Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 269 Depressed City

Although Pignissberg is already the largest city in the northern part of the New World, it was originally a military fortress after all. Even decades of peaceful life have not changed this.

Therefore, the overall area of ​​Pignisberg is not large, and the main industrial industries are steel and military industries.

Limited by the size of the city, the scale of these two industries is not large.

The steel plant mainly produces metal parts needed for daily maintenance of the fortress and rails for railways, while the military industry can only produce rifles and small-caliber six-pound guns.

Moreover, these two factories mainly serve the ordnance maintenance of the fortress. They were used to ensure military logistics during the original war, so the equipment is very old and the production capacity is not high.

Decades later, the empire's local factories had long since realized fully mechanized production, and most of them still used manpower.

It's not that the factory owners here don't want to upgrade their equipment, but that the supporting military industries in Pignisberg belong to the imperial military. If the military doesn't update them, they won't be able to upgrade their equipment.

As for the efficiency of the imperial military...

"They are often very efficient when applying new equipment, but they are stingy like misers when it comes to upgrading old equipment." Purficott inspected the industrial situation in Pignisberg and had to make a very disappointing evaluation .

As a native of Pignysburg, Second Lieutenant Kevin knew about the situation in Pignysburg. It was quite prosperous just after the war a few decades ago, and the city was also accompanied by peace in the following ten years. period and ushered in great development.

It's not that people don't go to work, it's that they don't have any work to do.

This is why Karen was able to meet a large group of workers listening to her speech in the tavern during the day.

During the same period, other cities in the New World ushered in a period of rapid development, but Pignisberg remained the same as before.

Although this phenomenon is not serious yet, and only a small number of factories are involved, the problem has gradually become apparent.

However, in the following twenty years, the city's development has stagnated. Although it seems that the city is still prosperous and everything is beautiful, it is just maintaining the status quo.

In recent years, as factory equipment has become increasingly aging and technology has become more obsolete, the factory in Pignisberg has been receiving fewer and fewer orders, and its operating rate has also been declining.

As for Pignysburg itself, everyone did not feel that life had become worse, but compared with other places in the New World colonies, Pignysburg lagged behind more than a little.

This was the most prosperous period for Pinignisberg, and most of the buildings that are now Pinignisberg were built during that period.

Second Lieutenant Kevin followed Perfectcott, not knowing what to say to her comments.

If it is not properly resolved, it is conceivable that a serious wave of unemployment will inevitably break out in the future, triggering a labor movement.

So for Karen, this is the best environment for her to be active.

The workers had time to listen to her preach what she had learned from Purficott, and their own unemployment problems filled them with dissatisfaction and they could relate to what Kallen preached. At the same time, these workers are only temporarily unemployed. Although their lives are difficult, they have not yet reached the stage where they cannot survive, and serious social conflicts or labor movements will not break out immediately.

I have to say, there couldn’t be a more perfect setting.

This also led to Kallen establishing a workers' union in Pignisberg in less than two months, and it grew rapidly, and now has contacted workers in almost all factories in Pignisberg. , became a quite large group.

Even during this time, Karen was contacting workers in various factories, counting their situations and demands, and preparing for a trial demonstration to put pressure on the government of Pignisberg to improve the unemployment problem of workers.

Karen doesn’t want to make things too big. This time, she is mainly trying to organize a movement so that workers can understand and learn how to fight and fight for their own interests. At the same time, she is also testing Pignisberg’s reaction and tolerance. .

If the other party has a tough attitude, the first thing you need to avoid is unnecessary sacrifice.

After all, our side does not have any force at present. Relying solely on workers’ demonstrations and struggles would be irresponsible for their lives.

And Kallen did not ignore the most important news she learned from Purficott. In two years, the entire world will be frozen by ice and snow, and everything in the past will be broken. Under this premise, the first step is to What we need to do is to accumulate enough strength, rather than fighting at this moment and creating conflicts and disturbances. That would not be good news for anyone.

In particular, Purficott once told Kallen that what she wanted was stability, and whoever caused turmoil at this time would only be suppressed by her and the empire.

Karen instinctively didn't want to conflict with Purficott, so naturally she wouldn't do such a thing intentionally.

According to Karen's plan, she will organize the workers to carry out some small-scale struggles within the next two years to enhance everyone's unity and fighting spirit without causing a big mess.

After the empire announced the news of the doomsday winter, she took up the banner of the pioneer knight, and then led the workers north to the northern border to establish everyone's pioneer territory to fight against this doomsday winter.

Karen knew that she was not a leader, so after forming the workers' federation, she did not put herself in a leadership position. Instead, she asked everyone to recommend the person who was most trusted by the workers to serve as the leader of the workers' federation.

Kallen herself is responsible for imparting knowledge to the workers and giving speeches. In Purficott's words, she is the spiritual mentor.

However, Kallen knew clearly that she was only passing on to others what Perficott taught her. She was not the real spiritual mentor, Perficott was.

So after learning that Perfecticot had come to Pignisberg, she used the Phantom Thief's ability again after a long absence, sneaked into the location where Perfecticot was staying, and quietly came to Perfecticot. s room.

She didn't know exactly what kind of state of mind she was in, but she really wanted to see Perfectikt again, and there were many things she wanted to say to her.

However, the moment Kallen sneaked into Purficott's room, she was discovered, and two sharp blades stabbed her directly in the face.

If Purficott hadn't called out to Befa in time, Kallen might have had two more transparent holes in her body.

"Hi, Kallen." Purficott greeted Kallen, and Kallen also smiled.

(End of this chapter)