Wanli Xinming

Chapter 342 Kindness
"Asheng, Asheng!" Chen Asheng had an illusion when the familiar local accent came into his ears, as if he had returned to the Guangzhou Wharf.At that time, Brother Yonglin, who had been separated, shouted for him to assemble on the "Rangon".

Unfortunately, even though Chen Yonglin had repeatedly instructed Chen Asheng to go to the east of the wharf, the silly boy, Ah Sheng, got on the wrong boat. The 辏号", pronounced similar to "Rangoon", was headed for Annan.

The illiterate Chen Asheng confirmed with others several times and completely believed that this was the "Rangoon", so he waited for Chen Yonglin on the wrong boat, and was finally pulled to Annan. ——Although he did not find Chen Yonglin on the boat at the time, he thought he was on the right boat, so he could only wait for Brother Yonglin to come to him at the bow, and Chen Yonglin, who got on the right boat, chose to be the same as him. So lost.

Cousins ​​like Chen Yonglin and Chen Asheng who are separated in the tide of immigration are really common and normal.Regrettably, the two brothers were very far apart - one in Bago and one in Quang Ninh.

It was not until the boat opened that Chen Asheng realized that this was not a boat to Myanmar, and he was about to jump into the sea in a hurry.Fortunately, a fellow from Guizhou who was on the same boat pulled him back and said, "What are you afraid of? Guangning is not far from Guangzhou. When you get rich and go home, you are afraid that you won't be able to see your brother?"

With his fellow villagers, Chen Asheng made up his mind, and was dragged to Halong Port in Annan.Although this place is called a port, several wooden piers were built at the beginning, and Chen Asheng followed his fellow villagers as soon as he got off the boat.

The fellow is from the city of Guizhou, and he is over 30 years old. After he stepped on the wooden plank road extending into the sea, he turned to Chen Asheng and said, "Would you like to farm or work? I want to work."

Chen Asheng was a good rice farmer, and he also went to the city to work as a part-time worker. He was afraid that he and this fellow would also be separated, so he pleaded in his voice: "I have worked, and I want to follow Uncle Huang."

When the man heard the words, he knew what was going on with the eldest child, and he couldn't help feeling sympathy, and said, "Then follow me, my name is Huang Yisheng, I'll be at home, your second uncle—forget it, We have two different surnames, you call me second uncle, and it seems more intimate." Chen Asheng heard the care in his words, and shouted excitedly, "second uncle!"

When the two "nephews" walked ashore from the plank road, they were suddenly stunned by the scene on the beach. There were recruiters with various accents everywhere, and they seemed to have entered the den of human traffickers:

"Come, come, come! The Annan Governor's Mansion has begun to recruit troops! Han Er is the priority, and the two months' salary will be closed first when entering the barracks!"

"Look at the banner - Dingguo's public business! Call for stewards and supervisors! Han'er does not know how to read! Big business company, guaranteed!"

"Is there anyone who can serve the paddy fields? Come here and give the [-] acres of good paddy fields, and use two slave laborers! There are no restrictions on Han people and seedlings, even if they come from China!"

"My lord is the honored guest of Jin Wangfu's family. It's good to hire paddy fields with a high salary. You don't need to work. As a supervisor, the monthly salary is [-] taels, and there will be dividends at the end of the year!"

"Anyone who can play with buffalo? Anyone who can play with buffalo?"

Although Huang Yisheng was twice as big as Chen Asheng, he had never encountered such a posture before.Chen Asheng dragged his second uncle's clothes, and made up his mind that he would not leave this godfather even if he died.

The two nephews turned around for a while, and Huang Yisheng even gave up most of the idea of ​​going to work—the demand for skilled paddy fields in Annan was too strong, and several Yibins of the palace even shouted a high salary of [-] taels a month to let Huang Yisheng felt that it might be better for him to follow his nephew.

While he was tangled, he heard a gong sound in the distance, and the crowd rushed over there.Although the two nephews did not know why, they resolutely ran after them.

I saw seven or eight men holding a flag they didn't know, standing in an open space with their chests out and protruding belly. There were two large bamboo baskets under the flag, and a group of sturdy men with knives and guns, guarded by the side.

When the crowd gathered, a man in fancy clothes took out an iron barrel horn and shouted to the crowd: "Men, I am the steward of King Lu's family, and this man next to me is from the family of Deng Dashuai, who was originally stationed in Myanmar. Look at the flag first, this is the word 'Lu', this is the prince's flag!"

"You just came to this place, you may not know it. I tell you, those who dare to raise flags here are true! Otherwise, it will be a crime of beheading!"

"No gossip—the day before yesterday, twenty miles from here, a large open-pit coal mine was discovered! Three feet of soil is full of coal. Our trading company calls for managers and supervisors! Those who can read more than [-] can read five taels per month, and those who cannot read Three taels per month, cash! After signing the contract, I will give you two months' salary first! Give the house and wait for the slave girl! There are no restrictions on Han and Miao, as long as they are from China!"

After saying these words, the man bent down and grabbed a handful of silver beans from the bamboo basket, spread out his palms and said, "Look, this is half a pair of silver beans! Sign the contract for at least twelve!" The silver beans fell from his hands to the basket again, and the crowd roared and exploded.

The attractiveness of this thing is too strong, much stronger than the persuasiveness of those light mouths on the beach before.The more than 300 people who got off this boat counted one by one, shouting one after another, I am willing to go!
Seeing this, the steward smiled smugly and shouted with a tin horn: "Those who can read two thousand characters stand on my left, those who can read one thousand characters stand in the middle, and those who can't read stand on the right! We have interviews here, but we dare not Lie!"

However, except for a few people who stood up looking at each other, a large group of Wu Yangyang was standing on the right hand side of the steward.

It was easy to see that the stewards of Prince Lu's Mansion didn't seem to have the confidence to stand up. It was estimated that these guys knew a few hundred words.

Huang Yisheng almost regretted his bowels at this time. The "Nanjing Daily" sales channel has been spread to Guizhou for several years. When I was working, I especially liked to listen to literate workers reading serial novels. At that time, I was really tempted to learn to read.However, the literacy classes in the city charge tuition fees, and Erji Huang was just a little off!
Among the people on the scene, those who have this idea must account for the majority.In particular, the few guys who stood up stammered, and after reading a short paragraph of text with guesswork, the scene where they signed the contract with Yindouzi was like a hot soldering iron making a deep imprint in the hearts of everyone at the scene.

After the literate person signed the word and pressed his handprint, the manager put away the contract and said, "There are only a few who are in charge, and we will start calling for supervisors! Be strong, young bachelor!"

Huang Yisheng listened, looked at Chen Asheng and said, "Asheng, hurry up and squeeze forward!" Chen Asheng exerted his strength when he heard the words, shook his arms, and quickly pushed his second uncle to the front of the team.Huang Yisheng bent down and squeezed forward, while ruthlessly pulling away the sparse beard above his lips.

Although there were blood beads on the upper lip after taking off the beard, the Deng family steward who was in charge of the recruitment seemed to recognize Huang Yisheng's ruthlessness and gave him a contract.In this way, even if the two nephews joined the "Guangning Coal Industry", they became two supervisors with whips.

The training time was very short, and as Commander Gong Xian continued to transport prisoners to the rear, the Quang Ninh Coal Industry also opened soon.The steward of Nalu Palace did not lie. The slave laborers who had their thumbs cut off used shovels to dig down three feet and saw the black and shiny coal.

Chen Asheng's job was very simple. He and nine other supervisors were in charge of 150 slave laborers. The fate of these people was in their hands.

Behind the overseers, there were thugs hired by King Lu—actually, Deng Zilong's former family servants who were in charge of security work. These people had Wanli [-]-type bird guns in their hands.

When he swung the first whip, the simple and honest Chen Asheng felt that there was more fear mixed with the stimulation.When he swung the second whip, the prisoner cried in pain, causing him to almost throw the whip, turn his head and run away from here.

When he swung the tenth whip, he had little pity for these slave laborers.After all, these people spoke words that they could not understand, and looked at them with a fierce light in their eyes.

When he couldn't remember how many whips he had beaten, Chen Asheng and the people who were whipped were completely numb.

For Chen Asheng, whipping slave workers is a job; for the suffering slave workers, being whipped is a fate.Both parties have completely accurate positioning of their own lives, so that they have both found the fulcrum of their souls and no longer feel pain about it.

Only when he heard Huang Erji's voice full of local accents would Chen Asheng's iron heart soften, and he used the whip to make a crisp sound in the air instead of hitting a slacker's back - Chen Asheng's biggest kindness.

(End of this chapter)