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Chapter 1514 Man-made is not a natural disaster

The place where the quarry is located is not very far from Shouchun City.

After leaving Shouchun, Cao Shu and others arrived at the quarry without long.

There have been people from the government here to deal with the accident.

In addition to the officials, Qingwu actually brought a few female soldiers at the scene.

Seeing Cao Shu coming, Qingwu walked over.

Seeing Cao Shu and others, Qingwu said, "Husband, when the landslide occurred, a woman was unable to hide and was killed. There were more than a dozen injuries, all of whom were women."

"All women?" Cao Shuo asked, "Where did the man go?"

"The woman picks stones at the foot of the mountain." Qingwu said: "The man picks stones on the mountain, or transports the selected stones away."

"Did the family come to the dead woman?" Cao Shu asked.

"The family has arrived." Qingwu said: "The government is dealing with it, and there is a compensation for the quarry."

"Human life is at stake. If someone dies, of course you have to pay for it." Cao Shuo asked: "How old is that woman? Do you have children at home?"

"At the age of twenty-three or four, there are five children." Qingwu said, "It's pitiful to say."

"Try to make the quarry more compensation." Cao Shuo said: "The government can only coordinate such matters. If people die here, the quarry will have the responsibility to not shirk it."

"I understand." Qingwu asked, "I just want to ask, what can we do here?"

"You don't have to do anything," Cao Shuo said: "Put the family of the deceased, and settle those injured women."

He then asked, "How do you deal with injuries?"

"I have been sent to the hospital in Shouchun City." Qingwu said: "My husband has set up a hospital in Shouchun, and this kind of thing is easy to deal with."

"Have you investigated how the landslide was caused?" Cao Shu asked, "Didn't there be any support when quarrying?"

"I have done everything I should do. It is indeed because the mountain is loose, and there is nothing I can do about it." Qingwu replied: "The quarry has troubles in this matter."

"Since this happens, there must be a reason behind it." Cao Shuo said: "Let them get some blood and they can remember the lessons in the future."

"Do you want me to tell the officials who handled the matter what my husband means?" Qingwu asked.

"No need." Cao Shuo said: "Yuan Fang takes you back first, settle the wounds, and let the government coordinate with the deceased. You just need to send someone to appease the family of the deceased."

"Are we not needed here?" Yuan Fang asked Cao Shuo.

"It's not just a woman's business, and it's useless for you to stay here." Cao Shu said: "You go and do what you should do, just have me and the office here."

Yuan Fang and others responded and took their female soldiers away.

Cao Shuo said to Chen Gong: "Public Bureau, what I mean is you to convey to the local government. Although my wife manages women's affairs, this kind of thing not only involves women, nor does it require them."

"I just saw the young master bringing two ladies here, and I thought this kind of thing would be handled by the wife and the others." Tian Feng said: "Since it's not the wife's, I know what to do."

Cao Shu nodded, and Chen Gong rode his horse to the official who was dealing with the matter.

He led Deng Zhan, Zhu Ao and others to inspect the mountain where the accident occurred.

There were a lot of stones piled up at the foot of the mountain, and some of them still had blood stains on them.

Looking at the messy stones, Cao Shu said: "This kind of scene really looks shocking."

"There are more shocking scenes on the battlefield than this." Deng Zhan said: "I have never heard the young master say this."

"When we go to the battlefield, we either kill the enemy or the enemy kills us." Cao Shu said: "How can that situation be compared with now? Now people are dead when they shouldn't die at all."

Cao Shu stopped at the place where the landslide occurred.

Deng Zhan reminded: "Young Master, the mountain here is loose, so it's better not to stay here."

Riding on the back of a horse and looking up at the mountain, Cao Shu did not move.

After a while, he asked Deng Zhan and Zhu Ao: "Have you noticed something wrong with this mountain?"

Deng Zhan and Zhu Ao looked up at the mountain, but they didn't see anything wrong.

"I always feel that something is missing." Pointing to the mountain, Cao Shu said: "It is probably not a landslide, but a thought that it was caused."

"How did the young master see it?" Deng Zhan asked.

"Just as you said just now, the landslide must be because the mountain is loose." Cao Shuo said: "But the mountain is full of stones, how can it be loose?"

"There is that." Pointing to a mountain road not far away, Cao Shuo said: "There are traces of stones rolling down on the mountain road. It is obvious that they have picked stones. They used the slope of the hillside to roll the stones down directly. Rolling down from the mountain, the stones will only roll faster and faster. It was lucky to not hurt people in the past. Now it is reasonable to hurt people."

"I have been to the quarry, too." Deng Zhan said: "Generally speaking, in order to save labor and to transport faster, most people choose to roll the stones down from the mountain. This is not the only way to do it."

"Call the office here." Cao Shu did not respond, but gave Deng Zhan an order.

Deng Zhanling ordered to leave, and within a while he brought Chen Gong and a Shouchun official.

After seeing Cao Shuo, Chen Gong asked, "What are the instructions for the young master?"

"After picking stones, will they roll down along this mountain road?" Cao Shu asked Chen Gong when he pointed to the mountain road.

Chen Gong looked at the officials beside him.

The official said: "Report to the young master, the quarry usually rolls the stones down the mountain road."

"Did the rolling stone hit someone?" Cao Shuo asked again.

He lowered his head and the official replied: "That's right."

"Since the rolling stone hit a person, why is it said to be a landslide?" Cao Shu's face turned gloomy: "Can man-made be the same as God's will?"

"Report to the young master." The official replied quickly: "Although it was caused by man, it was indeed a landslide."

"What are you going to do?" Cao Shuo asked.

"Let the quarry compensate the deceased and treat the wounded." The official said: "I had met the owner here just now, and they all agreed."

"It's not enough to solve these problems," Cao Shu said. "I know very well that there are no good safety measures for this kind of thing. This time I'm just too harsh on them, but they have to spend some money on the equipment, otherwise I will never let it go if the same thing happens in the future."

"I wonder where the young master planned to ask them to spend the money?" Chen Gong asked.

"Spend money on the mountain road that transports stones down the mountain." Cao Shuo said: "After I go back, I will design a safe mountain road. In the future, I will urge all quarries built along the mountain to build such a mountain road. Otherwise, I will be severely punished."
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