"It has been nearly 100 years since the mining of this Damo Mountain, and there is still not much progress. It can be said that Damoshan is made entirely of iron, which is extremely hard and extremely difficult to mine. After so many years, it has only been mined to the situation you see now, and one person may not be able to mine a piece in a day. ”

Gu Qiong generally took everyone to the direction of Damo Mountain, and generally introduced it to everyone, with the emphasis on Ren Baqian.

Tao Jiyuan he actually knew, and he had met him a few times before. This time, this Zhongyu Mansion Cheng has a special identity, and it is also the first time to come here, which is the opposite direction that needs to be introduced.

Ren Baqian's previous understanding of iron ore was only in the information found on the Internet, and at this time, after listening to Gu Qiong's introduction, he found that this Da Mo Mountain was probably different from what he thought before.

As the distance from Damo Mountain got closer and closer, the soldiers of the Three Kingdoms who were imprisoned here also appeared in front of several people.

There are very few outsiders here other than the guards.

In particular, a Dayao official who was obviously different from others in a group of Gu people made many people who noticed it shine.

These people have been held here for the longest time for 20 years, and the shortest time for more than 5 years, and they don't want to leave here and return to their homes all the time.

However, the three hundred defenders were enough to suppress any riot here, and none of those who had fought this way before survived, whether they fought or fled.

This made the rest of the people also a little resigned.

However, today, I actually saw an official outside the ancient clan, even if it was still an official of Da Yao, but it made these people feel a little hope, and they all stood in place and looked at it expectantly.

"What are you doing standing there? Get out of the way, get out of the way, and hang your heads out of the wall if you're lazy." Several guards with knives drove the crowd away.

"Where did they all come from?" Ren Baqian also noticed these people, obviously all from the other three countries.

"The ancient clan still has a slave trade?" the thought immediately rose in Ren Baqian's head.

"The soldiers of Bactria and Izumo and Chen are death row prisoners in the south. Gu Qiong introduced to Ren Baqian. He was also curious about the identity of this Zhongyu Mansion, not only did the non-Gu clan become an official from the five grades, but also the Zhongyu Mansion, an institution that was specifically responsible for things in the palace, which had to make him curious.

Although the matter of the empress's husband was rumored in Lancheng and the surrounding areas, and even some cottages had heard about it, he obviously hadn't heard the news yet.

After hearing this, Ren Baqian suddenly understood, the Gu clan was not stupid, and knew that there was such a thing as using war criminals to open mines. As for the death row prisoners in the south, they are the death row prisoners among the remnants of the Hao Kingdom.

Ren Baqian looked at these people while walking, and their complexions were okay, compared to the state of yellow muscles and thin muscles that he thought, the muscles on many people's bodies were high and bulging.

After all, working here, even if it is an ordinary person's body, a body of muscles will come out after a long time. But if it's really an ordinary person's body, I'm afraid it won't live long.

Everyone was wearing only tattered trousers, and their tanned upper body had scars from mining and whips.

In addition, each person has a rope on their feet, and every three people are connected together, and the distance between them is about two meters.

After inquiry, I learned that it was woven from the bark of a tree called the knot tree and then soaked in oil, which was so strong that even a human-level warrior could not tear it off, and even if the sword wanted to cut it, it would take some effort.

On the way up, Ren Baqian also saw several people with mutilated limbs, picking up the little broken slag scattered on the top with their hands and putting them in a basket.

While observing these people, he also saw these people looking at him expectantly, and their numb eyes were full of longing.

Ren Baqian knew what the desire in their eyes was, but unfortunately he couldn't help them.

The people in front were driven to the front, and Ren Baqian followed Gu Qiong to the front of Damo Mountain.

After coming up from the position where everyone got off the hill, the mine was first a large platform, with many wooden houses, which was the place for everyone to rest, and then continued to walk up for a distance and a small platform, and then it was black, without a trace of soil and weeds, like a large mountain made of fine iron.

Mining here is from the outside in, layer by layer, and there is no cave.

There are all kinds of shelves in front of Damo Mountain, and everyone climbs on the shelves to dig along the raised edge little by little, so that it can be easier.

However, when the height is too high, even the shelves cannot reach the top, so they continue to dig deeper.

"My lord, this Da Moshan iron ore is really difficult to mine, even with the strength of this general, he can only smash a small piece at once. As he spoke, Gu Qiong reached out and picked up an iron pickaxe from the side, smashing it against the dark iron wall with a whistling sound.

With the sound of a "bell" and the explosion of sparks, the iron pickaxe and wooden rake were directly shattered, and the iron pickaxe flew out directly, spun in the air and fell to the ground a few times.

There were a few small fragments flying out of the pickaxe, but they were the size of fists.

"Those people can't get such a big piece in a day. ”

"So hard?" Ren Baqian was taken aback even though he had heard him say it before.

Although I don't know the specific strength of Gu Qiong, as the supreme person in charge of this mine, he has 300 guards under him, and his strength will not be low.

What's more, when he was just now, Ren Baqian saw it clearly, and the wooden handle of the iron pickaxe with the thickness of his wrist was directly shattered, and this strength was not a thousand catties but eight hundred, and he only smashed a large piece of his fist.

Where is this mine, this is simply an iron mountain.

Ren Baqian stretched out his hand and touched it, the touch was indeed iron, the iron content of this was at least 95% or more, and there were only a few rocks.

If it weren't for the fact that there were very few rock structures in it, Ren Baqian would have felt that it was man-made, not naturally formed.

Although there was a rock, the hardness of the rock was also very large, and Ren Yaqian picked up an iron cone from the ground and put it against the junction between the iron ore and the rock, and knocked it hard with a hammer, and a spark appeared at that time, and there was only a white spot on the stone.

Seeing such a situation, Ren Baqian was not too sure about the explosives he brought.

Even if it works, I'm afraid it will be as I expected.

"There's nothing the last general can do, the two adults look at it casually. Gu Qiong didn't have much hope for the two, in fact, he could only mine slowly like this in his heart, and he was not very optimistic about the purpose of the two's trip.

Tao Jiyuan had long been clear about the situation here, and he looked at Ren Baqian very easily, wanting to see if this person who was appointed by His Majesty as the main person this time really had any ability.

Although I have been in contact with Ren Baqian for a few days, it can be seen from his speech that he does have some ideas in some aspects, and he always says some strange things, but it is useless to just talk about it, and there are few countries that talk about it?

He was also a little unconvinced that he had received His Majesty's love.

Therefore, I also want to see whether this person is relying on His Majesty's love and whimsy, and he just deceived His Majesty with his rhetoric, or if he really has a way.

It would be interesting if he was appointed by His Majesty to come over with great fanfare, and finally slipped back with his tail between his legs.

At least it will be difficult for him to do anything in the future, even if His Majesty speaks, others will be in disobedience.