Survival From The Wilderness: Mission Master

Chapter 360

Chapter 360: Raise wages!

Look back to the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the nineteenth century. As the chief of the Donner Pass tunnel project, Harris was informed by a supervisor early in the morning that Edward asked him to go there as soon as possible.

As the person in charge, Harris did not have to walk out of his residence this morning, but facing the leader who fell from the sky, Harris could only bite the bullet and came to the edge of the construction site, in front of Edward’s house.

Standing in front of the door, Harris took a deep breath. He couldn’t help thinking of the meeting he held for other responsible persons last night. Although my colleagues did not pay much attention to the behavior of Edward and his colleagues in the middle of the workers, but this does not mean that Harris also thinks so.

“Oh, I don’t know what these people will do.” Harris sighed in his heart, and then knocked on the door lightly.

Soon, the door was opened, and it was still the Chinese servant.

Seeing Harris’ arrival, the servant turned around blankly and walked to the dining room.

Upon seeing this, Harris couldn’t help but slander: No matter when he sees this male servant with an awkward expression, it makes people feel uncomfortable.

When I walked into the restaurant, it was Edward still sitting in the main seat like the previous dinner, but this time it was not for Harris to come for dinner, so Harris did not dare to sit down, but stood respectfully at the table and said: “Excuse me, Mr. Edward, what’s the matter with you calling me this time?”

The red beard said calmly: “After my field visit yesterday, I decided to increase the monthly salary of Chinese workers.”

“What!” Redbeard’s short sentence was nothing but a bolt from the blue for Harris. He immediately objected loudly: “Mr. Edward, this is impossible. The wages of Chinese workers have always been at this level. How could it be possible for no reason? Improve it!”

Red Beard snorted coldly, leaned back, leaned on the back of the chair, turned to look at Ye Qing, and motioned for him to speak.

Harris naturally knew that Edward was reluctant to say a lot of things, and they were all entrusted to the hateful manservant to explain. Harris glared at Ye Qing, as if if Ye Qing said a word, Harris would pounce on Ye Qing without hesitation.

But how could Ye Qing scare this greasy person in charge?

He just put his hands on the dining table and said, “According to our survey, only Chinese workers work for twelve hours. The local American workers have always worked only eight hours…”

“But now the working hours of Chinese workers have been reduced to eight hours! I think this is completely enough.” Before Ye Qing could finish, Harris retorted impatiently.

Increase wages, this is impossible!

After hearing Harris’ rebuttal, Ye Qing knocked on the table impatiently, frowned and said, “I haven’t finished yet!”

Harriston’s speech was delayed, but his anger rekindled immediately. This guy is just a humble servant, why should he talk to himself like this!

But due to Edward’s presence, Harris could only grit his teeth to suppress his anger.

Seeing Harris stopped speaking, Ye Qing continued: “What I want to say is that even if the total working hours are less than that of Chinese workers, the efficiency of local workers is far less than that of Chinese workers! Even less than half of Chinese workers. Not to mention the comparison of the total workload. The tunnels and tracks laid by each Chinese worker are much more than the local workers!” Ye Qing continued with an expression of righteous indignation and continued, “And now With such a significant gap, the wages of Chinese workers are far inferior to those of American workers. Do you think this is reasonable?”

After Ye Qing finished speaking, Harris gradually calmed down and said indifferently: “Why is it unreasonable? Isn’t it enough for Chinese workers to get these wages?” Obviously, in Harris’s eyes, they pay wages on time, and those Chinese workers have already I should be grateful to myself, what qualifications do I have to ask for more?

Before Ye Qing could continue to speak, Harris curled his lips and continued: “Moreover, the wages have been reported long ago. Where does the money come from to increase wages?”

At this time, Zhao Ling, who had been sitting quietly by the side, spoke: “It is true that an increase in wages will indeed lead to an increase in wage expenditures. But the benefits we can get from it are not comparable to the increased wages. The current railway is far from being completed. In a few months, the wages have been increased from now on, and in the end, there has been no more expenditure. However, the incentives given to workers by these wages can definitely make the railway completed faster. Moreover, it is definitely not a day or two earlier. Simple.” After talking, Zhao Ling smiled and looked at Harris and said: “Harris, what do you think of the Chinese workers’ ability to work?”

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Harris didn’t expect that Zhao Ling would ask this question suddenly. He replied somewhat unexpectedly: “Uh, this…

“It is indeed more efficient than local workers, but it is nothing more than that, haha.” Harris laughed dryly. Of course he knew that the working ability of Chinese workers in America was much higher than that of workers, but at this time he It is absolutely impossible to admit it like this!

Zhao Ling didn’t bother to pierce Harris’ hard mouth, and just said: “But based on my field observation yesterday, I can tell you responsibly that this is definitely not the limit of Chinese laborers, or even far from it!”

Harris was visibly stunned. The work efficiency of Huagong is in the eyes, and he is very surprised by the American people. And this is not the limit?

“So, Mr. Harris, please think about it. Compared with the extra salary paid this month, the salary saved by completing one month earlier, and the prestige earned by this early completion, isn’t it worth more?”

“As the person in charge of this project, how much benefit can Mr. Harris get from it, shouldn’t I need to say more?” Zhao Ling showed a meaningful smile as he said.

Looking at Zhao Ling’s smile, Harris swallowed his saliva and said hesitantly: “Are you sure, efficiency can be improved, and it can be improved more than a little?”

Zhao Ling nodded, but did not speak.

On the contrary, Ye Qing said, “You can not believe me, don’t you even believe in Mr. Edward?”

Harris reacted at once, yes, no matter what the result is, this is an order from Edward. Even if it is really messed up, he will bear the responsibility!

Seeing Harris’ relieved expression, Ye Qing smiled and added: “The wages of Chinese workers have risen to fifty dollars a month. Remember to also increase the wages of American workers to prevent them from being caused by this incident. Dissatisfaction. We don’t need much effort from these American workers, but at least they can’t make trouble.”