Section 144: A Trip to Foshan (10)

"If you want to say that simple is simple, but the scale is really not covered." Every foundry he saw was full of people and flames, and it was very busy with both copper and iron. The scale of casting is already considerable, and there are dozens of copper and iron cannons in the open space of just one workshop, large and small, long and short, which makes Huang Tianyu dizzy.

The casting of the artillery in the foundry is basically the traditional clay mold casting method, but the casting level is quite sophisticated, however, according to Huang Tianyu's opinion, these cannons are still old-style artillery, either tiger squat guns or Franc machine guns, the largest is just a general cannon, and there is no legendary Western Hongyi cannon.

"There are a lot of foundry workers here, and the pay is surprisingly low." Huang Tianyu whispered in the room, "I asked, as long as the master who leads the work can get one, two, two and a month, the average worker does not eat for a day, and he is very annoying and even his wife can't afford it, and his life is very hard." It is not difficult to recruit workers with the treatment we are given. ”

"How about the ceramicists you're hiring?"

Liu San is not a member of the Labor and Energy Commission, but he is the person in charge of this business trip, so the affairs should be discussed with him as usual before they can be handled.

"It's even worse." Huang Tianyu's face was heavy, "I'll tell you the truth, I really saw the mass grave for the first time today." Not far from a large kiln, the bottom of the pit was full of bones, and if there was no one to collect the dead workers, they would be thrown directly into the pit. In the half hour I was there, I threw several corpses in. The appearance of the living people is not very good, they are all like living ghosts in hell, and they are all black. I have heard that many workers are unemployed, and it will only be easier to recruit workers than foundries. ”

"You can recruit people." Liu San said, "But we are unfamiliar and have no name here, so it is not easy to start, in case we want to provoke the government, ask us what we are recruiting workers for, what do we say?" ”

"It's probably not okay to hang out a job sign, but you can connect it privately." Huang Tianyu said, "First talk about one or two workers, and then they will connect with the people who are willing to go to Lingao, the first batch is not more, just go to a dozen, and then they will taste the sweetness, and then send them back to recruit workers privately." ”

"Okay, let's do it." Liu San took out a ticket of fifty taels from his arms, "Tomorrow I will go to 'Yang Run Kaitang' to redeem all the silver, so that you can pay the settlement fee." Each worker who is willing to go is given a settling-in allowance of two taels of silver. Don't forget, be sure to ask them to put their fingerprints on the deed! As he spoke, he opened a jewelry box that he had brought with him for important documents—and took out a stack of printed deeds from it.

"Qiwei has a branch of a dart store in Foshan." Liu San said, "When you have gathered all the people, you will take them to the joints of the sub-cabinet in batches, and naturally someone will arrange for them to leave." This is a token. As he spoke, he gave Huang Tianyu another ivory pick.

The two were discussing secretly, only to hear a noise outside, Chen Tong ran in and reported: "Master Liu, there is a flower who wants to eat, I have to see you." ”

"Hanako who asked for rice?" Liu San frowned and thought about it, it was about the young beggar he treated today, "Just give him a few hundred dollars and let him go." ”

"I gave it, but he didn't want it." Chen Tong said, "This person said that you have a life-saving grace for him, and he wants to see you face to face and kowtow to you." ”

"Well, you just call him in." Liu San nodded helplessly, doing good deeds is sometimes easy to provoke idle things.

After a few moments, I saw a young strong man striding in. Sure enough, it was the person he had treated in the afternoon. It's only been a few hours, and this person has returned to normal, and he walks vigorously, quite a bit of a martial artist.

When he saw Liu San, he bowed his head and bowed: "Huang An, thank you Dr. Liu for saving your life!" ”

"No need to be polite, no need to be polite. Please get up. Liu San had no choice but to come and help, thinking that he would have to take a shower tonight to sleep-this man exuded a mixture of gas that he didn't know what smell.

Huang An stood up. He has Mongolian eyes, high cheekbones, and a straight nose. It is very different from the appearance of the locals. His eyes were small but he looked bright, and he did not look like a professional beggar accustomed to flattering and begging on the street, nor did he cower like ordinary countrymen. couldn't help but have a good impression, took care of Chen Tong at the moment, took 500 yuan and a bottle of "Avoiding Plague" to him

"No, no, I can't." Huang An shook his head again and again, "The little one came this time, and it was specially to kowtow to the benefactor to thank him-the guy at the pharmacy said that if the benefactor hadn't rescued him on the spot, the little one's life-life would have been explained." ”

"Saving lives and helping the wounded is the duty of my generation of branch doctors, and there is no need to mention those who are kind or not." Liu San made a sincere appearance, and didn't say a word that it was to save people for advertising, "You are penniless now, and it's the hot summer season, so let's take it as a spare." ”

Huang An didn't answer, he took a deep look, turned around and walked out.

Liu San noticed that his arms were strong and there were some scars on his hands, so his heart moved, and he hurriedly stopped him and asked:

"Dare to ask this Brother Huang, what kind of livelihood did you make a living, and why did you fall so far?"

"I used to work in the foundry here," Huang An said roughly, "but I don't have any skills, and I'm just working hard." The foreman thought that I ate too much and had a big temper, so he resigned me a few days ago. ”

It's a foundry, it's a ready-made one. Liu San and Huang Tianyu glanced at each other, and they both had similar thoughts, take him in, the young man has the strength and a little casting experience, and he should be a good worker if he takes it back and trains it well. It's really not good, it's always okay for this embryo to be a soldier - 1.7 meters of soldiers is still very rare.

Huang Tianyu said: "Brother Huang, there is an industry in Qiongzhou Mansion, and there is just a shortage of manpower. Since Brother Huang has nowhere to go, it is better to go to Qiongzhou with him. ”

"To Qiongzhou?" This Huang An rolled his eyes and thought for a while, "Don't go!" I heard that the plague was very severe in this place, and most of them would not survive if they went there. ”

The refusal was simply done. Liu San said with a smile: "This property was opened by me and this old man Huang, what are you afraid of with me?" You're safe and sound. ”

Huang An hesitated for a moment, and asked for a moment: "Can you eat meat?" Then he hurriedly added, "I can eat once in ten days and a half months!" I'm not a greedy person. ”

"Yes." Liu San replied very simply, the food standard of the heavy manual laborers of the New Army and the Ministry of Industry is fish every day and meat every week. Not much, but supply is absolutely guaranteed.

"Okay, I'll go with you!" Huang An nodded, knelt down and kowtowed again, "Owner!" ”

"Okay, kowtow is no longer necessary." Liu San felt that this person was rude and cute, but it was a pity that he was not a medical student, otherwise he would have to keep him by his side, "You signed the paperwork." ”

"Selling yourself?" Huang An looked reluctant, "If you want to sell yourself, I won't go, I don't like to be a slave to others." ”

"It's not a sale, it's a deed of employment. Don't you have to write a deed for long-term work? ”

"Done!" He nodded.

At that moment, he put his handprint on the paperwork. Liu San asked him if he had any family here? Do you want to take it with you, or get two taels of silver for settling-in money.

"I'm a single here, where did I come from. The silver is gone. Follow the owner to have meat to eat. Huang An grinned.

"Where are you?"

"Human?" Huang An scratched his scalp, "The small one is not human. ”

"Where are you from?"

"The small one is from Shandong, and the world lives in Dengzhou." Huang An said, "I can't stay in Dengzhou anymore, I heard that a brother is now transferred to Guangdong, so I want to come to him to eat, but I didn't expect ......" At this point, he suddenly shut up.

It seems that this Huang An still has a hidden secret. "Adjustment"? Linked to his demeanor, words and deeds, Liu San thought to himself, Bacheng is a deserter from the official army. Deserters are deserters, and if they can do their jobs anyway.

Liu San instructed Chen Tong to take him to the bath first, find a haircutber to trim and trim him, and then choose two sets of clothes for him to change from the clothing shop. He also instructed the senior brother to take out the guest's clothes and blow them, and prepare to wear them when he went to Lin Ming's family banquet tomorrow.

This day was the twenty-eighth birthday of Lin Ming's wife, and the whole house was full of joy. In particular, almost all the wealthy local businessmen and gentry came to cheer, and the guests and friends who came to congratulate were endless, rendering the whole forest house lively and extraordinary.

The Lin family is neither a merchant nor a gentry, and everyone values him so much and flatters him in every way, because he is the test hundred households of the local Jinyi Wei Hundred Households. It is also equivalent to the second in command. The number one Liu Baihu is old and mediocre, and he has long not asked about the specific affairs of the Baihu Office except for the monthly money, and according to modern terms, Lin Ming is the executive leader of the Baihu Office.

After lunch, Lin Ming sent off the morning guests and ordered someone to put melon and fruit cakes in the inner courtyard, and invited them to enjoy the drama and fun in the courtyard.

The Kun dialect is being performed on a makeshift stage in the courtyard. Please be Zhang Qiao, a famous Kun dialect actor in Nanhai County, who is good at dressing up and singing. The crowd was fascinated.

On the main seat below, sat Mrs. Lin, the protagonist of this birthday banquet. In Foshan, Mrs. Lin's appearance has always been the object of discussion among the locals - high nose and deep eyes, and slightly curly hair. The eyes are also tan-colored, and look five or six points similar to those of the Persian orchids. And this Mrs. Lin is the descendant of the Se-Mu people - and her ancestors have also worked in Jinyiwei for generations, and have successively held middle and lower-level positions such as school captain, small flag, and general flag. and the Lin family are right.

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, people are not allowed to marry each other, so after three hundred years of mixed blood, it is no different from ordinary Han people, and it is difficult to see a woman like Mrs. Lin who looks very colorful, which is also the most proud point of Lin Baihu, even if he is a year older, he married back. Everyone thinks that Lin Baihu's taste is very unique.