27. Plan for the future
In the end, the amount of mining that would have taken twelve hours to complete was now completed in just three hours, and the smiles on everyone's faces could not be hidden when they looked at the eight baskets piled up in the tunnel, which were already filled with ore.
"Let's take a break, Shiping, Zhang Song, come here, I have something to tell you." Shu Han said to the subordinates present, Shi Ping and Zhang Song followed Shu Han to the middle of the tunnel, Shu Han saw that there were no other people around, so he said: "I have a question for you, now that we have mastered this technology, what do you think we should do now?" What do you think, just say. “
Last night, Shi Ping and Zhang Song's words made Shu Han recognize the strength of the two, and now that the experiment has been successful, it proves that the shallow hole ore retention method can be applied to practical work for iron ore at this stage, so it is natural to take into account the problem of later impact.
And Shu Han is not sure about this, how to deal with this technology, and there are not many people who can be his staff officer at the moment, only Shi Ping and Zhang Song, their brains are quite powerful, at least more powerful than Shu Han himself, and both of them are also ambitious, they want to take a step forward and hand over this problem to them, they obviously will not be perfunctory, after all, their own decisions will be related to the future of the two of them.
With the intelligence of the two of them, it is obvious that if this technology is promoted, it will greatly expand the production of minerals, which will be a huge benefit to the owner of the mine, and as the inventor of this technology, Shu Han's approach will determine whether their future will be one step to the sky, or maintain the status quo, or die without a place to bury.
Shi Ping was surprised that Shu Han would leave this question to himself to answer, which showed Shu Han's trust in them, he kept this meaning in his heart, thought about it and said, "Chief, I want to ask, what did you say to the chief supervisor?" “
"I told him, 'I have come up with a way to improve work efficiency, and I hope he can help me borrow something'" Shu Han repeated what he said to Wang Lie, and after hearing it, Shi Ping said: "Since this is the case, then it is good to report it truthfully, otherwise if this matter is known by the chief supervisor himself, I am afraid that he will be suspicious." “
"I don't think so, the head of the house, the head of the prison and we don't have a close connection, if we just hand over this technology, we won't get the most benefits, at most we will only be the captain of an engineering team, head of the house, is this your ambition?"
Zhang Song's words were very frank, and Zhaoran's ambition also flourished in his words, Shi Ping on the side glanced at Zhang Song in surprise, obviously, although Shi Ping also has ambitions, his ambitions are still limited to the jump in the slave class, and Zhang Song has jumped out of the identity of a slave.
Of course, Shu Han also understood what he meant, he knew that this was Zhang Song asking about his ambition, and his ambition would determine what kind of advice Zhang Song would put forward next, and at the same time, his answer might also determine whether Zhang Song would really follow his own adventure, he thought about it carefully, and said in a very serious tone:
"I don't want to be a slave all the time, I want to go back to the city and start a new life, life as a human being, Zhang Song, Shi Ping, if you have a way to let me get the status of a free citizen, I promise, I will let you out of here too."
Shu Han's words undoubtedly showed his ambition, from Zhang Song's eyes, Shu Han could see a trace of satisfaction, as for Shi Ping, he was both shocked and excited at this time, leaving the mine, this is something he never thought about, and even now, he subconsciously thinks that this cannot be successful, but at this time, seeing the full of iron ore, he clearly understands how important this technology is.
'If you play well, it's not a fantasy to get out of here!' Shi Ping said in his heart.
At this time, Zhang Song said: "In this case, we can't send this technology so directly, otherwise what we get is just a little reward, and all the credit will only go to the supervisor, we must let this matter slowly ferment, so that more people are curious, so as to attract everyone's attention."
When the time comes, we will announce that there are so many witnesses, one can attract the attention of people at a higher level, and the other can also make the chief supervisor jealous and will not attack us, only in this way, the benefits brought by this technology may fall more on our heads, I suggest, we start today, pay a basket of output every day, and then slowly attract the attention of others, and at the same time increase their own authority. ”
"Is one basket enough?" Shu Han asked, he was a little uneasy in his heart, but he told Wang Lie that the new method could greatly increase the output, if he only paid an extra basket, about sixty kilograms, would this make Wang Lie think that he had deceived him.
"That's enough." Shi Ping said confidently: "The work output of the mine for slaves is itself at the limit of squeezing the body, we can increase the amount of a basket beyond the limit, which is already a very difficult thing, as for how to explain to the chief supervisor, just say that this method is not yet mature, we need to debug again, and this method is very dangerous, which will lead to an increase in the probability of tunnel collapse."
In this way, even if the overseers no longer care about the death of the slaves, I am afraid that the slaves will not be allowed to try this new method on a large scale in a short time, after all, if there are more people who die, and the people above will be held accountable, these overseers will also be under a lot of pressure, so the overseer will give us more time to experiment, and this technology can also be maximized and let more people know. “
Shi Ping's analysis logic is very smooth, it seems that after the shock just now, he has slowly recovered, and Shu Han listened to the opinions of the two, and after thinking about it seriously, he said: "Okay, then do as you say, what about the other people in the dormitory?" What do you think should be said? “
Zhang Song said: "Let's not talk about our plan for the time being, from slaves to free people, the more people know about this matter, the more difficult it is to keep it secret, if the people in other dormitories know, they will inevitably go to the informant, we will temporarily conceal it, and we only need to explain to them that this technology cannot be known to others for the time being, and it needs to be kept secret." “
"Are they willing to keep it a secret?" Shu Han said worriedly, he really didn't dare to compliment the trust of the slaves.
"You don't have to worry about that, they are now able to sit on the ground and rest, instead of working as hard as the other dormitories, because of this technology, if this technology is revealed, the mines will inevitably increase their production, and the other slaves will follow suit, and when the time comes, their leisurely days and their superiority over other slaves will not exist, as long as they understand this, they will be more willing than anyone else to keep this secret."
Zhang Song is worthy of being the most insightful of human nature among the three people present, he understands what Shu Han is worried about, and he also understands what those slaves are thinking, his words made Shu Han speechless, and he is very glad that he can have a staff officer like Zhang Song by his side, otherwise he really doesn't know what to do.
He nodded and said, "Then do it, explain this matter, and I'll leave it to you, okay?" Shu Han himself is not good at lying and concealing, he looked at the two of them, opened the corner of his mouth to show a smile, put his hand on his chest, bowed deeply, and said, "I am willing to serve you, and I will give up my lord." “
Shi Ping was stunned for a moment next to him, Zhang Song's action just now, in Tieshi City, is the action that one person will have when he is loyal to another person, and he will serve him as the master, he understands that Zhang Song is planning to gamble on Shu Han's body, he looked at Shu Han, gritted his teeth fiercely, and then with Zhang Song, bowed his head, and read: "I am willing to serve you, and I will give up my elder." “
Watching the two salute, Shu Han didn't think about anything, he only had a general impression of the memory of this world, and he couldn't remember such a small thing as etiquette, so he only felt that Shi Ping and Zhang Song were thanking him, and didn't think much about it.
The three of them returned to the tunnel, Shi Ping and Zhang Song went to explain to everyone, Shu Han found a corner to sit down and rest, these days, the two worlds have been rotating in a row, he is really tired, he needs a little time, to sort out his thoughts, and at the same time recover his strength.
The time soon went from morning to noon, when Shu Han's team came out of the tunnel with five baskets of iron ore, all the miners opened their mouths wide, and the roar of one after another sounded in people's ears, Shu Han kept looking for Wang Ji's figure in the crowd, he wanted to see at this time, this person who made things difficult for himself and wanted to kill himself, what kind of expression was at this time.
Soon, Shu Han saw Wang Ji in the crowd, and the expression on his face seemed to tell Shu Han that Wang Ji didn't seem to have figured out the situation yet, and the people around him also looked weak, it turned out that Wang Ji was also waiting to see Shu Han's jokes, working all day in a row, just thinking about it, it was enough to make people desperate, maybe Shu Han wouldn't be able to finish the workload in the morning.
With such a good mood, Wang Ji got off work a few minutes early and came to Shu Han's tunnel, just to be able to enjoy Shu Han's depressed expression for the first time, as a fun before going to work in the afternoon, but he didn't expect that before people approached, there was a circle of people around Shu Han's tunnel.
At first, Wang Ji thought that Shu Han had really collapsed as he expected, and was being watched by everyone at this time, but when he got closer, he found that things seemed to be different from what he imagined, he pulled away the crowd and walked inside, the more he walked inside, the heavier his mood became, the people around him were talking, he was not deaf, he could naturally hear it, but the meaning of their words, Wang Ji didn't understand it.
"What does it mean to be overproductive? What is high speed? What is efficiency? Looking at the five baskets placed outside Shu Han's dormitory, Wang Ji was stunned, for a while he only felt that everything in front of him was fake, it was all karma, and he might have fallen into evil, Shu Han looked at him with such an expression, and his mood was so good that it was boundless.
As the saying goes, a person's pain is often based on the pain of others, this sentence Shu Han can't agree, but at this moment, looking at Wang Ji's expression, he really feels cool from the bottom of his heart, and the other people in the 13th dormitory are even more rampant than Shu Han, Shu Han just thinks in his heart, he is just happy, and the roommates are proud to show it vividly, and they can't wait to put their heads up to the sky.
Appreciating the surprised expressions of the people around them, they couldn't help but agree more with Zhang Song and Shi Ping's words in their hearts, even if they died, they had to keep the secret of mining ore, and they would definitely not let these slaves know, thinking that they would be able to appreciate such a gaze every day in the future, their mouths couldn't help but crack.