In fact, the size of the Jingshi Iron Works can be regarded as the Jingshi Industrial Zone. There are not only steel plants but also supporting coking plants, cement plants, forging workshops... and various processing plants that will be extended in the future.
The larger the scale, the greater the population. Sooner or later this will become a satellite city of the capital, and even have a larger population than the capital.
If there is a population, there will be wealth. If there is wealth, there will be management. Only with management will there be oil and water!
The Capital Iron Works was evenly divided by the imperial court into ten roads, three roads in the north, three roads in the south, two roads in the east and west, and ten main streets, representing ten different neighborhoods.
The person in charge of each road is called a supervisor, which is very Manchu style. In the Chinese administrative structure, they are called district directors!
Don't think that such a supervisor is small. There are more than 10,000 people in charge of each road here, and more than 10,000 people eat, drink, and have sex. Moreover, these workers are rare high-paying people in the Qing Dynasty.
These ten general managers are the ten fattest and fattest men!
The tenth general manager controls the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the entire Beijing Iron Works workers. Faced with these fat sheep with silver in their hands, who will they kill if not them?
The flower shack has a monopoly on the skin and meat business. If you want to do business in all the flower streets and willow lanes in the capital, you have to pay homage to these supervisors every day.
Moreover, many of the half-open doors are simply controlled by them. After all the girls accepted the guests, they took away two-thirds of the money, and the girls could only keep one-third.
The leather and meat business is monopolized, and alcohol is also a very large consumer product. All alcohol shipped from other places and brewed locally must be paid tribute to these general managers.
However, the wine business itself has a lot to do with the capital. Since ancient times, the three commodities of salt, iron, and wine have been the focus of the imperial court. The wine in the capital has been controlled by many royal nobles.
Therefore, when these powerful merchants come to the iron factory to do business, the tenth general manager can only get a little benefit and dare not take too much.
After the huge profits from wine and sex, there is gambling and drugs!
The casino is another way for the 10th Road Manager to make money. They have hundreds of local gangsters under them. They set up gambling bureaus and tried every means to defraud these workers. Many workers were saddled with compound profits and became slaves of the casino.
With the wages earned every day, apart from keeping a little for food and drink, the rest is paid back as so-called 'interest'!
What's even more frightening is the poison. No matter how hard Zaichun cracks down, the Manchu cigarette industry cannot be banned. Emperor Tongzhi originally wanted to create a clean place of his own in the iron factory.
He thought that he could not completely ban drugs in the Qing Dynasty for the time being. Could it be that the area of the Capital Iron Works could not completely ban drugs?
He thought too well. Even under the harsh sunshine, there are still shadows that cannot be illuminated. There are more than 20 opium dens hidden deep in the Capital Iron Works!
A series of black and gray businesses controlled the entire economic operation of the iron factory. One hundred thousand civilians were actually one hundred thousand lambs.
Except for a very small number of self-disciplined people, the rest are more or less controlled by the industries of these people, and a lot of the hard-earned money goes into the pockets of these people.
Can Supervisor Shilu really take away all the money himself? Are you kidding? They are just dogs working for the powerful people in the capital, and their daily income must be accounted for.
Every month you have to reconcile the accounts with the palace's accountants, and all profits have to be turned over. How much the prince will reward you later will be the prince's grace!
People like Guang Liang, who usually have no worries about food and clothing, seem to be uncles who shout and drink, but in fact, when they enter the inner city of the capital, they are all slaves and grandsons.
Most of the money has been given to the prince, and these supervisors can only get a little sporadic oil and water. People are full of greed, so they must find some way to benefit themselves!
The Eight Immortals crossed the sea and each showed their magical powers. The ten supervisors discussed together. Under the prince, they monopolized some businesses!
Do these workers have to eat vegetables every day? Then there is Cai Ba!
Do ordinary people have to eat meat every day? Then there is the meat tyrant!
The summer is scorching hot, and these workers who work in high temperatures have to cool down. The ice tyrant is here!
In winter, people have to burn coal to keep warm, right? A coal tyrant like Guang Liang appears!
These people used their power and the thugs they supported to control all walks of life. Even workers had to go to the shops designated by them to buy pickles.
The price is high and the quality is not good, these workers are complaining!
But who among these common people would dare to make a mistake? A few people who spoke loudly were retaliated against, and they would arrest you for any crime.
There are many workers who were beaten unconscious by sacks in the middle of the night!
In the feudal era of the late Qing Dynasty, the government's cruel oppression of the people was unimaginable. Hundreds of years have turned these people into obedient people.
In the eyes of these overlords, as long as you have food to eat and don't starve to death, it is already a blessing from the court. How can anyone rebel?
But today, they encountered a tough situation. When the Chinese workers entered the Jingshi Iron Works, they saw all these injustices.
The 10th Road Manager did not dare to provoke the Chinese, but people like Xin Jian also did not want to see their students being bullied like this, especially during the heavy snowfall half a month ago. Due to problems with many coal mines, a large number of workers suffered frostbite!
Even in the home of one of Xin Jian's neighbors, a baby who was just over six months old froze to death!
Xin Jian and the others saw this, and immediately began to investigate. This investigation was not important, as the whole shady story of the entire Jingshi Iron Works was dug out.
In that era, this kind of bullying of the people was semi-public, and the officials above turned a blind eye and refused to care.
And slaves like Guang Liang also understand the rules here. They generally do not kill or maim people. As long as there is no lawsuit over human life, all big things can be settled.
It's a pity that the old rules have met new people. These Chinese people are born with the gene of smashing all the old. If they encounter this kind of injustice, they must take care of it!
But when Xin Jian wanted to mind his own business, he suddenly realized that he had no choice at all!
why? Because people like Xin Jian have isolated the entire Manchu bureaucracy!
You are Chinese, not from the Qing Dynasty. Although you were invited by the emperor, and we gave you money to feed you and feed you, you cannot interfere in anything.
Xin Jian wanted to meet with any of the bigger officials but could not meet any of them. King Yu Benge often came to the Capital Iron Works, but every time he asked for an audience he was in vain and they ignored him.
Logically speaking, Mr. Qing should be in charge, but every time Mr. Qing comes to the Capital Iron Factory, he is accompanied by other bureaucrats. All the officials at the iron factory will not give Fu Qing the opportunity to go deep into the grassroots and contact the people.
As for the workers who work in the iron factory, these pigtailed slaves have long been frightened by the evildoers. Even if Fu Qing stands in front of him, who would dare to complain?
Third Master Qing is the deputy of the Prime Minister's Yamen, a proper deputy state-level cadre. Ordinary people stand in front of an official of this level and their calves are cramped. Who dares to complain?
Xin Jian ran into obstacles everywhere. He couldn't meet the people he wanted to meet, and those he could meet didn't care about them. They were surrounded by glass curtain walls one after another.
This is the glass maze, trapping them alive so that you can see everything, but you can't do anything!
It wasn't until Xin Jian heard that Emperor Tongzhi was coming that he had the idea of filing a complaint!
