While the Manchus were discussing how to take Shanhaiguan, the industrial coal washing plant had just been completed.

The coal washing plant is located upstream of the industrial city, where there are large areas of abandoned coal mines, as well as mountains of raw coal.

Zhu Shun rode on a Liaodong horse and followed a dirt road that had been pressed out by a carriage for many years, and came from the industrial city to the coal washing plant.

The roads are potholed and dusty, seriously affecting the transportation of goods.

Zhu Shun moved the idea of building the first cement road, the role of the cement road for the industrial faction is too great, with the cement road can connect individual steam factories into a whole.

It's just that both the Infrastructure and Industry Departments are lacking skilled workers, especially the road and bridge engineers of the Infrastructure and Construction Department are extremely scarce, and the talents are not in a hurry, so they can only slowly accumulate the thickness of talents.

When Zhu Shun came to the vicinity of the coal washing plant, the first thing he saw was the raw coal mountains, which were abandoned near the pit due to the high transportation cost due to many impurities and low thermal efficiency.

Zhu Shun walked along the dirt road between the tall raw coal mountains, and couldn't help but be a little frightened, these are all raw coal that can be burned, once an open flame falls on it, it will cause a fire and become a mountain of flames.

Some of the coal gangue piled up on the raw coal is still very large, and if it slides down and hits the body, it will be slightly seriously injured, and if it is serious, it can be stoned to death on the spot.

Bypassing seven or eight raw coal mountains, Zhu Shun's vision finally broadened a lot, and a cement factory was built on the bank of the Yongding River.

When they came to the door of the cement factory, several disabled sergeants guarding the door did not know Zhu Shun, but they knew several sedan chair drivers behind Zhu Shun, all of whom had killed Jiannu's robes together in Liaodong.

The eldest sedan chair driver pointed to Zhu Shun and said, "Industrial Hou." ”

Several disabled sergeants were in awe, and gave Zhu Shun a military salute that would only be performed when he met the old superintendent Sun Chengzong, and expressed their sincere gratitude and respect for this industrial marquis who had fed many disabled sergeants.

Zhu Shun smiled and asked, "Is there enough food at home?" ”

At the mention of food, several disabled sergeants blushed and said with a smile: "Thanks to the opportunity to work in the industry, potato flour is cheap, and one person can feed the whole family." ”

Zhu Shun seemed to be asking casually, but in fact, he wanted to learn something from the mouths of these simple disabled sergeants, whether there were any related households that were corrupt.

There will be no factories in the Zhu family, and it is difficult to guarantee that the children of the same sect of other factory owners will do corrupt things and deduct part of the workers' monthly money without permission.

Workers' associations have set up anti-corruption units to prevent this from happening, and to prevent the exploitation of workers who have made a major contribution to the Industrial Revolution.

The second is to slowly and imperceptibly change the thinking of the factory owners, these skilled workers who are equivalent to long-term tenants are not servants who can be exploited at will in the past, but a person who is equal to them.

It's just that the factory owner has more money and has a higher status.

The Industrial Revolution changed not only the way of life of production, but also the ideology.

Zhu Shun looked at the heartfelt smiles of these disabled sergeants, but he didn't smile, didn't go directly into the coal washing plant, and walked to the inverted room on the side: "Let's talk about it, who deducted your monthly salary." ”

The inverted seat room and the gatehouse are connected together, which is usually used as a place to rest, Zhu Shun sat on a sturdy bench, looked at the few sergeants who followed up, and asked calmly.

These sergeants covered it up well, but Zhu Shun saw a trace of embarrassment on the face of one of the disabled sergeants, as if he had been exploited and oppressed.

After waiting for half a cup of tea, no one spoke for a long time, and the head of the sedan chair said angrily: "Lao Chen, what's the matter!" After retiring from Liaodong, he learned to play an official tone. ”

"Lao Tzu remembers that you were the most courageous one under Zhu Xiaoqi at the beginning, and it was not your arm that Jiannu cut off with one sword, and cut off your eggs!"

The disabled sergeant surnamed Chen used to dare to ask for a sip of wine when he saw the general banner, and he was notoriously bold in their group of Liaodong border troops, but now he was a little afraid to face the head of the sedan chair.

Hearing the angry words of the head of the sedan chair, he couldn't help but blush, gritted his teeth and said: "It's not that I don't want to say it, it's just that this matter may not be managed, it's my lady who was deducted from her monthly money in the spinning factory." ”

"That spinning mill is Sun Yuanwai's, not a steam factory of the industrial marquis."

Zhu Shun asked calmly: "Is it Sun Dake's deduction, or the steward of the spinning factory." ”

The disabled sergeant surnamed Chen saw that the industrial marquis seemed to be angry, and hurriedly said: "It's not Sun Yuanwai, it's one of his cousins, relying on the fact that he is the same clan as Sun Yuanwai, he often flirts with the spinning woman, and often deducts the spinning woman's monthly money." ”

Molesting the spinning woman!

Zhu Shun immediately narrowed his eyes and stopped talking, just sitting quietly on the bench.

The man of the iron tower has been following Zhu Shun for so many years, and he knows Engong's temper very well, and said angrily: "Brother Shi, go and call Sun Yuanwai and the steward." ”

The head of the sedan chair arched his hand, and just as he was about to walk out, Zhu Shun suddenly stood up: "Go to the fountain square in the industrial city." ”

The industrial city has only built the middle area of the word, Dongdong District, although it is only an area, it is equivalent to a county town that can accommodate more than 100,000 people.

The place is very large, there are various taverns and teahouses and shops, and in the middle is a fountain square that is usually used for playing.

It occupies a large area and has a great view.

The man of the iron tower thought that he had overestimated Engong's displeasure, but he didn't expect to far underestimate the anger in Engong's chest, and it was no longer displeasure, but anger.

It's the end of the hour, and the skilled workers have just started work, and there should be no one on the cement road in the industrial park.

At this time, under the leadership of the stewards of the various steam workshops, they walked out of the steam factory, and in order to prevent the occurrence of crowded stampedes, they lined up in a neat line and walked to the fountain square.

The number of skilled workers was so great that it took a morning to barely stand in Fountain Square, and one by one they discussed what was to be done.

Zhu Shun glanced at the tower man next to him, and the tower man shouted angrily: "Quiet." ”

The man of the iron tower is not an immortal, it is impossible for everyone to hear his voice, it is good to have more than a hundred people hear it.

He said this to the Xiangyong infantry, hundreds of Xiangyong infantry armed with doumi-style rifles, rushed to their predetermined positions, and no one was responsible for passing the word to dozens of people.

One by one, the front passed to the back, and the fountain square soon fell silent.

Just when the factory owners and skilled workers didn't understand what Zhu Shun meant, two riflemen escorted the steward of Sunda Textile Factory to the front.