"This Damo mountain has been mined for nearly a hundred years, and there is still little progress. It can be said that Damo mountain is completely made of iron, which is extremely hard and extremely difficult to mine. After so many years, it has only been mined to what you see now In this case, one person may not be able to mine a piece in a day.”
Gu Qiong usually led the people towards Damo Mountain and introduced them to everyone, especially Ren Baqian.
He actually knew Tao Jiyuan, and had met several times before. This time, the Prime Minister of Zhongyufu has a special status and it is also his first time here, so he is the one who needs to be introduced.
Ren Baqian's understanding of iron ore before was only based on the information he found on the Internet. Now, after listening to Gu Qiong's introduction, he realized that the Damo Mountain might be different from what he had imagined before.
As the distance to Damo Mountain got closer, the soldiers of the Three Kingdoms who were locked up here to open the mountain also appeared in front of several people.
Except for those guards, few outsiders come here.
Especially among a group of ancient people, a Dayao official who was obviously different from the others caught the eyes of many who noticed.
The longest time these people have been detained here has been twenty years, and the shortest time has been more than five years. They always want to leave here and return to their homes.
However, 300 defenders are enough to suppress any riots here. No matter whether they fought or fled, none of those who had thought of this before survived.
This made the rest of the people a little resigned.
However, seeing an official outside the ancient clan today, even if it was still an official of Dayao, made these people feel a little hope, and they all stood there and looked over expectantly.
"What are you doing standing there? Get out of the way and work! If you are lazy again, you will hang your heads outside the wall." A few guards drove everyone away with knives.
"Where do they all come from?" Ren Baqian also noticed these people, obviously they were all from the other three countries.
"The ancients still trade in slaves?" Ren Baqian immediately had such a thought in his head.
"Soldiers from Daxia, Izumo, and Chen, and some are death row prisoners from the south." Gu Qiong introduced to Ren Baqian. He was also curious about the identity of the Cheng of the Zhongyufu. The non-gu tribe not only became an official of the fifth rank, but also the Zhongyufu, an institution that was in charge of the affairs of the palace, so he had to be curious.
Although rumors about the daughter-in-law of the empress were spreading in Lancheng and its surroundings, even in some cottages, he obviously hadn't heard the news yet.
After hearing this, Ren Baqian immediately understood that the ancient people were not stupid, they knew how to use war criminals to do things like mine. As for the death row prisoners in the south, they must be the death row prisoners among the survivors of Hao Kingdom.
Ren Baqian sized up these people as he walked, and all of them looked pretty good, completely different from the sallow and emaciated state he imagined, and many of them had tall and bulging muscles.
After all, working here, even if it is an ordinary person's body, will show muscles after a long time. But if it's the body of an ordinary person, I'm afraid it won't last long.
Everyone was only wearing tattered trousers, and their tanned upper bodies had scars all over their bodies, which were caused by mining and traces of whips.
In addition, there is a rope on each person's feet, and every three people are connected together, and the distance between them is about two meters.
After inquiring, I found out that it is woven with a kind of bark called jieke tree and then soaked in oil. It is so strong that even a warrior of human level cannot tear it off, and even a sword needs some effort to cut it.
On the way up, Ren Baqian also saw a few people with mutilated limbs, picking up a bit of broken slag scattered on the floor with their hands and putting them into a basket.
While observing these people, he also saw these people looking at him expectantly, with longing in their numb eyes.
Ren Baqian knew what the desire in their eyes was, but it was a pity that he couldn't help them.
The people in front were driven away, and Ren Baqian followed Gu Qiong to the front of Damo Mountain.
This mine came up from the position where everyone got off the car at the bottom of the mountain. First, there was a large platform with many wooden houses, which was a place for everyone to rest. , without a little soil and weeds, just like Damo Mountain made of fine iron.
The mining here is carried out layer by layer from the outside to the inside, and there are no mines or anything.
There are all kinds of shelves in front of Damo Mountain. Everyone climbs on the shelves and mines along the raised edge, which makes it easier.
But after a certain height, even the shelf could not reach the top, so we continued to dig deeper.
"My lord, this Damo Mountain iron mine is really difficult to mine. Even with the strength of this general, I can only smash a small piece at once." Gu Qiong said while reaching out to pick up an iron pick from the side, With a whistling sound, it hit the dark iron wall.
With a sound of "铛" and the explosion of sparks, the iron pickaxe and wooden rake were directly shattered, and the iron pickaxe head flew out directly, spinning several times in the air and falling to the ground.
Along with the iron pick, there were some small fragments flying out, but the size of a fist.
"Those people can't make such a big piece in one day."
"So hard?" Even though Ren Baqian had heard him say it before, he was taken aback.
Although I don't know the specific strength of Gu Qiong, but as the top person in charge of this mine, with 300 guards under him, his strength will not be too low.
What's more, when he hit just now, Ren Baqian could see clearly that the wooden handle of the iron pickaxe as thick as his wrist was directly broken, and the strength was eight hundred if it wasn't a thousand catties, and it turned out that it was only a big piece of his fist that came out.
Where is this a mine, this is simply an iron mountain.
Ren Baqian stretched out his hand to touch it, and it was indeed iron. The iron content here was at least 95%, and there were very few rocks.
If it wasn't for the very few rock structures in it, Ren Baqian would feel that this is a man-made object rather than a natural one.
Although there are rocks, the rocks are also very hard. Ren Baqian picked up an iron cone from the ground and pressed it against the connection point between the iron ore and the rock, and hit it hard with a hammer. At that time, sparks appeared. a white spot.
Seeing such a situation, Ren Baqian was not very sure about the explosives he brought.
Even if there is an effect, I am afraid it will meet my expectations.
"The general has nothing to do, the two adults just look at it." Gu Qiong didn't have any hope for the two of them, in fact, in his heart, he could only dig slowly like this, and he didn't know the purpose of the two people's trip. look good.
Tao Jiyuan knew the situation here a long time ago, and he looked at Ren Baqian with ease, wanting to see if the person appointed by His Majesty as the head of this time really had any skills.
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 talk about it. Are there few countries
He is also a little unconvinced that this person has received His Majesty's love.
Therefore, I also want to see whether this person is whimsical because of His Majesty's love, but he just deceived His Majesty with his exaggerated talk, or he really has a way.
It would be interesting if he was appointed by His Majesty as the principal to come here with great fanfare and finally slip back with his tail between his legs.
At least it will be difficult for him to think about what to do in the future. Even if His Majesty speaks, the others will obey.