The stewards hurriedly called the captains of the squads under their jurisdiction.

When the miners heard Mo Hong's command, their faces looked terrified. They have been working on this barren land for generations, and they have nothing to do but farm, and they rarely have the opportunity to come out to work.

Now that there is a black gold stone mining area, they can not only come out to work, but also pay a lot of money......

Judging by the meaning of this great housekeeper, if they agree with the opinions of the family, the mining district will dismiss them, right?

The old man didn't prevent Mo Hong from coming for such a moment, and at this time, the miners were already standing separately from them, and the old man could clearly see the expressions on the faces of the children of the villages, and he couldn't help but feel anxious.

He took two steps forward with the arm of a young man next to him, and said loudly to Mo Hong: "This nobleman, don't think about embarrassing these children in our village, they don't agree to use it, the main thing is that the old and young women and children left in the village are having a hard time. If we can't get by, we naturally have to think of other ways. ”

After speaking, he turned around and said to the children who came out to work: "You are all filial children in the family, and now, you are full and clothed here, have you ever thought about the parents, brothers and sisters, wives and children who eat bran and eat vegetables at home and do not have enough meals?" ”

The miners, who were originally a little hesitant, had a look of shame on their faces.

The old man continued: "They use coolies here, and someone has to do this dirty and tiring work. If the mining area doesn't use you and goes to hire people elsewhere, then we have to do as before, even if you don't come here to mine, we can get three melons and two dates to supplement the family. ”

This was said to the children of the villages, and it was also said to Mo Hong and others, and the threat was very obvious.

After saying these words, the young and middle-aged people who worked gradually calmed down, and some of them even had a look of grief and perseverance on their faces.

Yes, they are well fed and clothed here, and they don't have to worry about everything, but what about their wives and children? and still suffering in that poor village.

Mo Hong watched the scene change, without the slightest worried look on his face, and only continued to instruct the steward: "Do what I say, ask as you please, and remember the truth." ”

The old man also confronted in a loud voice, and said: "Children, you also say according to your hearts, our Dongxi masters are all hard bones. ”

Looking at the hundreds of people in Dongxi who were united, the stewards were apprehensive in their hearts.

Through this period of dealing, they also saw that the guys in Dongxi, that is, the stones in the pit, are smelly and hard. In their own words, it is called being poor.

These people are poor and backbone, but Shao Yi and the five heads of their families all want to earn money.

Mo Hong's main family, Shao Yi, has to earn money by mining.

And the five of them also want to point to more and more people to mine, so that the place of Dongxi can prosper, and then obtain further benefits.

If they provoke these people's screwing up, and they would rather not earn wages than give in, their plans will not go well.

The five of them had to postpone their development by a year, and they could only prosper after the imperial court sent the yamen to maintain the local situation and start official mining.

As for Shao Yi, if this year is delayed, then he will have nothing.

These stewards peeked at Mo Hong's face and speculated uneasily: Is Mo Hong also like the Maokeng stones in Dongxi? Would you rather not mine to make money than make concessions?

But seeing that Mo Hong's expression was still the same, the stewards did not dare to delay, so they had to follow the instructions and find the captains of the teams and miners who were separated from the mining, and they went to ask questions one by one.

The results of the inquiry were expected, and more than 70 out of 10 people hoped that the mining area would send them monthly black gold stones to their families, so that their families could survive the cold winter.

Almost 10% of the people are also in favor of the family coming to ask for the black gold stone. But he said that they will work hard in the future, and they will definitely dig out more 200 catties of Wujin stone, and they will not take the benefits of the mining area in vain.

Among them, only more than 10 percent and less than 20 percent do not conform to the statements of the village chiefs and elders.

Some people choose to remain silent, and some people are willing to use their wages to buy a small amount of black gold stone to send home.

But some people also say that in previous years, the family lived without the black gold stone, they relied on work to earn wages, and they did not mention asking for the black gold stone before.

Without exception, these people who made concessions were despised and spurned by the workers around them. Some were even abused, scolding them for having no bones and a soft backbone that they were not worthy of being Dongxi masters.

In the tenth winter of the month, the stewards also suffered a crime, and they were hot, and they let the little guy cover it with his hands, so that the ink did not freeze so quickly, and the investigation was completed.

Probably because of the responsibility, and probably hope to continue to work for the owner of the mining area in the future, 14 of the 22 team leaders in the mining area chose to remain silent.

In just one month, these nominal captains only did some miscellaneous things such as counting the number of people and uploading them, but did not manage their prestige. At this time, there was such a betrayal, and it was even more contemptuous and hateful by many miners.

The people who came to stir up the negotiations from various villages were greatly relieved when they saw this result. Not 100% of the families in their village agree with this.

There are those who believe that this is not kind enough from the point of view of morality and commitment.

There are also some people who are timid and afraid that doing so will annoy the mining owners and make them return to square one again after a hopeless relieve.

It's just that, under the righteous indignation of the vast majority of people, this small number of people dare not speak out against it.

Seeing that the development of the matter was under control, the negotiators from the villages were very satisfied. The old man looked at Mo Hong, waiting for him to respond to the situation.

Mo Hong listened to the stewards orally report the results of the investigation as he put together a stack of records they had handed in.

When the steward finished speaking, Mo Hong turned his head, looked at the more than 20 people led by the old man, and said lightly: "I'll tell you about our rules......

"First, our owners are here to mine, not to do good deeds. Second, when the miners are hired in the mining area, the terms are clearly written, the miners mine, our owners pay the wages, and nothing else. Third, up to now, there are only two uses for black gold stone, one is to supply the imperial court to smelt steel, and the other is to supply the glass workshop designated by the imperial court. Whether it is Mo or Mo's main family, he is not qualified to be good at self-deployment. ”

"Do you understand?"

The people who came to stir up trouble in the village and the eighty or ninety percent of the miners became more and more ugly the more they listened. Some have become emotional, accusing the owner of the mine, who has never been seen, of being unkind.

The stewards sent by the various prefectures also looked worried, and it was really not what they wanted to see such a stalemate.

From their point of view, the mining of uginite has little to do with them. In order to seek stability, but also for the benefit of mining black gold stone, it is possible to add an hour of working hours to the miners, and dig out the 200 catties of black gold stone required by each family, or even more.