Back at the Chamber of Commerce, Yang Yue just got up, Yang Yuanzhao frankly wanted to stay in Wuhan for one more day, Yang Yue didn't say anything, although cotton planting is like a day, but the planting will be in April, and the transplantation will be in May, and the time is still very large.

Planting cotton, just a stepping stone, is what he can think of, the fastest to start, rashly involved in the field of industry and commerce, not to mention the human aspect, there are too many unknown things, whether it is from the import of raw materials, or production, or sales, and many other aspects, there will be unknown problems, appeared, then there is no return, the most important thing is the huge investment.

On the contrary, agriculture, the landlords of their own era, for agriculture, are only dependent on the sky to eat, it is easy to get a substantial improvement under the chemical fertilizer, scientific planting methods, with agriculture as the entry point, is the best choice, at most four or five months, when a qiē is clear, you can gradually put your vision into the industry.

The trip to Wuhan can be said to be a preparation, the machine and the drawings have been completed, and the next step is the workers, which is also an extremely important part, in Yang Yuanzhao's view, even on top of the previous machine qì drawings, so he stayed here for another day.

Once again, he came to the Hanyang Iron Works, the door was still strictly guarded, Wu San was waiting there early, he received the news last night, Yang Yuanzhao asked him to wait at the gate of the Hanyang Iron Works at 8 o'clock in the morning.

Yesterday's harvest, I was rewarded with 2 yuan before, and 1 yuan was given later, a total of 3 yuan, Wu San was even more looking forward to Yang Yuanzhao's arrival, but when he arrived at the door, he found that Yang Yuanzhao came alone, and there was no Yang Shixun yesterday.

Wu San's heart was beating drums for a while, he was just a small guy, but he didn't have the ability to bring Yang Yuanzhao in, so he saw Yang Yuanzhao get out of the carriage, walked quickly, and said with a little grievance: "Master Yang, why don't you let Yang Shopkeeper come together, I'll ......"

"But I'm afraid I won't be able to get in!" Yang Yuanzhao raised the piece in his hand and said.

The film passed away in a flash, Wu San was stunned for a moment, he had never seen such a film, but he had heard of it, because there was a sign of the Sheng family on it, you must know that the Hanyang Iron Works, which is almost the Sheng family's own land, holding his film, can be more face-saving than their director.

Sure enough, at the door, they were stopped, and when Yang Yuanzhao took out Sheng Huaixuan's film, the guards were startled and respectfully let them in.

"Master Yang, what are we doing today?"

"You know, where is the roster of the Hanyang Iron Works?"

"Roster?" Wu San recalled carefully and said: "The roster is all in the Iron Bureau, not here!" ”

Yang Yuanzhao frowned, and said with a little doubt: "The roster of workers is also in the Iron Administration!" ”

"Workers?" Wu San hurriedly said: "The workers are here, just where the foreman is, Master Yang, please come with me!" ”

Wu San stepped forward quickly to lead the way, Yang Yuanzhao followed unhurriedly, but Wu San muttered in his heart, this Yang Ye, why is it so weird, not to mention yesterday, those are all abandoned factories, Yang Ye is so concerned, almost a machine qì looked at it, and today he is interested in the list of workers, doesn't he know that in the Hanyang Iron Works, the workers are at the bottom?

The purpose of the big man is always the little man can not guess, Wu San didn't dare to think about it, directly led Yang Yuanzhao, into the depths of the Hanyang Iron Works, yesterday Yang Yuanzhao mainly went to visit the Hanyang Iron Works machine qì workshop, but the shed did not go, this shed is located in the northeast of the Hanyang Iron Works, adjacent to the slag mountain, is a filthy place, the current Hanyang Iron Works is under-started, at most one-third, the number of workers has also dropped from the initial tens of thousands, to less than 3,000 now.

3,000 people is also a huge number, even if each person has a house, it will cost 3,000 houses, but when you really see it, it is a devastation, in that piece of shed, there are only four or five extremely large rooms, according to Wu San, it is the foreman who lives, and the foreman is counted as the official of the Hanyang Iron Works, no one is in charge of 500 to 600 people, there are a total of 5 foremen, and the rest of the workers can only live in dilapidated sheds, which are all thatched, only one or two meters high at most, That is, just lie down alone.

At this time, it is the time to go to work, in the shed, there are very few men, only women and children are left, only able to sleep, even difficult to turn around next to the shed, a stove is erected, a few women are boiling water to cook, and some take clothes to wash clothes in a puddle a mile away, occasionally see a few children who are not slipping in the autumn, they are frolicking in the shed, but more are hiding in the shed, looking at Yang Yuanzhao's Wu San timidly.

Yang Yuanzhao wanted to go over, but was stopped by Wu San, Wu San said: "Yang Ye, these are dirty people, please stay respectful!" ”

Yang Yuanzhao sighed, he forgot his identity a little, this is not a later generation, but the beginning of the 20th century, still under the Manchu Qing Dynasty under the control of the feudal society, he knows very well that the Hanyang Iron Works does not pay attention to the workers, but he did not expect that it does not pay attention to it to such a point, it seems that the iron factory for the workers, I am afraid that it is only a little better than the victims, and the salary paid is not high, and the workers can guarantee three meals a day and a place to sleep, which is enough.

These are not things he can interfere with, even if he agrees to invest in Hanyang Iron Works and is recognized by Sheng Huaixuan, Sheng Huaixuan will not challenge the entire class for a mere 100,000, he suddenly realized, this is Hanyang, although the reform has not been a few years, but in the hinterland of China, the feudal power is still very huge, and the ruling class often regards laborers as slaves and slaves.

It seems that it is also a good thing to cross to Baotou, Hanyang Iron Works is not a bad thing to criticize the workers, such a difficult environment, such a meager salary, as long as he improves his treatment slightly, these essences cultivated by Hanyang Iron Works in 20 years will go to his arms.

"Wu San, let's go, let's go find the foreman!"

Wu San looked at Yang Yuanzhao and decided to leave, and let out a long breath, the location of the shed is almost a forbidden place for the officials, the relationship between the two sides is extremely tense, if the officials are not accompanied by guards, they rarely enter the shed, where is the chaos and dirty, maybe, they will be beaten.

kicked open the door, Wu Sanyao walked in proudly, and shouted, "Is Wang Maozi there?" ”

In the house, there were three or four strong men, who were gathering together to gamble, when they heard a loud noise, they were angry, and they were about to have a seizure, but they saw Wu San, as if a mouse saw a cat, and immediately smoothed it out, a man with a big waist and a round waist, fat and strong, hurriedly got up and said: "Master Wu is here, I don't know if Director Zhao has any orders!" ”

"I'm not on the orders of Director Zhao, this master has the name of General Sheng's office!"

General Sheng Office, the foremen can contact, Wu San can be called the master, not to mention the biggest and largest boss, several people immediately respected.

Yang Yuanzhao looked at Wu San's style, but didn't say much, these low-level foremen, each of them are big-shouldered and round-waisted, obviously among the workers, the foreman's whip and fist are still the key points of management, if there is no change, I am afraid that after the establishment of the Republic of China in the future, the same will be true.

With Sheng Huaixuan's famous thorn, coupled with Wu San's coercion there, the foremen did not dare to slack off, and soon, the other four also came, as well as twenty or thirty small foremen, who were the more than 3,000 workers who managed the entire Hanyang Iron Works.

The foremen are all vulgar people, many of them are ruffians from Hankow, there are not many literate people, and the same is true of the workers, the list of workers is incomplete, and there are very few really detailed records, at most, it is just a roll call, and most of the records are symbols.

Yang Yuanzhao frowned, this was a little different from his previous thoughts, but fortunately, one of the foremen was a clever man, and hurriedly said: "Three years ago, Chief Engineer Robt once advocated the establishment of the roster, and now it is estimated that he is in the Archives Division!" ”

"Robt!" Yang Yuanzhao's eyes lit up, he didn't expect to hear his name again, as a British engineer, he should know that the benefits of skilled workers for steel mills, at that time, he was probably also overwhelmed, but no matter how good the scriptures are, if they are read crookedly, they will not have much effect, and after this roster is estimated to be taken out, it will be placed there, but I didn't expect it to be cheaper for him.

"Let's go to the archives!" Yang Yuanzhao said to Wu San, the five foremen took a breath, although they were in front of the workers, they were powerful and majestic, but in the Hanyang factory, I am afraid that even ordinary small servants were above them, if they didn't have a lot of strength, they wouldn't be able to get this job.

Young Master Yang is obvious, he is not an ordinary person, and he has the famous thorn of Master Shan, so to speak, with a breath and a flip of his palm, he can kill them, in this case, if he can send them away as soon as possible, he will send them away as soon as possible.

Yang Yuanzhao took two steps, stepped back, and asked, "By the way, I took these lists, no problem, right?" ”

"No, Yang Ye take it, take it!" The foremen just wanted to send Yang Yuanzhao away, and hurriedly said.

Yang Yuanzhao and Wu San took the roster and walked away, these are the roll call, but it saves a lot of effort, most of the symbols are inquired in detail by Wu San, and they can be regarded as translated, with this list, these workers can't run, give these to Yang Shixun, with the background of the Yang Family Chamber of Commerce, it should not be a problem to dig up these workers, and the treatment he gives is not low.