Ten thousand I am across the heavens

Chapter 2128 I Was Also a Slave

"Since you have chosen to become a non-combatant, I will not stop you. For now, you can report to the Human Resources Department, and someone will help assign you a job based on your expertise.

At this stage, we don't have to worry about finding a job, as various large projects are ongoing. Even as a basic labor force, we can find a well-paid job.

But you also have to be mentally prepared. The rations for food and other aspects of non-combat personnel will not be very good, because we had a conflict with the Ma family not long ago, which caused some problems with our reputation as a neutral force. The trade with some families was cut off, and several batches of goods and livestock that were agreed to be delivered were not delivered in time. In the next period of time, personal meat rations will most likely be reduced, and the price of meat on the market will also rise to a certain extent.

If you choose to start as an ordinary worker, you must be prepared to give up the generous treatment of being a superior. If we want to survive in the winter snow, we must unite. And the premise of unity is to be as fair as possible. "

Ma Hongyun was a little confused by the bunch of truths he heard, but he still registered his identity as Lan Nuo said and joined the infrastructure engineering team as a refugee.

In terms of infrastructure construction, there are still many projects that need manpower to complete, so there is a shortage of workers all the time. After Ma Hongyun introduced his situation to the registration staff, the registration staff pointed him in the right direction: "If your physical strength is really far beyond that of ordinary people as you described, then I suggest you go to the mobile engineering team over there. Among the non-Gu Master engineering teams, these people have the highest income."

"Mobile Engineering Group? What's that?"

"In short, you don't have a fixed job. You will be transferred to wherever there is a shortage of people. Because your physical strength is far superior to that of ordinary people, and some places cannot be entered or exited by large steam cranes, you often need some extremely strong people to assist you. So you usually act as human cranes to solve some sudden engineering problems.

These are usually the best choices for those who are not qualified to become Gu Masters but can barely carry Gu worms. After the Strength Gu worm increases the Strength Mark of the user, it will not disappear and can be used by everyone in turn. Therefore, many strongmen like this have been trained. Because it is a high-intensity physical labor and has a certain scarcity, the salary is usually much higher. If the performance is good, it can almost reach twice the basic salary. "

Ma Hongyun thought about it and nodded in agreement: "Then I will go to this mobile engineering team. Money seems to be very important here. It is always good to earn more."

"Young comrade, your ideological awareness needs to be improved. Wages are only a means of more reasonably distributing the wealth we create. But it's too early to tell you this now. When the time comes, someone from the neighborhood committee will explain our philosophy to you. There's nothing wrong with working hard to earn more money for the time being." While stamping the certificate with the official seal, the staff member skillfully operated the mechanical typewriter beside him and handed a transfer order to the newcomer in front of him.

Following the instructions of the staff, Ma Hongyun quickly found the mobile engineering team he was going to. He originally thought it was a small team of three or five people. When he actually arrived at the place, he saw that it was an underground office facility built entirely of reinforced concrete, with dozens of people coming and going. It was no smaller than the place where he had just worked. Later, he learned that the number of people in the mobile engineering team reached 1,500. Although each team usually had only eight to ten people, there were hundreds of teams active in various parts of the underground construction project.

Although Ma Hongyun had never worked in a government agency, the procedures here were clear at a glance, and the efficiency was so high that he felt as if he had come to another world. Recalling when he was a slave not long ago, at that time, he could not even think of finding a job. He was driven by the whip of the slave owner every day. He was engaged in heavy or dirty labor. He had no right to choose in life.

But now, everything is different. In the eyes of modern people in the 21st century, such extensive management of planned economy still means that individuals still have no freedom at all. Even if they want to change jobs, it is not easy for ordinary people. That is to say, changing their destiny through learning and doing business is something that only very few people can do.

But for Ma Hongyun, this is unprecedented freedom. Although the working hours are fixed, he can at least decide what to eat in the cafeteria and can choose to take a leave when he is tired or sick.

During the holidays, he could experience the novel and simple entertainment in the movie room. These things may be commonplace for modern people, but for a man who was born a slave, it was like opening the door to a new world. At the same time, it also made him deeply realize that those light and fluttering banknotes were such wonderful things.

Ma Hongyun's fellow workers in the engineering team all got along well with him. The one who had the best relationship with him was a worker named Li Sanjiu, who was also the hardest worker in their team. It was said that he chose this name himself.

“When slavery was abolished, there was a lot of unrest within the tribes that joined. After all, we were considered the private property of the tribal masters at that time, and giving us freedom was tantamount to robbing them.

However, the military power of the territory was no longer in the hands of those few Gu Masters at that time. I remember that several old nobles united to assassinate the lord, but they were driven out of the government building by the lord and his guards, and then they were ruthlessly suppressed. A lot of people were killed that time, and even the head of a family died. After that, no one dared to mention maintaining slavery. After all, a considerable number of those who suppressed the lord's army were organized slaves.

Later, they told us slaves to name ourselves. I was not well educated at that time, and I was called No. 39 when I worked in the programming engineering team. Everyone called me by that name, so I chose a surname according to the requirements, and then took Sanjiu as my name!

Names are just codes. The booklet we got from above said that people are not just ourselves, but a collection of our social relationships. So what is important is not my name, but the people I have relationships with. But I don’t really understand these principles now.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that you need a sufficient education to be promoted to a senior employee, I would not be willing to go to night school. However, educated people are indeed treated better here, and the salary is much higher. After completing the first training session of the night school, although I only learned the simplest literacy and arithmetic, my salary has increased by 30% compared to before I learned these, and the entire team can get more work.

If you want to earn more, you can also learn it. Don't rush to spend the money you earn. You can save it and buy the right to use the Gu worm. Many of the power Gu worms will not disappear after use. After you use it to improve your own strength, you can give it to others to use. Take turns to use it to improve your strength.

I have already used two kinds of power Gu worms. In the mobile engineering team. My strength is quite high. I am almost saving enough money for the third Gu worm, but I am still not as strong as you. The stronger we are, the harder the jobs we can get. In the end, the commission of salary will be higher. Almost every time the strength of a Gu worm is increased, the income can be increased by about 30%. If I get a few more, my income can catch up with those low-level Gu Masters. I can save more money in the future. I am going to take a long vacation. I will go to learn some knowledge. I can only learn it when I am off work. I was drowsy when I was studying in the night school and fell asleep several times. If the teacher there hadn't pulled me up by the ears, I really couldn't listen after working all day.

People will eventually grow old, and according to those who have experienced it, the fastest learning period for people like us is youth. When we get older, the learning speed will slow down. At that time, it will be difficult to accept new things.

I want to learn a skill while I am still relatively young. After all, my body cannot stay young forever. When I get old, I can’t keep doing physical labor like this. Although there are pension insurance and other things, without other income, life will not be too comfortable.

It is said that technical positions are easier and may earn more. It would be perfect if it is as good as they say. I will definitely find an easy and high-paying position, so I won’t be so busy. I will have the opportunity to go out and have fun in my spare time. Maybe I can meet a woman I like and have my own family and children in the future.”

After listening to his colleague's imagination for a long time, Ma Hongyun asked curiously: "Does everyone think the same way as you? Do most people here think so far ahead? Or do most people just spend all the money they earn and enjoy life in the moment?"

"There are only a small number of people who think like me, but they are probably the majority. Everyone still wants to live a better life. But if I have to say, the free men in our tribe, those who are not Gu Masters but have a good life because they are relatives of Gu Masters in their families, are relatively less motivated than us.

I have observed that it seems that slaves like us who have become the masters of their own destiny are more motivated to work hard and save money.

Maybe it’s because no matter how hard we worked before, we couldn’t get any reward, no matter how hard we worked, we didn’t have anything that belonged to us, not even our own lives. But now that hard work has finally paid off, even if the rewards aren’t particularly generous, and they’re not like the legendary stories of getting rich overnight or seeking wealth at the risk of one’s life, we still flock to it.”

Ma Hongyun nodded. He actually had similar thoughts. It was just that his current level of education prevented him from summarizing it well. Now that he thought about it, it was indeed true. When they were slaves in the past, they worked hard to get less whipping and less hunger, but they could never get their own things, let alone freedom. Now their income is not particularly high. But they can always accumulate their own things little by little. Their own generation may still not be able to live a very exciting life, but if they accumulate a certain amount of wealth and give their descendants a better education, maybe the next generation will be able to have a more exciting life.

"You work so hard, aren't you worried that one day our lord will be killed and the existing order in our territory will be completely overturned? If that happens, won't everything we have accumulated be wasted? Then we will still have to go back to being slaves." Ma Hongyun knew more than ordinary people at the bottom of society.

Although the troops of the underground base successfully defeated the Ma family, one of the golden families, not long ago. There are many golden families on the grassland. The Ma family is far from the most powerful of these golden families. Defeating them does not mean that they can defeat more powerful families or their coalition forces. These families launched the siege before, but they followed the orders of the immortals behind them.

That is to say, even if they defeated all the attacks of the Golden Family, there was a high possibility that an immortal would come to deal with them in person. In that case... it seemed that there was really no way out. Ma Hongyun was actually a little confused now. He liked the life here. But he was more sober than others. He clearly realized that this was an effort that was doomed to fail.

"How is it possible? Didn't our lord just lead us to a victory? The enemy was easily defeated without even sending in the reserve troops. There were few casualties in the entire territory. Even if more people came to besiege us, we could handle it, right? And some people were beaten so badly, shouldn't others think twice before attacking?"

"I mean, what if, what if the lord really fails one day? It's just a hypothesis."

Li Sanjiu sighed helplessly and said, "What can I do? If there is no hope of winning at all. If I am doomed to fail, then I can only run away. After all, if I stay, I will either die or continue to be a slave.

Now that you mention it, I feel like I need to learn more. I need to learn from those guys in the government department and see how they set up and manage such a territory. Even if I fail, if I can escape, I will find a way to build another underground base that is exactly the same!"

[To be continued]

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