"boom--"
The waves crashed on the coast, and a giant ship arrived beside the long trestle.
It looks very small from a distance, but when you get closer, it turns out to be a huge thing, which is intimidating.
"Boom!" At the moment when the ship's side collided with the pier, a large number of forces emerged and surrounded the entire ship like ants.
Seeing this, the captain couldn't help scolding: "If anyone is willing to move goods today, I will give each person twenty coins!"
Unexpectedly, the sailors went on strike one after another: "Boss, I've been running for several months, and no one is willing to do it for this little money!"
When the captain saw this, he could only complain: "Why do you need so much money? Why don't you just put it on the bellies of those women..."
He had no choice but to hire Lifu to carry it, and then let the first mate, boatswain and others supervise it.
Years of maritime career have gradually stabilized the sailor's monthly salary.
Those who take the canal can only get one yuan a month at most; while those who take the coastal route can get no one willing to come without two yuan.
As for Sino-Ocean, the base price is three yuan, and five or six yuan is normal.
The higher the risk, the higher the monthly salary will naturally be.
Of course, the profits will be higher.
Ade looked at the busy crowd on the pier in high spirits and couldn't help but look up.
"Ade, we'll be able to go ashore later!" Brother Shui on the side was experienced and stood with a relaxed expression.
"Ade wants to find his sweetheart!"
At this time, someone interrupted.
Ade ignored him.
"Ade, listen to my advice. No matter how good the widow is, she can only try it out and never get married."
Hearing this, Brother Shui shook his head and persuaded, "It's best to find those girls from the countryside, who are generous in their work, quick in work, and also keep the rules."
"The girls in the city are so fancy!"
Ade frowned: "Brother Shui, Yu Niang is not that kind of woman."
"I don't care if it's true or not. Anyway, you have to find a wife in the countryside. Just don't waste your money!"
While the few people were talking, soon they saw the laborers coming over carrying a large frame with several wheels.
It looks rusty, so it must be made of iron.
Then, the iron hook above hung down, hooked the bags of cotton, and then hung them through the skateboard wheels, slowly toward the side of the cart.
Several laborers kept twisting the rope, and several laborers pulled it in an orderly manner.
Almost in the blink of an eye, several bales of cotton were placed on the cart.
Then one person pulled the cart and three people helped push it, and the cotton was quickly transported away.
This efficiency shocked everyone.
The cigarette in Brother Shui's hand almost fell to the ground: "My dear, what a novelty is this!"
"Too fast!" Ade couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.
You know, their shipment of cotton was shipped from the south to Tianjin, and it was worth a thousand shi.
In other words, there were two thousand bales of cotton weighing seventy-five pounds on the ship.
In Songjiang Mansion, it was all done manually, and it took two hundred people a full two hours, which was extremely hard work.
The labor cost for moving and unloading was only 20 yuan per package, which cost a full 40 silver coins.
But now that we have this machine, it seems that it can be unloaded in less than an hour, and it can also save a lot of manpower.
"How much does it cost?"….
"It should save a lot!"
"You can't save much!" At this time, the captain came over and said:
"Each package is also 20 yuan, but by helping to deliver it to our warehouse, you can save more than a dozen yuan at most!"
The sailors tutted.
Time and money are saved, isn’t that a lot?
Ade saw that this group of laborers spent an hour unloading the cotton on the entire ship, using only thirty or fifty people.
The entire dock is so efficient at this time.
A large number of pallet trucks are parked. When one truck is full, the other truck is filled immediately.
Then left in a hurry.
The dock road is wide and flat, and a strict left-right lane separation policy is implemented, so there are no congestions.
Of course, this road was not built for cotton, but for transporting grain.
All roads are made of cement mixed with lime, which is much better than stone roads and dirt roads.
Rice from the northeast is continuously transported to the city of Beijing, becoming the granary of the entire Beijing and even the entire north.
Nearly ten years of transportation has completely changed the tastes of Beijingers. The taste of Huguang rice is far less sweet than that of Northeast rice.
Someone has estimated that a ship of grain would dock at Tianjin in the morning, go directly to the canal in the evening, and be delivered to the dining tables of Beijingers at noon the next day.
Even if everyone in the world starved to death, they would not be able to enter Beijing, especially the emperor.
"It changes so fast!"
I only heard the captain mutter: "I have only been away from Tianjin Mansion for a few months, and I have new tricks immediately."
Ade and others were naturally happy to be able to leave the ship early, and couldn't wait to board the shore, where they went to have fun.
Everyone who saved money in the past took a rickshaw without hesitation and rushed directly to Tianjin Fucheng.
But Ade is different. He has been used to saving money since he was a child. He is not willing to pay twenty or thirty cents for a taxi.
After searching for a long time, I found a return oxcart and got on the ride for less than ten coins.
There are many bullock carts like this, and there is an endless stream of them on the official road.
"Old man, why are there so many oxcarts?"
"Purchasing goods!" The old man led the cow and walked easily:
"The stuff at the pier is so cheap!"
"What?"
"You kid, you don't understand anything!" the old man said with a smile:
"Making a living on the sea is bound to be bumpy and bumpy. Those boats got into the water. Can't they waste some of their cargo?"
As he spoke, he pointed to the wooden boxes on the bullock cart:
"The knocked bowls and plates, as well as some wet cotton, grain, and some scraps of cloth, are much cheaper than on the market!"
"Country people are not that particular. If we buy these things and sell them, the big guys are willing to buy them, and we can earn some pocket money for our grandson!"
"It can also carry people by the way!"
"This day is probably the prosperous age in some novel, right?"
"Yes, it's a prosperous age!"
Sure enough, a few more people greeted me on the way and got on the bullock cart.
The old man seemed to feel sorry for Niu Lai. After the four people sat on him, he no longer wanted to and just pulled him away.
In less than half an hour, we arrived in Fucheng, Tianjin.
If the pier is busy, then Tianjin Prefecture is mostly prosperous and lively.
All kinds of luxury goods, food, drink and entertainment are all available, and everyone who looks at it is dazzled. ….
When passing by the food street, he stopped.
Part of the grain on the dock disappeared into the granary, and part of it was quietly transported to the grain store in the city.
"It's tribute rice, Jiangnan tribute rice, it's so delicious!"
"Red rice moisturizes the stomach, everyone, come and try it!"
“Northeast fragrant rice, if it’s not fragrant, don’t pay for it!”
All the grains will be placed at the door for others to watch.
They are all new rice that has just been put on the market, making people feel relaxed and happy as soon as they smell it.
Ade knew that this rice would be delicious.
"You are half-baked!" Ade muttered as he scooped up a handful of rice.
The waiter was startled, and a smile appeared on his face: "You know the goods!"
"To tell you the truth, a dou of new rice costs eighty cents. Do you want it?"
"Where's the red rice?"
"One hundred Wen is the lowest price, otherwise the shopkeeper will scold me!" In this way, he bought a bucket of red rice and left.
After that, he went to Cloth Street.
As early as after the opening and closing of Tianjin, a large number of sea-going ships gathered, and an industrial chain was formed unknowingly.
Not only Liang Street, but also Iron Street, Boat Street, and Azabu Street in front of you.
This Azabu Street specializes in selling linen products, as well as a large amount of hemp rope.
Because the shipbuilding industry was popular, linen sails, sailors' breathable linen clothes, sacks, ropes, etc. all needed hemp, so a street was formed.
Ordinary people in Tianjin Prefecture prefer to visit the high-quality and low-priced Azabu Street to buy cheap summer clothes.
Ade naturally thought about clothes and bought a close-fitting fine linen garment. He imagined the plumpness of a woman and asked the clerk to buy it with gestures.
At this moment, he was blushing.
After a while, he turned left and right and came to a remote alley and found a large courtyard.
He approached the left wing and heard the sound of machine fire in his ears.
Opening the half-closed door, sunlight filtered in and shone on a plump figure.
She was sitting on the bench, with plump buttocks and a graceful waist that made people covet her. A sense of mature beauty came to her face.
Although she looked ordinary, she had a unique scent of a woman that he couldn't let go of.
"Yu Niang!"
"Ade, you're here!"
The two looked at each other and smiled.
A fool and an idiot!
Just then, the sound of crying began.
On the bed, a three-year-old child woke up, stared at his mother, and then at the strange man, and suddenly started crying.
Ade could only curse silently, then remained silent and allowed the woman to comfort the child.
After a while, the red rice porridge was cooked, and the two adults and one child started eating.
"Yu Niang, marry me!"
Ade mustered up his courage.
When Yu Niang heard this, she was startled, then lowered her head and said, "Ad, I am a married woman, you are a good man, you should find someone better than me."
"No, you are the best!" Ade emphasized.
"I can't marry you!" Yu Niang said:
"Chen Ergou went overseas, I don't know whether he is dead or alive!"
"He must be dead!" Ade emphasized:
"Otherwise, I would have come back a long time ago, Yu Niang, and I will feed you. Isn't this better than you working until dark every day?"
"This family needs a man!"….
"no!"
The two struggled.
Suddenly, Ade seemed to have made up his mind: "Since you don't want to, then let's go find Ergou together!"
"We will know then whether he is dead or alive!"
"If we die, let's stay there and continue living. I don't want to be a sailor anyway. I'm worried every day!"
This time, the woman's eyes immediately turned red and she responded with tears.
After quitting his job as a sailor and taking the fifty yuan he had saved, Ade took his woman and child on an ocean-going ship bound for Jinshan City.
Since the place was constantly recruiting people, they were most interested in bringing their families with them, so the shipping fee was waived.
The clerk on the boat kept introducing:
"As long as you go to the mine to mine gold, you will get three yuan a month, including food and accommodation. If you work for three years, you will be given ten acres of land. Isn't this better than what you get at home?"
"Besides, the land there is much richer, and the deer are so stupid that you can knock them out with just a little swing of your fist!"
"And it's just like the south of the Yangtze River. It's warm and comfortable. It's warmer than the north and more comfortable than Nanyang. It's a good place for immigrants. As far as I know, thousands of people have left this year..."
Listening to the chatter along the way, Ade got on the boat.
The sea road was bumpy and bumpy, but it was more peaceful than Nanyang. After more than a month at the construction site, the family of three arrived at Jinshan City.
Legend has it that there is a golden mountain here, and the imperial court recruited people to dig it.
If you go there, you'll be given ten yuan as housing allowance, and you can go home in three to five years.
This is the case for Yu Niang's husband, Chen Ergou. He couldn't bear the poverty at home, and regardless of his pregnant wife, he resolutely embarked on the gold digging journey.
mountain road.
Ade is willing to come here because he heard that there is a golden mountain here, and no one will starve to death no matter what.
And according to the court's narration, this place is only a little further than Heilongjiang, and about the same distance as going to Nanyang.
When he arrived at Jinshan City, Ade was disappointed.
The wharf here is extremely narrow and there is only one trestle, which is inferior to any customs port.
After landing on land, I breathed a sigh of relief.
The climate here is warmer, better than that in Jiangnan, at least not as hot and humid.
It’s uncomfortable to have woods everywhere.
"Don't worry, I will find it for you!"
A De was in a state of confusion and comforted Yu Niang.
He followed the crowd to Jinshan City.
This place is like a county town in the mainland. It cannot be said to be prosperous, but it is extremely solid and taller than the capital city.
Outside the city, a large number of crops are planted on the endless wilderness, and the yellow-green wheat makes people feel relaxed and happy.
Ade then breathed a sigh of relief: "Being able to grow wheat means that people can live here and not starve to death!"
When they arrived in the city, the officials said with a pleasant look:
"Relax when you come here. There are many houses for you to choose from. This is a benefit of the imperial court and cannot be found in other places!"
Although he didn't understand why it was so good, Ade asked: "Master, I want to find someone!"
"His name is Chen Ergou. He is a good friend of mine. The reason why I came here this time is also to find him."
The woman hugged the child tightly and closed her eyes for fear of hearing bad news.
And Ade was trembling even more in his heart. He was afraid of hearing news that would make him sad.
"Chen Ergou?"
The official was confused, then turned around and said, "You guys stay here first, you should be able to find it tomorrow."
"As long as you come to our Golden City, everyone's name will be registered, and it will never be lost."
"Even if you die, it will be recorded."
The three of them then returned to the assigned house, bought pots, rice, vegetables, and firewood, and cooked their first meal.
When the smoke rose, the two of them looked exhausted.
At this time, the neighbor came to the door and delivered two big steamed buns.
"The new neighbor is here and I don't have anything to give, so I'll just make do with it!"
"thanks, thanks!"
The yellow and white steamed buns whetted Ade's appetite.
He couldn't help but start a conversation. When he came to a strange place, he needed to understand the situation as soon as possible.
"When you come here, don't think about leaving, no one can leave!"
The neighbor sighed: "This is the policy of the imperial court!"
For a moment, Ade felt uncomfortable all over his body.
It turns out that this is why you are so generous with your feelings.
The next day, Ade finally found Chen Ergou lying on the bed in a dilapidated place.
The lower half of his body was paralyzed and he was as skinny as a stick. He relied on his neighbors to feed him every now and then.
A family of three turned into a family of four.
"Ade, you are a good person!"
Yuniang, Chen Ergou, and the neighbors all said this.
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