Turning into a branch road and walking to a relatively open place, Fei Gongfu and the three of them began to discuss their affairs while starting to mine.

After Fei Gongfu's introduction, Xiahou and the others learned that under normal circumstances, less than ten baskets of iron ore can be dug in a day in the No. 9 mine, and according to incomplete statistics, a person can only dig about seven baskets a day on average.

And the amount of iron ore handed in every day is cleared, so either cooperate with others, you and I take turns to hand in tasks day by day, or rely on your own strong strength to rob others, and you must have the ability to shut up afterwards, and you are not allowed to report to the above.

Of course, if you grab too much, grab dozens of baskets, and hand in 20 or 30 baskets a day, this does not count as two days a day, that is to say, more than 10 baskets in a day is only counted as one day.

In addition, those who can't find cooperation, or borrow from each other, and don't have the strength to rob others of the fruits of their labor, then they can only find a hidden place to hoard iron ore, and wait for the next day to get together with ten baskets, of course, this is risky, in case when they go out to hand over iron ore, they are discovered, but they will be inexplicably less.

As for why there are less than ten baskets of iron ore dug in a day, it is because the iron ore is not distributed in the form of veins, and when it is found, it is a large area, but they are scattered ore spots, and there is no law to follow.

If you want to dig iron ore, you will depend on your luck, just find a place to dig a few times, maybe you will be lucky to dig it all at once, maybe you will be unlucky, you will not dig until you dig dozens of times, it is more bad luck, this is not the location of the mining site, and you can't dig it for half a day.

Therefore, their mining time is basically wasted on prospecting, which makes it difficult for them to complete the task of ten baskets a day.

According to previous experience, the three of them formed a small group together, one by one to assist each other in completing tasks.

Then they reported the time they were going to serve hard labor, three months for Xiahou, one month for Erdong, and three days for Fei Gong.

In order to be alone with Xiahou as soon as possible, Erdong immediately proposed to help the senior brother complete the task first, so that he could go out as soon as possible.

But as soon as this opinion was put forward, it was categorically rejected by the senior brother, he would never take advantage of others, he would come how he wanted, and he would not engage in specialization.

Since this is the case, Erdong can't hold on, so let's take the turn, anyway, even so, the senior brother will only stay for a day or two more, and he will have to wait for this time.

But unexpectedly, the senior brother was not satisfied with this, he thought for a while and said: "That's it, I'm not in a hurry to go out, among the three of us, Xiahou has been punished for the longest time, Erdong is the second, and I am the shortest." If the three of us dig less than twenty baskets, let Xiahou complete the task first, and let Erdong complete the day's work beyond twenty baskets, if you are lucky, which day you dig thirty baskets, I will hand in the task, I only have three days of punishment anyway, so I am not in a hurry. ”

"Nope." According to his idea, Fei Gongfu didn't want to go out later than himself, Erdong resolutely opposed it, and Jue disagreed.

Seeing Erdong's objection, Xia Hou also disagreed and said: "Yes, senior brother, your method is too unfair to you, you have been punished for us in vain, and the advantage we have taken is too great." The second senior brother is also very dissatisfied with this method, since he has raised objections to letting me hand in the task first, I think the second senior brother is very anxious, it is better to let the second senior brother hand in the task first, and when he completes the hard labor period, then consider ourselves. ”

Fei Gongfu understood what Xiahou meant, so he agreed: "Erdong, since you are in a hurry to go out, then let's satisfy your ten baskets of iron ore with all our might, and then give Xiahou the excess." ”

Seeing that such a simple plan was not achieved, Erdong was very disappointed, and said a little unwillingly: "I didn't mean that, I didn't want to go out first...... I'm not jealous of prioritizing Xiahou to complete the task...... I just don't think it's fair to do that...... Hey, I don't even know how to explain it, anyway, I don't think we can let the senior brother do coolies for us here, and we can't take advantage of the senior brother. ”

Fei Gongfu said indifferently: "I'm a senior brother, and it's okay to help you dig baskets for a few days, it's too much to say who takes advantage of whom." If we had to reverse the time of our hard labor, I think you would have dug it for me, and we'd help the long man finish the task first, so that I could go out at about the same time. ”

Seeing that Fei Gongfu wanted to complete the task for Xiahou first, instead of handing in his own task, Erdong knew that it was impossible to send Fei Gongfu out first, so he made a final effort and said: "Senior brother, we can't take advantage of you, if you insist on this, we will still dig our own and no one will help anyone." ”

Seeing that Erdong was embarrassed to ask for a few baskets of iron ore by himself, Fei Gongfu had to change his words to protect his poor self-esteem, and said: "Okay, you can dig it yourself, and if you don't have enough to borrow it from me, remember to pay it back." Xiahou, you are the same, I will help you make up for the less than ten baskets a day, and the senior brother will try to let you finish it in three months. ”

The plan for the distribution of iron ore after it was dug up, they discussed it fiercely, and they all wanted to distribute it according to their own wishes, but when they looked at the iron ore they dug up, they suddenly felt that it was superfluous to say anything.

Because up to now, although Fei Gongfu and Erdong are more energetic, they refuse to back down a step, but in fact, they haven't dug a single piece of iron ore, and the bamboo baskets next to them are empty.

If they had been digging for so long, they would have been able to dig some more or less, but today with Xiahou, they didn't dig a single piece.

Because as soon as Xiahou came here, he used prospecting techniques to sweep and find out several nearby mining sites, and then directly found them and dug them up.

This makes the two Fei Gongfuerdong, who rely on luck mining, no longer be able to dig iron ore, unless they are lucky and can dig the mine in the first click, otherwise the nearby mine will soon be dug by Xiahou.

After digging the nearby ore site, Xia Hou immediately advanced and walked to the next section of the mine road, so that Fei Gongfu and Erdong, who had been following Xia Hou, could not dig a single piece of iron ore, unless they were lucky enough to find a mine buried deep underground, so that Xia Hou was unwilling to dig hard.

In order to carry a little less and save some effort, most of the iron ore was thrown into the package by Xiahou when Fei Gongfu Erdong was not paying attention, leaving only a few mouthfuls in the bamboo basket.

"Xiahou, mining is not like this, just dig a few times on the ground and change places, so impatient, you will never be able to dig iron ore. Iron ore can be buried very deep, and you have to dig a little longer in one place, as I did, so that you don't miss it. The argument with Fei Gongfu was fruitless, and he saw that Xiahou was digging far in front alone, and Erdong shouted from behind, giving guidance to Xiahou's mining work.