The Datong Coal Mine in Shanxi is now famous in the Tang Dynasty, and the naming is Bai Fan. Originally, the Tang Dynasty wanted to name it Yunzhou Coal Mine on the spot, but Bai Fan said that it was a very meaningful name, so he was confused. Yunzhou Coal Mine was called Datong Coal Mine.

Most of the coal mines mined in Datang were manpower, and there were no heavy industrial machinery or the like. Moreover, coal was first used, and the open-air resources were not fully mined, so there was no need to dig deep down.

Where did the miners come from? Most of them were prisoners from the Eastern Turks, as well as prisoners from Goguryeo. The new group of people who were newly introduced in the past two years were those of the Lu family of Fanyang and Cui family of Qinghe.

In addition, there are people living in poverty in Yunzhou who use this to work to make a living. The amount of mining in Yunzhou alone can provide winter heating in the entire north, so Datong Coal Mine is now famous throughout the country.

What did Bai Fan come here for? Find someone and a talent, that is Cui Junsu of the Cui family in Qinghe.

Although the Cui family in Qinghe and Lu family in Fanyang were sent to mine for crimes, the real miners were treated differently from prisoners of foreign races. Except for not paying wages, they were the same as those who came to work in the surrounding areas. Of course, they were not free yet.

Cui Junsu is currently the head of the Cui clan of Qinghe. Because he is old, he cannot do physical work and is arranged as a supervisor in the mine. Because of his special status, the entire mine respects him quite well. No one dares to treat him as a prisoner. He calls Mr. Cui whenever he meets him.

On this day, the owner of the mine brought a person and found Cui Junsu who was assigned a task.

"Old Cui, don't be fine!" Bai Fan stepped forward and bowed.

Listening to this familiar voice, Cui Junsu turned his head and his old eyes, which were not yet faint, saw a figure in white. This figure was so outstanding in this black and gray mine, and in Cui Junsu's memory, it was also so profound.

He snorted coldly, "Oh? It turns out that the Marquis of Lantian came to condescend. Why? Are you trying to test your victory? Are you looking at the fate of my Qinghe Cui family's prisoners?

As you wish, Cui has died, and he is old and has been alive for a few years. Naturally, he will not be fine."

Bai Fan can understand that this old man had such a good temper, and now he is extremely resentful to himself. Who can tolerate the whole family being humiliated? Although it is not like the Lu family in Fanyang who was exiled after countless casualties and injuries, such nobles often value the humiliation on the surface.

"Old Cui, can you take a step to talk? Anyone who comes to ask for advice from Mr. Cui if you have something to do?" Bai Fan lowered his head and said.

"Haha, I have to worry about the marquis for a while. I have no time to clone my position. I can only reminisce about the past with the marquis until the official business is completed today." Cui Junsu sneered.

The mine owner stepped forward and said, "Old Cui, I am the one who is in charge, and I promise you a day off!"

"Haha, so I still asked Mr. Lantian to be blessed? I'm really sorry, I'm afraid I don't have that blessed. The Cui family is all sinners, so how can I be qualified to rest?"

After saying that, he ignored Bai Fan and the others and continued to assign work on his own. Many Cui clans below looked at Bai Fan and gritted their teeth and looked bad.

Bai Fan stopped the mine owner and signaled that he could leave and that he could wait here.

From morning to dusk, Bai Fan stood beside Cui Junsu and waited for a whole day. Seeing the old man finishing the whole day of work, he felt quite touched. An old man who was nearly 60 years old was busy without resting for a day and was tired of watching himself.

"Let's go, the Marquis of Lantian is so sincere. I must not be ungrateful and give up the narrow and vulgarity. I can only let the Marquis condescend."

Cui Junsu led Bai Fan to his mine residence. This was a simple wooden house, not big, only about twenty square meters, with simple furnishings, a bed and a table, a small pottery stove in the middle, a kettle on it, and there was no bookshelves on it, and it was neat on all sides. It can be seen that the old man was cleaning up, but there were still traces of black coal ash on the walls.

He skillfully set off a fire to make tea. After the stove was boiling, Cui Junsu poured a pot of boiling water into a coarse porcelain teapot, and then added cold water to the stove again.

Two simple small chairs, the two of them took a seat together. Cui Junsu picked up the teapot, took out two coarse porcelain tea bowls, and poured a bowl of tea for Bai Fan and himself. In fact, there was no tea leaves, just a bowl of boiled water.

Bai Fan thought to himself that a fierce battle caused a great nobleman who had once had a wealthy family to fall to this point. Was he too ruthless to attack?

"Haha, the water in the humble room is just a little bit. This is the result you want. I have such a single room because of the identity of a supervisor. Everyone else has four people and one room with a bunk bed."

"Hey! Mr. Cui, I..."

"Stop it, don't say anything politely. There is no friendship between you and me. Cui and you only have hatred, but they will not seek revenge.

Just tell me the purpose, I am a lonely old man, and I really can't imagine anything worth your personal trip."

Bai Fan shook his head. Seeing this, his guilt increased even more.

He walked up and gave Cui Junsu a big gift, "Old Cui, anyone who came to admit his mistakes and apologize."

"Haha, I can't afford it. Qinghe Cui's crime is so serious that I want to kill Lantian Hou many times. It's a good idea to end up like this. If you put it on others, it's not too much to kill Cui's family until they die. So you don't need to do this. I, Cui, is not a person who can't afford to lose. We have accepted this account.

If the Marquis is just for these meaningless things today, you can invite them back. It is hard to come by for some time to drink tea and rest in a day."

Cui Junsu didn't give him any face and wanted to open the door to see off the guests.

"Old Cui, anyone who comes to ask you to come out of the mountain."

"Oh? The omnipotent Marquis of Lantian also has a time to be useful to others. Unfortunately, the old man is guilty and is old and can't do anything."

"Please listen to Fan's explanation. If Fan finishes his explanation, Mr. Cui insists on not moving, and Fan turns around and leaves." Bai Fan said with his hands holding Cui Junsu.

"Tell me, the Marquis is the most eloquent in the world. I'm listening attentively."

Even with the old man sarcastic words, Bai Fan still greeted him with a smile, after all, he came to ask for help.

"Things of that year started because of everything. I wanted to punish the evil ones and stop after all, I was not a person who killed indiscriminately.

However, accidents occurred frequently in the middle. Because of the old army of the escort agency, the court military took action, which led to a situation where you and I will never stop. In the end, he had no choice but to send you all here against his conscience.

I still think about it, I often have no sleep day and night. To be fair, Cui has done it, but not everyone is a bad person, and most of them are good people. It is indeed impossible for ordinary people to punish this way back then."

Cui Junsu looked at Bai Fan's sincere look, shook his head and said, "Don't mention the past. I have also recalled over the past few years. You have no selfless grudges between you and me. You will take action because of the brother's fault. The result of Cui's family is just that the emperor uses your hands to eliminate dissidents.
Chapter completed!