Chapter 129, Sleepers made from the bones of Irishmen
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Early the next morning, Catherine, who was mentally prepared for a heroic sacrifice, got up early, and she also found a dress for herself that was easy to move. But when it came time to go out, she understood that today would definitely not be as hard as yesterday, because she now had Scrooge let Anna go with her.
"When you get to the mine, I'll ask Anna to accompany you in the office and wait. That's the kind of place I'll just take Kroll to see it. Scrooge said.
"Thank you!" Catherine replied, "I'll try not to hold you back." ”
"I really didn't expect this guy Scrooge to be so considerate of others." Catherine thought, "But if he was a really considerate person, he wouldn't have dragged people from workshop to workshop yesterday?" ”
Scrooge, of course, was not a particularly considerate person, and to be honest, although Scrooge saw that Catherine was as tired as a dog yesterday, he did not feel much sympathy, because he felt that such a amount of labor was actually nothing. Don't talk about him, even Anna can easily top it.
So last night, the heartless Scrooge actually told Anna about Catherine's state as a joke. As a result, the soft-hearted Anna expressed sympathy for Catherine, who had just gotten married, had not even been able to spend her honeymoon, and was used as an animal by Scrooge, and carefully Anna could see at a glance the reason why Catherine had insisted on following them instead of going to the office to rest alone. So there is also Scrooge's very considerate expression.
But in fact, today's trip itself was not as hard as yesterday. The mine is just a matter of going to see and identify the main person in charge. Scrooge wasn't going to take Carol to drill in the mines, it was too dangerous, and if something happened, the MacDonalds would be doomed.
As for inspecting the port, it's even easier. Anyway, Catherine didn't really tire up today.
In the afternoon, the group completed the inspection and was ready to return home. Scrooge said to the Carols, "I'm not going back with you." I went straight to the train station and headed to Chicago in a moment. There's a lot of work I have to do on the railroad. I'll leave it to you here. ”
"In such a hurry?" Carroll said.
"Yes, time is money!" Scrooge replied.
The most profitable thing for the Pacific Railway is not the railway itself, but the ownership of land within 15o meters along the railway, mining rights within 32 kilometers. With the completion of the railway, new towns will continue to appear along the railway, and the price of land along the railway will inevitably rise rapidly, and the benefits here will far outweigh the benefits of the railway itself. As for the mineral rights within 32 kilometers, this is definitely a big benefit.
For example, in later generations, almost all the subways in the world were run by the government at a discount. There is only one exception in the city. This city is Lijiacheng, known as the Pearl of the Orient. Why does their subway make money? Is it because the ticket price is particularly high? Of course not, the ticket price is too high, and no one will sit on it. The secret of Li Jiacheng's urban railway company to make money is actually very simple, that is, their boss Li Ka-shing will always preemptively win the land rights in the area through which the subway line passes. Then the subway goes there, and the land price skyrockets, which is naturally a rolling profit.
The same is true of the Pacific Railroad, and more importantly, the Pacific Railroad is built by two companies. The Union Pacific Railroad repaired from east to west, and the Central Pacific Company repaired from west to east. The U.S. government doesn't stipulate where they meet, and where they meet, it counts! In this way, whichever company repairs faster, it will naturally be able to get more benefits. Why did the railway, which was supposed to be completed in 14 years, be completed in just nine years in history? Why does the Central Pacific Company prefer to use the Chinese workers in its hands as disposable products to death, rather than considering the cost of re-recruiting after using a batch of dead workers than letting the workers slow down and repair again? The reason is simple! At this time, the faster the degree, the more benefits will be obtained. At this time, the degree is the first, what safety, quality, all have to be sidelined. As long as you can pave the railroad quickly, even if there are a lot of problems that need to be rebuilt just after the paving, as long as the nearby land and mining rights are in hand, that is the biggest win!
The Union Pacific Railroad's previous turmoil has slowed their progress a lot. Historically, the Central Pacific Railroad has gained more benefits than the Union Pacific Railroad because of its hard-working Chinese workers. And now, in Scrooge's view, such a thing is absolutely not allowed to happen again.
Sitting on the train to Chicago, Scrooge stared out the window at the sunset and thought about his thoughts.
"Hey, Scrooge! What are you thinking? Anna, who was snuggling up next to Scrooge, asked. With the change in her relationship with Scrooge, she can now affectionately call Scrooge by his name when no one is around.
"Oh, nothing? How can we better mobilize the enthusiasm of those workers? Scrooge replied.
"Oh, you must have a way! Well, don't think about those nerve-wracking things. It's not necessarily good to be too tired, sometimes take a break and think about it, maybe a good idea will pop up on its own. Anna said.
"Well, it's time to take a break." Scrooge smiled slightly, and at the same time reached out and put his arm around Anna, saying, "Because I already have a way." To celebrate, Anna, why don't we do sports together? ”
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Scrooge's method was simple: to give the workers a "strong pill" to cheer them up, and then at night to give them a small amount of heroin - which had a good sedative effect when used in small quantities - which could be used to ensure the quality of the workers' sleep. Of course, repeated drug use may make the workers addicted, and in turn MacDonald's most lucrative thing at the moment is not as non-addictive as they advertise. However, Scrooge is not worried about this problem, he already has a solution. That is - constantly changing workers. Before those workers have time to show obvious addiction characteristics, fire them and replace them with a new batch of workers, of course, there is always a difference in the time when each person has addiction problems, if there is a person whose constitution itself is particularly high, and he becomes addicted all of a sudden, then what should he do?
It doesn't matter, in such a big project, no one cares about the dead point. Later, when the French and Americans dug the Panama Canal, 60,000 or 70,000 laborers died in just one canal less than 100 kilometers long. So when building thousands of kilometers of railways, the workers were exposed to wind and rain along the way, and they had to face the threat of Indians from time to time, isn't it normal to have a dead person? Workers who have become addicted to drugs in advance, well, Scrooge will arrange for them to die of illness or accident without any problems.
Moreover, most of the workers who were hired to build the railway were Irish immigrants. Irish, typical children who don't hurt their fathers and don't love their mothers. Theoretically, Ireland is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, but in practice, Anglican England has never considered the Irish Catholic to be their own. During the Great Famine in Ireland, the British not only did not step up their rescue, but also moved the grain in the Irish granary to England, and also obstructed the aid of other countries, which was quite an opportunity to starve all the Irish to death. As a result, millions of people starved to death in a tiny Ireland.
Since the United Kingdom treats the Irish in this way, the United Kingdom cannot certainly be expected to support them if something happens to the Irish. And with no one behind them, the Irish naturally became a bully. Originally, in the United States, because there were many plantation owners in the south who were Irish, they could more or less say a few words to Irish immigrants, and Irish immigrants were not too oppressed in the United States. However, now that the southern rebellion and the British have always suppressed the Irish, the proportion of Irish people who are Chinese blind is much higher than that of other European countries, and the Irish naturally have no status. So Irish immigrants, even if a few thousand people die, even if you really use the bones of Irish people to build the sleepers of this railway, no one will care too much. As for the few who died from illness or accident by accident, no one cares.
"With the 'Powerful Pill', the motivation of those Irish workers is estimated to be comparable to that of the Chinese workers of the Central Pacific Company, and even slightly higher. And then add to that the fact that our road conditions are better than those of the Central Pacific Company. We've won this race! Scrooge, who had just done a workout, lay down on the wide, soft bed in the luxurious box, his right arm passed under the slender neck of Anna, who was also naked, and then leaned back and embraced Anna in his arms, while somehow remembering the perfect plan he had just made in his mind that he was quite proud of. Triumphantly, he stretched out his left hand again, and used his fingers to make circles on Anna's slightly trembling peak.
"Those guys from the Central Pacific Railroad Company will probably use Dianabol for their Chinese workers. Maybe we'll give this thing a name, the Citi Tonic Pill. I can't watch them use our weapons against us, so an embargo on the big pill against them is a must, but it's definitely against the rules of the free market. So, I had to be like a way. Well, it should work to use the newspapers to expose the inhumane behavior of their use of Chinese labor, to stand on the moral high ground, and then to announce sanctions against those who violate the conscience of mankind. ”
Scrooge put his arms around Anna while thinking about his thoughts, and slowly fell asleep.