After a while, Yuan Xue came out of the house, and she shook her head at her companions who were guarding outside: "There is no hope anymore, the injury is too serious." Even if it was sent to the city, it would only be delayed. ”

Although he knew that this was an inevitable ending, Cheng Qi still crumpled and prepared a few words of comfort, and stuffed a silk money bag into her hand when Xiao Yun was shedding tears. There were three silver ingots, each of which could be exchanged for a thousand yuan in the bank - the Song people had a crazy love for precious metals, and although paper money was convenient, it could only be used as change, while gold coins and silver bars were high-grade money. This is exactly the opposite of the world that Cheng Qi is familiar with.

Xiao Yun burst into tears, and she didn't know whether it was better to collect money or not. At this time, Yuan Xue came over and said, "Such a few dollars...... What does it do? Can you save a time, can you save a lifetime? ”

Huang Yang asked rhetorically: "Then what should I do?" ”

Yuan Xue shook her braids; "Go to the mine owner, they can't help but ask about what happened in the mine."

Cheng Qi wondered if she was suffering from a disease called idiocy: "Mine owner? You say it's Fei Dashan? If he had been in charge of this, there wouldn't have been so many people here. He looked around: "Which of these people around you who are missing arms and legs are born like this?" Not all of them are disabilities left behind in the mines and factories of Fei Dashanren. ”

"So we're going to find him." Yuan Xuedao; "We're going to find him together!"

The people around also saw that this female doll was either born an idiot or simply scary. An old man with a pestle on crutches kindly told her: "It's useless, the government is facing Boss Fei, if we dare to make trouble, this good leg will also be discounted." ”

Huangyang Road; "In that case, why are you gathered here?"

"It's close to the city, and I can always make a living when I go out to beg." Someone complained: "Xiao Langjun doesn't know, we and other landed peasants should not be greedy for the seedlings of the great benevolent people, and borrow money from him, and as a result, the profits will not be repaid." I had no choice but to sell my land and enter the mine, but I encountered an accident again, and I was lucky to pick up a life. ”

Cheng Qi asked; "You lost two arms, and Fei Dashan didn't give you a penny?"

"I gave three hundred Wentang medicine fees. But I'm alone, and when I spend all three hundred dollars, what else can I do besides being a beggar? ”

Ma Zhan looked around: "Are all the villagers also injured at the hands of Fei Dashan?" ”

Everyone smiled bitterly together: "On the boundary of Shouzhou, in addition to the factories and mines of Fei Dashanren, where can there be so many poor people?" It turned out that there was no mine owner who did not pity us, but raising us waste people was too much of a drag on others, and everyone was eaten by Fei Dashan people in a few years. ”

This naked cannibalistic world. Cheng Qi sighed. But Ma Zhan has already taken action: "There are so many people, and the mines and factories are all their brothers and sisters, villagers and neighbors, we should act together to seek justice from Fei Dashan." ”

"Yes, let's go together to seek justice from Fei Dashan." Yuan Xue pointed to the direction of the tall buildings in the city: "Let's go there and block their doors; Call on the brothers in the factory to strike! ”

"Strike?" Everyone looked at each other, and no one seemed to have such ambitions.

Someone said: "There are factory guards in the factory, they not only have sticks, but also knives and guns. If the workers are lazy, they will be greeted with sticks. If you go on strike......"

Ma Zhan Dao; "One worker, they dare to start, what about a hundred workers?"

Cheng Qi also spoke up; "The factory owner can buy people to protect the factory team, and we workers can also organize pickets. Whoever dares to bully our workers must beat his brains out! ”

Yuan Xue held Xiao Yun's hand: "Xiao Yun, you ......"

As soon as she began to speak, a person came running in the distance, shouting, "Oh no, no, woe!" Something happened to Mine No. 3! ”

And the crowd gathered around; "Which mine? Which well? ”

The person who came to report the news was only wearing a thin cardigan in the winter, and he stopped to wipe his sweat: "It's No. 3 mine, Xuanzi Well." ”

"No. 3 mine, Xuanzi well." Everyone was communicating, asking if each other had any relatives among them. Xiao Yun patted her chest; "Scared me to death, scared me to death."

Yuan Xue asked; "Your brother is also in Mine Three?"

Xiao Yun nodded: "The ones in our village are all in the No. 3 mine, and my brother is in Hongzijing......"

"Are there any casualties?"

"I don't know, I heard that there is water underground. There are two groups of brothers who have not yet been promoted. ”

"What did the foreman say?"

"The foreman said to wait......"

"Wait? At this time, waiting is killing. ”

Most of the people here have been lucky enough to get their lives back from various mining accidents and accidents, and they know exactly what to do at this time. Cheng Qi saw that the opportunity had come, and immediately three big words popped up in his mind: work is expensive!

He jumped on a rock, waved his fist and shouted to everyone, "Everyone, be quiet and listen to me...... The life of a rich man is worth money, and our workers are also raised by our fathers and mothers, and they are also valuable! The foreman and mine owner don't take our lives seriously, we have to take ourselves seriously! Now let's go to the mine together, organize a rescue, and save our brother is to save ourselves! Come with me! ”

He raised his arms and shouted, and everyone below was already excited, and at this moment, the crutches of each of them and the carts of the carts converged into a mighty team and went to the No. 3 mine together.

The No. 3 mine went more than ten miles to the west of the city, and everyone walked for more than half an hour and finally reached the edge of the mining area, only to see that the factory guards with sticks and rattan helmets had already confronted the families of the workers.

A man who looked like a foreman stood on a high place and shouted: "I said you all go back, the people below are all gone." If not, it will be gone, and the bereavement pension that should be given will not be less. It's all gone. ”

"You have no conscience, son of the king. My man is still down there, and you're gone. ”

A mother-in-law scolded the foreman. Cheng Qi knew that the foreman was unwilling to send people to rescue - let alone stop the mine, and he also knew from these people who had suffered mining disasters that if there was no life in the mine, the maximum compensation would be 500 yuan, which was not enough for a truckload of coal. Even if the whole two teams are all planted below, that is, 10,000 mosquito money, which is far less than the loss of a one-day shutdown.

Cheng Qi and the others came to the gate of the blockade line, and Ma Zhan stepped forward: "Who is the mine owner here?" Come out, I'm going to talk to him. ”

"Yes, we're going to talk to him." Behind him, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled followed by the strong and strong prestige, which is better than nothing.

The foreman looked at Ma Zhan, who was tall and tall, and wondered where a rich idler had come. However, he also saw that these well-nourished and energetic young men were all scholars wearing Confucian robes and carrying three-foot swords at their waists. As a dogleg, he can't offend these nobles from unknown sources. Hurriedly got down from the stone, separated the crowd and came to Ma Zhan to nod and say, "Little Long Tao, I have seen a few Xiao Langjun." What do you call a few Lang Jun? ”

Ma Zhan slapped him with a mouthful: "You are also worthy of the surname Long?" ”

Yuan Xue said in a low voice: "Ma Zhan's uncle's surname is Long. It is a Han surname changed by the clan of the Liao State. ”

Long Tao, or Brother Tao, who is famous in the No. 3 mining area, can't say it, it's a mouth when they meet, where does this come from.

"Yes, yes, little Tao, Tao." Long Tao covered his face: "Few, what are you doing?" ”

"Is there something wrong with the mine?"

Long Tao was a little unclear, but at the moment, the situation was clear, and it was difficult for him to deny it. can only say: "It's not a big deal if there is a little mistake...... Soon, it was quickly dealt with. ”

Ma Zhan snorted coldly: "Dealt with?" I don't think you can handle it well. He stretched out his hand to push away Long Tao, who was blocking the way: "Come in with me to save people!" ”

Everyone was about to rush in, Long Tao reacted and wanted to stop them, but they were kicked to the ground by Huang Yang and Cheng Qi, two of them: "Whoever dares to stop and save people will be beaten to death." Kill the master and lose money! ”

Guo Shan held the unsheathed sword, and swaggered past the factory protection team that did not dare to stop: "It only costs five hundred wen to kill a person?" It's too cheap, what the master has at home is money! ”