He Lingjiang stood up: "Let's go to the other mines and have a look." ”

The two returned the way they came.

He Lingjiang looked at the other four mines that he hadn't had time to check, and clicked on two of them: "You are in charge of these two, and the remaining two belong to me." ”

"The main thing is to find out what is mined inside, and if you come out first, hide in this vicinity and wait for a while."

"Yes, the Seventh Lady be careful." He Zheng told her a word and entered the mine.

He Lingjiang also turned around and entered the mine tunnel on the right.

This mine road, compared to the previous one, is obviously much more lively.

Except for the waste road that has been mined in front of it, it is relatively quiet, and further back, you can hear the clanging sound of excavation coming along the narrow tunnel.

In almost every narrow mine, there are people busy inside.

Although it was late at night, there was no day and night in the mines, and these miners fell asleep when they were tired, and continued mining when they woke up.

The sound of clanging stones has never stopped in this mine.

He Lingjiang avoided the people who came out to pour ore from time to time, and approached the minerals piled up in the middle.

The color of the ore was clearly visible in the light of the surrounding oil lamps and the pearl in her hand.

Pieces of black-brown ore were quietly piled up on the ground.

This is not a copper mine!

He Ling Jiang frowned slightly.

She reached out and fumbled, and then her eyes shrank.

It's iron!

They're mining iron ore here!

Complaining, the man said that this mountain range was not rich in copper, and it turned out that it was occupied by iron.

Copper ore and iron ore are not incompatible, but the geology of the two is different after all, so some mountains are rich in copper and some mountains are rich in iron.

If the area being mined in the Nanshan mining area is dominated by copper ore, then this mountain range is mainly iron, and a small amount of copper is also mined.

Liu Da and the others reported that there were people here who were privately mining copper, thinking that it was only because they happened to meet this group of people who transported copper materials, or the sky was dark and they didn't see it clearly.

Now it seems that this group of people is mainly mining iron ore!

He Lingjiang's eyes narrowed slightly.

Whether it is private mining of copper or iron ore, both of which are expressly prohibited by the imperial court, but the latter situation is a little more serious than the former.

If it is said that the previous dynasty also opened up the copper mines, and allowed the private mining to be collected by the government in a unified manner.

This iron ore has been firmly controlled by the imperial court in all dynasties, and has never let others move too much.

Iron can not only be made into agricultural tools to ensure the foundation of a country's farming, but also can be forged to help soldiers win on the battlefield.

In order to ensure the stability of the political power, all dynasties have ordered the "iron mine official camp", which cannot be handed over to the private sector.

The importance of iron casting is also managed by the government.

Now there are people mining here, and if this thing breaks out, the turmoil will be even worse than that of private copper mining.

He Ling Jiang was secretly thinking to himself, and a sound of rustling came from the mine next to him, and someone had come out to dump the minerals.

She hurriedly turned sideways and hid in the side of the mine.

"Smack!"

As a result of her movements, small rocks rolled from the top of her head and smashed to the ground.

He Ling Jiang's eyebrows jumped, and he held his breath.

"Ding, ding, ding, ding......"

The sound of chiseling stones in the surrounding mine is non-stop, and this small sound seems to be nothing in this mine.

The man who came out to pour the ore did not realize it, and he poured the iron ore from the basket on the middle of the pile, and he couldn't help but move his muscles and bones.

Then he took out a piece of naan from his bosom and sat down on the mine pile and ate it.

Someone came out of the mine again, and when he saw this, he couldn't help but say, "Is there anything else?" Bring me a piece too. ”

The man grinned, and a mouthful of white teeth appeared on his dark face: "Thanks to the bread I have saved, I will give you some." ”

As he spoke, he took out another half piece of bread and handed it over.

"Thanks, brother." The man who asked for the bread stretched out his hand to take it, and sat down with him, "To do this physical work is to be hungry quickly." ”

"Yes. Fortunately, the salary is not low, and you can get more rewards for working hard......"

The two exchanged a few words and then buried their heads in nibbling on cakes.

In the mine where He Lingjiang was hiding, it was so quiet that he could barely breathe, only the sound of chiseling stones and the sound of two people chewing cakes came from him.

After eating the naan and resting for a few more breaths, the two men lifted their baskets and returned to the mine they were responsible for.

It was quiet outside, except for the sound of chiseling walls around him, in the mine where He Lingjiang was, he couldn't even hear the sound of breathing, it was extremely quiet.

She held her breath, then jerked out her hand and stabbed into the void with a dagger from her sleeve.

In the darkness, the dagger with a fierce momentum suddenly stopped.

A hand grabbed her neck!

He Ling Jiang stopped the attack in her hand, even if she couldn't see it, she knew that the short dagger was against the other party's heart at this time.

She narrowed her eyes and didn't speak.

The other party was also silent.

The two were at a stalemate, no one spoke, and no one was willing to let go first, only the sound of chiseling walls in the mine tunnel came one after another.

The other party's hand was pinched extremely tightly, and He Lingjiang only felt that his breathing was a little difficult, but the right hand holding the dagger was steady.

She secretly said in her heart that her neck had just healed a little, and if she continued like this, she would be cut off by this person again.

She pushed the dagger forward: "Loose...... Let go. ”

The man's palm tightened by half a minute: "Put away the knife." ”

He Lingjiang couldn't help but be glad that he was not a living person, otherwise it would be difficult to guarantee that he would not be pinched and fainted at this time.

The dagger shrank back in two, and the palm of the hand around her neck loosened.

"I'll count three times, and we'll let it go together." He Lingjiang took a breath and said.

"Okay." The man nodded in the dark.

"One."

"Two."

"Three!"

The two remained motionless.

He Ling Jiang sneered: "Your Excellency is inevitably a little unruly. ”

"Aren't you the same?" The man was sarcastic.

said that they would let go together, but neither of them moved, obviously not believing each other, so why accuse each other?

He Lingjiang couldn't help but have nothing to say, but such a stalemate was not a way.

"Your Excellency is hiding here, and you want to come in secretly, and you don't want the people in the mine to find out. You and I are so deadlocked, when others find out, we can only be trapped here together. ”

He Lingjiang's voice was slightly deep: "Do it again, this time, let go together." ”

The man still had one word: "Good." ”

"One."

"Two."

"Three!"

This time, the two finally withdrew their hands at the same time to point directly at each other's vital points.

He Lingjiang's already fragile neck was finally saved.

The moment the man let go, she immediately spun out of the mine, and the man followed.

He Lingjiang's feet swirled slightly, and with a wave of his sleeves, the oil lamps around him suddenly went out, and the half of the main mine road darkened.

In the darkness, the man felt a sharp blade coming straight at him.

He reached out to remove He Lingjiang's hand, and then turned sideways to avoid her attack, distancing himself from her.

He Lingjiang held a short dagger in his hand and pointed directly at the man: "Who is Your Excellency?" Why did you come to this mine? ”

The man sneered, his voice was cold and a little low, as if he was between a teenager and a young man: "I should ask you this." ”

"Your Excellency is not even a person, what is the purpose of coming to this mine?"

He just choked her neck, and he felt cold when he started it, and under the tentacles, there was no pulse in his neck, and there was a feeling of blood circulation.

What's more, she doesn't have the breath of a living person.

It's a human being, all of them have qi, either clear or turbid, but they all have a warmth.

But when her qi touched, it was like a fog in the forest, a lan in the mountains, cool and cool, and lifeless.

The man in front of him is not a living person!

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