Wonderland

Chapter 2 Becoming a Miner
Although full of doubts, along the way, the hundreds of officers and soldiers surrounded them faintly, as if they had already been on guard against them escaping, which made Xiao Lin choose to forbear.

"Xiao Lin, do you think they are really going to exterminate the bandits?" Xiao Shi approached Xiao Lin and said in a low voice, obviously he also felt something was wrong.

"No matter where you go, just follow along." Although Xiao Lin's heart sank long ago, he still understands the current situation. People have to bow their heads under the eaves. Along the way, every hundred feet or so, Xiao Lin will Inadvertently, I scratched the tree trunk with the stone in my hand.

After walking for another three days, the trees in front of them suddenly became sparse, and a bare mountain appeared in the distance. It would not be accurate to say that it was completely bare. When they walked in, Xiao Lin discovered that the mountain was halfway down. It is bare, and halfway up the mountainside, it is covered with rushing green, and in the bare part below the mountainside, there are more than a dozen pitch-black holes.

Next to the forest on the right side of the mountain, there is a three-story wooden building. Next to the building is a neat thatched cottage. There are also towers standing around the thatched cottage. There stood a burly man with a strong crossbow.

On the left side of the mountain is a lake with a size of dozens of acres.

Xiao Lin saw that after they approached the thatched hut, from the three-story attic that looked more imposing next to the thatched hut, a few burly men came out. They were all wearing blue linen long gowns and had a slap on their left shoulder. A piece of metal shoulder pads, and on their chests, a small knife and a small sword are embroidered, and the two are crossed.

The person at the front of the group, the two cuffs of the sackcloth gown, were gray and very conspicuous.Obviously, this person is the leader of that group of big men.

Seeing those people, the scar on Liu Dali's face shone brightly, and a strange smile appeared on his face. He dismounted, and brought a few cronies and entourages to greet them.

The leader of the group and Liu Dali kept discussing something in a low voice. After a while, Liu Dali took a bag from a big man beside the leader. It looked heavy. He weighed it. A satisfied expression appeared on his face.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Lin's heart sank completely, he understood that his group of people was sold by that Liu Dali.

Sure enough, after a while, Liu Dali walked back, and then instructed his subordinates to drive hundreds of laborers to the front of the big men, then greeted the leader, and left swaggeringly with his subordinates.

There was a sudden commotion in the crowd.

In this situation, no matter how stupid people know, they were betrayed by Liu Dali, and those big men don't know who they are. Many people are guessing that they are not bandits, right?
"Aren't you very strange, what is this place?" The leader glanced at everyone, and said with a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

"First of all, let me introduce to you, I am Wulian, the rudder master of Bailiantang's Huai County Branch Rudder, and the mountain you see is our Bailiantang's mine in Huai County. What about you, it has been sold to If you have hired us as miners at Bailiantang, your job will be mining in the future, and you must hand over a certain amount of ore every month, otherwise you will be punished with whipping." After speaking, he stared at everyone with a sneer.

"We are migrant workers carrying siege equipment for the army, not miners. If we don't collect bandits, then we would rather go back to Huai County." A man who looked very strong stood up, about 30 years old, wearing clothes It's tattered, but it doesn't cover part of the exposed tendons, so people can tell at a glance that this person is not weak.

"Yeah, we're going back, we're not miners."

As soon as they saw someone taking the lead, several people jumped out, clamoring to go back.

Xiao Lin grabbed Xiao Shi, who also wanted to stand out, and winked at him, signaling him to calm down.

Wu Lian looked at the few people who came out. There was no expression on his face, and the sneer at the corner of his mouth disappeared. He didn't say anything, just snorted coldly.

Suddenly, a big man next to him moved a distance of two feet, and suddenly appeared in front of the 30-year-old muscular man. The muscular man's face changed, and he punched out instinctively, but he But the punch was in vain. As soon as the word "bad" came to mind, I felt as if my chest was hit by a huge boulder, and my eyes went black, and I completely lost consciousness.

What Xiao Lin and the others saw was the light palm of the big man from Bai Lian Tang pressed on the strong man's chest, followed by the strong man and flew out. He spurted a mouthful of blood in the air, and after landing, he had completely lost his breath. .

Seeing this scene, everyone was stunned, Xiao Lin and Xiao Shi were also stunned, and two words appeared in Xiao Lin's mind: "Martial skills."

As early as when he was in the village, he heard from the elders in the village that there were some gangs in Huai County, and these gangs would accept some qualified disciples and teach them martial arts since childhood. Moreover, they come and go without a trace, and more than a dozen ordinary people can't beat one, and such people are also called Jianghu people.

Xiao Lin suddenly envied that big man, with such a skill, who would dare to bully him?If I have this ability myself, I can protect my father and sister from being bullied.

The big man killed the chicken and warned the monkey, and immediately stunned all the people. The few people who jumped out to leave also retreated with horror on their faces. They looked at the few people in Bailiantang in front of them, and their eyes were full of fear.

Obviously, Wu Lian was very satisfied with the scene in front of him, and put on a smile again on his face.

"Is that right? Don't worry, you can mine here. In addition to handing in the ore of the specified weight every month, you can make a [-]% commission and convert it into silver taels as your reward. If someone performs well, they can For three consecutive months, I dug up more than twice the amount of ore, exceeding the monthly tasks, and I can join our Bailian Hall and become an outer disciple. The benefits of becoming an outer disciple are even greater. With the salary of silver, you can also learn the basic martial skills of our Bailiantang and the basic knowledge of related ores, so you can get rid of the hard work of mining and become a ore hunter.”

Then Wu Lian's face changed, and he put on a fierce expression: "But I want to warn you, don't think about running here, it's impossible to get out from here, not to mention that everything around here is arranged. Our disciples of Bailiantang, there are many dark whistles outside. You can't get out of this nearly [-]-mile mountain road, so don't be careful, dig here with peace of mind, and strive to be ours. Outer disciples of Bailiantang, this road is your only way to survive."

No one came out again. Everyone was stunned by Wu Lian's combination of hard and soft methods. They knew that Wu Lian was telling the truth, not to mention the dozen or so big men around, just the mountain road of the Tianlu Mountains. It is also impossible to run away when people are leading or there are many people.

"Sun Fang, take them to collect mining supplies and clothing." Wu Lian understood that these people in front of him had been completely tamed by him, he greeted the big man beside him, turned and left, walking towards the attic.

The big man who was called Sun Fang was the one who killed the strong man, and everyone looked at him with fear.

"Come with me." Sun Fang took everyone to a temporarily enclosed open space in front of the hut on the left. The open space was a hundred feet wide. A tent was propped up with coarse cloth at the innermost part of the open space. There are two tables and chairs, two people are sitting, one of them is holding a roster, and the other is sorting out the items beside him.

"You line up, pick up the items and the house number one by one, remember, follow the number on the house number to find your own house, take a day off today, and gather here early tomorrow morning. I will arrange work for you at that time." After that, Sun Fang gave everyone a cold look, then turned and left with a sneer.

He took a coarse gray coat, a kerosene lamp, a fire pocket, an iron pick, a bamboo basket, and a wooden sign with Dong 21 written on it. Xiao Lin glanced at Xiao Shi beside him, The wooden sign in his hand is West 33.

Xiao Lin couldn't help showing a wry smile. His idea of ​​living with Xiao Shi was completely lost. Xiao Shi was also full of helplessness. He originally wanted to discuss with the big man who delivered the goods whether he could change to Dong 21, but he directly Was stared back.

There was no other way, Xiao Lin had to say hello to Xiao Shi, and then took the house number to find his place.

After a while, Xiao Lin found his thatched hut and gently pushed the door open. The door was not locked and opened directly. When he walked in, he saw that the hut was not big, only two feet wide. There were five wooden beds arranged on the bed. Wearing a set of gray thin quilts, and a wooden washbasin, there is nothing else. I glanced around, and only three of the five wooden beds seemed to be passive. It seems that including him here has a total of Four people lived.

Xiao Lin put things on the bed and stared at the door in a daze. He thought of his father and younger sister, and wondered if they were in Huai County?Have you found a place to stay?

Originally, I wanted to exterminate the bandits. Whether it was successful or not, it shouldn’t take too long, but I didn’t expect to be sold to Bailiantang as a miner. You can become an outer disciple of Bailiantang, but Xiao Lin faintly felt that it would not be easy to become an outer disciple of Bailiantang.

If he can't become an outer disciple of Bailiantang, then leaving here is basically a far-off thing. Although he has made marks along the way, he can't get out of the Tianlu Mountains without enough food. There are many ferocious beasts in the deep mountains.

No matter how he thought about it, Xiao Lin felt that the success rate of escaping from here was close to zero. In the end, he completely put out his thoughts of escaping, and simply climbed into the bed and fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)