Chapter 45: Prelude to Mining

New York Times Square, a block square in Manhattan, New York City, USA, is located at the intersection of West 42nd Street and Broadway Avenue, ranging from east to west to Sixth Avenue and Ninth Avenue respectively, forming the western part of the Midtown Manhattan business district.

This street is a very famous attraction in New York, and the shadow of this square can be seen in many commercial movies in modern times, with huge promotional film screens playing on a loop, dazzling neon tube advertisements, and TV-style promotional boards, which have become deeply symbolic of New York, reflecting the strong urban character of Manhattan and the prosperous economy of the United States.

At this moment, at the intersection of Manhattan's Times Square, under the big screen of the "New York Times", in a corner of the wall that no one noticed, a young man of yellow race wearing a black hat and a black robe suddenly appeared, as if he was teleporting, and he appeared from the void for no reason, there was a feeling of David's magic, and the people on the street were rubbing shoulders, but no one noticed the magical scene that had just happened in some remote places.

"Is this the United States?"

Jiang Yin gently stroked the wall tiles of the building in front of him, raised his head, and looked around, pedestrians of all colors came and went on the street, there were Caucasians, blacks, and yellows, as well as the constantly flickering neon curtain in the distance, all of which gave Jiang Yin a sense of unreality.

One second he was still at home, and the next second, he was able to appear on the most prosperous street in the United States, this is the ability given to him by the strange stone, Jiang Yin used to only dare to use it in Jinling City, and now, for the first time, he crossed the space of the ocean and came to the land of the United States.

"It seems that the conclusions reached before are not wrong." The boy said to himself, "Wherever I know the coordinates, I can reach at will, no matter how far away." ”

Wang Xiaowu was originally a native of Pushui Township, Yanzhou, since the third year of Tianfu, after Emperor Shi Jingjiao ceded the sixteen states of Yanyun to Daliao, Wang Xiaowu's hometown Yanzhou was also classified as the land of the Khitans.

Wang Xiaowu from the time of birth, Yanzhou was ruled by the Great Liao, from childhood to adulthood, Wang Xiaowu has been living under the iron hooves of foreign races, those arrogant and unreasonable Khitans, every autumn and winter will come to their hometown to loot, slaughter the people, rob the grain, the plundered people are miserable, they want to escape from their hometowns, back to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, but how can the Khitans let them escape easily.

On the border of the sixteen states of Yanyun, the Khitans sent heavy troops to guard them, just to prevent those Han people from escaping, once they were caught on the run, the Khitans who killed them would kill the Han people mercilessly.

Wang Xiaowu lived in captivity under this terrible robbery for more than ten years, Kaibao four years, Wang Xiaowu's parents died of illness one after another, Pushui Township let him have no worries, he made up his mind to escape from this place, must flee to the capital of the Han people.

At the beginning of the fifth year of Kaibao, Wang Xiaowu and several young people from the same township, taking advantage of the night, crossed the border of Yanzhou, drilled into the reckless deep mountains, begged and hunted all the way, passed through many border cities of the Song Kingdom, and finally came to the capital of the Great Song Dynasty: Bianjing.

It feels good to go back to the place where the Han people live, but life is hard.

Wang Xiaowu has no relatives and no reason, some of the fellow villagers who escaped together are separated, and some die of illness, Wang Xiaowu is alone in Bianjing City, there is no livelihood, and in the end he can only go to the tooth market to sell himself to make a living.

From Kaibao five years, to Kaibao nine years, Wang Xiaowu sold himself as a slave, in four years, a total of two masters, there are many rich businessmen in Bianjing City, as long as they are willing to work, they still can't starve to death, these four years, Wang Xiaowu has been working for people for a living.

A few days ago, Wang Xiaowu's second master's two-year deed expired, and the master's family gave him two pieces of money to let him go, and after thanking the owner for his kindness, Wang Xiaowu came to the tooth market alone, waiting for the next master to buy him.

Heaven seems to favor him very much, Wang Xiaowu just came to the first day of the Ya City, he met a very wealthy master, this son actually bought all the slaves and maids in the Ya City by himself, and also claimed that as long as the Ya people want to sell servants in the future, they can go to Panlou Street in Bianjing to find him, and he bought them all.

At that time, Wang Xiaowu saw that the boy was extraordinary, he was the first to come from the servants to sign the deed, so he was also fortunate to say a few words to the son, and the son also knew his name

This son is very rich, this is Wang Xiaowu's first image of his new master, and he can buy all the slaves in the tooth market, which may take thousands of times, but what happened next subverted Wang Xiaowu's perception of rich people.

Usually when people buy servants, they will be sent directly to the house to order them to work, but after this son bought his servants and maids, he did not let them work, but chartered three restaurants, separated men and women, and let everyone settle down.

Not only was it provided with good housing, but also good food, and it was treated not like a servant, but like a guest.

This great benevolent son's charitable act has been praised by everyone, there were originally a few slaves who wanted to run away while no one was supervised, and seeing that this son was so wealthy, he did not escape at night.

Everyone is looking forward to what this different son will ask them to do

The sun was blazing, the earth seemed to be burning, and even though it was September, the southernmost tip of the African continent, far from the equator, was still scorchingly hot.

On the distant African continent, south of the Tropic of Capricorn, between 30°S and 40°S, this land was a country in later generations, and its name was 'South Africa'.

At this time, in the endless grassland, the wildebeest herd is looking for water, there are a few baboons swinging on the dead trees in the distance, and three people wearing Song Dynasty costumes stand on this empty grassland, which looks very abrupt

"Jiang Shao, are we in South Africa now?" Lin Yue wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and asked in disbelief.

"You may not believe it, but the place where you are standing at this moment is indeed the African savannah." Jiang Yin shrugged his shoulders and said.

Di Yan, who was standing on the side, squinted his eyes and glanced around, before he sighed silently: "Incredible"

Lin Yue also looked around, and was surprised, "This place is indeed primitive enough!" Those cows had only been seen on TV before! ”

Jiang Yin also followed Lin Yue's gaze, and then smiled: "That thing seems to be called a wildebeest." ”

"Yes, yes, it's called a wildebeest." Lin Yue seemed to be very excited, and it was the first time he followed Jiang Yin to do a parallel crossing, which made him feel very novel.

"Oh, yes." Jiang Yin seemed to remember something, looked at the ground under his feet and said slowly: "The place where you are standing now will have a name in the future life." ”

"Huh? What is your name? ”

"Kimberley Diamond Mine, South Africa"