Starting from the entrance of Banpo, the dim mine road leads straight underground at a 40-degree angle, stretching for nearly 200 meters.

Underground, a huge, dark gray incinerator stands in the core area, and nearby, hundreds of laborers are tired of pushing the ore carts, neatly lined up in four long columns, first weighing and deducting their labor allowances, and then four by one come to the incinerator, overturn the ore trucks in their hands, and pour the original amethyst ore into the incinerator.

These raw amethyst ores are not directly brought to the market because they come in a variety of shapes and sizes, which is not convenient for storage and transportation, nor is it beneficial to sell them at a uniform price.

Moreover, the original amethyst ore is brittle on the outside and the inside, and the outer layer can only be divided by ordinary cutting methods, which causes a lot of unnecessary waste. However, if it is packed directly without splitting, the protruding edges and corners of the amethyst ore will take up a lot of space.

For a long time, the problem of how to make the transportation and storage of amethyst more convenient and make more money has always plagued the merchants of Greedy Town.

In order to solve this problem, the merchants of Greedy Town racked their brains, and after countless failed experiments, they finally discovered that amethyst ore can melt at a temperature of exactly 5,000 degrees. However, melting only occurs at 5,000 degrees, with no change at a lower degree, and direct vaporization at a higher degree. What's even more annoying is that amethyst gas, once mixed with oxygen, can cause a big explosion at any time.

Such harsh conditions, according to ordinary people's thinking, are simply impossible to achieve. Because in this world, there is no fuel that can continuously release 5,000 degrees of heat, and even if there is, there is no material that can withstand 5,000 degrees of heat, let alone control the constant temperature.

However, the business magnates in the central area are not ordinary people, they have unimaginable capital in their hands to achieve all purposes, to be exact, resources.

First, they spent a lot of money to bring in five groups of scholars from the arrogant town, set up huge prizes and create a supreme honor that had never been seen before, and then told the group of scholars which one of them would take the shortest time and provide a feasible plan, and they would divide the prize equally and receive the highest honor.

The scholars of Pride Town have no interest in prize money, and in their eyes, honor is above all else. In order to obtain the title of "supreme", five groups of scholars raced against time to do research, and did experiments without sleep or food.

Eventually, after two months of boiling, a group of scholars experimented with countless materials, and they found that the only material that had the potential to withstand 5,000 degrees of heat was the Heartstone near Lazy Town. Another group of scholars has designed a device that can absorb heat energy from the earth's core. Although the other three groups of scholars did not make great contributions, the fragmentary achievements together perfectly solved the problem of controlling high temperatures.

It is a pity that because they only have the imaginary supreme honor in their eyes, the five groups of scholars have not communicated with each other for a long time, and the information cannot be exchanged in time, which leads to them not realizing at all that the results of all people together are the most feasible plan.

While the scholars are still fighting their own battles, the merchants of Greedy Town have begun to build the foundation.

It wasn't until the day the incinerator was built that the five groups of scholars woke up and realized that they had been used all along, but they couldn't say anything, because the businessmen only had to change their faces and argue that they had designed their own designs, and everything that was unreasonable would become reasonable.

In the end, the scholars didn't even get a false name, so they could only be angry

has returned to Pride Town with a gray nose again.

But their results, to this day, are still running perfectly.

After half a minute of baking at 5,000 degrees Celsius, the original amethyst ore melts into a liquid state, flows deeper underground through a thermostatic transfer tube made of heartstone, and is injected into rows of cuboid molds. After several complex cooling and sorting processes, pieces of transparent amethyst with uniform specifications like bricks are baked.

The oxygen in the mine was thin and the temperature was extremely high, and it didn't take long for the whole person to sweat and feel like he was about to collapse.

But the laborers who were caught here were obviously accustomed to it, and if their clothes were soaked with sweat, they would go around the incinerator, and the heat gushing out of it would dry all their sweat in the blink of an eye.

What is strange is that although each of them has exhausted faces, after pouring a cart full of amethyst ore, their expressions suddenly become full of momentum, pushing the ore cart and hurriing back to the mining area.

At this moment, a simple laborer laughed and rushed all the way towards the mining area, and the reason why he was so excited was that after two months of continuous work, he finally had only the last fifty kilograms left in his servitude.

"If you work harder, maybe you can get out today!" The laborer thought to himself.

However, the so-called joy and sorrow, because he was too anxious, he didn't pay attention to the potholes under his feet, and if he was not careful, his right foot stepped into the pit, and his ankle bent nearly ninety degrees. In a miserable hiss, I saw him fall to the ground in pain, and it took a lot of effort to move to the side of the mine, covering his ankles with both hands.

People nearby rushed to hear the sound and were about to care about him, but they were distracted by a loud "bang" sound. They turned their heads to look and found that it was his minecart that was not held back for a while, and accelerated down the slope, crashing into the end of the mine.

And at this moment, a tall and fat man with a small crooked mouth, a short nose and a large nostril, thin eyebrows and wide ears, and a set of white clothes, white pants and white shoes suddenly came out of the fork at the end of the mine.

This person's name is Dongfang Ke, and he is the second young master of the Dongfang family who is actually in charge of this amethyst mine.

If there is a slight stain on his white clothes, he will be furious, and even lose his mind, and impulsively hurt others.

As soon as his figure appeared, the people around the laborer were all frightened into a cold sweat, but what made them even more frightened was that his white clothes and white pants were covered with stains. Almost at the same time, everyone took a sharp breath of air, and then dispersed violently, quickly returning to their original positions.

The amethyst mine is Dongfang Ke's home field, and here, no one dares to face him.

In the blink of an eye, there were two "clicks", and the pair of clean white shoes stopped at the ankle of the laborer. When the laborer saw that it was the pair of white shoes, he suddenly trembled uncontrollably.

Suddenly, I saw the white shoes slowly rising, and the tips of the shoes fell on the laborer's ankles, and then he stepped on it violently, only to hear the sound of "click" bone cracking, and the whole leg was wasted.

The laborer's face turned pale suddenly, he raised his head tremblingly, he opened his mouth in pain, but even if it hurt again, he did not dare to shout more.

"Touhou Ke! Stop it! ”

As soon as he heard this voice, Dongfang Ke immediately let go of his foot

, but still with his hands on his waist, he frowned angrily and pursed his lips disdainfully. After a long time, Dongfang Ke raised his head and looked coldly at Nangong Siyuan who was walking towards him.

"Yo~ Isn't this the eldest young master of Nangong! What kind of wind has blown you here! ”

Nangong Siyuan seemed to ignore him, hurriedly squatted down, gently lifted the worker's trouser legs, and saw that his ankles were already red and swollen like a ball, and he was very worried.

"Take him to treatment first."

At the sound of the order, the deputy attacker and the observer stood on either side of the laborer, and were about to resist him, but unexpectedly, Dongfang Ke suddenly raised his foot and stomped on his chest hard.

"Hey! Do you know what this place is! He's made me dirty, and I haven't finished teaching him a lesson! You don't want to take him away! ”

Nangong Siyuan stood up suddenly, glaring at Dongfang Ke without fear.

Dongfang Ke was stunned for a moment, only to feel that the whole person was instantly like being burned by fire**, he couldn't help choking, quietly let go of his feet, and took half a step back.

Without Dongfang Ke's resistance, the deputy attacker and observer were able to carry the laborer and slowly walk towards the infirmary. Probably walking to a place where Dongfang Ke couldn't see, the laborer stopped holding back, and suddenly let out a scream.

"Tsk, that's ugly." Dongfang Ke said with disgust on his face.

Nangong Siyuan snorted coldly, gritted his teeth and said, "Ugly? What do I think, this is your favorite Dongfang Ke to listen to! ”

"Nangong Siyuan! Don't think that being a Silver Ring guard officer now is amazing! If it weren't for your family, who would want to pay attention to you as an outlier! And you don't look at what kind of place it is! Don't put on such a stinky face! ”

"Heh, do you think I'd love to come?" Nangong Siyuan glanced at Dongfang Ke, then turned sideways slightly, pointed to Qiu Qiong and Xu Tian behind him, and said sharply, "If it weren't for the mission, I wouldn't have bothered to see you." ”

"You!"

Before Dongfang Ke finished speaking, Nangong Siyuan had already leaned down and whispered in his ear: "This girl's name is Xu Nana, but her identity has not yet been confirmed, and we suspect that she is related to the 'Qiu Qiong' she asked for." ”

As soon as he heard this, Dongfang Ke was instantly stunned, he leaned over and glanced at Qiu Qiong twice, and suddenly laughed cheaply, "Hey, this chick is good!" ”

Nangong Siyuan frowned, and scolded angrily: "I warn you! Don't hit her attention! Let me know that if you are rude to her, I will chop off your hands and feet. ”

Dongfang Ke raised his eyebrows, laughed obscenely, blocked his mouth with one hand, and whispered: "Oh~ I understand, this cold Nangong Young Master also has a tempting day!" ”

Nangong Siyuan panicked in his heart, and was speechless for a while.

At this time, Qiu Qiong was expressionless in a daze, her hands were clasped behind her waist, and she looked very uncomfortable.

Along the way, her long hair kept dripping, and the beads of sweat on her forehead went down the trend, hanging on her eyelashes one by one, and some accidentally dripped into her eyes, and it was a sour feeling.

But she didn't complain and doesn't intend to complain.

And Xu Tian behind her was full of innocence and melancholy, he thought he was unlucky, but he didn't expect that the two days would be unlucky to this extent.

"Locked up with her?" Xu Tian hung his head and thought dejectedly, "Didn't I just be in a hurry and hug the guard officer's thigh!" But she has committed so many big things, none of which can be spared! Doesn't that mean that I have the same labor margin as hers! It's really unlucky! ”