Macho Wars

"District 3? Wait a minute! Did they do it?"

Hearing Xia Li's words, Dragon said, you really know, and hurried to ask what happened over there?

In the face of her most trusted mentor, Xia Li told Dragoon what she knew without reservation.

It turned out that what happened in the third district was indeed related to the Workers’ and Peasants Alliance.A local leather factory has been forcing workers to work overtime for an extended period of time for the past six months, and has also owed a large amount of overtime pay.

The local trade union sent people to contact the factory owner on this matter, hoping that the other party could treat his workers well. As a result, the baron, who is said to have a gang background, not only refused these reasonable requests, but also let his subordinates beat the trade union representatives.

And the final breaking point of this incident was a work-related accident.A worker who had worked overtime for a long time fainted in front of the machine and was stirred in by gears. He was seriously injured on the spot and was taken to the hospital by his workers.The black-hearted factory owner, not only was unwilling to pay for the treatment, but also deducted the wages of the seriously injured worker, saying that it was compensation for the damage to the machine.

The boss's cold-blooded approach finally angered the workers who had been obedient, but the local government had been in collusion with the boss, so the local trade union decided to organize a demonstration.As the leader of the worker-peasant alliance, Xia Li naturally knew the situation there.

She also contacted the trade union in District 3 in the morning, but she did not expect them to act in advance, and a large-scale conflict broke out with the local police.

Knowing that this is a sensitive period, Karen is not the stupid girl who obeyed her brother and only knows that everything resorts to force. She is very clear about the seriousness of this situation.

However, the riots in the third district have already occurred, and many guilds around the Alliance will respond to them soon.Under this circumstance, even if Xia Li is the leader of the alliance and enjoys a high internal surplus, it is impossible for her to go her own way and prevent Taotao's public opinion.

Chapter 477

Due to Dragoon’s orders, the new seventh regiment of the Marine Corps stationed in the third area did not enter the city to participate in the suppression activities, but the local government still relied on the riot police to complete the suppression of the demonstrators and arrested more than 400 Celebrities, more than a hundred injured.

But this incident did not end there. The Workers’ and Peasants Alliance used several newspapers and radio stations it founded on the second day to publish the whole story of the "Tanneries in the Third District" in its original form, which immediately aroused widespread attention from all walks of life. attention.

The cold and stingy black heart of the tannery boss not only angered the working class in the colonies, but even many conscientious capitalists and enlightened aristocrats could not stand it. Therefore, a huge wave of condemnation soon formed.

Through this public opinion building, the alliance won public opinion for itself, and then it mobilized labor unions in various regions and set off large-scale demonstrations in almost the entire colony. People held up the slogan "Workers united" and shouted " Give the victim a slogan of justice.

In Port Pandora, the capital of the colony, the scale of demonstrators here can be said to be unprecedented, with more than 100,000 people taking to the streets.A large number of people walked through the streets and alleys, and finally assembled towards two main locations.

One is the colonial government building, and the other is in front of the royal palace.

They have to show their demands and determination to those in power.

When the black and oppressive crowd rushed towards the palace, the royal family who did not know the truth fell into a serious panic for a time. The queen mother Susan even mistakenly believed that the colony had also rebelled and ordered the Royal Guards to protect the emperor at all costs.

Fortunately, without waiting for the demonstrators to approach the imperial family, a regiment from the First Division of the Landing War rushed to the scene in time. The troops quickly set up a cordon on the streets outside the palace and set up roadblocks to prohibit the demonstrators from approaching half a step forward. , Otherwise you will be at your own risk.

Under the deterrence of tanks, artillery and armed soldiers of the brigade, the demonstrators stopped advancing, but did not retreat. Instead, under the leadership of the union organizers, they stood outside the cordon drawn by the army and chanted slogans to talk to those in power. Negotiate.

Seeing the demonstrators stopped, Dragun ordered the troops to exercise maximum restraint. Without his order, no one was allowed to shoot without authorization, and then he brought only one of Tafe's adjutant into the palace to meet the emperor.

As soon as Dragon went into the palace, he saw a lot of people gathered in the main hall. I knew General Owen, commander-in-chief of the colonial military region, and a few high-ranking local officials who had been in contact. Most of the others were relatively unfamiliar, but I can’t say that. Don't know it at all.

The two headed by them are the Duke of Latuk, the Minister of the Interior (Prime Minister) of the Central Cabinet Government, and the Duke of Lorraine, the Minister of Finance. These two are representatives of the cabinet government. In the absence of Howard, the queen mother and the young emperor are mainly Relying on these two former veterans to assist him, he is regarded as the representative of the real power faction.

It is worth mentioning that the wartime special committee's stuff was created by these two people. It did strengthen the central government's control over the colonies to a certain extent, but the impact it caused had both advantages and disadvantages, and it also caused trouble. The colonial government was very upset.

Fighting for power is one aspect. Many of these delegated committee members are related to the upper-level tycoons, and what they have done is very unreliable!

Seeing Dragoon coming in, Owen and several colonial government officials nodded slightly at him. Although the Marine Corps was nominally transferred to the Central Military Region after the Battle of the Far East, it was after all troops from the colonies. My old friends are still willing to take Dragon as their own.

People in the cabinet are relatively indifferent to him.

In particular, Duke Latuk, the Minister of the Interior, known as the "Great Prime Minister," this skinny old man has been at meetings more than once, demanding strengthened supervision of the army, and he wants to put his wartime special committee directly in the army as a prisoner. The army, therefore, is very jealous of the powerful rise of real power generals like Dragon.

Dragoon ignored these people, but went straight to the young emperor who was sitting in the first place with a blank face and stood up to salute, and then said respectfully.

"Your Majesty, the Marines are ordered to come and escort you."

"General Li, why didn't your troops disperse those mobs?"

Before the young emperor could speak, the empress dowager, who was obviously too anxious, asked Dragon first.This climacteric aunt has experienced civil turmoil in the imperial capital and is very sensitive to things like civil riots. Because of her lack of self-confidence, the delusion of being victimized has become more and more serious. Dragoon is not upset about this, and replied calmly.

"His Royal Highness, the people outside did not carry any weapons. If my people open fire, the streets will become hell on earth in less than a minute. The impact will inevitably end badly, and the pseudo-emperor on the other side will definitely Take it to make a big fuss and use this to darken our image, and please think twice."

"General Li is right, we can't leave others behind."

"That is, those who win the hearts of the people win the world."

Several high-ranking officials of the colonial government immediately agreed, but the cabinet was unwilling to show weakness, and immediately someone yin and yang responded strangely.

"Then, according to General Li's intentions, shouldn't it be so that the unsophisticated people continue to gather and make noise outside the palace and let them do things?"

"Of course not! But violent expulsion is definitely a bad policy. This will make us lose people’s hearts in the colonies and give the puppet emperor and even foreign hostile forces a chance. Since those demonstrators want to complain, we might as well send a representative out. , Listen to what their demands are? This is at least a gesture. Attitude is very important!"

"Then...who should I send as the representative?"

The young emperor sitting on the throne uttered questions in a tender voice, and the little emperor didn't think much, but as soon as his voice fell, the whole hall suddenly became silent.With a slightly imperceptible smile, Dragon looked around, looked at the officials looking at each other, and took the initiative to raise his hand.

"Since it is a proposal by the next official, let me go."

Dragoon's words caused the eyes of all senior military and political officials present to converge on him, with admiration and suspicion.Especially the cabinet group, these people are old birds who have experienced various political struggles in the central government, and they almost instinctively suspect everything.

Dragon ignored the others, but silently looked at the emperor in front of him.The big and the small two looked at each other for a moment, and Andy got up and came to Dragon, passed the scepter in his hand, and said with a smile.

"Then General Lee, I'm up to you for the negotiation."

"Fulfill your mission, Your Majesty."

Chapter 478

After exiting the palace hall, Dragon quickly returned to the cordon. The demonstrators on the opposite side were still chanting the previous slogans, but the crowd was obviously agitated than before. From time to time, there would be some throwing objects such as eggs and tomatoes. The crowd flew over, stimulating the nerves of the opposing armed forces.

The soldiers of the Marine Corps were standing in line one by one. Although all their guns were facing downwards, they could aim and shoot in 0.1 second as long as the superior officer gave an order.

Dragon returned to the forefront and motioned to his soldiers to open a gap in the roadblock in front, then took off his black military coat and armed belt, and went out without any weapons. The Marine Corps officers around him saw He hurriedly came up to stop him.

"Sir, what are you doing?"

"Negotiating, I'll just go over by myself, don't act rashly."

"Just kidding, are you crazy?"

"I'm not crazy, trust me."

Rejecting the persuasion of his subordinates, Dragun insisted on having a person negotiate face-to-face with the demonstrators who suppressed tens of thousands of people.Although the old men didn't want Dragon to take the risk, but seeing him look firm, as if confident, they finally chose to believe him, after all, this man never let them down.

Finally, after finishing his dress, Dragon came out from behind the barricade, carrying an emperor's scepter, and walked alone to the oppressive crowd of demonstrators.

When the crowd saw that the other side suddenly came out, a very young general was walking towards them, and soon quieted down.

Dragun strolled to a place only five meters away from the crowd, raised the scepter in his hand to indicate who he represented, and then shouted loudly.

"I am the commander of the First Division of the Imperial Marine Corps, Dragon Lee, the modern imperial royal family. I came to listen to everyone’s demands and communicate with you. As you can see now, I don’t carry any weapons except sincerity. ."

Hearing what Dragon said, the crowd immediately murmured.