As the saying goes, if you have a mouthful of porridge at home, don’t go to the ditch at the door.
This Mentougou is a famous mine in the Fourteenth Prefecture of the North. There are accidents every year, with countless casualties. However, because of the huge amount of coal, it has never been abandoned. Every year, it recruits people at a high price.
If they were not too poor, no one would want to work in Meishan.
Therefore, the wages of workers in Meishan are higher than those in some coolie industries, and they usually earn fifty or sixty cents a day.
In ancient times, there was little information, and some people in Ping'an County rarely read miscellaneous journals. Therefore, few people knew that coal mining was an extremely dangerous type of work. Master Wu gave a salary of forty cash a day, which is more than one tael of silver a month. The wages were really high, and men from surrounding villages flocked to the place.
"No matter how much manpower and material resources are spent, it is better than dead people." Cheng Wanwan said in a heavy voice, "These men are the backbone of the family. If they die in the coal mine, the family will be finished. Some disasters that are obviously avoidable can be avoided. We should try to avoid it, and those things that cannot be changed can only be left to fate."
Mr. Wu thought for a long time: "These open-pit coal mines are currently being mined. It will take about one or two months. During this time, I will write to the Ministry of Industry to see what the Ministry of Industry says."
Cheng Wanwan nodded: "I'll think about drawing a few drawings first, and then Master Wu will send them over."
There are not many open-pit coal mines on this mountain, and the bulk of it is buried underground. It is initially estimated that it can be mined for at least ten to twenty years. It is a long mining time. If safety issues are not taken seriously, we don’t know how many people will die after so many years. .
She came here unexpectedly and has fallen in love with this land. She does not want the land here to be stained with blood.
The two were about to leave when someone suddenly climbed out of the mine in front of them.
Cheng Wanwan recognized him as Chang Zhuzi, a native of Xindahe Village. Ever since he became a refugee and became a resident of Dahe Village, he has always been very honest. Since he had no money to buy acres of land, he had been doing casual work to make money in the past six months. Whether it was building a house at Wan's house or carrying big bags in the city, he immediately signed up as soon as someone was hired in Meishan, and he was considered one of the oldest coal shearers.
But now the main task is not coal mining, but drainage.
He came out dressed in all black and breathed heavily: "Sir, there is suddenly a strong smell in the mine. I almost fainted. Could you please ask Mine Superintendent Zhou to go down and take a look at the situation?"
Mine Supervisor Zhou is a coal mine technician sent by the Ministry of Industry. Mine composition and other matters are all completed by this Mine Supervisor Zhou.
Mr. Wu is responsible for coordinating the overall situation, while Mine Superintendent Zhou is responsible for controlling the details.
"This smell..." Cheng Wanwan frowned, "Chang Zhuzi, hurry up and call everyone down here to come up, hurry up!"
Gas is colorless and odorless. The smell indicates that the sulfide substances underneath have accumulated to an intolerable level. Even sulfur monoxide cannot be discharged, and gas and methane certainly cannot be discharged. As long as the gas content in the air exceeds 100%. Around five, it is extremely easy to explode.
Chang Zhuzhu hadn't climbed out yet, so he immediately went down after hearing this. The mine was very deep, and after about half a cup of tea, the people below lined up to climb up.
"Clang!"
An iron pickaxe fell from someone's body, and he turned around to pick it up.
"Stop picking it up!" Cheng Wanwan said sternly, "Come up quickly!"
The man grabbed the ladder and hesitated: "This iron pickaxe cost me six hundred coins. If I don't pick it up now, someone else will pick it up later."
Most of the people who work here have to spend their own money to buy tools. If they can't afford them, they borrow them from the official and then deduct them from their wages. This iron pickaxe is what they eat, so they can't bear to just throw it away.
"I'd better pick it up, it won't take any effort."
He started down.
Cheng Wanwan has already smelled a smell similar to apples. This smell will appear when the methane concentration is extremely high.
Her voice became colder: "I say it again, come up!"
Mr. Wu has noticed the seriousness of the matter from the change in Cheng Wanwan's expression. Although he doesn't know what it is, it must be very serious.
He said coldly: "Everyone come up immediately. This is an order. Anyone who disobeys the order will be fired from the coal mine!"
The man's foot had just stepped down a level. When he heard this, he had to take it back and climb up quickly.
Cheng Wanwan turned to look at the people digging coal in the open air on the mountain, and said loudly: "Stop what you are doing and get down the mountain quickly, quickly!"
Everyone here knew that she was from Suiru, and her words were more effective than Li Zheng's. The workers looked at each other, then picked up the bamboo baskets containing the coal and ran quickly down the mountain.
The workers in the mine also climbed up one by one. There were eight people in total, all of them were disgraced and ran down the mountain with their tools.
Cheng Wanwan spoke very quickly: "Master Wu, is there anyone else on the mountain?"
Master Wu shook his head: "Everyone else is in the back mountain, Sui Ruren, what happened?"
"Let's go down the mountain first."
Cheng Wanwan lifted up her skirt and walked down the mountain.
Master Wu followed her and did not dare to delay.
at this time!
"boom!"
A loud noise came from behind.
Master Wu only felt a huge wave of air coming towards him. Before he could turn back to check the situation, his whole body flew forward uncontrollably.
His body hit Cheng Wanwan's back, causing her to roll down the hill. The men walking in front of her were also knocked to the ground by the air waves.
She wanted to grab something to stabilize her body, but she couldn't grasp it at all. Her whole body seemed to be on a roller coaster. Her body seemed to have been run over on the mountain road. In the end, her head hit hard on a rock at the foot of the mountain. Then lost consciousness.
"Sui Ruren!"
"Master Wu!"
The official at the foot of the mountain went up the mountain immediately after the explosion. He saw that the road was full of injured people. The villagers were walking in front. Although they also rolled down the mountain, they were all skin injuries and were not serious. On the contrary, Sui Ru and Master Wu both fainted.
"Quick, go to the city and ask for a doctor!"
"The explosion in Coal Mountain must be reported to the prefect and the court!"
There was a chaos of war and chaos in the village, and people were panicked.
Cheng Wanwan only felt that her head hurt very much. She heard someone crying around her and felt that someone was feeding her medicine. She couldn't swallow the bitter medicine and vomited it all out. In the end, the person taking care of her was still I continued to feed her, and after I finished feeding, I didn’t say anything about putting a candied fruit in her mouth.
She was confused and didn't know how long she had slept. When she opened her eyes again, the surroundings were pitch black.
"Mom, you finally woke up!"
Cao Yingying, who was standing by the bed, was full of joy and couldn't help but burst into tears.
She quickly turned around and shouted, "Sister-in-law, is the medicine ready? Come here quickly, mother is awake!"
Wu Huiniang had been guarding the medicine jar in the kitchen. When she heard this, she immediately poured the medicine in the jar into a small bowl and brought it in.
In just a short time, the room was filled with people.
Cheng Yuanyuan was giving medicine, while her two daughters-in-law had tears in their eyes, and their four sons stood by the side obediently. Da Ya, Er Ya, San Mao, Hong Ying, Hong Yan and Xiao Hai also looked worried.
Cheng Wanwan swallowed the medicine with difficulty: "When will this be, and how long have I been unconscious?"
"It's Haishi now." Zhao Dashan said, "The coal mountain exploded yesterday morning, and my mother fell asleep for two days and one night."
