The next morning, the workers all got up early. Today was the day they were paid and the day they were leaving.
"Uncle, it would be great if I could keep doing this job. My baby will be fat and I will have enough to eat every day. It's a pity that I only lasted two months."
"Xiaosanzi, just be satisfied. If we catch up with previous years, we don't know how many people the family will have to survive the winter. At least the two months' wages can be converted into cornmeal, which will be enough for the family to chew grain for two years."
"I know, uncle. I'm either greedy or I blame myself for not having the skills. The shipyard didn't recruit any workers. We just have a lot of energy and can't do the delicate work. Alas!"
The workers were buzzing with discussion, and most of them were reluctant to part with this job.
When they saw the factory director and chief engineer coming out, they immediately became quiet. They knew that this was the rule in the factory and they were not allowed to make any noise when the leaders came.
Mingyan looked at these workers, and they were so sensible that it was unbearable. The master often said that the difference between workers and farmers was that they were disciplined and obeyed management, and they were the best source of soldiers.
These people only worked for two months, and they acted automatically, spontaneously, and consciously in accordance with the factory's regulations. Everyone cherished this opportunity and worked very hard.
Mingyan coughed and cleared her throat.
"Everyone, I have kept you waiting for a long time. Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. We just finished cleaning the dock yesterday. We are very sorry for delaying everyone's New Year celebrations."
There was a buzz below, and everyone was probably shaking their heads and saying that it was only natural for them to pay for work, and they didn’t blame the employer.
"During this period, many people in our family have difficulties and have paid wages and food in advance. This has been recorded. After a while, they all went to the finance department to queue up according to each brigade to collect the remaining wages. Those who wanted food took the delivery slip.
Go to the warehouse and queue up to receive food."
There was another buzz of excitement below. This shipyard has always kept its word. They have basically paid wages and food in advance, and are familiar with these processes.
"Now what I want to say is another thing. You all should listen to it while you are here. After receiving your rations, go home and discuss it with your family. If you are interested, come back and sign up within half a month. After half a month, forget it.
I automatically gave up."
As soon as Ming Yan said this, there was a buzz of discussion below. Although these workers were uneducated, they were not stupid. When they heard this, it seemed that they would have another job. They all became excited. Everyone in the various brigades, squadrons, and squadrons
The captain scolded them one after another and told them to be quiet.
These captains were all assigned to stay in the shipyard as workers, and they were actively maintaining order.
"The owner of our shipyard is a Qianhu officer of the Jinyi Guard, or a commander of the Zunhua Guard."
Suddenly there was another buzz. They had long thought that the boss might have some background, because no subordinates had ever come here to look for trouble and get what they wanted.
Other businesses are tired of dealing with these cunning and difficult officials, and they have never been seen here.
In fact, it's not that I haven't been here before. If someone who is blind comes to cause trouble, I can just let the little girl's people take them to the hidden pile here in Dongchang and clean them up, and no one will come to make trouble again.
"Since our shipyard needs good wood for shipbuilding, everyone knows that there is a place in the north called Nuergandusi, which is the hometown of our Ming Dynasty. Later, it was abandoned because it was too far and it was inconvenient to manage."
Chen San asked in confusion: "Uncle, where is this slave Gandusi?"
Chen Zuwang served as a soldier in the Denglai Navy and floated at sea for more than 20 years. Later, his son was relieved of duty, so he came back to work odd jobs to live out his old age. He was considered a well-connected member of the Chen family.
"The full name of this place is Nurgandu Commandery Division. It is a provincial-level military unit. It was established in the seventh year of Yongle and abandoned during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong. It can be reached by sea. I went there once with the navy when I was young. It takes half a mile to go.
moon."
"It's so far away. It takes half a month by boat."
Mingyan continued: "There is a peninsula near the mouth of the Tumen River, and there is a port at the southern end of the peninsula, called Vladivostok. Our shipyard is going to recruit a group of lumberjacks to go there to cut down white oak for shipbuilding. Those who are willing to go, basically
The monthly salary is one tael of silver a month, and there is a piece rate for logging. For every cubic foot of wood cut down, you will be given a pure copper coin. There are thousands of years old forests there, and a tree can be as long as fifty feet at least."
There was another discussion immediately below, and they were obviously shocked by this treatment. They were frightened to death by the guaranteed monthly salary of one tael. There was only one tael for cutting down a tree. If you cut down a tree a day, it would be three taels a month.
The piece rate of silver. Adding the basic salary is four taels of silver, which is fifty taels a year.
Oh my God! Isn’t this developed? Why worry about two meals a day? After working for a few years, you can go back to Tianjin to buy land. When you get old, you will go out to the fields of cattle and sheep, and when you go home, your wife and children will be on the hot bed. How much is that?
What a beautiful day.
"Uncle, uncle, let's all go, this is a good thing that fell from the sky!" Chen San was so excited that he almost suffered a cerebral thrombosis on the spot.
"Why are you so excited? You know nothing. Do you know where that place is? There are tigers and black bears everywhere, and there are also savage Jurchens who are ten times more ferocious than Jiannu. Wild wolves are in groups."
"Ah! It's so scary, so they still have to go."
Chen Zuwang is fifty years old this year and has experienced a lot. He sighed and said: "Little Sanzi, you don't know, there are treasures everywhere. You can find gold in the river sand, there are pearls in the river clams, and even falcons."
They are all sea greens. Roe deer are beaten with sticks, and pheasants fly into the rice pot. There are ginseng, mink, hazel mushrooms, Hericium, and pine nuts on the mountain. The port he was talking about is called Vladivostok, which specializes in sea cucumbers from the cold zone.
, it takes more than ten years to grow an inch, and eating it is as nourishing as ginseng! There are deer all over the mountains and plains, with coal, iron, copper and silver. The land is fertile, black and oily, and you can grab a handful of it.
Come on. Hey! What a great place."
Chen San was dumbfounded. Isn't this paradise on earth?
Chen Zuwang looked at his drooling look and sneered: "No matter how good the place is, you still have to survive. It is a place where even a few slaves dare not go. It shows how scary it is. The savages there are all
Only by fighting for your life like a beast can you survive. The cold in winter can freeze a steel knife to pieces, and if you urinate, it will freeze into an icicle when it falls to the ground."
"What, how is this possible?" Chen San's eyes widened, this was too unbelievable.
"Don't believe me, Chen Laoqi is so rude. That guy was the one who insisted on eating frozen pears at the port he mentioned. That thing looked like a pear, but it was frozen as hard as a rock. If you slap it on the back of your head, you can eat it.
To beat out the brains, you have to soak the thing in cold water and then scoop out the ice. When there is no ice, you can eat it. He just put it on his tongue and licked it, and it stuck to the tongue and froze it. Hey! Pour two pots of hot water on it.
The water just came off my tongue. It almost froze off."
"What, this is why Grandpa Qi is so awkward when speaking. Why has he never said it before?"
"It's bullshit. I have so many children and grandchildren. Do you have the nerve to say it? You said you were greedy when you were young and you almost became mute. Humph!"