Chapter 085 Don't Mess with Those Who Wear Shackles...

Naturally, there was nothing to choose from the remaining beds, so everyone randomly found a dozen or so beds that were connected together and sat down along them. Tang En briefly stated his future plans, and then asked them to find an opportunity to scout the surrounding environment.

Not long after, the strong man brought over a stack of quilts and medicines with several people.

The quilt is black and smells bad, like a winter corner. As for those medicines, most of them are low-quality trauma potions, but it's better to have than to have nothing.

Everyone quickly applied the potion on their bodies, and Luke used it the most. His abdominal wound was very long, but fortunately, there was no sign of infection. Dunn didn't need these. His abnormal physique was recovering from his injuries all the time, and now some traumatic injuries were almost invisible.

Lunch is delivered directly to the house, a large bucket, everyone's share is equal, of course, don't expect any meat dishes in it.

Miners work in two shifts, either day or night. So until Tang En and the others put on the gray miners' uniforms and set off, no one from the house came in.

The towering mountain peak facing the gate is the mine lode, and densely packed mines have been opened on the mountain. Under the leadership of the strong man, Tang En and the others received a sharp mining pick and a backpack in a hut, and then they were assigned to a mine.

The entrance of the mine is about the width of three people walking side by side. Every few tens of meters, there is a faintly shining illuminating crystal inlaid on the mountain wall. Neither bright nor dark, a yellowish color. After walking a few hundred meters in this way, an old man with a gray beard was waiting in front of a downward passage.

"Old Martin, these are newcomers, you can simply teach them." The strong man said to the gray-bearded old man.

"Good!" said old Martin.

The strong man nodded, then turned to Tang En and the others and said, "If you want to live a better life here and save some money, you should learn from old Martin."

The remuneration of miners is not fixed, here is the system of more pay for more work. In addition to the ten kilograms of ore that must be handed in every day, if you dig an extra kilogram, you can get ten copper coins. If rare ore is dug, the price will be calculated separately.

After saying these words, the strong man turned and walked out of the mine.

"My name is Bill. You can call me Old Bill. Come on, come down with me now." Old Bill walked towards the passage first.

The ladder was very long, and Dunn and the others followed Old Bill continuously down. After about ten minutes, it finally touched the bottom. Then keep going inside. The interior of the mine extends in all directions, and there are many forks. The old Bill was very familiar with this place, and led the crowd to go deeper and deeper.

"Look carefully, there is an arrow sign next to each lighting crystal, which indicates the direction to go out. Of course, after you stay here for a long time, you won't need it to guide you... There is a bell on it, and the bell will ring That means you can go out."

"The front here has been mined, and it is unlikely that there will be ore, so if mining, you must go deep to the end of each branch route..."

"This is a vein of copper ore. If you find blue plants in one place, then mine next to it, and you will usually find ores..."

"After finding the ore, don't just dig it blindly. It may break the ore. If there are rare associated mines next to it, the loss will be great! You can estimate the size of the ore according to its exposed shape, and then When deciding where to drop the pickaxe... As for how to judge, here are a few tricks..."

The old Bill explained the key points and precautions of mining piecemeal on the road, while Tang En and the others kept nodding their heads in response. Since he couldn't go out for the time being and he had to recover from his injuries, the minimum food and clothing problem still had to be solved. And the medicine, this time the supply is over, the supervisor will not care if they are good or not. If you want to get these things again, you must accumulate some coins to buy them. Of course, when Tang En recovers from his injuries, stealing is also an option... "Then what are these? Is it also ore?" David asked, pointing to some glass-like things on the wall that shone with various lights.

The deeper these things were, the more they discovered, and their radiance even overwhelmed the lighting crystals. Along the way, red, yellow, blue, green and purple... all kinds of lights bloom, quite magnificent and fantastic.

"Oh, that thing, it's called glass stone, it's useless, it's just bright in color and fragile in texture." Old Bill glanced at it and explained casually.

"This mine is very deep. It must have been mined for a long time." Tang En asked about a topic. Every time you go to an unfamiliar environment, you have to collect all kinds of information. This is the quality of a killer.

"That's right, it's been several years since this vein was discovered. It's estimated that more than half of the ore in it has been mined, and the mountain is almost hollowed out...Last year, I think it was last year, people dug to the other side of the mountain. Yes, but it was closed immediately..."

Old Bill had the usual old man's habit of being very talkative. Probably because there are not many people who usually talk, so he said a lot along with Tang En's question.

Amidst Old Bill's rambling, they finally reached the end of the mine. Old Bill first demonstrated a fist-sized copper ore by swinging the pickaxe for everyone to identify. Then it is to constantly guide everyone how to use the pickaxe. Probably because the conversation was quite speculative, the old Bill also talked about his years of experience in searching for ore.

In such an environment, people do not feel the passage of time at all. Only when the bell rang did everyone realize that half a day had passed before they knew it.

Everyone's record is not good, some dug up a few more pieces, which barely weighed a few kilograms, and some even got no piece at all. Fortunately, they are newbies. A few days ago, there was no rigid rule that they had to hand in ten kilograms of ore, they just handed in all they dug.

Among them, only Tang En dug up ten kilograms, which made the old Bill very impressed. He said that he had been leading newcomers for several years, and he was the first one who could dig up such an amount in one afternoon. As a matter of fact, Tang En could still dig a little more, but thinking that there was no money to get it anyway, he didn't bother with it.

The reason why Tang En had such an achievement was not because of quick comprehension, or good luck. He discovered that the peeping skill can vaguely see shallowly buried ore, and it can be targeted, and naturally it is not harmful. That ten kilograms of ore was dug out in such a whim. Of course, Tang En would not say anything about this. He attributed all these credits to Old Bill's guidance, which made the latter straighten his beard and laugh out loud.

After handing the ore behind David, everyone followed Old Bill out of the mine. At this time, it was already sunset, and it was evening.

Old Bill was in the middle of a conversation at this time, and after learning that Tang En and the others did not live with him, he shook his head regretfully. But then he slapped his head and solemnly told Tang En and the others not to mess with those miners in shackles in the wooden house.

Tang En and the others nodded in agreement, and said goodbye to Old Bill after handing in the ore.

Dinner is also eaten in the house, probably about an hour after work. If you don't arrive then, I'm sorry, you can only buy it at your own expense.

Tang En and the others entered the wooden house while secretly observing the guards all the way. At this time, there were many people in the house, which seemed very lively. Of course, the smell is also getting worse.

David frowned as soon as he entered the cabin: "Hey, boss, my quilt is gone."

"Boss, mine is gone." "Mine too..."

Tang En looked in surprise when he heard the words, and saw that most of the beds they occupied at noon were empty. Among the ten or so people, the quilts of seven or eight people disappeared.

"Boss, over there!" Mi Xiu suddenly pointed in a direction.

It was a place against the wall against the wind, and it was considered a good location in the house. There were three quilts piled up on the bed over there, and beside the bed was a big bald man with a strong body.

"Damn, what are you looking at?" Xu Shi felt Tang En's eyes, and the bald man turned his head and sat up and cursed viciously.

Bang! Because of getting up, the thick iron chain under his feet hit the ground heavily