Bright Sword: Follow Kong's fun and build the strongest military industry

Standing on the busy streets and looking at the white people everywhere, Lin Zixuan couldn't help feeling sad. This was someone else's country, and no matter how hard he tried, he could never fit in and was always excluded and bullied.

The color of his skin determines his situation here. People's prejudices are like a mountain and cannot be changed by hard work.

Suddenly, he saw a place that specialized in recruiting crew members. From the recruitment advertisements posted there, he saw that the salaries offered for various positions were 20% higher than other places, especially for the position of third engineer, which was also 20. However, it was only 20 pounds, which was very tempting.

You have to know that the British pound is an international currency. You can buy anything with it anywhere. Its influence is not comparable to that of locally issued currencies.

And the person in charge of recruitment seemed to be a Chinese. Although Lin Zixuan couldn't understand why such an important position was held by a Chinese person, this was also a good sign. Maybe he was his fellow villager, which would help to bring them closer.

However, even though the salary offered on the recruitment poster was already very good, there were still very few applicants, mainly because the interviewer was a yellow-skinned Chinese man.

"My friend, do you need anyone else here?"

The person in charge of recruitment is named Zhou. He was specially recruited by Kong Hao from the system. He is a native of Guangdong Province, China, and is specifically responsible for maritime transportation.

In the future we will build or purchase more cargo ships, which will require a large number of seafarers. In addition to using high salaries to attract those foreigners who dare to take risks, the most important thing is to train our own crew members.

However, even if we offered a very high salary, we could not find many people. We could only barely gather enough crew for one cargo ship, and there were still several cargo ships waiting to be staffed.

When he heard the familiar words, he quickly raised his head and said happily: "Yes, we want any seafarer, sir, please sit down and let's talk."

Lin Zixuan was quite honest. He explained the situation first and emphasized:

"Manager Qian, I have been blacklisted by many shipping companies. If my joining will cause you trouble, then I would rather not join."

"These guys are going too far. It's simply unreasonable."

After Manager Qian heard this, he immediately slammed the table and started yelling at those guys with a bunch of curse words from his hometown, which roughly meant cursing the other party's eighteen generations of ancestors, if those people really had any.

When Lin Zixuan heard the local accent, he immediately felt extremely familiar, especially the momentum of the curse, which was so hearty.

Even many foreigners looked over here, but they probably didn't understand what they said. They just thought there was something wrong with the two of them.

After scolding him, Manager Qian patted his chest and assured, "Xiao Lin, this is absolutely no problem. I can make the decision on all matters on the cargo ship and will not be affected by those foreign devils."

"By the way, since you are willing to join our fleet, let's talk about the relevant treatment."

After hearing this, Lin Zixuan asked curiously, "Manager Qian, the salary is written on the job advertisement. The salary for the third engineer position is 20 pounds per month."

"Xiao Lin, the compensation above is for these foreigners. Since you are Chinese, you are one of us, so it must be different. This is the treatment for Chinese seafarers."

After saying that, he took out a booklet from the drawer and handed it over.

Lin Zixuan took it and looked at it. It said: "The third engineer position pays thirty pounds a month, and each voyage is subsidized by ten pounds. In addition, the family will be provided with housing, and children can go to school for free."

After reading it, he shouted in shock: "This, this is incredible, how can we Chinese get such a high salary?"

"Xiao Lin, don't doubt it. This is decided by our employer. Our fleet gives priority to recruiting Chinese people. The salary given to the same position is 50% higher than that of other foreigners, and there are also other benefits."

"China has a history of 5,000 years. Why should we be inferior to others in modern times? This is unreasonable."

"Since foreigners want to treat us differently, then don't blame us for doing the same. We are the boss of our own territory. As long as we pay higher wages than other places, there are foreigners working hard for us, so we can't indulge them."

"We don't cause trouble, but we're not afraid of it either. Once those foreign devils bully us, we'll fight them back, and our boss will bear all the consequences."

Lin Zixuan had never heard such domineering words before. He immediately felt his blood boiling and clapped his hands involuntarily, and by the way, he received surprised looks from others.

After a while, Manager Qian sighed and said, "We in China still have too few talents in this field of seafarers, especially captains, first mates, and chief engineers who can take charge of their own affairs."

"By the way, Xiaolin, since you have extensive experience as a third engineer, are you interested in becoming a chief engineer?"

"Chief Engineer? I've never been one before, and foreign transport ships have never hired Chinese as chief engineers. I'm afraid I won't be able to do the job well, and if something goes wrong it will be troublesome."

But Manager Qian said nonchalantly, "Xiao Lin, there is a first time for everything. How about this? You take the salary of a third engineer first, and when you get on board, you will be a trainee chief engineer. I will arrange for a professional chief engineer to guide you."

"After you make a few trips, you will be qualified for the job of chief engineer. Then you can get the salary of a chief engineer, which is a full sixty pounds."

"By the way, I heard that you have many brothers who have nothing to do at home. You can call them over and let them work as ordinary mechanics first. As long as they have a certain foundation, they will be trained in the direction of management positions."

Lin Zixuan was also extremely happy after hearing this. He was just about to talk about this matter, but he didn't expect the result to be better than he expected.

"Manager Qian, this is too expensive. If the employer loses money, this kind of work won't last long. Otherwise, we should just get the same salary as other foreigners. This way, we can save a lot of money."

"You may not know that my great-grandfather's great-grandfather came here at least a hundred years ago, but we have never enjoyed the same treatment as the locals. In fact, as long as we get equal pay for equal work, we are already satisfied."

"It feels a little unreal to get such a high salary all of a sudden. I'm really afraid that this is just a dream and it will be shattered at the slightest touch."

Manager Qian looked at his suffering compatriot in front of him with infinite emotion in his heart. It was really sad that the Chinese people, the great Celestial Empire, had fallen into such a miserable situation.

He explained earnestly, "Xiao Lin, our Chinese ancestors have an old saying: Those who are not of our race must have different hearts."

"It will be more reliable for our fleet to use our own people in the future. We have many ships and are in need of suitable seafarers. Please help introduce some when you return. The more people the better."

"By the way, since you are now an employee of our fleet, you will go to our headquarters for training starting the day after tomorrow. The first freighter will depart in about five days."

"Here's fifty pounds, which is considered as resettlement allowance. You can settle your family down after you return. By the way, you can move your family to our special staff dormitory tomorrow. Our group has hired professional bodyguards there to patrol 24 hours a day, so you don't have to suffer the cold stares and bullying of foreigners."

"Here's the pass. Just show it when you get there. Here are 20 cans of beef, also produced by our group. They're employee benefits. Take some back with you and let your family have a good meal."

At this time, Lin Zixuan didn't know what to say. The boss had thought of everything, so it didn't matter if he sold his life to the boss in the future.