Chapter 241: Continuous Blessings (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
Introduce Japanese contract maids to take care of the workers' daily lives!
This was a trivial matter in the early part of 1866. The immigration department was not concerned with any so-called contracts or agreements.
This is a legal business!
That's right, as long as it's not prohibited by law, it's legal. As for human trafficking, that's totally untrue, it's just a contract!
Explain what a contract is?
There are too many interpretations in the legal text, but it is definitely not human trafficking.
Of course, this issue may be involved in Japan, but that happened in Japan, and Japanese law does not prohibit human trafficking. Otherwise, why would Japanese farmers sell their daughters?
It's just a business.
According to the official answer, "Laborers work very hard every day, and it would be nice if they could have a maid to take care of their daily life when they return home."
"One hundred dollars is not expensive! It's a lifelong contract!"
"If you calculate it on a yearly basis, it's only a few bucks a year. It's cheap!"
Of course, in order to ensure the legality of the contract, officials from the Immigration Bureau specifically requested a formatted contract and stipulated in the contract that the maid would be paid a salary of no less than one yuan per month and that the employer would bear the cost of the maid's meals.
In a word, the officials of the Immigration Bureau are absolutely law-abiding. As for Liang Yi and others, they are of course law-abiding citizens.
At the beginning of 1866, this was just a trivial matter!
At most, it is a blessing for the working people, but sometimes, blessings come in pairs.
February 27th is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
This is a very extraordinary Lantern Festival.
Unlike China, Nanhua, located in the southern hemisphere, is in midsummer in February. As in previous years, the Lantern Festival is the busiest time in Nanhua. Immigrants from China have long brought customs such as hanging lanterns and celebrating the Lantern Festival to Nanhua. There are also folk entertainment activities such as "guessing lantern riddles" and "dragon lantern dances" in parks and on the streets.
However, this Lantern Festival night seemed different from the past. Thousands of people flocked to Suzaku Street. These visitors came from all directions. Among them were men and women, farmers, technicians, company employees and children - at the same time, of course, there were some businessmen, scholars, professors and foreign consuls.
They all stood under the street lights with curiosity - Nanhua had had street lights a few years ago, but they were oil lamps. In the past few months, the street lights have been undergoing the final transformation.
Electric wires were laid from the sewers and then led to the ground to install new electric street lights. Today is the day the lights are put into use.
As usual, in the evening, the lamplighter lit a street lamp. Xu Haiyang, holding a camera, took some photos on the side. This was a historic moment.
This will be the last time the oil lamps on Suzaku Street will be lit.
"Reporter Xu, what on earth is this electric light?"
"It's an electric light! I've seen it in a laboratory, and when it's on, it's brighter than 100 oil lamps!"
Xu Haiyang said with some pride.
In fact, as early as half a month ago, the Nan Hua Daily was allowed to publish the report on the invention of the electric light. In addition to occupying a whole page, the article also took up a column on the second page, which shows the importance of this article. In the article, the electric light was described vividly and excitingly: passing an electric current through a carbon filament as thin as a hair produces a bright, beautiful light, like the soft light of an autumn sunset.
This is an extremely special day for the world. On this day, mankind will defeat darkness!
Standing on the balcony of the company's headquarters building, looking at the street lights stretching for kilometers, and looking at the people under the dim lights, Zhu Xianhai couldn't help but sigh. Looking at Elizabeth and Monica, and looking at people who were either excited or curious, his mood was complicated.
Today is a big day!
It’s not that humans have defeated darkness and conquered the night, but... after today, blessings will come!
From today on, those greedy capitalists will be surprised to find that electric lights have brought them unimaginable wealth. They can finally conquer nature, darkness has been conquered, and they can let workers work day and night!
Looking at the people under the street lights, Zhu Xianhai thought silently.
"Ignorant people, enjoy your last happy time! From tomorrow, blessings will come to you along with the electric lights. This is your blessing!"
Good fortune!
What a travesty!
What an irony!
One of the greatest inventions in human history is actually a blessing for workers!
Working at sunrise and going to bed at sunset will become a thing of the past from today on!
At 7 o'clock in the evening, it was already dusk. Under the dim old-fashioned street lamps, in addition to the crowded passers-by, there was also a lamplighter standing. As the bell rang, they used lampshades to turn off the street lamps. The moment the street lights went out, the entire Suzaku Street fell into darkness.
The darkness lasted for a full minute, during which everyone was quietly waiting, waiting for a miracle to happen. As they looked up at the street lights and under the starlight, people were a little excited, waiting anxiously.
With the light of the stars and the moon, looking at the crowded people on the street, Zhu Xianhai pressed the switch, but he did not turn on the power immediately.
Let them enjoy a moment of peace!
Ignorant people!
When this power switch is pulled down, you...will finally be blessed!
According to the plan, the light came on immediately one minute after the oil lamp was extinguished, and Zhu Xianhai personally pulled the switch to open the door and start the work.
But Zhu Xianhai waited for three minutes!
He seemed to want to use these three minutes of silence for people, and his heart was heavy as he personally delivered this blessing to workers all over the world.
Everyone was watching him, and finally, under the gaze of everyone and the flashes of cameras, Zhu Xianhai turned off the power!
moment!
The night was lit up, thousands of incandescent bulbs were all lit up. The lights were like golden flowers, shining and illuminating the night.
The crowds of people under the street lamps were all stunned. The lights of the thousands of street lamps on Zhuque Street made people fascinated and dazzled. People were so surprised that they held their breath. What made them unforgettable was not only the lights themselves, but more importantly, the fact that these lights were so bright.
"Is this the light?"
This was the most amazing thing they had ever seen, it was like another world - no, they didn't know it, it was indeed another world, a whole new world!
When people were admiring and amazed at this great invention, they did not know that the door to a new world was opened at that moment!
(End of this chapter)
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