In the end, no one left, because no one was sure that they would be able to swim across the entire ocean. Especially on the second day, everyone witnessed the "sea tide" that Jiuqing said, and those people stopped thinking.

They couldn't fight, they couldn't swim, so they had to stay. But fortunately, at least Qian Mo didn't force them to go into the hole. Let them have the most relaxing day on this island. They don't have to work, they can sleep enough, they can eat enough, even if they are still handcuffed and shackled, they feel happy.

Jiuqing stood in the house where Boss Gao lived and now Qianmo, looking at the people playing with the tide on the beach below, with a knowing smile on his face.

"Little Brother ......"

"Qianmo!"

"Hehe, okay, Qianmo, look at those people. They are not free yet, but they are still so happy, do you know why? Jiuqing turned his head and rarely saw Qian Mo following his words and looking out the window, his eyebrows raised slightly, and he spoke with some excitement.

"Because of the gap, because of humanity. They've tried the worst, so now they'll be content with even a little better. ”

"Just like you?" Qian Mo turned his head to look at someone with an excited face.

…… Jiuqing never knew that his old fritter would be repeatedly stabbed by this cold boy.

"Well, I'm ...... too"

"Tell me what you think!" Qian Mo is not a stupid person, he naturally understands that Jiuqing will never let him stay just because he is "fated" with him, and he doesn't care about his purpose. He stayed because of his words.

He wanted to help her, but he was limited in what he could do.

Especially after he saw the heritage of the three major families in Dongzhou City, he had already planted a seed in his heart that he wanted to be strong. Power? Wealth? He didn't care, but he cared about her. Anything that can help her, he will do it. Everything that makes her happy, he earns it.

"Start with this mine." Jiuqing's eyes drifted to the corner of the wall, and Boss Gao, who had woken up and was handcuffed and shackled, "This guy has worked hard to buy people for mining, and he must have made a lot of money." ”

Qian Mo turned his head to look at the man in the corner: "Come on, take him to work in the deepest pit!" ”

"I say I say!" Boss Gao admitted it very unproductively.

It turned out that he had some friendship with Liudu Fu Yin, and Fu Yin allowed him the right to mine this saltpeter mine within a radius of ten miles. He can take 20% of the mined ore, and other officers and soldiers will come and transport it.

"What benefits did you give him?" Jiuqing asked him, but as soon as he said this, Boss Gao began to stop talking.

"Can't tell?"

Boss Gao pursed his lips and didn't speak.

Qian Mo raised his hand to stop: "What about other areas?" ”

"That's the officers and soldiers in charge." Boss Gao gritted his teeth, "I'll say more, can you spare my life?" ”

Jiuqing glanced at Qianmo: "It depends on whether what you say is useful or not." ”

Boss Gao's eyes shrank slightly, and he said with some caution: "The saltpeter from this mine will be sent to Yanjing, but Fu Yin wants to get a piece of the pie for himself." So we didn't report it in this area. ”

"Huh?" Qian Mo didn't understand the affairs of officialdom, he looked at Jiuqing.

Jiuqing understood what he meant: "The emperor is far away, and in such a remote place, the officials of Yanjing will not come." Plus the sea is windy and rough, dangerous. Those people are very sorry for their lives! ”

Boss Gao's meaning is understood by Qianmo, that is, this area is now in his hands, as long as he gives it to Fu Yin.

"How do you trade?"

"Once a month."

"Where's the quantity?"

"There is no limit, of course the more the merrier."

……

Jiuqing helped Qianmo squeeze everything that could be squeezed out, and then Boss Gao was locked up in a small room. He obviously still had secrets on him, but they couldn't rush too much at once.

"What are you going to do?" Jiuqing asked Qianmo.

Qian Mo was silent, he had always been a loner, he had never thought about this, he only had the experience of getting along with animals in his mind. But he now knew that man was not a beast, that man was much more complicated.

"I think you can continue the methods of that guy surnamed Gao first," Jiuqing said after a deep groan, "After all, these people have signed a deed of sale." You look at the performance of those people in the previous conflict, and how they are doing today. Many of them had become accustomed to being slaves. For them, it's just a change of doctrine. ”

Qian Mo listened to Jiuqing's words and thought thoughtfully. Gap, human nature......

After a relaxing day, the people on the island wake up and life goes on and nothing seems to have changed. The people who watched them mining were still watching with leather whips, and some of them were still coughing and having headaches.

But life has changed in the end. At least, they hadn't seen anyone fall since that day. And their mining time is slowly getting shorter, their food is getting better, and their sleep time is getting longer.

When, three days later, the handcuffs and shackles were removed from a living person for the first time, the people of the island finally felt that life was really different.

And on the same day, Qian Mo took Jiuqing and Gao Erli to meet the people sent by Yin of Liudu Mansion to collect the mine.

After the ore was delivered, Jiuqing kept the comer.

"Stay here, sir!"

"Huh?" The person who came looked at Gao Erli, and he thought that Gao Erli was still in charge now.

"Hehe, Mr. Qin," Gao Erli stepped forward to explain under Jiuqing's eyes, "These two are famous doctors I hired with a lot of money, but they are from Dongzhou, and they will delay your efforts for a while." ”

That Mr. Qin is the master of Liudu Mansion Yin and his confidant.

Jiuqing glanced at Qian Mo, and stepped forward to pose as a worldly master: "Mr. Qin, if the old man is not bad, many of the people who are mining over there are already sick, right?" ”

Mr. Qin's brows tightened when he heard this. The other party could guess that he was not surprised, and he had also heard a little about the situation that appeared on Gao Erli's side. He bought the person, and when he was sick or dead, he naturally didn't care.

But that area is different, those people were recruited by the Ryudu Prefecture. Although they limit the amount of time each person can mine, the same person is only allowed to mine for ten days per month. But that's it, and now there are many people who have been poisoned, and the two serious ones are also dying.

They still blocked this news, but he also knew that it was estimated that it would not be long to hide. The end that cannot be concealed is that no one comes to mine, not to mention, in case it causes public dissatisfaction and stabs it to the top...... Originally, it was a merit to discover this mine, but now if I am a little careless, I am afraid that the merit will not be worth it.

Qian Mo and Jiuqing looked at Mr. Qin's appearance and glanced at each other, and they were afraid that the matter they discussed would be nine out of ten.

After a long time, Mr. Qin finally raised his head and looked at Jiuqing and Gao Erli, as for the boy on the side, he automatically ignored it, presumably it was the apprentice of this famous doctor: "This gentleman has a way?" ”

Gao Erli took a step forward: "Mr. Qin, we are willing to share our worries for Fu Yin." ”