Pit No. 33 is one of the main pits still in production in Xingning Mine, not far from the residential area where the venue is located, and is an old pit with a history of more than 200 years.

The entrance is located on the mountainside, diagonally inserted into the belly of the mountain, the main mine road twists and turns downward, the lowest point is nearly two miles below the landmark, and there are countless branches of various sizes, in the words of Lao Mo, an old miner who led the way, this place is no less complex than an ant's nest.

So far, it is unrealistic to go up and down on two legs, which is time-consuming and laborious, so three cage ladders are set up at the entrance to lead directly to the bottom of the mine, and cattle and horses cooperate with manpower to control and pull.

The cage ladder is quite wide, it can accommodate more than 20 strong men at a time, but it is really simple compared with the cage ladder of Mochizuki Peak, you can only stand and not say, the wooden cage body creaks on the mountain wall from time to time, and it always feels like it is going to fall apart.

There are not many people who go to the mine this time, except for the official mansion represented by Feng Zhiping's Dian Cangshan and the official mansion represented by Wang Zhushu, only Meng Pengcheng and Su Yurong have the courage to follow, and the rest of the families don't want to offend the official.

Meng Pengcheng and Su Yurong each brought two people, Feng Zhiping only brought Xu Wenyao and You Shuang'er down, and the others stayed on it. Originally, he wanted to add Zhao Kang or Lao Dong, but there were too many "bodyguards" in the Wang master's book, and a whole team of fifteen people, all of whom were still wearing full armor, had to give up in order to reduce weight.

Holding his sword and leaning on the railing, listening to Lao Mo's introduction to the situation of Pit 33, Feng Zhiping couldn't help but ask: "Why don't you open an entrance below? Isn't it closer to enter from the surface than to enter from the mountainside?"

"Because there is a dark river!" Lao Mo turned around and smiled at Feng Zhiping, the swaying torches in the dim mine made his big yellow teeth look much whiter.

"Isn't it okay to get around?" Feng Zhiping was still puzzled, what a prospector could do, could it be that Qiu Dao would be reluctant to spend money?

"No, no, it's not that simple. ”

Lao Mo waved his hand again and again and explained: "My lord doesn't know, there is an abundance of water here, and the underground rivers are intricate, and the distance is very short. If the soil layer left behind is not thick enough to withstand the impact of the water flow, it will be the end of the pit and the death of people, and the mining area will be affected. The previous proprietor tried twice, looking for the most famous pulse surveying master, but they all failed, and many people drowned in the rammer, and then they didn't dare to try again. ”

"I see. Feng Zhiping nodded, when it came to professional knowledge, he really thought it was easy.

"Don't talk about these things, it's mad to death!" the king interrupted irritably, his face pale.

He was accustomed to eating and drinking, he was disgusted with every bit of this, looking up and down to see that it was pitch black, only in the cage ladder was there a square inch of light, the turbid air and the sound of collisions from time to time made his legs tremble uncontrollably, thanks to the two sergeants to stand firmly.

Lao Mo is just an ordinary person, who dares to stand up to the official master, and quickly apologizes.

Feng Zhiping bowed slightly, and secretly exchanged glances with Meng Pengcheng and Su Yurong, and the three of them pursed their mouths and snickered silently.

Wang Zhuguang was scared, didn't see the three of them snickering, covered his nose and waved impatiently to let Lao Mo retreat, frowned and said, "How long will it take, why haven't you finished yet?"

"Back to my lord, it will take a while, and this is only half of it. Lao Mo replied respectfully.

"It's only half? It's only half after so long, what the hell are you, why are you so slow!" said the king, and the roar echoed through the tunnel for a long time before it disappeared.

Lao Mo lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "Back to adults, slow is a little slow, but it is also for safety, if it is too fast, if there is a mistake, the above can't pull it if you want to." ”

Master Wang suddenly realized, nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, yes, slow down, safety first!" Hurry up and notify the people above and tell them to slow down, there is time, I am not in a hurry!"

"This...", the old man is not embarrassed.

There is a rope used for communication in the cage ladder, and a copper bell is hung at the entrance, but it is pulled when the speed slows down when it is fast to the end or almost to the top, and now he can't get up and down, and the people on it will only think that it was a mistake, and it is useless.

Seeing this, Feng Zhiping patted Lao Mo and said, "It's okay, it's good now, it's not fast or slow." ”

"What do you mean?" the king glared.

Feng Zhiping looked innocent: "It's not interesting, did the adults misunderstand something? I just want to go down and finish the mine as soon as possible, let's go up and report to Lord Liu as soon as possible, and the situation here is complicated and the crisis is hidden, it is better to hand it over to a senior professional like Lao Mo to lead the way, right?"

Master Wang choked for a moment, and Meng Pengcheng whispered on the side: "As far as the old man knows, the communication bell will only ring at the upper and lower ends, and if you pull it halfway, it means that you are in trouble, and the people above will pull us back immediately, so don't pull it, so as not to misunderstand." ”

Looking at the old and the young, and then at Su Yurong who expressed his attitude with his eyes, the king could only endure his anger, snorted and stopped talking.

Lao Mo glanced at the two gratefully, then looked at the sergeants hesitantly, and stopped talking.

"What's the matter, there's something to say. Feng Zhiping said.

Lao Mo nodded, bowed down and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, it's not that the little old man is too talkative, it's just that it's better for you to take off your armor." Xingning Mine occasionally has a golden ghost to borrow the road, the No. 33 pit has only happened twice, but it is difficult to guarantee that you will not bump into it, you are full of iron armor, in case you run into it, I am afraid that you will be injured. ”

Feng Zhiping was suddenly curious: "What is the Golden Ghost Borrowing Dao?"

"It's a magnetic storm. ”

Xu Wenyao explained: "The Xingning Mine was first discovered because of the abnormal magnetic force here, including the treasure blades below the human level, as long as it is metal, it will be attracted by magnetic storms. At first, the explorers who discovered this place thought that this was a magnetic mountain, but after mining, they found that it was not, most of them were ordinary iron ore, only a small amount of iron essence was deposited, and the iron essence mother only appeared once, but none of these things were born with magnetism. ”

"Some people suspect that there is a Yuan Magnetic Spirit Vein hidden somewhere underground here, you know, Yuan Magnetic metals are worth a lot of money no matter which one they are, and after refining, they are at least human-grade spiritual materials, and the value of Xingning Mine has skyrocketed for a long time, and its valuation is no less than those two gold mines. However, after so many years, magnetic storms still occur from time to time, but the magnetic vein has not appeared, and over time this speculation has been put down, and the price of Xingning ore has plummeted, and no one has mentioned it to this day, only treating it as an inferior iron concentrate. ”

Everyone present knows that the government has also announced it, and the only ones who don't know are Feng Zhiping and You Shuang'er, two outsiders who "don't like to read".

"Yes, exactly. Lao Mo shook his head with a wry smile, "Alas, it is because of this legend that the old club has been letting us dig deeper after taking over." The deepest pit No. 99 has been dug three and a half miles underground, and the iron concentrate vein has been dug out without finding the magnetic vein, and the people who worked at that time were ordinary miners like me, and only three of them ran out of the iron poison spreading too fast, and the remaining thirty or so people all died. A blessing and a curse, alas!"

Feng Zhiping sighed and felt pity. Fat Cat Literature Network

For ordinary people, the iron essence is poisonous, but not strong, and it will not kill in a short period of time when exposed to the open space of ventilation, but the depths of the ground are neither empty nor ventilated, and the air circulation depends on the surface of the earth by the cows and horses pulling the bellows to drum in, even so it is extremely turbid, ordinary people simply can't stay for a long time, the veins expose the poison of the iron essence and do not disperse, and it is rare to be able to run out of three.

There are really blessings and misfortunes, and some wealth is really not something that everyone can enjoy.

As he spoke, the speed of the cage ladder slowed down, and Lao Mo immediately walked to the fence, and when he saw the light below, he pulled down the bell rope vigorously.

The speed of the cage ladder immediately dropped again, like a turtle climbing, until it landed smoothly, Lao Mo pulled the copper bell twice, and the bell in the cage ladder also rang twice, then he opened the fence and went out first to stand by the door.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please come with me. ”

The bottom of the pit is a road more than two zhang wide, reinforced with rough wood on both sides and above, the ground is rammed, paved with bricks and stones, not only can walk people, but also can run carriages.

Of course, there are no horses underground, instead there is a machine car, the wheels are stuck in two parallel grooves on the ground, there is a seesaw-like wooden pole device on the car, and when a few people landed, there happened to be two strong men who took turns to press and drive, and after stopping, they wiped their sweat and saw Lao Mo, and immediately smiled and waved the towel.

"Mo Bantou, didn't you just go up, why did you come down again? Hey, I also brought someone, my face is quite raw, new here?"

When the other man saw the ironclad sergeant, his face changed, and he quickly pushed him.

"Blind! Those are the adults of the government, they must have come to see the mine, so why don't you make amends quickly!"

The previous man also saw it clearly, his face was miserable, and he jumped out of the car in a panic and knelt on the ground, kowtowing again and again as if pounding garlic.

Lao Mo was also anxious, and bowed down again and again and said: "My lord, I atone for my sins, they are all rough men, and I can't see people clearly in the dark light here, so I collided with my lord, please be kind to them!"

Wang Zhushu was in a bad mood, and he was worried that he didn't have a chance to vent, where is it for sure?

Snorted coldly and was about to scold, but saw Feng Zhiping squatting on the ground, touching the groove and saying in surprise: "What a clever thought, who designed this?"

Feng Zhiping was not only relieved, but also really curious, he thought it was just an ordinary groove, but after a closer look, he found that there was another ingenuity in the groove, which was actually a several-shaped structure, and the whole body was made of iron, not the masonry that he thought before.

The old Mo people were old-hearted, and hurriedly spoke, ran over and introduced them attentively: "It was arranged by the old owner, and it is said that the design drawings were obtained from the Imperial Capital Ministry of Industry with a lot of money." Originally, we all relied on manpower to carry ox carts, but it was easy for people to go up and down, and it was difficult for cattle to go up and down, and cattle did not know how to find land to, cow dung was full of pits, and the smell could smoke people to death, so most of the time we relied on people to carry them out a little bit. Later, the old Dong family arranged this organ road, we can save a lot of trouble, although the old Dong family is very harsh in some things, but only with this set of organs, our people here will thank them for a lifetime. ”

Feng Zhiping smacked his lips and was noncommittal.

The group of people represented by Lao Mo are all simple and have worked hard all their lives, and if someone can think about him, they are naturally grateful.

But Feng Zhiping knew that the "big shots" present knew that the real purpose of the Autumn Dao Club was not to think about them at all, but to their own interests. The machine car can save a lot of manpower and material resources, but also improve the output, as long as there is money and a way to get it, who will not do it?

The toiling masses, the toiling masses, are always the most simple masses.

As soon as the sealed products were interrupted, the king was too lazy to get angry, and the mine was full of lingering sweat and sour smell, he didn't want to breathe, and it was better to say less or less.

"Have you finished reading, let's go?" said Master Wang, who frowned, not wanting to stay longer for a moment.

Feng Zhiping sneered silently behind his back, and when he turned around, he was humble, and said respectfully: "Don't worry, my lord, this has just come down, let's go in and have a look before leaving." ”

The evil fire of the king master book surged, covered his nose and forcibly held back the fire and said: "What is there to see, what if you see it, do you know the pulse?"

Feng Zhiping smiled even more, bowed slightly and said humbly: "It's a coincidence, I really understand a little bit in Xia." ”

"You, do you know the pulse?!" Master Wang was stunned, and the others looked at it in disbelief.

"I don't understand..."

"You're fooling me?!" the king was furious.

Feng Zhiping frowned dissatisfiedly: "Lord Wang, can you let me finish my words?" I said that I don't understand the pulse survey, I didn't say that I don't understand anything else! I don't know how to survey the pulse, but I understand the appraisal, oh, by the way, you don't know, let me introduce myself, I am a well-known appraiser in Diancang Mountain, known as the 'little expert in treasure appreciation', so far, I have seen the treasure, I have not gone away." ”

"Appraisal, are you an instrumentalist?!" Wang Zhushu was shocked, he looked down on the masters of the rivers and lakes, but he never included the instrumentalist, for the government, the instrumentalist and the pharmacist are quite rare talents, and they must be vigorously recruited.

Feng Zhiping wanted to explain that he was not an instrument master, but would only appraise, but You Shuang'er suddenly spoke: "He has a nickname in Diancang Mountain, called 'Instrument Demon'." ”

After finishing speaking, he also glanced at the demonstrative, Feng Zhiping immediately glared back, and replied silently with his mouth, "You are a husband and demon", the girl understood, threw a big eye and turned her face.

No one noticed that the two of them were bored, and everyone present was stupid, that is, Xu Wenyao's eyes widened, looking like they knew each other for the first time.

"Let's go. ”

Feng Zhiping didn't explain anymore, and beckoned with an unfathomable smile, and took the lead.

He sneered silently as he turned his back.

You are a small county master, dare to shake your face with the young master, the young master can't kill you!