At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 328, venting anger and migrant workers

Zhaoli, textile factory.

"Zilla, be careful. These instruments are very expensive. If they are damaged, you can't repair them with a hammer. You will have to spend a lot of money to go to Chang'an City and hire someone from the public to repair them. The cost of one trip is small. People won't come even if they pay a thousand dollars." Hu Hai shouted.

Now that he is the owner of the textile factory, Hu Hai naturally takes charge of the matter. From purchasing spinning wheels and spinning machines, to arranging production lines, and going to Chang'an City to order wool from Hu Merchant, Hu Hai does all of this himself.

He had at least seen how several textile factories were laid out. If these unsophisticated villagers were asked to do it, he couldn't believe what the textile factories would look like.

Although the textile industry is profitable, there are many opportunities here. Because the efficiency of spinning wheels has increased too much, the number of textile machines has increased too much, and raw materials such as silk and linen are no longer in supply. Many textile factories that only spin linen and silk are in a state of decline. Half-operational status.

On the contrary, woolen cloth is a new fabric that has appeared in the past two years. Because the raw materials of wool are extremely abundant, and there are not many spinning wheels and textile machines originally used to process wool, the newly opened textile factories specializing in the production of woolen cloth are the most profitable. Yes, it is very difficult to make a lot of money if you don’t understand the ropes.

Hearing that one repair would cost thousands of dollars, Zhu Zhu and others became cautious about their movements.

Don’t let the textile factory lose money first if it doesn’t make money.

Finally calmed down, Zhu Zhu and others breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The people in the Gongshu family are too greedy for money. They sold this, and Xiu still wants money from us."

Fusu said calmly: "This is the prefect showing mercy."

Zhu Zhu said: "I'll just take a look."

Hu Hai wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "That's good."

When he returned to Guanzhong, Hu Hai scolded his father-in-law Li Si for scolding Cao Xing. Later, Li Si published this matter in the "Rule of Law Monthly". At that time, Hu Hai applauded him. He couldn't retaliate openly. I also want to let you. His reputation was ruined, but what Hu Hai never expected was that Cao Xing would come to Zhao Li.

When he went to other places, it was okay for others to bully him. However, someone actually dared to knock on his door in his own territory. He really thought that he, Hu Hai, was easy to bully.

When Hu Hai heard this, he was furious and said: "What, someone actually dares to come to Naigong's territory to cause trouble."

The group continued to march towards Chang'an City. Before crossing the Jingshui River and entering Chang'an City, they saw a huge team with a majestic Ji flag at the front.

Some people want to open up a country, but some people don't want to leave Chang'an City. Cao Xing is the kind of person who has little ambition.

"Isn't he here to cause trouble for a certain person?" Hu Hai secretly complained.

Fusu nodded and said: "He has this idea, but Zhao Li is under Chang'an City after all. He doesn't dare to mess around. He just wants to teach us a lesson in the name of a martial arts contest."

"Hu Hai, something bad has happened. Your eldest brother has an enemy. The two of them started fighting in the village primary school." A panting teenage boy ran over to tell the news.

Then Zhu Zhu looked at the loom he had just put down and said, "If I learn how to repair this thing, can I make so much money?"

Hu Hai came to Fusu and whispered: "Cao Xing is not here to cause trouble for us, is he?"

Li Zhengjiang Tao saw them and scolded them: "Why are you here making trouble? Master Zhao is competing with his friends."

Cao Xing said: "After all, these two people are members of the former royal family and are on His Majesty's list. To touch them rashly would be embarrassing to His Majesty. I have already learned my lesson. If I touch them again, I am afraid they will be demoted to Liaodong."

Cao Xing said happily: "It's Brother Ji Bu's team."

Cao Xing was not polite, left his horse to his subordinates, and boarded Ji Bu's carriage.

"Zhuzi, copy the guy!" Hu Hai found a wooden stick.

Hu Hai immediately wanted to escape.

Hu Hai said with disdain: "You think this is the pile of junk in your house. This thing is very expensive and complicated. More importantly, the money it makes every day is more than the maintenance cost. You all just sit in the field on weekdays." While talking about mountains and rivers, I don’t even know how to learn a skill. Just say that as a textile machine repairman, I can make tens of thousands of dollars a month, and I am not tired at all.”

Hu Hai said: "Of course, but the prerequisite is that you must be able to practice it."

Zhu Zhu was surprised and said: "I have made more in this month than we have worked hard for a year."

Zhu Zhu and others were surprised: "Master Zhao actually has such good martial arts?"

Fu Susong wiped the sweat from his body.

He originally thought that Cao Xing came to Fusu and the others to teach them a lesson, but he didn't expect that he would let them go so easily.

And this other side.

"General, let them go like this?" Cao Xing's personal guard asked in confusion.

In this way, Hu Hai aggressively led dozens of villagers towards the village primary school.

Seeing the complicated spinning wheel, Zhu Zhu nodded resolutely, thinking that he would stare at this machine every day from now on and must seize this golden rice bowl.

But at this time, the two sides had stopped, and Cao Xing laughed loudly and said: "How happy, I didn't expect your skills to improve so much."

Hu Hai said proudly: "My eldest brother is both civil and military."

The First Emperor's training of Fusu lasted for decades, but he gave up on him because of the disagreement between the two parties.

At this time, there were two figures fighting each other quickly in the square of the village primary school. The two people danced their spears very fast, and they fought more than a dozen times in just an instant.

When Hu Hai saw clearly that the person coming was the prefect of Shangjun, he suddenly broke into a cold sweat.

Zhuzi and others also found hoes, shovels and other farm tools.

He already knew Cao Xing's identity, so naturally he didn't dare to mess around. When he saw the villagers rushing up, he was even more afraid of them messing up.

Soon the team stopped. Ji Bu got out of the carriage and said with a smile: "It turns out to be you, get in my carriage."

"I wanted to vent my anger, but I don't have the ability anymore, so let's forget about it." After speaking, Cao Xing led his men onto their horses and left Zhao Li.

Fusu's prestige in Zhao Li is not low, and it is naturally impossible for the villagers to watch Fusu being bullied.

He shouted: "Brother Ji!"

This frightened Hu Hai and said, "Don't mess around. This machine costs tens of thousands."

Cao Xing looked at Ji Bu's team and said with envy: "Brother is worthy of being the Duke of the country. There must be thousands of people in this team."

But Ji Bu smiled bitterly and said: "Most of them are employees of the Da Yuezhi people. My brother Ji's country is still in its infancy, but he doesn't have money to show off like this."

Sure enough, after arriving at the gate of Chang'an City, he saw several people coming over and saluting Ji Bu: "Thank you, Lord Ji, for bringing the workers. I will deposit the fees into your account at the development bank later."

Ji Bu nodded expressionlessly.

The huge team began to separate, and thousands of people were taken away by the few people just now.

Cao Xing said: "The ones just now were wearing clothes that looked like the clothes of my Han Dynasty official workshop, and were they in the direction of Lantian?"

Ji Bu said: "They are the managers of Lantian Coal Mine."

Cao Xing was surprised and said: "Lantian Coal Mine? That's not a good place."

Ever since Xu Fan invented briquettes, Chang'an City and the energy market from all over the world have undergone tremendous changes. In the past, it relied on woodcutter, and the mountains around the big city were cut bare.

But now they all use more convenient briquettes, and with the coal needed for blast furnace ironmaking, Dahan's demand for coal has expanded dozens of times.

Coal has also become black gold, and the annual taxes paid to the Han Dynasty are only among the four pillar industries. The coal industry is the fifth among the four kings.

But this industry is more bloody than other industries. In this era, except for a few open-pit coals, most of the coal is underground. Problems will occur in future generations, let alone this era, even though Xu Fan has formulated very strict safety regulations. Regulations, but it is still useless. Mining accidents that should happen still happen, and this trend is getting bigger and bigger. As long as you dig underground, you are exchanging your life for coal, no matter how much. Therefore, compared with the previous four pillar industries, less is said about the coal industry.

But there are many benefits, and compared to the four pillar industries, which are easy to regulate, the coal industry, which is mostly located in barren mountains, is difficult to regulate. This creates opportunities for the Ranger Group.

This year, the most serious purge of rangers was not in Chen County, but in Hedong County, Taiyuan County and other places.

The profits from coal are too high. Those rangers can make money by just occupying the hills and digging any small mines.

For the sake of profit, the rangers dare to do anything. They occupy the mountains as kings, bully the market, and even take people as slaves. Moreover, even if Xu Fan emphasizes safety awareness, problems will still occur in the government-run coal mines, let alone these small coal mines. If there is a mining disaster, It's a common occurrence.

Before the investigation of these rangers, these small mines had long become a den that devoured human lives. These vicious incidents discovered in Hedong County and Taiyuan County shocked the entire Han Dynasty. This can be said to be the worst incident since the founding of the Han Dynasty.

Chen Lin, the imperial censor, personally took charge of Hedong County, and Tingwei Wu Guang personally took charge of Taiyuan County. The Imperial Army alone dispatched thousands of people to clean up the immediate ranger forces. It can be said that they have been suppressed as enemies.

And these rangers are also extremely vicious people. Even if they face the Han army, they dare to organize their men to fight. Faced with such a situation, the Han Dynasty started hanging again after unifying the world. A large number of rangers were hanged on the top of the mine hill, and their bodies were still left on the ore to shock other rangers.

The officialdom of the two places was hit by a major earthquake. Cai Ci, the governor of Hedong County, and Wu Pan, the governor of Taiyuan County, were dismissed for dereliction of duty. Han officials, large and small, in the two counties, as long as they acted as a protective umbrella for the knights, were purged. The officialdom of the two counties can be described as It's a serious loss of vitality.

After this purge, few Han officialdom dared to touch the mines. Although the mines were profitable, they were too bloody. The superiors were strict with them and the punishments were severe. It was easy for big problems to arise. Local Han officials were very concerned about the mines. to avoid.

That's why Cao Xing said, it's not a good place.

Then Cao Xing suddenly thought about it and pointed at Ji Bu in surprise: "You dare to do such things without fear of being discovered by the emperor."

At this time, Cao Xing finally figured out what those Da Yuezhi people were doing. They were mining slaves.

Cao Xing regretted getting into Ji Bu's carriage. He can know this! His Majesty is already dissatisfied with him. If he is still found to be related to the slave trade, he will not want to be a prefect.

At the beginning of the founding of the Han Dynasty, all slavery systems and laws were abolished. Not only Han people could not become slaves in the Han Dynasty, but even foreigners could not become slaves.

This is not Madonna Xu Fan, but he knows that this hole cannot be opened. Capital does not care whether you are one of its own. Many people may not know that in this world, besides black slaves, there are also white slaves.

Therefore, the Han Dynasty would be severely punished for enslaving others. The reason why the rangers in Hedong County and Taiyuan County were hanged was not because they opened mines privately, but because they captured people as slaves and violated the Taboo of the Han Dynasty.

Ji Bu said calmly: "The emperor already knows about this, and they are not slaves, they are hired workers of the Han Dynasty. Brother Wei just introduced them to work for the Han Dynasty."

"Although Your Majesty is kind, you sometimes succumb to reality. As long as you go to the mine, you are leaving your life to God. Last year, more than 600 people died in the mine accident, and this year alone, more than 700 people died. Hundreds of people, as long as I continue to smelt steel and use briquettes all over the world, more and more people will die in mining accidents.”

Cao Xing suddenly realized: "So your Majesty plans to use these Da Yuezhi people to mine~~~!"

Ji Bu glared and said, "They are hired workers. They are not slaves. The big man asks them to mine for a salary."

Yes, in the face of such a huge number of casualties, Xu Fan could only succumb to reality and use his dead Taoist friends and poor Taoists to hire people from outside the Han Dynasty to mine.

But he would never talk about being a slave, so Xu Fan thought of an intermediary for future generations.

He gave this task to the four great princes of the Han Dynasty. They were responsible for introducing hired workers. For each person they introduced, Ji Bu and the others would receive an agency fee of 3 yuan. And the salaries of these hired workers who entered the Han Dynasty would also be paid. If it is paid by a big man, it is roughly a thousand dollars a month. Xu Fan will not withhold this money to buy a life.

These people came to the Han Dynasty and were not familiar with the place. They could not find anything else to do and could only stay in the mines. And although the mine is dangerous, the job is highly profitable even in Dahan. For the savages who have just entered Dahan, it is impossible for them to find a job that is more profitable than the mine.

Of course, this is the first time this labor dispatch has appeared in Dahan, but it has already caused a huge sensation outside Dahan.

Ji Bu made this condition in Hexi. Not only did Dayuezhi people swarm in, but even the Qiang leaders came over and blamed them: "My lord, we are not allies. Why do we only ask Dayuezhi for such a good thing?" People, but don’t look for us Qiang, are you looking down on us?”

Ji Bu could only tell them the dangers of mining once.

But these Qiang leaders smiled and said: "How can this be considered a danger? More people in our tribe die in one winter than in the mines. We can earn hundreds of shi of food a year, so it doesn't matter even if we die, let alone That said, not many people died."

This era is still too dangerous. The entire Eastern world, that is, the Han Dynasty, can be regarded as a civilized land, but even half of the land in the Han Dynasty has not been effectively developed.

Many countries in later generations are now just tribes of savages without the spark of civilization.

It is too common for people to die in such a wild world. For them, death is like clouds in the sky, trees and boulders on the ground. It is a part of daily life. If you can go to the lighthouse, the risk is nothing. .

So Ji Bu originally planned to recruit 400 people, but ended up recruiting 1200 people, 800 of whom were Qiang people. Only then could he appease his allies.

Of course, this was also of great benefit to Ji Bu. These 1,200 people brought him 36 million in agency fees, allowing him to reduce a large part of his debt.

It was too expensive to create an independent country. Even with the support of the Han Dynasty, Ji Bu also had the support of Ji Xin. Ji Bu himself also tried his best to transport cattle, sheep, war horses, and even wool, woolen cloth and other goods to the Han Dynasty.

However, Ji Guo's financial expenditure is still beyond his means. Ji Bu's debt to the development bank has exceeded 3 gold. Opening up an intermediary financial path can greatly alleviate his financial pressure.

After hearing Ji Bu's explanation, Cao Xing felt relieved.

As long as the emperor knows.

The words are divided into two parts.

Under the leadership of the steward of Lantian Mine.

These employees soon arrived at the residential area of ​​Lantian Mine.

The 30% of the buildings shocked everyone. Even though they had seen a lot of wealthy places in Dahan, this was the first time they saw such a tall building.

Ouyang Jie, the steward, said: "Take them to clean them and give them daily necessities."

"promise!"

Despite the language barrier, these people were extremely obedient. Under the leadership of the steward, these people came to the bathhouse and asked them to bathe and disinfect. They were given new clothes, bedding, and rooms to live in.

After this set of procedures, what had just been like a team of beggars now finally looked a bit like people.

And these employees were also extremely pleasantly surprised. They thought mining would be very hard, but they didn't expect that they would earn a pair of clean clothes before the work was done. Moreover, the living environment is so good, it is truly worthy of being a heavenly country.

Then the steward took them to the opposite side, the public canteen of the mine, to eat.

Although the mine is dangerous, they are really rich. In addition, the price of food in Dahan is generally low, so the food in the mine canteen is extremely rich. They have piles of white-flour steamed buns that they have never seen before, pasta that they have never seen before, and eggs. Flower soup, all of this is something they have never seen or tasted before.

To them, these things were meaningless as delicacies from heaven. The employees devoured them one by one, fearing that they would not be able to eat them if they ate too slowly.

Their behavior soon aroused the ridicule of the local employees of the Han Dynasty: "These people have never even eaten steamed buns. I really don't know where they got these country bumpkins."

"Three mouthfuls of steamed buns. How could he open his mouth so wide without fear of being choked to death?"

Many people really choked, but their solution was jaw-dropping. They swallowed it directly with egg soup.

Warrior!

But soon the older miner realized something was wrong and said: "We can't let them continue eating, otherwise they will burst to death, especially since these steamed buns will swell when they enter the stomach."

Although the Han craftsmen were well-intentioned to stop them, it was obviously in vain. These people did not listen at all. They quickly reported it to the local steward Ouyang Jie.

Ouyang Jie immediately led the guards in, punched and kicked them, and finally drove them out of the canteen.

But there were still three hired workers who could not survive the night and were exhausted to death.

Ouyang Jie said angrily: "You can kill someone even if you eat, what's the big deal?"

In order to strictly control production safety, Xu Fan has set targets. As long as there is a death, the bonus will be deducted from the managers.

(End of this chapter)