In a mine in the southern suburbs, the miners went about their work as

usual, unlike the upper echelons of the aristocracy, these low-level commoners had no idea what was going on, and the work was carried out as usual.

The miners and miners in the cave worked hard to dig the ore, and the overseer watched over them with a leather whip.

A miner pushes a steam pump-driven drill to chisel hard rock, and another worker drags

a small trailer to the moon that has been rising for a long time, and the miner with the small trailer complains to the miner who is handling the drill, "

TM, it's been so long today!"

"Hey, what's the difference between our TM and those slaves?".

The miner who was manipulating the drill said resentfully, looking at the slave who was being whipped with a leather whip, he calmed down a little.

The only difference between him as a freeman was that the overseers, who were slaves, did not dare to whip them.

But since the overseers were servants of the nobles, they dared to shout at the freedmen, and even kicked the so-called freedmen.

Since the influx of industrial equipment, no matter what kind of work, the efficiency has been greatly improved, resulting in many people unemployed, and free people can only lay down their dignity in order to survive, and life is no different from slaves.

It stands to reason that the increase in production capacity should bring more resources that can be utilized.

But the problem lies in the inferiority of the feudal system, take the mine as an example, there is a hill next to this mine, and it is green at this time.

As with farmland, peasants could not cultivate even the vast stretch of ownerless fertile land, which belonged to the emperor or the king's lord.

Before it is divided into more detailed seals, no one can move there, and if the common rich businessmen want to contract, they will naturally be suppressed.

As a result, although the production capacity has increased, the available resources remain the same, which naturally collapses the originally balanced production relations.

The original Xinqiong Empire was okay, Cole was a native of Middle-earth, relatively speaking, relatively civilized, so the suppression of civilians was very small, which made the resources in the Xinqiong Empire be fully used by civilian capital, which made the Xinqiong Empire almost the entire grain production base in Xizhou, and the population density was also the highest in Xizhou.

"Ding Ding Ding

" A bell rang, and a miner threw away his tools and complained,

"TM, it's finally time to eat!"

The workers in the mine stopped what they were doing and began to assemble.

Both slaves and so-called freeman miners, they all ate the same multigrain porridge and slept in the same places.

The only thing that could distinguish them was the constant grumbling of the freedmen.

And the slaves have long been numb, most of the slaves have no family to worry about, no more earthly dust, they no longer complain, just bow their heads and be silent.

"When is this a day!" complained

one of the miners to his co-workers, sighing that he had not seen his family since he had come to work in the mines, because as soon as he left the mines, people outside the mines would take his place.

He didn't know if his family was still alive, how his wife was going to make ends meet, if his son was sold into slavery,

and the co-workers beside him just bowed their heads numbly and remained silent, he was not a slave, but he was no different from those slaves.

When he first arrived, he had the same hope in his eyes, but as time went on, he had lost his fighting spirit from the heavy work, and he was no different from a slave.

They can leave the dark mines, and the overseers will not stop them, which is the only difference between them and slaves, but when they get out, he can only find another mine to lie on his stomach and continue to do the same work, or like those outside the mines, who have never found a job, and finally starve to death...

There was a loud bang, and suddenly everyone's eyes were attracted.

At this time, the outer area of the mine was filled with people, holding torches and shouting.

A succession of bright lights rang out, accompanied by loud bangs.

A group of men rushed down with torches, and the overseer who stood in front of them threw away the whip and steel knife in his hand in fright.

The people under the pit suddenly panicked, and they all panicked and didn't know what to do.

The chief worker rushed out of the only unmutilated hut in the pit, looking around in horror as he lifted his pants.

The sound of Zizi came from the entrance to the pit, and under the light of the torches, the people under the pit found something on the pit that resembled an iron bell on a church.

This "iron bell" is two people high, and it constantly emits a sizzling sound, which can be heard from hundreds of meters away.

(the picture is for reference only, the image is similar, but the material, size and effect, and sound amplification method are different from the novel)

What surprised them even more was that the thing they were holding in their hands could actually explode!

Just as the people in the pit were confused and panicked, the bell sounded rhythmically.

People

were even more puzzled, the music was majestic, as if it gave people strength, but at this time it made the people under the pit wonder.

"Rise

up, hungry slaves!" "Arise up, those who are suffering

!" "The blood is boiling

!" "Fight for the truth!" to

the music of the Union's national anthem, "Rise up, slave!" was played, and the crowd and the trumpets in the pit sang at the same time.

And the first sentence of the mouth shocked the people under the mine.

In particular, the chief engineer thought that it was a robbery by bandits, but it turned out to be a rebellion by a mob!

The robbers robbed him and still had a way to live, as long as he paid the money, and it was not his property that was lost anyway.

But if this is a mob rebellion, then he is afraid that he will be broken into thousands of pieces.

Moreover, this was the first time he had seen a mob rebel, and he had only heard of a famine in the south before, and there were very few mob rebellions in the Purple Cloud Empire.

The low-level miners were in a commotion at this time, and everyone didn't react for a while.

Most people are at a loss, and some people are also excited, anyway, there is no difference between living and dead people now, it is better to do a big job.

It is worth mentioning that there are a very few people who think that no matter what, they should take this opportunity to beat the overseer severely, and then eat a big meal, and hide some food and money.

Naturally, there are some people who are even more alarmed, those who have been slaves for a long time, the servility has taken root, and they don't even dare to resist!

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