my wife is a consul

Chapter 214

Sansha Town is a settlement built around the Sansha Coal Mine. A small town has sprung up next to the mining area surrounded by barbed wire. Today there are more than 300 households and a population of about [-].

People in the town rely on the coal mines for a living, most of them are families of miners for generations, or they are people who serve the mining area.

The mayor appointed by the county office is far less tough than the mine owner here. The mine owner is the real parents of everyone in this town and the real ruler here.

Longgang County has well-developed small railway tracks leading to each coal mine. After the coal is dug, these small coal mines use oxen and horses to pull railcars from all directions to transport the coal to the freight train station near the county town, and then transport it uniformly by special coal trains. Walk.

But the traffic road from Longgang County to Sansha Town is full of potholes and rubbish.

The Longgang County Office only has a jeep dedicated to the county governor.

Deputy Governor Gao Shaoting was a good man and lent the county police station's only three-wheeled sidecar motorcycle to Lu Ming, a related account of the Xiyang county magistrate.

Heitou was the driver, Lu Ming sat in the sidecar, and Uncle Sun sat in the back seat.

Thunderstorm, Heifeng, and classmate Zhao hired a carriage.

More than 30 miles away, starting in the morning, waiting for the speed of the carriage, so it took more than two hours to arrive at Sansha Town at noon.

The small front of the town hall is crowded in the shops facing the street, and the signboard with black paint and white background hanging on the door frame is not as impressive as the vertical signboards of the nearby grocery store and grain and rice store.

The mayor of Sansha Town, Liu Sili, is in his 40s, with thick brows and big eyes.

Lu Ming has seen his profile. He is a student who graduated from a middle school in Heishan. In Longgang, he definitely has a high degree of education. As a result, after graduating and returning to Longgang, he worked as a clerk at the lowest level. After wandering for 20 years, he failed to get a promotion. Until three years ago, when he became the county magistrate, this Liu Sili didn't know how he got the hang of it, and was promoted to be the mayor of Sansha Town. He must have been cruel and borrowed money to buy the position.

But apart from the famine he owed, he was still depressed, especially since the previous governor was transferred out soon. He probably didn't have the money to communicate with the previous county governor, and he was already on the verge of standing aside.

Having called in advance, Lu Ming took out the introduction letter from Gao Shaoting, and Liu Sili warmly welcomed Lu Ming and others into his office.

The town office is just two rooms facing the street. In addition to the mayor Liu Sili, there are two clerks in the entire town office, which means that the imperial power does not come down to the county.

And the holsters and pistols hanging on the hangers in Liu Sili's office are even more characteristic of Jiangning Province. Even if it is close to Anton Province, there is no saying that township officials should equip their own guns to deter possible dangers and protect their own safety. of.

"Brigade Commander Hu didn't come?" Lu Ming asked with a smile.

Last night, Gao Shaoting should have informed Brigadier Hu to come to the town office to handle the coal mine handover formalities with him.

Liu Sili smiled wryly, and picked up the tin box of shredded tobacco on the table.

The black head standing behind Lu Ming took two steps and handed a pack of cigarettes to Liu Sili.

Lu Ming knew that blackheads smoked, but he never smoked in front of him, but he didn't want to. With her eyesight, it seems that Bizhu's training has also broadened her horizons, knowing that she can share her master's worries, and she is no longer just a thoughtless person. Items, the master ordered to do things.

"Oh? Donghai brand... I've only heard of it..." Liu Sili's eyes lit up, he stood up and took it with both hands, and after sitting down, he put the cigarette aside, but he didn't bother to unscrew the lid of the shredded tobacco tin box, and said to Lu Ming with a wry smile : "Brigade Commander Hu just left for a while, and said that he is too busy now, and he has to rush to the provincial capital to meet his uncle Commander Hu, and we will talk about the handover when he comes back."

Lu Ming suddenly noticed that one side of Liu Sili's face was a little red and swollen, as if he had been slapped severely by someone.

Lu Ming nodded: "Then you don't have to wait for him to be present. The mining contract in his hand has expired and will be automatically voided. I have a new contract here, so I just go to take over the coal mine. Anyway, I will take over the workers, the foreman and so on. Everything follows the original routine. And then the economic account, when he has time to come back to do the calculation, I will definitely count it clearly when I receive it, his personal belongings, tools and coal that have not been transported before today are all his, if there is any doubt , you can file a lawsuit with me at that time."

Liu Sili was stunned, "Are you in a hurry? How about it? It's noon soon. I'll arrange lunch for Mr. Lu and his followers. After eating, I'll see if I can call him and tell Mr. Lu what he meant. Tell him and see how he responds."

At this moment, Heitou whispered in Lu Ming's ear, "Master, look outside."

Lu Ming turned his head, but saw outside the window, Uncle Sun, Thunderstorm and Hei Feng had blocked the window intentionally or unintentionally.

And from the streets on both sides, some ragged men and children were coming. Many of them were dark, and they looked like they had just come out of the coal well. Their expressions were numb, and they slowly gathered.

Liu Sili also Huo De stood up, his face turned pale, and he turned around and picked up the holster on the hanger.

Having read countless literary works and film and television dramas in his previous life, Lu Ming knew this trick even with his eyes closed. It was nothing more than encouraging the miners, how the new boss sucked blood, and they might not be able to eat in the future.The people at the bottom are generally very ignorant, like walking dead, and have no ability to think at all. These miners are even more so. Coupled with the instigation of those foremen who are usually scary to them, they will become mobs in minutes.

Looking at Liu Sili, Lu Ming smiled: "Sili, you helped me solve this matter outside, I think, I don't need to come forward, you go out and tell those foremen, big and small, that Shengzun is my uncle , the new county magistrate is my wife, Brigadier Hu can lose this coal mine, don’t you know who is the big and small king here? Tell them to take people back to the mine and wait for me to receive them. I originally wanted to keep them, Xingong It’s not as good as a skilled worker, isn’t it? But if they make trouble like this, get out of here!”

Liu Sili was startled when he heard that, and smiled bitterly, at least you must be believed in your nonsense, right?Xingzun is your uncle?Xiyang county magistrate is your wife?How dare you blow it.

Lu Ming seemed to know what he was thinking, and grinned at him: "Actually, it's my concubine, the third concubine."

Liu Sili didn't want to listen to this greasy boy talking nonsense anymore, he took out the gun from the holster, put the safety on it, turned around and walked out.

Lu Ming looked at his back and nodded, feeling a bit responsible.

Outside, someone suddenly took the lead in shouting, "Whoever wants to take our well! We will take his life!"

"come out!"

"come out!"

The shouting became louder and louder, the eyes of the numb crowd gradually danced with flames, and the hostility that had been simmering in their hearts was extremely terrifying. Once it broke out, these walking corpses whose self-esteem was trampled and lived like pigs and dogs on weekdays would be terrifying. It's unbelievable that they're still not human.

Lu Ming walked slowly to the window and checked. The absenteeism here is about 2 cents a day for adult workers, and around 6 yuan a month.

Child labor earns even less. Looking at the daily work permit, it looks like 5 or 6 cents.

The miners here have no names, the coal miners are "敢头", the loaders are "shovels", the charcoal-carrying workers are "basket heads", the porters are "two mules", and so on.

Of course, I will not exploit them like the previous mine owners, but I will not make any promises when they come to make trouble now.

For the ignorant group, only the best results will be achieved if both kindness and strength are applied.

(End of this chapter)