Chapter 104 There are mines in Quanzhou
A scolding woke up the stunned Jing family, and they followed the sound to see a tall overseer holding a whip and throwing it at a dark and thin young man.
And the young man just heard the movement of the Jing family getting off the boat, and subconsciously turned his head to take a look.
The whip landed hard and the young man's back, leaving a blood-red mark on his dark back.
Seeing that everyone else couldn't help but shrink back, feeling pain for the young man.
The young man gritted his teeth and endured the pain, and did not dare to look at it again, so he bent down to speed up the movements of his hands, for fear that if he slowed down, he would be whipped again.
There were many people who were treated in the same way as the teenagers, and about six or seven people in the excavated land were guarded by an overseer, and if they slowed down or stopped for a while, they were punished with a cruel whip.
In the eyes of the overseers, these people are clearly animals, cattle and horses.
Zuo Xingyan was a little dissatisfied, but she didn't understand the truth, she couldn't meddle in these things rashly.
Sun Feng looked at the scene in front of him habitually, after so many years in Quanzhou, he had long lost the kindness that he once had to sympathize with the weak.
This is the law of the jungle, and if all the weak want him to protect them, then he can't even protect himself.
What's more, if he hadn't discovered the mineral veins on Quanzhou Island and applied to the imperial court for excavation, then these criminal slaves might not even have the job to dig the veins, and they could only starve to death, or be captured and tortured to death by those wicked people.
In other words, it was Sun Feng who gave them the opportunity to work and have a glimmer of life.
"Take them to the West End, change their clothes and start working, and arrange their accommodations together. The pirates were imprisoned first, and a killing ceremony was held at night. ”
Sun Fengtou didn't reply to the officials, and after speaking, he walked towards the depths of the ore vein.
Something seemed to have been dug up over there, and two or three overseers were gathered around, discussing something.
The officials dragged the people of the Jing family and Zuo Xingyan and them, and did not dare to delay for a moment to go to the western district.
Listening to Sun Feng's meaning, this island should have four districts, southeast, northwest and northwest, and each district should do different work.
Zuo Xingyan secretly paid attention to the side where she dug out something, she vaguely saw a few stones, and her appearance looked ordinary, but Sun Feng looked very happy.
The group soon came to the West End, where there were also a bunch of people working, but there were more women here, and the work was to remove the trees and weeds of the jungle in the outermost circle.
That is, to create more living space for people and reduce the size of the jungle on the island.
"You guys will live here in the future, hurry in and change your clothes, and go over to work in a while!" The official urged impatiently.
The place he pointed to were two simple and dilapidated thatched huts, one for men and one for women.
But this grass house looks pitifully small from the outside, and it goes without saying how natural it is.
Whether it is a woman or a man, the number of people in the Jing family is not in the minority, how can such a small place be enough for them to rest?
Do you have to sit against the wall at night, like you did in the post station, and you can't even lie down and stretch your legs?
For a while, the Jing family's hearts were like a big stone, even if they went through a two-month exile and endured all the hardships, they were once pampered.
The thought of having to live this kind of embarrassing life even lying down for countless days in the future made everyone a little frightened.
"Hurry up! What is the rubbing? This piece can't be cleaned up today, and none of you want to eat at night! ”
Seeing that everyone was not moving, the official was so angry that he shook the whip fiercely.
The area where he raised his finger was at least two acres in size.
Now that it has reached the unitary time, it is simply unrealistic to ask the Jing family to clean up so much in an hour.
Zuo Xingyan thought about it, and did not refute the officer, now that they have just arrived, they have not yet figured out the situation on Quanzhou Island, so it is better not to cause trouble for the time being.
If they let her work, then work obediently, and she is not afraid of not having food if she can't finish it, she can let the Jing family fill their stomachs.
Thinking of this, Zuo Xingyan took the lead in the grass house without saying a word, picked up one of the clothes and changed into them.
Fan didn't expect that the first person to change clothes was Zuo Xingyan. She was a smart woman, and she immediately understood what Zuo Xingyan meant, so she followed her in to change her clothes.
Looking at Zuo Xingyan, who walked out calmly after changing clothes, Fan had a touch of appreciation in his eyes.
With Zuo Xingyan and Fan taking the lead, the other ladies of the Jing family also changed their clothes, and even the aunt of the Jing family obediently changed, and they didn't even dare to let out a fart during the period.
She now has a visceral fear of the man holding the whip, which may be the psychological shadow left by Song Chatou on her.
The man also changed his clothes quickly, and in a short time they all came out of the grass hut.
All the slaves on Quanzhou Island had to wear uniform clothing, earthy yellow dirt-resistant fabric, and a large slave character was sewn on the chest with a black strip of cloth.
This is the mark that distinguishes between criminal slaves and civilians on Quanzhou Island.
In the same way, those who wear the prison uniform of the criminal slave, all the power of life and death is in the hands of Sun Feng, and those wicked people are not allowed to dispose of the criminal slave behind Sun Feng's back.
This prison uniform is both a shame for the slaves of sin, and at the same time a presence that can save their lives.
Zuo Xingyan's skin is fair and delicate, and wearing an earthy yellow prison uniform makes her even more white, tender and bright.
Her jet-black hair has long since gotten rid of the cumbersome bun, but is tied up high, turning into a high ponytail and falling behind her head, adding a touch of sassiness to her beauty.
Even those officials couldn't take their eyes off when they saw it.
As soon as Jing Beihan came out of the grass house, he saw the scene of the officials staring directly at Zuo Xingyan, his face was cold for a moment, and his eyes were coldly staring at several officials.
The official only felt a chill behind him, and when he looked back, he looked at Jing Beihan as if he was about to kill someone, and they remembered one thing at the same time very tacitly.
The man in front of him was the one who had defeated the leader of the pirates and brought his family back safe and sound from the hands of the murderous bandits.
The official immediately looked away and didn't glance at Zuo Xingyan again.
"Hurry, hurry up and get to work! I've caught you being lazy, watch out for my whip...... Not long-eyed! "The intimidation of the officials seems to have lost their momentum.
Zuo Xingyan took everyone to the side to get tools, sickles, hoes and the like, and then started to work seriously.
Zuo Xingyan is no stranger to doing rough work, in his previous life in the last days, at first, human beings were caught off guard by the zombie virus, and they had no chance to look for machinery and equipment everywhere, and many defense facilities were built by humans with their hands.
It is no exaggeration to say that Zuo Xingyan will even build a house with mud and stones.
So simple weeding and cutting trees like this is not a problem at all.