From Chief to Ball

"understood."

After the rider left, Chen Jian walked around the house a few times and called for the wolf skin.

"Go find thirty trustworthy people, ride a horse, lead those wolf cubs, and follow me to the mine."

"What happened?"

"Slave riots. Don't talk about it. I'm afraid that after the matter is cleaned up, the slaves will be extremely resistant to going to the mine. Tell those copper smelters to stop the furnace."

Before the group arrived at the mine, the mine officer in charge of the mine had already greeted them, looking at Chen Jian with some trepidation.

This is not the first time that an accident has happened in the mine, but this time is different from the past. In the past, only slaves died, but this time two clansmen also died.

"Ji Xia... I'm not good at being a mine officer."

Chen Jian looked at the other party helplessly. There was really no way to deal with this matter, so he just gave a few words of encouragement.

An era has its own rules, what are the slaves of this era?It is a talking tool.

His rights come from the support of slave owners, and he is also a beneficiary of slavery. He must maintain this system. If he does not maintain it, he will be defeated by the times, and someone who maintains it will naturally take his place.

Wanting to end a system that seemed unreasonable in previous lives is never achieved by shouting slogans, but by changes in production relations caused by each accumulation and progress of technology.

What crime is it to kill a slave?Looking at his previous life, it is equivalent to the damage of the machine caused by mistakes in work. As long as it is not intentional, it is completely a reasonable and acceptable loss within the regulations.

Accompanied by the mine officer, Chen Jian walked around the mine, and there were many more traces of excavation than last year. The large and small mines were shallow, and occasionally some veins were dug a little deeper.

When I came near the mine that collapsed a few days ago, there was a smell of corpses.

Although it was early autumn, the outstretched bloody hand was still full of white wriggling maggots. The rough hand seemed to be holding something hard, and it seemed that it was only one step away from holding the hope of living. In the end, I couldn't hold on at a place one step away from my hope.

"How many more are there?"

"Eight."

"Burn it with fire and bury it with stones. What about the remaining slaves?"

"It's all locked up there. I'm planning to kill a few according to what you taught me before, and then tell them that it was because of those who led the resistance that they were killed."

Chen Jian was taken aback for a moment, and then he remembered that he had indeed taught them this, and it was also learned from his previous life.After every strike, the most dirty water is poured on the strike leaders. If you can’t find any faults in your upper body, you can look for them from the lower body. After the dirty water is poured, you will teach the workers that it is wrong to go on strike to fight for their own interests. Being used by leaders, and losing their jobs and long-term interests.

He smiled wryly and said, "How many intact slaves are there?"

"Basically the injured ones can't survive, there are 63 more."

"What do these people think after being arrested?"

"I don't have any idea. I heard a dozen people ran away and shouted loudly. They didn't feel remorse at all. Instead, some people cursed that the entire mine collapsed, and the mountains and rivers collapsed. They pointed to the sun and said that the sun should be extinguished, and we would freeze to death together with them." .”

Chen Jian laughed loudly, nodded and said: "That's very good. These people can't be used anymore, so don't kill them. They can't be scared. Keep an eye on them and send them to other cities to exchange things in the future."

The mine officer said with some annoyance: "Change so many people all at once?"

"It's okay, a lot of slaves will be sent to the northeast after a while. You did a good job this time. Although two clansmen died, it was inevitable. I thought you would send people to chase those escaped slaves." .”

"No, there are not enough manpower. If we go after the dozen or so, there may be problems here. The leader is very convinced by these slaves. If we don't have enough manpower to go after them, we are afraid that they will ambush us in the mountains."

Chen Jian reassured: "You don't have to worry about this matter. For the time being, you are in charge of the mine. I will talk to them at the meeting, but you have to do better in the future. Sometimes you can't Overcrowded, give them some rewards appropriately."

The mine officer first thanked Chen Jian. What he had been worrying about before was his status. If he was no longer a mine officer, he would not be able to have any rights in the city in the future if he was burdened by such a matter.

Then he sighed and asked, "Then what should we do?"

"It's like a bowstring. If it's too loose, it won't have strength, and the feathered arrow won't shoot far; if it's too tight, it's easy to break."

Chen Jian made a random analogy, and thought for a moment that the tribe might not be able to understand the essence of it. It seems that it is necessary to hold a study class to let these people learn how to manage slaves, learn cunning, divide and transfer conflicts.

"Well, after this matter is dealt with, you choose a helper from these people to take care of it for you first, and you go back to the city first. In addition to those who take care of the rest of the slaves, you all learn how to take care of them. , first study in the school for a month, and after I finish studying like those children, I will take the exam for you, and I will come back if I pass, I’m afraid I have to continue studying if I fail.”

Only then did the mine officer breathe a sigh of relief. Since Chen Jian wanted to teach them in person, it seemed that he trusted them, otherwise he would not have wasted his time.

Chen Jian called the wolf skin and asked him to take the wolf cubs and more than 30 scouts to hunt down the dozen or so escaped slaves.

"Catch it back alive, and you must bring the leader back."

"Can't you just kill it? It will be troublesome to bring it back."

"I'm useful, go, they can't run far, don't disperse, and be ambushed by them."

Langpi didn't ask any more questions about what was the use, and took the people away. Chen Jian called another person and asked him to take his token back to the city and conscript [-] people from the clan to come here.

If we continue digging indiscriminately, the death rate of slaves is too high. Under the pressure of death, the management cost is too high. The mine is not a concentration camp. Without a strong leader, it would be a riot that lasted for several months, and the city could not bear such a loss.

It is necessary to dig a formal mine that is propped up with wood to prevent subsidence, and to build a simple road leading to Caohe that can be used for oxen and carts. In the future, the consumption of copper mines will gradually increase. It is a very important income, and it must not be sloppy at all.

Chapter 23 well

While waiting for the people in the city to come, the slaves have been cursing the destruction of all this, perhaps because they are starving and finally stopped making noise.

By the time more than 300 conscripts arrived, Chen Jian had checked the nearby collapsed mines. He had been here a few times a few months ago, but he hadn't been there again.

Well, the reason why it is written as a well is not without reason.Even if it is a well for water intake, it is not enough to just dig a hole. If it does not last long, it will collapse. It must be paved with wood, bricks and stones, and four logs are used to build a well to prevent people from being killed by the well wall.

This is a great invention, because there is no need for wells built with wells and masonry, it must be shallow or even self-flowing springs, so there is no need to dig wells; and those places with deep groundwater, It is necessary to adopt this method to be suitable for human habitation and to allow agricultural civilization to leave the valley.

The principle of mines and wells is similar, even the most primitive mines need wooden frame support, otherwise, children can only be used to carry ore, so those female slaves become a real reproductive machine, used to mass-produce child slaves .

After looking at several mines that were about to collapse, Chen Jian selected the location and circled it. After more than 300 people arrived, he first built several wooden houses for these people to live in, and assigned some people to be responsible for cooking.

The enclosed area is 20 meters long and 200 meters wide. Chen Jian planned to dig a deep pit here. He assigned 100 people to dig the pit here, and the remaining [-] people went to the forest to cut trees and build a road leading to different On the path in the mountains and forests in the distance, two logs that look like railroad tracks are paved side by side along the path.

After felling the trees in the forest farm, roll along the paved log track to the vicinity of the mine.

It is best to use oak or pine wood as the most dense and strong wood. After scraping off the bark of pine wood, the surface must be burnt to black with fire; start to rot.

When the pit was dug to a depth of four meters and came into contact with the ore veins, a wooden tower was built on the top of the pit, with pulleys and ropes installed on the top, and then a wooden slope was made of wood to facilitate the selection of ores.

While the upper wooden tower was still under construction, the mine below began to be excavated in the direction of the veins. This time the mine was much wider. Chen Jian's requirement was that an adult be able to stand up.

When the diggers dug out about ten meters, the people behind followed behind, using oak to make a frame to support the left, right and upper walls.

If Chen Jian's structural mechanics were good, he wouldn't need to support it so densely, but he didn't understand it at all, so he had to support it at very short distances.

This will consume a lot of wood, and the nearby oak forest has been cut down. This time, without waiting for his arrangement, the clansmen have learned to build a road before rolling logs on it, and some smart clansmen even thought of The starting point is raised, and the gravity is used to roll down.

Bowl-thick timbers were piled up near the mine, forming a small logging field, but according to the amount of supporting structures used below, they could only support tens of meters at most.

Although a lot of wood was consumed, in the long run, every slave who died would be able to do a lot of work.