From Chief to Ball

It was a typical uprising launched by poor citizens after the handicraft industry developed.

The uprising was bound to fail at the beginning. Compared with a powerful army, they are just a group of people who are forced by life, and they want too many things beyond reality.

According to the decree, some low-level industries with almost no technical content are prohibited from organizing guilds. Also because of financial and land rights, these people do not have any political rights. At that time, a catastrophe occurred a few years ago. The rational annexation of the land resulted in the influx of many refugees into that city.

The oppression of big guilds and workshop owners, speculators manipulating food prices, wages can only survive, many low-level employees owe a lot of debts, and they are forced to work in workshops for ten years without receiving any wages. Small handicrafts for citizens It is difficult to survive being squeezed by the big guild...

This cannot be regarded as progress, nor can it be defined by the eyes of later generations on uprisings. In a sense, they are reactionary, utopian, and harmful to the big workshops of the budding capitalism.

However, people cannot observe the world from the perspective of God, after all, people have to eat and survive.

After the uprising broke out, they captured the council and announced their own political program: allowing the bottom-level industries to set up guilds, the council must set aside one-fifth of the seats for the bottom-level industries, levy progressive taxes, crack down on speculators, set up almshouses, Exemption of high interest on part of the debt owed, prohibition of returning to judgments like debt slaves, etc.

When the army did not react, half a month after the success, those small handicraftsmen temporarily got rid of the suppression of the big guild, and they were satisfied, and began to express their dissatisfaction with the political demands made by the employees at the bottom, and the alliance broke down.

After the army appeared, the cottage industry workers tied up the leaders of the hired workers and sent them out, hoping to keep some favorable conditions unchanged.

However, their fantasies are ridiculous. This is still defined as a rebellion. Those regulations that are beneficial to the cottage industry and not conducive to the big guilds of large workshop owners are cancelled, and the newly-built several low-level industry guilds are all disbanded.

More than 400 people were killed and more than 20 were hanged.

These people did not die in vain. After this incident, the poverty relief law for the landless poor was passed, and everything is moving forward little by little.

This incident had a profound impact, and it was also the source of ideas for a large number of dreamers such as Hu Lin.Most fantasy books such as "Dream City" have the shadow of this uprising.

However, due to the constraints of the times, these fantasy cities have a strong shadow of the era of small handicrafts, and are just a version of urban handicrafts with equal land and no grain.

As the so-called history serves as a mirror, the employment associations in these mining areas re-read these stories, learned from them or were educated about the reasons for the failure of that utopia, so as to prevent some radicals from taking actions that must fail after something happened.

From the establishment of trade unions and picket teams last year, to the dissemination of some pamphlets this year, and to the beginning of reading history, the number of people joining the employment association has continued to increase. Although the number is still small compared to all miners, grassroots organizations have been established.

On the seventh day of November, it was time for Hu Lin and others to submit the petition through the normal route.

Even riding a fast horse, it would take a few days to reach these mining areas, but these mining areas got the news early on this morning, even earlier than Hulin submitted it in Mincheng, all of which were prepared in advance OK

Key members of the Employers' Association spread the news, read out the contents of the petition, and soon the good news spread throughout the mining area.

"There is neither illegal nor any unreasonable request, so the council will definitely agree, and there is no reason to refuse. Workers, our future lives have a little more protection!"

Such rumors spread very quickly, and key members of the Employers' Association also believed in such good news.

However, the person who actually spread the news did not believe that the petition would be accepted, and would inevitably be rejected.

The miners also feel that this is reasonable.

Indeed, there is nothing illegal, and the requirements are very simple. Logically, it should be impossible for normal people to refuse, as long as they are treated as Chinese or as adults.

Likewise, problems arise.

Once this request is refuted and rejected, today's excitement will be transformed into anger several times.Not just the anger of being rejected, but the anger of those who don't see themselves as human beings and defy normal logic.

It’s like a laborer who is starving all day long. You told him that your request to give you half a pie every day was granted, and you also demonstrated from the perspective of reason and human nature that it is impossible for you to be given half a pie. reject.

In fact, this person has not yet got the half of the pie, but he already feels that it is a matter of course for him to get the half of the pie.When someone suddenly told him one day that your request for the half pie was rejected, the anger caused by this was not just about the pie.

On this day, many mining areas of the Employment Association lit firecrackers to celebrate their victory, and the atmosphere was full of joy.

Yes, it is just a petition now, but since there is no reason for this petition to be rejected, there is nothing wrong with celebrating it in advance as if it has been passed.

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At the same time, construction is also busy near the red brick buildings in Mincheng. There is no large-scale construction of houses, but the surrounding houses that have been bought are remodeled.

Carloads of rice and noodles were hoarded continuously in the basement of the red brick building. Dozens of large iron pans were also carried to the basement, and a large number of non-perishable dry biscuits were purchased from some rice and noodle shops. Fried noodles and the like.

On the open space near the red brick building, a few long bamboo poles were set up, a large amount of thick canvas was hung on them, and a simple tent was set up. There was no one inside.

If you count the buildings, nearby houses, tents, etc., it is not a problem to accommodate more than a thousand people.

Also in Min City, on the pier this afternoon, the leader of the biggest gang in the city was invited to a teahouse near the pier.

The teahouse was sealed off, and the leader of the rogue gang walked in without anyone or a weapon.

The person who invited him was a member of the Mexican Party and an acquaintance of his. He was rescued by this person when he was in trouble.The person who rescued him was quite a gentleman. He was not the leader of a gangster when he was rescued, it was just out of morality.A few years after being rescued, this man started his business from the pier and gradually became the leader of gangsters, and the person who rescued him cut off contact.

After stepping into the teahouse, we exchanged a few pleasantries before getting straight to the point.

A money order of [-] silver coins, and a [-]% dividend stock certificate for the mirror factory were pushed down on the table.

The leader was startled, his heart pounding.

Four hundred silver coins is quite a lot, but the one percent dividend shares of the mirror factory are not ordinary.Nowadays, no one in Mincheng knows that Chen Jian's workshop is a cash cow, and no one in the coastal counties can compete in industries such as glass, mirrors, crucibles, and steel.

He is a gangster, so he is not clean.Fights, robberies, theft of prostitutes, etc., all have contacts with him. This is a gray area, and there are rules in the gray area.

But this [-]% dry stock dividend is clean and innocent. As long as you get it, you will have a legitimate property, and you will be straight when you go out.Besides, what kind of friendship and morality are popular among these urban foxes and social mice nowadays, but it is still a fart without money.Let's see that Zhao Si, who was nothing more than a bastard before, is now on the big tree of Chen Jian, and now he is shaking, and he has washed his identity and become the guard of some workshop.

The leader of the rogue gang looked at the money and dry stock receipts, and hurriedly said, "Sir, what do you mean?"

"Ask for something."

"Sir, you are being polite. If there was no sir, I would have been beaten to death long ago. Where would I be today? In my opinion, it was just a silver coin, but to me it is everything now. If you have anything to say, just tell me That's good, I also know that Mr. is a noble person and doesn't want to deal with me, but if there is something, would I refuse? Mr. is looking down on me. "

The man smiled and said, "What's between you and me is between you and me, but those under your command have to eat and drink too?"

The leader of the gang was shocked, thinking that the people of the Mo party are now so powerful that ordinary people dare not provoke them, so could it be that there is something inconvenient for him to come forward?

Thinking of so much money, he was also afraid, knowing that the things he could do with so much money would definitely not be small.

Thinking about the previous kindness again, he pushed the money back and said, "Sir, if you have something to say, you can just say it. I will definitely do what I can do, and I will try my best to do what I can't do."

The man pushed the money back and said: "There is nothing you can't do. First, don't kill people, and second, don't set fires. I just want to ask your brothers to be more honest in a few days. When necessary, don't steal, don't rob, and don't gamble on the street." , Prostitutes don’t pull people on the street. These people also have to eat and drink, and the money is their expenses these days.”

Hearing this, the leader laughed and said, "What kind of money do I need to pay for this? In the past, when there was an inspection and censor and the like, they would be notified. How can I still use the money? Don't worry, sir, when the time comes, you just need to call Hello, if anyone doesn't open their eyes at that time, I will definitely make them look good, even if they think about it, they won't dare."

The man smiled and said: "This is our business, and the money will naturally be given. You take these four hundred silver coins first, and then distribute them to your brothers. It is a favor for us to be safe for a few days. As for this What about shares, Mr. Chen sent you, it can be regarded as making a friend, and I ask you to restrain the people under him in the name of a friend. You don't have to refuse. "

As soon as the boss heard that it was Chen Jian's money, he stopped refusing, stretched out his hand to take it and said, "Since it is Mr. Chen's money, then I will accept it. Since he likes to use money to make friends, why should I refuse? Mr. Don’t worry, I don’t dare to say too much, let me know when I need to use it, and I will tell them to be honest.”

"Twenty days... It's not necessary, it's only a few days."

The leader didn't ask any more questions, knowing that the less he knew about some things, the better, so he made a verbal agreement and promised that everyone in the gray area would be restrained at that time.As for the other gangs, they will also save face at that time.

After the gang leader left, the man sitting in the teahouse took out a small notebook, and drew a tick behind a line of words with a charcoal pen to indicate completion.

"If a large-scale protest petition is held, if there is an opportunity, it is best to discuss with the rogue gang, and things like robbery and street gambling are not allowed at that time, lest someone take the opportunity to cause trouble and cause panic. Pay special attention to some 'loyalty' People like "Tu Enqing" can be used appropriately and given certain benefits. But in the picket team, such elements must be eliminated to avoid being damaged by them. Even if the other party agrees, a patrol team should be organized at that time. Timely disperse all possible accidents on the street, and severely crack down on acts of robbery and theft that take advantage of the opportunity."

Chapter 148 The seventh day of November