The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 47 Construction Team
West Mountain Mining Area.

An old mine had been abandoned for many years because of groundwater problems. It was overgrown with weeds and deserted.

It suddenly became lively today.

A group of more than a dozen people pointed at this place, wandered around for a while, and talked for a long time before leaving.

Day three.

Another group of people came and wandered around for half a day.

A few more days.

More than [-] peasants came, carrying shovels, hoes, baskets, and even carriages, they pulled up the mountain and began digging in a clearing.

A few days of effort.

The originally uneven ground was leveled and compacted, and several work sheds were built.

Then there were more workers.

"Hey...hey..."

On the flat land, he chanted slogans rhythmically, took advantage of the inertia while holding the rope, and smashed the high stone pier hard on the ground.

At noon, the work shed began to serve meals.

Workers hold large washbasin-sized bowls and pile up a pot full of rice, pouring oily dish soup made from pig offal and beans.

The workers who ate a meal were satisfied and full of energy.

Finished eating.

Some of the workers lay on the grass and took a nap, and some of them chatted together, but they didn't gamble.

This matter can be strictly controlled, and whoever takes the lead will go to jail.

"Cuckoo, cuckoo."

The environment in the mountains is good, and with the sound of birds singing, people feel relieved.

"Foreman, I heard that the woman who just cooked with us is a widow?"

Some people couldn't help staring at the women and children in the shed who were cleaning up the dishes, pots and pans. Among them, he observed a woman for a long time.

When the foreman heard the worker's inquiry, he immediately saw through the minds of the people in his family, and sternly warned: "Don't mess around."

"How dare I, even though he is kind to us, the rules are too big."

The worker quickly explained, and then said embarrassingly: "I don't have a wife so far, anyway, I have taken a fancy to that widow."

"If you want to marry someone, I can help you find out."

The foreman laughed.

He has been a foreman for a while, and he is familiar with the character of the workers under him. The worker in front of him is honest and reliable.

But honest character can't be eaten.

The family has no ancestral land and no special skills, so they support themselves by doing part-time jobs everywhere, and they don't talk about marrying a wife.

But it's different now.

The nobleman set up an engineering team, the wages paid were sufficient, and the environment was stable.

The steam engine factory next door also belongs to noble people.

The hot sales of steam engines also made the workers of the engineering team feel at ease.

The bigger the nobleman's business, the more they will not lose their jobs.

The main reason is that the nobleman is too kind to them, and they also look forward to the nobleman's kindness. With the character of the nobleman, the more money the nobleman makes, the less he will lose money to them.

Workers have a place to settle down, have spare money in their hands, and are not allowed to gamble, so it is logical to want to find a wife.

With a mother-in-law, there will be a baby, and if you have a baby, you have to support the whole family, and you will become more obedient.

It is natural for a foreman to become a foreman, so he is willing to help the workers and find an opportunity to go for the workers.

"If the foreman can make it happen for me, I will kowtow to you. From now on, as long as the foreman says it, I will have nothing to say."

The workers swore excitedly.

"Don't be too impatient, you haven't written off the horoscope yet, if it doesn't work, wouldn't it be uncomfortable."

"She is a widow with a child and her wages are low. Could it be that she despises me?" the worker said unconvinced.

The wages of the engineering team are very generous, except that the handyman is different from the handyman in the factory next door, and the wages are very low.

Therefore, the handymen of the engineering team recruited women, children, the elderly and the weak.

Of course.

The things they do are also things they can do.

Such as doing laundry, cooking, etc.

At this moment.

Several people came to the construction site.

"Who is that person accompanied by the little shopkeeper?" A worker asked curiously.

"It should be the owner of this place."

The companion said hesitantly.

"It turned out to be the owner of the mine."

Someone showed envious eyes.

The owner of the mine is very powerful, rich, and well-connected. Who wouldn't want to be a mine owner?

"It's not the steam engine of our factory next door. The owner of this mine will be paid a lot, and we have to rely on our boss."

Some workers said proudly.

"That is."

Who is their boss?That is the little prince of Beiping Mansion.

The little prince is benevolent.

The wages are high, and the daily food provided is sufficient.

According to past experience, it is already a common practice to eat pork offal for lunch today and braised pork for lunch tomorrow.

When the workers talked about the little prince, everyone looked proud.

They have seen the little prince.

The little prince also spoke to them, telling them to work hard, earn money to support their families, and live a prosperous life in the future.

They don't know if they are rich or not.

But I have a stable salary to support my family, and I can eat good food every day, and I can eat as much as I want.

There is no better owner than the little prince.

……

"Shopkeeper Xiao Xu, the wages and food of your engineering team are famous far and wide." The owner of the mine looked at the workers in the distance and sighed.

Where is the business like this.

They can't learn if the eldest son doesn't treat money as money.

It's not that they can't afford the money, but that it doesn't make sense, why should they pay more when it's already enough.

Anyway, Daming is full of talented people, so He Chou can't find anyone who is willing to work.

Although the current situation is better than that of the previous dynasty, there will always be poor people, and they will continue to grow.

Xu Ning smiled.

I didn't expect to be able to climb up to the nobleman, I just wanted to be the outer cabinet deacon of China Heavy Industry, but I didn't expect that the nobleman took a fancy to him and asked him to cooperate with the big shopkeeper to manage the engineering team.

"A nobleman is not someone who doesn't care about money and doesn't know how to do business."Xu Ning took the initiative to explain to Zhu Gaochi.

"When people have money, they are willing to buy things. As the owner of the house, they can sell more goods and earn more money. For example, honeycomb briquettes. The more they use, the more prosperous the coal mine business of Zhou Dong's family is."

The owner of the coal mine suddenly realized, and he didn't take it seriously.

The whole world is doing this, and the nobles do the opposite, isn't it that they are overconfident, even though the nobles are nobles, they can't change the world.

"The nobleman said well, I will keep it in my heart."

After chatting for a while, the two got back to business and talked about the steam engine.

"It looks like the land has been repaired, and eight steam engines can be brought in tomorrow."

Hearing what Xu Ning said, Zhou Dong's family nodded and said with a smile: "The shopkeeper of the outer cabinet told me that the craftsmen will arrive tonight, and tomorrow when you deliver the parts, the craftsmen will start building."

"The engineering team will definitely pump out the groundwater in the mine, and repair the road before the expensive mine starts, so as not to delay the business of the owner." Xu Ning knew what the businessman cared about, and took the initiative to promise.

The merchant sighed. "If it weren't for the steam engine, the mine I worked so hard to dig would be worthless."

(End of this chapter)