12dz Chapter 828 Iron Mine
Chapter 828 Iron Mine
Chapter 828 Iron Mine
Daniu had already regarded Ye Feizhou as an immortal, so he had no choice but to answer questions from an immortal. He immediately said, "I was working in the mine, and there was a sudden landslide, and I was crushed. I was lucky, as I only broke my leg. Others were directly crushed to death underneath, and they couldn't be dug out."
"iron ore?"
"Yes, the iron mine! It's located 20 miles away from the village. It's the iron mine in Xiguan."
Ye Feizhou thought to himself that it was as expected. No wonder he found some iron residue in the meat when he was cleaning the wound just now.
He chatted casually with Daniu: "In the early years, I heard that the iron ore mine in the west was rich in minerals, and it would take several years to mine it all. But later I heard that it was finally almost exhausted. Nowadays, the amount of minerals that can be mined in a day is less than five carts."
Daniu smiled bitterly and shook his head. "Brother Shenxian, you don't know that we have actually dug less than half of the mine. In addition, last spring, iron ore was discovered in the nearby mountains. The prince of Tianshui City immediately sent people to fence off the entire area. Every day, thirty carts of iron lumps are pushed out of the mine. This is because we don't have enough manpower. If we had more manpower, we could dig fifty carts a day without any problem."
Ye Feizhou frowned when he heard this. Thirty carts a day, but why did only five carts remain when the news reached Beijing? And why hadn't Beijing heard of the mine that was newly opened last year?
"You said that the people surrounding the mine were the prince of Tianshui City? The Prince of Pingxi who held the red book and the iron certificate?"
There was a king of a different surname in the west of Northern Qi, and Ye Feizhou knew about this. Because the throne was granted by Emperor Shizu when he was alive, and it was inherited for three generations, and this generation was already the third generation, so his presence was not very strong. And because it was far away in the west, he did not often come to the court, and sometimes he did not go to the capital for three to five years. In the past, there was a Ye family army stationed in the west. Although the court knew that the Pingxi King lived a comfortable life, it also knew that he would not cause any trouble, so it was too lazy to pay attention to him.
I didn't expect that without the deterrence of the Ye family, they would dare to embezzle the mineral resources?
Daniu nodded at this time, "Young man, you are right, it is that prince."
Ye Feizhou asked again: "Why did the prince's people surround the iron mine? Where is the prefect of Tianshui City?"
Daniu said: "How can the prefect be compared to the prince? If the prince wants to surround him, can the prefect dare to stop him?"
At this time, Ye Wenyan didn't say much more pleasantries, and Gui Niang went out to roll noodles. Mother-in-law thanked them again and again, and then asked them to stay here to talk to Daniu, and she followed Gui Niang to the kitchen.
When Gui Niang saw her mother-in-law coming, she quickly pulled her to her side and whispered, "Mom, why do I hear that boy asking Daniu about the iron mine? Daniu answers whatever he asks, but what if he says something he shouldn't? Will something go wrong?"
Grandma glared at her. "What could possibly happen? She almost lost her life. How could it be worse than this? I am old, but I am not confused. It is obvious that the brother and sister are not ordinary people. They themselves said that they came from Beijing. Now they are asking about the iron mine. Obviously they have a purpose. But no matter what their purpose is, they are the lifesavers of Daniu, and we must repay them.
I have long felt that there is something wrong with the iron mine. Even if Daniu's legs are healed, he must not be allowed to work in the mine. Don't let him cause trouble to his family and die without knowing how. Okay, hurry up and cook. The benefactor will definitely leave after breakfast tomorrow. Let's just pretend that nothing happened and don't tell anyone that they cured Daniu's legs."
Gui Niang agreed and didn't ask any more questions.
Ye Feizhou in the room pondered and asked Daniu, "Do you know where those iron lumps were sent after they were dug out?" Daniu shook his head and said, "I don't know. Those are matters of the higher-ups, and we miners won't know about them." At this point, he suddenly remembered something - "I heard from a co-worker once that he saw with his own eyes that the iron lumps were transported separately. There were only five carts on one side, and it seemed that they were transported to the capital. On the other side, there were a full 25 carts, but I don't know where they were sent to."
That was all Daniu could say, and Ye Feizhou didn’t want to ask any more questions. He just told him to have a good rest and said he would come back to see him early the next morning.
The brother and sister went out of the house and ate the noodles cooked by Mother-in-law and Gui Niang, and finally filled their stomachs.
Da Niu's family was poor and had no extra rooms. They only had one main room and one side room that could accommodate people.
Grandma asked Ye Wenyan embarrassedly, "Are you siblings? If so, let's see if we can stay in one room for one night. The kang is big, so one can sleep at the head and the other at the end. If you are not siblings, then we can only let this little brother sleep in Daniu's room, and then the three of us can squeeze in. Our house is so simple, I'm really sorry for both of you."
Ye Wenyan waved her hand to indicate that it was okay, and told her mother-in-law: "We are siblings, we can live in the same room."
The mother-in-law happily agreed and hurried to the house to prepare the bedding. Fortunately, it was summer and there was no need for too many beddings, otherwise the family might not even have enough extra thick quilts.
After cleaning up the room, the mother-in-law took Gui Niang to Daniu's room and slept together. Before leaving, she said, "You can tell they are siblings. Otherwise, how could they both look so good!"
Ye Feizhou couldn't stop laughing after hearing this, and he couldn't stop laughing until they entered the house. Ye Wenyan asked him helplessly, "Is it really that funny?"
He answered, "Of course not. Although we both look good, we are actually nothing alike. I don't know how that mother-in-law knew that we must be siblings." He sighed when he said this, "I once thought we were siblings, but I didn't expect that after all the hard work, we turned out to be nothing." Ye Wenyan corrected him, "How can we be nothing? At least we have the same grandmother and are related by blood."
"That's different." Ye Feizhou reached out and rubbed her head. "Xiao Si, that's different. But it doesn't matter. Second brother will still protect you, just like a real sister. Okay, take a rest quickly, I need to go out for a while."
"Go to the mine?" She had been alerted when Ye Feizhou was staring at Daniu and asking about the iron mine. She didn't expect that this man would not wait a moment and go to see it overnight. "I'll go with you!"
"No need." He quickly pushed the person to sit on the kang, "Just go to sleep, I'll go alone. There are other people in this yard, if they find out that you and I are not here, it will be difficult to explain. Don't worry, I'm just going to check it out, no matter if I find anything, I will be back before dawn, we can discuss the rest later."