Inside the reception room of Heifeng Village on Heifeng Ridge.
Wang Dalu and everyone ate the breakfast specially prepared by Heifeng Village.
Only Wang Dalu, Old Turtle and Li Jinbao were on the long dining table, while the other gangsters were standing below with their heads bowed.
Wang Dalu was surprised when he saw these gangsters, who had resentful expressions on their faces yesterday, but today they all chose to stay silent and quiet.
He looked at the dark-faced Li Zhaocai standing in front of the crowd. At this time, he was squinting with his big eyes in the direction where Old Turtle was sitting, and his body was shaking slightly.
Wang Dalu laughed and said to Old Turtle.
"It seems that you had a great time chatting after I left last night."
Old Turtle put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands and responded.
"Where, where, my king, Village Master Li and everyone in the village are very reasonable and hospitable."
"Cough, cough..."
Opposite Old Turtle came the sound of Li Jinbao coughing, which echoed in the hall.
Wang Dalu finished his breakfast and came to the hall door. He looked at the thousands of men, women and children standing in the square and said with satisfaction.
"Master Li, it seems that everyone hopes to go mining in Nanshan with me. I am very happy to hear their cries of joy."
After hearing what Wang Dalu said, the gangsters were still speechless.
Old Turtle's voice sounded.
"My king, these people are touched by your kindness."
Ignoring everyone's enthusiasm, Wang Dalu led the city lord's army and the people from Heifeng Village to continue on their way.
Along the way, people reported from time to time that the gangsters from Heifeng Village secretly left the team and fled into the mountains.
Wang Dalu ignored the fleeing gangsters. In his opinion, it was strange that these gangsters didn't run away.
The Nanshan Mine has a notorious reputation for hundreds of miles around. Countless criminal prisoners worked here to death without breaking away from the control of the mine defenders.
Wang Dalu's blatant taking of them to Nanshan to mine mines was tantamount to death in the eyes of many people. Even Li Jinbao felt that this trip was unlucky.
On the way, Li Meng implicitly told Wang Dalu that these gangsters felt that their future was dangerous, so they all slowed down and walked slowly, and there should be Li Jinbao's instruction in this.
When Wang Dalu heard this, he felt that continuing like this was not the way to go. Half of the prescribed half-month arrival date had to pass, and moving at this speed might delay the trip.
Although his father assured him that the city lord of Nanshan City, Lu Su, was his father's friend and would take care of him, there was no guarantee that anything happened in the process.
Wang Dalu asked everyone to stop gathering for a meal and asked Li Meng to summon the bandit leaders to his tent to discuss matters.
Wang Dalu sat on a chair and looked at everyone in the tent.
"Everyone must also know that many people escaped along the way, and..."
Before Wang Dalu could finish what he said, Li Jinbao hurriedly came out of the queue to defend himself for his poor care.
Wang Dalu did not let him continue but continued.
"Everyone thinks that Nanshan Mine is a dangerous place, but you don't know that there are a large number of civilians living around Nanshan, and they live a good life."
Wang Dalu said in a low voice, pointing to the sallow and thin, listless bandits outside the big tent.
"Are you willing to spend your whole life robbing families and homes in those barren mountains and ridges?"
"The world is very big, much bigger than you think!"
After expressing his emotion, Wang Dalu felt very proud. These words were all what Old Man Turtle had said to him before.
Speaking out in this situation can arouse everyone's resonance.
After Wang Dalu finished speaking, he looked at Old Turtle with his hands behind his back, the pride in his eyes obvious.
The old turtle still squinted his eyes and said nothing.
Li Jinbao and Li Zhaocai stood there in a daze, looking at their relatives behind them. They knelt in front of Wang Dalu for a long time, begging Wang Dalu to treat these innocent bandits kindly and guide them to a path of hope for survival.
Since receiving Wang Dalu's promise, Li Jinbao ordered everyone to move forward at full speed and strive to reach the Nanshan Mine mentioned by Wang Dalu as soon as possible.
After rising and falling, everyone quickly marched and finally arrived at the destination of the trip, Nanshan Mine, at noon on the sixth day.
"Old Turtle, where is the civilian residential area you mentioned? Why didn't I see it? I've already said the big words, so don't let me off the hook."
Wang Dalu looked at the ladder-like mountains in the distance. The surrounding trees had long been cut down, exposing the bare tops of the mountains.
At this time, there were a large number of people working on the ladder-shaped slopes surrounding the mountains, and the sound of whipping and wailing could be heard from time to time.
Wang Dalu didn't see the civilian area that Old Turtle mentioned, so he questioned him.
Old Turtle responded with a smile.
"My king, don't worry, this is just a kick in the mine. If you spare it, you can see it."
Wang Dalu ordered everyone to stop and asked Li Meng to go talk to the manager of the mine.
When he arrived, Wang Gang told Wang Dalu that there was a Nanshan City fifty miles away from the mine.
This city was built to supervise and defend the normal mining of jade in the Nanshan Mine.
There are thousands of troops stationed in the city, and the leader, Baron Lu Yu, is Wang Dalu's father's friend.
"Something's not going well inside the yamen. Li Meng was blocked outside the mine and was arguing with them."
Jin Lie quickly walked up to Wang Dalu and said.
Seeing this, Wang Dalu immediately asked the others to rest where they were, and he took Li Zhaocai, Li Jinbao, and Old Turtle over there.
"Are you coming from the east? You arrived one day late. According to military regulations, each of you should be beaten with thirty military sticks and fasted for two days to serve as a warning to others."
"Nonsense! According to the regulations, we need to get here within fifteen days, but it only took us eleven days. We obviously arrived early."
"There are rules in the mine. There are fifteen days above and ten days in the mine, but you have spent eleven days. Obviously you have broken the rules."
When Wang Dalu led a few people over, he saw Li Meng arguing with the man from the mine.
Wang Dalu saw that the man opposite looked like he was dominating and bullying others. He walked up to the man and said with a smile.
"How much?"
The man was stunned for a moment and replied.
"What?"
"How much is it? How much money does that day's time translate into?"
When the young steward heard that the other party had hit the point, a look of embarrassment appeared on his face, and he raised his head and said.
"Let's see, since you are new to this place and are not familiar with the place, I will just give you a wide berth and forget about the three thousand dollars."
Wang Dalu stopped everyone's dissatisfaction and asked someone to take out 3,000 yuan and hand it to the young steward.
"Okay, please invite this young master. My name is Niu Er, and I am one of the twenty-eight managers of this mine. If you encounter any difficulties in the future, just come to me."
Wang Dalu smiled and cupped his hands.
"My name is Wang Dalu. If you don't understand anything in the future, please ask Brother Niu!"
"Easy to say, easy to say."
"Zhang San hasn't taken Wang Gongzi and his party to see the deacon yet."
The steward surnamed Niu led Wang Dalu to meet with one of the three deacons of the mine, Deacon Li Tao, who was in charge of the west area.
The people around Wang Dalu wanted to say something at this time, but they were all blocked by Wang Dalu's two words.
"As much money as possible, make as little noise as possible."
"It is better to offend a gentleman than to provoke that villain."
In fact, there was something in Wang Dalu's heart that he had not yet said.