Soon, Tongshu brought everyone to the mine cave.

This mine is not the first time that the tung tree has arrived.

When I came last time, Sang Tian led the way.

The mine is not in the valley, but on the way down the mountain.

On one side of the mountain, there is a huge hole, and when the hole is facing inward, it is a place where rock salt can be dug out.

The cave is empty and dry, but there is no water source nearby.

But this is also a normal phenomenon.

At our feet, there are actually many salt mines everywhere.

As the earth's crust moved, countless salt mines were turned out from the ground and exposed outside.

But it is well known that salt is soluble in water.

Therefore, those exposed salt mines will disappear without a trace after being washed by rain.

It is precisely because of this reason that the world is not short of salt, but it is very difficult to eat salt in the inland.

Just like in ancient times, if people living in the inland wanted to eat salt, in addition to the sky-high price of sea salt transported in a lot of effort, the remaining way was to find the underground salt mine, then dig holes and pour water into it.

Wait until the salt ore dissolves in water, then extract it through a water pump for refining.

It can be said that in ancient times, 80% of Chinese people ate well salt made using this method.

But here is different. The salt here is hidden in the mountains and is not exposed to the rain, so it can be preserved.

Of course, according to Wang Wei's speculation, the rock salt here was actually exposed to the rain.

And this huge hole is a natural cave formed by melting under the erosion of rain.

And in the inner part, the water cannot enter, and the rock salt will naturally be preserved.

Many people feel very hard and insoluble in water after hearing the word rock salt.

In fact, this feeling is brought about by the word "六".

Real rock salt is not hard, it is just a salt crystal formed when the underground seawater solidifies in more ancient times.

After thousands of years of squeezing, rock-like salt blocks were formed.

In essence, most of the components of rock salt are salt, and only a small amount of impurities exist in it.

It is precisely for this reason that most of the rock salt can be eaten directly.

The biggest difference between it and refined salt is that it tastes bitter or has some strange odor.

Inside the cave is a natural safe haven.

The spacious space is even enough for hundreds of people to live in it.

Unfortunately, although this warning is suitable for living, it does not have water sources and does not have much vegetation.

Compared with the ancient woody appearance of the original valley, this place can be regarded as a barren land.

It is precisely for this reason that there are no large creatures in the cave that survive for a long time.

Just occasionally, some beasts will come here to lick the rock salt.

Although salt is a necessity in the living body, water is the source of all life.

Without water, you can't live even if you hold a salt mountain.

Originally, the road to the cave was very difficult to walk.

Although the Sang tribe opened up a path with rock salt when trading with a small tribe, the path was too slender and not enough to get into the car.

However, after the beast tide, all the places you can go have basically become smooth.

Where there are pits, they are filled with the bones of wild beasts.

Where there are trees, all the migrating beasts are gnawed.

The uneven areas were also flattened by the beasts.

It can even be said that at this moment, you can find a low-chassis car, and you can go from the valley along the traces of the beast tide migration, and close your eyes and drive hundreds of miles down the mountain.

In this case, wooden board trucks have become a powerful tool for transportation.

With their strength, as long as the wheels can stand it, it is basically no problem to pull two or three tons of things at a time.

After entering the cave, Tongshu led everyone to search every corner of the cave with torches.

Some small wild beasts, insects that were frozen to death in the corners, and vipers that survived by chance were all cleaned up.

After doing all this, the crowd was concentrated at the entrance of the cave.

Looking at the people in front of me, the Tong Tree was not long-winded and spoke directly.

"I guess you have seen it on the road just now. All the water sources on the mountain have been destroyed. I am not afraid to tell you that I have brought people to destroy those water sources!" Tongshu said loudly with a big knife.

Seeing that everyone was noisy, Tongshu paused his knife and shouted: "Shut up!"

In the eyes of the prisoners, the tung tree is the most brutal demon king in the small tribe.

The appearance of killing and killing people without blinking, left the deepest impression on them.

When he roared, the cave suddenly became silent.

Seeing this, Tongshu continued: "And, except for the water source on the mountain, there will be no water source during at least three days' journey down the mountain."

"You have also seen the power of the beast tide. All the lakes passing by were filled with their bodies. The flowing river was filled with the bones of those guys who died of frozen corpses.

Now, the temperature has begun to rise, and the corpses in the river have begun to rot. If you drink that kind of water, you will definitely die. So, from now on, besides I send you water, you can only wait for some to take a drink when it rains!"

When Tongshu said this, he paused for a moment, but his roar just now scared everyone to the point of not recovering, and no one dared to speak first.

After feeling a little bored, Tongshu continued: "From today, your mission is to mine here. Sang Tian and the others are responsible for arranging your life. Now, let me tell you the rules first. Those who are disobedient, kill, and the amount of rock salt they dug is not enough. Everyone will be punished. Those who dare to escape will also be killed. However, I guess if someone dares to escape, there will be no water or food, and you should not live for a few days unless you are very lucky and have not encountered wild beasts when you are alone, you can still find water nearby.

But I have to remind you that if there is a safe drinking water source nearby and you just hit it, then you will not be far away when you die, because rivers and lakes are polluted, and the beasts that can live on this ground will definitely discover safe water sources before you find water. If you find water, you will encounter wild animals."

Tong Shu's words made everyone bit their lips tightly.

At this time, Sang Tian stood up.

"Actually, everyone's face doesn't have to be so ugly. Just mining. What's the difference between working in the mountains and working here? Wang Wei told me that he will send us food and water every three days. As long as we can dig a sufficient amount of rock salt, he will not care about the rest. So, as long as we work hard and dig up the rock salt he needs in advance, maybe we can rest once or twice every few days!" Santian said with a smile.

After hearing his words, everyone thought that this is indeed the case.

Working in the mountains is done, and not here is done the same.

As long as you have enough food and can eat and drink, what's the difference between mining and logging?

And here, there is no need to see the god of killing tung trees every day, and no one controls themselves.

Thinking of this, it seems that mining here is better than staying on the mountain.

After thinking it through, everyone suddenly felt relieved.

Then I started unloading things from the car.

In addition to food, water, and mining tools, the most things that came were torches and lamp oil made by Wang Wei with animal fat.

The fat of some animals is very resistant to burning.

A small can of lamp oil can burn for a full day.

There are also oils that are very suitable for making candles.

The finished candles are not as bright as or durable as they are made of whale oil.

After the items were unloaded, the tung tree left a cart so that they could transport it out of the inside after digging the rock salt.

Then, before leaving, he spoke: "Wang Wei said, you don't have to work today, you can adapt to the environment first. I will come again after three days. By that time, if you fail to hand over the sufficient amount of rock salt on time, everyone will be punished. But Wang Wei also said that if you can exceed the task, he will reward you, and he can keep your satisfaction in this reward!"

Sang Tian gave it to Tongshu with a sarcastic look on his face. When he reached the entrance of the cave, he said, "Tongshu, can you discuss something with you?"

"What's the matter?" When facing Sang Tian, ​​Tong Shu's face relaxed a lot.

"Well, if we exceed the task, I don't want anything else. Can you discuss with Wang Wei and let Zhuyahua come to accompany me? She and I are the ones. In Wang Wei's words, they are in love with each other, and it is definitely not forcing her!" Sang Tian smiled awkwardly.

Tongshu thought for a while and said, "Are you sure you sent her here? Those guys inside have not touched a woman for a month. You are not sure about poking No. 17 in the wooden shed every night. If you send it to Zhuyaohua, have you considered what possible consequences? That would kill people!"

Tongshu's words made Sang Tian tremble. After thinking about it, he shook his head suddenly and said, "Don't send it, don't send it, don't send her over. However, if it really doesn't work, I'll reward me for going back and seeing her after a while. Anyway, it's not far away!"

Tongshu nodded and said, "This is OK. I'll just talk to Wang Wei when I go back, but no accidents are allowed in this mine!"

"Don't worry, I promise that something will happen here!" Sang Tian said excitedly after hearing Tongshu's promise.

After seeing off the tung tree, Sang Tian returned to the cave and glanced at the people who were familiar with the nearby environment and said, "Why are you all standing there? Work!"

"Tongshu said we don't have to work today!" a man spoke with confidence.

When Sang Tian heard this, he sneered: "Okay, I will listen to Tongshu's words. I won't let you work, but you don't have to eat today!"

When everyone heard that Sang Tian was threatening them by not allowing them to eat, they all surrendered.

They each picked up the tools and walked towards the cave.

Looking at the crowd who used to work, Sang Tian muttered something.

"Bambooyahua, wait for me, I will definitely exceed the standard and complete the task every time, so I can come back to see you as soon as possible!"
Chapter completed!