Daming Military Empire

Chapter 628 Breaking into a New World

Is this coal digging?Zhang Yiwan couldn't believe his eyes. The coal on the ground had already been dug out by the earth-turning dragon. There was no need to dig it, just shovel it with a shovel. No wonder everyone gave out shovels and no hoes at all. , There is no need for a hoe at all!

He doesn't even need to be taught, who knows how to shovel the coal scattered on the ground into the dump truck!

Shoveling coal is not easy for Zhang Yiwan, who often does physical work. He shoveled a truck full in less than a quarter of an hour. He was grabbed by the Tunwei who was leading him.

It turns out that it is not good to load too much coal, not to mention it will fall down when the road is bumpy, and it is not easy to turn over when it falls down.

The Tun Wei kindly told him that anyway, a cart is calculated as three hundred catties, no matter how many shovels there are, it will not count too much, as long as it is full, no matter how high the pile is, it will be a waste of effort.

So, after shoveling a truck full of coal, Zhang Yiwan followed the others and pushed the dump truck straight to the train station. At the intersection of the station, there was indeed a bannerman holding a special bamboo stick. Just send out one, and send out one in the past.

Zhang Yiwan often went out to do work, and knew that it was counted. After receiving the bamboo stick, he carefully stuffed it into his arms, tapped it a few times to make sure it would not fall off, and then pushed the cart up the slope.

To be honest, it was a bit strenuous to push the whole way on this slope, and he didn't feel that he was pushing three hundred catties in other places, and the slope was not very long, so he pushed the car onto the platform in a short while.

Here there is another row of guards teaching the newcomers how to pour coal into the truck compartment. In fact, it is very simple, that is, push the cart onto the large iron plate connecting the compartment and the platform, then lift the handle and lift it up, and the coal will pour out. Go down, just pay attention to this position, not too far forward, otherwise it is very likely that the coal belt car will be thrown down together.

The first trip back and forth took less than two quarters of an hour. Zhang Yiwan was already familiar with the entire process of "digging" coal. In fact, there was nothing to learn at all. Naturally, he is full of confidence, because he has no other specialties, but he has a lot of strength.

After running back and forth like this for about two hours, Master Liu, who led the team of hundreds of households, shouted from a distance: "It's time for dinner, it's time for dinner, just put the tools where they are, and just remember where they are. Go back and wash your hands and wipe your hands." Face."

Zhang Yiwan didn't understand that Mr. Liu would say that. You must know that in their hometown, if you dare to leave the tools outside, they may disappear when you come back.

If he knew that there were only such a thousand households within a radius of tens of miles, he probably wouldn't have such worries, but since people said so, he still carefully put away his tools and followed the flow of people to his place of residence.

Walking on the road, many people look at their black hands and worry, how can they clean the soot all over their hands? If they still eat white flour buns later, won’t they be caught black by the buns?
However, it seemed that Master Baihu also thought of this for them. When they went downstairs, Master Baihu stood at the intersection and handed out soap to everyone!
Everyone has heard of soap, but not many people have used it, not because it is difficult to buy, but because it is too expensive, and few poor people can afford it.

After receiving the soap, everyone happily ran back to the room, each took a wooden bucket to the well downstairs to fetch a bucket of water, washed their hands and faces, and then the food was delivered.

The staple food at noon is white flour steamed buns, but instead of stewed pork and stir-fried vegetables, there is a large plate of potato slices and stir-fried meat. The five of them gathered together and ate happily. Naturally, they talked about the number of bamboo sticks. It was six, but Zhang Yiwan had eight!

What's going on here?In fact, the speed of the big guys on the first trip was about the same, and they all ran back and forth in less than a quarter of an hour. However, physical strength will always be consumed slowly, and the work will naturally become slower and slower. It's normal, but because Zhang Yiwan has done physical work all year round, he has developed fine muscles all over his body, and his endurance is quite good, so he basically keeps going every two quarters of an hour, one hour is eight quarters of an hour, and two hours are just right. That's eight trips.

Everyone admired Zhang Yiwan, and gradually, he became the boss among the other four, not because he was the oldest, but mainly because of his strength and endurance.

It took an hour to eat and rest at noon. Everyone knew that they had to work in the afternoon, so they didn't go out for a walk, but chose to rest in bed to recover their strength.

In the late afternoon, work started on time, and it took another two hours to be busy back and forth. At You time, everyone was gathered together to hand in bamboo sticks, and calculate the harvest of the day. This time is usually the most exciting time.

Generally, for temporary jobs like moving goods at the wharf, the wages will be paid directly after counting the bamboo sticks. Of course, if it is a long-term job, the wages will not be paid on the same day, it may be paid in half a month, or it may be paid in a month. It is also good to know how much silver you have earned in a day, so everyone is very excited.

In order to show justice, the old Liu from a hundred households personally wrote the pen, and the two flags next to him always counted the bamboo sticks for him. Everyone’s bamboo sticks were counted twice. Eleven or twelve, more than 3000 catties, about [-] renminbi, of course, there are also ten [-] renminbi, this number basically exceeded everyone's expectations, so everyone smiled.

When it was Zhang Yiwan's turn, even Lao Liu was startled, oh god hungry, sixteen sticks, four thousand eight hundred catties, two twenty four dollars, this guy is so fierce!

Zhang Yiwan himself was taken aback. At that time, ordinary people didn’t know how to settle accounts. He only knew that his daily wages should be more than one tael, but he didn’t expect it to be two taels. How much is that a month? It's five or sixty taels. In this way, he doesn't just need to work for two months to make up enough money for his younger brother to get a wife!

This salary really stimulated him, so much so that he wanted to work at night, you know, if you work for two hours, you will get an extra tael of silver!
Of course, it is impossible to work at night, because there are no searchlights at this time, and it is impossible to bring electric lights to the wilderness. Besides, a person's physical strength is limited. I can't get up, but the efficiency is low.

In this way, Zhang Yiwan started his coal mining career. After one month, the salary he got was not 50 taels, nor 60 taels, but more than 70 taels!

However, it is a pity that it is about to enter the freezing period, and the coal mine will be shut down for nearly half a year.

According to the Cabinet and the Ministry of War, it is best to let these laborers go back first. It is too cold here in winter and they cannot work at all. Besides, this is only the first attempt this time, and many jobs have not been kept up, such as Administration, such as public security, such as train schedules, etc. have not yet been arranged, and even the telegrams of the thousands of households have not been connected in time. In short, there are still many things, and it may take next year to gradually get on the right track.

Therefore, the imperial court once again provided free buses to take them back to the Central Plains, and promised to arrange free buses to take them back next year, and will also open passenger trains from New Kyushu to the Central Plains in the future, but that requires money to buy tickets.

Zhang Yiwan was so excited. He came out alone with two clothes. After working for a month, he brought back more than 70 taels of silver. This new Kyushu is really full of gold!

Sure enough, he decided how to make a fortune if he didn't come out to make a fortune. He decided to come again next year. After saving enough money, he not only wanted to help his third younger brother marry a wife, but also found a way to take over both younger brothers. Break out into a new world with the whole family!

(End of this chapter)