Infrastructure masters in the red building
Chapter 193
When the person woke up the next day, he naturally couldn't remember anything, only remembered that the small barbecue was super delicious, and the knives tasted like knives, well-deserved reputation.
Jia Fang didn't have any impression of how he made a big disturbance in the Tiangong in Shuixian's house last night. He only knew that Shuixian had already packed everything when he got up the next day.Facing Jia Fang's question, Shui Xian hesitated to speak, but when Jia Fang asked, this guy shook his head,
And when the old boy saw Jia Fang later, he looked at him with complicated eyes, as if he felt guilty, but also seemed to be comforting——
Jia Fang: Is it me who has harmed Shui Xian, or has Shui Xian harmed me?
But no matter what, the two of them are the only masters in this mine.No matter what went wrong between them, no one else can comment.But at this moment, Jia Fang and Shui Xian are in harmony, which most people would like to hear.
Jia Fang just took a small book that he often used from Shui Xian, and wrote "alcohol" in big characters on it.
Shui Xian was curious, so he took his small book back, and saw that each page contained two or three words: "glass", "candle", "sugar", "briquette", "match"... this time The word "alcohol" was written on the brochure, but Jia Fang didn't know what to think of, and added the word "monosodium glutamate".
The two of them had no more secrets to speak of, so Shui Xian asked, "What are you writing about?"
Jia Fang blinked: "Guide to traveling through the pre-industrial era——"
Shui Xian: "What?"
Jia Fang immediately confessed: "It's actually like this. I thought about the problem of 'not making enough money' that the old boy said in detail yesterday. I think it is indeed a problem, because in the future we will spend more and more money—such as In the future, we want to build thousands of miles of railways and build large ships that can sail in the ocean. These will definitely bring us huge profits, but they will also require huge investments.”
"So we have to find a way to make money now." Jia Fang told the truth.
Shui Xian readily accepted the title "we": "Good!"
"On this list are industrial products that I think will be profitable." Jia Fang actually recalled the main stages of the development of light industry, and listed those consumer products whose cost has been significantly reduced after industrial production.As long as the technical problems of these products can be overcome, with Shuixian's existing commercial strength, it is possible to open up business routes, lower commodity prices, and even dump them to occupy the market.
What he listed on the list are all those that he believes can be mass-produced after industrialization and widely reduce costs.Soap that can be made in a manual workshop is not in his consideration at all.
Shui Xian let out a "huh" and said, "The glass already exists, most of which are made in the West. There are indigenous methods in the local area. The color of the glass is not pure enough and contains air bubbles."
Jia Fang had seen the full-length full-length mirror in Yihong Courtyard. The mirror was clear and clean, showing every detail of the person. The craftsmanship was quite mature, but he didn't expect it to be imported from the West.
He immediately thought of another thing: "Could the firearms that hurt people in Beijing earlier also be imported from the West?"
Shui Xian shook his head: "As far as I know, no. But I can ask all the trading companies in the treaty ports to check to see if they have seen that kind of goods."
Only then did the two talk back to the "glass".Jia Fang asked: "If I can reduce the cost of glass to an extremely low level - of course it will still be higher than window paper. What do you think?"
Shui Xian agreed: "Stable profit!"
"Okay, next is candles." Jia Fang said.
"This thing is already very cheap. And it doesn't need to be imported from the West, it can be produced locally." Shui Xian asked doubtfully, "Is there still room for profit?"
But Jia Fang said: "Is it very cheap? I see that many poor people are reluctant to use candles and are only willing to use oil lamps. After all, every family can't be compared with your Beijing Palace or Wanqing Building."
The first time Jia Fang went to Wanqing Building, he saw that the Wanqing Building was full of lights, and the lights were brilliant at night.He naturally knew that Shui Xian thought candles were cheap.
Shui Xian immediately understood: "Of course, if candles are as cheap as oil lamps, then all the people will choose candles."
"Jin Shichong and Wang Kai once used candles as firewood when they fought for wealth. It can be seen that candles are much more expensive than firewood, otherwise they cannot be said to be fighting for wealth." Shui Xian concluded by himself, "It is feasible, and it will make money!"
Next, Bai Tang Shui Xian can still recognize, but further down: briquettes, matches, alcohol, monosodium glutamate... He can recognize all these words, but he has never heard of them together, and he doesn't know what they mean.
He suddenly closed the booklet and stared at Jia Fang: "You can't really be..."
Jia Fang lowered his eyes, he can hide it in front of others, even if he is as close as Jia Daishan and others, he only knows that his magical powers come from the various magic left by his grandfather to Fengyi, only Shui Xian, he is determined He couldn't hide it... After that accident, he didn't want to hide it anymore. Since the other party guessed it, he also planned to admit it smoothly.
Who knew that Shui Xian lowered his voice and said, "Gongshuban was born and reborn?! The artisans all say so."
Jia Fang jumped up with a whoosh: "I'm paying back Mo Di!"
Shui Xian was very happy.
Jia Fang had no choice but to snatch the booklet back from Shui Xian's hands, put it in his arms after closing it, and said: "These things are hard to say, and easy to say, it's not too easy... Don't underestimate it, really. Done well, not to mention the financial resources, it will bring convenience to the common people. It's just..."
"Just what?" The melancholy hidden between Shui Xian's brows disappeared in a flash. He had already guessed about Jia Fang's secret, but he couldn't bear to tell it to Jia Fang's face.
"I need to contact Taoyuan Village." Jia Fang said embarrassingly, rubbing his brows. "A lot of raw materials are in Taoyuan Village, and Taoyuan Village is definitely our best first market."
When he left Taoyuan Village earlier, he planted sweet potatoes. Once the sweet potatoes can be harvested in a large area, he will have a sufficient source of starch. At that time, whether it is alcohol or monosodium glutamate, he can easily produce it.
With Taoyuan Village's current financial resources, it is absolutely no problem to purchase all kinds of agricultural machinery, textile machines, sewing machines and tracks from Shuixian.The villagers there are also willing to try new things. If the steam train can run, they will be the first to arrange it on the track of "Taoyuan-Wuyuan".
However, how to connect Taoyuan Village with the large industrial base here in Shuixian?
At this time, Shui Xian took out a map and pointed out the location of the large industrial base and Taoyuan Village: "There is a port near my place. The track to the port area and the hoisting and transportation equipment on the wharf are already under construction. Some goods are ready to be shipped."
"Go out to sea from this port, cross this bay, and you will be Jimo Port." Shui Xian pointed out, "It only takes two days to go straight to the capital from here."
Jia Fang took a look and knew that this "big industrial base" was on the Liaodong Peninsula in his time and space, across the sea from the Jiaozhou Peninsula.
"If you don't dock at Jimo Port, then go all the way south, enter the Pearl River Estuary, go up the river, unload the cargo in Yongning Prefecture, and then transport it to Wuyuan County by land."
Shui Xian pointed out the entire route on the map one by one, which shows that he has already considered that one day he may need to do this.
Jia Fang focused: "It's really troublesome. After entering the Pearl River Estuary, I have to change the ship again." The large sea-going ship was replaced by a small cargo ship suitable for inland waterway navigation.
Is there any way to directly connect Taoyuan Village with Shuixian's territory without such trouble?
So he asked, "Where are your oil fields and coal mines?"
Shui Xian pointed out to him one by one on the map and said: "Not together, each place is about a few hundred miles apart." These places on the map are all in the northeast region.
Jia Fang was surprised: "Then if you want to transfer goods between different industries, what should you do? Use your garden?"
Shui Xian rubbed his brows and laughed, and both of them recalled the past when Shui Xian sent equipment to Jia Fang overnight.
But Shui Xian still shook his head: "No need, how should I put it? There are connecting passages between these land boundaries, and there is no need to go through my garden."
Jia Fangyao thought for a while: "Yes, the land boundaries corresponding to my homeland are also...but they are all connected together." All his properties are located in a small mountain depression in Taoyuan Village.
Shui Xian nodded, "Yes", and said: "That's right, they are all connected together on my side, but they are all connected by tunnels. In the tunnel, people don't know the direction and length, so they are all connected to each other." Thought the tunnel was just turning over a mountain—"
"Actually, it's a distance of hundreds of miles." Jia Fang asked, "Can others know without looking at the map?"
understood! ——Jia rest assured, this is just a disguised form of "shrinking the ground whip".
It's just that he still couldn't help but envy Shui Xian's advantages: "Your place is simply born with convenient transportation. Unlike me, there are mountains on all sides."
With the situation on Shuixian's side, it is naturally difficult for him to transport the large-scale goods produced by the industrial base back to Beijing through the Wangfu Garden, but he has a port and a wharf. After transporting to Jimo Port, it only takes two days to transport them back to Beijing. Unlike him, the only way to get the things out of Taoyuan Village is through the ground whip.
Shui Xian glared at him: "Otherwise, how can your place be called Xanadu?"
Jia Fang is speechless: But every place has its own development characteristics, what he needs to do is adapt measures to local conditions.He can't copy Shui Xian's, and Shui Xian can't copy his development method.The differences in geographical location, resources, population, and early start of the two places have created their industries at their respective stages of development.
Finally, Jia Fang asked: "By the way, what is the name of your large industrial base?"
Shui Xian said: "The name given by our ancestors is 'Xiaoyuan'."
Jia Fang: Xiaoyuan...
He had no choice but to smile wryly and said: "It's a coincidence, it honors Xianci's name."
Shui Xian was also surprised when he heard this: "It's important... Lingtang's name?" He also knew that when Jia Fang mentioned the deceased mother, he should be referring to the youngest daughter whom King Qing loved the most.But outsiders have no way of knowing Xiang Xiaoyuan's maiden name, and Shui Xian's ancestors have no way of predicting the future, it can only be said to be a coincidence.
"Then do you want me to change my name?" Shui Xian tried to ask Jia Fang.
Jia Fang shook his head: "No need, Xiaoyuan Industrial Base, the name sounds nice. Let it be."
He also thought that the name "Xiaoyuan" was very meaningful, and at least important to His Majesty the Emperor.In the future, if the two of them have disputes with the third prince or other members of the royal family, His Majesty the Emperor may be willing to let them go for the sake of the name.
After the two had finished their discussions, Shui Xian proposed to take Jia Fang to look elsewhere.
Jia Fang is particularly interested in coal mines and oil fields, especially oil fields. He really wants to know how the people of Shuixian drill for the "fire oil". Where there is oil, sometimes even when holes are dug on the ground and wells are drilled, black "fire oil" can be sprayed out from the ground.
Jia Fang sighed again: ... envious!
The two came to the smelting field side by side. According to Shui Xian, the tunnel leading to the oil field is nearby.Unexpectedly, the two of them suddenly heard a commotion, followed by a cry—a woman's cry.
"What's going on here?" Shui Xian raised his breath slightly and asked aloud.
The old boy was also near the smelting field. When he heard Shui Xian's question, he hurried over, and after saluting to Shui Xian and Jia Fang, he replied: "Three months ago, Da Niu, the foreman of the smelting field, was scalded by copper water. I tried my best to treat him, and I saved him for three days and three nights, but he didn't come back..."
The old boy probably got along well with the foreman, and when he said this, his expression was very sad.
"... At that time, the pension was distributed to Daniu's family. But he was dissatisfied, and now he came to him again."
"Is it true that the pension money has been paid?" Shui Xian asked coldly.
The old boy knew that Shui Xianyu was very strict in financial discipline, so he said: "I sent it, 20 taels, a lot of money. The villain gave me another five taels..."
According to the rules of Shui Xian, even if the family of the victims is in difficulty, the factory will not allow more pensions. After all, rules are rules.However, he did not prevent private funding. If Shui Xian knew someone, Shui Xian would find a way to make up for it.
The two were talking, but a woman dressed in filial piety rushed over there.As the saying goes: "A man should be pretty in soap, and a woman should be pretty in filial piety." This young widow was dressed in plain clothes, her eyes were red from crying, but she had a delicate face and a coquettish figure. In this smelting field where almost no women appeared, she Let many men stand still in place, speechless——
These rough men couldn't say anything when they saw a woman, let alone their foreman's widow.Out of respect for the deceased, they didn't dare to say anything, and surrounded the woman silently.
The woman held the spirit card in one hand and dragged a three-year-old child in the other, stumbling over.She only took one look and decided that Shui Xian was the real person in charge here, knelt down and cried with a "plop": "Greetings, Elder Master——"
"The old man is in charge of the women!" This cry was so sad and heartbroken that everyone who heard it could not help but shed tears of sympathy.
"Sister-in-law Da Niu, get up and talk." The old boy rubbed his hands vigorously beside Shui Xian, embarrassed.
"Sister-in-law, please tell me, if there is any fraud and oppression in pensions here, I will be the master for you." Shui Xian put down the words.
Mrs. Daniu raised her eyes, with crystal tears hanging under her eyelashes, she took a look at Shui Xian, and quickly looked away.
Jia Fang watched coldly, but felt that this woman was not so simple.But from the fact that she recognized Shui Xian at a glance after she ran here, it can be seen that this woman is used to seeing big men, and she can clearly distinguish the majesty and bearing of the person in charge.Before he, Shui Xian and Lao Tong stood together, he had nothing to do with him. Although Lao Tong is the chief manager, everything should be decided by Shui Xian in front of Shui Xian.
"Response...to the elder's words," the elder sister-in-law wept bitterly, "There is nothing wrong with Mr. Tong's pension, it's just, it's just..."
She cried for a long time, whetted everyone's appetite, before she said: "Back when Daniel was injured, he spent three days and three nights crying on the bed before dying..."
This sentence evoked the pain of the workers, and everyone looked at each other with lingering fear.Everyone has personally experienced what happened to Daniel, and they have all seen the tragedy after he was injured. Once they think that this incident may also happen to them, they will die from all kinds of pain, leaving behind their beautiful wives and weak children without anyone to take care of them—some people quietly Clenched their fists: If the copper mines and smelters fail to provide compensation, they really don't want to do it.
"Daniu said to me when he was dying that he was sorry for me..." Mrs. Daniu continued to cry, "He obviously did nothing wrong, but he suffered such unforeseen misfortunes. We will be left as orphans and widows in the future. How are you doing?"
When she said this, Daniel's workers behind her also said: "Daniu is right, he followed the process step by step that day, who would have thought that he would be splashed with copper water?"
"That's right, this workshop is full of equipment that we have never seen before. If they are not in order, it is not because of a big mistake... It is because the workshop is harmful."
Jia put aside and frowned: According to what the woman said, she was obviously accusing Tongfang of having a problem with the process, which led to the sacrifice of her life, so she wanted more compensation.
He also really believed that simple monetary pensions would never be able to make up for the physical and mental damage suffered by the family members, but when he saw the woman's eyes flicker when she spoke, the pain of losing her husband was really hypocritical, crying like singing, No matter how she cried, her beautiful appearance was not damaged in the slightest.
The woman whimpered and continued: "After Da Niu died, the county also sent someone to ask, saying that at Da Niu's age, there is no disease or disaster, why is it gone—"
"I just said I don't know. The man was working outside. I don't know what happened. He was seriously injured and passed away."
"The elder in the county said that if there is a grievance, you can speak up, but Daniel never wanted me to show my face..."
Jia put his eyes wide open: This big cow sister-in-law is really amazing.She said these words to let the people in the smelter pay her to shut her mouth - because there are copper mines and copper factories here, and the treatment may be better than those outside, so this woman believes that it is a privately mined copper mine , If you have to grasp this handle, you will extort money.
Unexpectedly, she is indeed the sufferer. Everyone in this smelting field recognizes Daniel and knows how Daniel died.Shui Xian handled it a little carelessly here, fearing that it would arouse the public indignation of the workers.
Jia Fang didn't have any impression of how he made a big disturbance in the Tiangong in Shuixian's house last night. He only knew that Shuixian had already packed everything when he got up the next day.Facing Jia Fang's question, Shui Xian hesitated to speak, but when Jia Fang asked, this guy shook his head,
And when the old boy saw Jia Fang later, he looked at him with complicated eyes, as if he felt guilty, but also seemed to be comforting——
Jia Fang: Is it me who has harmed Shui Xian, or has Shui Xian harmed me?
But no matter what, the two of them are the only masters in this mine.No matter what went wrong between them, no one else can comment.But at this moment, Jia Fang and Shui Xian are in harmony, which most people would like to hear.
Jia Fang just took a small book that he often used from Shui Xian, and wrote "alcohol" in big characters on it.
Shui Xian was curious, so he took his small book back, and saw that each page contained two or three words: "glass", "candle", "sugar", "briquette", "match"... this time The word "alcohol" was written on the brochure, but Jia Fang didn't know what to think of, and added the word "monosodium glutamate".
The two of them had no more secrets to speak of, so Shui Xian asked, "What are you writing about?"
Jia Fang blinked: "Guide to traveling through the pre-industrial era——"
Shui Xian: "What?"
Jia Fang immediately confessed: "It's actually like this. I thought about the problem of 'not making enough money' that the old boy said in detail yesterday. I think it is indeed a problem, because in the future we will spend more and more money—such as In the future, we want to build thousands of miles of railways and build large ships that can sail in the ocean. These will definitely bring us huge profits, but they will also require huge investments.”
"So we have to find a way to make money now." Jia Fang told the truth.
Shui Xian readily accepted the title "we": "Good!"
"On this list are industrial products that I think will be profitable." Jia Fang actually recalled the main stages of the development of light industry, and listed those consumer products whose cost has been significantly reduced after industrial production.As long as the technical problems of these products can be overcome, with Shuixian's existing commercial strength, it is possible to open up business routes, lower commodity prices, and even dump them to occupy the market.
What he listed on the list are all those that he believes can be mass-produced after industrialization and widely reduce costs.Soap that can be made in a manual workshop is not in his consideration at all.
Shui Xian let out a "huh" and said, "The glass already exists, most of which are made in the West. There are indigenous methods in the local area. The color of the glass is not pure enough and contains air bubbles."
Jia Fang had seen the full-length full-length mirror in Yihong Courtyard. The mirror was clear and clean, showing every detail of the person. The craftsmanship was quite mature, but he didn't expect it to be imported from the West.
He immediately thought of another thing: "Could the firearms that hurt people in Beijing earlier also be imported from the West?"
Shui Xian shook his head: "As far as I know, no. But I can ask all the trading companies in the treaty ports to check to see if they have seen that kind of goods."
Only then did the two talk back to the "glass".Jia Fang asked: "If I can reduce the cost of glass to an extremely low level - of course it will still be higher than window paper. What do you think?"
Shui Xian agreed: "Stable profit!"
"Okay, next is candles." Jia Fang said.
"This thing is already very cheap. And it doesn't need to be imported from the West, it can be produced locally." Shui Xian asked doubtfully, "Is there still room for profit?"
But Jia Fang said: "Is it very cheap? I see that many poor people are reluctant to use candles and are only willing to use oil lamps. After all, every family can't be compared with your Beijing Palace or Wanqing Building."
The first time Jia Fang went to Wanqing Building, he saw that the Wanqing Building was full of lights, and the lights were brilliant at night.He naturally knew that Shui Xian thought candles were cheap.
Shui Xian immediately understood: "Of course, if candles are as cheap as oil lamps, then all the people will choose candles."
"Jin Shichong and Wang Kai once used candles as firewood when they fought for wealth. It can be seen that candles are much more expensive than firewood, otherwise they cannot be said to be fighting for wealth." Shui Xian concluded by himself, "It is feasible, and it will make money!"
Next, Bai Tang Shui Xian can still recognize, but further down: briquettes, matches, alcohol, monosodium glutamate... He can recognize all these words, but he has never heard of them together, and he doesn't know what they mean.
He suddenly closed the booklet and stared at Jia Fang: "You can't really be..."
Jia Fang lowered his eyes, he can hide it in front of others, even if he is as close as Jia Daishan and others, he only knows that his magical powers come from the various magic left by his grandfather to Fengyi, only Shui Xian, he is determined He couldn't hide it... After that accident, he didn't want to hide it anymore. Since the other party guessed it, he also planned to admit it smoothly.
Who knew that Shui Xian lowered his voice and said, "Gongshuban was born and reborn?! The artisans all say so."
Jia Fang jumped up with a whoosh: "I'm paying back Mo Di!"
Shui Xian was very happy.
Jia Fang had no choice but to snatch the booklet back from Shui Xian's hands, put it in his arms after closing it, and said: "These things are hard to say, and easy to say, it's not too easy... Don't underestimate it, really. Done well, not to mention the financial resources, it will bring convenience to the common people. It's just..."
"Just what?" The melancholy hidden between Shui Xian's brows disappeared in a flash. He had already guessed about Jia Fang's secret, but he couldn't bear to tell it to Jia Fang's face.
"I need to contact Taoyuan Village." Jia Fang said embarrassingly, rubbing his brows. "A lot of raw materials are in Taoyuan Village, and Taoyuan Village is definitely our best first market."
When he left Taoyuan Village earlier, he planted sweet potatoes. Once the sweet potatoes can be harvested in a large area, he will have a sufficient source of starch. At that time, whether it is alcohol or monosodium glutamate, he can easily produce it.
With Taoyuan Village's current financial resources, it is absolutely no problem to purchase all kinds of agricultural machinery, textile machines, sewing machines and tracks from Shuixian.The villagers there are also willing to try new things. If the steam train can run, they will be the first to arrange it on the track of "Taoyuan-Wuyuan".
However, how to connect Taoyuan Village with the large industrial base here in Shuixian?
At this time, Shui Xian took out a map and pointed out the location of the large industrial base and Taoyuan Village: "There is a port near my place. The track to the port area and the hoisting and transportation equipment on the wharf are already under construction. Some goods are ready to be shipped."
"Go out to sea from this port, cross this bay, and you will be Jimo Port." Shui Xian pointed out, "It only takes two days to go straight to the capital from here."
Jia Fang took a look and knew that this "big industrial base" was on the Liaodong Peninsula in his time and space, across the sea from the Jiaozhou Peninsula.
"If you don't dock at Jimo Port, then go all the way south, enter the Pearl River Estuary, go up the river, unload the cargo in Yongning Prefecture, and then transport it to Wuyuan County by land."
Shui Xian pointed out the entire route on the map one by one, which shows that he has already considered that one day he may need to do this.
Jia Fang focused: "It's really troublesome. After entering the Pearl River Estuary, I have to change the ship again." The large sea-going ship was replaced by a small cargo ship suitable for inland waterway navigation.
Is there any way to directly connect Taoyuan Village with Shuixian's territory without such trouble?
So he asked, "Where are your oil fields and coal mines?"
Shui Xian pointed out to him one by one on the map and said: "Not together, each place is about a few hundred miles apart." These places on the map are all in the northeast region.
Jia Fang was surprised: "Then if you want to transfer goods between different industries, what should you do? Use your garden?"
Shui Xian rubbed his brows and laughed, and both of them recalled the past when Shui Xian sent equipment to Jia Fang overnight.
But Shui Xian still shook his head: "No need, how should I put it? There are connecting passages between these land boundaries, and there is no need to go through my garden."
Jia Fangyao thought for a while: "Yes, the land boundaries corresponding to my homeland are also...but they are all connected together." All his properties are located in a small mountain depression in Taoyuan Village.
Shui Xian nodded, "Yes", and said: "That's right, they are all connected together on my side, but they are all connected by tunnels. In the tunnel, people don't know the direction and length, so they are all connected to each other." Thought the tunnel was just turning over a mountain—"
"Actually, it's a distance of hundreds of miles." Jia Fang asked, "Can others know without looking at the map?"
understood! ——Jia rest assured, this is just a disguised form of "shrinking the ground whip".
It's just that he still couldn't help but envy Shui Xian's advantages: "Your place is simply born with convenient transportation. Unlike me, there are mountains on all sides."
With the situation on Shuixian's side, it is naturally difficult for him to transport the large-scale goods produced by the industrial base back to Beijing through the Wangfu Garden, but he has a port and a wharf. After transporting to Jimo Port, it only takes two days to transport them back to Beijing. Unlike him, the only way to get the things out of Taoyuan Village is through the ground whip.
Shui Xian glared at him: "Otherwise, how can your place be called Xanadu?"
Jia Fang is speechless: But every place has its own development characteristics, what he needs to do is adapt measures to local conditions.He can't copy Shui Xian's, and Shui Xian can't copy his development method.The differences in geographical location, resources, population, and early start of the two places have created their industries at their respective stages of development.
Finally, Jia Fang asked: "By the way, what is the name of your large industrial base?"
Shui Xian said: "The name given by our ancestors is 'Xiaoyuan'."
Jia Fang: Xiaoyuan...
He had no choice but to smile wryly and said: "It's a coincidence, it honors Xianci's name."
Shui Xian was also surprised when he heard this: "It's important... Lingtang's name?" He also knew that when Jia Fang mentioned the deceased mother, he should be referring to the youngest daughter whom King Qing loved the most.But outsiders have no way of knowing Xiang Xiaoyuan's maiden name, and Shui Xian's ancestors have no way of predicting the future, it can only be said to be a coincidence.
"Then do you want me to change my name?" Shui Xian tried to ask Jia Fang.
Jia Fang shook his head: "No need, Xiaoyuan Industrial Base, the name sounds nice. Let it be."
He also thought that the name "Xiaoyuan" was very meaningful, and at least important to His Majesty the Emperor.In the future, if the two of them have disputes with the third prince or other members of the royal family, His Majesty the Emperor may be willing to let them go for the sake of the name.
After the two had finished their discussions, Shui Xian proposed to take Jia Fang to look elsewhere.
Jia Fang is particularly interested in coal mines and oil fields, especially oil fields. He really wants to know how the people of Shuixian drill for the "fire oil". Where there is oil, sometimes even when holes are dug on the ground and wells are drilled, black "fire oil" can be sprayed out from the ground.
Jia Fang sighed again: ... envious!
The two came to the smelting field side by side. According to Shui Xian, the tunnel leading to the oil field is nearby.Unexpectedly, the two of them suddenly heard a commotion, followed by a cry—a woman's cry.
"What's going on here?" Shui Xian raised his breath slightly and asked aloud.
The old boy was also near the smelting field. When he heard Shui Xian's question, he hurried over, and after saluting to Shui Xian and Jia Fang, he replied: "Three months ago, Da Niu, the foreman of the smelting field, was scalded by copper water. I tried my best to treat him, and I saved him for three days and three nights, but he didn't come back..."
The old boy probably got along well with the foreman, and when he said this, his expression was very sad.
"... At that time, the pension was distributed to Daniu's family. But he was dissatisfied, and now he came to him again."
"Is it true that the pension money has been paid?" Shui Xian asked coldly.
The old boy knew that Shui Xianyu was very strict in financial discipline, so he said: "I sent it, 20 taels, a lot of money. The villain gave me another five taels..."
According to the rules of Shui Xian, even if the family of the victims is in difficulty, the factory will not allow more pensions. After all, rules are rules.However, he did not prevent private funding. If Shui Xian knew someone, Shui Xian would find a way to make up for it.
The two were talking, but a woman dressed in filial piety rushed over there.As the saying goes: "A man should be pretty in soap, and a woman should be pretty in filial piety." This young widow was dressed in plain clothes, her eyes were red from crying, but she had a delicate face and a coquettish figure. In this smelting field where almost no women appeared, she Let many men stand still in place, speechless——
These rough men couldn't say anything when they saw a woman, let alone their foreman's widow.Out of respect for the deceased, they didn't dare to say anything, and surrounded the woman silently.
The woman held the spirit card in one hand and dragged a three-year-old child in the other, stumbling over.She only took one look and decided that Shui Xian was the real person in charge here, knelt down and cried with a "plop": "Greetings, Elder Master——"
"The old man is in charge of the women!" This cry was so sad and heartbroken that everyone who heard it could not help but shed tears of sympathy.
"Sister-in-law Da Niu, get up and talk." The old boy rubbed his hands vigorously beside Shui Xian, embarrassed.
"Sister-in-law, please tell me, if there is any fraud and oppression in pensions here, I will be the master for you." Shui Xian put down the words.
Mrs. Daniu raised her eyes, with crystal tears hanging under her eyelashes, she took a look at Shui Xian, and quickly looked away.
Jia Fang watched coldly, but felt that this woman was not so simple.But from the fact that she recognized Shui Xian at a glance after she ran here, it can be seen that this woman is used to seeing big men, and she can clearly distinguish the majesty and bearing of the person in charge.Before he, Shui Xian and Lao Tong stood together, he had nothing to do with him. Although Lao Tong is the chief manager, everything should be decided by Shui Xian in front of Shui Xian.
"Response...to the elder's words," the elder sister-in-law wept bitterly, "There is nothing wrong with Mr. Tong's pension, it's just, it's just..."
She cried for a long time, whetted everyone's appetite, before she said: "Back when Daniel was injured, he spent three days and three nights crying on the bed before dying..."
This sentence evoked the pain of the workers, and everyone looked at each other with lingering fear.Everyone has personally experienced what happened to Daniel, and they have all seen the tragedy after he was injured. Once they think that this incident may also happen to them, they will die from all kinds of pain, leaving behind their beautiful wives and weak children without anyone to take care of them—some people quietly Clenched their fists: If the copper mines and smelters fail to provide compensation, they really don't want to do it.
"Daniu said to me when he was dying that he was sorry for me..." Mrs. Daniu continued to cry, "He obviously did nothing wrong, but he suffered such unforeseen misfortunes. We will be left as orphans and widows in the future. How are you doing?"
When she said this, Daniel's workers behind her also said: "Daniu is right, he followed the process step by step that day, who would have thought that he would be splashed with copper water?"
"That's right, this workshop is full of equipment that we have never seen before. If they are not in order, it is not because of a big mistake... It is because the workshop is harmful."
Jia put aside and frowned: According to what the woman said, she was obviously accusing Tongfang of having a problem with the process, which led to the sacrifice of her life, so she wanted more compensation.
He also really believed that simple monetary pensions would never be able to make up for the physical and mental damage suffered by the family members, but when he saw the woman's eyes flicker when she spoke, the pain of losing her husband was really hypocritical, crying like singing, No matter how she cried, her beautiful appearance was not damaged in the slightest.
The woman whimpered and continued: "After Da Niu died, the county also sent someone to ask, saying that at Da Niu's age, there is no disease or disaster, why is it gone—"
"I just said I don't know. The man was working outside. I don't know what happened. He was seriously injured and passed away."
"The elder in the county said that if there is a grievance, you can speak up, but Daniel never wanted me to show my face..."
Jia put his eyes wide open: This big cow sister-in-law is really amazing.She said these words to let the people in the smelter pay her to shut her mouth - because there are copper mines and copper factories here, and the treatment may be better than those outside, so this woman believes that it is a privately mined copper mine , If you have to grasp this handle, you will extort money.
Unexpectedly, she is indeed the sufferer. Everyone in this smelting field recognizes Daniel and knows how Daniel died.Shui Xian handled it a little carelessly here, fearing that it would arouse the public indignation of the workers.
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