Chapter 80 The Mine Incident

A convoy of twenty large freight locomotives drove into the Nam Co Mine in the northwest of the Dro Kingdom.

This mine has been under the control of the local Dro people before. Later, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce entered the Dro kingdom and invested in this mine. As a result, the two parties have a certain cooperative relationship, which has made the mine's mine output obtain greatly improved.

However, during the riots against foreigners that almost swept across the entire Dro Kingdom a few years ago, the local Dro claimed that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce had snatched the mine from them, and carried out extremely bloody revenge on the employees of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. The mine was taken back again.

But their good times didn't last long, and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce would soon send a convoy into the Kingdom of the Dro Tribe, suppressing the riot with the force of a thunderbolt.

The local Dro people who took revenge on the employees of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the mine riots were all arrested by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce without exception, and a small part of them were directly executed. Therefore, the control of the mine naturally fell into the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Fei Chamber of Commerce hands.

Now that several years have passed, this mine has made great progress under the operation of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and the mine output has skyrocketed from tens of tons per month in previous years to nearly a thousand tons.

Now, except for a small part of the mined ores that are reserved for the local chambers of commerce in the Dro Kingdom, the rest will be loaded on the transport convoy of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, all the way south to the port in southern Wales, Then transport it by sea to the main base of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for refining.

This is one of the dozens of mines that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce currently spreads across the continent of Sainz, and it belongs to one of the mines that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has not announced to the public.

The reason why the Xinfei Mining Chamber of Commerce is now able to meet a large amount of steel and various non-ferrous metal production needs is due to the many minerals including the Namtso mine.

After the convoy drove into the mine, they went all the way deep into the mine without any hesitation, and came to the ore stacking place in the mine.

The mine supervisor, Abach, had already made preparations. As soon as the convoy arrived, he immediately commanded the large magic forklift that had been waiting here to start loading.

The loading capacity of each large freight magic locomotive is about 20 tons, and the total loading capacity of the 20 vehicles is less than 500 tons.

The last time the convoy came to this mine for loading was four months ago, and the total amount of ore accumulated by the mines has reached more than 3,000 tons.

Therefore, the team is expected to work here for at least three consecutive days before they can carry all the accumulated ore out.

Team principal Zeberto has led the team to several times. Of course, he was very skilled in this process, and after stopping the car, he jumped directly from the passenger cab.

"Hey, Zeberto. Let's call the brothers down to rest for a while. You have to have a meal first and have a drink before you come here after such a long distance?" Abach asked Zeber very familiarly. Berto said hello.

Zerberto showed a hearty smile on his rough face due to years of running around on the road, patted Abach on the shoulder vigorously, and laughed loudly: "Of course we need food. And we also need good food. Say, Abach, are you ready for big mouthfuls of meat?"

"Of course, I'm well-prepared every time I come here, brothers, and you don't know that." Abach also smiled on his face, which was several times darker than Zeberto's because he worked in the mine all year round. "Don't worry, this time I have someone buy two of the best local goats in advance this time, so that you can eat to your satisfaction."

"Well, very good!" Zeberto nodded with satisfaction. "The taste of goat here... tsk, my mouth is watering just thinking about it. In this cold weather, eating mutton next to the hot pot is a real treat. But it's a pity...you can't drink wine You also know that the brothers are going to deliver the goods in the afternoon, and drinking too much will delay things."

"Well...that's true. But this meal does not drink alcohol. I can wait until the brothers come back in the evening, and I will treat them well. A drink before going to bed will not affect the work of the next day, right?"

"It's a pity that this mission is urgent. I'm afraid most of the brothers won't be able to spend the night here, so the drink will be skipped." Zeberto patted Abach. He sighed and said, "I appreciate your kindness on behalf of the brothers. You just need to let the brothers eat well, and you can drink alcohol or something later."

"Really? That's really a pity." Abach curled his lips, suddenly changed his expression, and asked suspiciously: "You said...why did the higher-ups rush this time? Is it..."

Zerberto glared at Abach: "Don't make random guesses about the things above. We just need to do our job well."

Abach was slightly startled, and nodded silently.

The two stared at the ore loading scene together for a while, and Zeberto waved to Abach: "Go, go to the mine and have a look, there is nothing wrong here."

"it is good."

Abach knew that Zeberto, in addition to being responsible for ore transportation, was also responsible for inspecting mines in various places. Every time I go to a mine, I have to investigate the specific operation of the mines in various places, and then report to them. It can be regarded as a prosecutor sent by the upper echelon of the chamber of commerce.

It is precisely because of this that he tries to build a good relationship with Zerberto every time.

Otherwise, it's just the captain of a transport convoy, and he doesn't have to fawn on him like this.

The two came to the back of the mine and walked around. Zeberto just looked around along the way, occasionally asking a few questions, and didn't say much.

But seeing that he didn't say much after turning a circle, Abach felt relieved.

If there is no special indication, it means that the result of this review is good, at least there are no problems.

In this way, it means that the upper management of the chamber of commerce is satisfied with the work results of this place, and it also means that Abach's evaluation will be further improved, which will help him get promoted as soon as possible and leave this ghost place.

After the two inspected the mine, they talked and laughed and prepared to return to the residential area of ​​the mine.

Abach had already prepared a sumptuous lunch, intending to entertain Zerberto and his colleagues in the team.

However, just halfway there, they suddenly heard an unusually noisy commotion coming from outside the mine. It sounded like many people were rushing over here.

Abach's expression changed immediately.

Zeberto, who was on the side, looked at the direction from which the voice came from, then looked at Abach's strange expression, and asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"

Abach forced a smile and waved his hands: "No, it's nothing serious..."

Zeberto's face darkened, and he frowned and said, "Abach, don't blame me for not reminding you. Those big figures in the chamber of commerce never shy away from accidents below. But they are especially shy about concealing things that happen. I advise you not to try Concealment, I can see that this is definitely not a trivial matter."

The expression on Abach's face changed several times, and finally he could only sigh dejectedly.

"I see... oh. Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just... just some unruly people making trouble."

"Troublemaker?" Zeberto was even more astonished. "Where did the troublemaker come from?"

Abach pointed to the gate of the mine: "Go and see and you will understand."

Zerberto followed Abach to the gate of the mine in bewilderment, looked out, and was immediately taken aback.

Namtso Mine, like most mines, is located in the wilderness. There are not many people around.

But now outside the gate of the mine, there is a dense crowd of people. If you glance at it, there may be thousands of people.

There are only fifty guards hired from the local area who are responsible for the safety of the mine. Although they hold the magic crossbow equipped by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in their hands, they look extremely weak in the face of this huge crowd of nearly a thousand people.

Zerberto glanced over and found that this large group of people was clearly organized and purposeful, because there were several banners in the crowd.

After seeing clearly what was written on the banner, Zeberto looked a little strange.

"Nam Co belongs to our Dro tribe. Foreigners get out!"

"Xinfei Chamber of Commerce get out of Namtso! Give us back peace!"

"Defend our home to the death!"

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"Abach, where did this group of people come from?" Zeberto asked, pointing at the crowd opposite.

Abach spread his hands and sighed: "I don't know either. Since last month, at the beginning, dozens of people came here and shouted that we should return the mine to them. Later, more and more people came. A lot, and then you see... so many people gathered in the end."

"That's not right." Zeberto frowned, puzzled: "Didn't these guys learn their lesson after the last riot? Didn't they see what happened to the Dro people who participated in the riot last time? If you dare to do this, you really don’t have to worry about offending our chamber of commerce.”

Abach smiled bitterly: "The problem is that they just protested here from the beginning to the end, and they didn't do anything. We have no reason to directly attack them like last time."

"Then it's enough to drive them away. Is it possible to let them get in the way all the time?"

"Then you have to drive away." Abach smiled wryly. "It's not once or twice that they make trouble here. I couldn't stand it twice before, and I invited the guards stationed by the Chamber of Commerce near Dro City to help drive them away. But they drove them away with the front foot, and they came again with the back foot I can't let the guards stay here to help chase people away, can I?"

"What do the guards in the mine do? Why are they all in a daze?" Zeberto asked again.

"These hired guards are all locals, and besides, there are too few of them. How can we count on them?" Abach said helplessly.

Zerberto glanced at the mine guards blocking the gate, and found that they all looked blank, and they didn't mean to drive away the crowd at all. He knew that what Abach said was right, these guards hired from the local area were counting on not on.

"So you didn't talk to these people? What do they want?"

"Talk about it, it's useless." Abach shook his head. Sighing: "What these guys want is a mine, and they said that we should hand over the mine to them. How can I agree?"

"Give them some money to get rid of?"

"No, they don't accept negotiations at all."

Zerberto frowned deeply, looking at the group of people at the gate of the mine who were shouting slogans desperately, but did not take any drastic actions, his heart was clear.

These guys are obviously organized by someone behind the scenes, and they came here specifically to target this mine.

Even... the person behind him simply came for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

"How did you drive them away before? When I said no to asking the guards to take action?" Zeberto asked again.

"No way, we can only wait for them to disperse when they get tired from the fuss." Abach replied with a wry smile.

"Wait for them to disperse by themselves?" Zeberto glanced back and saw that behind the gate there were already several large freight locomotives full of ore that were forced to stop at the gate because the mine gate was blocked by those people. Wait behind.

"No, it's too late to go on like this."

Zeberto frowned, and prepared to go over to get in touch with the group of people and try to negotiate.

However, just as he took a step, he suddenly heard a soft "whoosh", which was clearly the sound of a crossbow arrow.

Looking around in astonishment, he saw the crowd blocking the front of the gate suddenly disperse, revealing an open space in the middle.

In the open space, a middle-aged man was lying on his back, his eyes were protruding, and his face was full of disbelief.

A crossbow bolt was deeply inserted into his left chest, as if endless blood flowed from his chest, instantly dyed the ground under him a dazzling bright red.

The crowd, which had been extremely noisy just now, fell into a dead silence in an instant.

After staying for half a full minute, the dead silence was broken by an unusually thin cry.

"Killed! Xinfei Chamber of Commerce killed!" (~^~)