The princess is above: the power minister's palm favor

Cross Zhengda Street, enter the forest with dry trees, and finally come to the river leading to Lin'an and Sanzhou.

A large sand bed was exposed, which Li Huang had never seen before.

"Why is there so much less water in this river?"

She muttered something in a low voice, but was heard by a young man next to her.

The young man snorted, and said in a low voice, "Are you guys from other places? Maybe you don't know yet. In order to cut off the river, they built a dam upstream. A small opening will be opened under the dam to ensure the existing water flow." Come down, and the dam will not destroy the city."

Li Huang was startled, and asked shamelessly: "Dare to ask why they did this?"

Since he didn't dare to cut off the water source below, wouldn't it just increase the risk of the city by blocking it like this?

If the dam is washed away, the people in this city will not be the only ones who will die.

This place with a radius of tens of miles cannot be spared.

She believed that it was impossible for people in the government to be unaware of this.

However, what she heard next shattered her three views.

The young man looked around to make sure no one was eavesdropping, and then asked in a low voice, "Do you still not know what you are here for?"

Li Huang shook his head.

The young man pointed to the sand bed and said, "See, there is something shining in the sand."

After being reminded by him, Li Huang realized that under the sunlight, some parts of the sand bed really shone.

She froze for a moment, and then realized: "Those, are they really gold mines?"

She just said it casually, but she didn't expect there to be a gold mine here!
The young man approached her and said mysteriously: "There are not only gold mines, but also silver mines and other mines. As long as you can successfully take one away, you won't have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of your life."

Li Huang looked at him curiously: "You seem to have known it early in the morning, where did you get the news from?"

The young man looked left and right again, and said: "How can there be an impenetrable wall in this world? Look at those poor men, they guard so many mines all day long, can they really hold their hearts back?"

As long as you are human, you will be moved.

When the heart is moved, there will be actions, and this action will inevitably be seen by others.

Everyone's interests are tied, and after a long time, can they hide it from their family members?
The young man looked at her with a "you understand" expression: "Who can have no relatives?"

Therefore, he also came here to make a fortune.

Even if he could hide a gold mine the size of a fingernail, he would be happy.

However, he only knew that there were gold mines all over the place, but he didn't know if he would be able to get out after he came here.

As long as those who came here were either beaten to death or exhausted, no one could get out alive.

At this time, the foreman in charge of the work said: "Okay, let's work early while it's still early, and we won't get anything, so we can only starve tonight."

After the words fell, someone has already started to distribute tools to them.

It was a dustpan that was finer than ordinary sieves. After the foreman demonstrated it to them, he urged them to do it quickly.

"If you enter here, it's up to me to decide, and you don't even think about running away."

"This entire city of Lishui is full of officers and soldiers. You can't fly even if you have wings. Once you are caught, you will not only have no food, but you will have to work harder!"

"If things go to the top, it's not uncommon to get whipped or boarded. Moreover, you have to do it after the punishment is over. If you have the guts, just run away!"

As he said that, he whipped a whip on a thigh-thick tree next to him, and the tree broke and fell straight down.

The faces of the captured people turned pale with fright.

At this time, the young man who explained to Li Huang just now had the courage to ask: "Then do we have wages?"

The supervisor glared at him, whipped his whip at his feet, and said viciously: "I still want wages, and it would be nice if I could give you something to eat. Hurry up and work, otherwise, you won't be able to sleep tonight!"

The young man was so frightened that his face turned pale. He had no wages and had to be whipped. Even if he really got a gold mine, he had to be ordered to spend it.

Li Huang squatted by the river with a dustpan, imitating the foreman just now, picking up a handful of sand, then putting it into the water and shaking it carefully, shaking the sand into the water to see if there were any mines underneath.

Some people were lucky, and just started, they got a gold mine the size of a fingernail. They were so happy that they almost jumped up, and the eyes of the people around them were hot.

But some people searched until dark without finding anything, and immediately began to wonder if there was really a mine on the sand bed.

"Your Highness, this servant is unlucky and hasn't found anything."

Ling Yuan leaned this way and whispered.

Where did Li Huang squat for such a long time, she had already sat down on the sand and stones.

She is really hungry now.

I ate that bit of steamed bun at noon, and it took two or three mouthfuls to finish my stomach, which was not a big deal at all.

Seeing that it was getting dark, the overseer greeted the people who found the goods to get the steamed buns over there, and the rest of the people could only watch.

At this time, I don't know who complained in a low voice: "It's too dark, isn't it? How can you work if you don't let you fill your stomach?"

They thought that even if they were arrested, they should be paid more or less.

The current situation is not as good as those who were sentenced to exile to be transformed into miners!
At least, people can take care of the food.

Those who were cheated, the more they thought about it, the more they regretted it, especially the young man who talked to Li Huang just now.

"It's only the first day, and there's still more to come! Brothers, hurry up and find something the size of a grain of rice, and you can exchange it for half a steamed bun."

The crowd fell silent for a while.

But at this time, those supervisors came over with delicious food, shouting while eating.

"Hurry up, don't be lazy, you don't want to sleep at night, but I still want to sleep!"

The crowd dared not to speak out.

It's fine if you don't give food, but you still have to seduce them with food!

Excessive!

However, the more excessive is yet to come!
In the middle of the night, someone found a small piece of gold mine, intending to take advantage of the opportunity to escape secretly.

However, this mining area had long been surrounded, and when the soldiers in charge found out, they shot an arrow at the man.

It didn't matter whether the man was dead or alive, in short, after being shot, he was dragged back to the river.

"Since someone escaped, those of you who worked with him will be punished!"

"Tomorrow, all of you will have nothing to eat!"

"He stole one piece, you have to follow him to pay ten yuan! If you can't pay it back! Be careful of the master's whip!"

After saying those words, the whip lashed heavily on the leg of a man who just wanted to sit and rest for a while.

The man groaned in pain, then covered the bleeding wound, aggrieved and could only continue with the work at hand.

The others trembled as they watched.

Isn't this going to punish people to death?