Long caravans, including grain and salt convoys, were blocked at the ferry. On the convoy, the dart flags of each dart board and the trumpet flags of various numbers were hunting in the wind, and the neighing of the cattle added a gloomy atmosphere to the ferry. It was accompanied by a long queue of victims, helping the old and the young, who were blocked at another passageway.

A middle-aged tax collector with a small beard and the word "tax" written in a white cloth circle on his chest shouted to the caravan:

"100 wen for grain goods, 15 wen for salt goods, 90 wen for cotton goods, line up, don't squeeze! Don't squeeze! ”

Another young, stocky tax collector shouted hoarsely at the victims.

"Don't squeeze! Don't squeeze! Five texts for men, five texts for women and children! Pay the money quickly, and let you go when you pay the money! ”

A man who looked like a shopkeeper at the passage of the caravan rode his horse forward and shouted.

"Official, why has it risen again, the grain was still fifty wen the day before yesterday, why did it become one hundred wen so quickly?"

The tax collector rolled his eyes at him.

"The lord who didn't see it, now the two palaces are hunting in the west, the foreign devils are still occupying the capital, the queen mother and the emperor are in Xi'an, naturally they need silver to spend, who are you looking for if you don't look for them? If you don't have filial piety, you should be a citizen of the Qing Dynasty, pay the money quickly, or ......"

With a bang, the tax collector drew half a sword, and the merchant who had only bluffed him quickly took out some scattered pieces of silver, and sent the wicked official away, and beckoned the convoy to the crossing.

As he was talking, he saw a few white sails on the Xiqi River, looking at the white sails and the big boat, but the tax collector smiled, what is the tax collector's favorite thing, I am afraid that it is to look at the big boat on the river.

"Little Liuzi, a few of you, put on the boat and ...... with me"

Before he could finish his sentence, he saw that the three galleons of at least six hundred materials would lower their sails, and then leaned towards the shore under the push of the boatman's poles.

"Hey! This owner knows the rules! ”

The tax collector spoke, and his face looked a lot better, at least he could save himself a piece of tax on the boat, but the boat was just a square dock, and as soon as the gangplank hit the ferry on the embankment, the tax collector stepped on the gangplank with a knife and walked straight towards the boat.

Fang Zizhou, who was standing on the boat, saw the tax collector with the knife on the boat, but he raised the corners of his mouth, and just commanded the boatmen and hired workers.

"Hurry up and tidy up the cabin, I'll be on the board in a while!"

There are at least more than 1,000 victims at that ferry, maybe they can recruit hundreds of people today, three boats to Dangtu's Ma'anshan, and one boat to Fengtai.

"Jing Xuan, An Yang, after a few of you get off the boat, according to what we set on the ship, Jing Xuan will take it to Fuyang, An Yang will take people to Mengcheng, and open employment points along the town, everyone will be optimistic about the funds."

After instructing the boatman, Fang Zizhou was able to explain to the employees of more than a dozen companies beside him, whether it was Huainan or Ma'anshan, a large number of workers were needed, and it was not enough to recruit disaster victims in the city, so the company would let them come directly to northern Anhui to recruit workers, and there were two groups of people, one group went to northern Jiangsu, and the other went further, directly to Shandong.

"Is there any gasping? Who is the owner of the goods? ”

As soon as the tax collector got aboard the ship, he shouted, and when he saw the grain in the cabin, his heart was happy, and he must be able to get at least a few taels of silver into his account.

"Official, the ship is hired by a small one!"

Fang Zizhou clenched his fists and said, he is a person, and he doesn't kneel when he sees officials, let alone this little tax collector who is not in the grade.

"All four boats belong to yours!"

"It's an industrial company!" Fang Zizhou corrected it.

"I don't care what you work for, listen up, a boat of four taels of tax silver!"

The tax collector shouted, then looked at the unsatisfactory goods in the cabin, and couldn't help muttering in his heart whether this tax would be a little higher, could it be that this ship came here to receive goods!

"Official, Fang brought a ship here, not to do business, but to hire workers......"

"Oh! That's it! ”

The tax collector, who was still muttering, glanced at the man in his thirties, and shouted in his heart when he cried out for pity.

"Ten for men, ten for women and children! Pay the money and you take it away! If you don't pay the silver, don't blame me for smashing your boat, and I'll pull you to the prison at that time, but don't blame me for not reminding you! ”

"Dog guts!"

Fang Zizhou, who was originally harmonious and pleasant, was angry when he heard this, and scolded when he opened his mouth.

"Dog's eyes don't see the boundary, look at what this is!"

Before the man could think of anything back, Fang Zizhou took out a copy of the Governor's Mansion from between his sleeves.

“……”

At a glance at the official document, the originally arrogant tax collector was suddenly dumbfounded, and looked at the words written in the text, "The industrial company recruits the victims of the disaster in the north, in order to solve the difficulties of the government, the local government must not fake the difficulty", but he looked unwilling.

"Hey! Official, look, our principal has a scholarly temper, don't be surprised! ”

Ma Yu, who was originally standing beside him, squeezed forward, took out some loose silver from his pocket, and stuffed it into the tax collector's hand as soon as he put his hand together.

"This deserves it, this deserves it!"

The tax collector spoke, but the hand that was holding the money did not loosen.

"Official, of course, our company still wants to build a shed at this ferry port temporarily, so as to recruit people, and we will look good in the future, and this bit of silver is all the drinking money of the official and his brothers! In the future, we will be neighbors in this door, please take care of the official! ”

Ma Yu's words made the face of the tax collector, who was originally extremely ugly, expand, and he hugged his fist towards Ma Yu.

"Look at what you said, aren't you going to build sheds? It's right next to the dam! If you have anything to say hello, just speak! ”

So the tax collector departed from the ship.

"Ma Yu, what are you doing here?"

Ma Yu's approach made Fang Zizhou unhappy for a while, and he used the company's money to buy off these evil officials.

"My big official, let's come here to recruit workers, not to provoke anger, the king of Hades is better, the little ghost is difficult, this place is dozens of miles away from the county seat, a little scattered silver, why bother!"

Ma Yu said with a smile, this Fang Zizhou's book business is too heavy, and he can't make a big difference. As he spoke, Ma Yu stepped on the gangplank and said hello to the tax collector on the shore, but he walked towards the pile of victims with a gong in his hand.

When the boatman had set up the table and the gong sounded, Ma Yu shouted in the northern Anhui dialect that he had newly learned on the boat.

"Folks! Our industrial company, now in Fengyang, Dangtu by the order of the governor, opened two large mines, this is to recruit workers, a laborer works hard in the mine, can earn at least 100 yuan a day. ”

Boom, as soon as he said this, the victims who were originally crowded over there immediately surrounded him, and the tax collector quickly squeezed over with people as soon as he saw this. Although the tax collector was strong, he could barely stand it, so he quickly raised his whip and whipped it in a hurry.

"Don't go up! No squeezing! Stand up for me! Queue up, or no one will think about it. ”

"Thank you!"

Seeing those victims lined up under the whip of the tax collector, Ma Yu hugged his fists and thanked him.

"No thanks, no thanks!"

The tax collector asked as if he was unsure.

"When I work with you, can I really earn 100 cents a day?"

"That's, it's going to be more, not less! Official, please also ask the official to help maintain it, and at night my brother will invite the official and the brothers to drink! ”

Ma Yuxiao hugged his fist, and then walked towards the table, this table has already begun to report the name, the two are responsible for registering, the two of them are there to check those strong men, just like buying big animals in the cattle shop, first pinch the meat on the body, and then check the mouth, the mine wants labor that can work, not those who are old, weak, sick and disabled.

"Are you recruiting workers, or buying big livestock!"

This sudden shout made Ma Yu look over, and saw a man who was more than a head taller than others, although the clothes on his body were tattered, but the pimple meat under the body and clothes was bulging.

Ma Yu smiled at the man, and rushed to the notebook beside him to command.

"Liu Zimao! Give this strong man a name, body! A1! ”

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

The man was obviously stunned, looked at this person in a daze, and was speechless for a while.

"What's your name?"

The notebook asked two pences before and after, and the man came back to his senses.

"Dong Haotian!"

The person is strong and strong, and the name is also magnificent, although it is only one side, Ma Yu still wrote down the name in his heart.

But whoever was named, they went directly to the shore and formed a pile, and the boatman on the shore had already put up a dozen cauldrons, not only those who wrote their names on the book, but also their families, all sharing a bowl of mixed batter.

"Our boss said, you and your family can go to the mine, and you can wash your clothes and cook a meal or something, as long as you work hard, you will definitely be able to mix a wife and children in a hot bed."

As soon as Fang Zizhou's words came out, the strength of the entire embankment was a burst of thanksgiving, especially for those who were reluctant to disperse with their families on the shore to go to work by themselves, and the family did not need to disperse.

"It's hard to leave your homeland, and it's hard to separate your family!"

Sitting in the carriage, looking at the workers who had built their new homes out of broken wooden strips, bamboo poles, and mud, he spat out eight words.

"However, you have done a good thing, and if you have a home, those workers will not be able to mess up, and they will work in the mine in a down-to-earth manner."

Xiao Xinren nodded, understanding Chen Moran's intentions.

"That's not all!"

Chen Moran smiled and pointed to the several workers' villages planned in the distance, although they were workers' villages, they were just empty land, and they would be nothing more than shacks.

"You see, let them bring their families over, and they just divided the workers into two groups, one group has families and families, and most of them are such people, and the other is homeless, this kind of people ......"

With a mysterious smile, he pointed to his surroundings again.

"The mountains in this place are undulating, not to mention whether there are bandits or anything in this mountain, isn't this already said that there are wolves here? It doesn't matter if he's a bandit or a wolf, although he doesn't hurt anyone now, there will always be a day when he hurts people, so I'm thinking about building a mine protection team, and I will use these people in the mine protection team! Singles' ......"

"The revolutionary will is the most resolute!"

Xiao Xinren smiled and said that he learned from Chen Moran, this Chen lame man always has his utilitarian advantage in everything he does.

Chen Moran smiled, some things always have to be prepared for the worst.

"After those brick factories are built, when the factories and mines are built, a few towns will be planned along the iron factory and around those branches for these workers to live!"

Ignoring Xiao Xinren's surprise, Chen Moran continued there.

"They are living in shacks, I am afraid that this shack will live for more than a year, then, we will use the company to change the crowded and dirty situation of the workers' residential areas, and build some Magang new villages around the factory, so that the workers' areas will become a clean, safe, and corporate culture environment, which will not only allow the workers to improve production efficiency, but also make these workers loyal to the factory and the company." At the same time, it can also avoid the bad habits that the workers are contaminated, and a good living environment will only prevent gambling and drugs from spreading here. The centripetal force of workers will also increase, and the idea of taking the factory as their home will be established, so that costs can be reduced and profits can be increased. ”

The carriage was walking, and Chen Moran said so.

"So, you're saying that the company paid them to build a house?"

Xiao Xinren was shocked, he would never believe that those workers would pay for the houses themselves.

"Of course not!"

Chen Moran shook his head, he would never do a loss-making business.

For example, in the future, workers will earn 15 to 30 yuan a month, and we will build a house and rent it to them, a house will cost 2 to 6 yuan a month, which doesn't seem to be very good, but then these workers' villages are not our industry? The shops and vegetable farms here are all run by us, and the water they use is also from our water plant, well! There is also coking gas can be repaired to lead here, so that it can be used as waste, and you can make more money every month, you see they work from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and finally we send out the money from the left hand, and then collect it from the right hand, what is this called? That's what makes the most of it! ”

Chen Moran, who looked a little excited when he said this, ignored Xiao Xinren's surprise when he heard this, he had only one thing in mind, to reduce the cost of the enterprise as much as possible and increase the profits of the enterprise.

"After that, there will definitely be a salary increase, and there will be bonuses or something to do more, then those workers must have some surplus money in their hands, let's sell this house again, we are used to living, naturally I don't want to leave, then we will sell this house at the market price, the rent collected in those years is profit, the house is sold, it is still a profit, and so on in the future, the land price, housing prices go up, those shops will naturally be in demand, the store is rented, this piece alone, I will see how it is in a year, This Ma'anshan alone can earn us hundreds of thousands, which is enough to build a steelmaking furnace. ”

"Yes! And then! ”

Xiao Xinren shook his head and sighed, looking at Chen Moran's smooth forehead, he really wanted to open his skull to see what was in his skull, how could he always think of things that others couldn't think of.

"If you do this, I'm afraid that our workers' community has been built, that is, it looks bright on the outside, but it is empty inside, and there are a few families who can have any money to spare!"

"I can't say that, Wei Yang, you know, we just maximize profits, besides, the wages I Chen Moran gave are not low, the iron factory and iron mine have been built, a month is less than fifteen yuan, more than thirty or forty yuan, and so the machinery factory is done, I give half a double salary than those machinery in Shanghai, if the automobile factory is done, it is a sewing girl, I will also pay twenty yuan of wages, we not only hire them, but also help them solve the problem of food and housing, In the future, there will even be facilities such as entertainment venues, and even schools and hospitals, all of which are in the form of welfare, and I am not stupid! ”

Chen Moran smiled, he knew that his practice would definitely not be popular, and this kind of pursuit of profit maximization would be criticized even in future generations, and it was also unavoidable here.

"The wages are too low, they can't afford to buy things, and the wages are very low, and there will definitely be endless strikes or something in the future, and the workers will have no money in their hands, and who will sell the things produced by our enterprises in the future, and the cars made in our automobile factories in the future, although they will be mainly sold to Europe and the United States in the first few years, but what about the future? Someday, I'm going to sell it to those workers, but now! ”

This will Chen Moran smiled coldly.

If we raise their wages to 100 yuan at a time, not to mention that the company can't afford it, it's the company's burden, and they can't last a few years, they will definitely feel that the wages are small, and they may strike or something to increase their wages, so we have to increase their wages step by step, so that these workers in the future have a hope for tomorrow."

Nodding, Xiao Xinren knew that what Chen Moran said was the truth, but he had some other concerns.

"However, the workers here are all dragged with their families, and their wages are low, so I am afraid that they will not be loyal to the company, and may even hate the company!"

For example, we can build a workers' welfare cooperative, that is, our shops in these workers' villages, and then give those workers, according to the head of their families, according to the different adults and children, such as grain, cloth, groceries, supplies, etc., with these purchasing coupons, it is definitely cheaper than the market."

"Then you're not going to suffer!"

Looking at Chen Moran playfully, Xiao Xinren said.

"What's the loss?"

Shaking his head, Chen Moran categorically denied it.

"I'm not what they eat and what they use, they all point to the purchasing coupons to buy, the purchasing coupons are like discount coupons, those workers take this discount coupon to buy things, it can be cheaper than the market price, at most we sell it to them at cost price, don't you know that everything has a wholesale price and a retail price? But this is cheap, and they can be grateful to Dade,"

Chen Moran, who was not without pride, naturally wouldn't say it, and then he would definitely say that this cheap was made up by the silver he Chen Moran took out! No profit and no action! Chen Moran is not a businessman, but at least he knows this sharp word. The word is the first knife, if you don't hold this knife well, others will hate you, take it well, and others will only feel grace and virtue.

"Good guy...... I can't do it! ”

Chen Moran sighed in his heart, it is difficult to be a man, it is even more difficult to be a good person, it is still easy to be an ordinary man!

(To be continued)