Since the arrival of these Japanese laborers, the camp has been divided into two. The people who are responsible for picking up the soil on the Datang side have also been arranged to do some work with a little skill, such as the simplest handling of sleepers.

The process of changing the sleeper from a log to a real sleeper is more complicated than modern times.

There are two reasons, one is that there are not so many chemical materials on the Tang side, and the other is that the ability of ancient people to play wood is definitely higher than that of modern people. It is important to know that almost everything in ancient times was inseparable from wood.

Ten miles a day to build a foundation, in fact, means that it takes five days to completely complete these ten miles.

It takes ten miles to dig the foundation in one day, and on the second to fourth days, the sleepers are put here for ten miles and the rails are carried up. In the last day, he was responsible for tightening the screws, and the rest of the people were responsible for planting all the trees on the side of the road, and here it was required to plant five layers of trees, which can be said to be a tree wall to protect the railway.

The first of the hardest work is to lay the foundation, the second is to transport the gravel, and the third is to lift the rails.

The craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty were in a group of forty, and the Japanese people needed almost sixty to seventy people, because their physical strength was not as good as that of the workers in the Tang Dynasty.

When it was time for lunch, the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty and the laborers of the Japanese people were separated again.

The old bowl of oily noodles, plus a pound of green onion cakes, this is the most standard Tang food. The favorite of southern workers is vegetable rice, which is to first cook the vegetables, then steam them out with rice, and mix them directly when they come out of the pot.

The most popular ingredients for rice are potatoes, carrots, and nutmegs.

Of course, the broth is even more delicious when cooking. Put a few more pieces of meat on the bowl at the end of the bowl, then there is really no way to praise it anymore, so you can only bow your head and eat.

This meat, not to mention the meat of any animal, is divided into three classes, such as pigs, cows, and sheep.

First-class meat must be the finest meat. Even the small fine pork ribs with meat are considered first-class meat, but they are not counted in the large rib keel.

The second class is the bad position, and the third class is the corner minced meat.

Ordinary Datang civilians mostly eat second-class meat, and this kind of meat is more important to ordinary people than they thought about their previous lives. It's already considered the best meat.

Today's lunch is with meat. Each person has two keels, and three slices of pork belly. It doesn't matter if you eat rice or noodles.

"Those widows next to you seem to have meat to eat?" A fifth-class craftsman sat in the corner of the camp. He is a petty official at this level. Compared to others. In addition to the standard meal, there is also a plate of side dishes, a plate of peanuts. and two taels of wine, and a chicken thigh.

Sitting across from him was a fourth-class craftsman, arguably the highest-ranking craftsman in the camp.

It is mainly the chief craftsman who is in charge of the sleepers.

For the carpenters of Datang, there is no technical content, but thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of roots are required to be the same size, the holes and the iron buckles worn must be completely consistent, which requires care. So the Ministry of Works sent a fourth-class carpenter to take charge of this matter.

While eating, this fourth-class craftsman was looking at the inspection report of the sleeper in the morning, and he was not afraid that the sleeper was not in order, but he was afraid that something bad would be placed under the rails, which was not a light crime. So he was extra careful.

When he heard his colleague on the other side talking, he just casually responded: "Japanese people are also people, what is there to eat some meat?" After that, he pointed to the two chicken wings on his plate, I ate two more buns this morning, and you can eat these two chicken wings. ”

The first fifth-class craftsman was a blacksmith, and his task was the riveting group, which was also a very important work in the construction of the railway.

took the chicken wings unceremoniously, and then said to a young man next to him: "These two days have been hard, take it and eat it." The young man quickly thanked the two craftsmen, he was only a seventh-class craftsman, because the young were all taken care of by the elders.

"Well, young people have a good appetite, just eat more and do more." The fourth-class craftsman nodded politely, after all, this young man was not his apprentice.

While we were talking, an old man of about fifty years old came over and sat down and put his plate on the table.

"Xiao Qi, hurry up and pour a cup of tea for Mo Lao." The fifth-class blacksmith commanded.

Although this Mo Lao is also a fifth-class craftsman, he is old, so he naturally has to be respected.

"I came to inspect the roadbed just now, and these widows are doing a good job, and the rails have been lifted to the side of the road for more than ten miles in front, and they can go on the rails just by waiting for the roadbed to be hit. I wondered if I should ask for a reward for them! ”

"Old Mo, if you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you have a fault, you will be punished, when will you hesitate for this kind of thing."

The craftsman surnamed Mo shook his head gently: "The Japanese people are different from us Tang people. Let's just say eat. A chicken, chicken wings, chicken legs, chicken breasts cut off the good meat, and then the chicken rack is cut into small pieces and put in the pot. The good meat is on your plate. And their pork is like a mixed meat that some young man ate against! ”

When it comes to mixed meat, those who have experienced hard times know the way.

Those meats are simply inferior, arguably the worst of the third-class meats.

"The night before, I went to drink with an old fellow from the same village, who was making something called meat. The ones used are miscellaneous meats, that is, those miscellaneous meats that have not been cleaned up by third-class meat. It is broken by a machine, then mixed with a large amount of starch, salt, sugar, and then steamed out piece by piece, cooled and cut into slices to look the same as meat, and it smells and eats fragrant. I originally wanted to taste a piece, but I heard that there was a strict order on this kind of meat called extra meat, and it was not allowed to be sold to our Tang people. ”

"Poisonous?" Several people asked in a surprised whisper.

"It's not toxic. A certain person asked, saying that this kind of inferior mixed meat is for inferior people. Whoever uses this kind of thing to earn the money of the Tang Dynasty will be whipped a hundred times at best, and sentenced to five years of hard labor. This is by the Holy Decree, so who dares to mess around. ”

The fifth-class craftsman who was originally sitting here gave one of his apprentices a look.

The young apprentice pulled over a shelf and climbed over the fence, stared at the camp for a while, and then came down and said, "I see clearly, it's a chicken rack." The staple food is like noodles. The bread of the hair is also a slag dough cake! ”

If you want to talk about these things, everyone here has eaten them all, regardless of their age.

In the days of hard times. There is a bowl of mixed noodles made with crushed millet and bean noodles mixed with white flour, and it is like porridge. But now that life is better, working here, the lowest-level porter also has a salary of ten yuan a day, and the seventh-class and sixth-class riveters are at least forty yuan a day, and there is also a reward.

"Go and inquire what the wages of the widows are!" Fourth-class and fifth-class craftsmen are already leaders here. There are some things that naturally need to be understood.

The young man went out for a spin and came back soon.

"Master, the Japanese side of the coolies pay a penny a day. Well done and rewarded again. extra to their home. One stone of rice polished every month. It seems that a few hundred people have entered the artisan camp, and they do not know how much they are paid. ”

One stone of rice is a lot of money!

But the young man said again: "This one stone of rice is not one stone of our Datang, and only four and a half stones of the Japanese people have one stone of Datang." And this is rice without hulling, or Nanyang soft rice. The young man made a special reminder. This is Nanyang soft rice. Nanyang there for production. It's almost all year round. At least three seasons of rice.

But there are also some very high-quality, two-season good rice, but most of these rice are kept and eaten by themselves. Rarely sold to the Central Plains. Because of this, there is a distinction between soft rice and hard rice.

Several craftsmen discussed, and finally Lao Mo said: "It seems that this reward is better or not." ”

"No, I want to ask for a reward. The rules of our Datang are rewards and punishments, even if it is for a group of pigs, he will be rewarded if he has merit. If you have a penny or two dollars, you will also be rewarded. The fourth-class carpenter closed his notebook and directly picked out his opinion.

"That makes sense."

The fourth-class craftsman said: "Spread the word secretly, but all craftsmen of my Datang Dynasty are strictly forbidden to mention their wages in front of outsiders, I am a little afraid that these people will make trouble, after all, this is tens of thousands of people!" ”

All the craftsmen nodded yes.

That night, ten more widows were singled out and whipped.

No one was killed, and if it was serious, he would lie in bed for about ten days.

The team that did the best job was rewarded with one penny per person, and the captain and each team gave a reward of 100 wen, 50 wen, and 10 wen in turn.

Finally, after the Japanese people, it was time to disband and go back to dinner, and the steward of a camp said: "Master Mo of Dongying said that the section from 16 to 17 li was repaired, and he asked the manager for a reward." Add two pennies per person, come and get it! ”

This bounty is not in a detachment, it is still an ordinary laborer, but it is only two pieces of money in a basket.

Several young men were standing not far from here, and they had been sent by the Tang Artisan Camp to inquire about the news. When he saw a group of Japanese people cheering, one of them said, "If we receive a reward, we will have to pay at least one more day's wages. We Tang people are Tang people, and those Japanese people are Japanese people. ”

"That's the case, no wonder the craftsman doesn't let the subordinates talk about wages casually?"

"Let's go, go back and tell the master!"

The younger group left.

Do the Japanese really not know about the Tang Dynasty's artificial money? Even if you don't know the way, can't you see it with long eyes?

The preciousness of copper, jade culture, lacquerware culture, and silk culture have been transmitted to Wadao as early as the Han Dynasty.

In fact, it's daytime. There are a group of Japanese carpenters and blacksmiths who have entered the craftsman's house, even if they don't know the wages of the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty, but they have long eyes and can see.

A wine jug of sterling silver, a belt buckle inlaid with red copper and jade, a wooden lacquerware cup for drinking, or a beautiful crystal cup. and stainless steel cups, etc., as well as the precious tea leaves. If such a valuable thing is placed on Wajima, even the lord will carefully keep it at home.

But in the workshop, the Tang craftsmen were so casually placed on the table next to the craftsman's table.

Syllable......

While holding the tools, a four-inch-tall glass containing turquoise tea leaves was knocked over to the ground by a Japanese blacksmith. Seeing this scene, the blacksmith felt dizzy, and he didn't know how many years he had to work before he could afford it.

Syllable......

This sound was not a cup falling to the ground, but a slap in the face of the blacksmith's workshop foreman. Then he opened his mouth and scolded the Chinese that the Japanese people didn't understand: "Bastard thing, stupid egg." Standing here in the way, don't you hurry up and clean up the glass slag on the ground, whose foot is broken, Lao Tzu will kill you. ”

The Japanese people didn't understand, but when they saw this vicious expression, they were all frightened, and most of them knelt on the ground. (To be continued......)

PS: It's a little late, I'm sorry, there must be a change today, Xie Lu Xie everyone's support.