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Having just finished a day's hard work, the black-faced men were already starving. Now when they smelled this strange fragrance, their stomachs began to rumble and their appetites increased.
A slightly old miner dragged his tired body forward. He had no hair, only a messy beard dyed black and gray.
"Wife, why are you here?" He walked up to the middle-aged woman and handed her three silver soul coins. "I only dug three silver coins today."
The elderly miner was the middle-aged woman's husband.
He pounded his waist and said in a deep voice: "My old waist can still hold on, but I don't know how many more years this mine can be mined and how much money I can save."
Huo Yuhao observed the miner carefully. He was shirtless, revealing his bronze skin covered with dust and his lean and strong physique, but his belly was bulging, which looked a bit disproportionate.
He has several levels of soul power, and although he is unkempt, one can tell at a glance that he is good at physical work.
“Three silver coins are not a small number.” The middle-aged woman took the dusty Silver Soul coin with some heartache and put it away carefully.
The older miner then turned his gaze to Huo Yuhao, staring at the grilled fish in front of him. He swallowed and asked, "Little brother, how much are you selling this fish for?"
"Two bronze soul coins for one."
The miner was a little unconvinced: "This..."
The middle-aged woman next to him quickly handed him a silver soul coin and said, "Young man, bring us five."
“Thank you for your patronage.” Huo Yuhao smiled and said to the person beside him, “Tian Meng, take the money.”
Tian Meng blinked once before reacting and happily took the slightly dirty Silver Soul coin.
"Okay~"
Five fragrant grilled fish were handed to the miner and his co-workers. Of course, he could not finish five large grilled fish by himself.
Once the first person buys, others will follow.
"Give me two, too."
"Give me too..."
"Haha, I haven't eaten so well in a long time." A group of miners ate heartily without caring about their image to fill their stomachs.
After eating two grilled fish, the older miner seemed much more energetic and asked Huo Yuhao, "Little brother, are you new here?"
"Yes, what's the matter, uncle?" Huo Yuhao responded while grilling fish.
"You can't survive if you sell your stuff so cheaply."
Huo Yuhao smiled and said, "Don't worry, uncle. I have my own channels. Even if I sell two bronze soul coins, I can still make some money. At most, I can make a small profit but quick turnover."
"Little brother, I'm doing this for your own good." The older miner shook his head and said, "Not everyone can do business here. Haven't you noticed that there are not many vendors here?"
Huo Yuhao frowned when he heard this. He slightly expanded his spiritual detection and indeed did not find many small vendors on the street.
"What's the point?" he asked.
At this moment, a loud shout came from the other end of the street. All the miners were shocked when they heard it, and some of them shrank back to make way to the side.
A tall and strong man with red hair was coming towards Huo Yuhao with a menacing look.
"Who allowed you to set up a stall here?"
He asked Huo Yuhao in a haughty manner. As soon as he spoke, he also had a very obvious Xing Luo accent.
Huo Yuhao asked calmly, "Excuse me, is there any problem with setting up a stall here?"
"No problem, of course no problem."
The red-haired man sneered and glanced at the grilled fish in front of him: "But as long as you set up a stall here, you have to hand over half of your income to our brother Nan as stall fees."
"And all food and drinks sold must be purchased from our wine shop, otherwise it will be banned."
Collecting protection money? Huo Yuhao frowned when he heard this.
Bingdi raised her eyebrows, and without even raising her hand, she could make the blind little gangster in front of her piss and piss herself in fear, but she was stopped by Huo Yuhao's voice transmission.
The other miners and women did not dare to step forward and speak, simply because the red-haired burly man was a second-ring great soul master who was used to bullying people here.
Huo Yuhao said coldly: "From your accent, you should also be from Xingluo, right?"
The red-haired burly man sneered: "So what?"
"Since we are all Xingluo people, we should help each other in a foreign country."
"But you're asking for half of our income, and we have to buy goods from you. Isn't that a bit too overbearing?"
The red-haired burly man laughed loudly: "Bully? We are all Xingluo people, so what? Don't try to make friends with me."
"We have no control over the Sun and Moon people. As long as the Xingluo people come to our mining area, they must abide by the rules of our mining area."
"Otherwise, I'll smash your stall."
Faced with the threat from the red-haired burly man, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but cover his face and laughed comically.
It was reasonable for the Sun and Moon people to reject the Xingluo immigrants. However, the red-haired strong man in front of him, who was also a Xingluo person, could bully his compatriots so easily and naturally, which made Huo Yuhao feel particularly absurd and admired him sincerely in his heart.
He was originally curious about how the mine owners managed so many immigrants, but now he suddenly understood.
It turns out that the people used by the mine owners to manage the Xingluo people were the Xingluo people. I have to say that they are truly a group of geniuses who have fully understood human nature.
This is also the reason why Huo Yuhao wanted to laugh.
"It's like when fellow villagers meet, they shoot each other in the back."
Chapter 445: Hidden Miners
Sometimes, when witnessing an injustice, some people do not feel too indignant. Instead, their anger is diluted by a sense of ridiculousness and absurdity.
This is what Huo Yuhao is like now. He is looking at the red-haired burly man in front of him who is showing off his power to him, and he really wants to see what other classic quotes the other party can utter.
The red-haired burly man was tall and looked intimidating in the face of Huo Yuhao, but he was soon distracted by a fragrance and his big nostrils flared continuously.
The source of the fragrance was the herring on the grill in front of me.
The red-haired sturdy man didn't even ask the price. He just grabbed a big grilled fish and started to gobble it up.
Huo Yuhao did not stop him, his eyes narrowed behind his sunglasses.
Huo Qiuer turned her head and glanced at him, as if she was surprised that he could endure it.
Tian Meng immediately yelled in dissatisfaction: "Hey, big idiot, you haven't paid yet."
"Pay? You set up a stall here without permission, and you still have the nerve to ask me for money?" The red-haired sturdy man said while tearing the fish meat with enjoyment, "Not bad, not bad. I didn't expect you to have some skills. You look unfamiliar, so you must have just arrived."
"If you work for our Brother Nan, your barbecue skills will be enough for you to eat and drink, and you don't have to work with these black guys in the mine every day to break rocks."
As he spoke, he glanced at the miners around him with contempt, his tone full of ridicule. The miners and women around him did not dare to say anything when they heard his ridicule.
Huo Yuhao spoke up at this time. He did not accuse or curse, but rather calmly confirmed a question: "The Brother Nan you mentioned is also from Xingluo, right?"
The red-haired sturdy man raised his head and laughed loudly: "It doesn't matter if Brother Nan was from Xingluo before. As long as you come to the mining area, there is no distinction between Xingluo people and Sun and Moon people. If you want to make a living in the mining area, you have to listen to our Brother Nan. He is a big shot under the Ding mine owner. This area is under his control."
"Boy, I think you have good skills, come with me to meet Brother Nan."
After receiving a positive answer, Huo Yuhao laughed helplessly and said, "Oh, so you were all from Xingluo before. I see."
Originally, he imagined that the red-haired burly man and Brother Nan behind him were forced to bully these Xingluo fellow villagers due to the tyranny of the mine owner, but judging from his arrogant and unreasonable attitude, his true nature was completely exposed.
"Thank you for your patronage. Two copper coins for a grilled fish."
Huo Yuhao suddenly spoke very calmly, and his tone sounded as if he treated the red-haired burly man as a normal customer.
The red-haired man was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and his expression suddenly became angry: "You still have the guts to take the money, didn't you hear what I just said?"
Huo Yuhao still repeated calmly: "Two copper coins."
The red-haired sturdy man took a big bite of the grilled fish in his hand, his eyes wide open: "I think you are really deaf."
Huo Yuhao slowly raised his head, and his originally calm tone suddenly became cold: "Why? Are you eating delicious food?"
The red-haired sturdy man didn't expect that Huo Yuhao would value money more than his life. He dared to ask him for money even after he had said so much. He felt that his face was completely lost in front of everyone.
He threw the wooden stick in his hand to the ground and was about to swing his fist towards Huo Yuhao: "If you don't accept my toast, I will smash your stall today!"
The miners and women were all worried when they saw this scene, and they were worried about what would happen to Huo Yuhao. After all, they were all ordinary people, and the red-haired man who was a great spirit master was already terrifying to them.
This punch is enough to cause a strong adult male to have a brain concussion and fall unconscious.
However, just as the red-haired burly man's fist punched out, he lost his balance, his feet left the ground, and his whole body was lifted up by an unknown huge force.
He was horrified to find that Huo Yuhao's arm was harder than any metal, and it held his collar in the air like a steel clamp, and he didn't even have the ability to resist.
This person is also a soul master? A soul master? Or a soul lord?
"I do not drink."
A cold voice reached the ears of the red-haired sturdy man, and he realized that the seemingly ordinary small vendor in front of him was actually a tough guy he could not afford to offend.
At this point, he used up his last bit of strength and shouted, "If you dare to cause trouble on Brother Nan's territory, Brother Nan will never let you go!"
The red-haired man’s threat seemed to have worked. Huo Yuhao did not take any further action. He just held him up and asked coldly, “Is the Brother Nan you mentioned very strong?”
Seeing Huo Yuhao showing his fear, the red-haired sturdy man became a little more confident: "Our Brother Nan will soon break through the fourth ring and become the largest mine owner in the Southeast Mining Area. If you know what's good for you, put me down."
Huo Yuhao frowned slightly when he heard this: "Isn't the biggest mine owner here surnamed Ding? When will it be someone else's turn?"
The red-haired sturdy man said, "Mine Owner Ding said a few days ago that he would hand over all the mines under his command to Brother Nan. If you still want to work in the mines in the future, then..."
Before he could finish his words, Huo Yuhao had already lost his patience and was too lazy to pay attention to him. He carried his tall body and walked towards the alley at the corner of the street.
Huo Qiuer and the others witnessed him passing by. The miners and women around him did not dare to follow him and could only wait in fear and curiosity.
After a while, Huo Yuhao came back calmly.
Huo Qiuer frowned and asked suspiciously: "What did you do to him?"
Huo Yuhao replied nonchalantly, “Throw it away.”
Huo Qiuer: "..."
This answer is brief yet inspiring.
She was sure that Huo Yuhao would not kill the other person for such a small matter, but she didn't know how he would kill him. In any case, it would not be a comfortable ending.
Tian Meng stuck out his tongue and gloated, "It's what you deserve. This is what happens when you buy something without paying."
The miners and women around were stunned when they saw this scene.
"Young man, oh no, sir, you... you are actually the soul master!"