What made you have the illusion that I am the protagonist! ?

Half a year later, Armis Doris, the mining town of Usville.

Uswell's sky always seems so cloudy, but it seems clearer than ever.

Second Lieutenant Yuki looked up at the sky, feeling even worse.

Usville has been quiet for half a month. Usually, the sound of large machinery in the factory, accompanied by the black smoke from the tall chimneys, interweaves with the steel derrick to form the unique background of this town.

Only now, the machine is still the same machine, but it is no longer working, the chimney is still the same chimney, but there is no black gas coming out, even the sky is a bit clearer, only the derrick is still the same derrick, stretching across the edge of the town, adding more lonely.

All because of that damn strike.

"Go, go to Herring's store!" Second Lieutenant Yuki ordered.

The dogleg armor seemed unable to adapt to all these changes, and said unwillingly: "Second lieutenant, what are we doing there, there are some dirty miners...the last time we went, they still used that attitude arrogantly To deal with us, don’t you—are you going to give in to them!?”

"Idiot!" Second Lieutenant Yuki kicked him angrily, did he think he was willing to give in? ?

Thinking of the mines and factories that had completely lost their vitality during the two weeks of the strike, Second Lieutenant Yuki's heart was bleeding.

It is true that the mine and factory are still his, and no one can move them away, but the coal that was originally moved into the warehouse every day can only be shipped on the basis of the previous inventory, and the inventory is now gradually bottoming out. One day, he was faced with a situation where there was no coal to sell.

Coal is not only a civilian fuel, but also a military resource. Just like air, it is not considered very important at ordinary times, but once it is lacking, the problem will be serious.At that time, it will not only be a matter of his lack of money, but even as a military representative, he will be held accountable by the military law conference hall in charge of managing this mining town.

It was true that the miners were not going well at that time, but he, Second Lieutenant Yuki, would be even more overwhelmed, and in terms of the consequences, I am afraid it was more serious on his side-the reason is very simple, the so-called law does not blame the public, as long as the military If you don't want to waste your troops on letting the soldiers dig mines, you must continue to hire these miners, and it will be much easier to replace him, deal with yourself, and let those miners who have deep resentment against them vent their grievances.

Dogleg B saw the footprints on Dogleg A's buttocks, and saw that Lieutenant Yuki still had no place to vent his anger after kicking that kick, so he obediently shut up and followed.

Passing through the streets that he walked proudly and arrogantly many times, Second Lieutenant Yuki finally arrived at the door of Herring's shop with his two dog legs.

When he got here, Second Lieutenant Yuki, who was still angry before, finally took a deep breath, returned to his usual look of looking at people from the corner of his eyes, and motioned for two dog legs to push the door and enter.

It was clearly daytime, but Herring's shop was full of miners.

Yes, they are still on strike now, there is no need to go to work in the mines, and of course they have a lot of time to have fun.

Seeing Second Lieutenant Yuki push the door and enter, the shop was quiet for a while, but it was completely different from half a year ago, and soon, as if to express that they didn't take Second Lieutenant Yuki seriously, the store resumed. Deliberately noisy, the atmosphere seemed to be a little warmer than before.

Boss Herring was already standing in front of the bar, wiping his cups and waiting in full force. On the surface, he looked like I was a professional store manager and asked, "Three guests, what do you want?"

"Stop talking nonsense, don't you all plan to work? Are you going to drink the northwest wind next month?" The dog leg armor dutifully played his role as a good dog leg.

"Guest, if you don't plan to order, no guests who come to find fault are welcome here."

Following Boss Herling's words, a miner with arms thicker than dogleg thighs walked up to the three of them, showing off the protruding muscles of his arms as if unintentionally.

"You!" The dog leg armor still didn't give up, but his expression was full of a sense of sternness.

"That's enough! Herring, change the place, I'm here to negotiate." Knowing that the one who speaks first will be at a disadvantage, Second Lieutenant Yuki has no patience anymore. The inventory in the warehouse has been decreasing. You can see the footsteps of people coming from the military law conference hall.

Boss Herring glanced at him, finally made a gesture of please, and led Lieutenant Yuki into the inner hall through the door behind the bar to negotiate, while the two dog legs stayed outside to guard the door.

The following time, whether it is for the two doglegs or the miners in the shop, it can be said that life is like a year.

The former is because there are often idle and bored miners who show their arms and muscles in front of them, and the latter is because this is a negotiation related to their fate.

Even the other miners who did not come to the store, as well as their wives, children, fathers, mothers, etc., also quickly got the news that Second Lieutenant Yuki and Boss Herring started negotiations, and the attention of the entire town of Usville , are all concentrated in the inner hall of this small shop.

About half an hour later, the play finally ended its climax and was about to enter the finale. Second Lieutenant Yuki and Boss Herring both walked out of the inner hall. Of course, the former's face was much uglier than the latter's.

As soon as Second Lieutenant Yuki walked out of the inner hall, he walked away without saying a word, but now no one pays attention to him, all the miners' questioning eyes are focused on the boss, and he smiled, Thumbs up.

"Oh~" "Hula~~~" "Long live!!!"

In this small hotel, loud cheers that seemed to overturn the roof were immediately heard, and Second Lieutenant Yuki, who hadn't even walked out of the store, looked even more ugly, opened the door and walked out.

As soon as the figures of Second Lieutenant Yuki and the three disappeared completely in the store, someone immediately asked, "How is it?"

"He promised everyone's salary to return to the previous level, plus compensation according to the new standard for our wages during the half-month strike." The boss replied, "Brothers, prepare to start work tomorrow!"

"Oh!" "No problem!" "Good job!" There was another burst of cheers in the store.

Since Lieutenant Yuki took office, he often found various excuses and reasons to cut the wages of the miners. Before the strike, their wages were less than [-]% of what they were three years ago.

Now I heard that not only the previous salary was restored, but also the unexpected joy of repaying the half-month salary, all the miners are very happy.

And this result, whether it is Boss Herring who is smiling at the moment, or Second Lieutenant Yuki with a livid face, are actually both satisfied and dissatisfied.

Second Lieutenant Yuki is satisfied that his job has been saved for the time being, and although the [-]% extra payment makes him heartbroken, it is only returning to the previous salary level after all. The half-month salary that was harvested.

And Boss Herring can accept this result. After all, at a certain point, he and Second Lieutenant Yuki actually have the same idea. If you can't disturb the military, don't disturb the military. But he didn't want to gamble.And even if another manager comes, it may not be much better than Second Lieutenant Yuki. In comparison, at least they are familiar with Second Lieutenant Yuki.

On the contrary, Second Lieutenant Yuki would agree to the conditions so straightforwardly, which surprised him a lot. Many of the back-ups they had discussed in advance would no longer be available.

In fact, they were too cautious.

Even if he used gray means to climb to his current position, Second Lieutenant Yuki can't be said to be a person with poor brains, and he can even be said to be quite smart and flexible, but even for him, this is the first time he has encountered such a thing as a strike. Incident, how to deal with completely clueless.

However, both of them are also very clear that no matter what happens in the end, the current agreement is far from the end, and the show has just begun.

The miners have acquired the big weapon of "strike", can they not use it if they suffer any grievances in the future?

And Second Lieutenant Yuki went through such an experience, wouldn't he think about it when he went back, what should he do next time he encounters such a situation?

In any case, this is still a rejoicing day for miners.

Boss Herring was surrounded by happy miners and was downed a lot of alcohol. After finally getting rid of all this and returning to the bar, he found that at some point, two guests wearing cloaks were sitting in front of the bar. , one of them was followed by a man also wearing a cloak.

"Three guests, are you...?"

"Yo~ Boss, long time no see!" One of them raised his head and gave him a bright smile.

Boss Herlin was overjoyed, "You are... Toya! You came back from Xinguo!?" Before he could recover from the joy of reunion, he remembered something again and showed an anxious expression, " Toya, haven't you gone back to Uncle Lun's house?"

"That's it, what's the matter?" Dongmi also noticed that the boss's reaction was different, and asked repeatedly.

"You don't know yet... Roja is missing!"

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In other words, in the original Steel Refining, the reason Ed was able to solve Uswell's problem so easily is that he is an institution directly under the President and is inseparable from his identity as a national alchemist.

Because of the support of the big president, he can defraud the ownership certificate of the mine from Yuki, and transfer it to the boss without any worries.

If it were someone with no background, it would be useless to deceive Yuki’s ownership certificate. After all, he is the representative of the military government, and the ownership certificate is recognized by the military government. It's just a scrap of paper.

Yuki gave up recovering the ownership certificate, not because justice defeated evil, but because he couldn't afford to offend Ed—more precisely, he was the president's confidant (in his opinion) and succumbed to power.

Ganglian is really a story full of a sense of reality that makes people think about it...