C376 Kurofune
C376 Kurofune
Coal was a black energy source buried underground. It was a solid combustible mineral that was gradually formed by the complex biochemistry and physiological changes of the ancient plants buried underground.
Coal was known as black gold, industrial food. It was one of the main sources of energy used by the human world since the 18th century, even with nuclear energy. Coal's value was not as high as before, but it was still one of the essential sources of energy for human production and life.
Since ancient times, Coal Province had been the main source of coal production in Han Country.
In the prehistoric era a few million years ago, this region was a vast and boundless lake. It was called the "Great United Lake" in history. The climate here was warm, the rain abundant, the forest lush. Through the movement of the earth's crust, the vast primitive forest had become a rich underground treasure trove: coal.
There was no clear record of when coal was used. The only thing that could be speculated was that since the Era of New Stones, this place had started mining and using coal from the exposed areas of the coal layer.
Li Daoyuan's Water Scripture was the earliest record of the self-combustion of the coal layer and the development and utilization of coal in this area.
And now, the coal mining in Coal Province was the main pillar of the Republic. It occupied more than half of the coal mining and output to support the construction of the motherland.
There were also many important state-owned coal production bases that were mining day and night.
In the past, no one dared to have any evil thoughts about this place, but it was different now.
The country developed its economy, allowing some people to become rich first. They could rely on their own ability to earn money.
Relying on mountains to feed on mountains and relying on water to feed on water. Since they relied on coal to save, it was obviously digging coal!
The country encouraged you. As long as you have the courage, you can borrow money from the credit club. After borrowing money, you can open a coal kiln, dig coal, dig it out and sell it. Selling it can make money, and you can hire more workers to dig up coal.
However, this required proper procedures.
The country's resources could not be mined casually. Mining coal required approval and various procedures. When these procedures were completed, they needed to pay taxes to the country. In other words, a portion of the income had to be given to the country.
For some people who craved to become rich, handing over the money to the country was absolutely unwilling. Therefore, they used a very simple method, to secretly mine coal!
In any case, there were wild mountains and valleys everywhere, and there were few people. A few people gathered together and secretly dug up coal. Nobody knew that if they dug it out and sold it, the money would directly go into their own pockets.
When the first batch of coal was sold, their pockets would be bulging and they would have motivation. At this time, there would be another problem.
The number of people digging up coal was seriously lacking.
That's right, everyone wanted to make money and become rich. In this era, people did not have any sense of safety work. They did not know what the dust pollution was. Even if there was dust everywhere, they still dared to breathe and work.
However, digging coal was definitely a laborious job. This kind of workload intensity would make many able-bodied workers unable to bear it.
This kind of small privately dug coal kiln was simply the same as the coal kiln in the old society. There were no safety measures inside, nor was there any support. Without ventilation equipment, there could be a collapse at any time. Or there could be a gas explosion or something like that.
At the same time, there were no railway tracks, no chain cars. People relied on their own physical strength. They dug out the coal from the inside and carried it out. Some of the tunnels were even shorter, and people couldn't stand straight in them. They could only lie down and walk, just like livestock.
The intensity of labor was high, and life was in danger. If it wasn't for the fact that there was no other way, no one would be willing to work in a small private coal kiln.
At this time, an ancient method appeared once again, Black Coal Kiln.
The so-called Black Coal Kiln, this black word, could be explained in many ways. For example, the coal was black, the people's hearts were black, for example, the interest groups from top to bottom had already been formed, and so on and so forth.
Apart from the rich coal, the Coal Province had never been injected with any vitality. Not to mention those remote counties. These counties were surrounded by mountains and did not have any economic vitality. They also did not have any tourism resources and the environment was so bad that it was hard for people to survive. Such a small place lacked any attention, no vitality. Therefore, it was destined that all bad habits and ignorance would grow more easily in this place, and all the greed for profit would become even more severe here. All the uncontrollable power developed in this place.
It was precisely in this kind of ravine where there was neither management nor civilization that the worst form of labor appeared, and it was the slaves.
These laborers were all sold here.
Under normal circumstances, most of them were mentally handicapped. These people had no brains and could only be enslaved by bad people. After they were sold, they would do this kind of hard work all day long. Until they died, they were thrown into the ditch. They would be eaten by the wild wolves, and there would be no trace of them.
There were also a few who were healthy, such people. They were the ones who were strictly watched over. They could be beaten up at any time in Black Coal Kiln. They were forced to give up on escaping during the beating and continue to work hard. They did not have any salary, nor did they have any personal freedom. Once they entered the Black Coal Kiln, there was only one ending - they would be sucked dry of the last piece of flesh. Then, they would die.
In the future, Qin Guan had heard of the existence of the Black Coal Kiln. Similar to this, there were also black brick kilns, etc., even in the 21st century. There was still such a barbaric existence in the 19th century, the greed and brutality of the evil forces, the inaction of the local grassroots government agencies and cadres. They even colluded with the evil forces, and the local villagers treated the dirty deeds as nothing. There was a general silence.
All kinds of factors were tangled together, causing the existence of Black Coal Kiln to become an ugly thing that couldn't be erased.
A poor mountain and a bad river would produce unruly people, and the sky was high and the emperor was far away. The county officials might as well take care of it now. Each and every reason caused the Black Coal Kiln to exist and become a cancer of society.
Along with the continuous progress of the country's civilization, there was still such a barbaric existence.
Qin Guan was not the all-powerful saviour. He had come to this era. Originally, he only wanted to rely on his own ability to help the military power of the motherland. He wanted his motherland to become the strongest person in the world, but now, he had no choice but to be busy with such small matters.
Wu Lei had been sold to the Black Coal Kiln, and Qin Guan needed to rescue Wu Lei.
Sure enough, they didn't dare to kill anyone. After all, they had to pay with their lives. They weren't bad guys, they were just a bunch of punks. However, what they did was still devoid of conscience. To actually kidnap and sell people, what awaited them was definitely the severe punishment of the law!