The emergence of bicycles is undoubtedly more exciting than the appearance of tractors, after all, tractors are only useful when they are ploughing in the fields, and have nothing to do with travel. Although the victims of the disaster heard from the aborigines that the black ox used to run wild on the iron ox, and the speed was even faster than the horse, it was after all to eat oil.

Bicycles are different, using the strength of walking to reach the speed of running.

It only took Chen Hanlin one day to learn how to ride a bicycle, and his work efficiency has been greatly improved. A lot of time is saved, and he can take care of the corners and corners that he can't usually pay attention to.

But after the efficiency improved, Chen Hanlin was surprised to find that Zhao Xiang could always add new tasks to himself every day, and sometimes Zhao Xiang himself led people to finish the foundation first and then threw the drawings to him.

Chen Hanlin didn't know what many facilities were at all, so he could only build them as they were. All he had to do was send his apprentices out to be overseers—but there were only a few of his apprentices, but many of the villagers came to inquire about it, and wanted him to take his own nephews as apprentices.

Chen Hanlin found the owner and reported the manpower problem to him.

"Now the rough labor is enough, that is, there are almost no literate people who can read the map, and the apprentices I brought are now running around one by one, many times the rough people on the construction site don't know how to do it, and they are afraid of making mistakes, so they can only stop work and wait for the supervisor to come and guide, the owner, it can't go on like this!"

Zhao Xiang nodded and asked him to hold on a little longer.

Early the next morning, Liu Dongming had been working for a month after recovering from his injuries, and today he went to the canteen to eat as usual, but saw that the three gates of the staff canteen were full of people.

Liu Dongming leaned over and asked a man: "Big brother, why don't you go in to eat?" Can I help you? ”

The man turned around and said, "The owner posted a notice, oh, no, it's called a notice, saying that it is to recruit apprentices." How old are you? If you are under the age of eighteen, you can try it. ”

"Apprentice? What apprentice? ”

"Listen, wait a minute, that person will start reading again."

Reading the notice was Jia Xiucai of the nursing team, this person was originally called Jia Xiu, he had studied for a few years, and then he fell into school when his family fell into school, and he became a disaster victim, and he was the first batch of members of the nursing team personally ordered by Zhao Xiang. Zhao Xiang is looking for a literate person in the nursing team, he is one of the eight people who can write his own name, and he is the only one who recognizes words in addition to his name.

Zhao Xiang threw a few books to him and asked him to study hard, he was also serious, squatting under the toilet light to study every night, and it didn't take long to eat those textbooks thoroughly. Yesterday he went to the owner to report on his learning progress, and today he was sent to read the notice.

Liu Dongming listened carefully on tiptoe: "...... The apprentices are recruited as follows: 1. Ten construction apprentices; 2. Ten mechanic apprentices. It is required to be under the age of 18, literacy of no less than 500 words, one tael of silver per month, including food and lodging, and after completing the study, the owner will be hired as a formal employee. Those who want to register must pass the examination to ...... Let me explain to you here what construction apprentices learn, that is, to learn to build houses and learn from Chief Engineer Chen. Mechanic apprentices learn to repair machinery, such as the big monsters, bulldozers, pumps, iron oxen, and bicycles on the construction site, if these are broken, they will be repaired by mechanic apprentices in the future......"

Liu Dongming's first reaction was that he wanted to apply for a construction apprenticeship, and he could follow Chen Hanlin, the chief engineer, to run around the construction site on a bicycle, and he didn't have to do it himself, just point and point. The mechanic apprentice is different, repairing the machine, in the final analysis, is just a craftsman, he has seen the mechanical team members tinkering with iron oxen, all of them are stained with black oil, no matter how they wash it, they can't wash it, and then the owner took the fairy water to wash it for them.

Looking around, it seems that everyone thinks the same way as him, because among the two teams lined up at the registration point, the mechanic repair team is less than one-third of the building. Registration is not an on-the-spot test, as long as you can pronounce your name, you can recognize it after the fake show is registered. This one is not difficult, everyone has a card around their neck with their name printed on it.

After going to work, Liu Dongming asked the team leader for an afternoon off, and after a lunch break, he went to the exam.

Only ten construction apprentices were recruited, but more than 300 people were pressed. However, half of them were people in the vicinity, and they were stopped as soon as they walked to the door, because there was no card, that is, an ID card.

This is the first time in the history of Zhishan to recruit apprentices through open channels, Zhao Xiang naturally wanted to take a look, but when he walked to the examination room, he found that the door was blocked by a large group of people.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Xiang walked over.

The crowd immediately fell silent.

Jia Xiu squeezed out the crowd: "Dongjia, these people are not my Zhishan villagers, but the people of the surrounding towns and eight miles, who heard the news and came to apply for apprenticeship." If I don't let them in, they'll make a fuss......"

A young man came out of the crowd, bowed his hands, but he was polite, but he was a little scoundrel when he spoke: "This official, we are not making trouble, this is reasoning with you, why can't people who are not from Zhishan come to apply, I read the notice, and there is no mention of it that non-Zhishan people cannot take the exam." Zhao Daguan, you give a comment, isn't he a dog looking down on people......"

A large group of people behind him chimed in: "Yes, dogs look down on people!" ”

Zhao Xiang didn't think about anyone other than Zhaozhishan, he just didn't expect that the notice posted at the door of the cafeteria would be seen by outsiders. But it's true that he didn't explain it, but it doesn't mean that he can easily let them in, after all, Jia Xiu also does what he wants. In the face of outsiders, no matter whether it is right or wrong, you must protect your subordinates first: "Everyone, listen to me......"

But those people only cared about complaining and didn't listen to Zhao Xiang at all.

Jia Xiu also shouted a few times, trying to silence these people, but it had no effect at all. Zhao Xiang looked at Xu Changde on the side, Xu Changde understood, nodded and shouted: "The nursing team listens to the order, be on alert!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the twenty nursing staff members who were guarding the side all came out of their sheaths with their long knives, and the cold light flashed under the sun. The team members interspersed in front of the crowd, and with a finger of the blade, the people who surrounded them consciously took several steps back.

The crowd quieted down, and Zhao Xiang spoke: "Why bother? You have to use a knife or a gun to let me speak. It's not noisy, is it? Okay, so I'll start talking, listen! The notice issued this time is indeed only for the residents of Zhishan, so they did the right thing. ”

The prickly young man who took the lead in speaking just now stood up again: "Zhao Daguan, I am also a resident of Zhishan, and I live in the warehouse!" ”