Chapter 36: The First Arrival

George glanced at Wright, and the two made eye contact, and the latter immediately faced Zhou Yu, raised his top hat slightly, and said:

"Then Mr. Bruce, my mission is done, Master Williams does not know when he will be able to return to London, and I will send him a telegram to tell him about the situation here, and I will see you soon."

"Thanks Wright, goodbye."

Seeing Wright away, George looked Zhou Yu up and down, and walked towards the factory gate with a very unbeaten posture.

"Wu Man, you are responsible for taking these people to find their beds, and then arrange them in the fourth workshop."

The man named Wu Man was a dark-skinned and short-skinned Chinese worker, and when he heard George calling him, he hurriedly trotted all the way to meet him with a smiling face.

His stiff body and flattering smile were in stark contrast to Task Force C13, which walked straight at the waist and did not squint.

"Master George, are these the new laborers? Don't worry, leave it to me, I'll be sure to train them properly. ”

This Chinese man named Wu Man would speak some broken English, and it was because of this that George was promoted to management and became his deputy

Wu Man walked up to everyone and looked at them, and asked in a thick southern accent, "Where are the brothers from?" Looks like most of them are northerners, right? ”

Zhou Yu greeted the other party and said: "Hello Mr. Wu, my name is Zhou Yu, we have people everywhere, but most of them are northerners, we are not familiar with the place when we first came here, and I will ask you to help and take care of it more in the future." ”

Wu Man was very satisfied with Zhou Yu's attitude, waved his hand and said: "No, we are all compatriots, and we should take care of each other~ Let's go, I'll take you to see your bed, put all your personal belongings by the way, and then take you to the factory to familiarize yourself with your future working environment." ”

"Okay, I'm sorry Mr. Wu."

Zhou Yu's mouthful of a "sir" made Wu Man feel very useful, and even his walking steps were a little brisk.

After walking along the perimeter of the high wall that had been blackened by smoke and dust, Wu Man stopped at the door of a factory building that was full of debris.

"This is it, there are still some clutter in there, just put them together and you can live."

Zhou Yu looked at the living environment of his group, although it was not good, but if it was compared with the trenches of the Somme, it could definitely be described by the word "heaven".

Either way, they all have a place to shelter from the elements.

"Come, let's clean up this place together, this time can be regarded as our 'home'."

Zhou Yu said hello, everyone hula surrounded them, and it didn't take long to clean up the dirty factory and make the bed according to the habit on the battlefield.

Wu Man was a little dumbfounded, because these Chinese workers were different from what he had seen before.

"Mr. Wu, you've been here for a short time, haven't you? I just heard that you still speak foreigners. ”

Zhou Yu handed over a cigarette roll, and Wu Man took it embarrassedly, but did not light it immediately, but pinned it behind his ear.

"I've been here for more than a year, and I worked for foreigners in Nanyang before I came, so I can say something about them."

Wu Man said and pointed to the other side and said: "Then now I will take you to see the place of work, our fourth workshop is mainly to repair all kinds of machinery brought back from the front, including but not limited to guns, cars, telegraphs, and even tanks." ”

Wu Man paused when he said this, as if he was waiting for Zhou Yu to ask "What is a tank", but after waiting for a long time, the latter didn't ask, and he didn't even have a puzzled look.

"Ahem...... Well...... Originally, we had to help make shells and bullets during the tense war, but now that the enemy has surrendered, the demand for this is relatively low, so you are in luck. ”

The two walked while talking, and after a while, they came to the door of the factory that Wu Man was referring to.

Smoke and dust are billowing here, and people are working without any protective measures.

Zhou Yu looked up at the chimney that was constantly emitting smoke, and muttered in a low voice: "I can't stand it after staying in such an environment for a long time...... It's going to die. ”

"Huh? What did you say? ”

"Hehe, I said that there will be a special professor for such a professional work."

Wu Man nodded proudly: "That's natural, to say that the learning ability of our Chinese workers is absolutely first-class~!" Workers from anywhere else can't compare! ”

Wu ...... Wu Steward. ”

While the two were talking, a Chinese worker wearing a shabby soft hat suddenly walked over, startling Wu Man.

"I said, Lao Wang, why do you walk without a sound? Don't you see I'm busy? Go, go, go, go. ”

Wu Man said as he chased the flies as if to drive the Chinese worker away.

"Steward Wu, Ah Qiang is really sick, can you tell Master Yang and ask him a doctor to take a look?"

The Chinese workers who were driven away did not go far, still begging crampedly.

"Doctor, please? Spend your wages or mine? Besides, didn't Cuong give him a day off last week to rest? Why isn't it okay yet? ”

Wu Man's tone was obviously impatient, but the Chinese worker still had no intention of giving up.

"Steward Wu, he's really sick! Or...... He can get a doctor without my salary. ”

"You? Lao Wang, have you forgotten that your salary has already been advanced this month, or are you deliberately pretending to be confused? ”

Wu Man turned to the Chinese worker with a heavy face, so that the latter did not dare to make eye contact with him.

"I didn't ...... Didn't ......."

The Chinese worker named Lao Wang stammered and couldn't speak, but Zhou Yu stepped forward and said, "What disease does he have?" We have someone there who knows some medical skills, so you can show him. ”

Lao Wang and Wu Man were stunned when they saw Zhou Yu interjecting.

Wu Man scolded, asked the old Wang to stand still, turned around and dragged Zhou Yu away a little more.

"Mr. Zhou, you are the one who was specially entrusted to me by Master George to take care of me, these people are all cheap lives, don't provoke them easily, otherwise they will stick to you like a dog skin plaster, and you can't get rid of it!"

Zhou Yu frowned slightly when he heard the word "cheap life" and said: "Mr. Wu, they are compatriots no matter what, there is no need to say this." ”

"This ......" Wu Man said a little unnaturally: "On your first day, there are many things that are still unclear...... This old thief is very much, and he likes to gamble money, and always likes to make up some unwarranted reasons to be lazy. ”

Wu Man felt the inexplicable sense of oppression around him, and changed the meaning of the words that had already come to his lips.

"That'...... I'll have someone check in a while to see if Cuong is as sick as he said. ”

Zhou Yu quickly put on a smiling face, and turned to Lao Wang: "Did you hear that?" Mr. Wu said that he would recruit someone to treat your companion soon. ”