"Hey guys, you know what? Everything William said is true."
"Our work in the mountains is very easy. Every hour, they will let us take a break and drink some water before going back to work."
"And the food we ate was really delicious! Oh my God! I swear to God that I have never had such delicious food in my whole life!"
"Also, when we were working in the past, didn't we have to work until it was completely dark before we could stop working? But look at it now, it's not dark yet!"
"Oh my god, it's too early for us to finish work! Besides, I just earned ten copper coins, and I can have a nice drink of two glasses of ale."
"Well, let me see, maybe I could go talk to Jenny. I think that would be a good idea. She must really like hearing about things in the mountains, don't you think so, man?"
"Ah ha, yes, that's a nice note! Would you like to have a couple of glasses of ale together?"
"Oh, no, my fireplace needs to be repaired. I think I need some money."
The miners working in the mountains chatted happily and exaggeratedly while leaving calmly.
Judging from their relaxed pace, it seemed as if they had been promoted from commoners to nobles all at once. It seemed that in just one day, they had distanced themselves from other people in terms of status.
"Bah, what are you so pretentious about? Isn't it just a day's work in the mountains? I can't stand this kind of person the most!"
"That's right, what's so cool about it? It's our turn for the next batch, okay?"
"Hey man, that's not what I meant."
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The part-time workers recruited by Huaxia City have an easy job, and their three meals a day are very delicious. They are delicacies they have never tasted before.
Li Min has something to say about this.
At present, the vast majority of the people in Eastern Rome are very poor.
Which nobles can eat soft toasted bread?
And most of them can only drink porridge.
In this case, their judgment on food is really unreliable.
The food on the mountain is naturally the food of the Han people.
But Chinese and Western tastes are bound to be different.
It is impossible for Li Min to completely ignore their taste issues and simply introduce Chinese food.
Li Min fully examined the preferred tastes of later Westerners and selected the most acceptable Chinese food as the main meal.
Let me ask, in this case, how could they not feel that this is a delicacy they have never eaten before?
News like this spread like wildfire.
Soon, all the Eastern Roman people in the concession knew the news.
Almost everyone couldn't sit still.
This news had a huge impact on them.
They want to do such a good job!
Therefore, they are looking forward to the news of the second recruitment every day.
Some brave people even went to the board of directors of the concession to inquire.
The answer I got was that the second recruitment will start soon.
Not only that, a factory will be built below the concession.
At that time, a large number of manpower will be recruited.
After receiving this news, the Eastern Roman people in the entire concession became even more unable to sit still.
From that day on, a large number of people gathered outside the management office of the concession every day, waiting for the concession to recruit workers again.
I'm afraid I missed this opportunity.
This time, they didn't have to wait long.
Soon, the second recruitment began.
This time, the number of people recruited was indeed much more than last time.
This time, almost one-tenth of the young people in the entire concession were recruited to work.
Of course, the recruitment this time is mainly for the construction of factories.
Once the factory is actually built, I'm afraid we won't need so many people.
But with the opening of the mines and the construction of factories, the entire concession gradually became more vibrant.
For example, if there is more workmanship and more wear and tear, shops selling clothes and shoes will sell more than usual.
Their profits increased, and there were several more shops selling clothes and shoes throughout the concession.
Because there are more people working, at night, those workers who have money like to drink everywhere.
As a result, the business of the liquor store has improved a lot.
Along with other grocery stores, bakeries and other shops, business is booming than before.
Newly opened shops fill the streets.
If there are more shops, it is natural to need assistants.
These guys are naturally hired from the concession.
But now, manpower has actually begun to become tense.
Especially skilled workers will be pried away at high prices.
Even if they are new workers, it will be difficult to hire them at the old price.
Now the salary of a new worker has actually increased to five copper coins.
The wages of a skilled worker have risen to the price of ten copper coins.
Because the Chinese Commercial Bank mined and set up factories, the entire concession followed the profits.
The so-called duck prophet of spring river water warmth.
The first people to notice the changes in the lives of the people in the concession were the Eastern Roman citizens around them.
Originally, everyone was on the same starting line.
Everyone lives on porridge every day, and no one has the right to laugh at anyone.
But in just a few months, everyone in the concession has actually eaten bread!
I heard that they ate rice and steamed buns at the construction site.
Although the taste is not as good as bread, the food eaten elsewhere is truly delicious.
It's so delicious.
I heard that they have never eaten such delicious food in their lives.
Moreover, for one day's wages, he still had ten copper coins.
Even new workers in the town at the foot of the mountain are paid five copper coins every day. Can you believe this?
They also wanted to try what the steamed buns and rice tasted like.
Of course, they would rather go to the mountains to work.
However, this is impossible.
Because they are from the concession, they will only select people internally.
People living outside the concession can only envy and hate the people inside the concession.
Of course, there are actually certain contradictions within the concession.
These contradictions are mainly due to language.
There is a language barrier between the two parties, and they cannot communicate effectively with the management.
In the entire concession, there were very few people who could speak their language, only three or four people.
I heard that this is just to take care of the newly opened concession.
When the number of concessions increases in the future, these people who can speak their language will be transferred elsewhere.
Because of this situation, there are many problems in communication.
And some smart people began to try to learn Chinese.
At first they only learned a very simple word.
Every day when I see the manager of Huaxia City, I shout: "Good morning!"
Then that day, this common man was promoted and became the leader in charge of an area.
And his wages increased by half, to fifteen copper coins a day.
And his work is much easier than before.
The main thing is to watch the members of his team do their work and be responsible for their attendance.
If they have any problems, he will be responsible for communicating with the managers of Huaxia City.
This opportunity is so easy.
But the treatment he received made almost everyone jealous.
The next day, more than half of the people learned to say good morning.
After all, if you just learn the pronunciation of these three words, no matter how stupid you are, you can learn them.
But the next day, no one was so lucky anymore.
This made them understand the truth that opportunities are only reserved for those who are prepared.
If you fail to seize the opportunity and follow the trend, you will never get a real opportunity.
Another reason is that if you can learn the language spoken by these Huaxia City people, then there will be better opportunities waiting for them.
Just because of this small thing, more and more people are beginning to work hard to learn Chinese.
And the results are obvious.
Those who learn faster and can speak a few more Chinese sentences than others will always get more opportunities than others.
From then on, team leaders were selected from those who could speak more Chinese.
From then on, the enthusiasm of the people in the concession to learn Chinese became even higher.
In fact, it's not just those who are employed who are working hard to learn the Chinese language.
Including the clerks and bosses in the following stores, they are also working hard to learn Chinese.
Because, in the entire concession, the richest and most willing to spend money are always the people from Huaxia City.
When they buy something, they never care about the price. As long as they like it, they will throw out a lot of copper coins or even silver coins.
Of course, no businessman would dare to deceive them unless they thought their lives were too long.
And they found that if they could speak a few words of Chinese, business would be particularly easy.
For example, whenever they see the chief of Huaxia City passing by their shop, they just need to shout: "Hello, sir!"
The officers usually stop and go to their shops to pick out a few products.
This move made them more enthusiastic about learning Chinese.
Of course, everyone quickly learned this trick and everyone shouted it, so naturally it didn’t work anymore.
But if they know more Chinese.
If you can have simple communication with those officers, then they will like to continue to come to the store to spend money next time.
Having one such patron is as good as dozens of other patrons.
They calculated this account very clearly.
Therefore, the enthusiasm of the bosses and clerks in some stores to learn Chinese is also very high.
This snowball grew bigger and bigger, and in the end, one-tenth of the people in the entire concession were learning Chinese.
After returning home, they will naturally show off to their families or relatives and friends.
"Hi, do you know? Which Chinese people say good morning when we meet in the morning?"
This is probably like the people of later generations who can basically speak a few words of Japanese or Korean.
If you don't know the words "buy a CD" or "asiba", you will be laughed at.
As a result, Chinese gradually became popular throughout the concession.
Of course, advanced Chinese is not that easy to learn.
It is not something that can be learned in a short period of time.
But some simple ones that are often used in daily life spread quickly.
Even when they meet, they sometimes greet each other in Chinese.
for example:
"Good morning!"
"Good morning!"
"Hello!"
"Hello!"
"have you eaten?"
"The weather is nice today!"
Etc., etc.
This mining area is rich in iron ore.
This mine is a rich mine.
Of course, until there is no large-scale mining, or until more than half of it is mined, others will not know that this is a rich mine.
After all, with the current technological level of the Eastern Roman Empire, there was simply no way to do this.
Li Min did not prepare for this iron mine, so he just transported the raw ore back directly.
In this case, the efficiency would be too low.
Li Min planned to refine the iron ore into finished products and then transport them to Huaxia City.
Currently, China City is somewhat lacking in resources.
Mainly, the current development of Huaxia City is also facing a bottleneck problem.
Because it is temporary, his territory is not large at the moment.
If we continue to expand outward, we will face conflicts with the indigenous people.
Now is not the time to expand.
Therefore, Eastern Rome is the best source of raw materials.
Furthermore, these are non-renewable resources.
No matter how many resources you have on your own territory, you won’t be short of them anyway.
As for other people's resources on the ground, use whatever you can, but they are all in vain anyway.
Moreover, Li Min did not plan to transport all the ore here.
After all, what Li Min wanted was to take it from the people and use it for the people.
So, after the factory at the foot of the mountain was completed.
Although the factory will also recruit workers, this time, there will not be so many people needed.
Just when the people who built the factories felt that their good days would be gone forever.
At this time, the factory started working.
Sure enough, the number of workers recruited was not as many as when the factory was built.
But soon, the factory's products were produced.
The types of products are somewhat miscellaneous, most of which are agricultural tools, knives, plows, and cutlery and other tableware.
They are all daily necessities.
But the products produced by Huaxia City are really excellent.
Take farm tools as an example. They are really very crude.
Even the soldiers' long-haired knives were crudely made, let alone their farm tools.
The tool used for digging the ground has uneven bottom parts and is very thick.
Digging up the ground is laborious, does not dig deep, and is very inefficient.
And what about the products produced by Chinese companies?
Well, Li Min has continued the name of China Commercial Bank.
We are ready to build China Commercial Bank into the largest commercial bank in the world.
The hoe produced by Zhonghua Trading Company is thick at the top and thin at the bottom, and the top is extremely sharp.
As soon as the hoe digs down, it will dig deep into the ground. It feels so refreshing.
Everyone who has tried it says it works.
Using such a hoe to dig the ground is simply addictive and gives people the feeling of being unable to stop.
Not to mention the props, plows, knives and forks and other tableware.
Not only is it easy to use, it’s also beautiful and stylish.
Once it was launched, all the Eastern Roman citizens in the concession liked it very much.
Not only that, the concession also gave them an even bigger surprise.
That is, a chamber of commerce was directly established in the concession.
The members of the Chamber of Commerce were selected from the Eastern Roman citizens in the concession.
The rights to sell goods to external parties were transferred to them.
Everyone in the entire concession has shares and can receive dividends at the end of the year.
Managers in the chamber of commerce can also receive a monthly salary.
The products produced by Huaxia Mall are so exquisite and easy to use.
There was no need to even publicize it. Some Eastern Roman citizens around the concession fell in love with these products after seeing them.
A small number of people bought it, and then word of mouth spread, and the reputation quickly spread.
Then, merchants began to come to pick up goods.
The products produced by Zhonghua Commercial Bank are not cheap, and are much more expensive than what they usually use.
Of course, you get what you pay for. Although the products produced by Chung Hwa Commercial Bank are expensive, they are definitely worth the money.
The Chinese Commercial Bank was very considerate and allowed them to exchange things for things.
You can use their local specialties or some other items in exchange for equal value.
And those merchants, after collecting these items, can go to the concession to exchange for goods at a discounted price.
With this method, Eastern Roman citizens who originally had no money could use some of their specialties at home in exchange for their beloved tools.
The Chinese Commercial Bank can actually use this method to collect the goods they need.
Then transport it to Huaxia City and sell it at a good price.
Or you can go all the way east and transport it directly to Datang, and you can still sell it at a good price.
Of course, in this way, there is an additional intermediate link.
The chamber of commerce in the concession will draw a certain amount of profit from it.
In fact, the Chinese Commercial Bank can completely abandon the concession and do this on its own.
However, at first, they did not have enough manpower to do this.
Another point, and the main reason, is that Li Min intended to distribute these profits to the Eastern Roman people in the concession.
Li Min wanted to make the people in the concession live a better life than the people in other places.
Let everyone in the concession become rich.
We need to let more Eastern Roman people know that if they follow Huaxia City, they will have a good life.
If you can speak Chinese, you will get more opportunities.
Obviously, Li Min's first step of cultural invasion was very successful.
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On this day, the Eastern Roman citizens in the concession suddenly discovered out of curiosity that many curtains had been hung in the concession.
These curtains were hung between two pillars with ropes and connected with a strange thread.
Directly in front of the curtain, dozens of pieces of cloth away, there is a strange-looking machine, and I don't know what it is used for.
The residents of Eastern Rome inquired about it one after another, but no one knew what it was for.
Therefore, I couldn't help but ask them which citizens spoke the best Chinese and which citizens were close to the managers of Huaxia City.
After hearing their questions, the managers of Huaxia City couldn't help but laugh.
Patting them on the shoulder rather intriguingly.
"Are you talking about the curtain hanging outside? That one is called a movie."
"You will be able to see it at night. Although the screen is not big, it can show big rivers and thousands of troops. There is room for everything."
When these managers of Huaxia City said these words.
They couldn't help but think back to the time when they saw the movie for the first time.
At that time, even they were frightened.
Not to mention these Eastern Romans who had never even seen electricity.
Now, he is really looking forward to the evening.
He wanted to see how these Eastern Romans would behave at night.
As for the Eastern Romans, after hearing the Chinese explanation, although they knew that the curtain hanging outside was called a movie, their expressions became even weirder.
It’s true that I understand even if you don’t tell me, but the more you tell me, the more confused I become.
What kind of small piece of cloth can hold big rivers and thousands of troops inside?
Even if it's a lie, it wouldn't be so perfunctory, right?
Are you kidding me?
However, these Chinese people seem to have never told lies.
It's impossible to deliberately lie to us about this matter?
Could it be that everything they said is true?
But how is this possible?
They left with many doubts.
And this news spread quickly.
The Eastern Romans who heard the news couldn't help but shook their heads, not believing that the news was true.
How is this possible?
Just this small piece of cloth, can it carry a large river? Can it carry a thousand armies?
Aren't you pretending to be 13?
But, judging from what they said about having noses and eyes, they were serious about it.
The guarantee is incomplete, is this really a thing?
So, everyone couldn't wait to get dark.
I wish I could find a big piece of cloth and cover up the entire sky, making it suddenly dark.
Amid everyone's expectations and expectations, the sky finally darkened little by little.
In front of every movie screen, there were citizens of Eastern Rome.
Of course, some Chinese managers also sat in the front row, preparing to watch the movie.
After they came to East Rome, they hadn't seen a movie for a long time. They didn't even have electricity, so they were really not used to it.
They also wanted to watch the movie again.
Next, the projectionist starts generating electricity.
The projectionist tied a rope to a machine gear and jerked it upwards.
The machine buzzed suddenly, startling everyone around it.
Immediately afterwards, an unpleasant smell came out.
People around him covered their noses and ran away.
The projectionist tugged a few times, and the machine suddenly made a continuous buzzing sound.
It sounds very uncomfortable.
The projectionist walked to the strange-looking machine in the middle and pressed a switch.
Suddenly, a light came on above the machine.
This lamp is really too bright.
It illuminates a large area, and the light here can be clearly seen from far away.
This light couldn't help but startled them.
What kind of light is this?
Why is it so bright?
It was late at night, and this lamp actually illuminated the surrounding area as if it were daytime.
How great would it be if this kind of light could be installed at home?