Chapter 19: Doing something big (Part 1)
The seven mines of Fengshan Mine are scattered around several hills, not too far from each other. In fact, there was only one large mine around Fengshan at first.
Because Ruyifang has been constantly prospecting in the surrounding areas, searching for small spiritual mines extending from the earth veins, this is how the intricate mining tunnels were extended.
As Liu Laosi said, this is already an old mine.
The reserves of ordinary ores are still acceptable, but the rare spiritual ores are becoming less and less. After all, it takes time for the veins of the earth to gather spiritual energy and produce spiritual ores.
Ordinary people don’t quite understand this, but Ruyifang has mastered the secret art of prospecting and naturally knows the basics. Therefore, this group of miners are not dispersed to seven mines to work every day.
They are in rotation.
A cycle lasts about fifteen days, and most miners move from one pit to another.
Especially those spiritual mine miners who were specially trained using secret methods, followed a complex and cumbersome scheduling model.
Every day they would be notified in advance of which pit to dig in, and then pray for good luck. If they could dig out one or two spiritual stones today, they could exchange them for more firewood, rice, and money to send back to support their families.
Therefore, the news that Pit No. 7 was suddenly closed early this morning did not arouse the curiosity of the miners.
They just thought it was another dispatch.
The other six stewards except Steward Huang knew more.
It is said that a few days ago, some strange things were dug out in Pit No. 7. The news was kept secret by Huang Laogou, which also attracted Bao Ye. Everyone wanted to investigate, but they were afraid of disturbing Bao Ye's "big event".
So when working in the mine this morning, all the other pits were bustling with activity, except for Pit No. 7, which was a little quiet and no one came.
Taking advantage of his time in the mines, Liu Laosi mingled with the miners, walked around several pits, then trotted back to the Huang family's house and told Jiang Xia the news.
"With Master Bao's good reputation, we can probably keep it a secret for a few days, but if Old Man Huang doesn't show up, it will sooner or later arouse other people's suspicion."
The skinny Liu Laosi had a worried look on his face. He stole a glance at Jiang Xia's expression and whispered:
"The mine managers gather every seven days to compile accounts of the output from each mine . They also need to count the spiritual stones, no matter how much they dig. They must gather together once a month to count them.
The immortals practicing in the surrounding area need spiritual stones, so the manager outside the mountain comes here once a month to taste the spiritual stones, collect those with good quality, and take them back to sell to the monks.
Calculating the time, the chief steward will arrive in about half a month."
The implicit meaning of these words was to tell Jiang Xia that time was running out and if he had a good idea, he should come up with it quickly.
Jiang Xia naturally understood.
However, he did not answer immediately. Instead, he turned his head to look at the two people beside him. Su had already replaced his hands with prosthetic ones and was still wearing his wasteland-style leather jacket. He lowered his head and checked the pulse rifle in his hand.
A grenade chain hung on his chest , adding a touch of ferocity to this dark and thin young man.
On his face he wore a combat mask similar to that of the Black Hand, with a few scribbled lines of paint peculiar to the wasteland, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed. The toughness in his body needed no words to describe.
This posture made Liu Laosi's calves tremble every time he looked at him.
This young man is very vicious. He has a mechanical body and brute strength. Now he looks like a ghost. If he really kills someone, it may be as easy as blowing air.
Jasmine's appearance, after being taken care of by Mrs. Niu, now looks much softer.
But now he was sitting at the round table, holding an old pulse pistol in his hand.
His eyes would occasionally look between Jiang Xia and Liu Laosi, and the occasional glow of his left eye pupil let Liu Laosi know that this child was no ordinary person.
"What do you think?"
Jiang Xia asked.
Just now, when Liu Laosi went to scout, he had already fully exchanged "opinions" with Su and Moli on the current situation and future plans.
Although the whole process was mixed with Su's wasteland-style Chinese curses, and Jasmine, who had learned the local dialect, interrupted from time to time and asked some strange questions.
But in the end, the three of them reluctantly reached an agreement.
Su didn't quite believe that Jiang Xia had a way to send him back to the wasteland, but he was in an unfamiliar world right now, and there was no other way except to trust Jiang Xia.
Jasmine is more casual.
The girl thought this world was pretty good. She could eat whatever delicious food she wanted, drink whatever water she wanted, and there was no radiation pollution. It was much more comfortable than her stay in the Eternal Life Society.
She didn't say it though.
But Jiang Xia clearly felt that this girl actually wanted to stay in the new world.
Anyway, she was an orphan in the wasteland and didn't have too many concerns.
The three of them had to get together first to break the current deadlock before discussing the follow-up matters. If Jiang Xia was destroyed by Ruyifang, it would definitely not be a good thing for Su and Jasmine.
"We have an absolute firepower advantage."
Hearing Jiang Xia's question, Su said coldly without even raising his head:
"Strike first, find the lair, and kill the leader. Once the leader is dead, the rest will be easy."
Hearing this very wasteland-style answer, Jiang Xia immediately shook his head.
Su thought it was all too simple.
Ruyifang is not a simple family power. If the owner is killed, the subordinates will scatter. According to Liu Laosi, this organization is very prestigious in Fengming Country, and there are people with common interests both in the official and civilian sectors.
Just sniping the abbot will not be enough to bring down Ruyifang.
Moreover, Su didn't quite understand that there were immortals in this world.
Although Jiang Xia didn't quite understand how powerful the immortals were, Ruyifang had been controlling the spiritual stone transactions with the immortal Mo Shuangshan for many years, so it was very likely that they had immortal magic weapons and the like.
It is hard to say now whether the pulse rifle's beam is more powerful or the immortal's magic weapon is more powerful.
If Su were sent out, and if luck was bad, this young man would also die there.
Moreover, if the enemy is alerted and Ruyifang presses forward, Jiang Xia will have to consider Liu Laosi's other suggestion. He actually doesn't want to escape with his property and go to some other place to be a scared rich man.
The fatigue of traveling so long and starting a new business is not a big deal, but the main thing is that I can't swallow the humiliation in my heart.
Jiang Xia looked at Jasmine again.
The latter noticed Jiang Xia's gaze, so he raised his head, blinked his brown eyes, and met Jiang Xia's eyes. His eyes were quite beautiful, and there were some freckles on his nose.
With her hair combed into bangs, she looks like a skinny doll.
but……
Now is not the time for you to act cute!
asshole!
Jiang Xia was suddenly furious. It seemed that this wasteland apprentice was of no use.
"Forget it, no more waiting, let's do it tonight!"
He turned around, looked at Liu Laosi, and said:
"Old Four, after the mines have finished work today, go visit the other managers and tell them that there is some progress in Pit No. 7, and Master Bao has called together his trusted aides.
Bring all the available people to the mine tonight to discuss important matters."
"Boss!"
Liu Laosi was startled, looked around immediately, and lowered his voice and said:
"If they bring all their men, there will probably be 40 to 50 servants and fighters from each family, and they will be armed. If a fight breaks out, we may not be able to control it with just the few of us."
"Who said you have to go into battle yourself?"
Jiang Xia curled his lips, took off a plasma grenade from his waist, tossed it up and down in his hand, and said:
"Since ancient times, there have been many cases of sudden landslides in mining areas. This is the power of heaven and earth. We can only say that they are unlucky. Who can they blame?"
After saying this, he looked at Su again and said:
"You're good at blasting, right?"
Su raised his head, looked at the grenade in Jiang Xia's hand, shook his head again, and said:
"Yes, it is possible, but it is impossible to blow up a mine with just this amount of explosives."
Jiang Xia was about to speak when he suddenly saw Jasmine, who was sitting beside him with a daydreaming look, cautiously raised her hand as if she was going to speak. He signaled with his eyes that she didn't need to hide anything and should just speak her mind.
"I...scanned the pit last night."
Jasmine's voice is very distinctive, always soft and gentle.
It was like being bullied, so my voice became smaller and I felt like a punching bag.
She glanced at Jiang Xia, made an explosion gesture, and said;
"The stone structure above the pit we came from is already very unstable. It is definitely impossible to blow up the entire pit, but if we only want to blow up the tunnel, it is still possible."
"Can you calculate the best blasting route?"
Sue asked.
There was a hint of alienation in his tone.
This is normal, he is from the Black Hand Society and Jasmine is from the Eternal Life Society.
Although the two had no deep hatred and had never even met each other, the blood debt between the two organizations could not be ignored. In response to his question, Jasmine tilted her head, thought about it, and nodded vigorously.
She pointed to her forehead and said:
"I have some basic knowledge of mechanical engineering. The chip also has the function of scanning spatial structures. It is used to assist in the use of machine tools, and the detection range is not large.
But with a detection limit of one hundred meters, it should be possible to find all the blasting points.
Give me some time and I can calculate the optimal solution for the blasting node."
"Then I'll leave it to you two."
Jiang Xia waved his hand and assigned orders.
"Su, go get ready first. Jasmine, stay for a while. I have a job for you to do."
Su did not hesitate. Since the plan had been agreed upon, he had to execute it.
He stood up suddenly, strode out of the hall, went to the kitchen to get a few steamed buns, put them in his mouth, then went to his room to sort out the ammunition bag that Jiang Xia brought.
After Su left, Jiang Xia took something out of his bag, put it on the table, and said to Jasmine:
"Can you use this thing?"
Jasmine glanced at the things on the table.
That thing looked like a large syringe, but the top was shaped like a small drill. In the sealed syringe, one could vaguely see some milky white liquid floating up and down.
"Isn't this a chip implant?"
She took the thing in her hand, looked around carefully, and said to Jiang Xia:
“Of course I will use it.
Anyone with a little mechanical knowledge in the wasteland will use this simplified implanter, a fool-proof implanter designed by Black Hand.
It is usually used to replace and upgrade chips.”
"good!"
Jiang Xia took out a palm-sized exquisite iron box from his bag and threw it to Jasmine. Inside the box was the chip that Rogge had intended to implant in Jiang Xia, as well as a matching information receiving device.
He said to Liu Laosi who was beside him:
"Old Four, go lie down there and let Jasmine do a small operation on you. Don't be afraid, this is a really good thing. After the operation, you will be our close friend."
Liu Laosi shuddered suddenly.
He couldn't understand what the two things on the table were used for.
But just looking at the spiral drill-like needle made him very scared, wondering if this was some kind of trick of pledging allegiance.
This gangster Jiang has sinister intentions.
But now that things have come to this, it's too late to refuse.
Ten or so seconds later, a strange buzzing sound was heard from the room with the door tightly closed, mixed with the sound of a sharp tool drilling into a hard object, very much like a welding operation.
Jiang Xia watched the whole process of Jasmine implanting the chip into Liu Laosi.
He also wanted to see whether this standard chip for wastelanders could really transform a person as Rogge boasted.
