When I returned to the copper and iron furnace, it was already very late. Ju Zizhou wandered around the workers' dormitory building and saw that outside the dormitory, many workers who were punished for not taking a bath. They were not allowed to sleep in the house lie down on the ground.

Today, because Mozheli wanted to teach everyone to read, the workers had no work to do, not as tired as usual, so they were not sleepy. So when Ju Zizhou came to wander around, many workers were not asleep, but lying on the ground, fanning the wind with grass, and chatting everywhere.

The topics of chatting are mostly the words I learned today.

Ju Zizhou listened for a while, then looked at the ground where there was not even a straw mat under everyone, and sighed slightly.

These people were used to being poor before, so even though they didn’t have beds and mats, they were also used to sleeping because many of them were like this in their past.

Ju Zizhou blew out the lights and sat quietly aside, listening to their chatting.

In the darkness, the voices are intertwined, and it is not chaotic. Ju Zizhou can hear someone telling his past, and someone imagining the future, saying that after he learns to learn the iron smelting technology, how his wages will double, how life will be, and what will happen to his wife and children.

Rough, wild, and full of vitality.

Although the conditions are still so difficult that it makes people almost desperate, in the end, we can still see the improvement of living conditions and a practical, steady and future way out.

So people did not despair, but a slight but vast ambition came.

They are about to live a good life!

Ju Zizhou wiped the frost flowers at the corner of his eyes and stood up and left.

The workers' hopes and ambitions did not belong to him.

The lives of workers will never improve in this case when the personal dependence relationship is not completely changed.

What they can see is a bubble woven by the money and food taken from the poor from the wider existence.

The bubble is colorful and wonderful in the sun, but it is false and breaks with one punch.

The sound of cicadas, the sound of humans, the sound of footsteps.

The night became quieter.

The stars are dim, the sky is almost dawn, and the air is a little cooler.

...

At the end of June, the weather became hotter and the work could no longer be done in the copper and iron furnace, so Ju Zizhou started the night shift for the workers, teaching them to rest during the day and do their work at the coolest moment in the early morning.

As a result, the fuel consumption is extremely large, and the copper and iron furnace itself has become a big problem, and there is not enough charcoal.

So I had to use the money to buy it in Xianyang City.

Retail investors picked up stone swords and axes in groups of three or three to log wood. Although Tian Lu did not lift the ban until July and allowed people to enter the mountains and forests to log wood, the industry was approaching this time, and the King of Qin was ambiguous, so the people below turned a blind eye.

The farmers' association has been planned and arranged, and the labor force has quickly left the land due to the innovation of production tools and improved labor efficiency. Therefore, the labor force is sufficient, so the most manpower can be dispatched and the most charcoal can be refined.

In early July, the weather became more and more dry, and there were several pieces of unowned forest land near Xianyang. The iron farm tools in the copper and iron furnace were approved by the Qin King Yiren and began to be sold to the public.

Wang, Meng, Li, Qin, Xiong and other noble families and farmers' associations placed orders one after another, and some small vendors also came to the copper and iron furnaces and purchased some iron axes, saw blades, hoes and hammers to sell.

Soon, iron farm tools opened up sales, and funds began to be recovered.

It was at this time that the copper and iron furnace was forced to shut down for the first time.

——More than 30 workers have developed diarrhea and weakness.

So Ju Zizhou immediately ordered the copper and iron furnace to blockade, isolate the more than 30 workers, and sent people to the palace to invite imperial physicians with higher medical standards.

After three days of shutdown and repeated verification, the reason was finally confirmed - eating raw food and eating damaged the stomach.

There was actually no problem with the food that day, simple corn rice, leek sauce, pickled vegetables and a little green vegetables.

Such rice is full, but lacks oil and water, especially meat.

Workers who have to do a lot of physical labor every day still have a high demand for meat. At first, they came into the copper and iron stove and couldn't eat enough food a day. At that time, the copper and iron stove gave them full food and meat three times a month. They were satisfied, but as time went by, they got used to the life of the copper and iron stove, and it became a matter of course to eat enough food.

So they need better treatment and better meals.

They want meat!

However, the system of copper and iron furnaces has not changed yet, and there are only three opportunities to eat meat every month.

As demand conflicts with the status quo, workers began to try to use their intelligence to solve problems.

Forty people from two dormitories connected together and hid several iron tools themselves. When the small vendors came to buy copper iron furnaces, they used this as a temptation to lure those vendors to buy meat and fish for them.

They took advantage of the opportunity when everyone went to the cafeteria to eat, stole the charcoal fire from the construction site, and barbecue and grilled fish.

This time, the incident started with their eating too much raw meat and raw fish, and their abdomen and intestines were slightly fragile, and they started to have diarrhea.

After finding out the whole truth, Ju Zizhou couldn't laugh or cry.

Ju Zizhou deliberately left the matter of leaving a few iron tools in exchange for personal benefits, because he could no longer give workers more rights under legal conditions, so he simply let them seek their own interests.

He, the largest official of the copper and iron furnace, had such an attitude, so the Momen naturally turned a tacitly turned a blind eye and let the workers fool them.

But unexpectedly, the workers had such a big accident when they ate something...

After the matter was over, Ju Zizhou did not punish the workers who had suffered from stomachache, but continued to organize the start of work.

On the day when the truth was found out, Ju Zizhou received an order from King Yiren of Qin: the copper and iron furnace will be handed over to Ying Jue.

This order was not surprising at all, and Ju Zizhou had been waiting for a long time.

Ju Zizhou simply packed his luggage, handed over the copper and iron furnace account book and other items to Ying Jie's servant, and left with his luggage on his back.

...

"What was his reaction?" asked the Qin King Yiren.

Ying Jie shook his head: "There was no reaction, it seemed that he had been waiting for a long time and was prepared."

"Are you ready?" Yi Ren raised his eyebrows: "How come he was ready?"

"The account book, personnel arrangements, summary of iron smelting technology, future work priorities, and the arrangements for the "sanitary" activities that the Memorials are still promoting are sorted out and delivered directly."
Chapter completed!