From the gate of heaven

Chapter 102 [Continuing attachment of people's hearts, building hospitals and schools in coal mines]

The wages that need to be paid to the miners are as high as more than [-] taels of silver.

Even if the more than 1 taels already paid in advance are deducted, more than [-] taels still need to be paid.

The money distributed to these miners needs to be easy to calculate, and most of them need to pay copper coins.

So this time when Lin Ze went to the coal mine, there were more than a dozen vehicles transporting copper coins on the same road.

For the safety of the money, in addition to transferring 50 people from the coal mine guards, even those guards who wanted to protect the normal operation of the wooden railcars followed along to protect them.

Lin Ze rode on the horse, staring at the guards who followed him, and said to Xu Sheng with a smile, "These guards are already looking good."

It's only been half a month since these guards were summoned, but they already had some ferocious aura.

After all, he was a miner before, and he was physically strong.

Now that he has practiced martial arts for half a month, he is of course much stronger than before.

"The martial arts instructor is very attentive in teaching, and these miners are also very attentive in learning. I will teach them to practice occasionally when I have time."

Xu Sheng evaluated objectively.

A large part of these guards were used to protect the wooden rail car, so Xu Sheng also cared about them and knew their usual performance very well.

"Well, if you practice for another year or so, you can be regarded as an elite."

Lin Ze nodded.
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On the way to the coal mine, you can see the wooden rail cars in smooth operation.

On the circular track formed by the two tracks that come and go, there are mine carts carrying coal to the dock, and there are also mine carts returning to bring back the materials needed by the coal mine.

If it weren't for Lin Ze's fear that the money would be thrown away on the way and be picked up by passers-by, in fact, he could also transport the money to the coal mine in this way.

Next, all the way without words.

Soon, Lin Ze came to the coal mine with the money.

There is no nonsense, and these miners who have been looking forward to it for a long time are directly called to start paying wages.

In fact, these miners felt dissatisfied when they were notified of a delay in paying their wages some time ago.

Fortunately, Lin Ze considered this, so he gave each of them a tael of silver in advance to calm down everyone's dissatisfaction.

Now that Lin Ze came to pay his salary, he didn't hear any dissatisfaction from the miners, only full of expectations.

"Qian Erhe, your team has excavated a total of 34 catties of coal this month. You should be paid 17 taels of silver. You will be given 12 taels of silver, and each of you will be divided into two and four taels of silver."

"No problem, right? If there's no problem, just come here and get your fingerprint."

Lin Ze sat behind a wooden table in front of the factory director's office, and spoke to the slightly bowed men standing in front of him.

"No problem, no problem, thank you, Master Lin, thank you, Master Lin."

"Master Lin, you will always be rich and honored. We will follow you to do well in the future, and future generations will also follow you and your descendants to do well."

With a smile on his face, the man pressed his fingerprints.

Then, under the expectant eyes of the workers beside him, he took away the wages of his mining team.

Regardless of the salary they receive is only a little more than three taels of silver a month, but with the addition of their usual consumption of food and drink in the mine, the overall monthly salary level has reached a profit of more than 27 taels of silver, which is an average of [-] taels per person. The head is close to Liuliang.

Food and lodging are all in the mine, and wages are all deposits that can be saved.

In this day and age, it's a decent salary.

Most of these guys just came here last month, and they haven't dug for a full month. This month, they can be regarded as realizing what high income is.

No wonder the man was so excited.

At the moment of receiving the money, I thanked him again and again excitedly, and even felt that it was okay for future generations to work with Lin Ze.

"Well, do it well, the master will not treat you badly."

"You are working and living in the mine. If you have any needs, you can ask me. I will consider it as appropriate and try my best to meet it."

Lin Ze smiled and handed over the worn copper coins and some silver taels, and said at the same time.

The reason why he had to come here to pay his salary in person was because of this time.

It's not that I want to hear a few words of flattery, but I want to take this opportunity to let the miners truly realize the benefits of following themselves and win everyone's hearts.

Maybe everyone's trust and gratitude to Lin Ze is not very deep at the moment, but after so many years of accumulation, these people and their families will become Lin Ze's diehard loyalists. This is the meaning of the industry.

"There is no problem. We eat and drink well, and we can also watch plays and listen to books to relieve boredom."

"It's just that sometimes I get hurt from a bruise, and it's a bit troublesome to see a doctor. Those doctors outside the coal mine charge extremely expensive money."

Zhao Erhe said.
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Although Lin Ze personally distributed money to tens of thousands of people in the mine, there were also accounting servants waiting to help, and the salaries of a group of five people could be paid quickly.

Send out three or five groups of people at a time, and then focus on talking a few words to contact and ask them if they have any needs. The whole process will not take long.

On the whole, the salary payment process is still very fast.

In the evening, Lin Ze had already completed the entire salary payment process.

Most miners are satisfied with their work and life in the mine, and the most common complaint is the problem of bruises.

Although Lin Ze distributed labor insurance supplies, it is inevitable that mining will stumble. At this time, he needs to see a doctor.

The workers did not want Lin Ze to directly help them reimburse their medical expenses, but hoped that Lin Ze could solve the problem of too high fees.

"Maybe we can set up a hospital and recruit and train some full-time doctors. If you have a headache, brain fever, or traumatic injury in the mine, you can go see it for free."

"No, if it is free, it may cause trouble to the doctor. Let's make it a performance benefit. For every [-] jin of coal mined, you can get a medical ticket. You can use it yourself or your family to go to the hospital to see a doctor."

Thinking of this, Lin Ze saw some children playing wildly in the twilight outside an open space in the coal mine residential area.

These children are parents who both work. The father is mining and the mother is making briquettes, and then they live with their parents in the mine.

"Well, we can also set up a school and bring these children in to receive education. The talented ones can go all the way to the direction of scholars and officials, and the talented ones can learn some skills such as accounting, handicrafts, cooking, etc., and then they can be in the future. Arrange work in my industry."

"I really don't have the talent for reading. I can learn the most basic arithmetic more or less. At least I am not blind. If I am articulate, I can still do some work with people. It would be even better if I have a talent for martial arts. Just throw it away." Go to the Escort Bureau to train."

"Teacher, in the early stage, I can let scholars from the different world be in charge, and then I can let some people who teach special skills to teach. Later, I can also get some knowledge from the main world according to actual needs and use it as a textbook to teach."

"The learning opportunities at the school can also be used as benefits for miners. If you accumulate [-] jin of mining, you can get a ticket to study in the school for one month. Otherwise, all the monsters and ghosts will sneak into the school. It is estimated that the teacher who teaches the class will have to break the defense." .”

Lin Ze thought about it, and soon made a decision in his heart, and acted directly.

"Brother Jingguan, all the brothers in your bodyguard will treat bruises and headaches, right?"

Lin Ze opened his mouth and asked Xu Sheng who had been by his side today.

"Well, there is no distinction between medicine and martial arts, and difficult and miscellaneous diseases cannot be cured. There is no problem with these simple ones."

Xu Sheng gave an affirmative answer.

He recently opened an escort agency and called some of his relatives and friends who used to hang out with him. These people are good at martial arts.

"Next, I will open a medical center near the coal mine, with all the medicinal materials and equipment. Brother Jingguan, let your brothers come here to sit in the clinic in turn, and teach the apprentices how to treat people by the way. Treat injuries and some common diseases."

"The remuneration is calculated on the basis of five taels of silver per month."

Lin Ze said.

"can."

Xu Sheng didn't say much, and agreed directly.

This is just a trivial matter, it is impossible for him to refute Lin Ze's face.

Seeing this, Lin Ze turned his head and set his sights on an accountant who has been helping by his side today.

This accountant is an old scholar who has no hope in the imperial examination. Now, after several months, he has decided to work hard in the mine, and he has become a regular employee of Lin Ze.

"Mr. Wang Wen, next I plan to build a private school on the mine, and I plan to hire you to be the head of the private school. You will be paid [-] taels a month and you will be in charge of food and lodging. If you are successful in teaching and educating people, I will give you a higher salary. , I don't know what you think?"

Lin Ze asked.

Establishing a private school to teach and educate people is a matter of old age for Wang Wen, and there is not much difficulty at all.

"Thank you, Master, I will live up to my trust."

Wang Wen arched his hands in great joy.

As a scholar, he is willing to switch from a semi-professional accountant to a full-time accountant today, and his monthly salary is only five taels of silver.

It is a real good thing to do the more familiar and easier teaching job now, and the salary is doubled directly. It is not in vain for him to choose to work for Lin Ze before.

"Since you are willing, Mr. Wang, then the preparation of this private school will be entrusted to you. How many teachers are needed, how many tables, chairs and textbooks are needed, these things need to be done by you."

Lin Ze said.

If Lin Ze wanted to set up hospitals and schools when the coal mine was first established, he would have to spend a lot of time and energy on preparations.

But with the resources and contacts he has now, he only needs to simply open his mouth and order these two things lightly, and someone will naturally do it for him.

Although preparing for hospitals and schools, Lin Ze was not in a hurry to announce the matter.

One is that things about the hospital and school are not ready yet, and accidents will inevitably happen before things are fully implemented. If you don’t promise anything in advance, you can avoid embarrassing yourself later.

The second is that the salaries have just been paid today, and a wave of people's hearts have been gained. People's gratitude threshold has been raised. Of course, it is better to release the matter of the hospital and school after a while.

At that time, the second wave of hearts can be reaped.
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Riding the night, Lin Ze and Xu Sheng returned to Fengping County together.

According to the agreement in the morning, go to inspect the Escort Bureau.

The temporary resident of the Escort Bureau is set up next door to Lin Ze's house in the house that will be used as the shop of the Gold Bank.

With Lin Ze's arrival, all the existing personnel of the entire Escort Bureau gathered.

A total of five adults, and seventeen half-aged children around the age of ten, both male and female.

The five adults were brothers that Xu Sheng made friends with when he was in the rivers and lakes. They all worked in the same bodyguard agency before, and now Xu Sheng changed jobs and brought them here together.

The seventeen children were innocent children from Fengping County. These children were of different genders and appearances, but one thing they had in common was that their muscles and bones were extremely strong, and they were good materials for martial arts.

"Zi Yi, this is Jiao Jianyong."

Xu Sheng opened his mouth and pointed to his five brothers to introduce Lin Ze.

"Lin Ze, Lin Ziyi, have met some brothers."

Lin Ze greeted politely.

"I've seen Hero Lin."

People in the Jianghu place the most emphasis on strength. Xu Sheng's five brothers have already heard of Lin Ze's name as a first-class master.

After greeting, Xu Sheng took Lin Ze to his residence in the inner courtyard.

"This is my wife, Mrs. Wu, and my youngest son, Xu Chong. I don't have a name yet."

The two sat down in the living room, and soon Xu Sheng's wife brought her son to meet Lin Ze and serve tea by the way.

"A bright boy."

Lin Ze nodded slightly to Mrs. Wu as a greeting, and then praised Xu Sheng's son.

Xu Sheng laughed so hard that he couldn't see his teeth.

After exchanging pleasantries, they began to talk about the business of the Escort.

According to Lin Ze and Xu Sheng's plan, they will continue to recruit loyal and available miners from the coal mines to serve as bodyguards in the bodyguard bureau.

"Ziyi, the purpose of recruiting these semi-adult children at the moment is to cultivate the core strength of the Escort. Next, we need to continue to recruit these half-adult children for training, but in addition to these core strengths, we also need to recruit many other ordinary bodyguards."

"So before the official expansion of the Escort, let me tell you about the salaries of the Escort's staff, so that you can prepare yourself mentally."

"First of all, there are ordinary bodyguards, that is, the normal young and strong guards. The monthly salary of this kind of bodyguards is five taels of silver, and then there are bodyguards with martial arts skills, that is, my brothers, they are all third-rate martial arts."

"According to the division of strength, the salary of a warrior who has just entered the rank is 15 taels a month, and the monthly salary of a master among the third-rate warriors is about 30 taels a month, and the monthly salary of a third-rate warrior who is close to the second-rate is [-] taels of silver."

"Then there is a second-rate martial arts like mine. I can work as a small escort in an escort agency. The monthly salary is around 100 taels. If you are a first-rate master, you will not be given a fixed salary, except for the basic salary of 100 taels of silver." , and the rest depends on how many darts the master catches."

"Now our escort agency has just started, and when it grows bigger and stronger in the future, we must pay the people in the escort agency according to the average level of the escort agency industry."

Xu Sheng explained to Lin Ze based on his industry experience.

(End of this chapter)