Chapter 27 Mining
Zhang Qing talked about Gu Kai's interesting stories and experiences in various places, Baili Liang had never heard of Gu Kai's personal deeds, he asked Zhang Qing, and Zhang Qing also shook his head. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
I asked him what he had done, but he said he would tell me when I was eighteen years old, but ...... His old man's words don't count, and I haven't turned eighteen yet, so grandpa ......" Zhang Qing choked.
"What's the old man can't think of lately?" Baili Liang had finished taking a bath at this time, Zhang Qing took him to his house to sleep, and the two talked while walking.
"There are these soldiers in the town, we can't think about it, the grandfather has been sighing and sighing, chanting scriptures from morning to night, the patriarch and the uncle have looked for the grandfather several times, and the grandfather has closed the door. I saw that the grandfather had a big temper these days, and he didn't dare to talk much, so I left after giving the grandfather food. ”
"Chanting? Does the old man believe in Buddhism? Baili Liang felt strange, he didn't seem to have seen anything related to Buddhism in Ye Kai's room,
"My grandfather doesn't believe in Buddha, I don't know what it is. Because I haven't heard the scriptures that the grandfather recites, and I can't understand them, my mother believes in Buddhism, and my mother also recites the scriptures, and the things they read are different. ”
"You didn't ask?"
"I asked, my grandfather said that it was the scripture of Fan Shen, and I didn't understand it, so I told me not to ask again in the future. By the way, I used to hear the Pawn read it. ”
"Fan Shen?" Baili Liang has never heard of it, he once worked as a monk for stuttering, although it is not a long time, he has really worked hard to study the Buddhist scriptures, and also dabbled in some Taoism, for the title of Fan Shen, he can definitely hear it for the first time.
"Well, those scriptures are weird and weird, what gamma dogs are so hard to understand. My house has arrived. Zhang Qing opened the door as he spoke, Baili Liang yawned, Zhang Qing also yawned, and the two of them fell asleep with a smile.
As soon as the sky was polished, Baili Liang was awakened by a hurried knock on the door, it was Cuihu and them, and asked the two of them to hurry to the east entrance of the town to gather. Baili Liang and Zhang Qing hurriedly got up, and after going out, Zhang Qing wanted to go to Ye Kai's grave and kowtow again, Baili Liang also wanted to see Wan Fugui, so the two separated.
The courtyard where Wanfu was buried was not far away, and when Baili Liang went to look at it, the tomb was still the same, he kowtowed and went from the front yard, because the front yard was close to the entrance of the town. As he walked through the hall, Baili Liang glanced at the room next door, and he was surprised by this glance, the soil on the floor of the room had been lifted, although it had been refilled, but the soft surface still had the color of the soil, and at a glance he knew that someone had touched his hands and feet.
"Brother Liang, hurry up!" Baili Liang just wanted to go in and have a look, but Zhang Qing's urging sound came from the entrance of the front yard, and he had no choice but to run towards Zhang Qing.
When the two arrived at the entrance of the town, Cuihu and the others were arguing with the officers and soldiers about something.
"We're going back to the mine, or the other side will be to blame." Cuihu looked like a weak woman, her head bowed, and she hardly dared to look directly at the officer.
"The people who sent you back last night, you have to go with them!" The officer said.
"How do we know where they went? It's hard to wait here, it's too late, are you sorry? "Another young man is humane.
"yes, it's late, the other end will be to blame." The rest chimed in.
The officer frowned, he didn't dare to delay the opening of the mine today, so he had to call a group of his subordinates and let them go with Cuihu.
Baili Liang looked at the number of townspeople, more than 100 people who came together last night, and now there are only more than 40.
There was nothing to do along the way, and when they arrived at Dongtou, the roll call officer saw that there were nearly seventy people missing, so they interrogated, Cuihu and others said that there was a conflict last night, and those people were all killed, crying bitterly, and Zhang Qing and they also cried.
"Something's wrong? Why don't you see anyone come back to report if something happens, and what about those people, who followed you, why didn't they come back to restore their lives? The roll call officer saw that something was wrong, and quickly asked someone to inform Twilight Yuren.
They stood still and did not speak, and the roll call officer began to talk to an officer who had come from the west.
"It looks like they're all honest people, send them back well, why are they going to kill someone?" Roll call official.
"I didn't hear about it last night, huh...... It was the people of the Eighth Battalion who came back last night, so I should have asked at that time. I didn't see them early in the morning, and I was afraid that it would be delayed, so I sent my brother. The petty officer from the west said.
"It's from the Eighth Battalion, why, listen to you, they're gone?"
"Yes, I didn't see half of the people from the Eighth Battalion in the whole town."
"It's weird, it's weird, are you afraid that the marshal will blame the murderer so he hid?"
"Who knows, wow, we'll look for it later. It's nothing to kill a few people, so you don't hide. ”
As the two of them were talking, they went to inform the little soldier that Du Yuren had returned alone, saying that the marshal knew and asked him to send someone to the mine quickly.
"Marshal...... Didn't say anything else?" The roll call officer asked.
"No, let's send someone there, there's a shortage of manpower over there." The soldier urged.
Baili Liang and Cuihu were taken to the mine, distributed tools, and urged them to dig quickly. The so-called mine, where to see what mine, in addition to loess or loess, some sparse plants were pulled up and thrown aside, Zu Dafu and other thousands of people have already started construction, all with their sleeves rolled up, busy in full swing.
Baili Liang came to Huo Guang, Huo Guang took out a steamed bun from his arms and handed it to him: "I haven't eaten it in the morning, I'll leave it for you, eat it quickly, you will have strength when you are full." ”
"Brother, what do you think now?" Baili Liang took the steamed bun and asked in a low voice while digging the soil while nibbling on the steamed bun.
"I asked people and said that they would dig for at least a month and a half, and my brother was going to work for a month and leave after taking thirty taels of silver." Huo Guangdao.
Baili Liang was speechless, he shook his head, knowing that he couldn't persuade Huo Guang, so he dug up the soil without saying a word.
At noon, someone brought lunch, but this meal was no longer as good as before, only a few pieces of meat and steamed buns, and some people began to talk about it dissatisfied.
"What's noisy, if you don't eat, put it down for me! Where this bird doesn't, it's good to eat it. Let me tell you, from today onwards, there will only be one meal of meat a day, and two steamed buns per person for breakfast and dinner. An officer shouted.
"That'...... Is there a silver collar? Huo Guang shouted boldly.
"Work hard, when you have dinner and distribute steamed buns, the silver will be distributed to each of you."
"Hmm...... That's pretty much it. "The people just subsided.
After eating, resting a little, and digging again, when someone wanted to be lazy, an officer who supervised the work stepped forward and whipped him, so that the crowd did not dare to slack off.
When the sun went down, the overseer struck a gong to signal the cessation of work, and the people beat their backs and hurried to eat, receiving silver by the way.
Sure enough, the silver was distributed together with the steamed buns, two steamed buns and one tael of silver per person, although the food was not as good as before, but the silver ingots of the white flowers were enough to make up for that bit of loss, and everyone had a smile on their faces that was much brighter than the sun at this time.
"Brother, look, Silver!" Huo Guang lifted the silver ingot to Baili Liang.
"Brother, if you like it, I'll give you this ingot too." Baili Liang also received it, he was not so happy, he didn't dare to think about how many conspiracies there were behind this brilliant silver.