Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 904 Labor Workers ([-])

"It's a fight, it's a fight, come on, it's a fight!" The deputy chief of the security department of Hongxing Farm rang a bell hanging under the eaves, and then shouted at the top of his voice.The section chief, who was playing mahjong in the storage room next door, had his face covered with notes. After hearing the news, he immediately pushed the cards in front of him, picked up the armed belt, pistol and saber hanging on the hanger, and called his men to rush out.

There were two groups of people fighting. On the left were Ukrainian Cossacks and rebel serfs bought in the second half of last year, and on the right were a group of Polish prisoners of war. It seemed that they had continued the war in the Old World to this point.The head of the security unit looked a little cold when he saw him beckoning, and a subordinate immediately came over. After understanding his order, the subordinate took another look at the two hundred people who were still fighting in the river ahead. The rest of the contracted slaves hurriedly left here.

Dozens of Xhosa blacks with wooden sticks and leather whips took aside the [-] or so indentured slaves who did not participate in the gang fight, and then stood aside, quietly waiting for the bloody fools to calm down .Yes, that's right, these indentured slaves who are fighting are fools!Because soon they will be completely suppressed by the armed forces composed of black supervisors, farm security guards, armed patrols, police from the Ministry of the Interior and militias. Mine hard labor camp, the rest will also be dispatched to Ping'an County.

Don't think it's a good thing to be transferred from the Red Star Farm, which is not a shit, to Ping'an County. In fact, anyone who has been to the sewage pipe renovation site in Ping'an County will tell you what kind of hell it is there.In the stinking old pipeline, these indentured laborers wore rubber rain boots and water tanks, stepped on the slippery and sloping ground, and used shovels to dig out the dirt that had been deposited for an unknown amount of time, and then transported it to the ground .The harsh working environment and heavy workload are unimaginable to them before. Everyone who has worked there does not want to go there again!

Because the new urban sewage system tested in Jingjiang County, Wujiang region is working well, it not only effectively treats the domestic sewage of thousands of urban residents, but its unique sewage treatment facilities also regularly produce large amounts of fertile silt (sediments at the bottom of sedimentation tanks, rich in Organic matter), these silts were sent to the nearby state-run large farms to fertilize the fields. According to reports, the pastures planted on them grow particularly fat and have good economic value.

Because of this, some old settlements in China have proposed to transform their original unreasonable sewer pipes, and at the same time add new sewage treatment plants to completely transform the sanitary conditions of the entire city.They also have good reasoning, namely that it will improve the comfort of people's lives, improve sanitation, and reduce the incidence of disease-every time a disease strikes, a large number of children will become sick and die because they cannot be treated.

To be honest, their reasons are very good, and they are very exciting to the Executive Committee.Because they have always insisted that reducing the population death rate is far more important than increasing the birth rate. In order to prevent children on the east coast from being levied a "tithe tax" for diseases like Peru (about one tenth of Spanish children in Peru die every year, they are known as children's "tithes"), the necessary urban sewage and sewage treatment facilities are still necessary.

However, considering the financial constraints of the central government, the renovation of old sewage pipes and new sewage treatment plants in relatively densely populated old settlements will cost a lot of money, so the central government decided to give priority to the reconstruction of the capital Dongfang County and the industrial city of Pingan County for the time being. sewage facilities.At present, they have approved the renovation of old facilities in Chengguan Township, Dingyuan Township, Henan Township, Pingan Township, Liming Township, and Jushu Township. At the same time, each settlement has also added a sewage treatment plant. Nearly 30 yuan of funds has eliminated more than half of the central government's mobile funds this year.

Of course, the construction funds of 30 yuan are naturally far from enough, because it is more troublesome to renovate these old facilities than to build a new one, so it is normal that it will cost a lot of money.Six settlements, an average of 5 yuan for the renovation of a settlement, this money is enough to buy building materials, labor tools, chemicals, order some pipeline valve machines, purchase some transport vehicles, hire some engineers Even if there are several thousand yuan left for technical personnel to conduct on-site surveys and post-design, there is not much they can do.Fortunately, considering the actual difficulties in various places, the Executive Committee sent some of the laborers on hand to help with the construction, which saved a large amount of construction costs and allowed the project to barely start-of course The board, lodging and allowances for a period of time will be paid by the user.

There is no doubt that the laborers involved in these old sewer renovation projects are the most miserable.The working environment here is not something ordinary people can bear, and it is also very easy to induce many diseases-a while ago, many laborers were unfortunately infected in the sewage pipes and were quarantined-so it is a job that everyone avoids.Employers either recruit Italian and Scottish employees who came from the Old World at a high price, or use indentured slaves—compared to the former, employers naturally prefer to use indentured slaves that cost less.

Now these indentured slaves who are fighting in the muddy river will soon be detained according to the policy, and then sent to the sewage facility renovation site in Ping'an County, where there is a shortage of people!The Ping'an county government is so anxious that it is ready to hire local farmers and foreign Italian laborers at high prices. I believe they will be overjoyed when these 200 people are sent there, and these indentured slaves will definitely spend at least six months there. An impressive working life.

More than a dozen heavily armed patrol police quickly rushed over with more than 50 similarly armed militiamen. As for the dozens of police officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who were originally stationed nearby, they went out yesterday morning with wolfhounds and horses to hunt down The escaped slaves have not yet returned, so at this moment only a few left-behind personnel rushed over with rifles.

But enough!The head of the security unit looked at the suppressors, who already numbered more than 150, and felt relieved, so he quickly negotiated with a police officer leading the team.The police officer was also very straightforward. With a big wave of his hand, several patrolmen fired warning shots, which immediately shocked the indentured slaves who were still fighting with blushing faces.

People from the east coast are merciless!At this moment, no matter whether it is a Ukrainian or a Polish person, their minds suddenly tremble, the movements of their hands involuntarily slow down, and the courage that was originally filled in their chests gradually dissipates in the wind.Seeing this, the black supervisors who had been watching them coldly rushed over immediately, knocked down the man who was still standing on the ground with a stick, and then pulled out seven or eight people they saw. The person who beat the most fiercely, and then asked these people to identify each other, and once again found out a few people who were the first to attack.

After the dozens of people were arrested, the police officer who led the team didn't talk nonsense, and immediately ordered the execution on the spot.I saw the overseers tied up these indentured slaves who were still struggling fiercely and knocked them down to the ground, and then some armed patrols stepped forward immediately, and saw them take out black leather whips, strip off the clothes of these indentured slaves, and then ruthlessly He hit hard.

The screams rang one after another over the empty river. The entire execution process lasted about 15 minutes. The backs of more than a dozen people on the ground were bloody. It can be seen that a man who was alive just now is lying on the dirty muddy river beach like a dead dog, and even the sound of breathing is much weaker. Who is not afraid of this?

"Toast, don't eat fine wine!" The police officer leading the team was from Weihaiwei. A mid-level police officer, I just heard him say: "There are steamed buns to eat every day, and there are salted fish and ham every few days for a tooth-fighting festival. If you are full, you will fight! I made it clear with you on the first day that I will not obey discipline." All of you will be severely punished, and now it’s just to increase your memory. What are you still doing, send all of you energetic and gang-fighting ‘heroes’ to the road. The Changshan hard labor camp and the construction site in Ping’an County are waiting for them. Don't dawdle, let's go!"

Seeing the foremen and patrolmen driving the laborers like flocks of sheep, the police officer spat on the ground again and said, "They are all a bunch of bastards, wouldn't it be great to fulfill the labor contract comfortably at Red Star Farm? Cutting down trees, dredging rivers, repairing roads, building houses, and leveling the land here is really hard work, and you don’t know how to cherish it, what is it if you are not a cheap species!”

After scolding for a while, the police officer seemed to think of something again. He found the head of the security department and said to him: "The head of the security department has not taken office yet, so we can make decisions here. I think we can I have to slap and give two sweet dates, the laborers who didn’t participate in the gang fight today are not bad, why don’t we give them more meals and less work?”

Although the police officer's words were a question, his tone was unquestionable. The security chief felt that this did not violate the principle, so he followed his words and agreed.In this way, these laborers who honestly did not participate in the fight, not only got a day off by accident, but in the next month, they will have more meals than before, which is quite good treatment .

"We sent away more than 200 people at once, and the employment gap has widened again. Yes, we still have to report to the higher authorities, but the strong white-skinned contract slaves are definitely gone, and the higher authorities will probably fill in another two or three hundred Give us a Guaraní. Oh, what a bad year, the Guaraní will help you!" The policeman lit a pipe for himself, and sighed with his hands on his hips.

(End of this chapter)