Transmigrated from a post-apocalyptic world to become a village bully and set up a stall in ancient

Chapter 139 The Mafia Scams Coal Bars

"Huh? What happened to my face?" Gao Mengli asked anxiously, and quickly touched her face.

It's okay if you don't touch it, but if you do, your face will get even darker.

He looks exactly like Chao Ge, a "Labulaka" from Dachazhou!

Those two innocent eyes blinked.

"Pfft~ Hahahaha..."

Lin Xi could no longer control the muscles in her cheeks and laughed so hard she was doubled over and couldn't straighten her back.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Gao Mengli became even more anxious when she saw Lin Xi's expression.

He quickly stepped forward, about to pull Lin Xi along.

To everyone's surprise, Lin Xi quickly jumped over and said, "Don't come any closer, you 'mafia' member, I'm afraid you'll make me look like I just crawled out of a coal mine."

Lin Xi laughed and dodged, while Gao Mengli stomped her feet in anger, pointing at Lin Xi with a pout, "If you keep laughing like that, I'm really going to get angry. What's wrong with my face?"

Lin Xi finally calmed down, wiping away the tears of laughter, and grabbed Gao Mengli's wrist, shaking it, "Look at yourself, your palms are all black."

Gao Mengli then noticed that her palms were covered in black dirt, and she had no idea what she had just touched.

I suddenly remembered that I had touched my face in the cave earlier, so my face must have been...

"Xixi, turn around."

"What? You're not thinking of kicking me off here, are you??" Lin Xi's smile faded as she glanced at Gao Mengli, whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Because it was too dark, he couldn't see her true expression, so he couldn't judge what Gao Mengli meant.

"Just turn it when I tell you to, why are you so long-winded?" Gao Mengli said, then quickly reached out to pull Lin Xi away.

Lin Xi's smile remained unchanged.

Despite being full of doubts, she obediently turned around, saying, "Don't you dare try anything funny, rolling down here could kill you!"

Gao Mengli rolled her eyes at him, a hundred times more powerful than usual.

After all, a black face and white eyes would be too obvious and ridiculous!

Lin Xi turned her back.

Sure enough, Gao Mengli saw black "peach" marks on his buttocks!

Gao Mengli was stunned for a moment, then burst into wild laughter.

Lin Xi turned his head, quickly tugged at his robe to take a look, pouting and frowning, looking unhappy.

Suddenly, Gao Mengli's laughter stopped abruptly, and a spark flew through their minds.

The two exclaimed in surprise in unison, "Could it be...?"

Gao Mengli quickly took out her chisel and went back into the hole. She touched the "rock" in front of her, then used the chisel to chip off a piece.

They quickly brought out the "rock," and after taking an excited look, they exclaimed in unison, "It's coal!"

Lin Xi was so excited that she danced around. "Haha, we stumbled upon coal by accident! This is like a 'black face' hitting the jackpot! Our luck is off the charts!"

Gao Mengli was also happy.

After all, coal is usually found in basins and valleys, so the fact that there is coal halfway up a mountain only proves one thing.

From this halfway up the mountain down, it's all coal, absolutely all coal!!!

"Xixi, hurry up and dig! We've found a source for refining iron!"

At Gao Mengli's command, Lin Xi, disregarding the dirt, excitedly began digging the hole with a chisel.

Gao Mengli held the coal in her hand, her eyes shining.

After all, this thing has never been used anywhere in this era.

Although smelting iron is illegal, the emperor is far away and the mountains are high.

It takes three months to go to Luoyang, the capital city, and at least six months to go back and forth!

Besides, they weren't interested in cold weapons, so they wouldn't forge swords or blades. If they were to forge anything, they would forge firearms that would be advantageous to them!

The two were in high spirits and quickly dug up a pile of grains, putting them in their baskets.

They found some vines and tied the coal securely to the basket on their backs, then took turns carrying it all the way home.

After Lin Xi boiled water, took a bath, and changed her clothes, Gao Mengli's mini kiln stove was also completed.

"Mengli, go take a shower and change your clothes."

"Right away." Gao Mengli smeared the last bit of yellow mud on the kiln, her whole body was black and yellow, so dirty that she was unsightly.

She quickly ran back to the house, and Lin Xi added water twice more before she was finally clean.

Lin Xi was washing Gao Mengli's clothes, shoes, and socks by the well when Lin Yong pushed open the courtyard gate and walked in, followed by the village chief Zhao Hua.

"Hey? Village Chief, what brings you here?"

Just as Gao Mengli was about to empty the contents of her basket, the village chief came over, and she quickly covered the basket with the vines again.

The village chief rubbed his hands excitedly, his eyes shining as he looked at Gao Mengli. "Hehehe, it's like this, we've finished repairing the road to the oil mill, we just came over... to ask when you're going to start construction!"

The main problem is that the villagers come to his doorstep every morning, noon, and night to ask him to come to the Lin family and inquire whether villagers can be given priority in working on the construction of the oil mill.

"So fast!" Gao Mengli exclaimed as she quickly walked over from under the eaves.

"Of course! You don't know, when the villagers are repairing the road, they work by torchlight at night."

"That speed, it changes every single day!" Lin Yong covered his mouth and explained with a laugh.

Gao Mengli nodded.

These villagers are incredibly adept at internal competition!

Gao Mengli turned to Lin Xi, who was washing clothes, and waved to her, "Xi Xi, go and take the money out and give it to the village chief so he can arrange for the villagers to build an oil mill."

"Okay!"

Lin Xi quickly stood up, wiped the water off her hands on her apron, and ran into the house.

Gao Mengli looked up at the village chief and said, "Village chief, I'll pay you 50 taels first, and you can help me buy bricks and wood... I'll settle accounts with you every three days thereafter, 20 taels each time."

Upon hearing this, the village chief grinned from ear to ear. "Oh, great! Nephew's wife, can we give priority to hiring people from the village for the work? Don't worry, the villagers definitely won't slack off; I'll keep a close eye on them!"

Gao Mengli laughed, "Look at what you're saying! 'Don't let the good stuff go to outsiders,' even my Da Niu knows this principle, how could we not understand it!"

We will definitely prioritize hiring villagers; it doesn't matter if there are more people, as this will speed up the process.

"Then we'll pay the same as the porters in town, 22 coins a day. But we don't include meals, so how about 25 coins a day?"

As for providing a meal, she and Lin Xi simply didn't have the time to do it, so they just mentioned their wages as a meal allowance.

Upon hearing this, the village chief's eyes lit up. "Wow, this wage is incredibly fair! Don't worry, I'll make sure to supervise them closely and not let them slack off even a little!"

Gao Mengli nodded and continued, "Village chief, my father hasn't had time to go check on the construction progress because he's making rough paper."

"I'll need you to look after it more; how about I pay you 40 coins a day?"

After all, the village chief himself is a figure of "prestige," making him the perfect candidate to be a contractor; there is no one more suitable than him.

If you want a horse to run, you have to make sure it's well-fed!

Upon hearing about the "supervisor's fee," the village chief's smile instantly brightened, his wrinkles brimming with laughter.

"Oh dear, niece-in-law, I'm almost embarrassed by this treatment. Don't worry, I'll definitely do my best!"