The Literary Hero of the Republic of China (民国之文豪) [MTL]

Chapter 99- 100

　　Chapter 99 The Factory

　　Over the past few years, the territory of the concession has been expanding. For example, Ping An Middle School, which was located in a place that was not originally a concession, now belongs to the concession.

　　The hospital that Fu Yun'an wants to build, and the orphanage that Huo Ershao wants to build are all located near Ping'an Middle School, on the edge of the concession.

　　Of course, Huo Ershao's factory was built outside the concession. After all, building a factory requires a large piece of land, and buying such a large piece of land in the concession requires a lot of money.

　　Wei Ting took Mu Qiong and ten students who signed up for a work-study program and got on the tram together.

　　Mu Qiong never took a bus in modern times, but he has seen pictures of crowded buses, and the trams at this time are far more crowded than modern buses.

　　No way, there are too few means of transportation at this time.

　　They crowded the tram for half an hour, walked for more than ten minutes, and arrived at Huo Ershao's factory.

　　The outside of the factory has been surrounded by walls, and there are soldiers with live ammunition standing guard at the gate. The ten students were surprised and excited when they saw this scene.

　　These soldiers asked Mu Qiong and others about their identities and intentions, and some of them ran in. After a while, a man in his forties in a long gown came out, saying that he was the manager here, and took Mu Qiong himself. Wait for someone to go in.

　　As soon as he entered, Mu Qiong saw that a whole row of bungalows had been built around the huge wall. There were clothes hanging on the front, back and roof of these bungalows, which should be used as dormitories.

　　The middle-aged steward really introduced: "These are dormitories for workers. There are not many workers recruited now, only more than 200 workers. In the future, more workers will be recruited here, and the dormitory will be built with another row. !"

　　"Second Master Huo has done a great good deed by opening this factory." Wei Ting said, among other things, he said that Second Master Huo was willing to recruit so many workers, so that many people had a chance to survive.

　　"Our second young master is the most kind-hearted." The middle-aged steward smiled.

　　Wei Ting nodded in agreement: "Indeed! Speaking of it, I misunderstood Er Shao before." Although Huo Er Shao had a good reputation in the business field before, everyone said that he was always unwilling to suffer losses No kindness.

　　It now appears that they had misunderstood him before.

　　"Those workers are helping build the house during the day, but they are empty at night. According to what the second young master wants, we will ask someone to teach them how to read and count at night." The middle-aged manager said again: "I don't want them to learn more. Well, just hope they don't know how to count."

　　"Second Young Master is thoughtful, let them learn to read, and maybe in the future, they can cultivate some people who can be independent." Wei Ting chatted with the middle-aged manager all the way, and the group soon came to the factory building. place.

　　There are countless... child laborers here?

　　If Mu Qiong had seen such a scene before crossing, he would definitely call the police and arrest the boss who hired child labor, but at this time... Huo Ying's willingness to recruit child labor may be considered a good deed.