Zhang Dake is a technician, specializing in fitters, who used to work in the Hubei Manufacturing Bureau, which is affiliated with the Hanyang Iron Works. From a small apprentice to the master level, it took him 16 years to complete the production of all the parts, and what he is most proud of is that he has completed the imitation of a foreign gun without any parts, just iron and wood.

However, even the master master belongs to the lowest level in the Hanyang Iron Works. Workers, in the government-run enterprises, are always the bottom, the master is only a little stronger than ordinary workers, a little higher wages, all make the officials criticize, eat empty pay this thing, not only appeared in the army, but also appeared in the foreign factory, he as a master, according to the British standard, the monthly salary is 65 taels, yes, real, also made on the table, there are people every month, but it can fall into Zhang Dake's hands, only 15 taels, sometimes, even lower, arrears are commonplace.

Last year, when the channel of the Yang family was passed, he knew the level of the master and the master in Baotou, and directly gave him a settlement fee of two months' salary, not according to his salary of 65 taels, but according to the current standard of Baotou, his grade was transformed into the highest grade in Baotou, of course, it refers to the worker, and he was assessed as a Cheng dù of 170 yuan.

170 yuan, real, two months, is 340 yuan, this is definitely not a small amount of money, high-quality foreign guns can be bought five or six, land can also buy several acres, if according to Zhang Dake's salary for one year, it will take at least two years to get, or even more than two years.

It can be said that the first impression of Baotou given to him by Baotou can never be called good, after all, this is the bank of the Yellow River, on the Loess Plateau, the reason why it is called outside the mouth is because the environment is extremely bad, and the dilapidated houses have no industry.

Signed a two-year contract, and charged 340 yuan for settling-in fees, even if the place is bad, Zhang Dake can only stay, besides, what place, worse than the manufacturing plant, not to mention the endless work, sometimes unlucky, and even whipped up, this is a bloody lesson, don't argue, beaten is also in vain, this is 16 years, the formation of experience.

Who knows, this choice, so that Zhang Dake will not regret it for the rest of his life, Baotou is really for industry, one by one, one by one, one by one, on this wasteland, rising from the ground, as if every day, every week, every month, you can see a new atmosphere, soon, Zhang Dake enjoyed the joy of work, the guy in his hand also changed the gun, not the original in the Hanyang factory that heavy and backward machine tools, advanced machine tools imported from Germany, I heard that it is electric, not driven by a steam engine, can not hear the roaring noise, the working environment is much better, the most important thing is that those turning tools, extremely sharp, in the past he car a thing, not to mention the strength of the workmanship, almost half a day, now, as long as it is fixed, plus some auxiliary facilities, at least ninety percent of the time can be saved.

At first, Zhang Dake thought that it might be wrong, but later, holding the pocket watch to see the time was really like this, the car was fast, and it was standard, if it was in the Hanyang factory, what does 10 times the efficiency mean, and the foreign gun can be imitated more than ten times a day, instead of the previous one.

Zhang Dake patted his head, what did he still think about, in the Hanyang factory, even if the efficiency was improved, he would not be able to lose a little benefit, but would be more tired, not only did not have the so-called dignity, but even did not have human rights, but Baotou, not only easy work, but also a lot more comfortable.

As the whole Baotou, one of the best masters of playing machine tools, Zhang Dake's status is extremely high, every day only need to complete the research institute, design out the precision machine, the daily workload is not large, that is, five or six hours, not that he is unwilling to do, he is used to work, six hours is not enough, but the scientists in the research institute said, must ensure enough fineness, too long, there will be problems, but there is waste, but reduce efficiency.

For this, Zhang Dake does not agree, he is less than 40 years old, with his energy, let alone five or six hours a day, ten or so hours is no problem, since the institute said, he will be happy, anyway, the treatment every month is also good.

A month's salary is 170 yuan, all of which are Xianyang, heavy in hand, very feeling, 170 yuan has made Zhang Dake satisfied, this is not all, for the research institute work, there are rewards, this reward is mostly issued after the completion of a research achievement, three or four days fast, one or two months full, as far as the difficulty of Cheng dù is concerned, the amount of bonuses is not the same, Zhang Dake can get an average of 120 yuan to 150 yuan per month, which is almost equal to the doubling of the salary.

With a salary of almost 300 yuan, this is in my hometown, I am afraid that it is not five or six acres of land, a year, it is dozens of acres, others have accumulated less money for many years, he got it in a year, he did it comfortably, and earned more money, Zhang Dake never thought about going home, after all, his wife and children have all come out, there is no one at home for a long time, what to do when you go back, everything in Baotou is good, eat well, dress well, use well, with his salary, you can eat white noodles at a meal, you can also eat all kinds of meat, and vegetables that have only appeared recently, Regardless of the season, there are some common dishes every day, I heard what greenhouse produces, anyway, there are many novelties in Baotou, and there are not many of them.

The Hun's craftsmanship is good, I didn't dare to spend money before, now, a salary of a few hundred yuan, how much can I spend openly, a family of 5 people, 30 yuan to death, this was a day that I couldn't think of in the past, and now I really live, more comfortable than the small landlords in my hometown.

There is more money, the tradition of the Chinese, of course, is to buy a house, have a house to live in, even if it belongs to the people of this place, even if it was in Wuhan back then, there was a temporary small house, which was sold when leaving.

But there is no house in Baotou, the original owner's three-story small building, now are rented out, even if a room is 1 yuan a month of high price, do not worry about no one wanting, a house is less than 4 people, more than 8 people, just rent, these homeowners have made a lot, take a 100 square meter house, three floors at least 15 to 20 rooms, 15 to 20 yuan a month, more than 100 a year, this is a huge profit, and that's it, Baotou's house prices, in the past year, skyrocketed, A house has jumped from dozens to hundreds at once, and there are thousands of people in good locations, or even more.

Zhang Dake is very rich, a year's time, at least 3000 yuan, which is a lot of wealth anywhere in China, but really let him talk a thousand pieces to buy a house, he is really reluctant, just right, Baotou launched the first batch of commercial housing, 1.2 yuan per square meter of house, for Zhang Dake, there is still a little expensive, but in an acceptable range, after all, more than 100 square meters is only 120, this is a building, there is a full set of ancillary facilities, I heard that there is electricity, what is electricity, Zhang Dake didn't know much, but after coming to Baotou, he found out that it was an electric light, and electricity could do anything else?

The first batch of buildings, built very quickly, almost at the same time as the Baotou restructuring, thinking twice, Yang Yuanzhao was not used by the prefabricated slab, if it was used, it would be faster to build a house, the cast-in-place floor slab was relatively strong, and the earthquake resistance was good, and the major earthquake in later generations, the worst was the prefabricated slab, almost when the earthquake came, there was no resistance at all.

Built sturdily, and all cast-in-situ, fortunately, the personnel and equipment are complete, six or seven floors, almost took more than 2 months, almost before the power plant was fully completed, it was put into use, the first batch of 200 houses, began to be handed over.

Zhang Dake is one of the first batch of 200 people, he chose the largest suite, four bedrooms and two living rooms, 145 square meters of big house, he and his wife, and three children, in this way, can be a room for one person, this is a dream for many years, after coming to Baotou, when renting, was going to rent a few more rooms, the wife felt a little wasteful, not safe, and finally two rooms and a kitchen, he and his wife one, three children one.

Holding the bright key, Zhang Dake was full of emotion, when the house was built, how many times did he come to the construction site, although he could not enter the construction site, safety has always been something that Baotou grasped, idle people, etc., were not allowed to enter the construction site to prevent problems, but he knew that from a distance, they were all reinforced concrete cement buildings, and the height of seven floors, even if it was not completely done, looked particularly beautiful.

I heard that there is also heating and the like, so in winter, there is no need to burn the kang.

The key is in hand, the family discussed to see the house, on the one hand is a little cautious wife, on the other hand is a lively child, his eldest is 17 years old, called Zhang Daniu, since 5 years ago with him to learn the craft, is currently also working in Baotou, but the level is not as high as him, he is a 5-level fitter after the grade, the son is only 2 levels, but more than 40 yuan of salary and almost 20 yuan bonus, also more than he took in the Hanyang factory, looking at the honest son, his heart moved slightly, it seems that it is time to find a mother-in-law for his son, I found a good job in Baotou, found a female worker in a textile factory, and then the double workers were comfortable, if this house was good, it would be a big deal for him to take more than 100 yuan and get a small set of residences, otherwise everything would be done.

"Dad, isn't it somewhere, it's so beautiful!" It was the daughter's question, the daughter was only 10 years old for a few years, and the appearance was more beautiful, Zhang Dake raised his head, but he was stunned, he came to see it a month ago, at that time the momentum of the house had risen, and it was also capped, and the next month or so was the interior decoration, in his opinion, what is the decoration for, just live in it, I didn't expect that after the decoration, it was so beautiful. R1152