The Lord is Addicted in Infrastructure

The village is extremely dilapidated, the original fields have long been abandoned and overgrown with weeds.

And under the continuous digging and mining, a lot of rocks and soil have been piled up here, and it can't look like it used to.

A mine was built at the foot of the mountain not far from the village, and the poor people who were deceived or kidnapped gathered there, working numbly...

There are guards around, and if you move slowly, you will be whipped immediately.

There are even some young children among this group of poor people.

The rocks are still being dug continuously, without stopping.

The section of the Lifensi Mountains behind the village is relatively flat, and a small mine shaft has been dug out within the scope of the mining area, and scaffolding has been built around it to facilitate consolidation.

But beyond that, this place still needs to continue digging in the vicinity.

Because the first mines to be mined were only exploratory shafts.

Someone went deep into it, and then one after another the iron drums were transported up——the inside of the iron drums was a viscous liquid that glowed brown and black.

As the iron bucket full of liquid was pulled upwards, a pungent smell gradually dissipated and gradually became stronger in the air...

The people who worked around the mine inevitably got this brown-black liquid on their bodies and faces.

It is pitch black and difficult to scrub.

Xia Zuoyi looked at the brown-black liquid, with a strange brilliance in his eyes—that is, oil!

He couldn't help but think of the information he had collected in the past few days.

After Valk got in touch with the beautiful woman in the tavern, he got a lot of news from her in one night.

Things are probably clear.

However, the more you look down, the more frightened you become.

In this city named Quincy West, not only the mayor Vernon colluded with the robbers.

It should be said that Vernon has already won over half of the officials in the city, including the non-commissioned officers who originally controlled the city and were responsible for patrolling and guarding the city gates.

Almost everyone has a hand in it.

No one is clean.

Greed and corruption have been deeply implanted in their souls, and they are gradually using their own methods to drag the city into a more difficult situation.

If it weren't for Bana's insistence on searching for traces of the robbers.

If Xia Zuoyi hadn't been keenly aware that the situation seemed wrong...

Deceive together.

Even if new officers, soldiers, etc. are stationed again later, they will only be kept in the dark without knowing the details.

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Xia Zuoyi pursed her lips, looking very cold.

He, Taylor, and the rest of the kidnapped people were taken to a house for the time being, and there were already people in it, old people, young people, and children.

They are shabby and emaciated.

Some people didn't even have shoes on their feet, and the bare skin was covered with wounds, bruised swellings, and black marks...

Xia Zuoyi saw a child who was only about six or seven years old lying in the arms of a young man with a flushed face and shortness of breath—exercising a high fever.

And a middle-aged man next to him was soaking a dirty sackcloth in water, and then applying it on the child's forehead...

But that doesn't seem to work.

Sweep slightly.

He could see that the wooden barrel next to the middle-aged man should be the only source of water in this house.

Because there was only a thin layer of water in the barrel at the bottom—possibly life-saving water that someone else in the room had left over for a sick child.

But even such a little water was kicked to the ground by the man who brought Xia Zuoyi, Taylor and others in.

There wasn't much water in the first place, and it spilled out in an instant, soaking the ground.

The man cursed and taught a few words.

Not long after, he walked out of the house, and the atmosphere in the house became relaxed as far as the naked eye could see.

When the man was there just now, everyone shrunk their bodies as much as possible, lowered their heads, and dared not speak or move.

The teenagers and middle-aged people who were the first to be scolded shrank and remained silent, but the teenagers were holding the children's hands tighter and tighter...

They obviously didn't dare to show any strange expressions.

Because I suffered and suffered beatings, I can only bear it silently now, and only start talking in a low voice until the man leaves.

"Someone has been kidnapped here again..."

"Could it be that another group of people died... Soon it will be our turn... we can't get out."

"No one will find us here."

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Everyone's faces were filled with despair, and the atmosphere in the room couldn't help but make people's hearts tighten.

Xia Zuoyi was led by Taylor to find a place to sit down, next to him happened to be the boy who was holding the sick child.

He heard the middle-aged man who helped take care of the child whispered: "Bunier, the situation of little Bowen is really..."

"If there is no potion for him to drink, within a few days, no... maybe Xiao Bowen's condition will get worse tomorrow, and by then..."

The watchmen in this village will not keep useless laborers.

And what happens to useless labor... It goes without saying.

The young Bunier's face darkened, he clenched his fists, and said with difficulty: "I understand."

"Uncle Todd... Is it really impossible for us to escape?"

The young man said in a suppressed voice, "Vernon... and the robbers here, they will die badly, and they will be taken away by the devil one day!"

"This is the territory of the devil, and the sweat of the devil is gushing from the ground..."

Bandits here...

Xia Zuoyi glanced at Taylor indiscriminately.

The reason why they came in was to determine whether there were any robbers left in this village.

——The reason why Bana was looking for no trace of the bandits in the Riffins Mountains was because these bandits never entered the Riffins Mountains.

They colluded with the mayor and pretended to be ordinary people.

Then return to Quincy West, settle down in this village, and become the guardians of these poor people.

Another group of bandits left Quincy West and crossed the border to the Empire of San Airo.

——They secretly spread the news that the minerals were dug here.

The inquirer who was previously disguised as a soldier, the group he met was the robber who pulled the scheduled goods to confirm.

Later, many people discovered business opportunities from it, and caravans began to come...

Oil, here they call "devil's sweat" or "burning water".

The meaning of both names is obvious.

Petroleum is a liquid that can burn.

Therefore, in this village, it is stipulated that the use of open flames is not allowed, and even flint and steel are not allowed to be brought into the village.

Come.

And these impoverished people who were imprisoned and forced to labor were fed cold and dry food every day, and there was no light or warmth at night.

The only place in the village where there was fire and light was in the house where the head of the watchmen lived, and it was the only place of light at night.

But it was strictly guarded, and irrelevant personnel were forbidden to go there—even those who guarded the village had to be searched and questioned when entering and leaving.

Not to mention these laborers who were handcuffed and chained.

The young Bunier believed that the things mined here were "devil's sweat" as rumored outside.

He has seen someone experimenting at a distance, and it only takes a little spark to ignite the brown-black viscous liquid brought up.

He also heard the guards at the mine say that the location of the mine that was dug first was not good.

——These liquids didn't gushes out much, and someone needed to take a rope ladder deep into the mine to mine them.

But if you can find the right place to dig, these viscous brown-black liquids may spew out.

Bunier thought to himself at the time, if he could have something that ignited the flame in his hand...even if he just used it, he would not have it...

That bit of flame he's going to throw into the mine and burn everything up.

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Bunier was thinking bitterly, when someone beside him suddenly poked his arm, and there was a small sound.

Turning his head, Bunier saw a dark-skinned teenager smiling at him.

The boy asked softly, "Are all the guards in this village robbers?"

Bunier saw that there was not even a hint of fear on his face, and he thought that the other party hadn't experienced the hopeless life here.

— come in and never get out again.

Every day, there is endless work, insufficient food, and poor sleep...

After a while, it will be their turn to go out and continue digging.

Seeing that the boy was still waiting for his answer, Bu Nier said, "That's right, the guards in the village are all robbers!"

He knew it because the bandits killed his parents and family when they looted the city.

But he and his younger brother Bowen were hidden by their parents.

Bunier saw the face of one of the robbers.

Now the robber is in the village, he looks at it every day, and really wants to kill him...

"Then can you tell me, besides the detainees here, what other places detain people?"

The village is not small.

In order to prevent accidents, these poor people who were brought to the village to work were all managed separately, and they went out to dig in the back mountain at different time periods, or assigned different jobs...

Xia Zuoyi has questions that she wants to know.

After a while, the boy named Bunier was told everything he knew.

While talking, Bunier couldn't help showing a look of despair on his face.

Because he knew that no matter how much he wanted to take revenge with his own hands, he would never be able to achieve it—he would stay in this village until he died.

Thinking of this, Bunier sadly touched his brother lying in his arms, Bowen...

Xia Zuoyi stretched out her hand to cover the child's forehead, and said softly, "Is his name Little Bowen?"

Buner nodded silently.

"Don't worry, little Bowen will get better tomorrow." Xia Zuoyi said.

Bunier thought that the boy in front of him was comforting him, and after talking for a long time without smiling, he hummed and thanked him in a low voice.

After a while, Xia Zuoyi slowly moved to the window under Taylor's supervision.

He called 098 in his heart.

Afterwards, he lowered his head and pulled out a small round mirror sent to him by 098 from the sole of the shoe—only half the size of the palm of his hand.

Taylor was surprised, and asked in a low voice: "Leader, cough... when did you hide?"

They were searched when they came in, and even their shoes were taken off.

Xia Zuoyi glanced at him lightly: "You just need..."

Tyler listened carefully.

"...while no one was paying attention, with a whoosh, it hid itself."

Taylor: "..."

Yes, is it?

Xia Zuoyi put the small round mirror in the palm of her hand, then pointed it at the moonlight, and the sky kept swinging—the faint light reflected by the small round mirror was not obvious, and it would be ignored if she didn't pay attention.

But not long after, a fast white shadow flashed across the sky and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Xia Zuoyi immediately put away the small round mirror.