"We have done so much work and spent so much money to make them self-reliant. We want them to be tired of sweeping the streets. We want them to stay up all night and knock sticks because they are too sleepy..."
"Damn, you're only in your forties, you're not sick, you have hands and feet, I sent you to work in a factory, but you went in in the morning and left in the afternoon, and you even took a piece of work clothes with you... Let's turn around Look, guess what? She is kowtowing and begging on the street again..."
"Bah! The money this grandson will earn in more than two months is higher than that of a mechanic in an iron factory! We in Ryukyu don't support a borer like you!"
The beggar on the ground stuck his buttocks into his arms and screamed desperately. The two children also collected the copper coins for fear that the people around would snatch one away. Fan Ru roughly estimated that the amount of money was at least 20 silver dollars.
"My dear, that's enough to buy an acre of dry land in our hometown... Are you sure this is what he asked for in two months?" Fan Ru asked in disbelief.
The old platoon leader sneered, "Of course, you have to know that the new army in Tanggu is very strict with people who get something for nothing. The kind of beggar gangs that were everywhere in the Qing Dynasty can't stay here at all, so these beggars don't have to pay for it." The leader of the beggar gang pays, and there are no other beggars competing here, do you think they make money or not?”
"It's not difficult for us to help him. Since he refuses to repent, then take these two months' money and get out of the Special Administrative Region. Deportation is certain..."
At this time, Tian Mazi had already picked up the last copper plate. He cherished it and wiped the dirt off his sleeve, then put it back into his robe, and then kowtowed like pounding garlic.
"O high official! O military lord! Please have mercy on me, please? Just let me have food here...I will starve to death when I go back home..."
The two children also knelt down and cried bitterly, "Uncle, please, please let us stay... wuwuwu, don't drive us away!"
Fan Ru was a little worried, "You have hands and feet, and we have arranged work for you here, so why bother begging for food?"
"Two gentlemen! Please do well..." The beggar kowtowed and begged without answering directly.
Fan Ru then urged, "Even if you don't want to get better in this life, don't you want these two children to get better in the future? Don't you want them to live upright lives?"
"Two gentlemen! Well done..." Come on, it's the same sentence.
Fan Ru was a little angry, "You really don't know how to show appreciation. You are born to be a bitch. Get rid of him quickly. You will get angry just by looking at him!"
"Two gentlemen! Please do well..." The old beggar didn't know what to say anymore, he kept saying this over and over again. Perhaps because the two uncles were motionless and had no intention of helping, the old beggar turned around and pulled the little girl over, slapped her face hard and slapped her hard.
"You damn girl, you cry, you kowtow to me, beg me for mercy... You loser, if you are kicked out today, I will beat you to death!"
Now the two children cried even more miserably, which really made those who heard it cry and those who heard it sad. Suddenly there was a murmur and noise around them, and some of them with a bad temper immediately cursed.
"What the hell! They say Tanggu has so many good things, but it doesn't even give a beggar a way to survive. Is this the famous Prime Minister Xiao of Donghai? Bah..."
"It's just that, people are so miserable, what's the point of giving them a way to live? Look at how pitiful that child is..."
Chinese people never lack extensive love. As long as this love does not cost their own interests, they do not mind morally kidnapping others.
You, Xiao Letian, are officials, we are the people, and officials have to manage the people. No matter whether the people are lazy, lazy, or morally corrupt, there is only one truth in their hearts: "I am mentally retarded and I am justified."
The old platoon leader stood up angrily and shouted, "Shut up, everyone! Come on, drag this old beggar out. Since the ruling is to deport, it is to be deported. Our special zone does not support idlers... You are an unscrupulous thing. I will give you relief food." You ate it, and I gave you a job, so you want to get something for nothing? We don’t support idle people..."
The soldiers dragged the old beggar and threw him out of the West Water Gate. The old beggar turned his back and wanted to scold him, but when the bright bayonet came out, he was so frightened that he covered his mouth and turned around and ran away. However, after running for more than ten steps, he turned back and said harshly. He spat out a mouthful of phlegm and stared at the soldiers with hateful eyes.
At this time, the head of another expelled family stood up, walked to the old platoon leader and Fan Ru, and kowtowed three times, "You two! That old beggar is so lazy that he deserves to be expelled, but I can't figure it out, old man." Well, it’s not like we, a family of three, don’t want to work, why were we expelled in the end... I can’t get over this hurdle!"
The old platoon leader opened the official document, read it and finally sighed, "Why are you so ignorant? Your son has already been recruited by a large iron factory. As an apprentice, he gets a salary of two silver coins a month. Why don't you?" Cherish it?"
The old man's eyes turned red with anger, "I don't cherish it? You say I don't cherish it! I was so happy that I couldn't fall asleep for three days after hearing this good news. My wife cried for three whole days... You say I don't cherish it? But you guys It’s too bullying. Why do you have to cut your pigtails when you work in an iron factory? Is this even justified..."
Fan Ru was stunned when he heard this, "Cut your braids? When was this the rule..."
Of course, the rules for cutting braids were also established last year. What is the most respected job in the SAR? Definitely not a businessman like Sihai Company, let alone those second shopkeepers who are good at calculations.
Those who are truly respected are actually engineers and the group of apprentices and technical workers they bring out.
If any country wants to develop its industry rapidly, it needs a very large team of engineers and an even larger team of blue-collar workers, and these talents are the most rare in the Qing Dynasty.
Smart businessmen are easy to find, and there are many scholars who are good at learning Western learning. However, blue-collar workers like this are the rarest, because China has not valued craftsmen for thousands of years, and most of China's craftsmen rely on master-apprentice relationships. It was passed down by word of mouth without any rigorous education in natural science knowledge.
In other words, the blue-collar workers in Tanggu Special Economic Zone must be trained by Xiao Letian himself. People must find smart young men who can quickly learn basic cultural knowledge, arithmetic and basic physics, and who are also dexterous.
Such talents are hard to find, so the special zone for the profession of technicians really spends a lot of money to support them. Just like the Wang family in front of us, their son has been accepted by the iron factory, so the iron factory where his parents and parents also work has also been solved.
My father knew some carpentry skills, so he went to work in the carpentry group of the iron factory. Many barrels and wooden boxes were made by these people, and his monthly income was one and a half silver coins.
If my mother only knew how to cook, she would be arranged in the big kitchen. She would take care of food and housing, and she could get half a silver coin every month. The so-called half silver coin was the new word "five cents" in people's mouth, and some people also called it "five cents".
As for Xiao Wang, it’s even better. As an apprentice, you can get two silver dollars every month. When you upgrade to a junior worker, you can get five silver coins, a first-level worker can get eight silver dollars, and a second-level worker can get eight silver dollars. Working level or above...that's simply unimaginable.
But such good treatment comes with conditions. Xiao Letian personally ordered last year that all key technical workers must become Ryukyu citizens, and there is an additional condition that they need to cut their braids and put their feet in place.
Note: Tomorrow, Monday, the 29th, I hope book friends will support a few more red envelopes on the main website, and let’s see where we can reach the top of the weekly red envelope list! There are already book friends who are eager to let us Hidden Dragon take the first place. Let’s work together to see if it can work! I think it should work...
See you on the red envelope list on Monday morning, I will update a few more chapters! Everyone is adding fuel to the fire, let's grab the first place in the week!
