Volume 18 Chapter 10

Is this coal digging? Zhang 10,000 couldn't believe his eyes, the coal on the ground had already been dug out by the earth turning dragon, there was no need to dig at all, just shovel with a shovel, no wonder everyone issued a shovel, there was no hoe at all, this didn't need a hoe at all!

He didn't need to be taught, he just shoveled the coal scattered on the ground into the dump truck!

Shoveling coal is not too easy for Zhang Yiwan, who often does manual work, and he filled a cart in less than a quarter of an hour, and he was still waiting to shovel inside, ready to pile up a little more, but was pulled by the guards with him.

It turns out that it is not good to load too much coal, not to mention that it will fall down when it bumps on the road, and it is not easy to turn over when it is poured down.

The guard kindly told him that anyway, a car is worth 300 catties, and no matter how much the shovel is, it won't be more, as long as it is full, no matter how high the pile is, it will be in vain.

Therefore, after shoveling a full cart of coal, Zhang Yiwan followed others to push the dump truck straight to the railway station, and at the intersection of the station, sure enough, there was a flag always holding a special bamboo stick, one in the past, one in the past, one in the past.

Zhang Yiwan often went out to work, knowing that this was counting, after receiving the bamboo stick, he carefully stuffed it into his arms, patted it a few times, and made sure that it would not fall, so he pushed the car up the slope.

To tell the truth, it was a bit difficult to push the whole way on this slope, and no other place felt that he was pushing three hundred pounds, and the slope was not very long, and after a while he pushed the car onto the platform.

There is a row of guards here to teach newcomers how to pour coal into the truck car, in fact, it is very simple, that is, to push the car to the big iron plate connecting the car and the platform, and then lift the handle of the car to lift up, and the coal will fall, but this position should be slightly paid attention to, not too far forward, otherwise it is very likely to be lifted down with the coal car.

The first trip took less than two quarters of an hour, Zhang Yiwan was already familiar with the whole process of "digging" coal, in fact, there was nothing to learn at all, it was just a hard work, just bury his head in it, he was naturally full of confidence in this kind of work, because he had no other specialties, that is, he had a lot of strength.

After running back and forth like this for about two hours, there was a shout from the distance from Lord Liu, who led the team of 100 households: "It's time to eat, it's time to eat, the tools are put in place, just remember the location, hurry back and wash your hands and wipe your face." “

Zhang Yiwan didn't understand what Lord Liu would say, you must know that in their hometown, if you dare to throw the tools outside, it is very likely that they will be gone when you come back.

If he knew that there were a total of 1,000 households within a radius of dozens of miles here, he probably wouldn't have had this worry, but since they said so, he still carefully put away his tools and followed the flow of people to the place where he lived.

Walking on the road, many people look at their black hands and worry, how to wash the dirt on these hands, wait until you eat white bread, then won't you be blackened by the bun?

However, it seems that the Lord of the Hundred Households also thought of this, and when they went downstairs, the Lord of the Hundred Households actually stood at the intersection and handed out soap to everyone!

Everyone has heard of soap, but not many people have used it, not that it is difficult to buy, mainly because it is too expensive, and few poor people can afford it.

After receiving the soap, everyone ran back to their rooms with joy, and each of them took a wooden bucket to the well downstairs to carry a bucket of water, washed his hands and faces, and then the meal was delivered.

At noon, the staple food is still white flour buns, but the dishes are not stewed pork and fried vegetables, but a large plate of potato chips and fried meat.

What's going on here? In fact, at the beginning of the first trip, the speed of the big guys was about the same, and it took less than two quarters of an hour to run back and forth, but the physical strength will always be slowly consumed, and the work will naturally become slower and slower, and the six roots should be normal, but Zhang Yiwan has done physical work all year round, and he has done fine muscles all year round, and his endurance is quite good, so he basically maintains a trip every two quarters of an hour, one hour and eight quarters of an hour, and two hours is exactly eight trips.

Everyone admired Zhang Yiwan, and slowly, he became the boss of the other four people, not because he was the oldest, but mainly because he had great strength and good endurance.

At noon, eating and resting is an hourly time, and everyone knows that they still have to work in the afternoon, so they don't go out for a walk, but choose to lie in bed to rest and recover their strength.

In the afternoon, the work started on time, and it was two hours to go back and forth, and when it came to the unitary, everyone was gathered together to hand in the bamboo sticks and calculate the harvest of the day, which is generally the most exciting time.

Of course, if it is a long-term job, the money will not be paid on the same day, it may be sent in half a month, or it may be sent in a month, but it is also good to know how much silver you make in a day, so everyone is very excited.

In order to show justice, 100 households Lao Liu personally penned, next to the two flags always gave him the number of bamboo sticks, each person's bamboo sticks counted twice, after counting, Lao Liu reported the number loudly while remembering, generally eleven or two, more than three thousand catties, almost one or two seven or eight dollars of silver, of course, there are ten one or two five dollars, this number basically exceeded everyone's expectations, so the personal face is smiling.

When it was Zhang 10,000's turn to be here, even Lao Liu was startled, hungry and dripping God, sixteen roots, four thousand eight hundred catties, two or four dollars, this guy is really fierce!

Zhang Yiwan himself was also taken aback, at that time, ordinary people were not very good at settling accounts, he only knew that his salary for a day should be more than one tael, but he didn't expect it to be two taels or four dollars, how much is that month, I'm afraid there are not fifty or sixty taels, in this way, he doesn't just need to work for two months to get enough money for his brother's daughter-in-law!

This wage really stimulated him, so much so that he wanted to work at night, knowing that two more hours would give him more than a tael of silver!

Of course, it is impossible to work at night, because there is no searchlight or anything at this time, and it is impossible for electric lights to be extravagant in this wilderness, and a person's physical strength is limited.

In this way, Zhang Yiwan began his coal digging career, and after a month, the salary he got was not fifty taels, nor sixty taels, but more than seventy taels!

However, unfortunately, the next time is to enter the ice period, and the coal mine will be shut down for nearly half a year.

According to the meaning of the cabinet and the Ministry of War, it is better to let these laborers go back first, the winter here is too cold, there is no way to work, besides, this is only the first attempt, many jobs have not yet kept up, such as administration, such as public security, such as train times and so on have not been arranged, and even the telegrams of thousands of households have not had time to connect, in short, there are still many things, and it may not be until next year to gradually get on the right track.

Therefore, the imperial court once again provided free buses to transport them back to the Central Plains, and promised that free buses would be arranged to pick them up again next year, and a passenger train from New Kyushu to the Central Plains would be opened in the future, but that would cost to buy tickets.

Zhang Shiwan was so excited, he was alone, he came out with two clothes, he only worked for a month, and he brought back more than 70 taels of silver, this new Kyushu is really full of gold!

Sure enough, how to make a fortune if he didn't come out, he decided, he will come next year, save enough money, not only to help his third brother marry his daughter-in-law, but also to find a way to take over the two younger brothers, he wants to take the family to break out of a new world!