Urban Sims

In the blink of an eye, Zhou Ming, who has turned 6 years old, is about to follow his two brothers into the mines. Although his little arms and legs have little strength, he can still complete some simple ore moving and mineral processing tasks in the middle-level mining area.

And in a period of time, you can earn about 10 credits.

Zhou Ming has also begun to hear these days that his parents often discuss the topic of whether to arrange for him to go to the mines.

His father, Tie Man, hoped that he would go to the mines as soon as possible. Anyway, he was idle all day long. He wanted to familiarize himself with the mining process in advance. It was a bit hard work, but no one’s children were born like that.

"Just wait another two years. Xiaoqiang is still young and can't bear the hardship. He is so sensible and obedient. Why are you so cruel?"

Her mother, Hongyan, loves her little son the most. This son has never cried or made trouble since he was a child, and he often helps her with some housework. He is also very smart, and he even thought of collecting the scrapped rock drills and taking out some intact parts. By accident, I repaired my husband's broken rock drill several times, saving thousands of credit points. For such a talented son, my husband actually asked him to work in the mines...

His father Tie Man choked back his words, but every time he came back from the mines and dragged his tired body home, every time he saw his youngest son doing nothing and messing with some messy things, he felt angry. At the dinner table, there was another He would bring up the matter of letting Tie Qiang go to the mine, and then he would have a quarrel with his mother Hongyan.

Seeing that this was not the case, Zhou Ming pulled his father Tieman to a place and expressed his inner thoughts:

"Dad, I am currently studying how to repair the rock drill and protective clothing. I have already achieved some results, so I don't plan to go into the mine yet..."

His father's eyes widened and he stared at him. When his temper, which often flared up in front of outsiders, was about to explode, Zhou Ming's next words made him full of doubt and disbelief:

"Dad, I know there are several places where some precious ores that have not been discovered by others are hidden. I will tell you these places. If you dig them, not only will you no longer be able to ask me to dig, but you will also earn more credits. Give me half."

Knowing that his father didn't believe it, Zhou Ming made a bet with him. He also put on a set of protective clothing the next day and asked him to dig out the 30 kilogram piece of gold at the 3BC94 mine in the middle mining area and made a profit. More than 3,000 credits.

Only digging out a piece of precious ore was not enough to convince his father. In the next few days, he took his father to the ground and dug out a piece of platinum ore, a 60-kilogram piece of tungsten ore, and a huge sapphire... ...More than 10,000 credits were sold in total.

At this time, his father Tie Man finally believed that his youngest son had the mysterious ability to predict where precious ores were, so he agreed to his request and would not take him with him until he turned 9 years old in three years. Go down to the mine.

As for the total of more than 13,000 credit points, it is reasonable to give half of it to his son Tie Qiang, but he did not give any credit points and did not even bother to use the excuse of "helping to keep it for a few days." Why put so much money?

Zhou Ming shook his head helplessly. Fortunately, he has basically mastered the skills of repairing rock drills, protective clothing and other tools. When his "Tiejia Repair Shop" opens, he will also be able to earn credit points.

Yes, he has found the only way to get rich that is within the tolerance of the company besides selling fresh water, magma power generation, and greenhouses - repairing tools.

The mining tools used by the miners are of high technological content. For example, rock drills can drill through rock formations harder than diamonds; the technological content of protective suits is higher than the spacesuits in Zhou Ming's world. With the level of education of the miners, after taking apart the machine, they would be confused when they see the complicated wiring, let alone repair it.

Sometimes a small fault has to be taken to the company's repair shop for repair.

As for the repair cost, it usually starts at 100 credits, and can even cost thousands of credits.

Zhou Ming actually discovered this business opportunity very early. However, the native Tie Qiang was a poor student and had no perseverance to learn. Zhou Ming learned some mechanical principles of this world through the handheld learning machine, which is at least fifty years ahead of the earth. Years of industrial technology opened his eyes.

So he embarked on the path of a mechanical repairman, using his brainpower to solve his own livelihood.

Credit points are not difficult to earn. If a miner's tool breaks, and the company needs to charge 300 points for a fault that requires up to 50 credit points, he only needs 150 points... If this miner is not a fool, he should It’s better to know where to go for repairs.

Two months later, the "Tiejia Repair Shop" opened. Zhou Ming, who was less than 7 years old, said in front of many miners who were watching the excitement that if their mining tools broke down, they could come to him to repair them. When the company's repair shop offered more favorable prices, the adults just smiled and didn't take it seriously. In the early days of the opening of the Tiejia repair shop, there were only a few people and the business was bleak.

It wasn't until a week later that the rock drill of Uncle Niu, his neighbor, burned out due to overheating. When he took it to the company's repair shop and was told that the damage was serious and that it would cost 1,000 credits to repair, Uncle Niu, who didn't have so much money on hand, decided to try his luck. I came to the Tiejia repair shop, but Zhou Ming fiddled with it a few times. After replacing the motor, it cost 300 credits to fix it. Uncle Niu jumped up with joy.

Soon, the news spread to ten, and all the miners in the mining area knew about it. The business of Tiejia Repair Shop quickly became prosperous. In less than half a year, not only the miners in the third mining area, but also the tools came out. After the malfunction, the first thing that came to mind was to come to the Tiejia repair shop for repairs. Miners from the nearby fourth and fifth mining areas also brought their machines to the Tiejia repair shop for repairs.

In the best month of business, Zhou Ming earned nearly 100,000 credit points.

He thus became the person with the highest status in the family, and even his father, Tieman, would not speak so loudly to him.

However, being a mechanical repairman was just a career transition for Zhou Ming. When he was 9 years old, he still put on protective clothing and went to the mines with his brother Tieshan. The comfortable repair work was left to his apprentices, while he went underground to exercise instead. Muscles up.

This situation is mainly due to two reasons. First, in order to suppress Tiejia repair shops, the company increased the selling price of spare parts and also reduced official repair fees, resulting in a significant decline in customers and profits of Tiejia repair shops; the other When Zhou Ming went to mine, he really had to consciously exercise his body during the heavy physical labor of mining at the age of 9, when his body was almost fully developed.

It's not just about training his muscles. Zhou Ming's unparalleled fighting consciousness and fighting skills in the previous dungeons were experienced. Because there are only a few residual memories left, he also has to use repeated training to master them. Those fighting skills are retrieved, not to mention one-on-one, one-on-ten, at least they must be practiced.

So, when he was 10 years old, Zhou Ming also put on a homemade canned protective suit and quietly followed into the battle between the third mining area and the fourth mining area for the ore, hiding behind the adults. In the chaotic weapons fighting field, After taking down two adults, he was chased by seven or eight adults from the fourth mining area. He had to take off his bulky protective clothing and got into the winding mine tunnels. With constant ambushes and sneak attacks, these adults... Six of them were left in the mine forever by him, while he was unharmed.

Zhou Ming became famous in one battle, and in subsequent conflicts with the Jin brothers and the Lang brothers, he defeated each other many times with one against three and one against five, making the Tie brothers' reputation famous in the third mining area. Be in awe and dare not provoke anyone who sees you.

but……

If no one dared to provoke him, Zhou Ming's plan to hone his martial arts skills and become invincible would be completely ruined.

So, he took out more than 1 million credits accumulated over the years, recruited a group of young people from the mining area, and established an "Iron Brotherhood" with a size of about 100 people. He became the leader of the gang, and these younger brothers, In addition to practicing with him and giving him tricks, Zhou Ming bought a batch of new mining equipment and distributed it to these younger brothers. He also taught them the "cooperative mining method in groups of three", which greatly improved the mining efficiency. , coupled with the large number of people, the best mine veins in the third mining area were naturally occupied by this gang.

Later, the Iron Brotherhood also developed the water storage rock formation above the head of the No. 3 Mining Area, providing free water and free baths every day. Liu Wei, the manager of the No. 3 Mining Area, once wanted to send someone to take back this water source, but as soon as it was revealed, the next day More than 300 "sealed iron cans" were blocked at the door of the mining company branch. Each person held a machete nearly two meters long... Seeing this posture, Liu Wei shrank his head and did not dare to go any further. Trouble with the Iron Brotherhood.

When he was 16 years old, Zhou Ming was the one with the biggest say in the Third Mining Area (the company was considered a bird), and as the Iron Brotherhood expanded in size, and in the surrounding Qiba Mining Area, he also After establishing a branch organization and establishing a foothold, various mining areas that have been in a state of chaos and autonomy have faintly emerged a force that can compete with the company's influence.

If things continue like this, Zhou Ming should be on the road to rebellion from the bottom. However, he restrains his subordinates and tries to avoid conflicts with the company. Small fights are allowed, but big moves that stimulate the company's nerves are basically prohibited. , and even expelled more than a dozen gang members who did not obey the rules.

"It is easy to defeat a company, but it is difficult to defeat the forces behind the company. With the cultural quality of these gang members and their muscular thinking that only knows how to act on impulse, in the face of a large number of high-tech weapons that wipe out a large area, millions more are useless, and they still have to leave. That road to the murderous competition..."

So, at the age of 18, as the leader of the Iron Brotherhood with nearly 3,000 members and the manager of the Tiejia chain repair shop, Tie Qiang was known as the "Little Prince of Mining" among young women and girls in many mining areas. Made a decision that surprised everyone:

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