Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 1942 The coolies on the pier must be punched out with fists

Niu Xiaoqiang hummed: "That's why I proposed to inspect the hydropower station. Let's go quickly while there is still time. Otherwise, if we linger until dark, it will be difficult to come back."

Upon hearing this, Wu Ping suggested: "The mountain road is not very easy to walk. Why don't we borrow a fishing boat from the pier. It's much faster to walk by water."

Niu Xiaoqiang thought the idea was good, so he nodded immediately.

The two hurried all the way, and it took less than a quarter of an hour to reach the pier.

The pier is very busy, several freighters are docked at the berths to load goods, and there are more than a dozen freighters waiting in line on the river. More than 200 porters quickly and orderly carried the goods produced by various factories. They were all sweating profusely. In winter, they took off their shirts and worked hard while shouting slogans.

The arrival of Niu Xiaoqiang and Wu Ping caused a commotion. Seeing that Secretary Niu and Secretary Wu appeared together on the pier, everyone stopped what they were doing and greeted them warmly.

Niu Xiaoqiang and Wu Ping responded to everyone's enthusiasm very kindly. After saying hello, Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't help asking the porter: "Dear workers, are you here to do odd jobs or are you assigned by the company to work here?" ?”

A strong and strong man in the lead replied respectfully: "Report to Secretary Niu, we came here spontaneously to do odd jobs. I am the foreman of the day shift, and I organized all these workers."

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded slightly, looking at his sweat-wet hair, he couldn't help feeling a little distressed: "Uncle, how much is your daily salary?"

The big man replied truthfully: "Our wages are not fixed, and we work according to the price negotiated with the ship owner. For example, the overall labor cost of the ship we are loading is 120 yuan. Our team happens to have There are forty people, and after calculation, each person can earn three yuan."

Niu Xiaoqiang turned his head and looked at the merchant ship that was loading goods. This ship can hold about [-] tons of goods. Since the goods in Aoshan Town are in short supply, each ship can only supply in a fixed amount, even if it is based on half of the goods. Calculating the capacity, that is one hundred tons of goods, which means that each of the forty porters needs to carry two and a half tons of goods.

One ship has to carry such a heavy cargo. If three or five ships are loaded in one day, the weight of the cargo that each person needs to carry will definitely exceed ten tons. This is not a heavy physical work that ordinary people can afford.

Seeing Niu Xiaoqiang groaning silently, the strong man couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.Niu Xiaoqiang quickly said: "Starting from this ship, no matter who will pull the goods later, the handling fee will be calculated at one yuan and fifty cents per ton, and no one will be allowed to pick up the work if it is lower than this figure. You take my words Tell the others to do what I tell them to do."

Niu Xiaoqiang is helping the porters to increase their income. They work so hard, and the income is too low to justify.

The brawny man seems to be a bit cultured. He knew that Niu Xiaoqiang was helping them fight for their interests. He couldn't help smiling and said, "Thank you Secretary Niu for your concern. I will definitely tell other workers what you said!"

A skinny man next to him showed a hesitant look, he seemed to be worried about something.

Seeing this, Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't help asking: "Uncle, do you think there is something wrong with what I said? If there is anything, just say it, and I will seriously consider it."

The man immediately bowed and said: "Secretary Niu, your suggestion is for our own good, I am very grateful, but... But it doesn't mean that everyone is so united, you don't know, we have no way to gain a foothold on the pier. Fight less, everyone can get jobs here, all of them rely on their fists, and the relationship between each other is not very good. If someone refuses to listen to persuasion and insists on taking jobs at a low price, then those of us who listen to you Don't you have food to eat?"

Niu Xiaoqiang looked at this person for a few times, and found that there was a bruise on this person's chest. He didn't expect to punch it out while working hard on the pier.

Niu Xiaoqiang's complexion sank: "I saw that you are working very hard, so I think about you. You can tell other people, whoever doesn't consider the interests of all the porters, don't make a living on the dock in the future, I promise no sooner said than done."

When he said this, he looked at Wu Ping, and Wu Ping immediately understood, and her solution to the problem hit the point: "In order to solve the conflict between the porters, the district will apply for work permits for all the porters. Only those with a work permit can come to the pier to pick up work, and those who disobey the order will not be eligible to obtain a work permit, and even if they have obtained a work permit, it will be cancelled."

This method is very good. It not only solves the problem of fighting among workers, but also prevents some people from being inconsistent and harming the interests of all porters for their own interests.

Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't help but be full of praise for Wu Ping's decision: "The idea that Secretary Wu came up with is good, and it solved all the problems at once. He deserves to be a leader, and he is better than ordinary people like us."

The porters who came up all laughed and echoed. Some couldn't help but praise Wu Ping for her good looks, and even jokingly asked Wu Ping if she had found someone, and if he could help introduce her.

These men in the mountains have always been so rough, they didn't mean to disrespect Wu Ping, they just thought it would be more cordial to tease her like this.

Wu Ping has been the mayor of Gufeng Township for several years, and she has long been used to the way people in the mountains speak.She wasn't angry at all, but said with a smile: "I don't need this big brother to worry about the important things in my life. If you haven't married a wife yet, I can introduce you to you."

Everyone laughed immediately, and the Chinese character who made fun of Wu Ping shrank his neck immediately: "Come on, my wife is very fierce. If she hears this, I won't be able to go to bed at night."

Immediately, someone asked loudly: "Then where are you going to sleep? Could it be a pigsty?"

"Hahahaha, sleeping in the cowshed is also possible."

"You can sleep anywhere, but don't climb into someone else's bed."

Everyone is used to these jokes. After all, Wu Ping is a woman, and she is the leader, so she still needs to be decent.

She pretended not to hear, turned to Niu Xiaoqiang and said, "Let's go to business."

Niu Xiaoqiang hummed and greeted everyone, and then he and Wu Ping came to the berth on the other side of the pier.

There are several motor sailing boats parked at the berth here. These boats are very small and belong to the most common small fishing boats. Only two of them are equipped with rain shelters, and the others don't even have a rain shelter.

(End of this chapter)