A genius girl with her own space

Chapter 138 Gold Mine

"Jingze, you take care of the arrangements. I don't know anything about this, so just discuss anything with Qiqi. Your master's wife and I will be responsible for protecting Qiqi." Yun Jizi said.

"Okay, Master, Qiqi, and Master's wife, let's go to the government office first and ask the prefect to take us to the mine to have a look." Zhou Jingze said.

Qiqi took the master's wife into the space. Qiqi didn't want the master's wife to be too tired.

Qiqi and the others got on a carriage and arrived at the government office, where they saw the secret guards and the prefect waiting for them.

The guards took the prefect to another carriage, pressed the prefect's mute point, and they set off. They soon arrived at a mountainous area. There were many mountains here, some high and some low, stretching endlessly.

This mountain range is called Wulian Mountain, meaning five mountain ranges connected together. The mine is located within it, so many ordinary people don't go there. Only hunters occasionally go there to hunt. If it weren't for the rain, the hunters taking shelter in the caves wouldn't have noticed it.

Qiqi and the others went down the mountain, with the secret guards leading the way with the prefect in front, and they followed behind.

They had been climbing for a quarter of an hour. They saw the mine. Zhou Jingze, carrying Qiqi on his back, walked behind. He was afraid of tiring Qiqi. Qiqi was less than three months pregnant and couldn't afford to get tired.

Zhou Jingze initially disagreed with Qiqi coming along. However, they couldn't find anyone knowledgeable about mining, so Qiqi had to come along.

Zhou Jingze reluctantly agreed. They walked for about two quarters of an hour and saw the mine manager and several thugs. They saw the prefect coming and ran over quickly.

"Prefect, what instructions do you have for us? Everything is going well here, don't worry." The prefect kept winking at the steward, but the steward didn't understand what he meant at all. He just nodded and said a lot of nice things.

Qiqi saw the prefect's acting and knew that he was a ruthless character. It was unknown how many people had been killed by mining. This person in charge should know the whole situation.

Qiqi looked at Zhou Jingze, who was giving instructions to the head of the secret guards. They quickly controlled the steward and the thugs.

The steward was stunned. "Sir, why did you arrest us? We worked for you, sir, you can't just abandon us. We didn't do anything, but we worked hard. We dug up so much gold for you. We didn't get any, so we gave it all to you. And you arrested us instead. Are you still human? You bastard, you killed so many people, may God strike you down."

The secret guard took something and blocked the steward's mouth. The prefect hated the steward and glared at him fiercely. The steward whimpered and couldn't speak. He also glared at the prefect.

Qiqi laughed at the side. After a while, the secret guards rescued the thirty or so people who were mining and broke their chains. Only then did the person in charge understand what was going on.

They were all caught. People found out about it and came to rescue the miners.

Seeing the injuries, Qiqi took out medicine, iodine, and gauze. Yun Jizi took them and helped the miners bandage them. Seeing several seriously injured, Qiqi gave each of them a pill and told them to take it immediately. Soon, the pain subsided for several of them. Yun Jizi quickly thanked them for saving her life.

"Can you take us to the mine?" A middle-aged man walked out from the miners. He was obviously the leader of the miners. His injuries were very serious, and the pain was relieved by the pills given by Qiqi.

He was very grateful to Qiqi and the others, so he stepped forward to lead the way for them.

He introduced himself as a local hunter named Wang Yunchao. He led the way, and soon they arrived at the mining area.

Qiqi and the others followed Wang Yunchao into the mine. They saw large rocks on either side. Without tools, they couldn't mine anything. They could only mine small rocks and broken gold nuggets. Qiqi watched as they continued inside. They hadn't built any structures. If the cave collapsed, it would bury them. Qiqi and the others walked a short distance until they reached the bottom. Qiqi saw a patch of small, glittering gold nuggets embedded in the rocks.

Qiqi asked Wang Yunchao, "Do you know how to mine? If you don't put up scaffolding, aren't you afraid of the cave collapsing?"

"I've talked to the manager many times, but he just won't make any. They don't treat us as human beings at all. By digging holes, I know where there are more gold nuggets.

Sandy areas are easy to dig for gold nuggets, but areas prone to collapse are prone to collapse. Some of us, hoping to eat more steamed buns, dug in areas with more sand and gravel. The food we gave them was divided according to the weight of the gold nuggets we dug. To satisfy their hunger, they dug in areas with more sand and gravel.

"They were buried after digging for a few days. By the time we dug them out, they were already dead. The person in charge didn't force us to dig in any other places," Wang Yunchao said sadly.

After Qiqi finished observing the mine, they walked out of the mine together and stood outside.

"How did you discover this mine? How long has it been mined?" Qiqi asked.

"We found it while hunting, and we often picked a few pieces to supplement our family income, but we didn't dare to pick too much. I don't know how it got out, but the prefect arrested us and brought us to the government office. He asked us to mine gold for him, and if we refused, he would torture our families. If we tried to escape, he would also torture or even kill our families. We endured it for the sake of our families.

We have been mining for him for a year. The rock is hard and we are slow to mine, so we are not getting enough to eat."

"Do you know what illegal mining is? It's a capital offense. If you weren't greedy and told the prefect publicly, he wouldn't have imprisoned your families. Did you know that your family members starved to death in the prefect's prison within half a year? Where are your families now?"

Qiqi told Wang Yunchao everything the secret guards had revealed during the interrogation of the government official yesterday. He collapsed in tears. He had fought for his family, but they had killed them.

I am guilty and deserve to die. If it weren't for our greed, this situation wouldn't have happened. This is the disaster that comes from greed.

Wang Yunchao's companions heard his cries and ran over. They then realized that their family members were dead. Several strong men collapsed to the ground in tears.

"What's the point of your crying? Revenge for your family is the real thing." The secret guard hinted.

After hearing this, several people immediately understood what was going on. They stood up and rushed towards the prefect and the steward, beating them with punches and kicks until they screamed and cried. Soon they were beaten to the point of being unable to move. Only then did the secret guards step forward to stop them.

Wang Yunchao and the others bowed to the secret guards and expressed their gratitude. Although they could not kill the prefect, they felt much relieved.

Soon they were all taken to the prefect's prison, including those who were mining.

After asking the miners their reasons, those who should be released will be released, and those who should be imprisoned will be imprisoned.