Chapter seven hundred and seventy-eight mining privately
The wind and sand in the North are quite heavy. Every autumn, when strong winds arise, it is common to see wind and sand all over the sky, sweeping in from the horizon.
Wang Gaoqiu didn't know where he was. He only knew that he had been walking in the wind and sand for eighteen days.
There were thirty-five black slave workers who escaped from the coal mine. So far, only he and Hansan are still alive.
Due to lack of water, Wang Gaoqiu's lips were chapped and blistered, and his whole body was weak. When he walked, his swinging arms seemed not to be his own, and the ground beneath his feet was not yellow sand, but like cotton, and he could not exert his strength.
"I can not make it."
Han San, who was walking in front, spoke and squatted on the yellow sand.
Wang Gaoqiu sat down next to Han San and rested for a while. The sun was getting heavier at noon. If he didn't leave, he might be roasted to death.
"Let's go, talk too much."
Wang Gaoqiu said feebly, with a pale face. He was unwilling to persuade Han San, but he didn't know the road, so he could only follow Han San to get out of this yellow sand sky.
With trembling hands, Han San took out a waist badge and several letters from his arms and handed them to Wang Gaoqiu:
"Go out alive and leave these in the hands of the local secret guards, and you will be worry-free for the rest of your life."
"Remember, you must hand it over...Hey, don't pull me, I can't walk anymore..."
Han San was pulled up by Wang Gaoqiu, and the two of them stumbled and continued to move forward.
At the beginning, Han San could still mutter a few words, but after a few dozen steps, he became speechless and let Wang Gaoqiu drag him away.
The sun sets from the middle of the sky and rises to the middle of the sky.
Han San didn't know how long he had been walking, no, to be precise, he didn't know how long he had been dragged away. He only knew that he finally arrived at a herdsman's camp.
The sweet and refreshing water entered his mouth, and Han San leaned directly into the bucket. He felt that he could drink the whole bucket of water.
After drinking enough in one breath, Han San raised his head and saw the black herdsman looking at him with a smile, Wang Gaoqiu lying in another bucket next to him, and the cattle and sheep grazing on the grass in the distance.
"Fellow, what is this place?"
Han San was holding the bucket, leaning against the well, looking up to the herdsmen and asking: How blue are these days, and how white are the clouds.
"This is Dingyuan."
The herdsman said honestly, grinning and showing his white teeth:
"You can't do this. If you cross the desert, you will die. If you do this, you will die of dehydration."
"Dingyuan?"
Han San patted Wang Gaoqiu next to him on the back and laughed:
"Brother, we are alive."
"We have arrived at Dingyuan, our Han Kingdom's territory."
Wang Gaoqiu raised his head from the bucket, looked around, lowered his head, and continued to drink water.
After Han San drank enough, he chatted with the herdsman for a few words, took a coin, and gave it to the herdsman, asking him to help kill a sheep.
The herdsmen went off to kill the sheep with a smile on their face, leaving two people immersed in drinking water.
Not long after, the two of them were sitting in the herdsmen's tent eating mutton. Looking at Wang Gaoqiu eating the meat, the herdsmen who helped them cook the meat gave them a thumbs up.
"This brother is really big-hearted."
Han San kicked Wang Gaoqiu, who was enjoying his meal:
"Why is your grandson so good at eating?"
Wang Gaoqiu tore off a piece of meat, laughed and said:
"My surname is Wang. I have learned the method of accepting humility and practiced it to great perfection. I can eat and drink as much as ten days a day."
The herdsman gave a thumbs up:
"It turns out to be Naxu's mental method, the mental method of General Wang's family, no wonder it's so powerful."
Han San gnawed on the leg of lamb and asked the herdsman next to him:
"Listen to what brother said, do you still know the method of accepting humiliation?"
The herdsman chopped off a large piece of bloody mutton with a knife and put it on Han San's plate:
"General Wang's family, General Wang's family has this mentality."
Han San suddenly reacted:
"Yes, Dingyuan is under the jurisdiction of the Western Army Dudufu. The general of the Western Army Dudufu is General Wang Siwang."
As he said that, Han San looked Wang Gaoqiu up and down:
"Hey, I didn't expect that your grandson actually has a relative who is a general."
Wang Gaoqiu chuckled:
"Of course, I have a good relationship with Fourth Brother, otherwise I wouldn't have been tricked into going to the black coal mine."
Han San wiped his mouth:
"Okay, don't eat anymore. Let's go to the Wei Mansion and report our affairs. I've been missing for so many days. I wonder if I've been removed from the list?"
The two of them asked the herdsman brother for directions and headed towards Dingyuan City. After walking for a long time, they arrived at Dingyuan City and entered the Wei Mansion.
After hearing what the two men said, the captain of the Wei Mansion hurriedly sent out a fast horse to take the two men to the stone rail station and put them on the iron wheel car leading to Shazhou.
When Su Yi received the news, he was sitting in Shazhou, directing a battle to wipe out the remnants of the Luo Jingshan sect.
When the secret guard reported the matter, Su Yi called the two of them over.
"Can you confirm that all of them are Snow Barbarians?"
Su Yi asked Han San.
Han San said respectfully:
"Going back to the Governor, I can confirm that I once served in the Northern Territory Governor's Mansion. I walked through the Snowman tribe and dealt with those people. What those people said was very similar to the Snowman tribesmen."
Su Yi took the letter and walked back and forth a few steps, her expression full of doubts.
The leader of the Snow Barbarians, Hurhachi, surrendered neatly, and the rebellious Chagatai among the Snow Barbarians was also beheaded. Ordinarily, the Snow Barbarians should not covet a coal mine on the border of Han.
Unless there's something special about that coal mine.
Su Yi thought about it, wondering why Xue Man would occupy a coal mine on the border of Rouran, just for some inconspicuous yellow coal.
Han San reminded Su Yun:
"Grand Governor, I suspect that those lumps of coal are not ordinary lumps of coal. They may contain special gold?"
"Special gold?"
Su Yi looked at Han San with a solemn expression.
"Are you sure?"
The three mines that mined special gold have all been mined. Because of this, the minister of the Ministry of Industry was dismissed. It is impossible for him to return home after becoming an official. He is still locked up in the sky prison.
More importantly, His Majesty has made it clear that those who find special gold will be given a title.
There are multiple titles, and Su Yi is very aware of the weight involved.
Han San thought carefully:
"I'm not sure, because I haven't seen special gold, but looking at the appearance of those snow barbarians, that thing, even if it's not special gold, is still gold."
Su Yi shook her head:
"If it were ordinary gold, it really wouldn't be worth sending out an army."
Han San struggled for a long time and said hesitantly:
"In my humble position, I naturally hope it is special gold, but I have never seen special gold, so I don't dare to say that it is special gold."
"But Commander-in-Chief, even if there is no special money, there are still countless people imprisoned. They are all the sons of the Han Dynasty. They were deceived and taken away by some black-hearted maggots with ulterior motives."
Su Yi shook her head:
"If our secret guards are dispatched, the title will naturally be yours, but if I report this matter, I won't be able to tell whose title it belongs to."
Han San understood:
"In my humble position, I am at the mercy of the supervisor. I will do whatever the supervisor tells me to do."
Su Yi patted Han San on the shoulder:
"I also think there is special gold there, but if it is not special gold, the impact will be bad."
"Let's see, the secret guards are dispatched, detouring through the Tule Grassland and heading towards Rouran. I want to see who dares to detain the people of our Han Kingdom and secretly mine mines on our Han Kingdom's land."