Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 342 Labor Movement
Hearing the word strike, Purficott instantly felt his blood pressure surge.

While she was trying every means to improve the efficiency of construction, there were still people playing tricks on her to slow down the progress of construction. This kind of thing would really make her angry.

Almost immediately, Purficott wanted to order a suppression of the strike.

But she quickly forced herself to calm down, because the White Bear Knight reported that they were going to strike, not that the strike had already started.

In this case, it means that there is at least room for relaxation, and it will not really get so intense.

So Purficott took a deep breath, calmed down his soaring blood pressure, and asked the White Bear Knight: "What happened? These workers are so full that they are about to go on strike!"

"It was because a worker was identified as a wanted criminal. An engineer recognized him and wanted to take him to the police station. However, the group of workers insisted that the man was their co-worker and did not allow the engineer to take him away. Both parties Just like that, a conflict broke out." The White Bear Knight hurriedly reported the situation to Purficott, and also informed Purficott of the results of the preliminary investigation: "We investigated that person, and he is indeed wanted in his hometown. The reason he was wanted was because he participated in the labor movement in Longton, so he was wanted nationwide by the Longton Police Department.

According to imperial law, if we discover this person, unless you, Lord Lord, provide special protection, we should arrest him as soon as possible after discovering him, and imprison him on the spot or escort him back to Langton. "

"So he's a labor leader?" Purficott didn't wonder why the workers went on strike.

"You can think so." The White Bear Knight replied.

"Yes, Lord." When the White Bear Knight heard Purficott's order, he immediately nodded and turned to execute it.

In fact, this labor movement was what Purficott hated the most and was the factor that had the greatest impact on the project.

Purficott himself rubbed his somewhat painful forehead helplessly, feeling the helplessness caused by this incident.

After all, as long as such people are not speculators, they are people who work hard for their ideals and are comrades worthy of respect.

But as a lord, from a rational perspective, she still cannot allow anyone to affect or destroy the construction of the energy tower, even if it is a labor movement led by a worker leader.

Purficott put down his tea cup, shook his head helplessly, and then said: "Let the City Guards send a company to the scene to maintain order, and first control the main leaders of both sides, especially the so-called workers' leader. And a wanted criminal, don’t let him get away.”

Compared with the shoddy and shoddy work of those suppliers, this would at best increase costs and delay the construction period. As long as Perfectcot was more ruthless with them, it could still be dealt with in a timely manner.

Emotionally speaking, she was actually not very willing to deal with a labor leader.

But the labor movement is different. This is something that can really completely destroy the construction of energy towers.

Purficott did not mean to discriminate against workers, but in this era, the vast majority of workers are indeed no different from illiterate people. It is basically useless for you to reason with them.

Although some people joke that when talking about the prosperity of Langton, even the beggars on the streets of Langton will puff up their chests unconsciously, but if you want to say how much concept of nation and country these people have, it can only be said that they are purely overthinking. . The reason why they feel proud is that the Empire is the most powerful country in the world, and their status as citizens of the Empire has brought them a series of conveniences and benefits.

Patriots also need education. At least they must first understand the concept of home and country before they can talk about patriotism.

In the same way, even if Purficott opens his mouth now, he tells these workers with red lips and white teeth that the world is about to be destroyed, mankind will face the end of the world, and the energy tower is the only chance for mankind to survive the doomsday crisis. Most of them just They will regard what Perficott said as nonsense, and may even think that it is a story made up by the nobles to deceive them.

In this case, if Purficott wanted to maintain stability, the suppression of the labor movement became a necessary measure and means.

So no matter how helpless he was, Purficott had to leave his office and drove to the construction site to prepare to deal with this incident.

However, when Purficott had just arrived at the scene and before he got out of the car, he heard someone shouting loudly: "Don't believe the nonsense of these government lackeys! They just want to drive us back to work!"

They will tell you that they are paid, but is the salary you receive really proportional to the work you put in?

They tell you that if you work hard, you will have a good life, but even if I work hard, I can't become an engineer, become a noble, or live a luxurious life!
Think about it, friends, we work like Palu every day, doing three shifts of hard work, and in the end we don’t earn as much as these people who sit around doing nothing and gesticulating. How can there be such a thing in the world? reason!
We have to fight! We're going on strike! We quit! It’s time for these guys who just eat and don’t work every day to try these jobs! "

Listening to what the speaker said, the expression on Purficott's face darkened.

If he just said that the work is hard and the pay and rewards are not equal, Purficott can understand it. After all, the wages of workers in this era are indeed not high.

Even if she has increased the labor remuneration of the workers as much as possible, considering the general environment of this era, it is impossible for her to give a high salary.

If he was complaining about the lack of rewards for hard work, the solidification of social classes, and the lack of avenues for advancement as a worker, Purficott would not say anything.

After all, although the empire allows the children of ordinary workers to go to college and get the same job opportunities as everyone else after graduation, the glass ceiling always exists.

Unless one can break this layer of inherent unspoken rules with one's own talents, it is possible to truly achieve a class breakthrough.

This was also the time when the three countries of the old world declared war on the empire. The happiest people in the country were the young officers, because it meant that they had the opportunity to achieve enough meritorious service on the battlefield, and then get themselves a weapon that could break glass. Ceiling opportunities.

However, the Seventeenth Day War was quickly ended by Perfectcourt, and the promotion opportunities of these young officers were wiped out, and their grievances were still great.

It's just that for this kind of matter, the old men in the military department are naturally responsible for handling it, so Purficott doesn't need to worry about it.

In comparison, what really bothered Purficott was the hidden meaning in the other person's words.

(End of this chapter)