Chapter 762: Ten Thousand Mountains Are Red
There is no way to run to the government, who let you usually take less money in the mine, usually so much filial piety, it is time for you to contribute.
So Liu Xiong's trouble came.
He wept and looked at the mine owner who was also crying.
These mine owners are talking nonsense, and one by one they talk to death.
"My lord, if we don't give a solution to this matter, we will really be finished, not only will the mine be finished, but the income will be in vain, that is, our lives will be lost; Please come up with a way to do it anyway, you can't go on like this. ”
"The mine is over, what about the tens of thousands of miners? They can't open the pot, they want to make trouble. ”
"What kind of apportionment do adults usually have, and which villain dares not to obey? Now that the catastrophe is coming, please ......"
This Liu Xiong is also annoyed, he still has a lot of troubles, they are finished, can he be spared? But after all, he is only a prefect, and he is not the king of heaven, can he solve this matter by himself? If it can really be solved, why is it at this point?
He thought in his heart, but he could only be speechless, smiling bitterly and making no sound.
"My lord, why does this imperial court ban commerce and trade, and why does it have to be the enemy of the Hao family? Although we are grass people, there are some things that should not be said, but now we have to say it, now in Guangxi and even Guangdong provinces, how many people point to the Hao family's food to eat, and now it has reached this situation, I don't know how many people want to break their homes, presumably the court does not know the truth here, so it is so reckless, the adult is a local official close to the people, and should be on the book. I hope that the court will be gracious......"
Some people don't know the inside story here, and now the news from the Hao family is just not allowed by the imperial court. Therefore, they no longer bought it, and they only mistakenly thought that this matter was the intention of the imperial court, so they couldn't help but feel a little indignant in their hearts.
But there are also people who know some of the inside information, but they just smiled bitterly and sighed: "The fire at the city gate affected the pond fish, and the gods and immortals in the sky fought, but we, ordinary people, suffered, hey." There's really no way to live......"
Seeing that Governor Liu's attitude was like this, although some of them begged for mercy, some of them couldn't cry or laugh. Some shouted and scolded, but they didn't have a clue, so they had to come out. Many people are desperate and want to cry without tears. I really don't know what to do.
Just this night. But I don't know how many people couldn't sleep all night, and in the early morning, worse news came out.
Many mine owners swept through their belongings overnight and ran away with their families.
That's right, I really ran away, left the mine, left the house, and took the pass to the money bank in Lang Son. The gold and silver are still soft and soft, and they disappeared without a trace in this Guilin Mansion overnight.
After all, they are also people with a way. If you really want to escape, the sky is high and the sea is wide, it's a big deal to go to Langshan, or even turn around to Sumatra, to Luzon, in short, you can't stay here, this huge debt, even if you sell all your property, it can't be paid, and there are so many miners waiting to settle the wages in that mine, it's better to roll up and run away.
This side is soft and soft, and the people are gone, and for a while, Guilin Mansion is in chaos.
Those creditors had been worried all night, but now when they see people going to empty buildings, one by one they are like mourners, so naturally they have to make trouble.
And the real hidden danger is not them, these decent people, even if they are ruined, at least they can barely survive, and they will not starve to death, but there is a kind of person who can't live.
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Deep in the mountains, the life of the miners, who usually live in tents, is extremely monotonous.
The conditions here are extremely difficult, and there are overseers watching, every day before the hour to get up and start mining into the mountain, down the day, it is dark to go back, followed by falling asleep, if it is the rainy season, it is even worse, even so, it is also to work for half a day, there are many snakes, insects and ants here, the conditions are really difficult, ordinary people are impossible to persevere.
However, the miners are still here, and no one wants to flee, because their life is not much better than here, not to mention that they can eat here and even have some money to spare.
Mother-in-law and children have to be fed by their coolies, and because of this, there is nothing in this world that is unacceptable to them.
At the beginning, there was only sporadic news coming, all of them were overseers and foremen talking in low voices, many words, such as the owner, the Hao family, the imperial court, etc., these words had nothing to do with the miners, because even the owner, and they were far away, only at the end of the year, the owner would come here in a hurry under the support of many leaders, just outside the mine to get a few pig's heads, insert a few incense, kowtow to the mountain god, and then wait for the next year to come again.
The miners only recognize one thing, and they are here to exchange money, which is their criterion, and anything outside the mountain will not have anything to do with them, let alone have anything to do with them.
It's just that...... The situation finally changed, and they suddenly realized that those words such as the imperial court, the Hao family, and the east family were actually closely related to them.
The owner ran away, and as soon as the owner ran, the first to get the news was a few money and grain directors in charge of the mine here, as well as a few foremen, who were nowhere to be found that night.
When everyone woke up, they found that everyone was gone, no one came to urge them to go to work, and even the food sent into the mountains was gone.
Terrible rumors began to spread, the owner ran away, the rest of the people ran away, the wages were gone, there was nothing.
Thousands of sturdy men gathered together, but now they are surprisingly desperate.
Their life is monotonous, and because of this, many people occasionally play some money, some people are in debt, and some people want to make their wives and children live better, such as borrowing money to go home and build a house, they are not afraid of credit, because they have the strength, as long as there is a breath, the strength is in exchange for silver, and all the expectations for a better life are in this body.
And now, there's really nothing left.
"What's going on, where's the pay?"
"It's the Hao family that has a dispute with the imperial court, and the imperial court doesn't allow us to mine."
"Damn, don't let people live."
Even more terrible news came.
In Jiulong Village, more than 70 miles away, the local people rebelled.
Three thousand natives are said to have had a quarrel with the servants directly in the market at the foot of the mountain, and in the end someone directly killed the official and captured the county seat. 、
The reason is nothing more than that in the past, there were always merchants who went to the market to buy timber, and the natives would go down the mountain to trade every other day of the market, and the merchants disappeared one by one, and the timber was suddenly worthless, and the natives refused to go, and the government had no choice but to drive away.
"It's not good, it's not good, Lishan Mine is reversed, it's Zhou Chu's head, saying that there is no way to live, and the only way to fight is to fight."
Lishan Mine is only twenty miles away from here, everyone in Zhou Chu knows that he is a foreman, although he is a foreman, but he is quite righteous, and has a high reputation among the miners.
The miners suddenly calmed down.
They realize that they are no longer the only ones who have suffered, and they also realize that there seem to be only two paths in front of them.
One is a dead end, they can't mine, and they are no longer willing to go back to the village to rent land, their wives and children have no one to support, they are themselves, I am afraid that they will not be able to eat a full meal again, and they have nothing without a livelihood.
The other way is to take up the tools directly like everyone else and vent all the anger in your heart.
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Everyone is silent, no one wants to be a bird, they all look into the eyes of others, hoping to find a way out from the eyes of others.
In the end, someone lowered his voice and said: "It's wrong, it's wrong, everyone is wrong, we have no way to live......"
His voice grew lower and lower, inaudible.
Someone said: "No, no, rebellion is to raid the family and destroy the clan, and it is a dead end......"
This voice was drowned out by another resentful voice: "No, isn't it a dead end?" Anti, anti-fucking, get back our wages! ”
In many places, a voice sounded scattered and scattered: "It's the opposite, it's the opposite!" ”
The voices of anger grew more and more, and the voices of reason were drowned out after all.
The person who started before jumped to a high place with a mining pickaxe, and said murderously: "Kill to Fucheng, usually we are not less oppressed by those bitches, today, if we can't get back the wages, if we don't mine, we will smash their heads!" ”
"Kill!"
Even the rational people had their eyes red at this time, and they frantically waved the fists or tools in their hands, and countless arms stretched out in the direction of the sky.
"Follow me!" The person who took the lead jumped off the mound of earth, and then walked towards Guilin Mansion with a mighty crowd of people and horses.
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Ask for a monthly pass! (To be continued......)