Outside the fork in the road, looking at the miners around him who had worked hard to dig the stone wall but gained little, Uncle Wang sighed: "Xiaotian, it seems that the punishment of the two of us is not light, these people should have entered the mine in the morning, and there are not a few pieces of iron ore in their baskets until now." ”

Li Tian listened to Uncle Wang's words, and glanced at a miner who was mining not far away, indeed, there were only a few slightly red stones in the basket, and a small layer of basket was laid.

It's already afternoon, and according to the progress of these miners, it's enough to dig out half a basket of ore today.

"Uncle Wang, let's go inside and have a look?" Li Tian pointed to the black fork in the road.

Uncle Wang nodded, and walked in first: "It's a disaster that can't be avoided, outside the fork in the road, we can't complete the task at all." ”

Seeing Uncle Wang choose one of several forks in the road and walk in, Li Tian followed closely behind.

After entering the fork in the road, the light seemed to disappear all at once, and nothing could be seen in the darkness around it.

However, this environment did not make Li Tian and Uncle Wang feel the slightest fear and depression.

Although it was pitch black all around, the sound of ding-dong was endless, and even Li Tian was pushed by someone, and the man asked him not to get in the way.

Deeper and farther can be heard the shouting of mining beware and the sound of shouting trumpets during labor, and these noisy voices come and go.

This is the normal atmosphere of the mine!

After a long while, Li Tian and Uncle Wang's eyes adapted to the dark environment and were finally able to see.

Here, as the teahouse owner said, there is no need to light a torch, and there is a faint light in the mine, so you can see the surroundings clearly.

Here, there are significantly more workers in the mining than in the periphery.

And unlike the scattered miners I just saw, the miners here are all in groups of three or five.

They each occupy a small area for mining. Moreover, in each small group, there are people digging and guarding, and the division of labor is clear.

Li Tian and Uncle Wang picked a small gang of three people and got closer to see how much ore they had dug up.

But the move clearly irritated the miner.

The sentry shouted, and the other two directly put down their work and walked over with their respective weapons to stop Li Tian and Uncle Wang from approaching.

"What do you want to do?" One of the three asked coldly.

Uncle Wang laughed dryly: "Don't misunderstand, don't misunderstand, we are two uncles and nephews who have just arrived, and we want to come over to see the situation, friend, how is your harvest today?" ”

"Today's harvest is not good, if you want to mine, go find a place where no one is around, and dig casually. We don't have much to see here, it's up to you to see somewhere else," or what the man of the three said.

Although this person's tone was polite, Uncle Wang could also hear the meaning of their refusal, and looking at the posture, Li Tian and Uncle Wang might fight if they got together any further.

Uncle Wang thanked him, and took Li Tian to another small group to inquire, and the encounter was the same as just now, and he was driven away without even approaching the rock wall of mining.

However, with the glimmer of light, Uncle Wang also saw that the harvest of these people should be okay, but he didn't know if it was enough for their group.

Li Tian and Uncle Wang continued to go deeper.

The further down you go, the more and more the clanging sound becomes, and the shouting of the labor horn gets louder and louder.

The number of those gangs also expanded from three or five to five or six, seven or eight people, and even Li Tian and Uncle Wang saw a gang of ten people walking back.

Ten people stood together, even if they didn't do anything, they were very imposing, not to mention that they all carried a basket full of ores, talking and laughing, it was obvious that they had gained a lot.

The road in the mine is not big, and when they saw them coming out, Li Tian and Uncle Wang naturally flashed to the side and let them pass first.

After they passed, Li Tian heard a small group of three people next to him say enviously: "It's better to have a lot of people, dare to go deeper, there is more abundant than ours." ”

Then the other member of the small gang of three spoke again: "If you feel that you can beat those people, you are not afraid that the ore that you have dug up with great difficulty will be robbed, you can also go to that rich place, otherwise, don't do so much, and earn a basic salary honestly." ”

Li Tianzheng listened energetically, and the third person in the small gang said: "Eh, don't say it!" Li Tian knew that the third person should have seen Li Tian and Uncle Wang staying on the side and reminded the other two to pay attention.

After the other two heard the reminder of the third person, they stopped talking, obviously guarding Li Tian and Uncle Wang.

Li Tian and Uncle Wang didn't care either, and continued to walk forward.

Along the way, Li Tian found that the small gang of five or six people was the most, and the east team and the west team were mining ore around a small stone wall in front of them.

And this area is only one of the forks in the road chosen by Li Tian and Uncle Wang, and there are several similar forks.

And this is just one mine, and there are several different caves throughout the mine.

As you can imagine, the amount of ore that this mine has is staggering. The number of miners that can accommodate an entire mine is staggering. It's such a fork in the road, and before the two of them finished walking, they had already seen a lot of miners.

It's no wonder that there are already a lot of people mining ore, but the town owner is still replenishing his manpower.

Along the way, Li Tian found that the area with a group of five or six people had the largest number of miners.

Further inside, there is a different phenomenon, it seems that there are more ore reserves here, and the stone walls even appear a little red, indicating that the ore content here is very rich.

However, there are far fewer miners here, and there must be at least seven or eight people in the group.

Li Tian found that these people's territory was very large. The division of territory between the various gangs is also very detailed, leaving little room for it.

Every time Li Tian and Uncle Wang passed through the area circled by a gang, some people would keep an eye on Li Tian and Uncle Wang, and if Li Tian and Uncle Wang stayed for a while, those who were watching would immediately come and drive them away.

It seems that there are few miners here, not because those miners are unwilling to come, but because they have been driven away by these people.

Uncle Wang and Li Tian didn't stop here either, the original purpose of going to the mine today was not to dig how much to mine, just to find out information, of course, it would be better if they could dig some back. But now is not the time, there should be a better place down there, the previous team of ten people, not so much ore here.

Li Tian and Uncle Wang continued to go deeper along the mine road, and in the end, they actually came to a guarded hole, and this person was still handcuffed and shackled, and it seemed that it would be very inconvenient to move.

This man is actually a prisoner, so why didn't he go mining? It is said that they have more tasks than Li Tian and Uncle Wang.

At first, Li Tian and Uncle Wang didn't think that the person was guarding the entrance of the cave, thinking that they were just passing by mining, just like them, but when Li Tian and Uncle Wang passed by him, he actually said a word to Li Tian and Uncle Wang to bless them with a full harvest.

And when the man had said this, he did not depart, but remained there. Probably because he was too bored, the man buttoned his nostrils and flicked them again.

Li Tian and Uncle Wang didn't understand what the man guarding the entrance of the cave meant.

But it doesn't matter, anyway, let's go down and investigate the situation.

Inside the hole, the space is very open, and even the light is much brighter than the mine outside.

This is a place that resembles a large platform, extending horizontally, and you can still see other holes not far away.

To Li Tian's surprise, each of these caves was guarded and all of them were prisoners.

Listening to the clanging knocking sound and shouting from inside the cave, Li Tian and Uncle Wang understood that those were the areas where the other forks in the road led at the beginning.

It is unbelievable that these forks in the road are twisted and turned, and they are finally connected to such a huge space, which is quite a bit of a different way to the same end.

It's just that these prisoners don't dig pits at the entrance of the cave, what are they guarding here?

After being surprised for a while, Li Tian discussed with Uncle Wang, and continued to go down, trying to find an area where each of the ten-person team could harvest a lot.

After walking a short distance, I saw the various small groups of mining, compared to the above, there are many fewer miners mining here, and the minimum of each team is ten people, and there are many big shoulders and round waists in the team, which looks very powerful.

Li Tian noticed that most of the stone walls here are red, that is to say, if ten pieces of stone walls are dug here, six of them may be iron ore!

I didn't expect that the ore reserves here are so abundant.

So, why are most miners still concentrated on the top?

Li Tian didn't figure it out after thinking about it.

However, it is clear that this is the mining site where the gang of ten people I met on the road just now returned with a full load.

"Uncle Wang, are you still going down?" Li Tian asked Uncle Wang what he thought.

Li Tian and Uncle Wang have already gone deep into their own motion, and it is said that this is already the limit of normal ore mining.

Of course, those who specialize in the search for treasures will continue to go deeper.

The miner who had found the treasure before, after forming a team of more than 20 people, continued to go deeper from here, and finally brought back the treasures that the immortal cultivators needed.

"No, Xiaotian, we're not looking for those treasures, as long as we can safely complete the three-month task, that's fine." Uncle Wang finally decided not to go any further, and if he went any further, he might be in danger.

"Let's go back Xiaotian, it is estimated that the time is not early, let's not dig today, ask the miners in a house again at night, and come back tomorrow to dig." Uncle Wang thought about it for a while, and finally decided to go back to the house to ask about the situation first.

And it is estimated that the time is not early, and it is not easy to go back all the way uphill, so it is better to go back early.

It's easy to get in, but when you come up with this huge space, it's not so simple.

Li Tian and Uncle Wang were actually stopped by several prisoners.

These people had to check the back baskets of Li Tian and Uncle Wang, and see how much ore they had dug up.

Li Tian and Uncle Wang also knew that these prisoners were not stable in the mine, seeing that Li Tian and Uncle Wang were weak, they were ready to rob them of their ore, no wonder there was a person who wished Li Tian a full harvest, these people planned to let some weak people come in and help them mine.

What these prisoners didn't expect was that Li Tian and Uncle Wang didn't dig the ore, they only came down to explore the road on the first day, and they didn't dig half of the ore.

The few prisoners who stopped Li Tian gritted their teeth angrily and finally had no choice but to let Li Tian and Uncle Wang leave.