One afternoon in the autumn of 1280, in the mountains of the Sidaohe area of Liuqiu Island, some people were hanging from a cliff of more than 20 meters, and they were carefully filling the holes drilled in advance with engineering explosives.

When you look closer, you will find that there are three of them, one white and two black.

Under the cliff, more than a hundred meters away, a middle-aged man was building a pergola with his hands and watching them fill in the medicine.

This middle-aged man's name is Jin Mingchi, and he is the owner of this quarry.

He was originally a small lime-burning workshop owner on the coast of Fujian, but later took advantage of the development of Liuqiu Island to run across the strait, and built a quarry with some capital and some loans.

The construction of the city in the Sidaohe area continued, where the demand for stone was endless------ in fact, it was easy to sell everywhere, and he made a fortune.

A hard-working Fujianese, he settled his family in Shigou Town, a dozen kilometers away, and lived in a wood-paneled dormitory in a quarry with the workers he recruited.

Due to the urgency of the builder who ordered the stone, he had to have the workers blast it three times in a row on this day.

Jin Mingchi saw that the white man's action of filling the engineering explosives was still very skilled and serious, he nodded secretly, he did not pay him a high salary in vain, after this batch of work was snatched out, he would give them a little bonus.

The white man was very young, but only twenty-one years old, and his name was William? Wallace, everyone just called him Wallace.

Five or six years ago, he was transported by human traffickers from Damascus to the island of Liuqiu, became a member of the white stormtroopers, fought against the Tatar bandit group in Shandong, made war exploits, and later discharged from the army, was freed, and received a discharge payment.

He, like many of his white teammates, did not choose to leave the island immediately, but instead obtained a citizenship card.

Some of them started business, some bought farmland------ and Wallace chose to work.

He worked as a carpenter, plasterer, and repaired pots and camels------ and over the years he learned to speak the Great Song dialect, which allowed him to walk freely in the various cities on the island.

Later, he and two black teammates were recruited by the boss of Jin Mingji and came to the mountains northeast of the Sidao River.

Boss Jin Mingchi treats them well, as fair as he treats the people of the Great Song Dynasty.

Wallace and his black teammates slowly learned the art of blasting, and also learned to equip themselves with black fire and ammunition, which could be used together, so as to save some money for engineering explosives.

On the cliff, Wallace, having filled a third of the black powder, removed the engineering explosives from his belt and stuffed it tightly into the hole.

He looked sideways at the movements of his black teammates and said loudly, "Kaka, Momo, you must be tightly stuffed, and there will be no gaps!" ”

Two of his black teammates replied, "Don't worry, Wallace!" ”

The three holes drilled in advance are exactly 1.25 meters deep, and if they are too deep, the rock material will be too large and impractical; If it is too shallow, it will blow up the rocks and easily hurt people.

This depth is just right to increase the rate of rock breakage.

The three of them installed mines and tubes at the three detonation points, added fuses and cables, and then called out to the other workers to pull them up.

Boss Jin Mingchi was happy to see the three of them being pulled up like big spiders, haha, after the blasting, he was going to earn a lot of money again.

After Wallace and his black teammates went up the cliff, they observed from a high point that there were no idlers here at all, and their boss Jin had already run three hundred meters away.

Wallace casually swept the mountains in the distance, the mountains here are so beautiful, more beautiful than the Scottish Highlands------

Beep, beep, beep, the mountain sounded three short whistles, which were ready to light the fuse, indicating that the whistle was about to burst thirty seconds later.

Wallace and the others set it on fire, and slowly walked down the cliff to a reverse bunker.

At this time, they heard three successive explosions------ it was good, they succeeded, there were no squibs.

When the smoke cleared, Wallace and the others descended the cliff, and more than a hundred quarry workers had already begun their tinkling work.

The boss of Jin Mingchi was shouting there: "Roll up your sleeves and work hard, eat pineapple and meat tonight, drink coconut blossom wine, and eat white rice!" ”

Wallace smiled after hearing this, the boss of Jin Mingchi was a careful person, and he was reluctant to hire a chef, so he himself acted as the chef, and let others take turns to be his assistant.

Sure enough, he shouted at Wallace.

"Wallace, you three come here!"

Originally, they were asked to drive a four-wheeled carriage to Shigou Town, not to mention buying some fresh ingredients, but also to transport back more than a dozen boxes of engineering explosives and medicine they had ordered.

There is no way, the delivery is only delivered to the cargo station in Shigou Town.

The boss of Jin Mingchi took out a bill of 500 yuan generously and said loudly: "After paying the 375 yuan for explosives and medicine, there are still 125 yuan left, buy a few goats, and buy some good wine back, let's wait for the Mid-Autumn Festival to reward everyone!" ”

Roasting whole sheep and drinking coconut blossom wine, which is the most affordable way to eat, the workers cheered.

The road to Shigou Town has long been leveled, otherwise there would be no way to transport stones.

Wallace set off in a four-wheeled carriage with Momo and Kaka.

After walking about five kilometers, we arrived at the Eucommia Eucommia Forest Farm, where the road was smoother.

Shigou Town was first built because of the planting of eucommia and jute here, and it was only later that it was discovered that there were resources suitable for mining stone here, and more than a dozen stone quarries were started almost at the same time, and it became more lively here.

There were also cornfields, peanut fields, potato fields, etc., on some of the slopes along the roadside, which they knew were cultivated by the townspeople themselves.

By the time I fast-forward to the town, both sides of the road were already full of green vegetable fields.

Momo and Kaka happily jumped out of the carriage and went to the field to pluck two green turnips.

Momo shouted in the field: "Wallace, this is the vegetable field of our friend Lao Gao's family, do you want turnips?" ”

Wallace waved his hand, he didn't like to eat raw green turnips.

Momo and Kaka jumped into the carriage again with joy, and they wiped the mud with their clothes, and took out their knives, and quickly peeled their skins, and began to cut and eat one piece, so that they were very happy.

There were more people in the town, and Wallace grabbed the reins and slowed down.

The freight station is located in the center of the town, where the old high-rise shops are located.

Lao Gao threatened in the town that he could buy everything except sea ships, as long as he gave money.

When passing by a commercial street, someone on the side of the road shouted: "Wallace, your black friend has stolen the old Gao's radish again, see if he doesn't chase you!" ”

Wallace ignored such boring words.

Kaka had already eaten quickly, and he shouted with open hands, "Who ate it?" Which one do you see to eat?! ”

This caused some people to laugh.

Wallace knew that he was the same as his black teammates, and that they didn't speak as well as the others, which could be weird, so there were always people who laughed at them or teased them.

Sure enough, after arriving at Lao Gao's cargo station, Lao Gao began to nag non-stop again.

Why did he come so late to pick up the goods, and occupy his warehouse; What kind of gold boss always bargains with him, and doesn't let him earn more at all------ Wallace shrugged his shoulders, it's none of his business, it's useless to say more.

Lao Gao suddenly smiled wickedly and said, "Wallace, do you know? In the future, there will be a single tax------ why don't you marry a Persian lady or Milan? Why don't you marry a little black lady, I really want to see what kind of child that will give birth! ”

Marry a little lady?

Wallace's blue eyes were a little confused-------

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