In late April, Shannan Province, Yuezhou, a small village not far from Dongting Lake.

Song Tao, a villager who is good at building small fishing boats, gave a complete set of shipbuilding tools to Song Xiaoyu, a half-grown son in the same village, and after locking his cabin, he put on his bags and rushed to Yuezhou Wharf with a ticket that he bought for 100 yuan yesterday.

"Brother Tao, you went to Weinan, can you really earn consistent money every month?"

As soon as the sky was bright, he ran to the door and waited, and when he saw Song Tao coming out, Song Xiaoyu jumped up from the ground as soon as he took Song Tao's bag, and while taking Song Tao's bag, he stretched his neck and asked.

Song Tao didn't stop Song Xiaoyu, who wanted to help, and said with a smile after distributing one of his burdens to him, "It's not consistent money, it's a few times money, didn't the judge who read the newspaper say, a skilled shipwright like me who can build a ship independently, Weinan is in short supply now, and the monthly salary is at least two times, if you perform well in the shipyard, you can take a team, and you can get three or five times a month."

Of course, money is not money, in fact, it is secondary, two days ago I went to the dock to see those big ships from Guanzhong, that is really called a boat, in my life, if I can build a big ship like that, it is worth dying in Weinan. ”

"Are the boats on the dock bigger than the buildings that used to run in the Yangtze River?"

Song Xiaoyu usually has to help his father work in the fields, but he didn't have the opportunity to go to the new wharf dozens of miles away to play, so he listened to the law in the countryside for a while, and the trainee judge who read the newspaper said that the new waterships on the wharf about the Chinese construction can sail against the current, and can also pull thousands of stone goods to and from Guanzhong, and the people can go to the wharf to trade if they need to buy and sell.

"It's much bigger, the side of the ship is very high, there are a lot of big sails on it, and there are a few big windmills, but there are no oars, how to make the boat walk when the water is up, I don't know, I heard that the largest ship can carry 30,000 stone at the same time, and carry hundreds of passengers."

In fact, in addition to the wind gear to push the propeller, the large water ship also has the function of manpower, or livestock pulling the gear disc to drive the propeller, but those settings are inside the hull, outsiders can not see, the reason why it can carry 30,000 stone can also sail against the current, is because it has multiple propellers, whether it is downwind, or headwind, as long as there is wind to push the windmill to rotate, it can drive the propeller at the bottom of the ship to rotate, when downwind with a positive propeller, when against the wind, with a reverse propeller.

The load of 30,000 stones is nothing in later generations, less than 2,000 tons, and many fishing boats can reach this load, but in this period, it is simply the existence that all shipbuilders look up to, so Song Xiaoyu decided to send Song Tao all the way to the dock to see such a big ship by the way.

The two walked all the way, chatting all the way, until ten o'clock at noon, walked for almost two hours, and finally arrived at the dock, and, saw a lot of people with bags on their backs, were boarding the ship, today is the day of sailing, it seems that there are many people who have the same idea as Song Tao.

Song Xiaoyu was shocked by the big ship in front of him, he got the opportunity to get on the boat to watch after the consent of the ticket inspector, after boarding the ship, he felt that this boat was strange, no wonder Song Tao's dream was to build such a big ship.

At this time, what he wanted to do most was to take this boat with Song Tao to Weinan and learn more advanced shipbuilding technology in Weinan, but under Song Tao's persuasion, he finally returned to the village, because he couldn't run away from home without his father's permission.

Song Xiaoyu, who embarked on the return journey, decided to practice the carpentry work that Song Tao usually taught him at home in the future, and at the same time, he also had to find a way to save enough money to buy a ferry ticket to Weinan.

Throughout Shannan Province, there are many ships that set sail on the same day, not only in Yuezhou, but also in other places.

Caizhou, a young man named Niu Qiang, who originally helped the Cai family farm, resolutely decided to give up his identity as a tenant, leave the Cai family, and board a water steamer to Guanzhong.

There are many people who have similar experiences with Wagyu Qiang, they either go fishing, or go logging, pheasants, rabbits, and do everything they can to get a ticket to Guanzhong.

Therefore, the position on the ship is very crowded, but when they are on the boat, they do not feel uncomfortable at all, because when the boatmen are fine, they will always tell them some things about Guanzhong, tell them how to make a living after arriving in Weinan, and also distribute some food that they have never seen before, so delicious that they are not willing to arrive in Guanzhong so quickly.

It's a pity that the speed of the water steamer is much faster than they imagined, down the river, two days to Yangzhou, after turning into the canal, the boatman told them that in the straight canal, the water ship can sail day and night, at most ten days, you can reach Weinan.

You know, in the past, they went to the neighboring state cities casually, and it took several days to go back and forth! Now, on this water steamer, it takes less than half a month to reach Guanzhong, which is thousands of miles away, which is simply amazing.

The common people of Datang, as long as they were not born in the government soldiers, many have never been far away in their lives, let alone seen a metropolis with a population of one million, so the moment they get off the ship, they can't touch the direction, but it doesn't matter, the boatman said that if you find someone who is dressed like a trainee judge and wears a badge on his chest, they will lead you to various factories to report according to your expertise and subjective will.

As soon as Song Tao got off the boat, he immediately saw the huge dock next to the pier, and he couldn't see the edge at a glance.

Niu Qiang, along with a group of people, was taken by an intern officer wearing a silver badge, walked around the construction site in Weinan for a while, and handed it over to the construction company.

The interviewers at the shipyard and the construction company tested their abilities a little, took them to a place called the Labor and Social Security Division, and signed a labor contract.

It is said that in the future, every month's salary can be received here, and a certain amount of personal income tax will be deducted, but if there are any labor disputes, they will be dealt with here, and even if there is an accident or injury at work, someone will be responsible for taking care of them and helping them pay for medical expenses.

Song Tao is a skilled carpenter, has many years of experience in shipbuilding, knows water, knows how to make all kinds of materials for the ship, the shipyard is responsible for recruiting workers after testing his level, very happy, set a monthly salary of 2,800 yuan, it is said that this is still a probationary period, if three months later, he can bring a group of people by himself, alone responsible for a part of the hull manufacturing, the salary may get 5,000 yuan, that is a full five, and not only to take money, the shipyard also cares about his food, clothing and housing, and the newspaper has to be no worse.

Niu Qiang, in the end, chose to do dirty, more labor-intensive mud work, the reason is that when he was a child, he liked to play with mud the most, according to the person who led him to sign the labor agreement, in the future, he could earn 1,500 yuan a month, overtime is counted as another money, the salary is higher than the salary of other new workers, is a unique benefit for workers who do muddy work, because their work is dirtier and more tired.

In addition, he was able to receive two sets of work clothes for a change of clothes than other workers, and where he lived, there was a special press well and a charcoal stove for boiling water, for them to wash their bodies and clothes after finishing work every day, but the long hair, it is better to cut off the neatness, because it is easy to get muddy water at work, and usually the whole body is covered with mud, if it is stained with cement, when it is finished, it is found that it has been dry, and the end is still cut, and most of the workers of the same type of work cut their hair short.

The whole process of coming to Weinan to work, it is much simpler than he imagined, and the salary is higher than they expected, only three days of work, Niu Qiang's foreman, called him to eat and drink at home at night, it is said that two months ago, the foreman spent nearly 300 yuan to buy a new house, what is a hardcover three-bedroom apartment, now, has been renovated to move in, and he will not live in the shed with everyone in the future.

Niu Qiang didn't know what kind of house the hardcover three-bedroom house was, it actually cost 300 yuan, he saw that after the people in the same group finished work, they all washed themselves clean, put on a clean set of clothes and shoes, he also did the same, after washing the muddy water on his body, he put on the remaining set of new workwear shoes that had not been worn, and went to the foreman's new house with several workers in the same group to eat wine.

It turned out that the foreman's new house was not far from the place where they worked, and it was said that it was the first phase of the project that was built before, and what they are doing now is the fifth phase of the project, and the first two, three and fourth phases have enough manpower to start construction.

After finding the number of buildings, he walked into the stairs, Niu Qiang smelled a strong smell of wine, which floated out from several houses on the first floor.

The foreman's house was on the third floor, the red door was directly open, and before a few workers entered the house, they saw the white tiles on the ground, although most of them were wearing clean new shoes, but they were a little embarrassed to step on them.

"Come in! What's the grind, the wine and food at home are on the table. ”

The foreman smiled and beckoned to them in the house, and then, when Niu Qiang stepped into this room, it was as if he had entered another world, this world, for people like Niu Qiang who had lived in mud shacks for more than ten years, it was just two words to describe "luxury".

Everything in the room seemed to him to be exquisite, the long sofas with upholstery, the carved tables, one grid after another, the glazed or wood-carved closets, and even the lamp shelves on the walls, all of which were particularly beautiful, and the white wax lit the whole room as if it were daytime.

The doors of the house were open, and the foreman led them around each room, saying that it was a new house, to suck more popularity, and to let them roll on the soft bed, saying that the new bed should be pressed, especially by young and unmarried young men, it is the best.

The bed is really soft and elastic, as soon as people lie down, they are about to sink in, Niu Qiang feels that sleeping on such a bed, he must not want to wake up in the morning.

In the end, several of their workers were taken to a large square table next to the living room, on which there were more than ten large porcelain bowls, all of which were filled with all kinds of fragrant dishes, including pig's head meat, braised chicken, braised duck, braised eggs, a pot of more than ten catties of grass carp stew, and a large lamb chop sprinkled with spices.

The most snorting thing is the kind of clear and bright wine, the taste is too strong, it is said that the foreman called in the distillery, it is enough to have five catties, and you are not allowed to leave if you don't finish it tonight.

The foreman's daughter-in-law is also in charge, in the dye factory, she also came to a few female workers, opened another table next to her, the dishes are almost the same, just wine, is a light red, called peach blossom wine, this wine site in the canteen, it is said that this season produces a lot, every other day, each worker can send a small bowl, Niu Qiang has drunk, the taste is a little sweet, but the wine is also very big, a small bowl is fine, drink too much will also be hot all over the body, on the head.

Several female workers were helping the foreman's daughter-in-law Zhang Luo in the kitchen, and this time, it was also on the table, more than a dozen people, two tables, and the entire dining room was crowded, which was very lively.

Niu Qiang's mouth is stupid, and he is new, but after going to the table, he listened to the foreman and a few old workers, and when everyone raised a glass, he also raised a glass, but he didn't dare to drink more, because the wine looked like clear water, and when he drank it in his mouth, it was like a ball of fire, no wonder the foreman just said that when he drank five catties of wine, it seemed to be a very difficult task, he estimated that he would get drunk if he drank a glass, and the weight of a glass was less than three taels.

Therefore, he was laughed at by the foreman, saying that the southerners could not drink spirits, and next time he had to prepare some lighter wheat wine, that is, the kind that would burp if he drank too much, and some people called it beer, and in the summer, the brewery would brew a lot of bulk and sell it to the workers cheaply.

Niu Qiang had never drunk the beer brewed with wheat, he just ate hard when he was still conscious, and when he returned to the shed to lie down, he determined his ideal of life, owned a house like the foreman, took the old lady and his younger brothers and sisters, and beckoned them to eat meals like the foreman's house every day.

Similar situations are happening everywhere in the entire living community, but after a short period of time, these people who came to Weinan from all over the country to work have found their goals, settled down, and began to move towards their goals.

Li Shimin, who worked in the government office in Weinan, was full of relief after hearing some folk news that the secret guards had reported to him, and if it weren't for Sun Zhengming's current mission to take care of his experimental field, he would definitely call this guy who promoted the creation of all this to accompany him to have a good drink.