Chapter 319: Let Panama get messy

"Why is it the big sun again?"

Early in the morning, I walked out of the dormitory with a basin and looked up and saw the half-dewed sun in Dongfang. Li Si couldn't help but sigh. It's been sunny for several consecutive days, how can I live this day?

"How great the sun is. You are just lazy. You must rain heavily and water is all over the ground. You can't work, so you can feel comfortable, right?" Zhang Cheng followed closely behind and walked out, holding a washbasin. There was also a tea jar in the basin, and there were toothbrushes and tooth powder in the tea jar... At this time, there was no toothpaste, and tooth powder became the main item used by ordinary people to clean their teeth. However, as a "backward" Qing Dynasty citizen, Zhang Cheng was very satisfied with using such high-end goods. That is, Tangzhou is the leader of his own. Otherwise, who would even care about brushing teeth when hiring a worker? It would be good if you don't deduct your wages.

"I'm right, I just said that the sun was so hot that I was so hot that I didn't say I didn't work. Why do you just talk so much nonsense?" Li Si glanced at Zhang Cheng in dissatisfaction and said.

"Okay, okay, I'm talking nonsense, I'm meddling in other people's business, right?" Zhang Cheng smiled, "But how good is this big sun? There is work to do and ice water to drink, what are you afraid of?"

"You are not afraid of getting bald!"

"I didn't let you go without clothes."

"Aren't you afraid of me to death?"

"Is there ice water..."

"So what about ice water? I'm tired of drinking it every day. I want to drink iced beer!"

"It's so beautiful that you..."

As they spoke, the two of them walked along the path to the sink on the dormitory. There were already people standing there, with dozens of people. However, although there were many people, everyone was not in chaos. Instead, they lined up in several columns according to the number of vacant seats, one by one in order.

"I heard that Tangzhou has used some faucets now. When the switch is twisted, water will come out... It's not like us, we have to use river water!" They each found a team to wait behind, and Zhang Cheng said again.

"Then why don't you go to Tangzhou and have to stay here in Panama?" Li Si asked back.

"Just money!" Zhang Cheng sighed, "I went to Tangzhou. Although life may be more comfortable, we don't have as much money as we do. Put more effort and send more to our hometown. This is serious."

"That's it." The person in front turned his head, "But we can't do this job for long after all. At most, it's only a few years... it's better to go to Tangzhou to earn a long-term member."

"Isn't it a few years to sign a contract?" Zhang Cheng sighed, "I also heard that if you want to become a formal resident of Tangzhou, you have to learn to read first... If you can learn a thousand words, you can only be considered temporary residence. Although you can live for a lifetime and work will not affect you, your descendants will suffer."

"That's it. I heard that it's not even free to go to school!" someone said again.

"It's okay if you don't mention this, but I'll get angry when I mention it." Zhang Cheng grinned with the basin, "This Tangzhou people are good, they are so good, they are so kind, and they are so kind, but you say they have to force us to go to school... Why? They all go to be scholars, who still farms and cooks? Besides, are we the ones who recognize words?"

"Who blames you for not going to night school by yourself?" Someone in the team turned his head and gave him a blank look. "Knowledge changes destiny, knowledge is power. This is what the teacher kept muttering... I heard that it was because he had been to school and learned countless things that the people in Tangzhou could win the battle, break up the territory of foreign devils, and become a prince."

"Just blow it." Li Si curled his lips, "I don't believe that the people in Tangzhou were much better than us before... I think they were similar to the Longhaired Army before the Qing Dynasty and the Nian Army. But the Citi Country did not have a person like Zeng Shaobao, so they could accomplish things."

"That's also a skill," said the man.

"Nonsense, of course it's a skill. I didn't say that it's a skill. I just said that those foreigners are useless." Li Si refuted.

"Foreigners are useless? If foreigners are useless, can we force our Qing Dynasty to be like that?" The man sneered disdainfully.

"People are different from people, so foreigners are naturally different."

"Okay, okay, why do you say this?" Zhang Cheng's team took a quick turn and soon came to him to wash. He took out a teapot from the washbasin, scooped a jar of water from the bucket that had been prepared next to him, took a sip, dipped it out, and started brushing his teeth with a toothbrush: "Anyway, I have earned enough money here. When the work is finished, I will go back to my hometown to buy dozens of acres of land, and the local owner will go..."

"I heard that the land in Tangzhou is cheaper. If you go back to your hometown, you can buy dozens of acres, but you may be able to buy hundreds of acres when you go to Tangzhou." Someone smiled.

"Not rare." Zhang Cheng waved his hand and spit out a few mouthfuls of white foam. "Golden and silver nests are not as good as their own doghouse. Besides, Tangzhou has occupied the territory of the Citi Kingdom. Can those foreign devils of Citi Kingdom be willing? Sooner or later, we will have a battle. If we go to Tangzhou, if we encounter it, aren't we asking for trouble?"

"That's right..." Many people around him nodded. Although they were not very clear about the relationship between Tangzhou and the Americans, they could infer from the simplest psychology that foreigners were so vicious, and now they were ripped off by Tangzhou. They must have to take revenge. If they go to Tangzhou with greed for benefits, then they will really fight with those foreigners in the future? Everyone has made a lot of money in recent years, and taking it back to their country is a good life. Why take that risk?

...

"You heard it all? It's not that we don't work hard and dare to come out to live a life. Who is not a little crazy? They are all smart!"

The workers squeezed together to wash and chat, but did not notice that just a short distance from them, inside a temporary cooler, three men wearing shirts and shorts and straw hats were listening carefully to their conversation. And the one who spoke was one of the thin black and thin young men.

"It's really a trouble." Another middle-aged man who looked a little white shook his head, "Our policy is biased."

"It's not just deviation? I think the people in the prefecture think they are very smart, and always feel that the current situation is caused by the fact that they can't make a fortune in the world. They are too self-righteous." The black and thin young man said again.

"You can't say that. Am I here?" The middle-aged man smiled bitterly, "I still attach great importance to your report above."

"You guys are so embarrassed to say it." The black and thin young man snorted coldly, "Take it seriously? I really need to pay attention to it. I will wait until now. The canal may be completed in two years. If you drag it for a while, they will go back to their hometown to live a good life with their salary. What's the point?"

"That's it." The third person is also a young man, and his skin is also dark. He heard the words of the black and thin young man and then said: "No matter what, there are tens of thousands of people in this Panama Canal base, and at most it is almost 70,000... It is almost half of the population of Tangzhou. If you really pay attention, what would you do long ago?"

"What have you been doing? Hey, of course, I'm fighting with Americans, Canadians, and British people." The middle-aged man sighed, "Didn't that worker just now say it, you all heard that Tangzhou is the thorn in the eyes of Americans and Canadians, and the inner thorns... If we don't clean up before we have a firm foothold, can we wait until we are full before we take action?"

"Come on, please don't come." The black and thin young man snorted coldly, "When we are in the remote area here, I don't know the situation? When did the Americans take action? And then Canada, wasn't we beaten by our Commander Guo to cede land and pay compensation? Is this a saying that we have not yet established a foothold and are not yet rich?"

"Then according to your opinion, just as the Chinese workers who built railways in Canada were persecuted, we pretended not to see it?" The middle-aged man's face darkened and asked back.

"I don't mean that." The thin black young man shook his head quickly, "I just feel uncomfortable. Why do we look like stepmothers?"

"Are you raised by your stepmother?" The middle-aged man's face became even more gloomy. "In Panama, I have tens of thousands of workers in charge. Is there any less investment in every year? Are those workers less supplies? Starting from the hand-held tractor, Tangzhou has new things. Which one is not supplied to you first? Are you raised by your stepmother? Then who is raised by your own mother? Tell me!"

"I……"

"What do I do? Just say you can't say something!" Seeing that the black and thin young man was choked by the middle-aged man, the third man glared at him and then reached out to pat the middle-aged man on the back, "Old He, don't be angry. How could we be raised by stepmothers? That's just to make Seattle pay attention to us."

"It's important to pay attention, of course." Lao He sighed, "But this emphasis is also a matter of scoring. Besides, you have done your own work?"

"What does it mean?" The thin and black young man was a little unhappy. "I walked back and forth in a few days at hundreds of construction sites along the Panama Canal. I can know what the workers think and do. If something happens, it will be solved immediately... Look at this construction site. Just look at the water used by workers to brush their teeth and wash their faces in the morning. That is what I arranged for people to raise them from the river every night, boil them, and then put them in a bucket, and prepare them... What is the purpose? Isn't it just to prevent these workers from getting sick by drinking raw water?"

"And each bucket is equipped with a lid, just to worry that it will be dropped into it by snakes, insects, rats and ants at night..." The third man also said quickly.

"That's it." The thin black young man clapped his hands, "Old He, you see, isn't you doing your job well?"

"Then why are these workers unwilling to settle in Tangzhou?" Lao He asked back.

"He Luyuan, are you here to find fault?" The thin black young man was annoyed, "You didn't hear it just now? They are not fools, and they are also worried that they would be called by foreigners when they go to Tangzhou... Who cares about their lives? These people are all from the Qing Dynasty, so how can they not be afraid of foreigners? You think he is like us, killing out from a sea of ​​corpses and blood, looking at foreigners is like looking at dead dogs?"

"Then do you think Tangzhou is in danger?" He Luyuan was obviously a little angry, and asked at the thin black man.

"Tangzhou is of course dangerous. Otherwise, why should we arrange so many backs?" The third man grabbed the black and thin young man who was about to speak and said first. As one of the main leaders of the Panama Canal Project, he certainly knew that Guo Jinzhang and others arranged backs in Colombia. From Zhou Xiaoding, Zhu Chuliu and his gang stepped onto Colombia's territory under the name of Chinese workers to the training, he was still able to cover up in front of American engineers. Moreover, they were also the logistics department of Zhou Xiaoding and others, providing necessary supplies and ammunition to the mountain division on time. Otherwise, with the strength of Colombia, how could it be possible to support such well-equipped divisions?

"Since you know, you should know how important Panama is in the overall strategic planning of Tangzhou." He Luyuan snorted coldly, "What is the stepmother?... You touch your chest and think about it yourself. If you didn't trust you, if you didn't think you could bear the heavy responsibility, such a big project, so many workers, and such an important transit joint, why should you hand it over to you?"

"Then why do you say that we didn't do our job well?" the black and thin young man shouted.

"You're so embarrassed to ask." He Luyuan snorted again, "How many years have you been? Hum? Don't tell me that these workers have only recently thought about the reason why Tangzhou is very dangerous. But what have you done? If you can't figure it out, you should help others to explain and persuade them, but what about you? You can only hide there and shout, and the report will only say it is difficult, difficult, and impossible... The state government has been suppressing these reports, which is for you to save face. Judging from your Zhou Zhenglin and Xi Changshou's defense battle in Seattle.

At that time, I have been on the front line, and I have saved you face because of your hard battle with the American South Carolina Front in Columbia City. In order to let you think about it yourself and solve these problems... Do you know? Guo Jinzhang prepared all the appointment letters of the Governor of Greater Vancouver and the Deputy Governor of Tangzhou for you at that time, but because of your series of reports, the appointment letter was finally thrown into the fireplace and burned clean!"

"What, what..."

Unexpectedly, He Luyuan suddenly exposed such a major news. Zhou Zhenglin and Xi Changshou, who were already a little angry, were suddenly a little stupid... Governor of Greater Vancouver, Deputy Governor of Tangzhou? Guo Jinzhang had actually thought of appointing them as Governor of Greater Vancouver and the lieutenant governor of Tangzhou?

"Do you regret it?" He Luyuan snorted coldly again, "I think you deserve it."

"Old, Lao He," the black and thin young man, Zhou Zhenglin, grabbed He Luyuan's arm, "Are you saying true? Then, aren't those seats left to the people in Denver? Why are we..."

"You also know that it was left to Denver's own people?" He Luyuan glared at him, "Liu Tongfu wants to be the governor, but he doesn't want to be the governor. The others have their own positions. It's your turn... But you are really promising. When you encounter some difficult things, you only know how to complain. Who is Guo Jinzhang? Can he miss this opportunity?"

"Going to Vancouver is not necessarily better than being the commander-in-chief of the engineering here." Xi Changshou suddenly snorted coldly.

"Well, then you can continue to be the commander-in-chief here. Two years later, are you still planning to continue to be the general manager of this canal company?" He Luyuan said annoyed.

"That's not bad either." Xi Changshou said awkwardly.

"You say it again?"

"snort!"

"Old He, since we have already signed the appointment bookmarks, why didn't we get the news?" Zhou Zhenglin was deeply depressed when he lost a prominent position as the governor of the Greater Vancouver area in vain. You know, the Greater Vancouver area is close to Tangzhou, and it is mostly plains, and is located at the western end of the Canadian Pacific Railway, next to the Pacific Ocean. The future development can naturally be expected. Even because of the advantages of flat terrain, its future prospects may even surpass Tangzhou. But he missed it like this... It's really atrocity to think about it. And he couldn't help but feel a little resentment towards Guo Jinzhang.

"Guo Jinzhang has been hiding in Everett. Whoever he wants to appoint will be nominated only when he arrives in Parliament. But who would have thought that your report will come as soon as the nomination was passed in Parliament? Do you know what Guo Jinzhang said when he read your report?" He Luyuan asked.

"What?"

"It is still acceptable to maintain success, but it is not enough to explore."

"Inadequate development? Why are we not inadequate development?" Zhou Zhenglin shouted, "Isn't this Panama Canal formed from scratch? Isn't it that we gathered from few to many? Can this be called inadequate development?"

"Don't put gold on your face." He Luyuan glared at him, "How do you need to develop the Panama Canal? Things have been decided, and you will start construction when you recruit people. What's the matter? Why do you think others can't do it? If it weren't difficult, go down from Li Asheng, Liu Tongfu and others, Wan Gongxiang, Ding Huaiyuan... The National Development and Reform Commission is now stuffing so many people, and it will be your turn to take action?"

"You underestimate us too much, are you?" Xi Changshou said dissatisfied.

"I'm just underestimating you." He Luyuan gave the two of them a blank look, "You think about it yourself. In the past few years, you have done some outstanding things in addition to telling you about the hardship and finding reasons for yourself to complete the task?"

"But it is really not easy to recruit immigrants from workers. As I said just now, they are not fools either." Zhou Zhenglin said.

"Then you can't change your thinking? Just talking about Tangzhou being temporarily stayed and not going to war with the Americans. If the Americans fight, will they choose to leave or stay?" He Luyuan said.

"Hmph, do you think those workers can believe this?"

"Then have you said that?"

“…”

Zhou Zhenglin and Xi Changshou looked at each other, but they had never said that. When they sent people to recruit immigrants, they were just talking about the good things of Tangzhou, which had both land and money, and could be the masters of the family. But this was okay at the beginning, and recruited a lot of people, but it was not the case in the future. These workers heard the news from somewhere that there was no woman in Tangzhou and had to face attacks from Americans at any time... They could have recruited about 10,000 a year, but now it would be good if they could have two hundred. If they weren't anxious to get angry, they wouldn't have lost their temper with He Luyuan after hearing the words of those workers... After all, they hadn't completed the task.

"I don't think of a solution, I just care about reporting the problems to the superiors... If everything is solved by the superiors, why do you still want you?" He Luyuan glared at the two of them again. Seeing that they were blushing and lowered their heads, he sighed again, "If you don't do your best, don't blame others. Don't forget that the only ones in Chinatown are you and Huang Sande. You are now in the face of our Chinatown in San Francisco."

"Who still remembers Chinatown now..." Zhou Zhenglin couldn't help but mutter.

"What did you say?" He Luyuan glared at him.

"No, nothing." Zhou Zhenglin shook his head. He would not argue with Chinatown "old men" like He Luyuan on these issues, because once they fight, they will only get worse and worse.

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to talk to you again." He Luyuan glanced at the two of them again: "To be honest, I came to inspect on behalf of the Development and Reform Commission this time, and I'm not really here to find you... I have a task."

"Task?"

"That's right. Big mission." He Luyuan stared at the two of them for a while, lowered his voice: "How are you getting along with the local Colombians?"

"Please do it." Xi Changshou shook his head, "Those guys often come to our construction site to steal things. They are constantly banned and it is useless to call the police... They have clashed with workers many times. However, their government is still on our side, so we are not at a loss."

"If you want to make a big deal within a month, it's best to make the whole Panama mess up!"

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