Under the leadership of Luo Jixian, Lin Yao visited the quarry.

Quarry workers are paid a monthly fee of 1,500 Hong Kong dollars per month for food and lodging, a price that by no means meets the current wage standard.

But no one complains, because the people who work here are all smugglers from their hometowns.

They did not have Hong Kong Island identity cards, so they had to stay in the quarry and work in the dark.

The wages paid to them by the quarry are one-third lower than the market price, but these people are still hard-working and obedient, for fear that they will be fired if they do not do well and will not be able to find their next job.

Take the lowest wage and do the most tiring work.

"Doll, where is your hometown?"

"Xiguang's!"

The road lasted more than three hours, and by the time they went up the mountain, it was already noon.

The canteen was open, and Lin Yao raised his eyes to see that more than 30 workers were squatting on the ground, eating the simplest green vegetables and rice.

There was not a drop of oil in the dish, but everyone ate it deliciously.

Especially a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, obviously a half-grown child, his youthful appearance makes him very conspicuous among a group of old men.

"Xiguang, a good place, the scenery is beautiful!"

Lin Yao once worked in the Xiguang Drug Enforcement Bureau in the icebreaker world, and he can be regarded as half of Xiguang.

"You've heard of it?"

The young man looked very happy, hugged the bowl, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and said happily: "Beauty is beauty, but it's a pity that there is a disaster and I can't eat enough." ”

"This kid can eat three bowls of rice in one meal, which is better than that of adults, and his father can't afford to raise him, so he let him come with us."

The workers were babbling.

It seems that they are all from Xiguang, and they are also the kind of miserable smugglers who hold tires and swim through Shenzhen Bay.

Truth be told, this is the largest proportion of stowaways.

Since the 50s, 78 out of 10 of the 600,000 smugglers who have come to Hong Kong Island have been such people, and only a few have the money to buy ferry tickets.

"The food is so bad, there is no oil and water in the stomach when I eat this kind of thing, and I have no strength to work."

"It seems that eating well will cost a lot more money, but in fact, it is not, if you have the strength to work, the efficiency will be at least three percent higher than before, and the output will go up, so that the boss can make more money, and the wool is still out of the sheep."

Lin Yao said to the quarry manager beside him: "The food problem can be improved, let's improve it, everyone is human, and they can't be treated like cattle and sheep." ”

The manager only knew that Lin Yao was in charge of the start of construction, and did not know his position within the Ni family.

Hearing this, it was difficult to distinguish for a while, so I could only reply: "I haven't started work recently, and my food is a little worse." When the work started, there was oil and water, and from time to time some pigs would be brought into the water to relieve everyone's hunger. ”

In this era of relatively difficult conditions, pigs are not eaten when they want to go into the water.

For example, those Hong Kong Islanders who live in slums, although they have Hong Kong Island identity cards, still live at the bottom of the society, and pig water is the only source of meat for them.

Of course, the situation on Hong Kong Island is much better than that in my hometown.

The hometown is really poor, not to mention the pigs in the water, it is better to be able to eat enough every day.

In contrast, although the poor people on Hong Kong Island are also poor, they are not hungry in the end, so that their parents will not feel sorry for the food and not let you eat more.

"I think these are hard laborers, isn't the driver of the muck truck here?"

After turning around, Lin Yao found the manager.

The manager said with a wry smile: "The people who drive the muck trucks are all Hong Kong Island people, they have driver's licenses, and the salary is very high. When they are not working, they will rest at home, relatively free, and eat on a small stove. ”

People have a class, how can a driver be like a hard laborer.

Not to mention 83 years, even 13 years later, the driver's income will be higher than that of ordinary workers.

In this era, even on Hong Kong Island, there are only a few people who can drive.

Drivers are not the top in Hong Kong Island's wage system, and they are also the middle and upper standards in the industry.

A taxi, enough to feed a family, is also very face-saving to say it.

Unlike later generations, when it is said that he drives a taxi, his daughter-in-law is not easy to find.

"How many drivers are there in the quarry?" Lin Yao asked meaningfully.

"Forty-eight, there are a total of twenty-eight muck trucks in the quarry, including 28 people on the day shift, 20 people on the night shift, two shifts, a total of 48 people."

When the manager said this, he added: "This is full-time, and some of them come today and leave tomorrow, and when we step up production, we will recruit some people from the market." ”

Lin Yao nodded and asked, "Is it difficult to drive a muck truck?" I mean, for those who have never driven a muck truck, how many days does it take to go from learning to free driving? ”

"Ten days or so!"

"Muck trucks are actually easier to learn than cars, and those who learn cars in driving schools can basically get on the road in five or six days after learning."

"Considering that the road conditions in the quarry are not very good, ten days should be enough for a person who has never touched a car to drive skillfully from scratch."

Lin Yao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he whispered, "Ten days!" ”

"What do you want to do?" Luo Jixian asked on the side.

"Recruitment!"

Lin Yao replied: "The quarry must be tied to Dongxiang Village, and only when we have interests can we coexist peacefully." I plan to dismiss all the original drivers, and all the 50 places will be used by the villagers of Dongxiang Village. ”

"Can they?" Luo Jixian was a little unsure.

Lin Yao laughed when he heard this, and asked rhetorically: "Why not, you can learn if you don't know how to drive, fifty jobs represent fifty families." ”

"There are 3,000 households in Dongxiang Village, which is 600 based on a family of five."

"In fact, there are more children now, how can there be seven or eight people in a family, and there are at most 400 households in Dongxiang Village."

"Fifty jobs, almost one in eight families, and if we offer jobs to these people, they're going to support us."

"You said that the people of a village are not in harmony, how can they fight with us?"

"Pull a faction, fight a faction, this is a unique job given to us by our ancestors, how can we do it?"

Luo Jixian was still a little uneasy, and asked, "What if they still don't agree?" ”

Lin Yao replied: "Actually, the people in Dongxiang Village are making trouble, mainly because there are two problems, one is that our business is hot, and the other is that they feel that opening the mountain is not good for feng shui. ”

"These two problems, we can solve them separately."

"Seeing our business hot, our family brought in some people and made them profiteers."

"The rest of the feng shui problems, in fact, this is very easy to solve, just find the blind man who gave the order, let him find another explanation, and fool these villagers."

"If the blind man can't handle the villagers, there are so many feng shui masters on Hong Kong Island, please ask two famous head offices, right?"

"We are not afraid to spend money, spend 1.8 million to go out, and he will say whatever you ask those feng shui masters to say."

"How can these people in Dongxiang Village understand gossip and the Book of Changes."

"Didn't the blind man say before that the two mountains we mined were the dragon's eyes of the dragon veins of Xiangshan Mountain?"

"Replace his words and change it to two cornucopias, and they will only be rich if they dig up the cornucopia."

"Let's grasp with both hands, both hands must be hard, you see what those villagers have to say."

Luo Jixian nodded secretly when he heard this, the best way to deal with the foolish people is to fool them.

It's just out of habit, he still can't help but pour a basin of cold water, and hesitates: "What if it doesn't work?" ”

Lin Yao took out a cigarette and lit it, and exhaled his breath: "Then even if I am unlucky, it is up to people to make things happen, and it is up to heaven to make things happen, and I have no choice." ”