C39 They All Stopped Producing!
C39 They All Stopped Producing!
The coal mine that Zheng Hao went to was called Dongxing Coal Mine. It was one of the larger coal mines around Donghsing Town. In the past, there were a lot of people digging coal here to earn money.
Dongxing Coal Mine wasn't too far from the Donghsing Town. It was only about ten kilometers away.
Zheng Hao rode his motorcycle all the way, and it only took him about 20 minutes to get to Dongxing Coal Mine. When he got there, he took a look. The door was tightly shut. The interior was cold and cheerless, with almost no sounds coming from within.
Zheng Hao's heart sank.
He thought to himself, "I'll do it!" Is the coal mine closed?
He got off the bike, tied it up at the gate, and went to the gate and knocked on it, shouting, "Is anyone in there?"
After knocking on the door for a long time, Zheng Hao almost shouted his throat out. Then, he heard an old voice in the yard: "Who is it?" What are you doing? "
The footsteps approached.
"Creak!"
The small door in the middle of the door opened. An old man with a head full of gray hair stuck his head out and looked at Zheng Hao with a puzzled expression.
"Uncle, is our coal mine closed?" Zheng Hao asked.
"Yeah, they closed down three months ago. What's the matter?" the old man asked.
"Is there any more coal in the yard?" Zheng Hao asked again.
This was the most important thing. It didn't matter whether the coal mines were closed or not. As long as there was coal, it was good!
"You want coal?" the old man asked.
"Yes, yes! I want to buy coal! " Zheng Hao nodded.
"Then come in. There's really a little coal left in the yard, but not much. If it's you who wants it, I think it's enough." The old man said.
"Alright, I'll go in and take a look!" As Zheng Hao said this, he walked into the yard.
He took a look and saw that the yard was filled with weeds that were half a waist deep. The entire coal mine was in ruins.
He scanned the area but didn't see the pile of coal.
"Uncle, where is your mountain? Why didn't I see it? " Zheng Hao asked.
"Follow me!" The old man waved his hand and said.
Zheng Hao followed the old man inside.
Pushing aside the grass, after walking for about 20 meters, Zheng Hao saw an open space covered with a small pile of things.
"Coal?" Zheng Hao asked.
"Under the plastic." As the old man spoke, he walked over and pulled the plastic sheet away, revealing a small pile of coal that was estimated to weigh more than a thousand pounds.
Not long after the coal mine closed, the boss gave the last of the coal to an enterprise. After searching the entire mine, I collected this little and put it all here. "I won't give you more money. Give me two hundred yuan and you can take away all the coal." The old man chattered.
When Zheng Hao heard this, he felt like a thousand alpacas were madly running through his heart.
Just this much?
Too far, okay?
I want two million catties!
"Uncle, is there really only this little coal left in the entire coal mine?" Zheng Hao still hasn't given up.
"Hm!" "That's all that's left, but there's still a lot of ground." The old man said.
I also know there are a lot of underground, do I have to go down the well myself to dig coal? Zheng Hao was extremely depressed.
"Forget it, I'll go look elsewhere." As Zheng Hao said this, he turned around and left.
"Sigh!" Young man, how much do you want? More than a thousand pounds, and you still think it's too little? It took half a year to make a coal ball. " the old man called after him.
Zheng Hao suddenly turned around and asked: "Dashu, do you know where there is coal near Dongxing City?" I want a thousand tons of coal. "
When the old man heard this, he exclaimed, "Why do you need so much coal? From what I know, the entire Yuzhou Region has closed down all the coal mines. If you want to buy coal, I think you should go to Yingcheng to take a look. "
Yingcheng was the main coal-producing area of Blue River Province, and was about 200 kilometers away from the Yunlai Village. Zheng Hao wouldn't be able to get here until very late even if he took a bus to get there.
Besides, even if he went there, it would probably take him quite a bit of effort to find a large coal mine and buy a thousand tons of coal.
Zheng Hao felt a headache coming on.
"It's really closed?" Zheng Hao frowned.
"Why would I lie to you? Our Yuzhou is not a coal-producing area, and coal production does not have much of an impact on our economic development, so all the coal mines have been shut down. " the old man said.
"Thank you, Uncle."
Hearing the old man's words, Zheng Hao's heart felt cold. He thanked him and turned around to leave.
Following that, Zheng Hao traveled through a few small coal mines around Dongxing.
As a result, he discovered that, as the old man at the gate of Dongxing Coal Mine had said, all the mines had been turned off. It didn't matter if he turned it off. The most important thing was that the coal mines did not have any accumulated piles of coal. That was the most dangerous part.
Zheng Hao ran all day and still couldn't buy coal.
At night, Zheng Hao couldn't sit still anymore. He rode his motorcycle back to the Donghsing Town, deposited the motorcycle in a shop and rented a car.
"Master, are we going to England? I'll take care of your car for two days, and I'll give you 500 yuan a day. I'll pay for the high-speed transit and fuel charges, how about that? " Zheng Hao said.
"Ah?" To the British city, to travel so far? It's almost dark, are you in a hurry? " The driver was a middle-aged man in his forties. He was quite satisfied with Zheng Hao's offer. He didn't need to pay for the transit and petrol bills. He earned a net five hundred yuan a day. It was a great job.
However, the driver was a bit worried, worried that Zheng Hao had evil intentions.
There were too many crazy people these days. Many criminals had their eyes on the taxi driver and used the name of the chartered car to trick the driver into going outside. The result was that they would rob the driver as soon as they arrived in a remote area.
Stealing was nothing. There were even some drivers who were brutally killed by the bandits.
To die for a job is not worth it.
Zheng Hao saw the driver's worry, so he smiled and said: "Master, I'm from our town's Yunlai Village, take a look at my ID card, and at the same time, you can also say hello to your family and friends, and tell them that they went with me. If anything happens in the future, just let them find me, okay?"
The driver took Zheng Hao's ID card and looked at it, then nodded: "Your accent is indeed from our area. I'll call my wife right now and tell her that we're leaving, what do you say?"
"Alright!" Zheng Hao agreed.
The driver gave his wife a call and said, "Let's go!" Let's go now. "
"Here's five hundred yuan. I'll give you one day's worth of money so that you can put it in your pocket." Zheng Hao handed over five hundred yuan.
"Satisfying! I can see that you're a straightforward person. " The driver gave Zheng Hao a thumbs up.
Then, they drove out of the Donghsing Town and got on the highway.