It is surprising that a general has such respect for a county commander. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The position of the county commander should be much lower than that of the general, and the county commander should bow down and grovel when he sees the general. But there is another situation, that is, the general and the county commander already know each other and have a good relationship, so there is no need to worry about these red tapes.

Although the old man known as Zou County Ling is not tall, looking at the vicissitudes of life, he should be between sixty or seventy years old, much older than Lai Zhongjin.

This age should be from Lai Zhongjin's father's generation.

Zou Xianling's face was kind, his eyes were bright, his right hand gently stroked the long white beard, and said, "It turned out to be General Lai, I don't know what happened to General Lai?" ”

"We came here to exchange gold and Zou County orders for sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal. But the people who met you at the bottom of the mountain, your people said that Laiyuan County has not been mined for a long time, what is going on? General Lai asked.

Zou Xian Ling still stroked his white beard, and the steps were not chaotic, but there was a solemn look on his face.

Finding that something was wrong, Lai Zhongjin urgently asked, "Zou County Order, what's going on?" Please speak quickly"

Zou Xian Ling stopped his right hand on the half of his beard, then put it down, stretched his hands behind him, crossed them, and said, "General Lai, please come in with the old man"

Zou Xianling turned around and walked towards the small hole just now.

Lai Zhongjin didn't say a word, and followed closely behind Zou Xianling.

Ye Cheng, Concubine Zhao, the big boss and Anxin, who were standing next to the carriage, glanced at each other and followed.

One by one, they walked into the small holes.

Ye Cheng followed, and soon came to a cave the size of a small football field, with a bed and a desk in it.

Zou Xianling walked to the bed against the wall, stopped on the right side of the bed, and said to everyone, "We want to go down from here, everyone be careful"

At the foot of Zou County, there is a hole that can accommodate a person to climb down. Zou Xianling sat skillfully at the edge of the hole, put his feet into the hole first, and then grasped the rope that extended from the wall to the hole, and slowly climbed down.

The five of them gathered around the entrance of the cave and bowed down to look down.

As soon as Zou Xianling got out of the cave, he was already flooded by the darkness in the cave, and he couldn't see anyone at all.

The five raised their heads and looked at each other in concern.

But soon Lai Zhongjin made it to the edge of the cave with a solemn face, and slowly grabbed the rope and climbed down.

Ye Cheng felt very curious about this strange Laiyuan County, and he also wanted to go down to see what was going on. He wondered what was going on down there, a scurrying passage or a big cave.

What makes him most curious is whether there will be a difference between the rich and the poor in Laiyuan County?

Under the influence of this curiosity, Ye Cheng hurriedly urged, "Let's go down too, don't let them wait for a long time"

Anxin, Da Boss and Concubine Zhao climbed down the hole one after another.

Ye Cheng was still the last to go down, holding on to the rope with the same structure as the ladder and slowly climbing down. The cave is not deep, and it will soon be finished, and there are torches diagonally inserted on the rock wall at the bottom of the cave, and the bright light of the torches will slightly illuminate the bottom of the cave.

At the bottom of the cave, Ye Cheng couldn't distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, and when he turned to the left, he saw that the few people who had just come down had already stood at the entrance of the cave.

There seemed to be a large pit in front of them, and an even stronger light came up from under the pit. A few people looked down, as if they were looking at something?

Walking towards the bright light, suddenly a gust of wind hit him, and his face felt very cold.

As they were about to reach the place where the light came from, a noise came from under the pit. In the midst of this noise, all I heard was the innocent noise of children, and I didn't hear any adult voices at all.

Standing next to those few people, Ye Cheng was suddenly surprised!

It was a big pit, and it was very deep, shaped like a rugby, small at both ends and big in the middle.

A large number of torches were planted diagonally on the rock wall of the pit, and the light of the torches illuminated the rugby-shaped crater red.

The rock walls of this pit are not smooth and flat, but there are a large number of neatly distributed caves.

There was a road in front of the cave that could accommodate two people to walk, and the road had no guardrails, just like the place where they were standing now, and it was very dangerous for one to fall to the bottom of the pit if one was not careful.

But the children who made the noise were not afraid, and some of the older children, with their hands parallel to their shoulders, kept their balance, walked directly to the edge of the road, not afraid of falling to the bottom of the pit at all. Boys and girls watched from the sidelines, and they did not have any worries, but applauded and laughed happily, as if anyone who dared to walk on the edge of the road was very popular.

As far as the eye can see, there is a large group of children playing like this.

There were no adults around the children, and several women and men sat at a distance from the entrance of the cave, resting with their backs against the rock wall.

Seeing such a child playing a dangerous game, Ye Cheng was very worried, whenever the child's body shook, his nervous emotions came to his heart, and his heartbeat stopped temporarily.

"Lord Prefectural, aren't you afraid that those children will fall to the bottom of the pit?" Ye Cheng looked at the bottom of the pit and asked.

Zou Xianling smiled slightly and said, "This is their training, if they are afraid of heights or have no sense of balance, how can they climb the shelf to transport raw materials down the mountain?"

When Lai Zhongjin saw this, his face was a little ugly, and he asked strangely, "Zou County Order, are you just letting us see this?" ”

"Follow me," Zou Xianling turned around and walked to the left-hand side.

The four people next to him turned around one after another and followed behind Zou Xianling.

Ye Cheng, who was frightened, also slowly turned around and followed, and the road extended down a little bit around the rock wall. There are many holes in the rock wall, and the light in the holes is dark, and it is impossible to see what is going on inside.

Suddenly, the person in front stopped.

Zou Xianling turned to face the rock wall, and a hole appeared in front of him, and a faint yellow light came from the hole. Zou Xianling was in front of the cave and said calmly, "This is the reason, you guys come down and take a look."

Zou Xian ordered to move towards the entrance of the cave, leaning his back against the rock wall.

After Lai Zhongjin walked to the entrance of the cave and looked at it for a while, he stood next to Zou Xianling with a strange face, also with his back to the rock wall.

After the big boss, Anxin and Concubine Zhao glanced at each other, they all continued to walk forward, and then Lai Zhongjin was next to him with his back against the rock wall.

Ye Cheng came to the entrance of the glowing cave and saw that the distance of the cave was not very deep, only a few meters. Under the light of the fire, you can see that the rock wall in the deepest part of the cave is uneven, and there are many digging tools such as shovels, shovels, and hoes discarded next to the rock wall, as if they have not been dug yet.

Ye Cheng looked at the Zou County Order on the right side of the cave entrance and asked, "Lord County Order, has this not been dug yet?" Is something happening? ”