138 Questioning
"Do collapses happen often?"
Chen Yumo looked at the crowd that was gradually dispersing below, and then turned his head to ask the members around him who arranged to be guides for them and introduce local customs.
Facing Chen Yumo's calm and questioning eyes, the guide who wanted to hide a thing or two for the mine and Yang Siyu and them finally slowly told the truth: "Yes, such things are common in us. ”
"If collapses happen a lot, why don't you think there's a way to fix them?"
Chen Yumo was a little sad and a little puzzled at the same time.
"There is no way to solve it, the collapse is without warning, and it happened in a very short time, so it will not give the workers a chance to react."
The guide smiled wryly and shook his head in reply.
"Then what are these people doing now, if you don't send people to rescue quickly, how can you drive people out?"
Chen Yumo also knew that she didn't understand the reason, she was just curious and concerned about asking questions before, but now this question is what she cares about the most.
"Ugh!"
I was a little embarrassed to think of it, but I still couldn't stick to it in front of Chen Yumo and other eyes, and honestly told what he knew.
"The supervisor here should know the news that you are going to visit the mine, so I am afraid that this matter will affect your visit, so I am dispersing the crowd of onlookers!"
"Ridiculous! It's ridiculous!! ”
Chen Yumo's face sank, she had seen too much of the poor life of the people at the bottom, and at the same time, she knew some of the deeds of the mine, so she was a little angry on the spot.
"Natural disasters cannot be predicted, this is an objective fact, but after the disaster occurs, it is a dereliction of duty on the part of the supervisor, and it should be punished!! Punishment!! ”
“……”
The guide looked at Chen Yumo's gloomy face, and had the intention to explain a thing or two to the supervisor Yang Siyu, after all, it has its own style of doing things in the Medan Islands over the years, which outsiders may not understand, but the locals are accustomed to it.
"It is estimated that either there are no workers in the collapsed mine, or the trapped workers are just slaves."
When talking about slaves, the guide himself involuntarily showed an indifferent attitude, which made the delicate Chen Yumo's face sink again, and he asked like a crater that would erupt at any time: "In your opinion, those black slaves and Indian slaves are not normal people?" ”
"Isn't it ...... in the first place"
The guide was disturbed by Chen Yumo's attitude, and gradually retracted his indifferent attitude, and stopped his words.
"Tell the manager of this mine to do everything possible to save the workers in the collapsed mine, or I will react to your principal in Mindan!"
Chen Yumo was solemn, and for the first time, he used his identity to exert pressure on the guide in front of him.
"Yes, yes, my subordinates will arrange it!"
The guide nodded again and again, and hurriedly ran to convey Chen Yumo's advice to Yang Siyu at the scene.
Looking at the guide who went away and the rescue scene that gradually dispersed, Chen Yumo's mood was a little heavy.
When he was on Dayuan Island, Chen Yumo had already heard many rumors about the mines in the Medan Islands, including rumors of the miserable life of local slaves.
As the president of the drama club, Chen Yumo has not experienced a variety of scripts adapted from the real life of the people in terms of creation and rehearsal, and it is precisely because he has often been in contact with and actually understood these dark things that Chen Yumo cherishes the current beautiful life, and is willing to use his practical actions to bring some changes and support to more poor people.
This trip to the Luzon Islands was also after hearing too many specious rumors, and I wanted to understand the local situation first-hand, and then go back to compile a repertoire for the people to watch.
But when he really experienced it himself and witnessed those cruel facts that no one knew in the Luzon Islands, Chen Yumo's heart began to struggle and cramp.
Even, in terms of the attitude towards the pillow person who can be described as respect in his heart, Chen Yumo was a little shaken.
All along, Li Tianyang has given Chen Yumo a beautiful vision for his followers, which is to let the people around him have a better life and a more enlightened world.
On Dayuan Island, these changes are real, and they are also something that the people can experience, and they are the direction that Chen Yumo and his followers have been traveling.
But after leaving Dayuan Island, Chen Yumo suddenly realized that everything on Dayuan Island was just an illusion.
Since setting foot in Manila, Luzon Islands, although some people have deliberately cleaned up a lot of people and things on the surface, the facts can never be concealed, and sooner or later it will show its dirty side in front of Chen Yumo and them.
As an important source of labor for the development of the Luzon Islands, slaves from Africa and India worked the most in the farms and orchards of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and the local aristocracy.
Luzon is still too far away from the Ming Dynasty, and it can be said that it will not be very effective in a short period of time to transport a large number of Han Chinese to settle down in Luzon through immigration.
Moreover, Li Tianyang was extremely ambitious, and after occupying the Luzon Islands, he never thought of giving up this land on the ocean that was floating outside the territory of China, and he hoped that this place would become a place of China from now on.
Therefore, after migrating here, most of the Han Chinese not only did not become employees of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and Hongmen, but became local landowners. According to the number of heads, Li Tianyang gave the divided pieces of land to the hard-working Chinese compatriots, so that they could take root and reproduce here, and gradually integrate with the local indigenous people, give full play to the essence of Chinese culture, and slowly assimilate it.
In addition, the slaves transported by the Westerners were indeed easy to use, the prices were fair and hardworking, and after a one-time payment, there was no need for other consumption except food and drink, which naturally won the hearts of merchants and farmers.
In this way, when Li Tianyang turned a blind eye and Hongmen ignored it, the Luzon Islands became a paradise for slave owners in this era.
"Director, Madame has spoken, and asked you to quickly organize manpower to rescue the laborers in the collapsed mine!"
The guide ran to report to Yang Siyu, which made Yang Siyu, who thought he had handled it properly, startled, and hurriedly looked up in the direction where the guide came, but found no trace.
"What? Madame has already arrived? ”
Yang Siyu was not sure, and asked with a bit of luck.
"Well, it's on the mountain!"
The guide smiled bitterly, pointed out the current location of Chen Yumo and the others for Yang Siyu, and at the same time shook his head slightly to warn him and said: "Madame is angry, you better quickly organize people to rescue, it can be regarded as a remedial situation!" ”
(End of chapter)