Chapter Eighty-Eight: Extraction
The Colin Mine, a vein managed by the Mel family's Foster Coal Miners' Guild, is mainly producing iron ore and is located on the western outskirts of the slums. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The number of horse-drawn carriages in the slums is very small, and it is usually the stewards of the various chambers of commerce or factories stationed in the slums who take them to travel conveniently.
For the first time in the carriage, Joseph and the three of them were a little nervous, trembling and afraid to move, for fear of soiling the cross chairs in the carriage.
Dudian knew that they were used to a hard life, and it was difficult for him to get used to it for a while, so he didn't say much. Half an hour later, everyone came to the western suburbs in front of the Colin Mine, in front of the mine, the most conspicuous and imposing building in the town in front of the mine was the branch of the Foster Coal Miner's Chamber of Commerce, which was in charge of this vein.
Dudian had the carriage stop in front of the Chamber of Commerce.
The first to get out of the carriage, Du Dian paid a fare of eight copper coins, turned around and glanced up at the Chamber of Commerce, greeted the three of Joseph, and came to the door of the Chamber of Commerce first.
The two listless young guards at the door saw the comer, stood up a little straighter, and after seeing that it was only a few children, they resumed their lazy appearance, and one of them glanced at Du Dian up and down, and said, "This is the Foster Chamber of Commerce, do you have something to do?" ”
Du Dian said: "Let the top person in charge here come and see me." ”
The two were stunned for a moment, and one of them rolled his eyes and said: "Little brother, you are from the residential area, if you come here to buy minerals, or place an order for your master, someone inside will be responsible for receiving you, as for wanting to see our branch president, he has no time to deal with you." ”
Dudian took out the Guard Medal and said, "You just need to go and pass the word, I came here on behalf of Lord Mel's family." ”
When the two guards saw the medal with the sword crossed, they were stunned for a moment, and looked at it carefully, making sure that it was not like a forgery, so they looked at Du Dian suspiciously, and the previous one hesitated for a moment, and said, "You wait a minute, I'll go and ask, I haven't asked your name yet?" ”
"He doesn't have the right to know." Dudian said indifferently.
When the guard heard Du Di'an's big tone, he muttered in his heart, but the other party was a guard after all, and although he had no right to intervene in their Chamber of Commerce, Du Dian said that he came on behalf of Lord Mel's family, so the meaning was different.
Soon, the guard ran in.
Dudian followed, and the other guard did not dare to stop him.
Du Dian came to the chamber of commerce hall, roughly scanned, and saw the luxurious atmosphere of all kinds of buildings in the business district, this chamber of commerce hall, which is called high-end and gorgeous in the slum area, is a little poor in his eyes, just find a hospitality sofa to sit down, let Joseph and others also come to sit and rest.
When the three of Joseph came to such a luxurious and clean place for the first time, they were nervous and restrained, and followed closely behind Dudian.
After a while, the guard returned, and a tall woman followed him.
When the guard saw Du Dian sitting and resting in the hall, he immediately said a respectful word to the woman behind him.
The woman looked at Dudian, and when her gaze swept to the three Josephs sitting next to him, her brows furrowed, and a touch of coldness appeared on her face, and she walked over and said, "Excuse me, are you a person sent by Lord Mel's family?" ”
Du Dian noticed the doubt and a hint of contempt in the woman's eyes, and raised his eyebrows: "You are the branch leader here?" ”
"I'm the Director." The woman's brows furrowed when she saw that Du Dian did not answer the rhetorical question.
Du Dian's face turned cold, but he didn't bother to investigate, and said: "I came here to mention a person, that is, the miners assigned to you not long ago, can you call the shots in this matter?" ”
The tall woman immediately knew Du Dian's intention, and her expression was a little displeased: "All the miners have been registered as slaves, if you have a noble decree, I can propose it to you, otherwise, you must pay a high amount of compensation to buy it, but even if you buy it, it is still a slave status, and you will not be compensated for being killed by others." ”
Dudian took out his hunter's medal and said indifferently: "Do you know this?" ”
The tall woman was stunned, shook her head and said, "I haven't seen it." ”
"Then let your branch leaders come over!" Dudian said.
The tall woman couldn't help but be angry, and said: "You are a guard, if you don't have the edict of Lord Mel's family, I have no right to inform you, the branch president is very busy with work, not everyone can see it, even if you are a guard, you have no right to interfere with our Chamber of Commerce." ”
Du Dian looked directly at her and said, "I can only tell you, as long as I say a word, I can make your job end from now on, you are not qualified to know my identity, if you know each other, you will call your branch president, otherwise, you will bear the consequences!" ”
The tall woman was so angry that she wanted to laugh, but when she saw Du Dian's cold gaze, she couldn't laugh, she suddenly thought that the other party could become a guard, it shouldn't be a crazy person, and hearing Du Dian's big tone, she was also a little stunned in her heart, maybe the other party really had any background that she didn't know, she gritted her teeth slightly, and said, "Okay, you wait here, I'll help you inform the president." ”
After saying that, he turned around and left quickly.
The three of Joseph were a little stunned, they didn't expect Dudian's attitude to be so tough and domineering, which was completely different from the taciturn thin boy they had in their impression.
After a while, a middle-aged man in a black suit followed behind the tall woman, and saw Du Dian and the others from a distance, his brows furrowed, but he still maintained his politeness, and stepped forward with his temper and said, "Hello, I am the branch leader here, may I ask who you are?" He looked at Dudian, as if he was going to let them out as soon as Dudian's answer didn't satisfy him.
Du Dian naturally felt the doubt and impatience in the other party's eyes, and he didn't bother to say much, so he raised the Hunter's Medal and said, "Do you know?" ”
The middle-aged man's eyes were sharp, and he suddenly saw the pattern on the medal, and he couldn't help but shrink his pupils, and looked at Du Dian in horror, and quickly reacted, and hurriedly bent down and said respectfully: "I've seen my lord." ”
Seeing that he knew him, the coldness in his eyes was also put away, and he ordered: "I want to mention a person named Patton, who is a miner assigned to you not long ago, and you should let him come over immediately." ”
The middle-aged man hurriedly said: "Yes, let's do it." He turned back and waved at the tall woman, motioning for her to deal with it immediately.
The tall woman couldn't help but be stunned when she saw his awe-inspiring attitude, such an attitude was only seen from the president when the General Chamber of Commerce came to inspect, and she couldn't help but think of Du Di'an's previous words, the cold hairs on her back stood up slightly, and she was a little lucky, but fortunately she resisted the impulse, otherwise she would probably really lose her job.
Half an hour later, the tall woman returned, with a swarthy and thin boy as a monkey, her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she endured the unpleasant smell of the boy, brought it to Dudian, and said respectfully: "My lord, this is the person you want." ”
Du Dian's eyes had already seen Barton, and what made him a little stunned was that Barton, who had not seen him for three years and was a little lame in his legs, turned out to be like a little old man, his whole body was black, and his body was extremely thin, and rows of ribs could be seen from the side, his hair was dirty, and there was no flesh on his face, which made his eye sockets deep.
Patton's gaze fell on the three Josephs, a little stunned.
The three Josephs recognized Barton at a glance, immediately jumped up from their seats, stepped forward and said, "Old Ba, it's me, we're here to find you." ”
"You, why did you lose weight like this?"
"Don't you even have food to eat when you're a miner?"
The three of them looked at the emaciated Barton, surprised and heartbroken.
Barton's throat was hoarse, and he said confusedly, "You, why did you come?" ”
"Dean brought us here." Kroon pointed to Dudian on the couch and said, "Dean ransomed us all." ”
"Dee, Dean?" Barton looked at Dudian in a daze.
Du Dian didn't expect that just one year of life as a miner would torture him like this, and sighed: "It's me, it's late, are you okay?" ”
Barton was sure that he was not mistaken, and tears welled up in his eyes, and he said, "You still remember, you still remember me, I thought I thought it was ......"
Du Dian sighed and said, "I have been to other places in the past three years, and I can't leave, otherwise I can redeem you in advance." ”
When the middle-aged man heard this, he was even more convinced of his identity, and said respectfully: "My lord, Barton is the youngest miner here, and he has always been taken care of, but the living conditions of the miners are poor, you know this, so it becomes like this, and we can't help it, it's all the regulations above." ”
"Shut up." Dudian glanced at him.
The middle-aged man was stunned, he immediately closed his mouth, he didn't have any temper, he knew what kind of monster he was facing, even if he killed him, he would be punished at most, for this kind of existence, he could only stay away.
The tall woman was stunned, and suddenly felt that she still underestimated Du Di'an's identity.
"Let's go." Dudian got up and said, he didn't pursue anything, although Barton was certainly not "very well cared for" here as the middle-aged man said, but at least there was one sentence that the other party said correctly, this is all the above regulations.
And the weak can only comply.