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While the clansmen were speculating about what was going on, a rider from the mine approached Jian Chen with news.

Because of the collapse of the mine, the slaves began to refuse to go down the mine, and after another collapse accident, in order to save time, the people who managed the mine did not take care of the collapsed mine, but just wrote down a death number, and let the slaves go to a further place to continue digging.

In the evening, a bloody hand was revealed in the collapsed mine, and the people inside were not dead when it collapsed, several people dug a small hole with their hands, but finally died at the mouth of the cave, and the cry of pain before death made the slaves feel related.

The next day, when they were going down the mines, the slaves began a violent revolt, using chisels, chisels and stones as weapons, killing two overseers and injuring four. Seventeen slaves escaped, and the rest of the slaves were captured, and messengers were sent to ask Jian Chen what to do.

"How many people know about this?"

"I only told you, and I didn't say anything when others asked."

"When you go out for a while, don't talk nonsense, just say that there is something wrong with the mine, and you must not say it."

"Got it."

After the rider left, Jian Chen walked around the house a few times and called out to the wolfskin.

"You go find thirty trustworthy people, ride horses, lead those wolf cubs, and follow me to the mines."

"What's wrong?"

"Slave revolt. Don't say it, I'm afraid that after cleaning up this matter, the slaves will be extremely resistant to going to the mines. Tell those who smelt copper to stop the furnace. ”

Before the group arrived at the mine, the mine official who managed the mine had already greeted him, looking at Jian Chen with some apprehension.

This is not the first time that an accident has occurred in the mine, but this time it is different from the past, only slaves have died in the past, but this time two people have died in a row.

"Ji Xia...... I'm not a good mine official. ”

Jian Chen looked at the other party a little helplessly, this matter really couldn't be handled, just a few words of encouragement.

An era has the rules of an era, what are the slaves of this era? It's a talking tool.

His rights come from the support of the slave owners, and he is also a beneficiary of the slave system, he must maintain this system, if he does not maintain it, he will be defeated by the times, and naturally there will be people who defend him to take his place.

To put an end to a system that seemed irrational in the previous life, it is never by shouting slogans, but by changing the relations of production caused by every accumulation and progress of technology.

What kind of sin is it to die a slave? Judging from his previous life, it is equivalent to a mistake in the work that caused the damage to the machine, as long as it is not intentional, it is a reasonable and acceptable loss within the regulations.

Accompanied by the mine officer, Chen Jian walked around the mine, and there were many more traces of excavation than last year, large and small mine holes were very shallow, and occasionally some of the ore veins would be slightly deeper.

When I came to the vicinity of the mine cave that had collapsed a few days ago, a smell of corpses came from me.

Although it was already early autumn, the outstretched flesh and blood hand was still full of white wriggling maggots, and the rough hand seemed to be holding something hard, as if it was only one step away from holding the hope of living, and finally it couldn't hold on to one step away from hope.

"How many more are down there?"

"Eight."

"It was burned with fire and buried with stones. What about the remaining slaves? ”

"It's all locked up over there. I'm about to kill a few of them as you taught you before, and then tell them that it was the leaders who rebelled that caused them to be killed. ”

Chen Jian paused for a moment, and then remembered that this was indeed taught to them by himself, and he also learned it from his previous life. After every strike, the dirty water on the body of the strike leader is the most splashed, and the upper body really can't find the shortcomings and looks for it from the lower body, and after splashing the dirty water, it is wrong to educate the workers that they strike for their own interests, all of them are used by the leader, and they also lose their jobs and lose their long-term interests.

With a wry smile, he said, "How many of these slaves are still intact?" ”

"The injured basically can't survive, and there are sixty-three."

"What do these people think after they are caught?"

"I didn't have any ideas, I heard that more than a dozen people ran away and shouted cheers, but there were people who cursed and said that the whole mine would collapse and the mountains and rivers would collapse, pointing to the sun and saying that the sun would go out, and let us freeze to death with them."

Jian Chen laughed and nodded, "That's a good point." These people can't be used, and don't kill them, they can't be scared. Watch out for them, and send them to other cities in exchange for things in the future. ”

The mine officer said with some annoyance: "Change so many people at once? ”

"It's okay, there will be a lot of slaves in the northeast after a while. You did a good job this time, although two clansmen died, but it was also inevitable. I thought you'd send someone to chase down the escaped slaves. ”

"No, there are not enough people, if you chase those dozen or so, there may be problems here. The leader was convinced by these slaves, and if there were not enough men to chase us, they would ambush us in the mountains. ”

Chen Jian said with relief: "You don't have to pay attention to this matter first, the matter of the mine is still in charge of you for the time being, and I will talk to them about it on the council, but you have to do better in the future, sometimes you can't over-squeeze them, and give them some rewards appropriately." ”

The mine official first thanked Chen Jian, he had been worried about his status before, if he was not a mine official, there was such a thing on his body, but he was afraid that he would no longer have any rights in the city in the future.

Then he sighed and asked, "Then what should I do?" ”

"It's like a bowstring, too loose and too strong to shoot far; It's too tight and easy to pull off. ”

Chen Jian casually made an analogy, thinking that the clansmen might not be able to understand the essence of it, and it seemed necessary to set up a study class for these people to learn how to manage slaves, learn to be cunning, divide and transfer contradictions.

"Well, when this matter is settled, you can choose a helper from among these people to help you take care of it first, and you will go back to the city first. Plus those who are in charge of the rest of the slaves, you all learn how to manage, first study in the academy for a month, and after you finish studying like those children, I will take the school for you, and if you pass it, you will come back, and if you don't qualify, you will have to continue to study. ”

The mine official breathed a sigh of relief, since Jian Chen was going to teach them personally, it seemed that he trusted them very much, otherwise he would not have wasted this time.

Jian Chen called the wolf skin and asked him to take the wolf cub and more than thirty scouts to hunt down the dozen or so escaped slaves.

"If you catch it alive, you must bring the leader back."

"Can't you just kill it? It would be a hassle to bring it back. ”

"I'm useful, go, they can't run far, don't scatter, be ambushed by them."

The wolf skin didn't ask any more about the use, and left with the people, and Chen Jian called another person, asking him to take his token back to the city and send three hundred people to come here.

If you dig so indiscriminately, the mortality rate of slaves is too high, under the weight of death, the management costs are too great, the mines are not concentration camps, the miners and miners are too well organized, and if you are unlucky enough to meet a leader with strong charisma and leadership skills, it will be a riot that lasts for several months, and the city cannot afford such losses.

It is necessary to dig formal caves that are propped up with wood to prevent collapse, and to build a simple road leading to the grass river with oxen and wagons, and the consumption of copper ore will gradually increase in the future, which will be an important income for the city, and it must not be sloppy in the slightest. (To be continued.) )