The upper mine tunnel has been opened, but it is not worth celebrating.
There is another layer of mines below, which are deeper and more difficult to dig.
The most important thing is that the echo inside has disappeared.
According to the workers who came out on the first floor, there should be twelve more people on the lower floor.
Yesterday I could hear a faint echo when I knocked on the iron pipe, but I couldn't hear it today.
"Is there anyone inside? Give me a message!" Song Yang shouted loudly at the iron pipe.
Unfortunately, there was no reply at all.
"How long will it take to dig from here!" Song Yang looked back at Song Tian with a heavy expression.
Yesterday he slept all day and got up in the afternoon to continue fighting.
"It's at least ten meters from here to the lower level. According to the current excavation speed, it may take three days to dig!" Song Tian's expression became even more ugly.
He is the person in charge of Daye. If such a big thing happens, he is the first person in charge.
"Work overtime and you must dig it out for me within two days!" Song Yang gave the death order.
The workers were divided into three shifts and took turns constructing.
But the mine is so narrow that it can't accommodate so many people.
No matter how fast it is, it can't beat the excavation speed of the upper layer.
The two days requested by Song Yang exhausted several groups of workers.
Finally, the lower mine was opened early on the third day.
"Go in and save people!"
"Quick, quick! Be careful and try not to touch the gravel on the wall!"
"Those who are strong should go forward. No matter life or death, you must carry it out for me first!"
"Where's the doctor! Get ready to save people!"
Song Yang issued instructions one by one, and Song Tian followed Song Yang's instructions to arrange manpower.
Soon the first worker came out and carried someone out on his back.
It's just that the man lost his temper at the first sight, and his arms were drooping gray.
Then several more workers came out, and what they carried out were also corpses.
There are twelve in total, lined up in a row at the entrance of the mine.
"Not a single survivor?"
Song Yang was in a very bad mood. He didn't expect that all the people on the second floor were dead.
This loss is really quite big.
"Your Majesty! A living one! There is a living one here!"
At this moment, the doctor who was checking the situation suddenly exclaimed.
"Help! Hurry!"
Song Yang hurriedly ran over to check. The old doctor took the man's pulse and said he could feel an extremely weak beating.
"It's Ge Ping! Is this kid not dead yet?"
"Look at the amount of air coming out and the amount of air coming in."
"Alas! I don't know if I can save him!"
"The people at the lower level must know what's going on! He must be rescued!"
"That's right! You have to ask clearly!"
When they heard that there were still survivors, someone immediately recognized the man's name as Ge Ping.
This mining disaster happened so suddenly that so many people were trapped at once.
The workers on the first floor don’t know why the mining accident happened.
According to them, they heard an explosion that caused the mine to collapse.
However, Daye has clear regulations that it is strictly prohibited to use explosives when someone is underground in the mine.
So they don't know what's going on.
"How can I save him?" Song Yang looked at the doctor.
This doctor came here after fleeing from Jiangbei, and his medical skills are quite good.
His son came with him and now works in the mine.
So he stayed and worked as a doctor in Daye.
"I can't guarantee it completely, I'd say 70% to 80%." The old doctor said more conservatively.
He didn't dare to make a deal with Song Yang. If he failed, it would not be the crime of deceiving the emperor.
"Please old sir, do your best!" Song Yang clasped his fists.
The old doctor was busy returning the courtesy.
Song Yang got out of the way and the old doctor began to rescue him.
He was not using artificial respiration to compress his chest.
The old doctor took a purse from his backpack. In the purse was boiled silver needles.
He took out a silver needle as long as a chopstick and pierced Ge Ping's chest directly.
Insert the needle for half an inch.
Then another silver needle was inserted, this time directly into the top of the head.
Song Yang didn't know what acupuncture point he inserted, but seeing how long the silver needle went in, Song Yang also felt horrified.
The old doctor started twisting the needle with each hand.
After rubbing it for a while, press Ge Ping's tiger's mouth again.
After about five minutes, the old doctor brushed the silver needle out of Ge Ping's chest and pulled it out.
"Huh~ha!" Ge Ping gasped and sat up straight.
But it was just for a moment and he lay down again.
The old doctor supported Ge Ping, put him down gently, and then slowly pulled out the silver needle on his head.
During the entire acupuncture process, no one at the scene spoke, and they even dared not take a breath for fear of affecting the doctor's acupuncture treatment.
"call!"
"Your Majesty, I am lucky that I did not disgrace my life. This kid's life should be saved." Ge Ping breathed a sigh of relief and hugged Song Yang.
"Old doctor, when will he... wake up?" Song Yang looked at Ge Ping.
This guy's face has turned a lot rosy, which is completely different from the pale color just now.
Obviously, he saved his life from death.
"Your Majesty, this boy has just exhausted his yang energy and won't wake up so soon. It will probably be tomorrow morning at the earliest." The old doctor shook his head and said.
Song Yang didn't understand what was causing the Yang Qi to be exhausted. He knew that Ge Ping might wake up tomorrow morning.
"Others..." Song Yang looked at the other eleven corpses.
The old doctor shook his head and said nothing.
These are already real corpses, and no amount of medical skill can save them.
"well!"
Song Yang shook his head in despair and sighed.
"Seal the mine and do not open it until the cause is investigated."
Song Yang turned back to look at Song Tian.
Song Tian nodded hurriedly and immediately asked someone to seal the entrance to the mine.
"Collect the bodies of the victims. When Ge Ping wakes up tomorrow, we will find out the cause of the mining accident and give them a proper burial!"
"Others, those in the open-pit mine will continue to work. Those in the mine and those involved in the rescue should go back and rest."
Song Yang took one last look at the eleven corpses, shook his head and turned to leave.
Song Tian followed Song Yang closely, and Yu Ming winked at him, asking him to admit his mistake honestly.
Of course Song Tian knew that he had neglected his duty, so he followed Song Yang back to the office.
"My lord, I'm sorry for your low position!"
As soon as he entered the room, Song Tian knelt down behind Song Yang.
"Song Tian, please get up. We won't talk about responsibilities now. We will talk about the division of responsibilities after we investigate the whole situation tomorrow."
"Your Majesty..." Song Tian swallowed harder.
"Get up! You will take the lead in investigating the cause of the accident. Before the sun sets tomorrow afternoon, I want to know the exact cause!" Song Yang said with a straight face.
"Yes! I humbly obey my orders!" Song Tian kowtowed heavily.
Song Tian was sent to investigate the cause, and only Song Yang and Yu Ming were left in the room.
Yu Ming has been busy these two days, arranging personnel and supplies.
All in all, it was quite tiring.
"Your Majesty, I actually feel that there is something fishy about this matter. The upper-level workers said they heard an explosion, and I suspect that someone used explosives in the mine."
"Do you think it was maliciously sabotaged?"
What Yu Ming said was actually to excuse Song Tian.
Song Tian usually performed well, so Yu Ming didn't want Song Tian to ruin his future because of this incident.
"Although Song Tian did a good job, if the cause is his, he will still be punished." After saying this, Song Yang closed his eyes and rested.
Yu Ming shrank his neck and did not dare to speak. He carefully stepped back to the door and held it for Song Yang.
…
The next morning, Ge Ping woke up.
Song Tian came over to see him immediately after getting the news.
"Sir! It's all that damned He Ming! This kid actually lit a torch in the mine! The sparks ignited the explosives!"
"Oh my god! The entrance to the cave was blown down at that time!"
"The little one thought he was going to die there!"
Ge Ping burst into tears as soon as he saw Song Tian.
Before Song Tian could ask, the guy cried and told the cause of what happened that day.
It turned out that He Ming was born with an eye disease and could not see clearly in weak light.
So when he went down into the well that day, He Ming secretly brought a short torch in.
Nowadays, kerosene lamps are used for mining work in the mines.
A kerosene lamp with a lampshade hangs in the middle of the mine.
If explosives are to be arranged, they should be arranged in the innermost part. After the explosives are arranged, they will not ignite until people withdraw.
That day, He Ming secretly lit a torch, but he didn't expect that the sparks from the torch splashed onto the explosives.
The explosive exploded immediately, causing the lower hole to collapse.
The upper hole may have collapsed due to vibration.
As for He Ming himself, he was killed on the spot.
Ge Ping said that they originally wanted to dig it out from inside.
But while digging, the kerosene lamp went out.
After that, I started to feel chest tightness and weakness.
After leaning against the cracks in the rocks for a whole day, I finally heard some noises.
There was a sound of metal knocking as the cave collapsed.
They couldn't touch the metal and could only knock on the stone wall.
That's why the workers on the upper floor heard the faint echo.
In fact, the iron pipe did not open up the ventilation opening on the lower floor at all.
Of course, this is also because the collapse distance of the lower floor is too long, and the iron pipe is not enough to connect the upper and lower spaces.
If the air cannot get in, the people inside will suffocate and die.
Ge Ping was at the very edge, and there was a trace of air flowing through the gaps in the stone wall.
He persisted like this for one more day.
It is precisely because of this that I saved my life.
"He Ming! What a bastard! What a bastard!" Song Tian yelled angrily when he found out what had happened.
"Sir, the matter is clear, the prince's side..." Song Tian's assistant came over and asked softly.
"Ge Ping! Follow me to see the prince!"
"The king...the prince is here?"
Finally, Song Yang heard the story of what happened again from Ge Ping's mouth.
Thinking back carefully, one of the eleven corpses yesterday did not look like he had been suffocated or crushed to death.
There were burn marks on that guy's face, which looked like blast wounds.
This will make it right.
It turned out that illegal operation caused the explosive to explode, and the vibration caused the mine to collapse, causing a mining disaster.
"Who is He Ming!" Song Yang asked with a frown.
"Your Highness, He Ming is a refugee from Jiangbei. He arrived at the end of last year. Although he is short in stature, he is also strong and powerful."
"After he came, Gao Fenyong started working in the mine. The subordinate thought that his figure was more suitable for working in the mine, so he asked him to follow him down the mine."
"I didn't expect something like this to happen. It's because of the unclear employment of people for a humble position!"
After Song Tian finished speaking, he knelt down again.
Song Yang wiped his face and remained silent for a long time without speaking.
After a long while, he said in a deep voice:
"Song Tian has unclear employment and lacks safety awareness. He will be fined for half a year and demoted to one level to remain in office!"