Chapter 879: A huge manpower gap

The sign of "Los Angeles Immigration Recruitment Office" is very eye-catching, but what is even more eye-catching is a huge billboard on the second floor of the road that is ten meters long, and a railroad stretches into the distance on the lonely field, with an indescribable poetic meaning, and a line of words on the top: North American Railroad Company recruits workers from the whole society, immigrants are preferred, culture is preferred, and preferential treatment is given. In contrast, the sign of the Los Angeles Immigration Recruitment Office is like a baby facing a hideous man. Just like this, the hot air balloon is pulled up on both sides, and the monthly salary of the railway company starts at 20 yuan.

What is the concept of a monthly salary of $20? A soldier of the North American Infantry Division of the Ming Dynasty has a salary of thirty yuan per month. If in the country, a soldier's salary is twenty-five dollars. Toshitoshi Oshima, who worked odd jobs for a living after retiring as a soldier in Toei, is too sensitive to this price, and when he was a soldier and infantry in Japan, his monthly salary was only eight yuan. After retiring, he worked in the police station for a year, because he didn't give his boss a big gift during the Chinese New Year, and this errand was gone, so he had to do odd jobs to make a living.

Without thinking about it, Toshitoshi Oshima walked across the street and stood behind a line of only a few people.

"President, you can't raise your salary, it's hard to support such expensive labor." The director of the recruitment department in the office was complaining to Chen Pu, who came to inspect. There is a shortage of people on the railway, what kind of people are missing? Literate and skilled in combat skills. This is related to the expansion of the North American Army, and the shortage of a large number of non-commissioned officers has directly led to a shortage of personnel in the road escort team. You can't stop other people's future, even if a non-commissioned officer is a squad leader, his monthly salary is fifty yuan, and there is still a chance to be promoted. This time the army was expanded. The Governor's Office of the Golden Hill signed an agreement with all the officers to provide them with a pension system. Where does the money for this pension come from? Naturally, it comes from government taxes, and without this, there are simply not enough military personnel in North America. Why is there such a strange phenomenon? In fact, it is very simple, there is too much land, but too few people. As a direct result, the North American government, which wants to expand its military, has to come up with a high salary system and provide for the elderly. Every soldier who retires after three years of service can choose to continue his service, when his salary will increase by 10 percent every year. Officers, on the other hand, are paid according to their positions from the day they serve, and they can get a pension of 5,000 yuan when they retire. By the way, the retirement age is fifty-five, which is already a very old person in this era. Most of the officers are not expected to live that long. To live is to earn.

The army is doing this, and there is a shortage of supervisors and road guards on the railway, Chen Pu is also anxious when he sees this situation, no one supervises those natives who can't work hard, what should I do? Recruitment. In the past, I was still worried about the immigrants in the Ming Dynasty, but now I don't even let go of the Japanese people of Nima, and the Koreans are here, as long as they are educated. If you know Chinese, you can still accept people.

Even so. Most of the immigrants came here, and they didn't look at this sign, Nima, a Japanese or North Korean immigrant, 50 acres of land waiting to be planted, who wants to do this bullshit railway. Even if they knew that the railway immigrants also had land to be divided, no one wanted to do any railroads, what if there was no one to plant the land? Don't really say it. The people of North Korea and Dongying are similar to the people of the Ming Dynasty in their bones, and they have a strong land plot.

This is the case in North America, where there is a shortage of people, where people are being recruited everywhere and all kinds of means are being used. The whole of North America. The current population is less than 600,000. How many years have passed, and it can be seen how low the immigration efficiency has been over the years, it's really not that I don't want to immigrate, it's too far. In particular, when many people come to North America and become landlords or miners, they will buy some indigenous or black slaves captured by Gomez from Africa from the population market that has emerged in recent years.

Therefore, even if the railway company itself continues to recruit personnel from China, it will not be able to solve the shortage of personnel in a year and a half. If the technical staff is easy to solve, the head office will forcibly dispatch it. But this other person can't do it, and can only think of a solution. Chen Pu, who walked out of the door, was extremely depressed, and his ambition was very hurt by the various status quo. Looking at the sparse queue at the door, I wanted to cover my face and escape.

However, when he saw Oshima Toshi, he subconsciously glanced at the stone who was driving the car, then looked at Oshima Toshi, and beckoned: "You, come here." Toshitoshi Oshima, who was wearing an old military uniform, hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, the gray military uniform had been worn for many years, and it had been patched several times, and the color had fallen off very badly. But a soldier is a soldier, and standing there is a man with a straight waist, very eye-catching among the few people.

"Japanese? Retired soldiers? Chen Pu asked, speaking Chinese. Toshitoshi Oshima, who learned Chinese in the army, immediately bowed and replied: "Yes, Toshitoshi Oshima, the former senior soldier of the First Infantry Division of the Dongying Army, salutes Your Excellency." "It's rare to be a soldier in Dongying, and you can mix so badly. Chen Pu felt that this guy must be the kind of tendon who couldn't drill camp, and decided to give him a chance, so he smiled and said: "Why do you want to join the railway company, you must know that even if you are Japanese, you have fifty acres of land to cultivate." ”

"Back to Your Excellency, I come from a wild samurai family and don't know how to farm. The pay here is high and I'm satisfied. Oshima Toshi's answer made Chen Pu's eyes light up, yes, this salary is not attractive to immigrants in North America, what if you go to the army to find those Japanese or Korean Americans who are about to retire? But then again, Chen Pu felt that Koreans were almost meaningful, and there were many slippery heads. Unlike the Japanese, they are more disciplined and obedient.

"Shi, take him back, arrange food and accommodation, rest for two days, and bring him to the office to see me tomorrow." Chen Pu feels that he has found a solution to the manpower problem, and most of the immigrants come to farm, which does not mean that it is attractive to people like Oshima Toshi.

Oshima Toshiki followed into the carriage in a daze, he could only sit in the front passenger seat, and when he arrived at the residence, Chen Pu got out of the car and went to work, and Shi handed Oshima Toshi to a Japanese woman and asked her to greet Oshima Toshi.

The Japanese woman is called Tangerine, and she belongs to the first batch of service personnel who came to North America to work hard, and these women earned a lot of money in North America, and they did not want to go back to China to be looked down upon, so they stayed in North America. Tangerine has a hotel here, right next to the North American Railroad headquarters. There are many girls who have been fooled by oranges from Japan to make a fortune in this inn, and Ishi frequents this hotel. After getting acquainted, some of the reception business was also done here.

The big pond soup is comfortably soaked, and there is a fragrant back rubbing service. This kind of treatment was rarely enjoyed by the bottom of society like Toshitoshi Oshima when he was in Dongying. The big brush waits for a trip, and the dirt on the body can be as small as half a catty, and then rinse it quickly, soak it in the pool, and the cool body is going to fall apart. There was also a person pinching his back on the side. That's even cooler. Although this waiter is no less than thirty years old, Toshitoshi Oshima, who has been floating at sea for so long, is still impulsive for a while.

When he returned to the room where he was staying, he realized that he had fallen for the mother devil, and there was a better place to go. The waiters in the room are all sixteen or seventeen-year-old Japanese girls, and they can stay overnight for only two yuan. It's a bit expensive, and the custom houses in Edo cost only five cents. But this time, someone is paying. Toshitoshi Oshima is still a very old samurai mentality. Enjoy it with peace of mind, and give your life to the master in the future. As for what land, what salary, how can there be the nourishment of hugging a thigh to live. The traditional samurai in Japan are all in this way. Even though Japan no longer exists, there are many, many people like Toshitoshi Oshima.

Eating, drinking, living and sleeping in a one-stop service, the next morning Oshima Toshi still got up early, screaming in the yard and polishing his body. It's something I've never let go of for 30 years. When I was in Dongying, I planned to get married and have children after retiring. As a result, Nima lost her job after working for half a year, and her promised wife also fled. The past is unbearable, and the value of people in that place in Dongying cannot be reflected. Fortunately, I came to North America, and this boss looks like a very generous master.

Chen Pu, who hadn't slept well all night, was busy sitting in the office when Shi took Oshima Toshi. Chen Pu, who was reviewing the documents, glanced at it and said, "Wait first." Oshima Min just stood like that, straight and motionless, and an hour passed after this stop, Chen Pu raised his head and said, "How are you a Japanese retired soldier?" ”

The problem was sudden, and Toshitoshi Oshima was highly focused. Immediately bowed and said: "Your Excellency, I don't know how much, but Japanese retired soldiers are given priority to work in the police station, and their lives are still guaranteed, but the salary is relatively low, and newcomers only have five yuan per month." "This answer made Chen Pu stupid, is he not mistaken? The salary standard of Dongying civil servants is so low?

"So, when you were in Dongying, the life of the police was very difficult, right?" Chen Pu asked again, and Oshima Min immediately replied: "It's not bad, if you have a family of three, five yuan of miscellaneous grains must be enough, and there is a little more than a surplus." When I was a police officer, the police station also had a duty allowance. You can have one and a half pieces every month, and the clothes and shoes are free. ”

"Wait a minute, after the Dongying Army is discharged, there is no retirement pay?" Chen Pu suddenly found a very strange question and immediately asked a question. Oshima Toshi was confused and said, "Veteran? Only there are officers, but not soldiers, all the time. "Is there any? There is no doubt that there is none, and this thing is really unexpected.

Chen Pu looked at Oshima Min with grief and indignation, and said in his heart that he had known that the soldiers of the Japanese army were treated so poorly, and Lao Tzu would have done it a long time ago. This is an error caused by message asymmetry, but fortunately it was discovered in time.

"Very good, you have officially been accepted into North American Railroad, by the way, have you ever read a book?" Chen Pu is still a little worried about this guy's level. Oshima Toshi bowed quite ashamedly and said: "When I was in Dongying, I read some books of the Ming Dynasty, such as the Three Character Classic, the Hundred Family Names, the Thousand Character Text, the Four Books and the Five Classics, and I only read the Analects and Mencius. Because I joined the army, I have less time to study in the army, which is really embarrassing. ”

Chen Pu looked at him with an apologetic face, and hurriedly endured the mood of happy blossoming, and said with a straight face: "Okay, I don't have too high requirements for how many books you can read." Judging by your knowledge, being the head of the North American Railroad recruitment point is enough. After speaking, he pulled the bell, and a woman in professional clothes came in, and Chen Pu explained: "Sachiko, give him a Class C contract." ”

Toshitoshi Oshima was a little overwhelmed when he saw the contract, didn't he hug his thighs and follow his master? Holding the contract, he looked at Chen Pu and said, "Your Excellency, why do you still need to make a document?" I want to be your retainer. Chen Pu reacted, and couldn't help laughing: "This is North America, and it is not allowed to support retainers." But don't worry, as long as you sign this contract and work with the company for 20 years, you will get a good pension. Do a good job, and if you do well, you can also be promoted. The contract will also become better, rest assured, the treatment of North American Railroad is the best in the world. ”

It's not a retainer, Oshima Toshim was a little disappointed, but he still signed a contract very happily, and he didn't look at the salary carefully.

"Sachiko, you take him down and make it clear to him according to what I said." The Japanese female secretary beckoned to Oshima Toshi, and after leading him out, Chen Pu let out a sigh of relief. It's really troublesome, I didn't expect so many problems to be built on the railway. There was a huge shortage of workers on the railroads, and in order to reduce costs, only prisoners of war and slaves could be used. The black slaves captured by the Portuguese were not easy to use, and even if they were whipped with whips, the speed of learning some technical work was very slow, which was really fatal. Therefore, neither prisoners of war nor black women are the most suitable workers on the railway. In fact, the best workers are still Ming workers, as long as they work for a period of time, they can't learn. In the future, if you have Japanese personnel, with a little training, you can always bring ten slaves or prisoners of war with one person, right?

"Back to Dongying?" Toshishi Oshima was taken aback, and Sachiko explained with a smile: "Yes, this time back to Toei, you come with me." After arriving in Nagasaki, an office was set up first, and then a manager would be sent over to take charge of all affairs in Toei. Once you're familiar with the work, you'll have to go to Edo and set up your own office, which can be located in the original concession. ”

"So what are we going back for?" I came to North America with a lot of hard work, and I have to go back. Toshitoshi Oshima was in no mood to care about the salary, so he asked what he was going back to do first. Sachiko said: "Recruitment, North American companies need a large number of railway workers, and we can send them to North America after recruiting people in Nagasaki and Edo." ”

This time, Oshima Min reacted, and it turned out that he was going back to recruit people: "Hey, this job is easy to do, I have a lot of comrades-in-arms, they don't read much, and when they go home, they either farm or work as coolies on the docks, so I'll contact them when I go back." By the way, how is the treatment? Sachiko rolled her eyes again and again, this guy is really stupid, and now she remembered to ask this. (To be continued......)