America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 219 It's Your Fault To Be Bragging
If a person has land, a horse, a wife and children, it is best if he still owes a loan to the bank, and if he works hard, he can manage to have all of these, then he will have a lot of worries.

You can threaten to fire him, reduce his salary, and extend his working hours.

But if he's got nothing but a job and a lot of energy, then you're going to have a big problem if you say the same thing to him.

This group of workers who ran from the small town was in such a state.

When Chen Jianqiu selected the people to stay, he did not keep those who had families, those who missed their hometown, and those who were sensitive to race.

Chen Jianqiu told them that here, they can have a decent job and considerable income.There is a place to live and food to eat. Although the conditions are a bit tough now, it will change soon.

Pubs, clinics... what other small towns in the western United States have, there will be here; what other towns don't have, there will be here.

Most importantly, there is no one who looks down on anyone here.Everyone has to do the work, no one is idle.

Workers often see Danny, a member of Chen Jianqiu's core team, carrying logs on the construction site and adding bricks and tiles to the house;
Chen Jianqiu's left and right Asuka also took people to hunt in the southern forest from time to time;

Their life is much better now than when they were soldiers, at least they don't have to worry about being scalped by Indians every day.

More importantly, they can save a lot of gold.

Chen Jianqiu told them that if they wanted to leave, they could leave at any time.

If the situation here really doesn't improve, he can take the accumulated gold to other places in the near future.

But now, someone actually wants to deprive them of such a life with just one mouth.

They can bear it, but the wrench in their hands can't bear it.

The distance of one kilometer is not very long, so a group of people quickly rushed to Pete and the others.

About twenty people surrounded them tightly.

"You guys are going to take over here and tell us to fuck off, right?"

A strong man with a big beard crossed his hips, staring straight at the fat manager Pete.

Manager Pete is experienced in dealing with workers. In Standard Oil's factory, workers have made troubles a lot.

He changed his posture of vowing to meet Engineer Jackson in court just now, and said to the bearded man without blushing.

"We have never said anything like this. We are just here to assess the possibility of doing business here, and we will build an oil refinery here later. There has been no discussion about whether you will stay or stay."

"Don't trust this fat man, he just wants us to go." Engineer Jackson loudly refuted Manager Pete.

"Well, let me make a promise to everyone, don't think about personnel replacement for now, okay?" Manager Pete said solemnly.

Anyway, it doesn't cost money to make a promise, and he is now isolated and unarmed.

Wait for the new workers and factory guards to arrive before we deal with you bastards.

The workers hesitated a little, they looked at me and I looked at you.

"Let's leave first." Smith, who was holding engineer Jackson, waved to everyone. As a scholar, he opposed violence to solve these problems.

Seeing that the attitude of the workers had softened, Pete immediately pulled the old man who was still clutching his chest and several other experts, and while the workers were still in a daze, they flew out of the crowd.

Chen Jianqiu on the side touched his chin.

It seems that this fat man is still a little bit wise.

In the next few days, Manager Pete and his experts lived in seclusion, sneaking out to check the situation while the workers were away.

They found the accountant, they went to get the well's payroll.

Chen Jianqiu arranged a separate room for them in the new town, next door to Xiao En.

Of course, this room is also charged.

Christmas is coming soon.

Although Chen Jianqiu himself was not very interested in this festival, as the nominal "temporary mayor", he still held a party in the new town to celebrate the first Christmas in the new town.

He brought some wine and fruit from the warehouses of the fort, and some sausages and bacon.

Under the hands of the chef in Smith, these have become a delicacy.

The workers were very happy, singing and dancing, and those young Chinese guys soon joined in.

Only Manager Pete and the members of his evaluation team huddled in their room.

Chen Jianqiu asked people to bring them wine and food, and said that because it was Christmas, these things were free.

Soon, the lights in that room were also turned on, and cheerful laughter came from inside.

Chen Jianqiu took a bottle of Erguotou alone and walked to the south of Xinzhen Town, facing the south.

He uncorked Erguotou and dropped the wine in the bottle on the ground.

"He should have a good life in another world." Camilla's voice came from behind him.

"It should be." Chen Jianqiu raised the bottle, raised his neck and drank the rest of the wine.

"What's the matter, Sean?" Chen Jianqiu turned his head and looked behind him.

The negro was standing there with a lantern.

He was looking at Chen Jianqiu and Camilla at the entrance of the town, hesitating whether to come up or not.

"Got it, boss, take a look."

He took out a few pieces of paper from his pocket, and approached with a lantern.

"Where are they?" Chen Jianqiu took the papers and looked at them by the light of the lantern.

"I'm already as drunk as mud, sleeping like a pig." Sean giggled.

This is an evaluation report written by Manager Pete. He still did not forget his duty and wrote the report secretly in the house.

The report expounds the situation here from many aspects, demonstrates the possibility of building a factory, and puts forward corresponding rationalization suggestions.

The general meaning is that the conditions here are harsh, the folk customs are tough, the location is remote, the transportation cost is high, and the crude oil has high sulfur content. It is recommended to give up directly.

If it is really going to be built, it is necessary to promote the railway investment company to build a railway closest to here, and then directly build an oil refinery to export refined oil.

In addition, the personnel left by the previous company are very unprofessional and have high salaries. It is recommended to recruit new employees and hire armed guards as soon as possible.

For the original staff, reduce their salaries first, and let them go when new staff are in place!

"This fat man is quite professional." After reading the report, Chen Jianqiu expressed his opinion.

He pulled out the pages about personnel and handed them to Sean: "After everyone goes to bed at night, post it on the notice board in the town square."

"Put away the guns and knives of those people, it's best not to kill anyone." Chen Jianqiu curled his lips, "That fat man still owes me money."

The next morning, several people quickly gathered around the bulletin board in the town square.

"Can you understand what is written on it?"

"Looks like we're being paid too much. Tell us to fuck off."

"But didn't the fat manager say a few days ago that he didn't think about personnel matters for the time being?"

"It's like a report."

"He's lying! The bastard! I didn't think he was a nice guy before!"

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There were more and more people watching in front of the bulletin board, and some people who drank too much last night were also dragged out of bed by their companions.

Everyone began to talk a lot at the beginning, and then became filled with righteous indignation, and their emotions became more and more agitated.

"That fat man lied to us, they treated us like fools, brothers, come with me!" The bearded man from yesterday waved his fist.

He looked around and found a sleepy black man standing at the door of a room, and he pointed to the room next to him with his thumb.

The bearded man understood, and strode towards the house.

Everyone followed behind him, just like they did at the oil well a few days ago.

The door of the house was kicked open.

The fat man was sleeping soundly, and the quilt that was covering him was suddenly thrown off.

A group of people poured into the house.

The bearded man jumped onto the bed directly, punched the fat man in the face, and then began to slap him in the face repeatedly.

The others huddled around the edge of the bed, punching him where they could.

The fat man was beaten into a dazed face. He hugged his head, trying to protect it.

The treatment of several other people was similar to his, and they were beaten quite badly.

Someone shouted from behind: "The people behind can't beat him, drag him out of the house!"

The sound alerted those ahead, who grabbed Pete by the hair and dragged him out the door of the house.

As a result, these people encountered a new round of baptism.

Schultz was treated a little better because he was an old man; several others, because the workers didn't know them well, were beaten for a while and then stopped.

Only Pete, as the instigator, was the worst beaten.

He paid the price for his previous promise. A group of people kicked him around. When the people in front got tired of kicking, they replaced the people behind.

"Pull it all away, pull it all away!"

Chen Jianqiu looked at the situation and asked Asuka and the others to maintain order.

If the fight continued, Pete might be beaten to death.

In that case, no one will pay back the money, and no one will pass on the situation here to Rockefeller for him.

He had the beaten assessment team brought into the house and asked Theresa to help them with their wounds.

Of course, medical expenses also have to be calculated.

　One more, two more later
　　
　
(End of this chapter)