Alien Arms Empire

 Chapter 583 583 The Luxury of the Tang People

"I would like to warn the king of the Mirage Kingdom not to listen to the slanderous words of villains, destroy a century-old foundation, and waste the lives of hundreds of millions of lives..." On the radio, the Tang Dynasty's foreign affairs department was reading a letter from the Tang Dynasty King Gao Mirage to the King.

Most civilians in Qi actually don’t feel that their lives have changed—they still live the same life every day. The only difference is that there were some more bomb craters in front of their homes in the past few days.

The war seemed to have ended so quietly. In most of the land in Qi State, the people did not even hear the sound of artillery.

The Tang Army advanced so fast that the previously planned battle plan to block the Tang Army's attack layer by layer was over before it was even used.

 For the common people in the Tang Dynasty, the war did not seem to have much to do with them at all.

 In addition to the fact that there are still so many orders and they have to work overtime every day for production and construction, the war seems to exist only in the battle reports on the radio.

Every morning they listened to where the Tang Army had broken through and woke up, and then listened to how many more enemy troops the Tang Army had annihilated while eating...

 In short, everyone just happened to see a white flag suddenly hung on the door of a certain family, and there was a golden plaque under the house number, and they knew that another hero had died on the front line.

These dead people are really heroes. They brought glory to the country. Even their families have become different because of their deaths.

 They are exempted from half of the taxes and fees, their children enjoy better free education, and they even have some allocated land to rent out to subsidize their families.

The civil affairs officials who manage this place will visit regularly to ask the families who have lost their loved ones what kind of living difficulties they have, and will also bring rice and noodles to express their condolences.

 The military also has specialized investigators to conduct research to ensure that pensions and other preferential treatment can be implemented.

Although it is always a bad thing when someone dies, being able to leave so many things for a family with your own death makes death less scary for everyone.

As the war progressed, more and more people signed up to join the army. Many immigrants from Chu State also began to join the army enthusiastically. They were willing to use their lives to exchange for a real identity for their families.

 Tangren, for people living in the Tang Dynasty, is an enviable identity, a coveted identity, and a...real identity.

“It’s time to eat! It’s time to eat!” The roar of the huge machine could not cover up the loud shouting of the supervisor. He walked between the gaps in the equipment that was taller than a person and shouted loudly to the workers who were supervising the pressure of the instruments.

The oil-stained worker spread his hands and rubbed them on his clothes, which seemed to be able to squeeze out engine oil. He smiled sheepishly and said, "The machine has not stopped, so we can't move away."

"You kid! You don't eat at noon every day! One hour of overtime pay can make you rich, right?" The foreman pretended to be annoyed and patted the young man on the shoulder: "You ask me to bring you food every time! You bastard!"

 “Hey hey hey!” The young man was even more embarrassed. He scratched his head, not caring that the sludge in the cracks between his fingers was still in his hair: “My family is poor and there is nothing we can do.”

In his impression, people in charge are often arrogant and arrogant. They beat people at every turn, and swearing is commonplace.

 But after coming to Tang State, his foreman was like a big brother next door. He worked with his subordinates personally every day, working in the noisy workshop all day long.

　　Everyone is united and always produces more parts than required, and then gets the banner symbolizing honor in the factory's production competition and becomes an excellent model workshop.

  Obtaining an honor often means that everyone will receive a reward, including a monthly allowance of 15 silver coins, which is life-saving extra income for many families.

With this money, I can buy some medicines for my sick old father. These medicines are very cheap to buy in the factory’s medical room, but they are very effective.

With this money, I can choose a new dress for my mother-in-law. After so many years of being together, I have never bought her a new dress.

 With this money, the family can buy some pork. It is when the children are growing that they can eat better, become taller and stronger.

 In short, with this money, life can get better and better.

The factory also stipulates that for every hour of overtime work, an extra 7 copper coins will be given as overtime pay. Although it may not sound like much, but if you work overtime for an hour every day, you will get 2 silver coins in a month, which is another free money.

Don’t look too much, you can buy some cigarettes to satisfy your cravings, or buy candies for your children as rewards, or you can get some bath and movie tickets to improve your life.

 Taking a bath is definitely a kind of enjoyment for people of this era. Before coming to the Tang Dynasty, some people might only take a few baths in their lives. Things are different now. Datang Group's factories provide 24-hour hot water. The factory's steam engine and cooling water circulation system can continuously provide scalding cooling water. Bathing is no longer so difficult.

 The bathhouse culture is almost tied to the factory culture. The cooling water in the factory is almost free, and workers are easily contaminated with oil, so taking a bath after get off work has become a necessity and social interaction.

Everyone met frankly in the dressing room full of wardrobes, sat together and chatted about which girl in the archives next door was pretty, and talked about how many scores their children got in the exam this time, so there were more than a thousand people in a factory. People get to know each other like this.

After walking in, as long as you turn on the valve, the hot shower will spray on your body. It will make you feel slightly hot and it will be a shuddering experience.

After washing thoroughly, the skin was already reddish, and a group of friends went to take a dip in the large boiling water pool, with only their heads exposed to refresh themselves. The temperature and buoyancy of the water made the whole person feel as if they were in heaven. , not too sour at all.

Go out and spend 20 copper coins, find a master to rub your back, tap it a few times, and hammer your shoulders, and you will feel comfortable all over.

 Go back under the shower to rinse off the dirt, apply soap, let the foam cover your body, rinse with water and the oil will disappear, leaving only an indescribable smoothness...

The whole process involves bragging and chatting with friends, talking about the Great China Empire that bullies people, and then talking about the mirage dog thieves who are not human beings. The taste is more authentic.

When I returned to the dressing room, I heard the message from the King of the Tang Dynasty to the King of the Mirage Kingdom being played on the radio, and a sense of Tang people's pride arose spontaneously.

This, what the **** is the way people live!

 “Take care of yourself!” the class leader warned, and then walked back along the gap between the machines full of pipes.

The working environment here is indeed not good, it is hot and full of noise, and the only seat is very cramped. But working here, he can feel that he is alive again, living like a real person.

So he took off the towel that had been baked hard by the pipes, squeezed it a little softer, hung it back to its original position, and turned the two valves to keep the pressure normal.

At the other end of the workshop, a huge machine was opening and closing. Sections of steel plates were rolled out and neatly stacked at the end of the machine.

There, a man who was also not going to have lunch was staring at the height of the iron plate. Once the quantity is almost there, he will remove the steel plates and send them to the warehouse next door.

Next to their factory building, there are chimneys that are constantly emitting thick smoke. These chimneys stretch into the distance and are connected with more chimneys further away, like a forest made of reinforced concrete.

This is a new industrial zone built by Datang Group to replace some of the factories outside Bunas that have ceased production.

On the newly built railway, a train roared past. This is the latest generation locomotive produced by Datang Group. It has stronger transportation capacity and faster speed.

Behind this train is a long series of flat cars. Parked on these flat cars are the newly produced No. 4 tanks.

 As more and more factories are put into production, the production capacity of the Tang Kingdom's No. 4 tanks has also begun to gradually increase.

 This batch of No. 4 tanks is used to equip the 5th and 6th Armored Divisions. They are currently training in the western region of the Tang Kingdom and are in urgent need of weapons and equipment.

There is no way. Because of the war with Qi, all the training tanks expected to be allocated to them have been pulled to replenish the first four armored divisions.

As a result, they could only use horse-drawn carriages and other random things to simulate tank training. Even the two divisions combined could not even get together 100 vehicles.

However, as time goes by, their difficulties have been solved: a few days ago, due to sufficient production capacity, they received 50 No. 4 tanks in advance, which finally made them worthy of the name Armored Division.

The radio in the factory cafeteria is still playing a message to the King of Mirage Kingdom: "Occupying our country's Beiyuan City is tantamount to self-destruction! I hope the King of Mirage Kingdom will recognize the reality and stop daydreaming. If he insists on going his own way, the result will inevitably be It’s a disgrace to yourself! If Mirage remains evil and unwilling to repent, it will only lead to death in the end!”

 Under the loudspeaker, on the long table, rows of workers were devouring food. They held snow-white steamed buns in their hands, and their plates contained pickles and bland cucumber soup. However, they still ate deliciously, because for them, this was already a hard-earned meal.

The factory provides free lunches. Although it is not very good, it allows these people who have eaten two meals a day for their entire lives to enjoy three meals a day. This is nothing to complain about, or this meal is already an extra benefit for them.

You know, it is no exaggeration to say that the Tang people may be the only people in the world who have the luxury of eating three meals a day!

 (End of this chapter)