Familiar Boss

Chapter 17 Going to Be a Miner
From the physical and mental outlook of these people, Su Ke seemed to sense something was wrong.

But as his contract partner and his only friend here, Xiao Hei, it should be impossible for him to deceive him.

Su Ke's heart still started to waver now, his eyes were erratic looking left and right, as if he was about to be tricked into a pyramid scheme den.

As an animal, Xiao Hei didn't think as much as Su Ke did. He just wanted to follow Su Ke and not be hungry.

Moreover, when miners go to mine to earn money, it is also the mainstream way of livelihood for people who currently live outside the city of Fengming Castle.

The Blackstone Iron Mine closest to Fengming Castle is located in the north of Fengming Castle, which is exactly opposite to the direction Su Ke and the others chased the little koala last night.

This black stone iron mine is owned by the consortium currently in charge of the highest ruling power in Fengming Castle, and it is also the only main source of income in Fengming Castle.

The Blackstone Mine is guarded by special guards, and the miners hired are all residents from the market town outside Fengming Castle.

It is very simple to become a miner here, just go to the gate of the mine to queue up before the start of work, and then do a simple registration.

Just after entering the mine, miners will face the most stringent surveillance and behavioral requirements.

There are many rules in the mine, the first and most important rule is that miners are not allowed to be lazy when working.

Once a miner is caught lazily, he will be beaten badly by the soldiers in the mine on the spot. Whether he dies or not depends on his fate.

Then those who were not killed and survived by chance will be kicked out of the mine and put on the blacklist, never being able to become a miner again.

Normal miners, after completing the registration, must come to work in the Blackstone Mine on time every day.

Half of the wages are paid every day, and the other half is deducted, and the miners are paid together after they have worked for seven days.

In the mine, free dry bread slices are distributed every morning and noon, but each person can only receive two free dry bread slices at a time.

This ration, for an adult, only feels [-]% full in his stomach after eating.

For those with particularly big appetites, that's simply not enough to fill the teeth.

The miners are under such physical expenditure that they cannot make ends meet, no matter how strong their bodies are, they will be skinny in the first half of the year.

For the owners of the Blackstone Mine, such years of ruthless extraction of labor from the miners has resulted in their bodies gradually withering, but the miners are unaware of it.

After all, what they are facing and living in is such a ruthless world.

To have food and survive is the only and final hope for most people in the market town outside Fengming Castle.

Su Ke followed the group of people for nearly half an hour, and finally arrived at the Blackstone Mine.

This is a cave mine, the entrance is at the foot of a huge terracotta barren mountain.

Far away from the entrance of the mine, there is a cottage gate more than ten meters high and ten meters wide.

Soldiers with weapons in hand are guarding the top and the entrance of the gate of the cottage, and the sun and the moon are on duty in turn.

At this time, from the gate of the cottage of the mine to the outside, there was already a long queue on this small mountain road.

These people are all miners, and they have come to wait in line very early, and no one dares to be late.

Among the crowd, Su Ke struggled to raise his head, only to be able to see the top of the tall and exposed mine in front of him.

"This mine is so tall, it looks like it will take several lifetimes to dig it." Su Ke secretly sighed.

Start work on time every morning, only to see the gate of the cottage slowly opened, and two rows of soldiers came out from inside.

At this time, the people in line saw the door open, and immediately leaned out and looked at the door with full attention.

After two rows of soldiers came out, another group of soldiers came out, but in the front of this group of soldiers were five men in their 50s and [-]s.

The clothes these five people wore were bright and beautiful, and the fabrics were all the best tailor's silk floss in the world.

They are different from the group of soldiers behind them, and they are completely different from the people in this market town.

Compared with the people in the market town who were all unkempt and ragged, these five people had ruddy complexion and shiny clothes, and their clothes were neat and clean.

From their gorgeous clothes and full demeanor, we can see their noble identities.

These five people are the managers in charge of this mine, but their status is only considered as the lower level in the status of the consortium in Fengming Castle.

People of this status level have no right to speak in the consortium.

Because if someone has some status in the consortium, no one would be willing to leave Windming Castle and come to work in the dirty and dangerous environment of the Blackrock Mine.

Therefore, these five managers who looked fat and fat were the ones who came directly to manage the mine.

But judging from the appearance of these five people, the small mine manager in Fengming Castle is already very rich.

Compared with the dirty and skinny appearance of these people in the market town outside Fengming Castle, it can be seen that the living conditions of the people inside and outside the city are vastly different.

Among the five people, standing in the front was a man in his 40s with a medium build and a thick book in his hand.

Standing a little to the left of the man is a fat middle-aged man with bald hair, also holding a thick book in his hand.

Except for these two people, everyone else stood aside and watched with their hands folded.

It was easy to start the mine. The man holding the roster stood at the door.

Registered miners only need to report their names, and a middle-aged man of medium build will glance at them to check them. After passing the review, they can enter the mine.

Those who have not registered must go to a fat and balding middle-aged man to register before they are allowed to enter the mine.

There was a long queue of miners in front of Su Ke, and soon they all entered the mine, and occasionally a few newcomers were registering like the obese man.

After a while, Su Ke quickly lined up at the gate of the cottage.

The person in front of Su Ke finished checking, and as soon as he walked in, Su Ke immediately followed.

The middle-aged man with a medium and well-proportioned figure did not look up at Su Ke, and asked in a cold tone: "Have you registered? Name?"

Su Ke looked at the man with a smile and replied, "My name is Su Ke. I haven't registered. I just came here today."

This is a middle-aged man with a medium and well-proportioned build. Then he glanced at Su Ke, waved his hand and said, "Go to the side to register, the next one!"

Su Ke was a little confused, but when he saw the fat bald man, he finally understood.

The fat, bald, middle-aged man saw Su Ke walking over quickly with an arrogant attitude and looked at Su Ke with contempt.

"What's your name?" His tone was full of disgust and contempt.

Seeing this man's expression, Su Ke felt very uncomfortable, and replied indifferently, "Su Ke."

(End of this chapter)