Chapter 140 End of the Month
In the early morning of the fishing port, the sea breeze from the ocean swept over the wooden boats tied to the wooden piles of the fishing port with heavy water vapor. The rising sun swept over the sea level and shone on several large pools expanded in the fishing port. Most of the pools were filled with various marine fish.
As soon as the marine fish were exposed to the light, they immediately jumped up and splashed a large area of water.
In a pool, there were various shells of molluscs. Although these molluscs were non-toxic, they were put together because they were more troublesome to cook. As a result, they accumulated more and more, and there was no good solution until now.
"Hey, kid, it's time to get up."
The old fisherman patted the young fisherman who was still lying on the bed, disturbing his sweet dream.
The young fisherman looked at the faint light outside the window and knew that it was just dawn.
"The bell for work hasn't rung yet."
Because it is a group system, they don't have to worry about someone being late, and there will be members in the group to urge them to work.
If you really don't work, then tonight's dinner will be cancelled. If you are sick, you can apply for sick leave.
The territory's review system is open and transparent. They can clearly know whether they are likely to be selected as freemen. The young and old fishermen are particularly capable of working. A young man who is gradually getting stronger needs to work hard and is also very studious; an experienced and sophisticated man has been dealing with the ocean for longer than he has been on the shore.
"You kid, have you been so busy recently that you forgot that today is the day when the lord announces freemen."
The old fisherman patted the young fisherman on the back of his shoulder and laughed twice.
At first, no one expected this territory. They just talked about it in their spare time and filled their barren topics with a little hope for the future.
People don't need to know how the machine works, but when a huge social machine shows the tip of the iceberg in front of them, they watch the power derived from rules and order penetrate into every corner of society.
This territory is running according to some rules they have never seen before.
Order and discipline.
Even the results of their daily work were recorded in detail, rather than a manager simply taking a look and making a conclusion for them.
The territory that ran steadily according to the rules had no reason to lie to them.
The clerk would seriously answer any questions they asked, even if they felt ridiculous.
The meals that were enough to fill their stomachs allowed these tired fishermen to work hard the next day. Ji Lin firmly believed that people who couldn't even eat enough were not efficient at work.
With enough food and their own jobs, these fishermen slaves began to have good hopes for the future.
They really had the possibility of becoming free people in this territory.
They wanted their own house and their own fishing boat, so that they could go out fishing in their spare time... It would be best if they could buy a new piece of clothing every day.
As for learning, that was something they dared not even think about. Knowledge was the most precious wealth in the world.
Therefore, even if the fish stocks near the fishing port began to decrease, they were still working hard to bring the territory an undiminished catch.
This simple wooden boat cannot withstand the wind and waves, but a few hundred meters near the coast, gradually catching fish near the coast along the long coastline can still bring them rich profits.
Now the one-month period promised by the lord has come. Yesterday, the clerk also specifically mentioned this issue to them when they were dismissed, and said that the lord would come in person to give them the status of freemen.
The young fisherman didn't sleep well last night because of this, and he tossed and turned in bed.
As a result, he got dizzy when he woke up in the morning, and thought he had to work today.
"Ha, it seems like you have been waiting all night last night. Let's go and have breakfast first."
The old fisherman patted the young fisherman on the shoulder.
Although the three meals a day in ancient times began to become popular in the Han Dynasty, Ji Lin considered it and still enabled breakfast, because of the work problems in the territory. If there is no breakfast, they will start farming on an empty stomach and starve until noon to eat the first meal of the day.
Especially since all the current work projects in the territory are heavy physical work, this physical supplement is particularly important.
However, breakfast could not compare with the richness of lunch and dinner. It was just a simple bowl of white porridge with salted pickled vegetables and some small pieces of meat that were not much bigger than rice grains.
If you have a big mouth, you will finish it in one mouthful, just like drinking soup.
They did not take two steps and saw a new long square wooden board under the territory clock. The wooden board was divided into squares with notches. Xu Shan was standing in the squares of this surprisingly long square wooden board and writing something.
They could not read, so they could not understand.
The fishermen had seen the engineering college a little far away from them, with its neat white exterior walls and exquisite classical buildings. It would be great if they could take a walk inside.
"Mr. Secretary!"
Xu Shan turned around and nodded to them in response. The dean of the college had accepted the title of secretary that these fishermen had given him.
They didn't know what to call Xu Shan. Was he a tax officer? But Xu Shan didn't collect taxes when he came here. After racking their brains, they could only come up with a title like clerk, which seemed a bit elegant and suited Xu Shan's temperament.
The two fishermen looked at the wrinkled paper in Xu Shan's hand, which recorded their work results for the past month.
It recorded the work results of all of them.
Their eyes were always revealing a kind of "is it us?" emotion.
There is nothing to keep in suspense about this.
The dean smiled and replied.
"Of course, let's go eat first."
Not far away, the aroma of white rice porridge was spreading along the wind, making people salivate.