The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 170
The gate of China Heavy Industry is facing the steam engine factory, but with the coke refinery, fertilizer workshop, tar workshop, rail factory, engineering team headquarters, railway engineering team headquarters, and the dormitories of each factory, the center line has been shifted.

The [-]-meter-high steel tower can be seen from a very far away. The people of Ming Dynasty were shocked by the height when they saw it for the first time, and felt that it towered into the sky.

The cart full of red dates was parked on the side of the road. The man hesitated for a while, and finally mustered up the courage to push the cart full of red dates again, heading towards the Zhonghua Heavy Industry Zone.

The artisan households in Dongbeitai Village have basically joined China Heavy Industry. The man is a little envious, but more anxious.

This person is dark-skinned, of medium height, wearing a sleeveless coarse cloth, straw sandals on his feet, and a standard farmer's dress.

Like a rabbit, he finally found an open space and cowered behind the car.

"Cross rub."

"Cross rub."

……

He didn't know that the nearby factory area was the newly moved railway track factory. There were many huge machines inside, and the sound made him more and more awed.

These voices from unknown objects left an unknowable impression of China Heavy Industry in his heart.

Everyone is envious of entering China Heavy Industry to work, but China Heavy Industry has never recruited workers from the private sector.

Of course, there were some in the past, and the folks also recruited craftsmen, people who were literate and able to settle accounts, but the man's information was blocked, and in his cognition, it was not ordinary people who could enter China Heavy Industry to work.

"Dangdangdang."

The bell rang for the factory to leave work, and half an hour later, workers left the factory area one after another. Some lived in Dongbeitai Village, and some lived in the dormitory of the factory area.

The workers in uniforms were in groups of three or four, full of vigor, and the men squatted beside the cars, not daring to look at them.

"Why did you think of selling red dates? It's been a long time since I've eaten this." Li Er got off work and was about to go home. When he saw a seller of red dates here, he walked over.

The man was taken aback, he didn't know Xiao Er, he thought it was an ordinary worker, he still couldn't let go, and spoke in a low voice.

"We are from Xiashui Village." The man bit the bullet and greeted.

He really had no choice but to pluck up the courage to sell the red dates at home, thinking of giving it a try, which was the only way he could think of.

"It's quite far away, dozens of miles away. It's almost dark today, so you have to go home in the dark." Li Er said while picking out a few red dates.

The man didn't speak much, he only knew how to giggle.

Li Er didn't say hello, and ate two by himself, "It tastes okay, how do you sell it?"

The corner of the man's mouth twitched, and he finally said, "Five cents a catty."

Li Er didn't hesitate after hearing this, and asked for two catties. The man weighed it with a scale, and then packed it with lotus leaves.

The man received ten Wen coins, and Li Er left with the red dates in his arms and forgot to thank him. Looking at the copper coins in his hand, he just smiled smirkingly.

He didn't expect it to open so easily.

Success gave him great courage.

He has inquired about the price of red dates, like big sweet red dates, the most expensive can be sold for 25 yuan a catty.

However, the jujubes in his family are ordinary, and he dare not sell them so expensively, five Wen is enough for him.

If the car can be sold out today, then the three to five hundred catties of red dates at home can be sold for two taels of silver in a few days.

Earning two taels of silver in a few days, he seemed to be dreaming.

It's just that the reality disappointed him. After Li Er left, although there were a few people who came to see it, they left quickly.

Half an hour later, there were no pedestrians left, so Li Er pushed his two-wheeled cart home in frustration.

Ten fen a day, and three renminbi a month. I don't know if the red dates at home can be sold out. I feel happy first and then sad, which makes the man a little disappointed.

The next day the man came again and sold three catties.

On the third day, I sold a catty.

On the fourth day, five catties were sold.

fifth day.

"Two catties."

"I want three pounds."

"Cheaper, I want five catties."

More and more people came to buy red dates. The man didn't expect the business to be so good today. He couldn't stop smiling from ear to ear. Compared with the first day, the man was more skilled.

In half a month, the family's hundreds of catties of red dates were sold out, and the man made a full two thousand Wen.

He bought medicine with his wife, and with the remaining money, the man thought about it and began to buy red dates from around at a low price to sell.

Just as he was dreaming of making a fortune, a newcomer came to the entrance of Zhonghua Heavy Industry Zone, also selling red dates.

The two had a fight, and the man broke the corner of the newcomer's mouth, but the newcomer refused to leave after beating him to death, and finally sold each other on one side.

Then more and more vendors came here selling chestnuts, pastries, and groceries.

China Heavy Industry has thousands of workers.

There are [-] to [-] workers in the engineering team. Each worker should come back to the headquarters several times a month for errands, or to be assigned to the construction site and other free time.

Coming and going, many people bought some things conveniently.

Some people even came to open canteens. Alcohol is not served in the canteen, and alcohol is not allowed in the canteen of the factory. Some workers occasionally come to satisfy their cravings after get off work.

Not long after, Zhu Gaochi was very busy one night, and it was already evening when he left. He usually leaves in the afternoon. On this day, he suddenly discovered that a market had formed at the entrance of the Zhonghua Heavy Factory.

"Do you want to drive away?" The new clerk asked cautiously.

"Why do you have to rush?" Zhu Gaochi asked back, and the new document did not dare to speak.

"Don't underestimate these people."

"Today we have given dozens of households jobs to make a living, and tomorrow we will add dozens of households' jobs, one end to the other, and how many people can be solved in a year."

Zhu Gaochi taught.

Isn't that the case in future generations?

Smart farmers go to the city, transport their local products to the city, sell them to civil servants and workers, and become the first to eat crabs.

Even if it only solves the lives of dozens of households in the end, Zhu Gaochi doesn't think it can be ignored.

In all aspects, after long-term accumulation, the effect achieved can be shocking. It is the development of the rural economy that liberates the population from the land.

Zhu Gaochi pointed and explained: "As soon as possible, erect a few pillars in that area and install kerosene lamps to facilitate their business."

With the little prince's permission, the market became justifiable.

The workers of the engineering team erected five lampposts in just one day, burned kerosene, and even covered them with glass covers.

Before dark, a kerosene lamp is lit from under the shade by someone holding a long pole.

As the reputation grew, it attracted more merchants.

"How do you sell the chicken?"

"You are on vacation tomorrow, so go home today." The peddler spoke sharply and enthusiastically.

The worker was in disbelief and asked curiously, "You can guess all of this."

"Hey, you have four days off every month, and the factory provides food, so you must have brought it home." The peddler laughed.

Then he took out a fat chicken from the basket. The chicken flapped its wings desperately, but it remained motionless in the hands of the peddler.

"How about this one?"

"Yes, how much?"

"It's cheaper for you, only 45 Wen."

"Expensive."

The peddler showed a painful expression, and finally gritted his teeth: "You take the forty Wen, and I will take care of the business next time."

"It's easy to talk about." The worker was very satisfied.

Carrying the chicken, I walked to the platform of Dongbeitai Village Railway Station, waited for the railway carriage, paid the fare, and went back to the guard in Daxing County.

But the gambling house also came to the door.

I rented a private house in Daxing County, put up curtains, from one table to two tables, and from two tables to five tables.

Although the number of workers in the Zhonghua Heavy Industry Zone is far less than the population of the city, all of the workers in China Heavy Industry are workers.

They are all money bags with spare money. The gambling house is better than the street vendors. They have been eyeing this place for a long time, but they have never dared to try it.

Now that there are bazaars, the casinos can't help it anymore.

The wages of avarice is death.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang banned gambling very strictly, but he couldn't stop the tradition left over from the previous dynasty. Gambling prevailed from the princes and nobles to the common people.

Casinos have never been banned.

The workers have money, spare time, and nothing to do, and the methods of the gambling house will attract people. Unknowingly, there are some gamblers in the factory.

Even on working days, he would go to the gambling house in Daxing County after work.

The action was very secretive. After all, the gambling shop was opened in Daxing County, not in Dongbeitai Village, so the movement has been quiet and spread on a small scale.

But paper can't hold fire. When Zhou Shifeng found out by chance, he was taken aback. He knew the little prince's temperament, so he notified him immediately.

Zhu Gaochi was furious when he heard the words.

The gambling house dared to attack him, and he knew that it was not the gambling house that dared to offend him, but that these things were normal and no one would care about them.

"Copy the gambling house." Zhu Gaochi instructed Li Biao.

The day.

Li Biao led the guards into the city, and broke into the gambling house like a wolf like a tiger. The people in the gambling house did not dare to resist when they knew that they were the guards of the palace.

The shopkeeper who opened the gambling shop was so frightened that he went around looking for someone to intercede.

The county magistrate of Daxing County didn't dare to look for the young prince at all. He had a gambling shop in his own jurisdiction, and ordinary people would not be afraid to know him, but the palace learned that if it was pursued, he would not be able to bear it.

The factory economy finally has some vitality, and all ghosts and snakes are watching.

Zhu Gaochi told Zhou Shifeng sternly, reiterating the ban on gambling.

Various workshops received official documents.

"Any worker who participates in gambling will be fired immediately, and any gambling house that attracts workers from China Heavy Industries will be ransacked immediately."

Not only that, but also emphasized: "The brothel is forbidden to set foot in Dongbeitai Village."

"Is it a little unreasonable?" Li Biao, the commander of the guards, couldn't help but suggest.

Gambling shops should be banned, but brothels are also banned, how can those big and small guys bear it.

When people have money, their desires are not only material, but also physical. If you can't go to brothels, you can still go to hutongs.

I really can't help it.

Many workers go to the alleys in the city every now and then.

Zhu Gaochi thought for a while, so he called the steward of the engineering team and told the engineering team to find a place to build several Cuju venues.

"The establishment of Cuju allows workers to have a place to play at night, which not only satisfies their spiritual needs, but also prevents people from gambling."

Cuju is similar to football, you can only use your feet but not your hands, but the game of cuju is too difficult, requiring cuju not to land on the ground.

Therefore, Zhu Gaochi combined with the style of football and changed it a little. Cuju can land on the ground and win by scoring the opponent's goal.

(End of this chapter)