The Weapon Tycoon Who Traveled to Great Qin

Qin State had different attitudes towards "colonies". The military and Qin's business community are wise. That is, I don't want other countries to exist in the Western Regions. To put it bluntly, the Western Regions can only be one family. Qin State. The State of Qin must establish a new state in the Western Regions.

But at this moment, Qin's newspaper reported an incident that shocked China. That was the Zhao State strike. The cause of the matter has been clearly stated before.

Zhao Guo's mining workers risked their lives to dig coal mines. In particular, some coal mines use explosives as a weapon for large-scale mining. This has rapidly increased the output of coal mines and the number of casualties. The mine disaster never stopped for a day. There is also the huge industrial construction in various parts of Qin State and Zhao State that has not stopped. The Qin State established two industrial belts centered on Taiyuan and Shangdang. These two industrial belts are dominated by steel. Especially the huge railway network construction. Qin, Zhao, Han, and Yan are all trying their best to increase railway construction. In this way, the demand for steel is like a huge bottomless pit. The demand is extremely strong.

same. The output of coal mines has repeatedly hit record highs. Zhao Guo's coal mine in Daidi created an output of 5 million shi in just one month. If you add Yunzhong, the Liaodong of Yan State and the northern production of Qin State. It is likely to exceed hundreds of millions of stones. This number is quite scary. This is almost never. It broke out all of a sudden overnight.

Such a big demand. And such a large output should allow Zhao and Yan people to live a good life. Actually. The lives of these people are not much different from those of slaves. On the contrary, it seems even more miserable. Life in the coal mines is not human at all. Many people died in the coal mines. Especially men. This has led to almost a concentration of widow villages near the coal mining area. Some coal mines even use women. Their wages are squeezed extremely low. The working hours often exceed eight hours. This is the story behind the huge output. They are all made up of tragic stories.

But those coal mine owners made a fortune one by one. Zhao's economy relies on these coal mine owners to have sufficient taxes. National power gradually became richer. This is how the two extremes arise. The polarization between the rich and the poor is extremely serious. The rich go crazy. Too poor. The life gap is clearly presented.

So these oppressed Zhao people deserve to resist. at first. They deliberately blow up the coal mine. But not much use. Coal mine owners will soon look for new mining areas. There is coal all around. Or destroy some equipment. But these are not very useful. On the contrary, coal mine owners arbitrarily deduct or increase working hours.

Without any choice. A coal mine in Daidi. Hundreds of people went on strike. These people taught themselves some simple simplified Chinese characters. A popular simplified text version of Qin State. It has been revised seven times. Mainly adapted to the Qin state news media. Office words. These people wrote words like "Only five hours!" "Add money!" "Heavy lives!" and other words were written in words that could be written. Although the word is crooked. But it is their voice.

The mine owner immediately mobilized thugs to try to drive them back to work. But they insist on processing capital. Reduce working hours. The mine owner thinks this is unreasonable. It is estimated to be poor and crazy. Or maybe the coal mine owner is too tough. The two sides launched a violent clash. In the end, a thug was killed. Two miners were seriously injured. Many people were injured in varying degrees. The two sides entered a stalemate. The mine owner thinks. Not paying wages can trap the other party to death. Because most of these people are farmers who have lost their land. Zhao Guo also experienced a wave of large-scale land mergers. Farmers who lost their land entered the mining areas and factories at that time.

But the incident obviously did not cause the expected effect of the coal mine owners. in contrast. Things are going out of control. Qin's reporters are like the troublemakers. News reports were originally about novel things. And it's the kind of seeing the big from the small. The mentality of fearing that the world will not be chaotic.

This incident was initially only reported in the Zhao Guo version of "Express". But this is enough to trigger the rapid spread of information. The matter quickly spread throughout the country of Zhao. Zhao Guo has a very serious gap between the rich and the poor and the employment problem of employees. These problems were eliminated by the factory owners and coal mine owners with money and violence. But this is only temporary. The accumulation of the remaining problems quickly ignited under the spread of newspaper reports.

All parts of the Zhao country followed suit in a short period of time. There have been general strikes to varying degrees in succession. They don't damage factory equipment. Because they don't want to lose their job. But they require their own rights to be fully guaranteed.

Government officials from all over the country dispatched bureaucrats. The next step is to report. Request for garrison. Some nobles defended their own interests and sent private soldiers to suppress them.

"Shoot! Kill these untouchables!" a Zhao country nobleman shouted loudly. The private soldier with a musket hesitated again and again. But under the loud voice of the nobles, they had to shoot. Many people fell down during the strike.

Many such incidents have occurred. The occurrence of violent bloodshed made things more and more tense. And things are becoming more complicated. The violence began to escalate.

Strikes in some areas have turned into local violence. And there is a tendency to evolve into an armed uprising. The workers began to occupy the mine owner's coal mine. family property. The situation in some regions has developed into a serious situation out of control. Crime is the development trend of the ultimate form of violence. They killed the mine owner. Insult his wife and daughter. Cruel execution of other innocent people. Family members, relatives, family members, private soldiers will not let go.

In Handan. The procession went from a small scale to a general strike of more than 70,000 people. These are coal mines and railway workers near Handan. Textile women, iron factory workers. Unemployed farmers who lost their land. A large number of strikers gathered in front of the Zhao Palace. Zhao Jun urgently mobilized elite troops that had just been equipped with traps to defend the Zhao Palace. Barbed wire was also pulled up in front of the palace gate. The third row of Zhao Jun is tightly guarded. The sun shone on their bright bayonet. The bayonet looked extremely cold.

Even though the strikers were full of enthusiasm. Zhao Jun still dare not act rashly. But the longer things dragged on. The more difficult things are to deal with. Especially such strikes. What is needed is a compromise. Adopt a soft policy. But Zhao Wang urgently borrowed a water-cooled machine gun from Qin Jun and set it up in front of Zhao Wang's palace. If you shoot. The consequences could be disastrous.

There are still some ministers in the State of Zhao who oppose this approach. They also saw it. The strikes all over the country of Zhao are not accidental. This matter is already related to Zhao Guo's safety. And it must be handled properly. Otherwise, Zhao Guo will die here.

Some enlightened ministers demanded a settlement with the strikers. The Enlightened Minister also went deep among the strikers to understand the situation. In order to pass this hurdle safely.