Chapter 62 Competition for jobs
But what Zhui Ming and Tie Shou did not expect was that shortly after they arrived at the dock, two other people they knew also appeared here. It was Ji Yaohua, the female captain who was in the limelight in the Six Gate. She had not met her cold-blooded person in the past half a month. Judging from the two of them, they seemed to be chasing the case and reaching the dock. △
Zhui Ming and Tie Shou looked at each other suspiciously, and they both felt a little surprised. Obviously, because of the last incident, the cold blood did not leave any good impression on them.
"What did the Leng come here for? There is also that woman, you can tell at a glance that she is passionate about love."
The mouth that chased his life was as poisonous as ever, secretly sarcastic.
"Look at the situation first." Tiexander stopped the pursuit of life who was about to get up and came out, and then gestured to Zhang Yang, who was observing the surrounding situation in another corner, indicating that he would not disrupt the plan.
The two were in an alley next to the dock, while Zhang Yang pretended to be pedestrians and stared at the wooden boat slowly floating over the water in the distance. Before that, after being disguised and followed by everyone, An Shigeng had arrived at the dock this morning in a small boat, so Zhang Yang and others were worried.
However, An Shigeng seemed to be just a routine patrol, and he instructed the person responsible for receiving the goods at the dock for a few words and left, without any other suspicious behavior.
In this way, under the gaze of both sides, the not-too-wide wooden boat leaned against the table, with a traditional Chinese character An engraved on the hull, with the flagpole on it being bare. If the flag is hung, you can see that it also has an character An on it.
In this era, marking goods was a very common phenomenon. The escort agency had its own signboard at this time, and ordinary merchants also distinguished different business names because of different regions, industries, families and backers. The name of Anjia is undoubtedly very deterrent. Even some bold bandits and robbers dare not stop Anjia's goods casually.
The An family is a must-have for black and white. It is a must-have job for the transportation of canals. Of course, with the current status of the An family, it is no longer worth An Shigeng to come forward in person. At most, the shopkeeper of the An family or the personnel responsible for the transportation of the freight will come forward. On the surface, An Shigeng is covered by Cai Xiang. In private, An Shigeng is called the God of Wealth. As long as you have money to make money, you will naturally be a common enemy. Therefore, there are very few people who are unaware of the eyes to come to trouble for the An family.
As the saying goes, officials protect each other, and there are people above who are easy to do, the family clearly has three flavors.
The cargo ship of An's family drove into the dock slowly. The worker on the dock who was originally carrying other ships and fed over immediately left his work and ran over, which made the other businessmen on the dock who were preparing to load and unload goods furious. However, facing the power of the An's family, he could only think about it in his heart.
"If the dogs rely on their power, if there is no Cai Xiang's cover, can the An family be so comfortable?"
Someone was dissatisfied and muttered a few words in a low voice, but was immediately slapped by the boss next to him. He shouted in a low voice: "Give me a little less voice! Let the people in the An family hear that you don't want to live anymore!"
"Yes..." The guy who was slapped was a little aggrieved. However, facing the boss of the boat and An family, he couldn't afford to offend either, so he had to cry and go to work with a sad face.
Zhang Yang was not far from the station of this ship, so when he saw this scene, he shook his head with emotion, and focused on the Anjia merchant ship that had already started unloading.
Among the group of guys waiting to unload the goods at the dock, one of them reacted quickly. As soon as the ship stopped, he ran over and took the rope and fixed the boat to the wooden stakes at the dock. Although this kind of eye-catching behavior was a bit merciless, the boss of the ship responsible for escorting the merchant ship directly threw out two coins of silver and looked at the guy with satisfaction.
"Well done, all these goods will belong to you."
The guy who took the broken silver lit up his eyes. He was so proficient in the action of receiving the silver with one hand, as if he had practiced it thousands of times. The boss of the ship made him more refined. He put away the silver and raised his hand and immediately four or five young men squeezed out of the crowd and ran over.
"Big Brother."
"Boss, are we here?"
The guy seemed to be the leader of these young men, and immediately showed a momentum in his head and directed: "Brothers, the shopkeeper has handed us this ship of things. This is the goods of God An Cai, and I will be more stable. If I do it well, the shopkeeper will not be short of money!"
"Oh, okay! Brother, just take a look."
The guy's words made the other young men's eyes lit up. The boss of the ship had naturally not kept it from everyone's actions, and everyone was very envious of this guy who was very lucky. Fortunately, although he did not get the extra reward, it would be good to be able to take over the unloading of the ship. The people from the Anjia Business have always been generous in their actions. As long as they are satisfied, the reward is absolutely indispensable.
"It's gone, hurry up and work!"
Seeing that the An family merchant ship business was stolen, the other guys muttered a few words in disappointment and then scattered, returning to their posts.
Zhang Yang asked Tie Shou later and found out that at this time, because there was no modern machinery and equipment, all cargo loading and unloading was manually done. However, the competition for loading and unloading work on the dock was very fierce. Because of the low technical content and the hard work, many men who were not working but had the strength came back to the dock to do odd jobs from time to time to earn some money to subsidize their household income.
But since there are odd jobs, there are naturally professional porters. As time goes by, conflicts occur between the two, and competition for job opportunities becomes increasingly fierce. So later, it is rare to see that people who take on business alone are often gathered into a group of people, and a dedicated person goes up to start a business after the ship is docked at the dock. Once the job is caught, the remaining people rush to go up and then bill according to the workpieces and get their own wages.
Chapter completed!