Chapter 248: When fellow villagers meet, their eyes are filled with tears
Meanwhile, in Salt Lake Village...
Ever since all the camps under Zhou Xu's command were upgraded to villages, his four villages basically have their own responsibilities.
Among them, Yanhu Village is like an industrial zone, with two mines, a chicken farm, a salt mine and a pottery kiln.
Taking space and environmental issues into consideration, the firing of pottery has also been moved here.
There is no doubt that the two mining sites are the ones that need the most labor.
On the front line, the first batch of prisoners had just been delivered and they were all "robbed" by Salt Lake Village.
The casualties during the winter, coupled with the previous conscription, made their already tight manpower situation even tighter.
Now that the hard laborers have finally been sent here, all the places in Salt Lake Village don’t want to let any of them go.
This made the escort personnel feel both amused and helpless.
"Village Chief Li, please don't be anxious. There are several more batches of prisoners to come. Moreover, the leader is currently leading a large army to recruit people from other tribes in the mountains. This time, we can capture at least a hundred hard laborers."
"That's perfect. Since there are so many left, you can give these ten to our Salt Lake Village first. What can happen to Black Moon Village? We are almost running out of room here in Salt Lake Village!"
As he spoke, Li Shitou was ready to take charge of pulling all ten captives off the ox cart.
At the same time, the people in Salt Lake Village stopped working. As soon as they saw their village chief taking action, they immediately followed and pulled the people away. It was obvious that they would not give up until the people were left.
Seeing this, the escort personnel quickly stopped them.
"No! If we send all these prisoners here, why don't we take any of them to Black Moon Village? How can I explain this to the leader and Village Chief Zhang?"
"I'll go talk to the leader and Xiaoshan later!"
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The escort officer didn't dare to take Li Shitou's words seriously. If he was really blamed, wouldn't he be the one who would suffer? "At least leave three?! At worst, when the next batch of prisoners comes, I promise to leave two more for you, okay?"
The escorting personnel and Li Shitou and his men were constantly maneuvering around the ox cart carrying the prisoners.
Although Li Shitou and his men looked aggressive, they did not dare to actually rob, and neither side would let the other go.
After a final discussion, an agreement was finally reached.
"It's a deal, leave three of this batch for Black Moon Village, and leave two more for me in the next batch of captives!"
"Okay, okay, everything is easy to talk about."
While they were talking, the escort quickly left the seven prisoners behind and drove away on the ox cart without looking back.
Seeing the other party running for his life, Li Shitou felt embarrassed.
He doesn't want to do this, but isn't he running out of manpower in Salt Lake Village?
As one of the two followers who had been following their leader for a long time, Li Shitou originally thought that his only job in this life would be to serve tea and water and do other chores beside their leader.
He never expected that before the spring, their leader would directly promote him and Zhang Xiaoshan to the position of village chief.
One is responsible for Black Moon Village and the other is responsible for Salt Lake Village.
This scared them, and their first reaction was to wave their hands to refuse, saying that they didn't have the ability to do it.
But their leader said...
"You two have been with me for so long. When I was handling various matters on a daily basis, you watched me. Even if you watched me, you should have watched it for a while, right?"
"And don't be so nervous. It's not that difficult to be the village chief. In Black Moon Village and Salt Lake Village, each department and site has a director or site manager in charge. They will handle daily affairs."
"To put it bluntly, what you two village chiefs have to do is to help me look after those departments and places, and dispatch them. If there are any problems that cannot be solved, report them to me."
After some deception, Zhou Xu tricked Zhang Xiaoshan and Li Shitou into taking the job.
At first, when their leader assigned Black Moon Village to Zhang Xiaoshan, Li Shitou was relieved.
Because in Li Shitou's opinion, the Black Moon Village has many departments and complicated affairs, and the ministers all have high status, so it is difficult to manage at first glance.
On the other hand, here in Salt Lake Village, it’s all about the workplace, to put it bluntly, and it seems much easier to manage.
Facts have proved that most of the time, Yanhu Village only needs to work hard, but there is too much work! Moreover, these sites have a great demand for labor. As soon as Li Shitou, the village chief, took office, he was overwhelmed by the labor problem. Recently, he has been hiding from those site managers and dared not show up.
There was no way around it. When the field managers saw him, the first thing they did was to ask him for people.
But where did he get these people? He couldn't just appear out of thin air, right? Now, he pushed them so far that he came to rob the ox cart.
In the following days, more prisoners were delivered, which gradually replenished the insufficient labor force in several villages.
"Okay, all of you, follow me!"
In Salt Lake Village, the manager of the external copper mine pointed at the few prisoners assigned to him and took them directly to the outside of their mine.
Then he pointed to the shed outside the mine and started talking...
"Drinking water is over here. There is a bowl next to it. The water is in the jar. When you are thirsty, use the bowl to scoop water."
After saying that, the manager stuffed a large backpack into each of their hands.
"Put on the backpack. I'll find someone to take care of you from now on."
It was the first time they saw a backpack, but the workers going in and out of the mine all carried them, so they followed suit and it was not impossible for them to learn it.
The director, after looking around, yelled at the top of his lungs...
"Kuroki! Kuroki, come here!"
When he heard the manager calling him, Heimu, who had just put down a basket of stones, hurried over.
"Kuroki is a newcomer just like you. Although he has only been here for a short time, his work attitude is very good and serious! From now on, I will let Kuroki lead you!"
After saying that, the director turned to look at Hei Mu, whose face was covered in mud, and patted him on the shoulder.
"I'm leaving these newcomers to you. Do a good job! As long as you keep up the good work, you might even get a hard-working award at the end of the month!"
Hearing this, Kuroki became excited.
"Don't worry, Director. I will definitely perform well and guide the newcomers well!"
"Well, I'm optimistic about you."
After saying that, the manager turned and left.
Watching the director leave, just as Kuroki was thinking about how to train the newcomer, a slightly familiar voice rang out, making Kuroki look confused.
"Kuroki?"
"Red, Red Stone?!"
Hei Mu had never expected that the Red Stone leader would appear here, and both of them were confused when they saw each other.
At this moment, there really was a feeling of "when fellow villagers meet, eyes welling with tears".
(End of this chapter)
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