Chapter 450
Mine sites generally had at least three shafts. Larger mines had even more.
The auxiliary shaft was used most frequently, serving as the passage for workers going to and from work. Then there was the main shaft, designed to be relatively spacious for transporting mineral resources. Finally, there was the ventilation shaft, which ensured safe airflow.
Huang Yi followed the Grulu People toward the main shaft and got a general understanding of the situation along the way—
This Gold Mine had been in operation for over thirty years. The valley beyond it had originally been nothing but wilderness, but later, large numbers of workers brought their families here to settle down, and the town gradually took shape. At first, there had only been a few small shops along the streets selling food and textiles. Later, the workers had generous wages with nowhere to spend them, so Taverns sprang up and markets became increasingly lively. At its most prosperous, the place had even been called Golden Town.
But it still had not changed Grulu's impoverished national strength.
The people here had received little education and were gripped by gold fever. Miners' children were influenced by it from an early age, and usually became miners themselves when they grew up. The most famous among them were the Hassan Brothers. They were strong and overbearing, forming their own faction, and no one in town dared provoke them.
But every Mountain had its own "lifespan." After twenty or thirty years of mining, the Mine's output had steadily declined, and the town had grown increasingly desolate. The Locust Plague had been the final straw that broke the town.
A large number of residents fled. Only some miners and their families remained behind.
The old man guiding Huang Yi and the others now was