"The moon is dark and the wind is high, be careful of candles."
In the factory area in the outer half of the city of Xuanzhu County, the Jing family's smelting factory, in the whistles around the high walls of the factory building, Old Man Lu, who was dozing off, was suddenly awakened by the sound coming from below.
It was quiet all around, the street lights were as bright as blazing, and there seemed to be dogs barking in the distance. Old man Lu stretched out his head and looked at the two security guards who were patrolling, yawned and said: "Xiangrui Yumen, auspicious Yumen... Oh, Lao Li, you have
Without alcohol, I suddenly became addicted."
"Just pee, come down here and I'll pee for you." An old security guard sneered, too lazy to pay attention to Old Man Lu, a drunkard, and continued to patrol around the factory with the young security guard.
The five major silver-blood chambers of commerce almost all monopolize a certain industry. The Ting family's military industry, the Quan family's light textiles, the Luo family's land transportation... and the Jing family's monopoly is the steel industry. Except for the Red Moon Fortress, the Jing family's main business is in Dongyang District.
There are also three mines and a total of eight smelting plants under its command, five of which are near Xuanzhu County. For a long time, 'Jinggang' has been the spokesperson of 'Dongyang Iron and Steel'.
Steelmaking requires a large space and equipment, and it is very easy to cause safety accidents - not a few workers die in the factory every year - so the Jing family attaches great importance to factory safety. Other factories can only arrange a man to watch the door, while smelting
However, the factory has built four sentinels around the walls and arranged four night guards. Moreover, the factory is very close to the patrol branch, so if anything happens, support can be obtained quickly.
The 'outer city and half city' where the factory area is located is a rather special place. Firstly, because it is actually outside the outer city and is not protected by city walls. Secondly, because it is surrounded by branches of the Xuanjiang River, which not only facilitates the use of water for the factory,
The factory was also asked to build the proposed defense facilities along the river, so it was called "Half City".
The night security guards are divided into two teams. One team guards the door, and the other team patrols around and inside the factory. They rotate every 15 minutes, which is quite frequent. When the patrol security guards pass by the guard, they must exchange slogans with the watchman.
Come and ask if anything happened, and secondly, remind the watchers not to doze off - the capitalists did not invite you back to sleep.
Since the patrolling security guard himself had no sleep, he was naturally happy to wake up the watchman who could just relax and sit in the guard post all night.
However, human sleep will never end. Even if he is woken up every 15 minutes, Old Man Lu will still fall asleep again quickly.
In fact, it's not like he didn't sleep during the day, but sleeping while working always gave him an inexplicable sense of peace of mind.
But the sleep of the elderly is always very light, and Old Man Lu was soon awakened by strange noises. He rubbed his eyes, and suddenly found that the shouts of death were coming from the front entrance of the factory, and he couldn't help being frightened and frightened.
what happened?
Could it be that another worker came here to ask for wages?
Old Man Lu had been a worker in the Jing family before, so he naturally knew the ins and outs of it. Working as a long-term worker in a factory, the salary is usually paid once a year, but not everyone can get it. After all, workers' wages are the most lucrative.
Every cadre of the Jing family in this place would touch and slap their hands.
Generally speaking, if a worker can get two-thirds of his salary, it is considered very lucky and he can thank God; if he only gets half of it, it means that he does not have a good relationship with the cadres and does not usually run errands to flatter the cadres;
If you only get one-third, it means that you have offended the cadres, and maybe you were caught slacking off.
The most miserable workers are naturally those who have not received any money - they may not be lazy, they may even be the most diligent people, but they are unlucky: the cadres find them easy to bully.
Yes, if you are owed wages in Xuanzhu County, it's not because you offended someone, it's not because you're lazy at work, and it's not because of any messy reasons - it's just because you're easy to bully.
The cadres are not fools. How could they not know that not giving them any money would mean letting the workers die? But since they dare to do this, it proves that they are sure that the workers will not resist and are unable to resist. Moreover, there are not many workers in this group and they cannot achieve anything.
Due to the climate, other workers who get paid will not help them, so there are many workers who are owed wages every year.
The existence of gangs in outer cities is also due to various demands, and workers' unpaid wages are one of them. Of course, gangs will not help workers ask for wages and offend capitalists, but they have the ability to threaten factory cadres - cadres are just dogs of the chamber of commerce, and
They are not silver-blooded people. They were beaten and had to deal with it on their own. No one was there to help them.
Therefore, if workers join gangs, cadres will generally not engage such workers. This is a balanced tacit understanding.
Of course, you have to pay a "protection fee" to join a gang. If you are unlucky and the gang is annexed and destroyed by other gangs just after you pay the protection fee - such as the Yitian Gang that is now wiped out - then you still have to pay
Pay the money again and join another gang.
Under such multiple layers of 'income redistribution' and 'value-added service tax', workers naturally take away most of their annual salary, but if workers save a little, they can still survive.
The most miserable group of workers, because they did not receive money, almost had to wait to die.
Sometimes, they will just wait for death, but sometimes they won't.
Rabbits will bite people when they are anxious, and people will naturally muster up the courage when they are about to die. They will gather dozens of people to make trouble in front of the factory to ask for wages. Old man Lu has lived for more than fifty years, so he has long been used to this kind of thing.
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As for whether it will succeed or not, it depends on the mood of the supervisor. If the supervisor feels that the factory will still be short of people next year and needs to give the workers a little sweetener, then he may be merciful and give some wages; if the supervisor feels that the factory can recruit people at will.
, naturally he didn't bother to pay attention to those poor people, and directly ordered the security guards to beat them out with sticks.
Old man Lu felt that if they came to ask for wages this time, they would really hit a brick wall - the Tianji homeless people outside the city were there in droves. Just shouting for workers and food would be provided, and a crowd of people would be there. They were not afraid of recruiting at all.
Not many people.
Moreover, Old Man Lu heard that the factory plans to hire fewer people next year. After all, wars are going on everywhere these days and freight cannot be shipped out. On the one hand, there are fewer people to hire, and on the other hand, there are refugees who are willing to work as long as they eat. How will the factory choose?
Just think about it with the onychomycosis on your toes.
Because Old Man Lu was an old worker, his salary as a watchman was not much, so the cadres did not deduct much from him. They at least gave him a little salary to buy a cigarette to smoke. However, he had already made up his mind even if the cadres deducted his salary.
He was also prepared to stay shamelessly - he couldn't even find a job outside, but at least he would still have food to eat here.
As for going home to find my son...hehe, he is not so nice, and his daughter-in-law is very aggressive. Instead of going back and causing trouble for his son, it is better to take care of him here.
Just when Old Man Lu was thinking wildly, he noticed that the sound from the front door was getting louder and louder, until a harsh sound pierced the night sky——
boom!
It's a gunshot!
Old Man Lu was so frightened that he slumped down on the whistle and shivered. The sound of the gunshots sounded like a charge. When the first gunfire sounded, chaotic and harsh gunshots sounded from all directions in half the city!
There were shouts of killing and curses, and the entire city began to become chaotic!
boom!
There was a sudden loud noise from the direction of the main entrance, and Old Man Lu immediately realized what had happened - the factory door had been blasted open!
"fire Fire!"
"Someone come and put out the fire!"
"Rebellion! They rebelled!"
"Where is the patrol guard!? Where is the patrol guard? Where is the patrol guard!?"
Old Man Lu was hiding in the whistle, hearing the explosions of thunder and fire outside, and he didn't dare to show his head at all. He just wanted to wait quietly for the arrival of the patrol team - similar things happened before, when workers collectively asked for wages.
Someone mistakenly killed one of the workers, causing a violent conflict, but the patrol brigade stationed in the outer city arrived quickly and quickly suppressed the lawbreakers.
Moreover, this group of rioters would definitely not dare to stay for long. They would definitely withdraw after killing and setting fire!
Sure enough, after more than ten minutes, Old Man Lu heard the shouts of killing outside gradually weakening. The saboteurs seemed to be evacuating from the factory, but violent gunshots were heard from the direction of the outer city - the patrol team was coming.
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marvelous!
How could those thieves defeat the patrol guards?
Old Man Lu's mind was wandering - should I go out and shout twice? If other people find out that I have been staying in the sentry, they will definitely say that I am lazy, but if I go down now, it will prove that I can fight back, and maybe I will be able to fight back.
There are rewards...
Just as he was about to leave Shaoda, a majestic voice came from the road in the factory area:
"Everyone, everyone, give up chasing the thief, give up chasing the thief!"
"Treat the wounded first and put out the fire! Treat the wounded and put out the fire!"
"I am Jing Zhengwei of the Jing family. Everyone listen to my orders, give up pursuit and put out the fire first!"
"Medical officer, go save people!"
Old man Lu stood up in shock and saw several light trucks passing through the factory street. A young man was standing on the back seat of the front truck with a loudspeaker and shouting loudly, followed by dozens of heavily armed guards. Each factory was blocked
The bewildered security guards seemed to have found a backbone. Under the command of this outsider, they began to move the wounded and put out the fire in an orderly manner.
"There are too many wounded. Send people to the patrol guards. In the name of the Jing family, ask them to send some medical officers over, and ask them to send over a group of people. Putting out the fire is more important than chasing!"
"First put out the near fire, then the far away fire!"
Old man Lu left Shaoda and ran down. When he saw the young man actually rolling up his sleeves to carry the bucket, he couldn't help but go over and said: "Master, I, I am the watchman of your factory..."
"Huh? Thank you for your hard work tonight, sir. Please sit aside for now."
Old Man Lu was flattered: "Don't dare, it's just that our factory over there is also on fire. Master, go put out the fire!"
The young man followed his finger and looked over, shaking his head: "That side is a little far from the water source. First save the nearby fire here, and then save the distant fire there!"
"This this……"
"Don't be afraid, the losses tonight are not your fault!" The young man's voice suddenly raised an octave: "Listen, everyone, participate in firefighting and treating the wounded tonight, and you can get a reward from me, Jing Zhengwei, later!
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"Save people first, put out fires first!"
Everyone's eyes changed when they heard that the eldest young master of the Jing family was actually willing to part with money for this.
When the first ray of sunshine in the morning shines on the land of Dongyang, the name Jing Zhengwei is already known to everyone in Xuanzhu County.
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Le Yu pushed open the heavy mahogany door of Jingyuan's main hall and walked into the meeting hall with a gloomy expression.
Jing Qingfu sat on the main seat, several clan elders sat on the right, and Jing Zhengwu, Jing Zhengfeng, and Jing Zhengtang sat on the left.
When Le Yu walked in, everyone looked at him.
Le Yu was not polite, pointed directly at the noses of Jing Zhengwu and the others and cursed:
"It's all your fault. Now it's not just our Jing family, but also other chambers of commerce... our Jing family is going to die!"
