The two teams of migrant workers in Keelung converged into a long line, and Liu Er followed the team to the south along Anlan South Road.

Anlan Road is a seaside gravel road, from the Bachimen Bridge through the Anlan Bridge to the mouth of the Tianliao River, the north of the Anlan Bridge is the North Road, and the south of the Anlan Bridge is the South Road.

When passing by the Ershawan Fort, seeing the bright spears in the hands of the sentinels in front of the fort gate, the noisy crowd suddenly lowered their voices, and everyone couldn't help but take a few steps.

At the end of Anlan South Road is the mouth of the Tianliao River, and the infrastructure construction team built a temporary simple bridge at the mouth of the river for personnel and materials to pass, and the original outpost was also relocated to the Tianliao Bridge.

The Tianliao River was originally just a small ditch, but after continuous blasting by the blasting team and two steam excavators digging non-stop at night, it has now expanded to more than 10 meters wide. The work of the excavator has ended, and now the main work is to build the embankment.

On a large vacant lot on the north bank of the Tianliao River near the seafront, five bamboo and wood greenhouses have been erected. The ten buckets of braised fish balls sent from Anlan City were divided into pots and served to the table, and stacks of flatbreads that also exuded heat were piled high on the side of the braised fish balls.

Far away, the enticing aroma of the food in the shed has reached the noses of these Keelung laborers.

"It's the fragrance of fish balls again, and the taste of this Daming fish ball is good."

"Yes, I can't eat enough of this fish ball, I must eat two more bowls today."

Dunan Island's surimi production line has been successfully trial-produced, the raw fish has been preserved, pre-treated, cleaned, meat, rinsed, filtered, dehydrated, finely chopped and formed, a line produces fish balls without fishy smell, sè Ze good, umami, rich elastic xing, unique flavor, once launched by the house, it is sought after by everyone.

After a tiring day, the migrant workers immediately became hungry when they smelled the aroma of the food, and they immediately quickened their pace.

In front of the door of the shed on the far left, there is a sign "General Affairs", and ten tables are arranged under the eaves of the shed. In the open space in front of the shed, more than 500 migrant workers from Keelung Bay have lined up in 18 long columns to gather here. These migrant workers used to build embankments at the Anlan River construction site, but now they have been transferred to the Tianliao River construction site.

Seeing the two groups of migrant workers coming out of Anlan City, Wu Chang, who was standing at the door of the general affairs shed, immediately commanded everyone, "Hurry up, the nineteenth and twenty groups will be connected in order, and Lord Ao will give a lecture." ”

Twenty long queues were quickly lined up. Ao Sayang walked out of the shed with his back hand, and came to everyone, his hand arched slightly, "The villagers have worked very hard these days, and the court is sympathetic to everyone's hard work, so I will have a day off tomorrow and not go to work, but today's salary will be doubled per person." ”

Tomorrow is a day off, which makes many people feel disappointed, but when they heard that today's salary is double, the people in the queue suddenly became excited, "Send double copies, then today is not going to send two horns of silver!" ”

After the Ming Dynasty landed in Keelung, he has been busy with construction, except for the necessary land requisition, he has kept a low profile to the outside world, and rarely disturbed the people of Keelung. Local affairs were still maintained by Wu Chang and Wu Minglin of the original Jicoong Fort, and all the personnel and materials needed for the construction were collected by economic means and purchased through shiny silver coins.

At this stage, the crossing team adopts the silver standard system, the main coin is the "one yuan" silver coin, and the auxiliary coin is divided into three denominations of silver quill, namely Wu Jiao, Erjiao and Yi Jiao.

One Yuan, Wu Jiao, Two Angles, and One Angle, with diameters of 39, 31.5, 26, and 18.6 mm, respectively, are 90.4%, 78%, 70%, and 70%, respectively, and weigh 26 grams, 13.5 grams, 5.3 grams, and 2.7 grams. Except for the head pattern, all the parameters of these coins are exactly the same as the Yuan Shikai head silver coin struck by the Beiyang Zhèngfu Tianjin Mint.

On the second day after the crossing team landed in Keelung, the command directly designated Chief Wu and asked Jilong Fort to send a hundred people to serve every day. For the Keelung villagers who came to serve, the headquarters provided three meals free of charge and paid wages on a daily basis.

The people of Keelung come to work by day to settle accounts, and every day is a dime of silver. According to the current price of rice in Taiwan, the people of Keelung can get 12 catties of rice for one day's work, which makes the laborers who were forcibly assigned overjoyed.

After three days, the villagers of Keelung immediately changed from passive resistance to proactive. Many people ran to the north of Tianliao Bridge early in the morning and strongly asked to sign up for work. The number of workers has also expanded rapidly from 100 at the beginning to more than 600.

Seeing the chatter in the queue, Wu Chang immediately asked everyone to be quiet, "Everyone be quiet, I still have something to say!" Tomorrow is the groundbreaking ceremony of the Daming Badouzi Power Station, the folks of Keelung Bay, whether you are from Niuchougang, Jilong Street, Shihard Port, Tianliaozhuang, or Dajilong, every household must send a person to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of this power station, set off early in the morning, or have breakfast here. ”

"What is a power station?" Many people below shouted.

"This power station is an amazing thing, that is, the electricity used by the thunder and lightning mother in the sky is created in the world through ingenuity." Wu Chang heard Ao Sayang say something about the power station, and he pointed to the electric light in the shed with his hand, "You see, this lamp uses the electricity of Lei Gong and Dian. ”

Can the electricity used by the lightning mother also be created? This thing is fresh, and many people are immediately interested, "One family? This is too little, we have a lot of family, we can go a few more! ”

Ao Sayang slapped his slap lightly twice, and everyone suddenly fell silent, he cleared his throat, "Fellow villagers, the construction of a power station is a major event that is meritorious to the community and blessed to the township, and each family must come to one, which is the requirement of the imperial court." ”

"But ~~~~~~," he said, looking around, and pulling a long voice, "there is no limit to how many you can come, this is a big scene, and there are many festive people." The imperial court will warmly welcome everyone to attend tomorrow's power station groundbreaking ceremony. ”

The ten tables under the veranda are the windows for receiving wages, and the ten long dragons begin to slowly squirm forward, and people happily press their handprints on the salary sheets to receive their hard-earned money for the day.

The first group of millet was thinking about things in his heart, his pace was a little slow, and he was pushed by the people behind him, "Xiaomi, don't grind, it's your turn!" ”

Xiaomi subconsciously took out the work certificate from his pocket, and Wu Wu, who was in charge of the cashier, looked at the plastic-framed certificate, "Mi Dafu?!" Wu Wu is responsible for the logistics of the canteen of the headquarters and the distribution of migrant workers' wages.

"It's me." Xiaomi nodded quickly. The official name of Tianliao Gangzhuang millet is Mi Dafu.

Wu Wu glanced at Xiaomi, then looked at the black and white portrait on the document, and pointed to the payroll of the first group, "Here." ”

Xiaomi placed a handprint under his name, and Wu Wu handed over a shiny two-cornered small silver cake. Xiaomi's eyes lit up, staring directly at the little silver cake, and hesitated, "Madam, can you give me two dimes of silverquill." ”

Wu Wu didn't speak again, and directly lined up two one-dime silver quill and put them on the table.

Millet picked up two silverquill from the table, put them in the palms of both hands, and shook them in his ears.

The people in line behind him were not happy, "Don't do it, I'm tired all day, so don't go to the dining hall to eat." As he spoke, he pushed Millet aside.

Millet was not angry, he happily put away the two silver quills, put them close to his body, and then walked towards the canteen.

There were already a lot of people in the canteen, and many migrant workers in the back ten groups ran over to eat without waiting for their wages.

At this time, it was already dark, the lights in the dining hall were bright, and Xiaomi and the other seven people automatically formed a table and sat together, all of them gobbling up. Millet ate two large bowls of braised fish balls in a row with flatbread, and there was still some unfinished business. He poked his head out, and the fish balls in the vegetable bowl on the table had been emptied, which was very disappointing. Seeing that there were still a few flatbreads on the table, Millet grabbed two flatbreads and put them in his arms, and walked out of the greenhouse.

Now the sky has become clearer, the moon has hung on the treetops, these sunshine rain every day, and the water in the Tianliao River is getting bigger day by day.

Under the street lamp, there was a long queue in front of the Tianliao Bridge outpost. The people with big mouths and round bellies untied their robes, held their documents in their hands, passed the inspection of the outpost one by one, and walked up to the Tianliao Bridge. After crossing the bridge, the flow of people is divided into three roads, to the west is Jilong Street, to the south is Shihard Gangzhuang, and to the east is Tianliao Gangzhuang.

There are a total of more than a dozen families in Tianliao Gangzhuang, and there are only more than 20 people who go to work in Anlan City. Millet entered the canteen relatively early, and most of Tianliaozhuang's partners were still eating, and he quickly returned to Tianliao Gangzhuang in the lower reaches of the Tianliao River along the road leisurely.

"Who, stop!" In the darkness at the entrance of the village, someone shouted.

"Me, Xiaomi!"

Since Monga issued a bounty order, sentry posts have been set up in Keelung Bay villages to prevent these bounty killers from killing the Ming army, and turn around to kill Keelung villagers who cut off their braids.

Millet walked into his home, "Mom, I'm back and I've brought you two flatbreads." ”

In the dim light of the oil lamp, Millet took out the flatbread from her arms and put it on the table, and the old lady stretched out her hand, "There are still flatbreads at home, what about your salary?" ”

Millet smiled, took out a dime of silver quill from his arms, and handed it to his mother.

"I will be paid two salaries today, and what about one more?" Xiaomi's mother was a little angry, "Is it that if you don't go to work tomorrow, you want to run out and gamble twice?" ”

"Mom, how do you know that two were sent today."

"In the afternoon, Chen Zhuangzheng took people all the way to beat the gong and announced, saying that you will pay double wages today, and you will not start work tomorrow, and ask every household to go out to see what lightning and thunder groundbreaking ceremony."

"It was the groundbreaking ceremony of the power station, not some lightning and thunder." Xiaomi pinched the last dime in his hand, and he was a little reluctant.

"One of the same." The old lady stretched out her hand and snatched a dime from Xiaomi's hand, "I'll also go to see the fresh tomorrow to see what kind of ingenuity the Ming Dynasty has done." ”

Under the oil lamp, the two silver quills looked shiny, and Xiaomi's mother was very happy, "One dime of silver quill a day, three silver dollars a month." I still raise chickens here, and both chickens and eggs can be sold for money. When I have saved up enough 20 silver dollars, I will tell you a daughter-in-law from the central matchmaker! ”

The old lady chanted the Buddha repeatedly, thanking God for sending the Ming court to Keelung, giving hope to her dilapidated home.

"Is Millet at home?" Liu Er's voice sounded outside the house.

Hearing Liu Er's voice, Xiaomi immediately walked out of the house, "I'm tired from working all day, how can you still have Jingshen." ”

Liu Er is also Xiaomi's gambling friend, and the two often get together to gamble. When the old lady heard that it was Liu Er's voice, she picked up a broom stick and hid behind the door and eavesdropped quietly, "This damn Niu Er, you want to pull Xiaomi to gamble again?!" ”