If a man has land, a horse, a wife and children, and it is better that he still owes a loan to the bank, and he can barely have all this if he tries hard, then he will have many concerns.

You can use dismissal as a condition to threaten him, reduce his salary, and extend his working hours.

But if he has nothing but a job, and only a single strength, then you say the same thing to him, and it will be a big problem.

This group of workers from the town is in such a state.

When Chen Jianqiu chose the people to stay behind, those who had families did not stay, those who missed their hometowns, and those who were sensitive to race did not stay.

Chen Jianqiu told them that here, they could have a decent job and a decent income. There is a place to live, there is food, although the conditions are difficult now, but it will soon change,

Taverns, clinics...... What other western American towns have, will have here; What other towns don't have, there will be here.

The bottom line is that there is no such thing as anyone looking down on whom. Everyone has to do the work, and there is no idler.

Workers often see Danny, a member of Chen Jianqiu's core team, carrying wood on the construction site and adding bricks and tiles to the house;

Chen Jianqiu's flying birds on his left and right hands also take people to hunt in the forests in the south from time to time;

They are living a much better life now than they were when they were soldiers, at least they don't have to worry about being scalped by the Indians every day.

What's more, they were able to save a lot of gold.

Chen Jianqiu told them that if they wanted to leave, they could leave at any time.

If the situation here really doesn't improve, it won't be long before you can use the gold you have saved to go somewhere else.

But now, there are people who want to deprive them of such a life with one mouth.

They can endure it, but the wrench in their hands can't.

A kilometer is not a long distance, so a group of people quickly rushed in front of Pete and them.

Twenty or so people surrounded them.

"You're going to take over this place and get us all out of here, right?"

A bearded man crossed his waist and stared at the chubby manager Pete with straight eyebrows.

Manager Pete is experienced in dealing with workers, and in the factories of Standard Oil, workers have made trouble.

He changed his posture of vowing to meet Engineer Jackson in court just now, and said to the bearded man without blushing and heartbeat.

"We've never said anything like that, we're just here to assess the possibility of doing business here, and we're going to build an oil refinery here, and there's no discussion about where you're going to stay."

"Don't believe this fat man, he just wants us to go." Engineer Jackson shouted at Manager Pete.

"In this way, I will make a promise to everyone that I will not consider the replacement of personnel for the time being, okay?" Manager Pete swore by it.

Anyway, he made a promise and didn't need money, and now he is isolated and defenseless.

Wait for the new workers and factory guards to arrive, and then clean up the bunnies.

The workers are a little hesitant, they look at me, I look at you.

"Let's disperse first." Smith, who held Jackson, the engineer, waved at everyone, and as an academic, he opposed violent solutions to these problems.

Seeing that the attitude of the workers had loosened, Pete immediately pulled the old man who was still covering his chest and several other experts, and flew out of the crowd while the workers were still stunned.

Chen Jianqiu, who was on the side, touched his chin.

It seems that this fat man is still a bit of a Taoist.

Over the next few days, Manager Pitt and his experts lived in seclusion, taking advantage of the absence of the workers to sneak out to find out what was going on.

They found the accountant and asked for the payroll of the personnel who went to the oil well.

Chen Jianqiu arranged a separate room for them in the new town, next door to Sean.

Of course, there is also a fee for this room.

Christmas is fast approaching.

Although Chen Jianqiu himself is not very interested in the festival, as the titular "temporary mayor", he still held a party in the new town to celebrate the first Christmas in the new town.

He brought some wine and fruit from the warehouses of the fortress, as well as some sausages and cured meats.

These were turned into dishes under the hands of Smith's chef.

The workers were happy, singing and dancing, and the young Chinese boys were soon joined in.

Only Manager Pete and his members of the assessment team were huddled in their room.

Chen Jianqiu asked people to bring them wine and food, and said that because it was Christmas, this part of the things was free.

Soon, the lights in that room were also on, and there was a cheerful laughter from inside.

Chen Jianqiu took a bottle of Erguotou alone and walked alone to the south of the new town, facing the south.

He uncorked the second pot head and put the wine in the bottle on the ground.

"He should be doing well in another world." Camila's voice came from behind him.

"I guess so." Chen Jianqiu lifted the bottle and tilted his neck to drain the rest of the wine.

"What's the matter, Sean?" Chen Jianqiu turned his head and looked behind him.

The black man was standing there with a lantern.

He originally looked at Chen Jianqiu and Camilla at the entrance of the town, and hesitated to come up.

"Got it, boss, take a look."

He pulled out a few pieces of paper from his bosom and approached him with a lantern.

"What about them?" Chen Jianqiu took the pieces of paper and looked at them by the light of the horse lantern.

"I'm drunk like mud and sleep like a pig." Sean grinned.

This is an evaluation report, from the hands of Pete's manager, who has not forgotten his duty and secretly writes the report in the house.

The report expounds the situation from many aspects, demonstrates the possibility of building a factory, and puts forward corresponding reasonable suggestions.

Roughly speaking, the conditions here are harsh, the people are fierce, the location is remote, the transportation cost is high, and the sulfur content of crude oil is high, so it is recommended to give it up directly.

If it is really going to be built, it is necessary to urge the railway investment company to build the nearest railway to this place, and then directly build an oil refinery to export refined oil.

In addition, the personnel left by the previous company are very unprofessional and the salary is high, so it is recommended to recruit new employees and hire armed personnel to protect the factory as soon as possible.

The original personnel, reduce their salaries first, and let them get out of the way when the new employees are in place!

"This fat man is quite professional." After reading the report, Chen Jianqiu expressed his own opinions.

He pulled out the pages about personnel and handed them to Sean: "After everyone has slept at night, put them on the notice board in the town square. ”

"Put away the guns and knives of those guys, it's better not to kill them." Chen Jianqiu pursed his lips, "That fat man still owes me money." ”

The next morning, around the notice board in the town square, several people quickly gathered.

"Do you understand what is written on this?"

"It's like saying we're getting too paid. Tell us to fuck off. ”

"But didn't that fat manager say a few days ago that he wouldn't think about personnel for the time being?"

"It's like a report."

"He's lying! This bastard! I didn't think he was a good guy before! ”

……

There were more and more onlookers in front of the notice board, and some people who had drunk too much last night were also dragged out of bed by their companions.

Everyone began to discuss from the beginning, to the later righteous indignation, and the emotions became more and more excited.

"That fat man lied to us, they played us like fools, brothers, come with me!" Yesterday's bearded man waved his fist.

He looked around and saw a sleepy-eyed black man standing in the doorway of a room, and he pointed with his thumb to the room next to him.

The bearded man understood, and strode towards the house.

The crowd followed him, just as they had been at the oil well the other day.

The door of the house was kicked open.

The fat man slept soundly, and the quilt covering him was lifted open.

A crowd of people poured into the house.

The bearded man jumped straight onto the bed, punched the fat man in the face, and then began to slap him in the face repeatedly.

The others huddled around the bed, throwing old punches at the areas of his body that could reach him.

The fat man was beaten to a bewildered face, and he held his head, trying to protect his head.

Several other people were treated similarly to him, and they were beaten enough.

I don't know who shouted from behind: "The person behind can't beat him, drag him outside the house!" ”

This alerted the people in front of them, who grabbed Pete by the hair and dragged him out of the door.

As a result, these people encountered a new round of baptism.

Schultz, because he was an old man, was in a slightly better condition; The others, because the workers were not familiar with them, were beaten for a while and then stopped.

Only Pete, as the initiator, was beaten the worst.

He paid the price for his previous promise, a group of people surrounded him and kicked him, and when the person in front got tired of kicking, he replaced the person in the back.

"All pull away, all pull away!"

Chen Jianqiu looked at it almost, and asked the birds and a few of them to maintain order.

If he continues to fight, Pete is afraid that he will be beaten to death.

In that case, there would be no one to pay back, and no one to pass the news on to Rockefeller on his behalf.

He had the assessment team who had been beaten so hard to find North that he could not find him enter the house and asked Teresa to help them deal with their wounds.

Of course, medical expenses are also counted as money.

One more, two more later

(End of chapter)