Chapter 190
2014-08-16
Naturally, there is nothing to choose from the rest of the beds. Everyone randomly found a dozen or so to connect them together. Just sit down. Tang En simply stated their plans, and then asked them to find an opportunity to scout the surrounding environment.It didn't take long for the brawny man to bring a stack of quilts and medicines with a few people.
The quilt is black and smells bad, like a winter corner. As for those medicines, most of them are inferior trauma potion, but it's better than nothing.
Everyone quickly smeared potion on their bodies. Luke used it the most. His abdominal wound was very long, but fortunately there was no sign of infection. Tang En doesn't need these, his perverted physique is recovering from injuries all the time, and now some traumatic injuries are almost invisible.
Lunch is delivered directly to the house, a big bucket, everyone's share is equal, of course, don't expect any meat dishes in it.
Miners work in two shifts, either during the day or at night. So until Tang En and the others put on gray miners' uniforms and set off, no one in the house came in.
The towering mountain facing the gate is the mine, and the mine is densely packed. Under the leadership of the brawny man, Tang En and the others were assigned to a mining cave after taking a sharp pickaxe and a backpack in a hut.
The entrance of the mine is about the width of three people walking side by side. Every tens of meters, the mountain wall is inlaid with a light crystal flashing faint rays of light. Neither bright nor dark, a dim yellow color. After walking several hundred meters in this way, in front of a downward passage, an old man with gray beard was waiting there.
"Old Martin, these are all newcomers, you simply teach them." The brawny man said to the gray-bearded old man.
"Okay!" replied the old Martin.
brawny mannodded, then turned to Tang En and said, "If you want to live better here and save money, just follow old Martin."
The remuneration of miners is not fixed, here is the system of more work and more pay. In addition to turning in 10 kg of ore every day, if you dig an extra kg, you can get 10 Copper Coins. If the rare ore is dug up, the price will be calculated separately.
After saying these words, the brawny man turned and walked out of the mine.
"My name is Bill, you can just call me Old Bill. Come on, come down with me now." Old Bill walked towards the passage first.
This ladder is very long, Tang En and the others keep walking down with Old Bill. After about ten minutes, I finally touched the bottom. Then keep going inside. The interior of the mine extends in all directions, and there are many forks. That old Bill was very familiar with this place, and led the crowd to go deeper and deeper.
"Look, there's an arrow next to each illuminating crystal, that's pointing the way out. Of course, after you've been here for a long time, you won't need it to guide you...then There is a bell above, and when the bell rings, it means you can go out."
"The place in front has been mined, and it is unlikely that there will be ore, so if you mine, you must go deep into each At the end of the branching route..."
"This is a copper ore vein, if you find a blue plant in one place, then dig next to it, and you will usually find ore..."
"After finding the ore, don't just dig it blindly, it is likely to smash the ore. If there are rare associated ore next to it, the loss will be huge! You can estimate the size of the ore based on its exposed shape. , and then decide where to pick the pick... As for how to judge, here are a few tips..."
That old Bill explained the key points and precautions of mining piecemeal on the road, Tang En they kept nodded in response. Since he can't go out for the time being and he needs to recover from his injuries, the minimum food and clothing problem still needs to be solved. And that medicine, this time the supply is out, the supervisor won't care if they are good or not. To get these things again, you must accumulate some coins to buy them. Of course, when Tang En is better, stealing is also an option... "What are these? Are they also ore?" David asked, pointing to some glass-like objects on the wall that flashed various rays of light.
The deeper you go, the more you discover these things, and their rays of light even overshadow the Illuminating Crystal. Along the way, red, yellow, blue, green and purple... all kinds of rays of light bloom, which is 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 for a topic. Every time you go to an unfamiliar environment, you have to collect all kinds of information, which is an Assassin's quality.
"Yeah, it's been several years since this ore vein was discovered. It is estimated that more than half of the ore inside has been mined, and the mountain is almost hollowed out... Last year, I remember it was last year. Someone dug up to the other side of the mountain, but it was immediately blocked..."
Old Bill had the usual habits of old people, that is, he was very talkative. Probably not many people usually talk, so he said a lot along Tang En's question.
Amid the rambles of Old Bill, they finally reached the end of the mine. Old Bill first waved his pickaxe to find a fist-sized copper ore for everyone to identify. Then there is the non-stop instructing everyone on how to drop the pickaxe. The conversation was probably quite speculative, and the old Bill also talked about his years of experience in searching for ores.
In such an environment, one cannot feel the ebbing of time at all. Only after the bell rang, did everyone realize that it was already half a day unconsciously.
The record of everyone is not very good. Most of them have dug up a few pieces, barely a few pounds. Fortunately, they are newbies. A few days ago, there was no strict rule that they had to hand in 10 kg of ore. They just had to hand in all they had dug up.
Among them, only Tang En dug up ten kilograms, which made Old Bill very impressed. He said that he had been leading newcomers for several years, and he was the first to dig such a quantity in one afternoon. In fact, Tang En can still dig a little more, but thinking that there is no money to get it anyway, so I didn't spend this effort.
The reason why Tang En has achieved such a success is not because of quick comprehension, or good luck or something. He discovered that the Spying skill could vaguely see the shallowly buried ore. The ten kilograms of ore were dug out of this excitement. Of course, he would not say anything about this Tang En. He attributed all the credit to Old Bill's guidance, which made the latter straight and grinning.
The ore was handed over to David's back, and everyone followed Old Bill out of the mine. It was already sunset and evening.
Old Bill was chatting happily at this time. After learning that Tang En and the others did not live with him, he shook his head regretfully. But then he patted his head and solemnly told Tang En that they should not mess with the miners wearing shackles in the wood house.
Tang En They were nodded, and after handing in the ore, they said goodbye to Old Bill.
Dinner is also eaten in the house, about an hour after work. If you didn't arrive then, sorry, you can only buy it yourself.
Tang En and the others entered the wood house while secretly observing the guards all the way. Of course, the smell is also getting worse.
David frowned just after entering the wood house: "Hey, Boss, my quilt is gone."
"Boss, mine is gone." "I It's also..."
Tang En looked in surprise when he heard the words, and saw that most of the beds they occupied at noon were empty, and among the dozen or so people, the quilts of seven or eight people had disappeared.
"Boss, over there!" Miksu suddenly pointed in a direction.
It was a place against the wall and against the wind. It was a good position in the room. There were three futons stacked on the bed over there, and there was a majestic bald man lying on the side of the bed.
"You motherfucker, what are you looking at?" Xu Shi felt the eyes of Tang En and the others, the bald man turned his head and sat up and scolded fiercely.
Boom! Because I got up, the thick chain under my feet hit the ground heavily