Chapter 93: Killing Chickens and Monkeys
The reason why these people, who had only undergone a short period of intensive training, were brought to the docks to act as security guards to maintain order was because the Executive Committee believed that the immigrants arriving today were unstable, that they did not understand the situation and the rules of the place, and that strong restraints were needed to ensure that they could fully accept this new environment. However, due to the current conditions, the weapons and equipment that can be provided to these security guards can only be maintained at the level of rattan sticks, but fortunately, the clothing and weapons are very uniform, and it still looks quite bluffing.
Carrying large bags and small bags, the migrants cowered into the encirclement on the dock, and then sat down on the spot to wait for the next instruction, following the repeated reminders on the loudspeaker. The children, who were still a little excited because they had arrived in the new environment, were also tightly pulled by their parents, preventing them from getting close to the men with short sticks around them. After all the migrants had gathered at the docks, the loudspeakers finally stopped.
"Dear folks, welcome to Port Victory. Ning Qi walked up to the crowd with an iron horn and began to preach loudly: "In the future, you will live and work here, you will get food, shelter and basic living security, as long as you obey the command, those who work in peace can live a stable life here." You no longer have to worry about heavy taxes, you don't have to worry about being oppressed by others, and you don't have to be bought and sold by others, all you need to do is to do your job well according to the requirements of the Executive Committee! If you have any questions, you can raise them with me now. ”
"Do you get paid for working for your Haihan?" someone in the crowd asked.
Ning Qi nodded and said, "The salary is there, but it is not right away, you need to pay a period of labor first, which is used to mortgage the food, shelter and other living security you enjoy." I think you've all heard the explanation of the labor hierarchy when you were on board, and you're all junior workers now, and you'll be paid when you get the points you earn for your work and move up to the second class of labor. ”
Ning Qi said that there is actually a bit of untruth, the Executive Committee has indeed decided to revise the previous labor hierarchy and introduce more humane salary settlement, but there is no final decision on the calculation of salary, because it also involves the financial settlement system that the Executive Committee is planning. Only after the issue of the financial sector is resolved can the issue of workers' wages be truly put on the agenda. At present, the commune is still in the nature of a big pot of rice, and the internal workers belonging to the two communes, including foremen like Yu Dashan, have no wages to pay.
Ning Qi's answer didn't seem to satisfy everyone, and someone then asked, "If you don't want to do anything here, can you leave at any time?"
Ning Qi shook his head and said, "Even if there is a last resort, you have to report it to the superior management first." In this place, we are at the mercy of the command, and we are not allowed to come and go as we please. ”
The man simply stood up from the crowd: "Then what if I want to leave now?"
Ning Qi smiled and didn't answer him, sure enough, there are people who are dead, this is obviously already a refugee, and he is still picking and choosing when he has a bowl of rice to eat, is he really still in his own home? Seeing him tilt his shoulders and tilt his head when he spoke, his eyes wandered, and he looked like he was splashing, so he must not have been a peaceful character before.
Wang Tom walked out at this time, stared at this person and said fiercely: "It's okay to go, you can leave after paying the boat money when you came, one person and one tael of silver!"
The man shouted, "I'm leaving, what can you do with me?" and he walked out of the crowd, intending to squeeze out of the security guards. Obviously, it was impossible for these security guards to turn a blind eye to him, so they immediately pushed him back with a rattan card. The man screamed and kicked at the man who pushed him, but he was still blocked by the rattan card.
Tom nodded, and saw the four or five security guards closest to the man rushing up, raising the short stick in his hand and slashing his head and face. Before the man could protect his head or face, he was knocked to the ground. Wang Tom didn't make a sound, and the security guards didn't stop, and continued to beat hard, but Ning Qi next to him was a little soft-hearted and quickly stopped this unilateral beating.
Wang Tom glanced at the pioneer who was holding his head and was holding his head, and said with a sneer: "Drag him to the labor camp, hand him over to that little Japan, and let him train this guy well!"
"Yes, sir!" Someone immediately stepped forward and dragged his arms to take away the hapless man who had been beaten all over his head, and what awaited him would be the hard labor of the labor camp, and then he would probably regret why he had made such a show.
"If he doesn't obey orders and disturbs the peace, do you know what will happen to him next?" Wang Tom looked around at the frightened immigrants and said loudly: "He will be sent to the mountains to open mines, and he will have to work for eight hours a day, with no wages, only a leather whip! If anyone wants to be his companion, he can stand up now!"
Naturally, no one would take the initiative to apply to become an accomplice of that unlucky ghost, and Tom Wang was also very satisfied with the effect of his intimidation, and nodded to Ning Qi and motioned for him to continue.
Ning Qi cleared his throat, raised the iron horn and continued: "Under the management of the Executive Committee, as long as you obey orders and obey commands, you can all live a stable life. But if anyone wants to be uneasy and wants to mess around according to their own wishes, that person just now is a lesson from the past!
There was silence below, it seemed that this scene just now really had the effect of killing chickens and monkeys, no matter what they thought in their hearts, at least no one dared to raise any questions about Ning Qi's words.
"Then someone will distribute food to you, arrange accommodation, and start distributing work early tomorrow morning. I repeat that all actions must be under command! If you want to live here, you must remember this sentence!" After Ning Qi finished speaking, he motioned for the security guards to take these people away.
Long before the working group left for Yazhou from the base camp, the Executive Committee had already arranged for the construction of a large number of temporary shelters outside the No. 1 base, with the aim of settling the large number of migrant workers that would be brought in in in the future. And this kind of temporary shelter is not unique to Victory Port, where construction is beginning at Base 2 and at the site of the two communes. Of course, in view of the current shortage of building materials, these temporary shelters are mainly made of bamboo and wood, which can only play the role of shelter from the wind and rain, not to mention the comfort of living.
The only well-repaired dwellings were probably the recruit barracks under the Military Police Department. Although it was only a training base and a gun range, because of its dangerous terrain, it happened to hold the channel into Shengli Port from the east and west to Yulin Point, so the construction of the new barracks was planned as part of the future port fortifications. The Military Police Department even threw out a plan to build a fortress once again, hoping to build a real fortress defense system there, combining pillboxes, batteries and garrison camps to form a defensive fortress in the southern part of the harbor.
Of course, this costly construction plan was shot by the Executive Committee without hesitation, not to mention the manpower, and the thousands of tons of cement required by the list of materials alone could not be satisfied. At present, all the cement produced by the Ministry of Industry has been sent to the No. 2 base hydropower station, and a large number of factories need to be built, some of which will be used to house the mechanical processing equipment that has not been put to use, and the other part will have to meet the needs of chemical production and metallurgical production. In particular, there have been two fires in the high-temperature metallurgical workshop during this time, injuring several indigenous workers, and Liu Xingli has been emphasizing to the Executive Committee the importance of building a special plant. At this juncture, it was clearly impossible for the Executive Committee to hand over valuable construction materials to the Military Police Department for the construction of less important pillboxes and batteries.
So the military police department retreated to the next best thing, and if it couldn't build concrete fortifications, it would first go to the wood and stone structure. The military police department had a lot of strong labor, and after more than ten days, a row of barracks was actually built on that sandbar, and a ring of walls was erected around the perimeter, trenches were dug, and the passages in and out were arranged with horses that were a man high enough to resist horses. The Military Police Department's statement is to do everything you want, which not only improves the living environment of the new barracks, allowing the soldiers to move from tents to barracks, but also teaches them how to set up camp and set up fortifications.
The temporary dwelling of the new immigrants is undoubtedly the most rudimentary, the tent in which they lived at the beginning of the landing. Of course, they won't live in tents for a long time, and most of them may just be here too much, because the news of a large number of labor imports has spread, and many units waiting for dignitaries will probably come here early tomorrow morning to have a fight with Ning Qi.
The first meal of the immigrants who came here was not very rich, white rice porridge, water spinach and some salted fish, but fortunately, the meal was not limited, so everyone could eat to the fullest. When the immigrants heard that such a meal could be eaten three times a day, the previous depression was swept away, and the meal alone exceeded their original expectations, and the other treatment promised by the Haihan seemed to have hope. After the meal, they were divided into men's and women's camps and moved into two adjacent camps according to the arrangement of the security guards. A night curfew was announced, and anyone who left the tent after the lights went out and went around was considered a violation of the order and would be severely punished, even if they had to solve their physical problems, they had to use the toilet in the tent.
As soon as it was dawn, the migrants were awakened by the sound of magnificent music, and just as they were wondering if they should go out of the tent to have a look, a security guard in a green shirt had already entered the tent and told everyone to go out and assemble in a group at once.