"Stop, who is it?" The two guards held the spears in their hands and looked at the people coming from outside with vigilant eyes.
"All of your mining supervisors have fled for their lives. Now put down your weapons and surrender immediately." Ouyang Hengdang said first.
To deal with two salted fish-level guards, Luo Fengtang didn't need to take action himself, Ouyang Heng could handle them.
"Supervisor, run away for your life? What are you talking about? Back off, everyone, back off!"
The two guards looked at Ouyang Heng as if he was mentally retarded. In their opinion, how could the supervisor Lang Qizhi escape for his life? It's just nonsense.
But then, their vision blurred, and before they could clearly see the movements of the man in front of them, their bodies went numb and they collapsed on the ground.
"They haven't learned martial arts." Ouyang Heng touched his nose in surprise.
He himself didn't expect it to go so smoothly.
"Maybe I came in because of my connections. I work as a guard here. It's less work and more money." Mi Qi analyzed.
"Then they're in trouble." Ouyang Heng shook his head.
The two people who were paralyzed on the ground struggled to get up, but they couldn't.
At this moment, they regretted it. If they had known that staying in the mine as a guard was so dangerous, they would not have given the steward so much money to get this position.
"Okay, let's just knock down the two ordinary guards. Let's go in." Luo Fengtang said.
"I'll go in first." Ouyang Hengdang opened the door first and went in.
The moment he opened the door, his eyes widened and he was shocked.
There is actually a huge cave inside. There are hundreds of people beating iron blocks in front, back, left and right. Hot furnaces are burning, and the place is as hot as a steamer.
"This place is nice. It should be ventilated like the outside, otherwise these people will suffocate to death." Luo Fengtang said.
He has been a hunter since he was a child, and is also extremely skilled in the blacksmith trade.
The appearance of Luo Fengtang and his group made the supervisor standing in front look stunned.
The head overseer walked toward the door and shouted loudly, "Who are you?"
"Don't talk nonsense to him, just subdue him."
Ouyang Heng was about to speak, but Luo Fengtang stopped him.
Afterwards, Ouyang Heng and Mi Qiju both rushed forward.
In a few moments, the supervisor leader was also subdued. Immediately afterwards, the blacksmiths who saw this scene stopped their work one after another.
"You are free, and the court is here to take you home."
After Ouyang Heng and Mi Qi subdued the resisting supervisors inside, they shouted loudly to the many blacksmiths.
However, what greeted him was not joy, but silence.
Seeing their numb eyes, Luo Fengtang realized that these people had been disciplined to the point of not trusting outsiders.
This matter cannot be solved in a short time, it needs to be taken slowly.
Ouyang Heng took Wang Dafu to comfort the blacksmiths, while Luo Fengtang took Mi Qi to a stove.
What this blacksmith has on his shelf is a piece of pig iron. After constant beating, the pig iron will gradually lose its qualities.
However, Luo Fengtang was a little disappointed.
Looking around, the weapons and armors made by the blacksmiths here are not finished products. They are all made of this kind of iron.
"Why don't you have weapons or armor?"
Luo Fengtang said disappointedly.
"I'll ask the blacksmiths," Mickey said.
"Okay, don't use rough methods, try to be gentle." Luo Fengtang warned.
"Don't worry, Lord Marquis," Mi Qi said.
Mickey called a blacksmith.
This blacksmith has dark skin and a simple and honest face.
"What's your name? Where are you from?" Luo Fengtang asked.
"To tell you the truth, my name is Xu Tieta, from Dashui Township, Linze City." The blacksmith replied very respectfully.
Hearing that the blacksmith was from Linze City, Luo Fengtang became somewhat interested.
"Isn't Linze City very prosperous? Why did you leave your hometown and come to Sixiang City?" The biggest reason for Luo Fengtang's interest was that Luo Xingchen was serving as an imperial envoy in Linze City at the moment.
"Master, you don't know something. In Linze City, the nobles naturally live a good life. We common people have a hard life. My family's farm livelihood has been taken away by the nobles. The villain can't live. Go down and go south." Xu Tieta sighed a few times.
"Going south, you can go to the capital." Luo Fengtang said.
"I want to go to the capital. When I got to Sixiang City, the whole family couldn't walk. Someone happened to be looking for workers, so I came in to work." Xu Tieta said.
"Can you support your family by working here?" Luo Fengtang asked.
"The mine still gives money, and it is enough for the whole family to eat. The bad thing is that the villain cannot go home casually. The boss must grant leave every time." Xu Tieta said.
Luo Fengtang's heart froze. It seemed that Prince Xuan Qi Meren was not a real fool. He treated these blacksmiths well.
Miners can squeeze whatever they want. After all, there is no technical content in mining. It only requires an individual to be able to swing a pickaxe.
The blacksmith cannot squeeze it casually.
Generally speaking, most blacksmiths have skills. Such people cannot consume them at will, otherwise it will be difficult to replenish them.
"What are you mainly building here?" Luo Fengtang asked after thinking about it.
"Iron block, kitchen knife, scissors, hatchet, ax..." Xu Tieta said.
"That's all? No armor or weapons? Don't worry, I am the Zhongyong Marquis Luo Fengtang. Just say whatever you know, don't worry." Luo Fengtang revealed his identity.
Sure enough, Xu Tieta's eyes changed, his face flushed with excitement, his legs went weak, and he was about to kneel down and kowtow.
But Mickey stopped him.
"Don't kneel." Mi Qi's strength made Xu Tieta unable to kneel even if he wanted to.
"General, it's great that you're here." Xu Tieta's eyes were filled with tears, and the dark man looked like an aggrieved kitten.
"From now on, you don't have to worry anymore." Luo Fengtang said gently.
"General, we blacksmiths can get money, but no one can say when they will kill us. We also want to go home often and don't want to be trapped here." Xu Tieta said.
They did get money and food, but the price they paid was huge. They completely lost their freedom, and all actions were under the control of the mine.
Originally, they could apply to go home, but in fact, very few are approved to go back.
"How long have you been here since you went home?" Luo Fengtang asked.
Xu Tieta wiped away his tears and said, "I only went back once, and the last time was more than half a year ago."
"I submitted the application, but they didn't approve it and only allowed me to send money back... I was very worried."
"Don't worry, you can all go home after today." Luo Fengtang comforted him.
"General, will we have any work to do in the future?" Xu Tieta asked another question.
