Coal was already very important in the Han and Tang Dynasties, because humans had established the manual coal industry at this time, and coal was widely used in smelting and casting metals (using thermal energy).

However, mining coal in ancient times was really a very dangerous thing.

In ancient times, coal mining lanes were very narrow and dark, without protection measures, and the safety was very poor.

The lighting is a small oil lamp that is dimly lit on the coal wall; there is no ventilation tool in the entire tunnel.

At that time, miners used "high-fall" coal mining, that is, first use the nib to dig a deep trough along the bottom of the coal seam. The coal seam above them naturally loosens without relying on it, commonly known as "drawing roots"; then the workers used a "poke gun" to poke the coal seam that did not loosens above, commonly known as "stacking".

The large pieces of coal landed on the ground are carried out by a dedicated person; the small pieces of coal are loaded into a small trailer and transported to the wellhead; the miners at the wellhead wait for the coal basket to be filled, and then shake the rope bell; when the workers on the ground hear the bell ringing, they use a pulley to lift the coal basket up the wellhead.

And there is also the danger of losing your life at any time, so it is not a last resort. The ancients could not mine coal because they were not fools, so who would not want their lives?

No one mines coal, but coal is profitable, so some little nobles began to have bad ideas. These people abduct or rob the people to mine coal for him. This not only allows them to harvest coal, but also allows them to avoid paying wages. That is a killing of multiple goals.

He Ren and Wang Xianye, the two bastards, have been doing this.

In the night, it was already Yin hour... At about four o'clock in the morning, in front of a coal yard, a private soldier stumbled to the gate of the coal yard and shouted: "Open the door, open the door...I am Shuanzi..."

After shouting seven or eight times, one voice finally replied to Shuanzi.

"Ah... Brother Shuanzi, have you always gone to eat meat today... Why are you back at this time?" After that, I heard the sound of opening the door.

But as soon as the door was opened, the man saw not his brother Shuanzi, but teams of black armored cavalry.

"Brother Shuanzi...Brother Shuanzi...What's wrong? Where did the soldier master come from..." The man who opened the door shouted in panic.

At this time, Ouyang Duoduo smiled and said, "You are really idiots... you didn't have any warnings at all, just opened the door like this. It turned out to be a group of guys looking for death."

The female soldier?" The man panicked.

At this time, the man named Shuanzi finally appeared. He pulled the man down and squatted down and said, "Stop talking, just squat down and be done..."

Soon Xue Rengui came in and shouted: "Take all the personnel out! Light the torch...!"

Then everyone in the coal yard was brought out and squatted in a small square. The torch instantly illuminated the entire coal yard. The coal miners in the coal yard also looked at everything in the square from their shacks one by one.

Li Zhan slowly rode in, and Gao Hu was always protecting Li Zhan's side, and Feng Ming was always by Li Zhan's side. You should know that Feng Ming is different from Ouyang Duoduo.

Ouyang Duoduo just wanted to leave Li Zhan's side, but when Feng Ming came, he was asked by Empress Changsun, and Feng Ming also made a poisonous oath. If Li Zhan had anything to do, Feng Ming would commit suicide.

Just after Li Zhan arrived in the square, Li Zhan said to Qin Shui, who was sitting on Gao Hu’s horse, and said: “Call me and say he is the one who colluding with the pirates…!”

"Oh...!" Qin Shui nodded quickly, then got off the horse, limped to the middle of the square, and shouted under a torch: "Uncle Lin...Uncle Lin...I am Qin Shui, I am Qin Shui, I will bring General Li from Chang'an to save you."

"Qin Shui..."

Suddenly, the appearance of Qin Shui excited all the coal miners who had been observing the situation in the shack.

At this time, Qin Shui shouted again: "Uncle Lin, come out quickly... No matter what, General Li will make the decision for us."

After shouting several times, finally, the door of the shack was opened, and groups of coal miners all came out, and Qin Shui, the leader among them, shouted in surprise: "Uncle Lin...!"

Following Qin Shui, he rushed into Uncle Lin's arms.

After a while, Li Zhan walked over and looked at the Uncle Lin and smiled, "Uncle Lin, my name is Li Zhan, Chang'an Hu Ben Military Commander. This time, I will come to Dengzhou to suppress bandits under the will of His Majesty. I will be fully responsible for Dengzhou matters. I want to ask you, do you know whether He Ren colludes with the pirates?

If you tell me... I will convict He Ren for beheading."

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"What did you say...!" He Ren's home was in chaos in Dengzhou City, and He Ren roared and shouted.

Then he heard He Ren's nephew He Ming clearly said again: "Uncle Second... Our three thousand private soldiers were defeated, at least half of them were killed, and now less than three hundred people have escaped and come back."

"How could this happen...How could this happen...!" After He Ming said that, He Ren couldn't believe it at all. You know, there were three thousand people, and most of them were killed by three thousand people and 1,000 people. How could this be possible?

However, this is the fact. He Ming once again said to He Ren who was disbelieving: "Uncle Second...not just that, just now I got the news again that Li Zhan directly occupied our coal yard... We caught all the people in the coal yard. If we provide us out, we will be done."

"Li Zhan doesn't want to live anymore..." He Ming was finally angry again when he heard that Li Zhan occupied his coal yard. You should know that the coal yard is not only an important source of economic resources for He Ren, but more importantly, there are evidence of He Ren collusion with the pirates.

Because the coal miners inside were captured by He Ren colluded with pirates.

If Li Zhan knew about these things and sued them to the court, not only would He Ren be dead, but the entire He family would be over.

So He Ren has a last try.

"He Ming... You immediately leave the city and go to find Park In-biao... and said that we were facing the biggest crisis, so he immediately brought all his subordinates to Dengzhou. You must be quick... I think this Li Zhan will stay in the coal yard for a while. Today, as long as Park In-biao can arrive, we can surround Li Zhan on the coal yard.

Then he surrounded Li Zhan alive...!"

After He Ren said that, He Ming was stunned and said, "Second Uncle...Li Zhan is the imperial envoy sent directly by His Majesty!"

"Stupid..." He Ren cursed He Ming and said, "Don't say that Li Zhan is the imperial envoy, even if he is Li Zhan is the prince, he knows our secret at this time, and I, He Ren, want to eliminate the roots...!

Okay, don’t talk nonsense here, hurry up and notify Park In-biao.

If it was too late and could not surround Li Zhan and let Li Zhan run away, our He family would be completely finished."

I'll go now... But what if Park Ilbo doesn't come?" He Ming asked with some concern.

"No...!" He Ren looked at He Ming at this time and said, "Park Renji has such a huge hatred with us. As long as you tell him that the other party is an army from Chang'an, he will definitely come."

"Okay...Second uncle... Then I'll go..." After saying that, He Ming ran out.

At this time, He Ren also took two steps and walked out the door. He Ren looked at the sky that was gradually getting brighter. He Ren sighed heavily and said fiercely: "Li Zhan will die!"

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Chapter completed!