{3338 year of the Sifang of Youjia Village, the fourth largest county of the Burning Heaven Kingdom}

"Mom, look, I hit a rabbit, and I have something to eat today. A boy in a black cloth suit ran into the dilapidated house. "Haochen, run slowly, be careful. Out of the kitchen came a young woman, her skin white and her long black hair tied behind her, and her old linen clothes, which were spotless, patched but still dusty. The villagers all said that she was the daughter of a big family, but she smiled silently, and a trace of sadness crossed her eyes. When people asked her full name, she just said that it would be good to call her Xiaoyun. She is now the mother of 10-year-old You Haochen. "After it's burned, send some to Aunt Yang next door, do you know? "Got it. You Haochen nodded obediently.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside. "All the young men in the village are out!!" The majestic voice sounded, You Haochen was startled, Xiao Yun immediately pulled him into the house, through the window, the mother and son saw seventeen or eighteen soldiers in armor standing at the entrance of the village, and several young people in the village walked over with nervous expressions. "Well, that's good. It's pretty sturdy. One of the soldiers at the head nodded and said. Another soldier next to him nodded the number of people and suddenly frowned and said, "Why are there only 18, and there are still two less?" What should we do, the commander of the empire ordered us to recruit 20?" At this time, a young man in the village swallowed a mouthful of spit and asked cautiously, "Sir...... You're looking for us...... What are you going to do?" the soldier glared at him, "This is a beautiful errand, going to the royal mining area to mine for the empire, including food and shelter, and wages. "It's good, it's good, but the royal mines are too far away......" muttered the young adult novel. "Don't talk nonsense, it's an order from the Empire, and you can't go if you don't go, but you're allowed to go home every six months. Hearing this, several of the young people obviously had opinions, but they did not dare to raise them.

At this time, there was a commotion at Sister-in-law Yang's house next door. "Master Guan, he's a fool, he can't go!" Sister-in-law Yang begged. "As long as he has the strength, it doesn't matter if he's stupid or not, take it away!" You Haochen's ears only left the crying voice of Sister-in-law Yang. "There's one left, what should I do?" asked one soldier. "What about the third one at the entrance of the village?" "No, he only has one leg. The soldier shook his head. "Whatever, take it and count it, or the higher authorities will punish us again. These words fell into You Haochen's ears, and the words were like thunder, making him unable to calm down for a long time. He remembered that Ah Fu, the son of Yang's sister-in-law next door, watched the ants move with him, and remembered that Li Si, who only had one leg, made a rabbit bow (a tool for hunting rabbits) for him, and couldn't help but clench his little fists.

You Haochen took advantage of his mother's inattention, rushed out of the house, and drank to the soldiers; "Let go of Brother Afu, and don't go to Brother Li, I'll go for them!!" Xiao Yun was startled, and hurriedly ran out of the door to hug Haochen, "What are you talking nonsense, you are only ten years old!" Sister-in-law Yang also stopped crying, and looked at him and stopped. "Mom, it's okay, I've had more strength than other children since I was a child, and I can barely do it. Haochen comforted his mother. You Haochen didn't know why, his strength was unmatched among his peers, and even children three or four years older than him were inferior to him. And his senses are much sharper than others, and he can feel even the slightest movement. Xiao Yun looked at the dull-eyed sister-in-law Yang, remembered Li Si, and then looked at her child, and didn't know what to say for a while. The soldier in front smiled, looked You Haochen up and down, and said, "You kid is a little guts, but it's ......", he glanced at Xiao Yun, "You can only replace one." "What!" Xiao Yun exclaimed, and Sister-in-law Yang on the side also shook violently, and then looked at Hao Chen. You Haochen frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Does it have to be like this." "With the order of the Empire, we can't help it. The soldier shook his head helplessly. You Haochen really wanted to be stronger and beat them all, but now he can only compromise. He stood there with a hard choice. Suddenly, Sister-in-law Yang wiped her tears, sighed lightly and said, "Haochen, it's not difficult for your aunt, let the fool go with you, then Li Si is really ...... Alas, at least the fool can take care of himself. You Haochen nodded, in fact, he also thought so in his heart, but Sister-in-law Yang was beside him, and he couldn't say it. Hao Chen looked back at his mother, and Xiao Yun also looked at him with a complicated expression. "Mom, let me go, I'll be fine with the others. Xiao Yun looked at him for a while, and finally sighed lightly, touched Haochen's black hair and said, "I know you are helpless, be careful when you get there, and if you have difficulties, go to the big brother in the same village to help." Be sure to pay attention to your body and do what you can, mom doesn't care about your salary. You Haochen's eyes moistened, hugged his mother, and sobbed quietly.

The soldier turned to the leader and shouted, "Sir, you've got all the men!" He said to everyone, "Now go back and pack some luggage, and gather here at three o'clock in the afternoon." So everyone went back to their respective homes to prepare their burdens, and Xiao Yun also took Haochen home to prepare. I didn't have much in the first place, so I brought a little change of clothes, and the dry food was considered comprehensive. At this time, the mother took Hao Chen to the back room, took out a small cloth bag from under the bed, took out something from it, handed it to Hao Chen, and said, "Take this, it will keep you safe." Haochen took it and found that it was a jade pendant that was only half left, and the fracture was very neat, and at a glance, he knew that it had been cut by a sharp weapon. Haochen's eyes moistened again, and he hugged his mother tightly and was silent......

When the team left, Xiao Yun finally cried bitterly, and said to herself from time to time: "With him, it will be fine" {Sifang 3338, the fourth largest county of the Burning Heaven Kingdom}

After more than two months of turbulence, the Imperial force passed through more than a dozen villages, and finally led more than 300 miners to the royal mining area.

When everyone saw the mining area, the fatigue on the road was swept away, and they all closed their mouths in surprise, and some people pointed to the mining area with excitement and discussed it with the people around them. You Haochen was also dumbfounded and opened the gate close to 30 meters in the mining area, and there was a fence more than ten meters high, all made of Huoyun iron. The most surprising thing was the mining machine, which was much higher than the gate, and they were built by the mechanics of the Xuanji Gate. Xuanji Sect is a very special sect, in terms of strength, it is not very strong, and the elders in the gang are only in the Yuanjiang realm, and there are only a handful of them who have reached the Yuanhai realm, and the Yuanhai Dacheng realm has only appeared once in their classics, or hundreds of years ago. However, even so, not many people dared to provoke the Xuanji Gate, because they occupied the advantage of the abundant minerals of the Burning Sky, and made a lot of useful machinery to sell to the empire and the Great Gate Sect, and even some were exported to other countries, so the Xuanji Gate had a lot of big forces to support them.

You Haochen and the others were placed in one workshop after another, with 8 people in each workshop, although it was very crowded, it was also usable. As soon as the things were placed, the gong sounded outside, which was the signal for the miners to assemble.