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Chapter 318 Mine Supervisor
A supervisor is supervising the work of mining workers at the new mining site in Anshan.

"Hello, Supervisor Huang." The mining workers who were pushing the wooden cart saw the supervisor coming, and greeted him one after another.

"Well, you all work hard. If you can exceed the quota, everyone will be rewarded." The supervisor said.

After the overseer walked away, several miners chewed their ears.

"The newly transferred Supervisor Huang is very talkative, and he doesn't put on airs at all."

"I heard that he was also a miner in the first two years. Later, because of his outstanding performance, he was promoted from a miner to a supervisor."

"The version of the story I heard is even more legendary! I heard that this supervisor used to be Jinyiwei Qianhu, who was caught by the army leader and became a miner. After being released, he voluntarily stayed and became the current supervisor."

"Is it true? Jin Yiwei Qianhu is a great big shot, would he be willing to stay here as a small overseer?"

"I didn't believe it at first, but it seems to be true."

Huang Qianhu didn't hear the gossip of several mining workers behind their backs.The so-called good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles. I don't know why the things about him being caught before started to be spread out. It looks like it's true.But Tangtang Jinyiwei Qianhu has become a supervisor, and no one will believe it if he tells it.

"Huang Qianhu, you are living a happy life now." A middle-aged man with dark skin came over.

"That's right, it's much better than when we were mining in Iron Mountain. We used to be prisoners, and the mining completion indicators were just a matter of food and clothing. Now we have our own income, and we don't have to work from dawn to dusk, and our status has also improved. " Huang Qianhu said with emotion.

"How many workers do you manage now?" the middle-aged man said.

"There are about four to fifty people, all in this area." Huang Qianhu said, pointing to a small mining field around him.

"The area I manage has only 30 to [-] people. I really envy you." The middle-aged man said.

"If you work hard, you will succeed sooner or later. Now that the Liao army is in the ascendant, the promotion will not be too slow, and it is not thanks to our two years of hard mining." Huang Qianhu said, "How is your old man?"

"The Fu Liao Army found us a house in the suburbs of Liaodong City. The old man planned to retire for the elderly. However, the Fu Liao Army asked him to manage the production of a small farm, with a small salary every month, and did not let the old man be idle. " said the middle-aged man.

This middle-aged man is Mao Chengzuo, the former deputy commander of Dongjiang Town and the son of Mao Wenlong.After Chu Yun wiped out the Houjin forces, Mao Wenlong and the others were released.Those who were willing to return to the customs were given money to leave, and those who were willing to stay outside the customs to serve as screws for industrial construction were basically promoted to low-level officials, and they were used up.They work hard in the mining field, and they are still cadres who started from the grassroots...

People like Huang Qianhu and Mao Chengzuo chose to stay in the mining field. With their own experience in the mining field and their brains that were originally brighter than their contemporaries, it was more than enough to serve as a supervisor.People like Mao Wenlong, who are over 50 years old and have certain influence, chose to retire, otherwise it would be really embarrassing in the Liao army.After all, Mao Wenlong is Chu Yun's old chief in name.

"Managing the farm is also very good. At least the environment is better than our mining farm, and it is also a good place to maintain one's health." Huang Qianhu said, "Why didn't the old man choose to enter the customs at the beginning? Given his seniority, the worst is not bad." You can be a second-rank or third-rank official."

"Didn't you also give up your identity as a thousand households of imperial guards and stay here?" Mao Chengzuo said.

"Haha, there is no need to mention it again. The imperial court is really corrupt. There is no need to go back and suffer. The Liao Army has already helped me bring my family back from the capital. The family is reunited, and there is no difference anywhere. It is said that the imperial court seems to have forgotten us. I No one stopped my family from coming out of the capital." Huang Qianhu said.

"What you said makes sense." Mao Chengzuo said.

"Oh? Why is it not very reasonable, but only nine points?" Huang Qianhu asked.

"Because we know very well that if we return to the customs, there is still a possibility that we will go to jail." Mao Chengzuo said meaningfully.

"That's true, that's true." Huang Qianhu nodded.

At this time, after more than a year of construction, Anshan has begun to show prosperity, replacing Tieshan as the largest iron ore producing area of ​​the Fuliao Army.There are tens of thousands of workers mining, smelting, and processing here alone.

Near Anshan Town, the Anshan Railway Station, which had been under construction for a long time, was finally completed.The Liaoning-South Railway will pass through here, continuously transporting iron ore to Liaodong City in the north and Dalian Port in the south.

Stephenson of the Railway Construction Committee personally supervised the construction of this railway, which shows that he attaches great importance to this section of the railway in Anshan.

"We can barely complete the task according to the construction schedule. If Zhan Tianyou is here, we can at least half a month sooner." Although the Anshan section of the railway was successfully completed, Stephenson was still dissatisfied with this section of the project. God bless.

Zhan Tianyou came from an era more than half a century later than him, and he mastered more advanced and systematic railway construction technology, which made Stephenson a little obsessed with Zhan Tianyou.

The rest of the local railway engineers in southern Liaoning who studied with Stephenson couldn't help but wiped their sweat.Zhan Tianyou is a highly intelligent talent who has studied railway engineering systematically in the United States. People of his age can barely get in touch with such a novel subject as railways. It is good that they can barely keep up.

"Master Stephenson, Lord Zhan Tianyou is going to the prairie to survey the terrain route under the order of the military master, and prepare a longer railway to connect the prairie with our railway. With such a project volume, it is estimated that our Liao Their exploration work can only be completed when the main trunk of the Southern Railway is laid," said a railway engineer.

"Only Zhan Tianyou can be this person, even I can't do it." Stephenson said, "However, our Southern Liaoning Railway runs through the most prosperous city and is the main artery that the military master relies on most. Soon Liaodong City, Haizhou, Anshan, Fuzhou, and Tieshan can be connected into one line. Next, we will go to supervise the route from Fuzhou to Gaizhou, Jinzhou, and Dalian Port. The progress there is still behind our plan. Some."

"Okay." After the completion of Anshan Station, a group of railway engineers packed their bags and prepared to go to the southern route to supervise the construction.

Anshan Railway Station looks very crude, with only a simple platform and eaves to shield the rain, but its appearance still attracts a large number of Anshan railway workers to watch.It is said that the steam locomotive built in Fuzhou will drive here from Fuzhou in a short time, and the ore here will be transported by steam train officially.

　There is one more chapter later. .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)