Chapter 100, Enough to Live
When he got the news, Fujii Kazuki's first reaction was to be stunned for a few seconds, and then he felt that it was a little impossible, but after thinking about it for a long time and coming up with accurate data, he understood something, but he was not worried, because such things happen too often in China.
Although this is not some backward and small country in Africa, human life is as cheap as grass, but in fact, Fujii Kazuki feels that there is no difference between this place and Africa, except that people die in African mines, and there is no need to lose money, and if people die in the mines here, at most hundreds of thousands of comfort payments will be given to their families.
Therefore, human life here can be measured in terms of "money", and the people of Mitsui Mining know very well those local officials in China, once something happens, the first thing that comes to mind is not to save people, but to block the news, not to let anyone leak the slightest bit of information, and even if necessary, to cut off the communication of the entire region, it is possible.
Fujii Kazuki is not worried, even if more than 100 people die, Mitsui Mining can afford to pay, but Fujii Kazuki is even less worried that this money does not need Mitsui Mining to pay at all, either the local government, or other cooperative groups, and it is even possible that they pay tens of thousands of yuan per household is enough, there is no need to doubt it, because Fujii Kazuki has been in China for so long, and they are often seen doing this.
As he expected, when he arrived at the scene, he didn't see anyone at all, there were police and some special forces called militia on the road to maintain order, all traffic was blocked, except for official cars and cars with documents, basically all vehicles that wanted to enter here would be told that this area was under construction, please take a detour.
Even if he really went in, there was definitely no entry and exit, not to mention the so-called reporter, he checked his mobile phone in China and found that there was no signal, and when he took out his satellite phone, he found that the signal was full, and sure enough, even the communication was blocked.
A deputy county magistrate who was dealing with the incident greeted him with a smile, and it felt like something happy happened here, not a mining disaster, and he was thinking that if this happened in Japan, it is estimated that the whole of Japan would know about it, because reporters are everywhere, and local officials would like to use this kind of incident to find trouble with Mitsui Mining, but here, that's it, the officials can still greet him with a smile as the culprit.
"How are you going to rescue these people?" asked Kazuki Fujii, trying.
"How to save?" The deputy county magistrate looked strange, as if he was saying, do you still need to be saved? After all, it may be half dead if you are saved, and the money spent lying in the hospital is far less than the money spent on the corpses carried out, this is the logic of the deputy county magistrate, but Fujii Kazuki asked this, and the deputy county magistrate was a little embarrassed, if he asked to save all these workers, then he must be saved, although they may all be dead.
Seeing his embarrassed look, Fujii Kazuki understood something, so he said: "You deal with it yourself, as long as it doesn't affect the future development here, do you know the development?"
"Understood. "The deputy county magistrate immediately understood something. If Canglong were here, he would definitely find out that this was Deputy County Magistrate Wu who was removed last time.
After Fujii Kazuki and his entourage left, Deputy County Magistrate Wu immediately began to deal with the follow-up matters, and after discussing with the director of the county coal bureau, they agreed that there is no value in the rescue now, because the experimental mine is not as good as the actual mining mine, not in all directions, so if they rescue, there is only one way, digging from top to bottom, but the risk is extremely high, and it is such a rainstorm.
Basically, after the water seeps in, even if there are still alive inside, they are drowned, and if you dig down, there may be a risk of secondary collapse, and the safety and security of the rescue team will be a problem at that time.
After scribbling discussions, they decided that the main task now is to stabilize the emotions of the family, and that such a large investment is involved in the future, and the work cannot be completely stopped because of the mining disaster.
In Mawang Township, Longyang County, there is a cry, the site of Mitsui Mining is not in the hot Jiangkou Township, but in Mawang Township, where the mountains and rivers are poor, basically few people will patronize, it is very easy to block the traffic, only a feasible mountain road passes, completely blocking the villagers' petitions.
Before the mining disaster, no one expected this kind of thing to happen, and in terms of propaganda, the township government told them that if they were willing to go down to work, they could get a high salary of 2,500 a month, which was no less than what they earned in the city, and for the people in the mountains, the salary of 2,005 was already very high.
Only a few people are really afraid of things, so when recruiting, there is even an overcrowding situation.
Since Hu Lao TCM heard that his grandson was going to college, he was happy from the bottom of his heart, but his son worked in a construction site in the city, but he couldn't earn such a high tuition, so he didn't sleep well for a few nights, and decided to take the guy his master passed on to him to the village market to practice medicine.
If you want to practice medicine in the city, you need a medical qualification certificate, and he can't pass the exam when he is old, so even if he has the ability, he can only wander around the township.
However, the people in the countryside are very strong and do not look like people in the city, and they hurt here and there for three days, so they rushed to the market several times, and the business of Hu Lao TCM was not very good, and the money he earned was not enough to share the pressure of **An's tuition for his son.
But once when he was in the market, he heard that Mawang Township actually opened a mine, and was recruiting workers, remembering that when he was young, he also worked in the small coal kiln in the township, and he still knew something about this industry, so Hu Lao Chinese medicine went to sign up for the job, at first he thought that he couldn't apply at this age.
However, a miracle happened, and the leaders of the township decided to hire him after reading his information, and basically he succeeded in hiring him without many complicated procedures.
The first day of work in the mine reminded him of when he was young, when everyone worked energetically, regardless of the wind or sun, because it was a rural cooperative system at that time, everyone was contributing to the country, although there was no so-called salary, but basically it was a reasonable distribution, and no one could get more, and no one could get less.
Of course, if you are rated as advanced, it will be different.
Those days are very reminiscent of Hu Lao Chinese Medicine, but he is very reluctant to think of them, because there are always good and bad.
After working in the mine for a month, he found that he was old after all, his body bones were a little unbearable, and the old rheumatism was committed again, as long as the weather was wet, his legs hurt a lot, and he couldn't sleep well for a few days and nights, but whenever he thought of his young grandson and saw his sensible appearance, Hu Lao Chinese Medicine felt that it was worth it.
Although he knows how to heal, but he can not heal himself, this old rheumatism is still young and did not care for his body, branded in the coal mine, in the years after the rural land contract system, has been much better, he has been conditioned, plus not very tired, basically there is not much to do.
But now that the spring rain continues, the mine is damp, and sometimes it is even a little breathless, and it is 300 meters underground, and sometimes it is even necessary to wear a gas mask, which is even more difficult to breathe, and it is an experimental mine, so the ventilation conditions are not good.
However, he, an old miner, knows a lot of methods, as long as it is not too deep, he can still bear it, plus he knows how to heal, so in a month, everyone knows him, everyone calls him Lao Hu, the first month of work, he received a salary of 3,000 yuan, 500 yuan more than others, but no one said that this is unreasonable, because his old miner knows too many things, and even many times, he knows how to avoid dangers that should not happen in the mine.
There is no place more tiring than working 300 meters underground, because it is dark and you are always worried that you may be buried alive.
However, after receiving the first month's salary, Hu Lao was not happy, not because his leg hurt, but because the owner of the mine asked him to lead the worker to dig deep, instead of extending along the place they had dug through, and he was very strange, but the owner told him that this was a request from above, because this was an experimental mine, and the above wanted to know how rich the raw ore here was.
But he said that this was very dangerous, and the weather was bad, and the exhaust system inside was not good, so he couldn't stay long in the depths.
However, the owner said that each of them should be equipped with an oxygen mask, and they only need to do it, and all other equipment will be provided from above.
On the first day, the workers in the mine were very curious about this new thing, they didn't expect that they could also use this kind of high-end thing, and they rushed to test it one by one, and there were laughter and ridicule from time to time, but Hu Lao Chinese Medicine couldn't laugh, because he knew the danger inside.
But he didn't want to extinguish the only smile on these people's faces, because they all knew that if they took this and continued to dig down, they would be able to raise their wages by one thousand per person.
Half a month later, they dug a hundred meters deep, and the raw ore mined made the top very excited, so they asked them to dig, he repeatedly suggested, but was repeatedly blocked, under the temptation of raising wages, even those young faces, did not listen to him, everyone seemed to be under a spell.
This suddenly reminded Hu Lao of the time when he was only eighteen years old, why wasn't this on the faces of his partners at that time?
Hu Lao TCM was not going to go down the mine, but he knew very well that without him and these young miners, the chance of danger would be much greater, although not everyone asked him to go down, because everyone knew that he was old and prone to danger below.
But he still resolutely decided that even if he really died, he could get a compensation, so that he might earn all the tuition fees for his grandson, and he was old enough to live.