The Book of Heaven

Chapter 177 Chapter [-] Zengjia Coal Mine
In the past few days, Jiading Mansion has been a little restless.

Although the surface is still the same as usual, it is only for ordinary people. Many well-informed people have always heard the word "chalcedony" in their ears recently.

What is chalcedony, many people do not know, but this does not affect the speed of the spread of the news, even Ma Zheng can hear those who drink tea in the most common teahouses discussing chalcedony .

Obviously, after confirming Ma Zheng's status as "Court General", the Red Eyes worked extremely hard. The three of them had to stay in the inn, and they couldn't move around at random so as not to let the Qi family see their flaws. This does not affect their efforts to increase help to Ma Zheng.

Since they are bastards, they will always have their own way. As long as they pay enough money, even those bastards who have fought with Red Eye and others over a bun will be happy to help Red Eye and others.

That's why chalcedony has become the hottest topic in Jiading City in just a day or two. Ma Zheng's idea is very simple, either don't do it, or do it with a lot of votes.

Although three families have taken the bait now, Ma Zheng feels that this is far from enough. He does not believe that only three families have chalcedony in the rich Jiading city of Nuoda.

From Red Eye and others, Ma Zheng learned a lot of valuable information, which made him decide to go out of the city tonight.

Not everyone lives in the Jiading Mansion. The more people have ghosts in their hearts, the less they will choose to live inside the city walls. After all, the imperial court is the real master of the world. If something happens one day, the imperial court only needs to issue an order. The gates of the city are closed, and people will close the gates to beat the dogs. If a dog is anxious to jump over the wall, the height of the wall should also be considered.

The Zeng family is not a wealthy family in the city, but Red Eyes told Ma Zheng that the Zeng family's development history is not very clean. Almost all the coal burned in Jiading City is provided by the Zeng family, but the local people know that, Every year in the coal mine of Zeng's family, many people would die due to various reasons.

If it were a more conscientious owner, if any of his workers were killed or injured, he would definitely pay the family members a pension and even take good care of their lives.Of course, this will require a lot of money, that is, money out of the owner's pocket.

The Zeng family's handling method is frightening. If something happens to the workers in the coal kiln, it is very likely that something will happen to the family members of the workers. Either the house is burned down and they become refugees, or because of one or another reason, they are banned from the government office. Those who come here are arrested and sentenced to exile for three thousand miles, which is the lightest sentence.

In this way, the Zeng family can save a lot of pension funds, which is very important for accumulating wealth.

According to Red Eyes, as long as you are a native of Jiading, there is almost no one who does not know the family history of the Zeng family, but due to the power of the Zeng family, no one dares to speak nonsense outside, but as long as you are not a desperate person, you would rather die Do not go to work in the coal kiln of the Zeng family.

Ma Zheng thought that the notoriety of the Zeng family would lead to its decline due to the lack of coal mine coolies, but Red Eyes told Ma Zheng that the opposite was true.

After normal people were unwilling to work in the Zeng family's coal mines, the head of the Zeng family found another shortcut - slaves!
Jiading is close to the living area of ​​those alien races, and many of them are still in a state of ignorance. After the Zeng family could not recruit manpower, they simply distributed a lot of money to those desperate Jianghu people, so, Slave catchers appeared one after another.

These slave hunting teams armed themselves with the Zeng family's investment, and then went to catch those young men of different races, and after they succeeded, sold them to the Zeng family as coolies, and got money from the Zeng family to enjoy.

And the Zeng family used these foreign slaves as coolies, and they didn't have to bear any wages except for poor food, and they earned more and more money.

As for the government, when they received the Zeng family's management, and the person who was arrested was not Han, they naturally turned a blind eye and turned a blind eye, not caring about the Zeng family's status.

Now the Zeng family has more and more coal mines, bigger and bigger, and their behavior is becoming more and more unscrupulous. If there are not many people in Jiading City who are less powerful than the Zeng family, I am afraid that the entire Jiading city will become the Zeng family. stuff in the bag.

"So, even if the entire family of the Zeng family is executed, the common people in Jiading City will think it is a good thing?"

After listening to Red Eye's narration, Ma Zheng asked.

"Of course, even I can't wait to burn down the Zeng family's house! General, the aliens attacked Jiading City a few years ago. It was actually caused by the Zeng family, but those dog officials dared not report it truthfully. , I am afraid that the Zeng family will retaliate afterwards, if it is not because the Zeng family has captured too many young men from other races to serve as slaves, how could those people from other races come to attack Jiading City for no reason?"

"Okay, then I'll take the Zeng family first!"

Although Ma Zheng said it lightly, he did not act recklessly at all.

The Zeng family didn't dare to build a house in Jiading City, but in order to enjoy life, they couldn't be too far away from Jiading City. Ma Zheng stepped on it. The Zeng family compound is less than two miles south of Jiading City, and the walls are as tall as Jiading. In the city, at night not only will there be lanterns hanging on the wall, but there will also be warriors patrolling. Although the realm is not high, most of them have not entered the stream at all, but Ma Zheng will not enter rashly. Zheng didn't want to give himself such a bleak ending as dying from exhaustion.

"You have to start from another direction."

Ma Zheng thought of Zeng's coal mine.

The coal mine of the Zeng family is about [-] miles away from Jiading City. If the footsteps are fast, it can be back and forth in a day. Ma Zheng set off in the morning and found a land at noon. If it wasn't for hiding his whereabouts, he could even rush into the coal mine Went for lunch.

The coal mines are not on top of towering hills. In fact, it is impossible to excavate deep-seated coal with the current technology. The Zeng family was actually lucky. The coal mines they discovered were all superficial mines. Ten strong men armed with long knives patrolled the fence erected with logs, and cartloads of raw coal were pushed out of the mine by slaves covered in soot and piled up into hills.

A man who looked like a master was doing calculations and keeping accounts. He was sitting in the middle of the coal pile, and there were two mighty-looking guys standing behind him, who might be his bodyguards.

As for the low huts around the mine, they are probably the places where thugs and miners sleep. Although these miners are slaves, they still have a cost. The Zeng family will never let them go to waste. They should rest They will also be allowed to rest when the time comes. After all, the longer the slaves survive, the lower the cost for the Zeng family.

After half a day of observation by Ma Zheng, he confirmed that the Zeng family's guarding ability in the mining area was not strong, and there was only a third-rate warrior with the highest martial arts. In this mining area, this third-rate warrior could not only sit on a recliner and rest, There are actually two little girls beside her, who are taking care of them all the time, seeming to be more arrogant than the master who settled accounts.

"Let's do it tonight!"

Time is precious to Ma Zheng. After finding out the strength of the entire mining area, Ma Zheng made a decision.

(End of this chapter)