I ate my food slowly and felt that my digestion was almost complete. I jogged all the way back to Huimin Pharmacy. This little body is not strong enough if it is not exercised. It would collapse at the slightest touch. Those who didn't know it thought they were cheating.
Getting in good shape starts with running. From now on, going back and forth to the glass factory every day should be enough.
I wrote a recruitment notice and asked a hundred people to see the effect. Each person was paid 20 cents, regardless of food. The daily consumption of strong labor was very high. If you were in charge of food, you didn't know what kind of consequences you would get.
As soon as the recruitment notice was posted, the kind-hearted person who knew how to read explained it to others. I don’t know where it came from. Maybe it was just a simple warm-heartedness.
Soon a lot of people gathered in front of the recruitment notice. They were all strong and capable, and they looked like they were good at work.
Zheng Xiong asked Wu You to take charge of the recruitment matters, while he fished in the office, selecting the best from the best, and a steady stream of strong men rushed here after hearing the news.
However, it was getting late, so Zheng Xiong didn't wait any longer. He selected about a hundred strong men and led them to the large open space behind the printing factory.
"Your future task is to lay the foundation for the nearly one thousand acres of land owned by the pharmacy. Is there any problem?"
There were about a hundred people, look at me and I look at you. After all, someone was bold enough to stand up.
"Sir, we have plenty of strength, and we will never be vague about where to hit. However, we are not familiar with this matter of laying the foundation. Please give me your instructions."
Zheng Xiong asked instead of answering.
"May I have your name."
"The younger one is called Tieniu."
"Very good, you live up to your name. From now on, you will be the foreman of these hundreds of people. I will leave it to you to lay the foundation."
Very willful, Tieniu was also a little confused by this sudden appointment, but this was a good thing. The people on the side were full of envy. Although the wages are now the same, who doesn't like rights.
"Although I haven't managed anyone before, I can give it a try, but I still don't know how to lay a foundation. I would like to ask an adult to give me some advice."
"It only takes three steps to lay the foundation. Listen up, you guys."
"First, take a horizontal line, which is to use wooden poles, lines and other measuring tools to determine whether the terrain is on the same level."
"Second, dig the foundation trench. It means digging a certain height below the ground to build the foundation based on the decision to build the house."
"Third, build the foundation and build stone slabs. The method is to use wooden rammers. That is to cut a large tree stump into a cylinder or square column and tie it with a rope. After swinging it high, let it fall freely to achieve the purpose of tamping."
Everyone seemed to understand, and some terms were heard for the first time.
Seeing a group of people who seemed to understand but didn't understand, all the methods I finally came up with were in vain.
"That's all. I'll go to the Ministry of Industry tomorrow to find you a master to teach you. That's it for today."
The next day, Zheng Xiong went to the Ministry of Industry first and explained his purpose to the manager. The manager didn't say anything. He was just a master and it was a trivial matter. Zheng Xiong thanked him and ran back to the pharmacy.
In the afternoon, the craftsman came to the door and looked at the hundreds of people standing on the bare construction site. He was very angry.
"What's going on with you? Where are the tools? Are you going to use your hands to dig out the foundation? This is just for fun. I'm here."
The leader Tieniu stood up awkwardly.
"We don't know how to do that either. We invite the master to come over and let him give us some advice."
With a snort and no more words, Tieniu didn't know what to say. After thinking about it, he still found Zheng Xiong.
Looking at the scene in front of them, a group of people stared at each other. Zheng Xiong was a little confused and asked.
"What's wrong? Didn't I find a master for you? Why haven't we started work yet?"
"Sir, this master said that we don't have any tools and we are just trying to amuse him. We don't mean it. The main reason is that we don't understand it and we are frozen here for a while."
After asking Tieniu, Zheng Xiong looked at the old master he hired from the Ministry of Industry.
"is that so?"
Facing Zheng Xiong, the old master lost any arrogance. Even an ordinary ninth-grade official could not be offended by a craftsman. He was assigned to come here without any warning and without any mention of his income. He wanted to vent his anger. Unexpectedly, he called Zheng Xiong over and said respectfully quickly.
"This strong man is right. The main reason is that I am in a bad mood. Please forgive me."
If you're in a bad mood, let's make you feel good. When you went to the Ministry of Works to borrow someone, you didn't even discuss the money. I'm afraid the Ministry of Works wouldn't give it to you in vain.
"Well, I didn't make it clear when I was at the Ministry of Works. Now that you have come to the pharmacy to help, I don't care what kind of treatment you get at the Ministry of Works. From now on, your salary is thirty cents a day. I wonder if you will be in a better mood. Is it gone?"
When he saw Zheng Xiong, the old master didn't dare to talk much, for fear of giving him a meal. When he heard that he was given a share of his wages, he immediately smiled.
"I'm in a good mood, don't blame me sir."
"That's good. I'm here to ask you to come over, but you don't understand anything. I want you to give me some guidance. Now that I'm in a good mood, I'll give you good guidance. Although I'm easy to talk to, if you can't do it well, don't do it. It’s my fault that I’m causing trouble for you.”
"Yes, sir."
Zheng Xiong turned around and scolded Tieniu again.
"In the future, you should think more about what you do. If you are the leader, you should think more and solve it yourself if you can. Like today's matter, follow the emergency and follow the authority. If you don't have tools, you can go home and get tools to deal with it. , rather than freeze here."
"Yes, I understand."
Seeing that the two of them knew their mistakes, Zheng Xiong nodded with satisfaction.
"If you're missing anything, just draw up a list for me. As long as it's reasonable, it doesn't matter. Do you hear me?"
"heard it."
Zheng Xiong patted his butt and left. Tieniu saw that he might not be able to buy tools today, so he learned how to use them and asked everyone to go home and get the tools and start working.
In the afternoon, I got the purchase order. Zheng Xiong signed it and asked Wu You to take it for purchase.
On the third day, the tools were all in hand, and with the guidance of the master, the foundation work was on the right track.
Zheng Xiong was finally able to free his hand.
The second issue of the journal can be printed. The half-month epidemic prevention period has exceeded the three-month period that I imagined. Some time has passed in April. If I hadn’t thought about spending the money quickly, I would have been there long ago. It's time to start.
Wu You called everyone who was resting in the pharmacy over, found the replies from Huimin Pharmacy piled up in various places in the warehouse, and read them slowly.
There are not many replies. There are not many pharmacies in various places, not to mention counties. In some places, pharmacies in state capitals have not been built yet, so there are not many. However, many pharmacies that have been established still responded to the letter. The format of the journal is very interesting, especially in the counties in the south, where the economy is relatively developed and the pharmacies are established quickly, and the replies are also very positive.
Zheng Xiong's method of vaccination with cowpox should be written on the front page of the book. This must be promoted. The effect has been shown now, no doubt. Zhang Peng, a master of surgery, also contributed two articles, discussing the possibility of surgical treatment of intestinal carbuncle, and his experience during this period.
