But compared to the hungry mountain goods such as kudzu, bracken root, and green oka, people's favorite is cassava.

Cassava is not only satisfying, but also delicious, and the key is that two or three cassava trees can often dig up a basket of cassava.

After these cassava are soaked and detoxified, the whole root is edible.

And kudzu and fern roots are only edible with a little starch that precipitates after beating. The grains are small and slow to pick. It is far inferior to cassava in terms of efficiency.

But cassava is hard to find, so the villagers can only pick the mountain goods they are familiar with first.

Some people also came to Jiang Tangtang to inquire and asked her if she would go to the mountains to dig mountain goods. I want to see if I can follow her to the mountains to dig mountain goods and get some good luck.

Jiang Tangtang did plan to go into the mountains recently.

However, her purpose is not for the mountain goods, but for the iron ore in the mountains.

To further study the making of bombs, in addition to raw materials such as saltpeter and sulfur, iron was also needed.

In addition, the development of the valley and the growth of the army require a lot of iron.

Therefore, the iron in the mountains must be mined as soon as possible.

Jiang Tangtang entered the mountain to carefully determine the area of the mine, the difficulty of mining and other matters.

The hill where she had discovered the iron ore was located deep in the mountains, which was also dangerous. She had planned to take the black eagle with her, and then call the elder brothers of the Jiang family to go with her.

Since the villagers also wanted to follow her to the mountains, she decided to pick some prime of life to go with her.

I just happened to take this opportunity to take a closer look and see which ones were suitable for recruiting the weapons research and production team.

When Jiang Tangtang presided over the villagers into the mountain, Fang Dayong and Lu Fusheng finally came up with a way to escape from the mine.

In fact, the two of them didn't think of a solution.

After all, it is not a good way to unite the miners of the mine and escape together.

Because since the opening of this mine, every year there are miners who can't stand the oppression and unite a group of people to escape, but in the end they have never succeeded.

Every time the mine steward caught an escaped worker, he would tie them up and torture them in front of the miners to deter the remaining workers from escaping.

These workers who escaped and were recaptured were tortured quite badly, and some were tortured to death by various cruel means.

Most of the workers who have seen these methods do not have the courage to flee again.

Fang Dayong and Lu Fusheng talked to many miners in private, but most of them were blank and looked like they had accepted their fate.

Fang Da was so brave that he lowered his voice and said, "You are willing to be enslaved here for the rest of your life?" ”

The steward of the mine does not watch over the sleeping of the miners, but guards the miners' quarters to prevent them from escaping.

The managers of the mine do not treat the miners as human beings, and naturally they will not give the miners a good living environment.

Hundreds of miners were crammed into a small room, and the stench in the house was overwhelming.

The living environment is worrisome, but it is convenient for Fang Dayong to lobby the miners.

However, no matter how indignant Fang Dayong was, the miners did not have many mood swings.

Some miners have closed their eyes and fallen asleep.

After a long while, a thin man kindly reminded, "You think we don't want to escape?" You've only been here for a short time, and you haven't seen the methods of those people. When you see it, you will know why everyone works honestly and doesn't want to escape. ”

Fang Dayong was unconvinced: "Who said I haven't seen it?" I ran away on the way to get caught, but then I didn't escape, and I was caught and beaten badly. ”

"You've just been beaten, but you're still alive. Have you ever seen someone who was hanged and slowly cut to death with a knife? Have you ever seen a human skin torn from it? I'm telling you, these are the fate of those who escaped from the mine and were caught. ”

The man said, sat up, glanced in Fang Dayong's direction, and said, "A leader like you will die even more miserably when the time comes." I advise you to be honest and don't think about it. ”

In the dark, facing the man's dark eyes, Fang Dayong couldn't help but shudder.

He thought that beating people to death was already a very cruel method, but he never expected that this group of people would be so brutal.

An idea popped up in his heart again, it would be nice if Lu Saburo was here. If Lu Saburo is here, he will definitely be able to eliminate this group of people.

With his skills, he will certainly not be afraid of them.

Unconsciously, his jealousy and unconvincing of Lu Shiyan turned into admiration.

And after all this, he finally clearly realized the gap between himself and Lu Shiyan.

Knowing that the way to escape would not work, Fang Dayong had to think about something else.

He bit his cheek and thought for a while, then suddenly got up and said to the man who had spoken to him before, "Brother, what's your name?" It's been a long time here, hasn't it? I look at your figure, you should have been in good condition at home before, right? How did you get here? ”

The man was thin but tall. In this era when ordinary people are generally living a difficult life, in fact, ordinary people are not very tall.

The tall ones at least mean that there is no shortage of food and drink at home.

The man didn't know what was in mind, and a wry smile appeared on his face. He sighed and said, "If you hadn't asked, I would have forgotten my name." It's okay, if I die one day, let people know that I am Zhang Xu. It's not the number in the mine. ”

In order to facilitate management, the managers of the mine have uniformly numbered the miners who work in the mines.

Each miner is numbered by a different year.

The stewards shouted the miners and called the number of this compilation.

Zhang Xu's number is called Wu 48, and Fang Dayong's name in the mine is Xin 153.

Fang Dayong listened to Zhang Xu's name and praised: "Brother Zhang has a scholar in his family, right?" This name has a history as soon as you hear it, unlike us rough people, who also get names casually. ”

Speaking of the origin of the name, Zhang Xu seemed to fall into memories again, and muttered: "My father named me Xu when he first named me, which means that the sun is rising in the east. said that I was the hope of the Zhang family, but I never imagined ......"

In the end, not only did he not become the hope of the Zhang family, but he also ended up in such a situation. If he sees his father under Jiuquan after death, he will be very disappointed!

Fang Dayong didn't notice his sadness, and said excitedly: "Brother Zhang, there are people in your family who read, you must have read too, right?" Think about it, is there a way to get the message out. I have a cousin who is very powerful, and if he had known that I was here, he would have saved us all. ”

Zhang Xu shook his head and sighed: "Don't think about it, the people who can get out of this mountain are their people, and there is no way to spread the news at all." ”