Chapter Twenty-Seven: A Revolution Must Be Made!
"MR Eastwood. Don't be discouraged, I tell you, from now on you will be the head of those damned Chinese laborers! ”
After Li Mengyang signed the deed of sale, that Jack also patted him on the shoulder, as if he was facing each other with a gun just now, and there was no zài at all.
"I'm going to have a lung!" Li Mengyang's words were naturally said in Cantonese, and then he translated it for Jack, "I will work hard." ”
The concept of the contractor, to be honest, Li Mengyang only knew it from the textbooks he had studied, there was such a text, and now Li Mengyang is clear, it turns out that this contractor is from the United States, and this thing has an inexplicable relationship with slavery!
Like, a little better than a slave?
But maybe the slaves are very comfortable nowadays, at least they don't come to be miners, they all work in the cotton fields, and the danger is much less.
Besides, the current black slaves, that small life is good, the children of slaves are still slaves, and the price of slaves is very high, that is to say, they themselves can create zào wealth for slave owners, but what about contract labor?
It seems that this is already necessary to make a revolution!
O miner!
How dangerous is this profession?
The revolution is even more urgent, otherwise, Li Mengyang really doesn't know how long he can last.
But fortunately, it's not all bad news, the reason why Jack asked Li Mengyang to sign such a 'deed of sale' is naturally because he spent a lot of money to buy him from the trafficker, that is to say, Li Mengyang was sold without touching a hammer, but the reason why Jack wanted to do this was mainly because he saw Li Mengyang's specialty.
He speaks English and speaks it very well!
This can be a better communication, there are a lot of Chinese workers in this mine, you must know that this is New Mexico, not California, there are not so many Chinese exclusion laws here, and there are many Chinese miners who are also very useful, so a Chinese worker who can speak English to be a microphone, so in terms of management, how handy will it be?
So since it is management, Li Mengyang naturally has to be an official, and he can have certain rights...... How the does this sound like a translator in an anti-Japanese drama?
Li Mengyang really doesn't want to do this job, because he is so hated, his conscience can't get by, and the end won't be too good, but people put guns to your heads, what can you do?
The good news is that he can have a certain amount of convenience to mobilize the masses, and he is a Chinese foreman.
However, Li Mengyang now deeply understands the importance of being proficient in a foreign language, and this skill can make the best people be sold and help others count the money!
What about mobilizing the masses to make a revolution......
"Dream sheep! How about you? ”
"Huh? Mai Lili? ”
Unexpectedly, Li Mengyang also met an acquaintance in this mine, that is, the Mai Lili who came with the same boat, which was so unexpected!
"Dream sheep! That's great! We're together again! Well, what are you here for? You sold yourself too? Actually, there's nothing wrong with that, I just thought you should sell yourself, really, that's good, at least there's a place to sleep and something to eat......"
"......" Li Mengyang told Mai Lili so eloquently about the benefits of selling himself, he really didn't feel good in his heart, the Chinese in this era, when will you wake up?
There is a long way to go, but Li Mengyang is not discouraged!
"Don't talk about that, force, you just got off the boat and came here?" Li Mengyang didn't want his old acquaintance to continue, although he wanted to help Forcefully awaken in the future.
"I've been sold once, and I've changed mines." It's good, this powerful person doesn't have a heart, what to say.
"That ......" Before Li Mengyang could say anything, the jack snorted right behind him.
"Irish! Chick! ”
With this voice out, the people in the mine basically converged on Jack's side, and he also found a higher place, it seems that he wants to say something.
"As the contractor of this mine! I'm announcing something now......" Jack's voice was hoarse, and communication was basically roaring these days, "you all saw it, and there were a lot of new people!" These guys are hungry and need your help now......"
"Oh~" The miners responded, but apparently they weren't 'welcome'.
"And, Chinese Yankees! I've got you guys headed! Let me introduce you, Mr. Clint Eastwood! ”
Very good, Li Mengyang was finally ceremoniously introduced, and he became the head of the Chinese workers, but that's it.
"Oh~" is still such a listless response, but fortunately, there is one person who is still more positive.
"Oops! Dream sheep, you are amazing! ”
Li Mengyang can see that in this mine, maybe the one who really welcomes him is this Mai Lili, which is probably a rare good news recently......
"What?"
"That's right, it's that we're going to eat less, and then, as if we all eat as much, it's just that we're eating less than before......"
After becoming the head of the Chinese workers, Li Mengyang found Mai Lili, and then Mai Lili explained to Li Mengyang why everyone was listless.
Yes, the newcomers are coming, there are more people in the mine, and the food will not increase for a while and a half, there are two reasons here, one is because this is a mountainous area, and it is always very difficult to transport things in, which is objective. On the other hand, if you can save it, you can save it, anyway, the money saved, that is, it is earned, and Jack and the mine owner will be happy, which is of course subjective.
Evil capitalists!
After learning about this, Li Mengyang felt that the hope of the revolution was greater, because the more fierce the oppression, the more fierce the resistance would be.
So, can Li Mengyang succeed?
……
"This brother, we workers have strength, we want to live a better life......"
"I know we have the power, do you still need to say this? Idiot, you! ”
"Big brother! We workers are all one family, as long as we are united, we will definitely be able to ......"
"Family? Don't tease me! If you are a family, let someone else's wife sleep with me, then I will believe you! ”
I have to say that this request is really too simple......
"Big sister! Don't go, big sister, don't go! I'm not going to eat you......"
Li Mengyang couldn't wait to mobilize the masses, but the reality gave him a headache, basically no one could understand what he said, and even later, when others saw him, they walked around like they saw the plague god, just like the eldest sister.
Eldest sister?
Well, although the ratio of men and women is very unbalanced in our mine, there are still women, there are 163 Chinese workers in this mine alone, and it is not very strange that there are no women, and many of them are actually families, some of these families are a family who came to America, and some of them make some money, and then spend money to buy 'female piglets' through guò traffickers, and most of the Chinese workers in the United States use guò to reproduce their offspring.
The more he learned, the more Li Mengyang wanted to help these individuals, hoping that they would awaken and follow him......
"Brother Li, I see that you have been talking about workers, strength, and unity these days, so what are you talking about?"
Don't say it, not all people are not interested in what Li Mengyang preached, no, Yang Guangren's guy came to take the initiative to consult, it's a good thing.
"Brother Yang, this thing is actually like this, we are now in a position, that is, this society, oh, society you can understand as a country, we are now the lowest level of this country. We have nothing, so we are the proletariat, and although the proletariat has nothing, the proletariat has power, because we proletariat ......"
can be regarded as having an audience, so can Li Mengyang still let Yang Guangren go? It's like when the dam opens, the monstrous flood rushes out, which baptizes Yang Guangren.
"Brother Li, I still have something to do, let's talk about it another day, another day." Yang Guangren was swept away by the flood.
"......, Li Mengyang is really a little weak at this time.
"You can't work as a young boy, you eat a lot, you are idle all day long, you ......"
"Shut up! You, just cook your food, just wash your clothes, why do you care so much? ”
"Humph! Dead! ”
"It's turned the sky upside down!"
Li Mengyang is the head of the Chinese workers, so there must be a place to live, Jack's guy arranged him in a family, this family's surname is Zhou, a family of three, the noisy couple is naturally the male and female hosts, Zhou Dashan and his wife, and a child named Xiaoshanzi, who is five or six years old.
said that it is a home, but in Li Mengyang's eyes, this is a simple shack, this kind of shack is made of local materials, made of wood and canvas for setting up tents, to put it bluntly, it is better than simple tents, nothing more. The miners basically lived in shacks, which were considered collective dormitories in the mid-19th century.
Zhou Dashan's shack is not bad, it is bigger, and there are more things, although it doesn't look so clean, but everyone is the same, and they don't have a choice. What more bikes do you need these days?
This family is still good to Li Mengyang, but when the Zhou family saw that Li Mengyang didn't work much, and he ate a lot, there was no way, half the eldest child ate the poor old man, then she would inevitably have to say a few unpleasant words.
"That, big brother and sister-in-law, I'm new here, and I'm not familiar with work or anything, so I ...... in the future" Li Mengyang didn't want to work, but he really didn't do mining work, maybe he did it when he was playing legends before? So, it's good that he doesn't cause trouble for others.
"Don't listen to that! Mengyang boy, you are good, at least you didn't rely on the power of the foreign master to bully us, you are very good. "Zhou Dashan is very real, in his consciousness, Li Mengyang is a good person, at least he is an 'official', right? But he even said small things to us, and we knew enough.
"Humph!" Zhou didn't say much anymore, in fact, she just had a broken mouth.
Bang chirp, that little mountain knows how to eat, anyway, what he is most concerned about now is to grab food with Li Mengyang.
"Hey, hey, hey......" Li Mengyang was praised by others, so he was naturally embarrassed, he scratched his head and asked, "There were also foremen of Chinese workers before?" ”
"Yes!" Instead, Zhou interjected first, "That guy is bad!" I haven't slipped away from you yet, but I always bully us......"
"You stupid! Watch your tongue! Zhou Dashan interrupted Zhou, obviously, he was still a little defensive against Li Mengyang.
"It's okay, it's okay......" Li Mengyang was very interested in his ex, because he wanted to know, "What's wrong with that person?" Quit? ”
Yes, there was a foreman before, what happened to him, why was he able to sit in this position?
Zhou Dashan and his wife didn't wait to say anything, only to hear Xiao Shanzi spit out a sentence.
"That one is dead! Someone was beaten to death! ”
...... "I rub!" Is the profession of 'translator' really dangerous?
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