Chapter 3 Mine
After resting in that canyon for an hour, the team continued to set off until the sunset was sunset, and the team finally reached a valley.
The valley is very large, with hundreds of soldiers guarding the entrance. Many platforms were dug out from the surrounding mountains, and crossbowmen were eyeing it. Yang Yifei even saw the crossbow used to guard the city.
The team leader handed over to the Guardian Guard, and the slaves were taken to the valley by other soldiers.
The team of soldiers responsible for escorting slaves went to a camp on the left side of the valley, and they were obviously returning to the team.
According to Yang Yifei's observation, from the size of the camp and the number of tents inside, it can be roughly estimated that the defenders in this mine were no less than five or six thousand.
In addition to the defenders, many military laborers shuttled back and forth in the valley, dragging trucks of ore into a large tent on the right with a chariot.
Although these laborers are also laborers, their status and situation are obviously much better than slaves. They have served a certain number of years of labor and have the opportunity to retire and return home.
Yang Yifei was secretly curious, so many troops guarding him, what kind of mine is this? Is it a gold and silver mine?
Because it was too far apart, Yang Yifei couldn't see what the ore in the cart looked like, but he had a feeling that from entering this valley, he was inexplicably refreshed and felt comfortable all over.
While thinking about it, Yang Yifei and other slaves were taken hundreds of feet from the entrance of the valley, where there was a huge mine.
It turned out that this was not a mine-style mine that opened the entrance to the mountain wall, but a mine pit dug into the ground.
Among the thirty slaves, except for Yang Yifei and Ma Yan, the other twenty-eight people looked at the bottomless mine in horror, with despair in their eyes full of despair of accepting their fate.
Yang Yifei, a time traveler and the young Ma Yan, didn't know the horror of this mine, but most of them knew something.
Ma Yan was inactive due to the injuries on his body. He was supported by Yang Yifei and hung it on Yang Yifei like a cloth bag. However, Yang Yifei was looking at the mine.
The mine has a diameter of nearly three meters, like a toothless mouth that opens to the sky. There are four slings distributed at ninety degrees around the mine.
One of these slings would occasionally move, and some laborers would shake the handles to hang up the ore dug out by the people below.
It was not until this moment that Yang Yifei finally saw the appearance of those ores, which was an ore he had never seen before.
The surface of those ores is light-colored rocks, and the color of moon white is faintly revealed inside. The so-called moon white is the white of the moon.
In fact, the white color of the moon is light blue, so the white color with blue is called moon white.
Yang Yifei didn't pay much attention to what kind of mine these ores were for the time being. He would naturally know in the future and continue to observe the situation around the mine.
After a glance, he couldn't find anything like a lift for people to get up and down. At first, Yang Yifei didn't understand why this was, but after thinking for a while, he suddenly realized it.
For these troops, after they go to the mine, they are no different from dead people. After they go down, they don’t have to think about coming up. The only ending of these slaves is to die below.
These sergeants and laborers will never go down to this mine, so naturally they don’t use any lifting device.
Seeing this, anger rose from Yang Yifei's heart. Although he already knew that the world was still in a slave society, Yang Yifei still felt boundless anger in his heart without taking human life seriously.
At this moment, he already understood what he should do when he traveled to this world.
It is very simple. Just like what the revolutionary ancestors on earth did, overthrow the barbaric rule of this world, not to mention establishing a modern society of democracy and freedom, but at least it is necessary to transition the slave society to a feudal society.
Yang Yifei is not a saint, but after all, he has been a soldier of the people for seven years and has a much stronger sense of social responsibility than ordinary people.
However, that is the general direction in the future. At present, I will wait until the shuttle between the heavens is started and enough strength is obtained to escape from here.
But this is not easy. The mine is located in a valley surrounded by mountains, with only the entrance and exit when entering.
And on the mountains on all sides, soldiers guarded them. The powerful bows and crossbows in their hands were no smaller than the Japanese 38th large cover.
The crossbow is an extremely terrifying existence. Elephants can wear it through. There are thousands of soldiers guarding the ground. If you want to rush out in a complete manner, you can fly unless you are driving a tank or wearing a steel suit.
As Yang Yifei was thinking, the soldiers began to untie their handcuffs and chains.
In order to prevent anyone from causing trouble, a row of soldiers pointed at them with spears. If anyone dares to move, the sharp spearhead of the spear will be stabbed without hesitation.
Yang Yifei discovered that as soon as the slave in front was uncuffed, he was carried by two soldiers and threw it into the mine.
“Ahhhh…”
"Plop"
The slave who was thrown from the mine let out a series of shrill screams, which made Yang Yifei feel tight. When he heard the sound of heavy objects falling into the water, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that there was a pool below.
After Yang Yifei and Ma Yan were uncuffed, the soldiers were about to throw them away when they heard Yang Yifei say, "I dare not help the military officer, let's go down by ourselves."
It is very different from being thrown down and jumping down by yourself. If you are mentally prepared, you can adjust your falling-in position by yourself. If you are thrown down, you will inevitably be uncontrollable and you will easily choke on water.
The soldier nodded with satisfaction. Yang Yifei was tall and big. It took them hard to throw him away. "You guy knows what you see, go!"
Yang Yifei helped Ma Yan to the edge of the mine, smiled at Ma Yan, who was full of fear, and said warmly: "Don't be afraid, close your mouth and nose and hold your breath. From now on, we brothers will depend on each other for life."
Ma Yan looked at Yang Yifei weakly, nodded heavily, and then closed his breath.
Yang Yifei held Ma Yan and jumped out of the mine.
The two men's bodies fell rapidly, and the surrounding environment became darker and darker, and they fell about three or four feet, and a flashing light appeared under their feet.
"Plop"
The two of them fell into the water smoothly. The pool was not very deep, but it was enough to buffer the impact of the fallen force.
After Yang Yifei's body was buffered by water, his feet reached the bottom of the pond. After squatting slightly, his body completely cushioned the falling inertia.
This is also the benefit of jumping by yourself. If you are thrown down and you will be hit on the water, you will inevitably have an intimate contact with the bottom of the pond. Even if you are not injured, you will have to hurt for a while.
Yang Yifei quickly stood up from the water, the depth of the pool was only to his chest, Ma Yan was a little shorter than him, but he was only flooded with his neck.
They came down the last time, and there was no one behind them, but the person who had been thrown down before had been dragged to the shore, so they didn't hit anyone.
Chapter completed!