The destination has arrived.

One of the guards who opened the way in front saw the foot of the red mountain, and as soon as he pulled the reins of his horse, the tall horse Xi Yu Yu made a long roar and made two circles in place before stopping, and the guard waved his hand, and the guards behind immediately stopped. Tu Meng whispered a few words to the guards beside him, and then took the reins of his horse and galloped away alone from the mining area in front of him.

The leading escort shouted to the carriage, "It's here, all get off!"

Subsequently, the miners on the carriage got off the carriage one after another, and when they saw the majestic red mountain in front of them, they couldn't help but let out a sigh.

I saw that the mountain that greeted them was really a majestic and colorful, the peak of the pen stood upright, the mountain with a deep winding stream, this kind of peculiar mountain they had not only not seen before, but also had never heard of it, in their impression the general mountain is dark green, and the trees on the mountain will also show green.

And the mountain in front of me is not only red in the soil and stones, but also all kinds of plants. When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, they felt a wave of heat rushing towards them, and it felt like being by the fire, and anyone who saw this strange mountain theory for the first time couldn't help but sigh.

When they were still about 100 feet away from the strange red mountain, they faintly heard a clanging sound and shouting from the direction of the mountain in front of them.

As they came to the foot of the mountain, they saw everything at the foot of the mountain, and saw that there were countless wooden houses at the foot of the mountain, and those houses were built layer by layer along the mountain, and on the periphery of the houses were tall fences surrounded by giant red trees that were hugged by two people, and the height of these fences reached a height of more than ten zhang.

In front of the fence there is a gate made of unknown metal, which feels extremely heavy, and at the top of the gate there is a horizontal plaque, on which there are three big black characters "Zhujia Mine"!

Eight guards armed with spears and thick armor stood guard on either side of the gate, expressionless.

Looking through the gate, I saw naked men, all carrying a basket woven with plants and vines on their backs, very busy, sweating profusely, and seemed to be very struggling.

When they came to the gate, they saw what was going on, and the naked men were carrying stones of different sizes, and these stones had a little bit of red, cyan, and yellow metallic luster, and at first glance they were ores containing various metals.

"Brother Li, you're back, why didn't Master Zhang come along?"

One of the eight guards saw the leader approaching with sixteen miners, and immediately went up and asked softly.

"You will know about this matter in the future, from now on, you must pay more attention, pay more attention to suspicious people outside, report any situation immediately, don't miss a major matter, and let you know that from now on, everyone on duty is forbidden to drink, otherwise it will be dealt with according to the law!" The leader surnamed Li did not answer the guard's words, but ordered with a serious expression.

The guard and the other seven guards listened to the words of the team leader surnamed Li, and their hearts sank, and they quickly replied: "Yes, we remember! Please rest assured Team Li!"

Then the leader surnamed Li took the sixteen miners including Ji Yuan to a very large room, and after everyone stood still, he glanced at everyone, but when he passed through the era, he stayed for a while before saying to everyone:

"So that you know that from now on I will be your direct superior, my name is Li Yuan, you can be directly under my control, that is your blessing, here is a radius of thirty miles is Zhu Ye's territory, these thirty miles of underground mining ore is also owned by Zhu Ye, in the future you must obey my orders. ”...,

Li Yuan paused here and continued:

"Now I'll tell you about the signing of the contract in the Zhujia Mine, the general miners in the Zhujia Mine sign the contract for one year, also known as short-term miners, this kind of short-term miners are paid eight taels of silver per month, although the silver is not much, but they can go home at any time to help the family do farm work, and there are ten days of vacation every year. If you do well in mining, you can get a bonus!"

"In addition to this kind of short-term miners, we also have medium-term miners in Zhujia Mine, the contract of this kind of miners is ten years, and the remuneration of this medium-term miners is fifteen taels of silver per month, but this kind of medium-term miners do not have a holiday to go home to visit their relatives in these ten years, to put it bluntly, there is no freedom, and the activity space is limited to the entire mining area, so the remuneration of this medium-term miners will be higher than that of short-term miners. ”

"There is also a long-term miner, this kind of miner is the prisoner of war among you, your contract is thirty years, and you will not be paid anything during these thirty years, unless you will be rewarded for mining high-grade ore when you mine ore, and when you leave, you will have a hundred taels of silver as a coil, and there will be no freedom in these thirty years. But don't think about running away, once you are caught, there is only one consequence, and that is to cut off your head!"

Li Yuan said this, accentuating his tone, and then he cleared his throat and continued to talk about the various rules of the mining area.

Five of these miners were prisoners of war, and they all thought that they would die of old age in the Zhujia mine in their lives, but they didn't expect that after listening to Li Yuan's words, they were suddenly surprised, and they didn't expect such a thing, which made them see a glimmer of hope, and the hope of returning to their country to reunite with their families has not been dashed.

But they didn't believe it, thinking that they had heard it wrong, and looked at Li Yuan with some doubts, one of the prisoners of war strengthened his courage, swallowed, looked at Li Yuan and asked cautiously: "My lord, do we prisoners of war really only have a term of 30 years?

"You don't have to doubt this, this is what makes the Zhujia Mine unusual, if it is a lifelong system, once you are old, there will be no usable value, and how much ore can you mine at that time? Speaking of this, Li Yuan smiled rarely and explained.

"Ahh

"My lord, I was originally going to be a short-term general miner, but after listening to your words, and with the treatment of Zhujia Mine, I want to be a mid-term miner for a period of ten years, is it okay?" a man in his thirties suddenly asked at this time.

"Yes, how not, but you have to think clearly, once you sign the mid-ten-year miner's contract, you are equivalent to losing ten years of freedom. Li Yuan listened to the man's words and replied without hesitation.

"Don't think about it, it's already decided, anyway, there is no one in my family, the conditions of the Zhujia mine are so good, I have a sum of money after ten years, and I don't have to worry about it in the second half of my life." The man said excitedly.

I was supposed to be a short-term miner before, but when I thought of the difference between the medium-term and short-term treatment, I asked to be a medium-term miner.

The next time is to sign a contract, one contract in each person's hand, and it will be signed in a short time.