can that situation be compared with the current situation? Now it's a dead man when he shouldn't have died. ”

Cao Shuo stopped at the place where the collapse occurred.

Deng Zhan reminded: "Childe, the mountain here is loose, so it's better not to stay here." ”

Riding on horseback, looking up at the mountain, Cao Shuo did not move.

After a while, he asked Deng Zhan and Zhu Ao, "Have you noticed anything wrong with this mountain?" ”

Deng Zhan and Zhu Ao looked up at the mountain, and neither of them saw anything wrong.

"I always felt like something was missing." Pointing to the mountain, Cao Shuo said: "It is likely that it is not a landslide, but a thought cause." ”

"How did Childe see it?" Deng Zhan asked.

"As you just said, the landslide has to be a loose mountain." Cao Shuo said: "But this mountain is full of stones, how can it be loosened?" ”

"It's there." Pointing to a mountain road not far away, Cao Shuo said: "There are traces of stones rolling down on the mountain road, obviously the stones were quarried, and they used the slope of the hillside to roll the stones down directly. Rolling down from the mountain, the stones will only roll faster and faster, and it is a fluke that no one has been injured in the past. Now it hurts people, which is reasonable. ”

"I've been to the quarry before." Deng Zhan said: "Generally speaking, in order to save effort and to transport faster, most people will choose to roll the stones down from the mountain. It's not the only place to do this. ”

"Call the public station." Cao Shuo did not respond, but gave Deng Zhan an order.

Deng Zhan was ordered to leave, and after a while, he arrived with Chen Gong and a Shouchun official.

After meeting Cao Shuo, Chen Gong asked, "What does Gongzi command?" ”

"They picked the stones, will they roll down this mountain road?" Pointing to the mountain road, Cao Shuo asked Chen Gong.

Chen Gong looked at the officials on the side.

The official said: "Back to Gongzi, the quarry usually rolls stones down the mountain road. ”

"Did the falling rocks hit someone?" Cao Shuo asked again.

Lowering his head, the official replied, "Exactly." ”

"Since it was a falling stone that hit someone, why is it a landslide?" Cao Shuo's face became gloomy: "Can man-made and providence be the same thing?" ”

"Returning to the childe." The official hurriedly replied: "Although it is caused by man, it is indeed a landslide." ”

"What are you going to do?" Cao Shuo asked.

"Let the quarry compensate the deceased, and then treat the wounds." The official said: "I have already met the owners here just now, and they have all agreed. ”

"It's not enough to solve these problems." Cao Shuo said: "I know very well that there are no good security measures for this kind of thing to happen. I won't be too them this time, but they have to spend some money on the equipment, otherwise the same thing will happen again in the future, and I will not spare it. ”

"I wonder where Childe plans to spend their money?" Chen Gong asked.

"Spend the money on the trail that carries the rocks down the mountain." "When I go back, I will design a safe mountain road, and in the future, I will urge all quarries built along the mountain to build such a mountain road," Cao said. Otherwise, they will be severely punished. ”

(End of chapter)