Late Ming Dynasty: Conquering the world starting from riding and cutting

To establish a strong industrial system, we need mass production, and to have production, we need raw materials.

But Taiwan Island lacks everything except a few people. With so many Zheng family soldiers captured this time, Li Chun has been watching eagerly.

Qin Hao waited in the mansion for three days but did not see Zheng Zhilong's messenger, so with a wave of his hand, he threw a large number of prisoners into the Bazidou coal field.

As the richest resource in the entire Taiwan Island, Qin Hao had already asked Li Chun to mine it a few months ago. If nothing unexpected happened in his memory, this open-pit coalfield could be mined until the end of the Republic of China, if there was still the Republic of China in this era.

A few days later, densely packed ant-like crowds could be seen in the sky over the Bazidou Coalfield, moving rapidly between the mountains.

The establishment of any industrial system is not a euphemistic and moving hymn. It is established at great cost, and in the 17th century, this price was often the bones of countless people.

Although Qin Hao said first, "Of course you don't want the cattle to die when you raise cattle."

Sufficient nutrition was ensured for the prisoners of the Zheng family, who ranged from native laborers, free laborers to those who were mainly prisoners of war. They had enough rice and white rice for three meals a day, and a small bowl of wine to drink when work was finished every day.

However, the huge team of workers still transports new people to the cemetery near the mine at an average rate of about ten people per day.

There is no other reason.

Labor intensity and workload.

According to the requirements of the newly listed Qinhan Company, the laborers in the mines are divided according to their types of work, mainly in excavation, transportation, classification, etc. "Making the best use of everything" is a practice that Qin Hao has always instilled in them, and it is now included in " "The Detailed Rules and Regulations of Qin and Han Firms", which stipulates in detail the daily workload of each person for each type of work.

Those responsible for excavation must dig several feet and feet, those responsible for transportation must transport a certain amount of coal from the mine to the ore processing site, and those responsible for mineral processing and classification must select the corresponding coal and send it to the stockyard.

Then the coal, coal gangue, iron coal, etc. that have been sorted and selected will be transported to the respective factories that need them.

However, a large number of casualties occurred in these links.

Accidents such as landslides and roof collapse, which are inevitable in the modern coal mining industry, are even more common here. However, fortunately, the Bazidou Coalfield is open-pit mining, so the casualties are relatively small.

"Lord, we have no choice but to do this!"

Wang Jiu, the new manager of the Bazidou Coal Mine, was holding a bamboo strip in his hand, his face full of embarrassment.

Just now, a prisoner of the Zheng family was hiding in a corner and was lazing around. Wang Jiu, who was patrolling on the high slope, found him. Without saying a word, he rushed down from the top of the slope and beat the prisoner of the Zheng family violently with a wave of bamboo strips in his hand. He was beaten and rolling on the ground, whining incessantly.

The prisoners passing by just glanced at the unfortunate guy who was beaten with blood all over his body and kept shouting for mercy. However, he didn't dare to stop at all. He carried a huge bamboo basket on his back and slowly moved up the slope one by one.

Beating someone is also a very tiring thing. Wang Jiu put down the bamboo strips in his hand and called several supervisors to drag away the Zheng family prisoner.

"Give him some medicine for his stupidity, and come back and get back to work! If he can't finish today's bamboo sticks, don't let him eat dinner!"

Bamboo stick is a common name for workers' workload in the mine, because these laborers responsible for transportation transport a basket of coal from the mine pit to the classification factory. The foreman and supervisors of the classification factory will give them a bamboo stick as a voucher, which is usually done every day. After going back and forth several times, you will receive a number of bamboo sticks, and the bamboo sticks are used to calculate the workload. Those who fail to complete the daily number of bamboo sticks will be punished.

After doing all this, Wang Jiu suddenly felt something strange. He turned around and suddenly found that a group of people led by Qin Hao, including his immediate boss Li Chun, were standing behind him at some point, quietly watching him handle this. The process of naming a prisoner of the Zheng family.

Qin Hao's eyes stayed on Wang Jiu's body and the bamboo strip in his hand for a moment. The expression in his dark pupils made Wang Jiu feel a little hairy. After a while, he finally spoke.

"It is right to strictly manage and supervise the production process."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone knows that this lord attaches great importance to people, and often comes up with unexpected new ways of doing things that are common to everyone, such as proposing that workers should have enough food to eat, not only food, but also a certain amount of oil and water, etc., which is disgusting. way of doing.

However, the supervisor whipped the lazy captive laborers of the Zheng family, but this was done as a last resort. These guys were not honest when they first arrived, and they had to be whipped in order to work with peace of mind.

Not only the captives of the Zheng family, but also the native laborers who came to the mines to find work, would hide aside and be lazy if they were not careful, and then come out from the corners to eat and drink when it was time to eat.

With Qin Hao's words, the supervisors were confident!

"Lead the way, I'll go to the coal mining place and have a look!"

After giving Wang Jiu a reassurance, Qin Hao motioned for him to lead the way to see the mining site.

"My lord! The place where coal is mined is filled with rocks flying around and densely covered with blast holes. My lord has a body worth millions of gold, so you must not risk it!"

When they heard that Qin Hao was going to the coal mining site, everyone from Wang Jiu to Li Chun unanimously opposed it.

In the past, coal mining mainly used underground mining methods of straight and inclined shafts, with workers digging deep tunnels.

However, today's mining methods have undergone great changes, from underground mining to open-pit mining.

The mining and stripping technology of wide steps and gentle gang operations has been promoted throughout the territory. With the help of gunpowder, which is a powerful assistant, the underground mining method has been completely replaced.

But it also brought a large consumption of gunpowder. However, as soon as the blast hole exploded, a piece of coal collapsed from the rock.

Then came the laborers responsible for transportation, carrying bamboo baskets on their backs, braving smoke and dust, and rushed into the blasting site that was still filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke. They quickly loaded large and small coal into the baskets and turned around. Go to the classification field.

"Is it okay if I don't go to the front line and just go to the road to see?"

With so many people pleading, Qin Hao naturally couldn't argue with everyone, so he just proposed a compromise plan.

The group of people meandered down the slope.

Of course, along the way, someone ordered the accompanying soldiers and the mine protection team to drive all the workers aside to make way for the Lord.

As we walked all the way, we could only hear the sound of blasting cannons in the distance, and saw bursts of smoke and dust. We stepped on extremely noisy floating soil under our feet, which made people have the urge to cough.

The dust produced by the cannon fire and the smell of sweat from the captives who moved around like ants made the place filled with waves of breathless smell.

Looking towards the ridge in the distance, there is no vegetation. Looking down, there are slopes leading straight to the mine in the distance. It seems like a huge wound across the earth.

Following Wang Jiu's lead, they arrived at a coal mining spot that had just been exploded by gunpowder.

I saw a large group of workers working on their hands and knees. A few supervisors covered their mouths and noses with mouth towels, and kept shouting, "Be careful, don't let the rocks above fall and hit your heads!"

People didn't bother to answer, they just gathered around the newly blasted coal pile, picking up large pieces of coal and throwing it into their own baskets.

Seeing that it was almost packed, and assessing how far he could carry it, he picked up the basket and walked up the ramp in the direction of the crowd.

Among workers, turbans are also divided into three colors according to their status.

The prisoners of the Zheng family, who are mainly prisoners of war, wear red turbans on their heads, which means they are more dangerous and should be paid special attention to; the native workers wear turbans with no visible color on their heads; and those free laborers who come to work on their own , is a uniform white headscarf.

No matter what color the turban is, people without exception will firmly pin the bamboo stick that represents the workload inside the turban to prevent it from being lost. Especially this group of captives who have just arrived. Some of them are very arrogant and have been hungry for several meals. Yes, Zheng Zhilong’s third brother Zheng Zhihu is among them.

Under the huge dust, all the people in the mine turned into "grey men". Each and every worker, half naked, carrying a basket on his back, passed by Qin Hao and others. Their gray bodies were only visible to the people. A gray figure was left in his sight.

Occasionally, when someone passes by Qin Hao, he smiles at him. Only the exposed teeth can be vaguely white.

"When we return to the mansion, allocate some funds to build a few shower rooms in the work shed. Let people have a place to wash themselves after work, so as not to get too dirty!"

Feeling a little dizzy and dizzy due to the strong smell of sweat from the workers, Qin Hao realized that there should be a place for these workers to take a bath. Otherwise, in such a labor-intensive enterprise, it would be easy for them not to pay attention to hygiene. Cause the spread of infectious diseases.

After hastily viewing the Bazidou Coal Mine, Qin Hao took Li Chun and others back to Keelung City.

Compared with the dust-covered coal mining site and smoke-filled eyes, this place is no less than a paradise.

"Lord, someone from the Zheng family is here."

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