No matter what kind of social system or how advanced the level of productive forces, there will inevitably be oppressed people at the bottom of society. Unless the level of productivity can be so high that it can produce indefinitely all the things that humanity needs at negligible costs, and thus meet the infinite needs of all mankind, there will always be a division of classes.

It's unavoidable. Human beings are also a member of the natural world, and the survival of the fittest is the most simple rule of nature. Therefore, on the ships bound for Shengdong Island, 90 percent of the passengers were gold diggers at the bottom of society.

They are instigated by the news of the gold rush, and they are also eager for the successful people in the success story who have become rich overnight. So I embarked on this road with a yearning for a better life.

Dongmen Tiger, who has lived in Xifeng Harbor since childhood, is one of them.

Life was too difficult, his father died young, and his mother had to raise him and his younger siblings alone. This made his mother extremely hard, and not long ago she fell ill in bed.

Thankfully, the devotion of her mother and her siblings saved her. So that the mother of Dongmen Leopard was able to recover without danger after three days.

For this reason, the joyful and grateful Dongmen Leopard took out half of the family's remaining savings at the behest of his mother's instructions and prepared to donate it to the church. May I thank the great and true God for His protection.

However, the three-star warrior who was in charge of presiding over the chapel understood his family situation and didn't want to accept their money, so he couldn't help but look at Dongmen Hu and said: "Although believers are the shepherds of the true God, in the eyes of the great and merciful God, we are all like His children. Therefore, the true God uses faith to heal our mental and physical wounds, just as a father takes care of his children. So God doesn't ask for repayment, kid. ”

After that, let Dongmen Tiger take the money.

But Dongmen Tiger didn't agree at first. The education he received since he was a child and the rehabilitation of his mother made him feel that "his family must give something, otherwise it would be too profane".

Until the clergyman had no choice but to lead him into the church, kneel in front of the statue for a long time, and let him clean the chapel from the inside out. He then listened to the clergy and took the money back.

But even so, his family is afraid that it will not last long and will go bankrupt. Dongmen Hu, who was only sixteen years old, was helpless until he saw the recruitment notice to go to Shengdong Island to pan for gold.

"The salary is good, and you can pay half a year's salary in advance!"

This made Dongmen Hu's eyes suddenly light up. So he convinced his mother and signed a contract afterwards. In today's human society, sixteen years old is considered an official adult, so he is eligible to sign a contract in his own name.

It's just that he doesn't know many words, and he doesn't know much about the terms and conditions of the contract. I signed it without looking at the contract.

But it didn't matter, he didn't think those people would dare to deceive them.

Under the impetus of the Church, a unified contract law and labor law were promulgated at an early stage. The working hours are strictly regulated, i.e. no more than twelve hours per day, and one day off must be taken every seven days.

Later, a minimum wage was introduced, as well as other labor rights. The Church is very strict in this regard, and no one dares to disobey it.

Although this kind of rule seems a little ahead of its time, it is indeed necessary in Liang Tian's opinion. Human greed is endless, and some things have to be determined this morning, so that it has become a common practice, and no one will feel that these rules should not exist in the future.

But as an ordinary young man from the bottom, Dongmen Tiger obviously won't understand the deep meaning contained in this. Even if he is the beneficiary of these rules.

Besides, a person like him who is precarious is not qualified to think too much. Compared with macro concepts such as the future direction of social development, he is obviously more concerned about what to eat at his next meal.

So, when the farewell of the loved ones boarded the ship to the island of Shengdong. He was saddened by the fact that he had left his hometown and relatives, but he was soon distracted by the food and shelter that the company had prepared for them.

The food is brown bread and mixed vegetable soup, the most common food for the poor at the bottom. It's not that tempting.

As for the accommodation on the ship, it is even more cramped and cramped. Hundreds of them were crammed into the cabin, and each of them could only get two square meters. The bunk has three floors, and no matter which floor, the space is only enough to barely turn over. It looks like a cage.

However, the people who will board this ship are all people at the bottom of society, who have a strong endurance for a difficult life, and they are also mentally prepared for everything in front of them. I don't think there's anything.

Later, when it was time for dinner, Dongmen Hu's heart was still sad. But perhaps the sadness in his heart turned into appetite, and the young Dongmen Tiger ate a full stomach. He drank two bowls of mixed vegetable soup and three sticks of black bread, and ate more than any man in his twenties or thirties.

So after he finished eating, one of the people next to him couldn't help but quip: "Tsk, what a kid who can eat, aren't you afraid of bursting your own stomach?"

But Dongmen Hu didn't pay attention to the other party, the man was silent for a while, and Fang took the initiative to stretch out his hand and said, "My name is Ye Qing." ”

"Dongmen Tiger"

Dongmen Hu also stretched out his hand and shook hands with the strange man in his twenties in front of him. I thought it was just a polite greeting, but I didn't think that this guy named Ye Qing immediately chattered in Dongmen Hu's ear.

He first told about his family, and then about why he left his loved ones to board the ship.

"To help his family pay off their debts," he said. When he said these words, he couldn't help but have a deep sadness on his face. They are all people who have had to leave their homes in order to make a living. This made Dongmen Hu, who had a similar experience, feel sad.

Later, also to confide, the young Dongmen Hufang also took the initiative to tell his story. So instead of immediately returning to the resting cabin, they chatted for a while on the deck outside the cabin.

It wasn't until the night grew and the sailors drove them back to the cabin to sleep that they realized that they were still bunk beds. It's really a wonderful fate. So the two became friends, and they were the best friends of each other's friends.

They ate together, talked about the future, and endured the long and tedious journey at sea. Forty days passed like this. Forty days later, the first batch of miners to develop gold mines finally arrived at the largest island ever discovered by human society, Shengdong Island.