In a courtyard surrounded by a wall on the bank of the Yangjing Port River in Pudong, rows of wooden houses, as the sun rises, they become lively, and workers wearing white overshirts and blue cloth shorts crowd out of the wooden houses, and stand in front of the wooden houses in a queue with the wooden house number, the whole process is quiet, without a trace of noise, and the discipline is almost no less than an army.

The four-room and four-shift teams are a small team, from the whistle sounds, and then the four classes converge into a team, and the platoon team converges into a team, the process before and after is only one or two minutes, fifteen days of training, three months of desperate work, at least for the construction workers of this 1,800 industrial companies, the company's articles of association and the articles of association of the engineering team have been carved into their bones.

"Let's go!"

Wei Ze, who was wearing a worker's hat, snorted, as the captain of the first brigade, he was a star officer this week, and naturally he was also a command officer.

In the past, this was the place where they exercised, practiced walking, walking in unison, and listened to the lectures, and of course it was also the place where they waited for dinner.

Standing on the wooden lecture platform, looking at the engineering team that had been lined up in just a few minutes, Chen Moran nodded with satisfaction, at least for now, it seems that this formation is indeed satisfactory.

Among the first batch of these workers, the elderly, the poor, and those who have families to worry about have already been eliminated intentionally or unintentionally, and only these people who are not dragged down by their families and are physically strong are still here, after all, this engineering team does not know where it will be pulled, and there will be some worries about families.

"Report, the industrial company's engineer team has 1,800 people, 230 people on personal leave, 23 people on torture and 5 people on sick leave, and 1,542 people are actually in place.

Wei Ze's roar echoed in the field, and then he stood up and looked up at the boss on the stage.

For the current job, he is very satisfied, although it is far from being comfortable outside, and even a little more severe than when he was a soldier in the Wuwei Left Army in the past, but this kind of almost barracks-style life, in addition to making him feel like a fish in water, there is also this job, he and Qiu Niang do not worry about eating and drinking, as the captain, he has 10 taels of allowance a month, and there is an extra income when he goes to work, and in the past few months, the family has saved nearly 20 taels of silver.

Twenty-three, this number made Chen Moran feel a little surprised, behind this wooden platform there are two wooden pillars that can be inserted into the steel pipe at any time, and there are hanging rings on the wooden pillars, after violating the regulations of the engineering team, people are being whipped with their arms hanged, and at the beginning there were still people who refused to accept the dismissal, Xiao Xinren's way to deal with the disobedience was very simple, just get out.

Reality is reality, just like a servant in the house, follow the rules of the house or accept the punishment or get out. Those who were punished were punished for following the "public rules", and the lightest ones also had five lashes for going out without permission.

"Comrade...... Hello brothers! ”

Being seen like this, Chen Moran, who was on crutches, blurted out the words of the chief reviewing the troops in movies and TV in later generations, but he still changed his words when the words came to his lips, but this was the case, and it was still heard by some people in the queue, and Wei Ze, who was a little closer, heard it clearly.

"Hello boss!"

With an uproar, the 1,500 people in this field knelt down at the same time and bowed, but the scene in front of him made Chen Moran frown, and turned his head to look at Xiao Xinren beside him.

Sensing the dissatisfaction in Chen Moran's eyes, Xiao Xinren gave a helpless look, this is not to blame him, this is an engineering team after all, the original construction of this kind of militarized engineering team will attract some slight words, not to mention the military salute, which may even attract disaster, he still understands this reason.

So according to the old practice, this kneeling salute is natural, not to mention that those captains and captains are also happy to enjoy this kneeling salute, and even this one-knee kneeling salute is proposed by a large team of Wei Ze.

"Ahem!"

Chen Moran, who had a slightly ugly face, looked at this thousand five hundred men who knelt down on the ground, but his heart swelled with five flavors, it was really comfortable to be kneeling like this, he might not like this kind of slave surname, but he liked the obedience.

Chen Moran, who originally wanted to say something, didn't say anything at all, just looked at these people, but didn't mean to let them get up in his heart, but turned his head to look at Zhu Jialiang.

"Jia Liang, bring me a chair!"

A few minutes later, Chen Moran sat down on the chair, his left leg in a plaster cast was straight, his right leg was bent, his crutches were held with both hands in the middle, looking at the kneeling workers, those people were still kneeling on one knee, holding their fists and looking like they were saluting, but their faces were full of incomprehension.

"Boss, what do you mean!"

Wei Ze, who knelt in front of everyone, muttered in his heart like everyone else, but he didn't dare to get up. There is an example in the constitution of the engineering team, when encountering an official impoliteness, twenty lashes, the whip made of raw cowhide is whipped on the backbone, and the whip is pulled out of the minced meat, and the discipline of the engineering team is all built by the miserable whip.

After the brightness of the morning sun dissipated, the sun was hot, although the forehead seemed to be cool, but the people who were basked by the sun were a little dizzy, but Xiao Xinren, who was standing behind Chen Moran, looked at Chen Moran with a puzzled look from beginning to end, what play was he singing?

"Young master, you use tea!"

Seeing that the young master was sweating on his forehead, and the beads of sweat were dripping down his chin, Lin Yuqing, who went to pour a cup of tea, just served the tea, and saw the young master glaring at him coldly, and hurriedly retreated, and the teacup was also placed on the wooden table.

Half an hour, an hour...... Walking slowly on the hour hand, Chen Moran, who was sitting on the chair, felt that his shirt seemed to be soaked with sweat, but the 1,500 people in the audience were still kneeling, and some of them even began to shake, and these people were obviously holding on.

A bunch of things that can't be made enough minions!

Looking at these compatriots, Chen Moran felt some hatred, and the words in his heart became ugly!

Beads of sweat dripping from Zhang Jing's forehead, and the pain in his right knee on the ground was still reminding him that this leg was still his, and he was already dry-mouthed, and he glanced left and right, the big guys were all holding on, raising his eyes slightly, and looking at the boss sitting there on crutches on the stage.

Everyone knelt motionless, and the boss sat motionless.

Boss, what do you mean?

Zhang Jing doesn't know! But he didn't want to kneel anymore.

"Then ......"

opened his mouth, Xiao Xinren still swallowed the words back, it has been two and a half hours, the big guy is kneeling here, what kind of medicine is he selling in this gourd?

What kind of medicine is sold, I'm afraid only Chen Moran himself knows, even if they like to kneel, then let them kneel like this all the time, until when they kneel enough, they are tired of kneeling, and they want to stand up and be a man, naturally, they stand up.

At the bottom, the sweat drops of bean dripping down his chin fell into the mud, Zhang Jing, who was already feeling a little dizzy, didn't want to kneel anymore, he was different from the people around him, he was fourteen years old and got a show, although he didn't get a person in the exam for ten years, but that was because his family was poor and he had no money to make money, but the second was because the articles he wrote were different from others.

Although in the past five or six years, in order to see a doctor for his mother, he sold his family's land, and took his mother to work in this city, and after working as a dock coolie for a few years, he has long been unable to see the arrogance of the scholar, but how much in his bones is still with him, and he looks at the people around him, and the people around him are still kneeling, dripping sweat and gritting their teeth.

"Hey!"

sighed in his heart, Chen Moran was completely powerless, what kind of people are living in this land, they are nothing more than a group of people with full slave surnames.

Looking at these people who were kneeling and trembling because of the long prostration, a story came to his mind.

During the Xinhai Revolution, Feng Yuxiang ordered his soldiers to cut off their braids, and the majority of officers and soldiers wept and resolutely refused to obey, and later they were forced to cut off. Later, Feng Yuxiang recruited troops and ordered: "Anyone who cuts braids is resolutely not allowed." ”

Conclusion: Only those with a full slave surname are the most suitable to be made into violent machines. But he forgot that the slave surname is full or good, but the slave can't beat people.

Slave surname! For thousands of years, the Chinese have been slaves enough, and the slave surname has long been engraved into the bones. When he felt hateful and pitiful for these compatriots in his heart, Chen Moran saw that among the people who were kneeling, one person shook and stood up, and one person stood up!

Chen Moran was overjoyed, but when he saw that after the man stood up, the people around him seemed to be looking at him, some people seemed to be moved because someone took him away, but the person who got up walked directly towards the wooden house, and the "kneeling array" that originally wanted to move slightly suddenly became quiet again, and people were still kneeling.

"Why don't you kneel!"

A deep voice came from behind.

"I can't go down on my knees!"

Zhang Jingtou replied without replying, the reason why he left directly was because he knew that the company's articles of association were there, so it was better to leave when others wanted to whip him.

Although it was a pity that the squad leader's allowance of seven taels of silver a month was really a pity, he really didn't want to kneel down anymore.

"Oh! Why can't you kneel down! ”

Chen Moran, who had already stood up, looked at this person who seemed to be in his thirties and had a weather-covered face, he just waited without saying a word, waiting for the person who dared not to kneel.

Zhang Jing, who turned around, shook his head and looked up at the boss with inconvenient legs, but he didn't say anything.

"Is it comfortable on your knees?"

As soon as the boss spoke, the not loud voice made Zhang Jing, Wei Ze and others tremble, they really didn't think about it, they just got used to it. Even Zhang Jing didn't want to kneel down for those few taels of silver, although it was uncomfortable, but "Lao Tzu, this leg ......"

slapped his left leg hard, but Chen Moran looked directly at the kneeling people, but Zhang Jing, who was standing in the crowd, was unusually conspicuous.

"I didn't want to kneel, but it was broken!"

Chen Moran, who was standing on the stage, didn't care about the "lies" he said, no one was born with the ability to coax people, but since the day he worked, he was constantly telling him a fact, who is the best at coaxing people, in this environment where you coax me to deceive everyone, it is a piece of wood, and you can also learn the ability that is not a skill.

"It's uncomfortable to kneel, I know! So I'm not kneeling! ”

The voice was not loud, but it reached everyone's ears, and they were only a little surprised and confused.

"Today, you kneel down to me here, I want to ask why!"

As he spoke, Chen Moran stared at Zhang Jing, who was standing a few meters away, he was the only one who stood up, even until now, the surrounding Yi was still hesitating.

"Back to the boss, that's the food we eat in the industry and the silver in the flower industry, you are the boss of the industrial company, and it is natural to kneel to you!"

Holding his fists, Zhang Jing replied truthfully.

"That's good!"

Chen Moran nodded, looking at the person who seemed a little neat and organized in his answer.

"Then why did you stand up?"

"I ......"

Zhang Jing opened his mouth to say something, but the words were dumb in his throat, but the boss's eyes were staring at him and didn't give him a chance to avoid it at all.

"I ...... I don't want to kneel down for a few taels of silver anymore! ”

As soon as these words came out, the people around them were in a mess, and everyone looked at this person in surprise, why did this person talk like this.

"Since you don't want to kneel for those few taels of silver, then you just want to kneel!"

Chen Moran asked aggressively, all looking unforgiving.

"I ...... I ......"

Zhang Jing said the word "I" a few times one after another, but he was speechless.

"Even if you kneel for those few taels of silver, you should kneel down, since you are a slave, then you should kneel down for the rest of your life, Yu Min, I am your boss, Yu Gong, I have the official title of Cong Sanpin on my head, you kneel to me, it is a matter of course, but why don't you kneel!"

The aggressive Chen Moran had already walked in front of the man on crutches, his eyes staring at this person.

"Now, I'm just going to let you kneel for me!"

roared, only to roar everyone's hearts tremble, Xiao Xinren and Zhu Jialiang on the stage shouted anxiously for the boss and the young master, but Lin Yuqing looked at the young master, but remembered the scene when he met the boss again.

Zhang Jing, who was stared at by those eyes, almost knelt down, but when his knees were about to weaken, he gritted his teeth and shook his head.

"I don't kneel!"

"Why don't you kneel!"

"You just can't kneel!"

"You eat my food, take my money, and I'm still an official, why don't you kneel to me!"

Staring at this person, Chen Moran looked unrelenting.

"Smack, smack"

Two sounds of slapping the dust rang out, Wei Ze shook his body and stood up, he looked at the boss, looked at Zhang Jing.

"Can't kneel!"

"Why!"

Turning around, Chen Moran looked at the person who took the lead, he seemed to be called Wei Ze, Xiao Xinren told himself that he had been a sentry commander in the Wuwei Left Army, and he was also the captain of the mine protection recommended by Xiao Xinren.

He also stood up.

"If you kneel, you will have no backbone, and you still have to have some backbone to be a man!"

Facing the boss's gaze, Wei Ze said his thoughts, for the first time in his life, he felt that this inconspicuous kneeling person had lost his backbone.

"Boss, you have hard bones, you don't want to kneel, I'm waiting, people are poor and short-minded, but there are still some bones!"

When Zhang Jing spoke, the people who were originally kneeling had already stood up in three or five together, and they would stand in the middle of them, looking at these people who were still covered with the surname of the slave, Chen Moran laughed.

"Good! Okay very! ”

His right leg was propping up, but Chen Moran applauded them with his arm hanging on crutches.

"You haven't knelt in vain these few hours!"

Looking around at these people who didn't understand why, Chen Moran looked at them with a smile on crutches, this was the second time he smiled since they knelt down.

"The big guy has been kneeling for so long, do you think that I, the cripple Chen, is bullying others!"

There was no sound, but someone did think so.

"I don't kneel myself, and I can't stand anyone kneeling in the same way!"

As he spoke, he turned around and looked at the expressions of these people with something that he had not yet found, and his heart was filled with joy.

"When you knelt just now, I didn't see people!"

No one likes to listen to ugly words, and sure enough, these people's faces became uncomfortable.

"What I see is a bunch of minions! The Buddha fights for a pillar of incense, people fight for a breath, the man has gold under his knees, and he only kneels to the sky and his father! You kneel, that's worse than a dwarf, that's a minion, is a slave a human? Face, dignity, things that you don't want, are you still people? ”

Chen Moran's cold words knocked on their ears one after another, and his northern dialect was not fast, so these workers from northern Anhui and northern Jiangsu could understand it.

The words were harsh and tight, but they could listen to everyone's minds, but they were like a bang, and they couldn't come back to their senses in a daze, it was Zhang Jing, a talented person, who also looked at this completely different boss with wide eyes.

"But after kneeling for nearly three hours, I saw people, real people! Not The Walking Dead! It's a group of people who have regained their face and dignity! ”

At the end of the words, Chen Moran looked around at these people again, saw that they looked dumbfounded, smiled in his heart, and then walked towards the stage, facing Xiao Xinren's eyes mixed with various emotions, but he stood on the stage and looked at the people who had not completely recovered from their senses.

"That's it! I think you also know me Chen Moran, maybe you are still scolding me in your heart! I'm not afraid of being scolded, and now I just want to say one thing to you, if you want to be a man, stay here! Follow me Chen Moran, I, Chen Moran, will never treat everyone badly, and I have to let the big guy be a person again. If you feel uncomfortable being a man, please take it, I will never leave it difficult to be silent, and I will send this month's silver to you for a month! ”

It's go! Yes to stay!

For more than 1,500 people in the audience, it was a problem, they looked at each other left and right, as if they wanted to get answers from each other, Wei Ze and Zhang Jing looked up at the boss on the stage, for the first time they found that they seemed to have something more in their hearts, and the people around them seemed to have this feeling.

It was almost noon, the sky was still gloomy, there was a faint layer of smoke and rain in the air, and the scene in front of me was hazy. Chen Moran stood proudly by the river in Yangjing Port, and the 1,500 people stayed, although it is not excluded that some of them are reluctant to receive the company's allowance, but with the beginning, things can be done slowly, and sooner or later he can turn this engineering team into an army.

Respectfully walked in front of the boss, but Zhang Jing bowed, although the boss didn't let everyone kneel, but this ceremony still had to be kept.

"Boss, you're looking for me!"

"Zhang Jing, is it?"

Chen Moran smiled and looked at the first person in front of him to stand up.

"I asked you about it, your mother lives in a shed next to Shanghai County, and there are some idle houses on the idle land of the company, which are all under the plate when you buy land, and you are idle, and the smell in the shanty is unpleasant, and she stays there with an old man, you are not at ease, so let's do it! You go and clean up and find an empty house in the neighborhood to live in first! It's close, and you have a good idea! And there is enough sunshine, suitable for the elderly to raise their bodies, turn around and pay ten yuan from the team, the old man's health is not good, find a doctor to see! ”

"Old ...... Plate ......"

Looking up at the boss, Zhang Jing's eyes were full of disbelief, but looking at the boss's face, he hugged his fists and said in a trembling voice.

"Thank you, boss!"

"Don't thank me, as long as you follow me and work hard, I won't be able to treat you badly in the future! Wait for the future! ”

Chen Moran pointed to the pidgin river in front of him.

"In the future, our company will develop Pudong, and I am thinking about building a house here, these houses are just like those foreigners in the concession live, bright and bright, not as cold and damp as the lane, as long as you work hard, each of you will have a house in the future!" This is my promise today, remember, take it as true, if you don't honor it in ten years, then you can spit in my face! ”

"The little ones don't dare!"

Zhang Jing's bow was even lowered, almost nearly ninety degrees.

"What dare not, as long as I don't honor it, it's that I, Chen Moran, am untrustworthy to others, and I don't even have a trust, so I can naturally get it!"

With a light smile, Chen Moran looked at this Zhang Jing. The reason why he was chosen was very simple, it was definitely not appropriate for the people at home to do that thing, and it would be quiet and long in the process, in case something happened in the process of work, it would only cause trouble if he was involved.

It is still the easiest to use the workers of these engineering teams, even if something happens, they can be pushed away, and even as long as their names are crossed out, they are not considered members of the engineering team, at most they are just short-term workers who have been hired by industrial companies.

When the time comes, we will buy off those who catch quickly, and there will be more than one person in this world who can't survive the torture of the government!

If that's the case, they can only be blamed for their bad lives. Everyone has a chance, Chen Moran feels that he has given them a chance to change their fate, as for whether they can seize it, it depends on their lives!

(To be continued)