From Chief to Ball

"No, don't worry, Mr. Chen. You can't sell much in that dilapidated place, and there are not many renters, so the rate of return is too low. Besides, it's your party's place, and it's not easy for us to go. The company is not interested. Renovate that place first - as you say, first abolish slavery, promote tools to develop productivity - my God, it will take ten years at least. There are high-return investments everywhere, why bother to spend money Throw it there?"

Chen Jian also laughed, raised his wine glass, and everyone quickly raised their glasses. After toasting, Chen Jian asked, "How did the middle management of the company come about?"

"It's an exam. Some schools of your party, as well as the university school built by Mr. Chen, are not recognized in the north as having the same qualifications as those schools. You are not qualified to be an official, so you must want to get into the company."

Hearing this, Chen Jian nodded slightly and smiled inwardly. Someone must be contributing to the flames.It is said that the level of the university built in Min County is actually sufficient. Although the number of people is not large now, the normal upward channels are deliberately blocked.Large-scale bribery is almost certain, and it is not guaranteed that there are some people behind it who are manipulating or even deliberately doing it.

A group of junior high school students of roughly the same level are not recognized as having qualifications similar to the imperial examinations. This is really the three small elements of the rebellion under the big conditions after the emergence of reforms - organization, capital, and batch graduation. Approved new students.

Not being officially recognized is probably the most important event that is most easily overlooked.

Chapter 10 Blasphemy

Chen Jian didn't ask any more questions about trade, but mainly asked about the graduates from Min County and Coastal County.

The vigorous development of the education industry has not yet accumulated a qualitative change. At this time, some of the number are full-time technicians, and the number of the other part is still too small, and basically you can find good ones in places such as Nanyang Company, banks, and stock futures exchanges. Work.Probably only some careerists understand that this is a bomb that will explode sooner or later, while most people seem to be peaceful.

No matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education. This is true, even if it is a rebellion, you must keep this in mind.

The people at the banquet also had different ideas about Chen Jian's focus. They thought that Chen Jian would focus on trade, but they didn't think they would just ask a few words and stop mentioning it.

Some people think that it is because they are too rich, so they don't care at all; others secretly speculate that Chen Jian may withdraw or transfer his shares. time.

Those who are interested will naturally think of this, especially when Chen Jian deliberately asked about opening up a new company base in Africa, Chen Jian didn't answer, and he understood how much in his heart.

That night, after Chen Jian and others rested, some participants of the banquet immediately prepared a fast boat, and secretly sent a letter to their family members or relatives in the name of bringing the news of Chen Jian’s return to Fujian County: You must keep an eye on the exchange these days. Once you sell your shares, don't think too much about buying them all.

Early the next morning a light clipper sailed north.

The news of Chen Jian's return voyage spread back to Min County, and the whole city of Min was boiling. Although Chen Jian was not the first batch of people in China to officially complete a circumnavigation around the world, he was the organizer of the entire voyage.

The new Champa rice seeds, various sorted out traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions, the activity of Nanyang Trading Company, the new staple food of vegetables, and other things have had an impact that cannot be ignored in all aspects of the coastal counties.

Most of the officials of Fujian County, including the county guard, most of the tycoons of Fujian City, and various capitalists who have interests in Chen Jian, all decided to greet him and prepared a grand welcome ceremony.

After landing on the shore, Chen Jian also gave a speech on the great significance of circumnavigating the world. The audience cheered thunderously amidst the firecrackers, and drove around the newly built cement and gravel road in Mincheng. Instead of the dinner that day, he went back to the Central Party Headquarters of the Mexican Party to make some reports.

There are no mistakes in big issues, and there is no need to be careful about small issues for the time being. There has been a communication before, and the organization is not a strict vanguard party. Childishness and sloppyness, freedom and romantic ideals are rampant under special circumstances, but they are like-minded no matter what. The welcome is always the most comfortable.

After talking about other things, Chen Jian asked about religion, and all the local participants laughed.

"It's not that missionaries came to us before. It was an incidental part of the trade agreement signed with Spain. The higher authorities pushed it to Min County, and the county guard greeted us and pushed it to Nan'an."

Speaking of this, many people couldn't help laughing, and couldn't help laughing and said: "Nan'an! That's Nan'an, the place where we take root the deepest. He Yuanshan probably understood, and greeted us in advance. These two Less than a year after the missionaries left, one sailed to Paraguay to build their Jesuit Kingdom. The other hasn’t given up yet, but we’re probably close.”

Chen Jian praised: "Let's go soon? It's not easy to persist in Nan'an until now."

The crowd laughed and said, "It's not that we're leaving soon, it's that we're about to become a heresy as they said. A while ago, he came to us to ask what Tao is."

"If it were elsewhere, there would definitely be a lot of believers, but in Nan'an, they really couldn't develop. There are hired labor consumer cooperatives and hired labor associations in the mining area. If you have difficulties, you can find a trade union. If you have problems, you can find an organization. In the county, we control them. All the schools took over relief and charity, and organized several model collective cooperative textile factories. Every ten days, science popularization and worldview education spread all over taverns and teahouses. The rural areas are either large farms or self-cultivating cooperative farms we support. Several secondary schools and technical schools are also located in Nan'an."

"The methods they can use are nothing more than establishing small circles of mutual aid, grassroots organizations, community rituals, and occasionally helping to treat diseases or other things. The problem is that our organizations are all doing these things, and they have more money. As far as belonging we have theatre, street performances, half-day events and organizational life. They really can't compare."

"Some writers in the main party have to find faults and debate every ten days, and some people from the other Progressive Alliance will also come here. No one can stand it if it is changed. It is not easy for that person to persist for so long after being forced to leave. Not just heresy, as they say, but a purgatory of blasphemy."

Everyone told some interesting stories or embarrassing situations that the missionaries encountered in Nan'an. When it came to the story of the missionary who was forced to leave, Chen Jian was also moved.

"The missionary told the story of five loaves and two fish that day, and there was a burst of boos from the audience. At that time, a chemistry student in the school stood up and shouted: It's nothing, everything is made of particles, all the world Everything is just a recombination of particles. After the cake is burned, there will be charcoal and water. When science develops in the future, we only need to put the burned heat back into the charcoal and water to become a cake. Although I can’t do it now, but I believe it will be possible one day in the future, won’t everyone be a god by then?”

"You weren't there at the time. After the words were finished, the missionary's face turned green. I guess it's just a group of heretics or lost people they said. This group of people is full of thinking about the future. Someone who can be a 'god' himself, and no one else can bear it."

"The next day, your senior brother from Min County came over again and asked for advice on the creation of the world. The missionary was overjoyed, finally someone who insisted on asking for advice. Your senior brother made a buckle and asked, "God is true?" Can the water be divided into air? The missionary nodded quickly, thinking that this person must fall into the trap. Your senior brother asked again: It’s really amazing, but only God can do the water into air, right? The missionary again Nodding, thinking that your senior brother is already convinced. But I don’t want your senior brother to come the next day with a set of electrolytic water device, and then insist that he may be the reincarnation of God, and ask the missionary to write a letter to the Holy See, hurry up and send Someone is coming to pick him up."

"Your senior brother is also good at playing, so go out and spread the word immediately. You also know that there are not only a few people like your senior brother in Min County. Even if there are people who read "Genesis" and come here one after another, it is really an endless stream, and because A dispute arose in front of the missionary about who was the reincarnation of the god."

"The missionary returned to Mincheng the next day and left by boat. His companion is eager to learn, and is now studying in Nan'an."

A group of people laughed, and Chen Jian joked: "Nan'an is a group of people who believe that they are their own gods, so it's hard for them. Ye Yuanshan is a good idea, but I don't think he has any good intentions. If it really works, in the future A slogan of eradicating evildoers can subvert Nan'an. In short, this matter is laughable, but don't think that Ye Yuanshan is just for jokes. It's better to be careful in everything, and don't take those people for fools. "

A group of young people who grew up in a special environment and have never experienced a real bloody storm really didn't think so much. The whole party was also naive, full of idealism and fantasy, and was poured down by such a basin of cold water like Chen Jian. Only then did several people feel the danger hidden in it, and cursed: "If it is true, it would be a bit too scary."

Chen Jian shook his head and said, "I'm just guessing, but it's always good to prepare early. Okay, now let's ask clearly, no one in the party owns the shares of Nanyang Company, right?"

"Except for you, everyone has withdrawn. Those who don't withdraw have also been cleared out. Now that everyone is back, should we have a meeting?"

"I've been out at sea for too long, and I'm not familiar with many things. Some documents still need to be read and studied. The meeting will definitely be held, but it can't be done now. How about this, I suggest sending a boat to bring back some people from the Great Deserted City, except I hope that those in the North City and those in Europe should send representatives to participate as much as possible. The date may be set later, half a year later, I will go to the capital to unload some things. I have written the details in the report. If there are no problems, I will leave as soon as possible. There is still a banquet tonight, and I still have to attend, and I will withdraw my shares tomorrow. These few things have to be done first. "

A few people looked at Chen Jian, nodded and said: "That's right, everyone discussed it before. For your withdrawal of shares, publicity must be publicized. However, the length of the article explaining the crimes of slavery should not be too long, and it should not be too long. The form of moral criticism criticizes more people. After all, too many people are involved. It is wrong to explain this issue from other angles. At the same time, the reason for your withdrawal of shares is because of prohibition within the organization, rather than moral criticism as the main object of explanation. "

After he handed over a document, Chen Jian glanced at it and said: "I agree. We have gained a lot of grievances just now because of the march of dignity, and many people don't understand. Let's not touch this matter for now. The sensitive nerves of small citizens who hold shares. I don’t know if our pace has changed, but I still hold my opinion. The road has to be taken step by step. For the time being, they are our political allies. The purpose parted ways again."

"Basically everyone agrees on this issue. Everyone is full of confidence in the future and has set the pace for the present, but what will happen in the near future? What about the bloody road where small producers were crushed? Go? Is there any other way to crush without being so cruel?"

Chen Jian shook his head and said: "In half a year, everyone will definitely think about this issue. Let's talk about it then, I don't know."

Everyone nodded and did not discuss this issue any more, and then issued a pass to Chen Jian, Lan Qi and the rest of the high-level personnel on board, allowing them to read some special documents and records.Even after leaving for a long time, these people were still elected without being present.Chen Jian and others also handed in some special notes and the like, and left first to prepare for the withdrawal of shares.

Chapter 11 Impressions of Mincheng

After several dinner parties, many people in Mincheng knew that Chen Jian was about to quit Nanyang Trading Company.But the controlled tabloids only said that this system is not good, but did not use sharp moral criticism to stimulate the nerves of those small citizens who invested in the shares, and then diverted most people's attention with an accident in a child labor factory in the upper reaches of the Min River .

After another banquet, Chen Jian bid farewell to the others and rode alone on the night streets of Min City.

Many people greeted him on the road, and Chen Jian returned the greetings one by one.The beggars that can be seen everywhere along the way, the children who come out to steal, the prostitutes waiting for the rich sailors to spend money near the pier, as well as the somewhat thick smell of soot floating in the street and the stench of excrement floating in the river constitute the The street scene and taste unique to this era.

Society is being divided, but simple opposition has not yet been formed.All the remnants of the old era are intertwined with the contradictions of the new era and become intricate.

The adoption of large hydraulic workshops and a division of labor system made it possible for women and children to participate in some jobs that were originally dominated by men.A large number of children in Linjun were sent to workshops near Mincheng. They were no longer apprentices, but the cheapest factory workers.

Child labor is always the cheapest. They can afford lower wages than both male and female workers in order to have a bite to eat. Coupled with children's nimble fingers and excellent learning ability, they can master factory work faster than adults. .

Habits such as alcoholism and other habits that adult employees have developed and are tortured by life are the enemies of large factory workshops, and child laborers have no such hobbies for the time being.Those middlemen engaged in child labor trafficking have also made a fortune. Today, the hydraulic machinery in the cotton spinning industry has replaced the original handicraft industry on a large scale. It is in a stage of rapid development, and it is the time when some child labor is most needed.

Some male employees who have been reduced from small producers to bankruptcy are led by caring people to think that child labor and women have taken their jobs, so they miss the old patriarchal system and guild system even more, and curse all these.

Indeed, when guilds existed, there was also a lot of oppression, exploitation, and oppression.But back then at least there was hope for small producers—the hope of one day becoming a guild master over someone else's head, but now even that hope is gone.

They suddenly discovered that in the eyes of those workshop owners, there is not much difference between men, women and children, the only difference is which one is more economical.If you want to become a master, you can only become a workshop owner, and you no longer have the opportunity to climb up according to the hierarchy step by step. However, such an opportunity to become a workshop owner is too much for a hired worker who will become a food, drink and accommodation after paying some wages. Difficult.

Gender, age, these things that should not tear apart the ethnic group, began to tear apart all the perfect systems of the patriarchal, guild, and patriarchal systems that were originally harmonious and beautiful.But they haven't recognized yet another unified identity that hides behind all this rift.

Similarly, the rapid development of science and technology has led to a step-by-step development, which magnifies various contradictions in the transition period, or in other words, it just speeds up the road that should have been completed in decades in ten years.

Life in the countryside at this time is much higher than that of most hired workers in the city.This sentence is true, because all the self-cultivated farmers who could not survive in the countryside came to the cities, and the amount of land owned by those who are still in the countryside is enough to allow them to live a better life than urban hired workers.

Cities began to become crowded, the price of hired labor became lower and lower, more and more people needed relief, and new farmers who came from the countryside and were forced to give up their happy life with their families, wives and children, became A member of the city.

They have a lot of choices, especially if they can get on a boat to immigrate to the Great Deserted City, that is the best. As for the rest of the place... The construction of the colony is far from easy as expected. Without the base, the death rate of the first batch is less than [-]%. In addition, most of the ships that can go to the Great Wilderness are involved in trade, even if they go to whaling, they can earn more than this, but these refugees who go to the city can never swim to the Great Wilderness. There are only two fleets going to the Great Wilderness every year. , overcrowded.