The river is surging and does not look turbulent, but it is difficult for a heavy ship to move forward.
Not far away, the sound of chants was uniform and uniform, covering up the sound of water. A thick iron chain was taut, pulled by thousands of trackers, and it made a tooth-staining clicking sound from time to time.
The heavy cargo ship was slowly moving backwards on the river. The sails were bulging and the iron ropes were cold. The sun was rising and the light shone on the trackers. Their bodies were tight and veins were exposed, and they were all grinding their teeth and sweating profusely.
This situation and scene, as soon as you see it, actually give people a different kind of mechanical beauty.
However, when people see such a scene, most people do not feel happy, but instead feel heavy and depressed.
?????????????????????? Where do you see mechanical beauty? It¡¯s clearly just two words, life.
"It's easy to live, easy to live, but not easy to live"
"Damn it, I paid fifty taels for the boat ride, but it makes me feel unhappy and annoyed."
Luo Zheng, who was looking at the thousands of trackers on the shore pulling the cargo ship forward slowly, cursed and started to take off his clothes.
Seeing this, Yun Jing said: "Brother Luo wants to swim again?"
"Well, let's go swim for a couple of laps to stretch our muscles and keep out of sight and out of mind."
"The water in this section of the river is relatively fast and there are undercurrents surging underwater. Brother Luo, please be careful," Yun Jing reminded.
"Know"
With that said, Luo Zheng jumped lightly, drew an arc and plunged into Jiangzhou and disappeared.
This is also a person with a temperament. Yunjing knows it. He feels depressed when he sees the scene of the trackers pulling the boat. He wants to leave the cargo ship to relieve them a little pressure. Although his weight is useless compared to the big ship, the starting point is OK
"It was very noisy outside last night and I didn't sleep well. I'm going to take a rest." Bai Zhi looked at the trackers walking in a dense crowd like ants on the riverside and said softly, then turned and left.
??It can be seen from her dress, words and deeds that her background is not good, and she has lived a hard life. She has a deep understanding of the hard life of those trackers, and she feels sad and cannot bear to look at it.
Yun Jing didn¡¯t leave, he still stood by the boat and watched silently.
It¡¯s not that he is cold-hearted and indifferent to people suffering, but that he understands that this kind of thing happens every day, and escaping cannot change this fact.
??Actually, looking at the work of these trackers from another perspective, it is a blessing that they can work hard on this stretch of river, earn some money and food, and be able to survive without starving to death.
It¡¯s not easy to stay alive, so what does it mean to be tired?
"Pull out the bottom of the river and widen the river. Although trackers will no longer be needed for cargo ships, it will deprive tens of thousands of people of a place to make a living. Even if we can find another job for the countless tracker families currently stationed here, work, but trackers are needed here, and there will still be other people coming back to do this job in the future, which will not change anything. It is unrealistic to find ways to pay more for the passing ships. The market supply and demand relationship has its own laws. Hastily intervening in the chain reaction will only add chaos. It is even more undesirable to find ways to ban gangs so that they will be less oppressed. Without gang restraint and management, it will only become more chaotic"
Thoughts flickered, and the words "the purpose of the study tour" came to Yunjing's mind again.
What is the purpose of study tour? Just walk around and have a look?
It¡¯s one thing not to see it, but it¡¯s another thing to see it. If you don¡¯t know what other people are doing, what can you do?
"Scholars, who enjoy such good welfare benefits from the country, even if they are not in official positions, still have the obligation to contribute to solving people's livelihood problems. Perhaps countless scholars have come here to see this scene. They have thought about helping, but they all I just haven¡¯t thought of a way, and I can¡¯t force anything to change. I can only do my best to the best of my ability, but I want peace of mind and don¡¯t care about other people¡¯s opinions.¡±
With this thought in mind, Yunjing put down the book box, took out pen, ink, paper and inkstone, thought for a moment, and started writing on the paper.
He is writing a proposal.
Since we cannot change the condition of the river and cause tens of thousands of people to lose their livelihood, nor can we disrupt the rules of the industry, nor can we rashly interfere with the order here, we have no choice but to make some suggestions from another perspective, hoping to slightly improve the conditions of the trackers. Life.
Yunjing made only two suggestions.
First of all, if conditions permit, whether it is the government or the gangs that manage countless trackers, I hope they can organize manpower to widen the road along the river and improve the difficult road conditions along the twenty-mile river. In this way First of all, although the trackers still have to work hard to pull the boat, at least the road is easier to walk, and they can suffer less. In this suggestion, he also proposed that on this twenty-mile stretch of the riverThe person in charge was a scholar. After seeing Yun Jing's proposal, he studied it several times and even cried with joy. He said that not only would he try his best to promote the things in the proposal, but he would also ask the superiors to submit these two suggestions. After all, the Lijiang River is very long, and even other rivers in the Dynasty have professions like trackers in many places. We need help from the proposal, which will benefit hundreds of thousands, millions or even more people.
Especially the importance of hygiene. As a scholar, he interpreted it in depth, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. If hygiene was done well to prevent diseases and plagues, countless people would be saved. It can be said that the merits will be of great benefit in the present day and in the future!
Thinking of this, the man couldn't sit still and took action immediately
Seeing this, a heartfelt smile appeared on Yunjing's face.
He has done everything he needs to do. Some people pay attention to it, some people take action, and some people are promoting his suggestions. Maybe this requires a process, but as long as he can ultimately help the people he wants to help, then that's what he wants.
He only gave suggestions. Although he was not involved, he believed that the gold would eventually be spent.
Good suggestions will always be used even if the person who implements them does it for fame, profit or merit. As long as it can ultimately benefit the public, that's enough.
The cargo ship was moving upstream little by little, and Yunjing withdrew his "eyes". He had done everything he had to do, but he had a clear conscience.