Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 356 Trip to Foshan ([-])

"If you say it's simple, it's simple, but the scale is really incredible." Every foundry he saw was full of people and flames, whether it was copper casting or iron casting, they were all very busy.The casting scale is quite considerable, there are more than dozens of copper and iron cannons in the open space of only one workshop, big and small, long and short, making Huang Tianyu dizzy.

The casting of the cannons in the foundry is basically the traditional mud casting method, but the casting level is quite excellent. However, according to Huang Tianyu, these cannons are still old-style cannons, either tiger crouching cannons or Francois machine guns. Cannon, the biggest cannon is the General Cannon, there is no such thing as the legendary Western Red Cannon.

"There are a lot of foundry workers here, and the salary is surprisingly low." Huang Tianyu said in a low voice in the room, "I asked, as long as the master worker who leads the work can get one, two, two months, ordinary workers are It’s very difficult to live without food for a day without work. You can’t even afford your wife. It’s not difficult to recruit workers with the salary we give.”

"What about the potter you're recruiting?"

Liu San is not a member of the Workers' Energy Committee, but he is the person in charge of this business trip, so as usual, all matters need to be discussed with him before handling.

"It's even worse." Huang Tianyu's face was heavy, "I'll tell you the truth, it's the first time I really saw a mass grave today. It's not far from a large kiln, and there are many bones at the bottom of the pit. If there is no one to collect the workers, they will be directly thrown into the pit. During the half an hour I was there, several corpses were thrown in. The living people don’t look very good, and they all look like living imps in hell. The whole body is black. I heard that many workers are unemployed, and it will be easier to recruit workers than foundry workers."

"Just start recruiting people." Liu San said, "But we are unfamiliar here and we don't have a name, so it's not easy to start. If you want to provoke the government, ask us why we recruit workers, what should we say? "

"It's probably not good to put up the recruitment sign, but you can connect in private." Huang Tianyu said, "First negotiate with one or two workers, and then let them connect with those who are willing to go to Lingao. The first batch should not be too many, go to a dozen or so. That’s it, after they have tasted the sweetness, they will be sent back to privately recruit workers.”

"Okay, let's do it this way." Liu San took out a 50 tael note from his pocket, "Tomorrow I will go to 'Yang Run Kai Tang' to cash all the money, so that you can pay the settlement fee. Every Workers who are willing to go will give two taels of silver as resettlement allowance. Don’t forget, you must ask them to put their fingerprints on the deed!” As he spoke, he opened a jewelry box that was used to hold important documents—and took out a stack of printed forms from it. deed.

"Qiwei has a branch cabinet of a bodyguard firm in Foshan." Liu San said, "When you gather all the people, you can take them to the branch cabinet in batches for jointing. Naturally, someone will arrange for them to leave. This is a token." He said He gave Huang Tianyu another ivory pick.

The two were discussing secretly, only to hear a noise outside, Chen Tong ran in to report: "Master Liu, there is a beggar Huazi who insists on seeing you."

"Hanako who begs for food?" Liu San frowned and thought for a while, probably the young beggar he rescued today, "Just give him a few hundred dollars and let him go."

"I gave it, but he didn't want it." Chen Tong said, "This man said that you have saved his life, and he wants to meet you in person and kowtow to you."

"Okay, just call him in." Liu San nodded helplessly, doing good deeds can easily cause troubles sometimes.

Not long after, I saw a strong young man striding in.Sure enough, it was the person he treated in the afternoon.It's just that I haven't seen him for a few hours, but this person has returned to normal, and he walks vigorously, with the air of a warrior.

Seeing Liu San, he bowed his head and bowed: "Huang Ande, thank Doctor Liu for saving his life!"

"No need to be too polite, no need to be too polite. Please get up." Liu San had no choice but to hold his arms, thinking that he would have to take a bath tonight before going to bed—this man exuded an unknown smell and mixed gas.

Huang Ande stood up.He has Mongolian eyes, high cheekbones, and a straight nose.It's very different from the locals.His eyes are not big but they look bright. Judging by his appearance, he does not look like a professional beggar who is used to flattering and begging on the street, nor is he cowering like ordinary country people.I couldn't help but feel a little fond of him, so I took care of Chen Tong, took five hundred coins and gave him a bottle of "Banfengsan"

"No, no, I can't." Huang Ande shook his head again and again, "I came this time to kowtow to thank my benefactor. The clerk at the pharmacy said that if my benefactor hadn't rescued me on the spot, my life would have been given to me. "

"Saving the dying and healing the wounded is the duty of a medical practitioner in my generation. It doesn't matter if you are kind or not." Liu San made a sincere appearance, without mentioning that he saved people for the sake of advertising, "You are now I’m penniless, and it’s the hot summer season, so I’d better take a spare.”

Huang Ande didn't answer, he bowed deeply again, turned around and walked out.

Liu San noticed that his arms were strong and his muscles were strong, and there were still some scars on his hands. His heart moved, and he stopped him and asked:

"Dare to ask this brother Huang, what do you do for a living, and why are you so down?"

"I used to work in the foundry here," Huang Ande said roughly, "I just don't have any skills, I just work hard for a living. The foreman thought I ate too much and had a bad temper, so he fired me a few days ago."

A foundry worker, which is a ready-made one.Liu San and Huang Tianyu looked at each other, and both had similar thoughts, let's keep him, the young man is strong and has some casting experience, he should be a good worker if he takes him back and trains him well.If it really doesn't work, it's no problem for this body to be a soldier-a source of soldiers with a height of 1.7 meters is still very rare nowadays.

Huang Tianyu said: "Brother Huang, I have a property in Qiongzhou Mansion, which happens to be short of manpower. Since Brother Huang has nowhere to go, why not go to Qiongzhou with you."

"Going to Qiongzhou?" Huang Ande rolled his eyes and thought for a while, "Don't go! I heard that miasma is very serious in this place. If you go there, you probably won't be able to survive."

The one who refused was straightforward.Liu San said with a smile: "This property is jointly owned by me and Mr. Huang. What are you afraid of if I'm here? You'll be safe."

Huang Ande hesitated now, and asked for a moment: "Can I eat meat?" Then he hurriedly added, "It's enough to eat once in ten and a half months! I'm not a greedy person."

"Yes." Liu San replied very simply. Nowadays, the food standard for heavy manual laborers in the New Army and the Ministry of Industry is fish every day and meat every week.The quantity is not much, but the supply is absolutely guaranteed.

"Okay, I'll go with you guys!" Huang Ande nodded, then knelt down and kowtowed again, "Boss!"

"Okay, there's no need to kowtow." Liu San felt that this man was rude and cute, but unfortunately he was not expected to study medicine, otherwise he would have kept him by his side, "You just sign the paperwork."

"Sell yourself?" Huang Ande seemed reluctant, "I won't go if I want to sell myself, I don't like being a slave to others."

"It's not prostitution, it's an employment contract. Don't you have to write a contract when you work as a long-term worker?"

"Success!" He nodded.

At that moment, he pressed his fingerprint on the document.Liu San asked him if he had any family members here?Do you want to take it away together, or get two taels of silver for the settlement fee.

"I'm a bachelor here, where's my family? I don't need money. I can eat meat with my master." Huang Ande grinned.

"Where are you from?"

"Human shit?" Huang Ande scratched his scalp, "The small ones are not human shit."

"Where are you from?"

"The young one is from Shandong and lives in Dengzhou for generations." Huang Ande said, "Dengzhou can't stay any longer. I heard that a brother is now transferred to Guangdong, so I want to join him for a living. Unexpectedly..." said Here he suddenly shut up.

It seems that Huang Ande has something to hide. "Deployment"?In connection with his behavior and words and deeds, Liu San thought, probably he is a deserter from the army.A deserter is a deserter, as long as he can work anyway.

Liu San told Chen Tong to take him to take a bath first, find a barber to trim him, and then choose two sets of clothes from the clothing store for him to change into.He also ordered Gaodi to take out the guest's clothes and blow them, preparing to wear them when he went to that Lin Ming's family banquet tomorrow.

This day was Lin Ming's wife's 28th birthday, and the whole house was full of joy.In particular, almost all the rich local businessmen and gentry came to join in the show, and there was an endless stream of guests and friends who came to congratulate, making the whole Lin residence extremely lively.

The Lin family is neither a businessman nor a gentry. Everyone values ​​him so much and flatters him in every possible way because he is a member of the local Jinyiwei Hundred Households Institute.It is also equivalent to being the second in command.The top leader Liu Baihu was old and fatuous, and he had long since stopped asking about the specific affairs of the Baihu Office except for the regular money he received every month. According to modern terms, Lin Ming was the executive leader of the Baihu Office.

After lunch, Lin Ming sent off the congratulatory guests of the morning, and ordered people to place melons, fruits and pastries in the inner courtyard, and invited all his close relatives and relatives to enjoy the opera in the courtyard.

Kunqu opera is being performed on the temporary stage in the courtyard.It must be Zhang Qiao, a famous Kunqiang opera singer in Nanhai County, who is very good at acting and singing.All the people were fascinated.

On the main seat below, sat the protagonist of this birthday banquet, Mrs. Lin.In Foshan, Mrs. Lin's appearance has always been the object of discussion among the locals - high nose, deep eyes, slightly curly hair.The eyes are also brown, and they look like Persian orchids.And this Mrs. Lin is a descendant of the Semu people - her ancestors also worked in the Jinyiwei for generations, and successively held middle and lower-level positions such as school lieutenant, Xiaoqi, and general banner.He and the Lin family are rightly matched.

According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, people of color and eyes are not allowed to marry each other, so after 300 years of mixed blood, they are no different from ordinary Han people. It is very rare to see a woman like Mrs. Lin who has the characteristics of color and eyes. One thing to be proud of is that she married back even though she was one year older.Everyone thinks that Lin Baihu has a very unique taste.

(End of this chapter)