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Chapter 620 The happy life of the laborers (fourth update, please subscribe)
Just as the royal airship was heading towards the Ming Guinea Company, a clipper-style three-masted sailboat was slowly entering Xincheng Port.

"It's here, it's here..."

The deck of the ship was crowded with people, most of them wore shabby robes, and many of them even shaved half-moon hair.

Japanese.

"Nishiyama Maru" is a Japanese merchant ship. Although the captain is a British captain, as early as last year, it has opened up a route from Nagasaki to Europe.In addition to many ordinary cargoes, its cabin also contained 712 Japanese "contract laborers".

Unlike the immigrants who went to Linhai, most of these Japanese laborers were men, and there were only dozens of female laborers. The reason why they came here was of course to find a new life.

"Oh, it really is a black country, there are black people everywhere!"

When the ship entered the port, looking at the natives in the nearby villages, they stood on the side of the mountain pass and sighed.

"Hey, those black people... have no clothes on!"

"A lot of women are like that!"

"What a savage place..."

Although they shouted about being barbaric, they soon discussed the figure of the native woman with bright eyes.

Under the sun, the dark and shiny skin glowed seductively, making these men who had just arrived all look at them with longing.

Soon these workers boarded the ship. When registering as usual, they had to enter their names, places of origin and other information.

"Another laborer has arrived in Hong Kong!"

When the workers registered, Xu Chenggong said to the governor with a smile.

"The resistance of the natives in the mining area is very fierce, and this batch of laborers can be used just right. My lord, look at these people..."

"As usual, draw out those who were born as samurai, give them Japanese swords, and then add them to the sword-drawing team. As for the others, they will also add to the search team."

With his eyes narrowed into slits, Wei Chenglin sneered.

"Strive to completely eliminate the resistance in the mining area this year. All the men will be sent to the railway and iron mining sites. As for the women, let's do it as usual!"

As the governor, Wei Chenglin is very depressed. There are only two African companies in Ming Dynasty, one is the Central African Company and the other is the Guinea Company. There is almost no resistance from the Central African Company, but it is good for him. .

The resistance of the natives even affected the construction of the railway and the development of the iron mine. The large iron mine was a mineral that Daming desperately needed.

Therefore, these factors that affect the progress of the project will naturally be eliminated.

"In short, this year the railway must be laid to the mining area, and the iron ore must be shipped out this year..."

iron ore!

The inland Simandou Iron Mine is the largest iron mine under the control of Daming. According to calculations by geological experts, the reserves are as high as billions of tons, and it is a high-quality iron ore with an iron content of more than 60%.Needless to say, the importance of such excellent iron ore to Daming, which lacks iron ore resources, is of course very important.

Otherwise, a railway leading to the inland would not have been built in the virgin forest. In order to build that railway, the company had recruited hundreds of thousands of local laborers.It is not easy to build a railway in the tropical rain forest. Not to mention the local laborers, there are more than 7000 Japanese laborers. More than half of them were killed or injured because of malaria and other diseases. It can be said that every step leaves a corpse.

With such a disastrous death rate, Wei Chenglin did not dare to send Ming laborers there at all. That is not letting people work, it is clearly sending people to die.

The environment over there is too harsh, so we should let outsiders develop and mature it first, and then let our own people pass by. The diseases and miasma in the tropical rainforest are really deadly.

There is no need for cannon fodder, so why use your own people to fill it?

"How's the progress on the railway site now? Can it be completed this year!"

"It will definitely be completed, my lord, don't worry, if it doesn't work, tens of thousands of laborers will be recruited from the tribe!"

Facing the governor's inquiry, Xu Chenggong said confidently.

"As long as you work hard enough, the construction period will definitely be able to catch up. After all, the sky is long and the night is short here, so it's no problem to work him for sixteen or seventeen hours a day!"

"That's good, that's good, the sooner the railway is built, the iron ore can be shipped out one day earlier, and the country can wait for our iron ore to be put into the pot!"

……

In the depths of the rainforest, groups of dark-skinned laborers dumped truckloads of soil on the roadbed, and the railway roadbed slowly took shape. When the earth was bulldozed to a height of more than half a meter, a roaring steam roller began to roll On the roadbed, the steam roller with tall and large iron wheels will rumble and flatten the soil. This is a unique "road roller" in Daming. On the construction site, the use of steam rollers is better-it is heavy and does not pick fuel, and it can work as long as it is on wood and water, unlike gasoline engines that need to transport gasoline from the rear.

Although there are still two steam shovels digging the roadbed soil in front, more people are needed on this construction site. Hundreds of thousands of laborers conscripted from tribes work day and night on hundreds of kilometers of railway construction sites. There are many, but their daily quota per capita is still very high, and they have to work hard from the beginning of the morning until the night falls, otherwise it will be difficult to reach the quota.The excavator keeps digging the soil, the cart does not stop pushing the cart, and counts the number of cars per group.

"Hurry up..."

Matsuda, the supervisor standing on the slope, yelled in blunt Chinese. He held a cane in his hand. If any laborer moved a little slower, he would immediately whip the whip up. As a supervisor, he was dressed brightly. A short-sleeved shirt, shorts, and a straw hat.Although he is arrogant in front of native laborers, when he sees technicians of Ming descent passing by, he will always bow deeply and respectfully, and say respectfully.

"Hello sir."

On the construction site, people are divided into three, six, and nine ranks. There is no doubt that the status of Daming people, even if they are just ordinary craftsmen, is much higher than that of laborers or Japanese supervisors.

However, Matsuda doesn't think there is anything wrong with this, and like all Japanese laborers, he will take the initiative to maintain this level. After all, in this level, he is just an ordinary person in Japan, and he is also superior Yes, even the status of those white skins can't keep up with them.

Those who can benefit from this system will of course maintain the status quo as much as possible.

After lunch, when the workers had a short break, Matsuda was smoking while chatting with Nomura, the newly promoted supervisor of another team. Although Nomura didn't smoke, it didn't prevent them from chatting there.

"Matsuda-kun, have you heard? Inoue is married."

"Married? Wasn't he just married?"

Matsuda was surprised.

"He married another local concubine, and it only cost 4 yuan. I really didn't expect that Inoue, who came from the countryside, married a concubine."

Matsuda sighed at Nomura's envy.

"This is all Daming's blessing!"

Nomura nodded approvingly and said:
"That's true. It is very difficult for poor people like you and me in Japan to marry wives, but here, they can choose native women to marry at will. Unfortunately, it is a bit darker. If the daughters of those white people can marry again Bigger would be nice."

Not to mention that the skin of those white children is not so dark, they also look very beautiful.The only regret is that he is too young.

It would be nice to have to wait a few more years.But they certainly can't wait that long.And the local women are nice too.

"Haha, what you think is beautiful. The daughters of those white people will definitely marry Ming people in the future. How can they look at us? I have to work harder and strive for naturalization as soon as possible. Only after being naturalized can I be with Ming people." Same, be a master!"

Nomura nodded in agreement with Matsuda's words:

"That is indeed the case. It is indeed our blessing to be naturalized as a Daming man!"

Looking at the Daming people enjoying after-dinner tea in a tent with mosquito nets in the distance, and the native maids serving them at the side, even in such a rainforest construction site, they still enjoy this kind of life, really. It's very enviable.

(End of this chapter)