Ignoring the lively scene at the Royal Pier, Luo Zhang led Wu Shaobin and Shiba Qi towards the nearest mine in Chang'an City.
Since taking back these mines, Luo Zhang has not visited them once. Although the news he received from Zhao Tianhu is that everything is normal, Luo Zhang is always worried if he doesn't take a look. After all, this is the lifeblood of the Changsun family. He I don’t believe Changsun Wuji would be so honest as to hand over these mines.
It's not that he doesn't believe Zhao Tianhu, but Zhao Tianhu is too busy after all. He can't come to check from one mine to another. It just so happens that he has nothing to do today, so he came to see if there are any hidden dangers.
These are financial resources that can be passed on to the next generation. Just like those fiefdoms, even if the family declines, with these mines, his descendants will not die of hunger.
The first mine was not far from the dock, only more than thirty miles away. It only took Luo Zhang half an hour to get there.
When he came to the mine, Luo Zhang couldn't help but frown. Compared with the modern mines of later generations, the ancient mines were simply too backward. They all relied on people to use axes to cut, and then people used backpacks to carry the ore out.
In front of Luo Zhang were skinny miners walking out of the ground like ants carrying baskets of ore, walking towards a warehouse on the side, where they unloaded the ore and then returned.
And Luo Zhang frowned not because of the backwardness of ancient mining, but because along the way of the miners there were fierce men with whips, constantly urging the miners to work. If they were slow, they would get a whip from them. , the miners who were beaten fell to the ground and wailed.
"These people shouldn't be ours, right?" Luo Zhang turned to look at Wu Shaobin and said. After all, Wu Shaobin, the receptionist here, also sent people to cooperate with Zhao Tianhu. Zhao Tianhu's gang alone cannot control the mine.
Wu Shaobin also frowned. He didn't know these people either. He didn't expect to see such a scene in the mine, and he felt a little unhappy. After all, there were people sent by the Taipa to take over here, but he didn't see him in front of him. This made Wu Shaobin very confused.
"Wait for me here first, and I'll go see what's going on!" After saying this, Wu Shaobin drove his horse towards the mine.
At the mine, someone had noticed the movements of Luo Zhang and his group. Seeing someone coming, the people in the mine rushed to greet them, saying with a fierce look on their faces: "Who is this person? This is the mine of the Changsun family, hurry up. Leave immediately, otherwise I’ll be rude to you!”
"Who are you? Why are you here? This is obviously the mine of the Luo family. When did it become the mine of the Changsun family?" Wu Shaobin said with an ugly expression.
"Luo family? Which Luo family, I don't know. This has always been the Changsun family's mine. If you don't leave, be careful that my whip is not a vegetarian!" The person said fiercely.
"Huh? Your whip? You can give it a try!" Wu Shaobin sneered.
"Hey, there's a bit of a quarrel here. It seems like you're itchy. I wonder if I won't take care of you today!" As he said this, the man raised his whip and whipped Wu Shaobin.
Wu Shaobin looked at the person's whip without moving his body. He stretched out his hand and grabbed the whip. With a slight exertion of his hand, the person on the other end of the whip was pulled off his horse by Wu Shaobin.
This was just the beginning. After the future man pulled the horse off, Wu Shaobin moved his arms and lifted the future man up. He turned over and dismounted, kicked the future man away, and lay on the ground wailing.
Seeing that something was going on here, those who maintained order rushed over here one after another, and everyone was vicious. In their opinion, someone dared to run wild here, and they were really overly ambitious. They didn't know that this was Changsun. Home mine?
"Help your captain clean up those miscellaneous fish, I don't have time to waste here with them!" Luo Zhang frowned.
"Yes, Patriarch!" The Eighteen Cavalrymen bowed to accept the order, mounted their horses and rushed out.
After just a cup of tea, the man from the mine who had previously viciously wanted to teach Wu Shaobin lay down in a staggered state.
At this time, a big man with big arms and round waist walked out of a house not far away. When he saw the scene in front of him, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot. In all his years in this mine, this was the first time someone dared to come here to provoke him. He really didn't know the heights of the world. .
If other people from Changsun's family knew about this, they would definitely think that he was doing something bad. How could this be possible!
"Who are you? Why did you come to my mine to cause trouble? If you don't give me an explanation, the Changsun family will not let you go!" The big man shouted at Luo Zhang and others.
"Hmph! The Changsun family's mine? This is already my mine. Who told you it was the Changsun family's mine?" Luo Zhang got off his horse and strode towards the man.
Hearing Luo Zhang's words, the big man's face changed slightly. He had already received the news that the mines here had been placed under Luo Zhang's name. The people sent by Wu Shaobin before had indeed handed over to him, and he had indeed left. , but one day later, he came back with his people and took over this place, and all this happened without anyone noticing, and the people in Luo Mansion didn't know about it at all.
In addition, Zhao Tianhu was too busy and thought that this place had been taken back. He sent people to collect the ore every day and sent it to the pig iron shops that were jointly opened in Chang'an City. He did not take care of the others. Who would have thought that this place would have been replaced a long time ago. If Luo Zhang hadn't come here today, I don't know when this matter would have been discovered.
The key is, if Changsun Wuji wants to cause trouble and sends some low-quality ore to those newly opened pig iron shops, then the pig iron shops opened by the Xiao family, Dugu family, and Yuwen family will encounter the Changsun family's ironmaking shop. things that happened.
"It's a good move to drain the firepower, and a good move to seduce Chen Cang. Changsun Wuji is indeed Changsun Wuji, and he actually plays this trick with labor and management. Do you really think labor and management are easy to bully?" Luo Zhang glared at the big man, and didn't need to say hello to him. The eight cavalrymen swarmed up and tied the big man up tightly.
"What are you doing? I am from the Changsun family. If you dare to touch me, aren't you afraid of retaliation?" The big man struggled and said.
"Revenge? Will Changsun Wuji take revenge on me for your little Luo Luo? You think too highly of yourself." Luo Zhang said disdainfully.
"Who are you? I have never offended you, why do you do this?" the big man said without giving up.
"Me? I am the owner of this mine, Luo Zhang! Who do you think I am?" Luo Zhang snorted coldly.
"Ah..." The big man was startled by Luo Zhang's words. He didn't expect that the real owner would come to the mine. This was really beyond his expectation.
The real master has come, and his fate is foreseeable. Luo Zhang did not kill him, but asked Shibaqi to abolish his martial arts, throw him directly into the mine, and let him mine. As for the accomplices, they also And thrown into the mine, this is what this kind of person should end up with.
"Let me check this place carefully. Not only here, but also in other mines. I'm afraid the situation there is the same as here. There can't be any mistakes. But everyone who has been replaced by Changsun Wuji must be dealt with properly by me. It's really That's too much!" Luo Zhang turned to Wu Shaobin and ordered.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of this matter right now, and I won't make any mistakes!" Wu Shaobin's face was also dull. After all, he was also one of the receivers. Such a thing happened, and the person he sent was not found here. , one can imagine the fate of those people, they may have been buried in the slag long ago.
Luo Zhang looked around again and told Wu Shaobin some things that should be paid attention to. The key point was that the new people sent to the mine must no longer exploit the miners, the treatment of these people must be improved, and the mine pits must be reinforced and a series of other things .
Wu Shaobin remembered everything Luo Zhang said.
Luo Zhang never thought of blaming Zhao Tianhu. In fact, he had too many things to take care of and had no time to take care of him.
This made Luo Zhang suffer from the fact that no one was available. There was Du Jin who could help him share some of the burden, but who knew that Du Jin was actually a rebel and turned to others while he was imprisoned. How could such a person be used? Naturally He kicked me away.
Nowadays, there is really no one who can make him believe that he has outstanding abilities. This matter can only be taken step by step.
Luo Zhang's inspection was not over. After leaving the matters here to Wu Shaobin, Luo Zhang took the eighteen riders to the special mine that the Changsun family had given him. The mine was newly opened, and the It is said that the ore is not known to the elders of the Sun family. Luo Zhang is very interested in this. He doesn't know what kind of mine it is. If it is one of the types he knows, then he will make a lot of money!
