The fact that France and Austria joined forces to suppress the rebellion of the Hungarian nobility did not mean that France and Austria were allies, at least on the surface. In the propaganda of the French, Austria is still a conservative, backward, and reactionary regime that oppresses the people. And in the Austrian propaganda, France remained a symbol of unpiety, mob, and betrayal of tradition. In general, everyone did not give each other good colors in the publicity.

On the other hand, neither France nor Austria has focused entirely on each other. The French, for their part, still focused their criticism on the British, especially recently, when the British took advantage of the fact that France and Austria were busy dealing with the Hungarians and Poles, and passed a series of resolutions and began a comprehensive crackdown on the workers at home.

The United Kingdom was the first to pass the Trade Union Organisation Act, which legally declared any cross-enterprise trade union organization illegal. and to order the dissolution of all joint trade unions within a specified period of time. And only enterprises with more than 1,000 workers have the right to establish trade unions.

The decree also requires that all activities of trade unions, including strikes and even meetings, must be approved by the government, and that the use of funds for trade union activities must also be supervised by the government.

On the other hand, the British passed an amendment to the Navigation Ordinance. Although it was an amendment to the Navigation Regulations, it was a far cry from the concession that Mr. Wren hoped would have in exchange for the French easing discrimination against the carriage of British goods, and this amendment had nothing to do with it at all.

This amendment was used to restrict British immigration to North America.

Under this law, British nationals could only leave the British mainland on British ships, whether to the New World or to Europe.

Over the years, because of the development of industry in Europe, especially in France, and the higher wages in France compared with the British, many British workers once found a new way, that is, to save money from France first, then go to France to work, and then earn a sum of money in France, so as to immigrate to the New World.

As a result, there has been a lot of population loss in the UK over the years. A lot of workers have left Britain in this way, which is not a good thing for British industry. Fortunately, in order to protect the interests of the local workers, as well as those of the Rhine Union, the French side quickly took measures, and they controlled the work visas given to the British quite tightly. Generally speaking, only those workers with certain skills can get work visas in France, while those British who do not have special skills can only work in the dark when they arrive in France.

It is true that the average salary in France is much higher than in the UK, but this has little to do with British workers who are not legally identified. Illegal workers without legal status are not protected by the law, and if they have not experienced the revolution, if there are no restrictions imposed by the revolutionary government, the business owners in France are actually no more conscientious than those in England. When they found out that these Englishmen were weak and pitiful enough, and helpless, they immediately began to oppress them, and their wages were reduced to about the same level as those of the British.

But the British workers continued to go to Europe, except that their aim was no longer France, but that they were going directly to North America through Europe, because the French were willing to provide a certain amount of subsidy for the tickets of everyone who swore allegiance to France and bought a ticket to settle in Louisiana. According to some British, the French tried to secure French superiority on the European continent by sending more German-speaking people to the New World in this way. In fact, two out of every three immigrants arriving in Louisiana today speak German.

The French did not pay much attention to the fact that British workers came to "rub off on welfare". The French even welcomed the British in doing so, as it would weaken British industrial capacity. And these people who left England in this way and went to North America, they have no loyalty to Britain anymore. It's also a good thing to stuff Louisianado with people who don't speak German.

Although theoretically in order to receive the grant, you must be able to speak French. But in reality, the French have very low requirements for these Englishmen in French, basically just saying "Bonjour" (hello) and "Merci" (thank you). And these two words, even a fool, can also be learned in a short time.

Because of this subsidy, a ticket from Europe to Louisiana is almost a third cheaper than a ticket from the United Kingdom.

The loss of population will naturally reduce the unemployment rate to a certain extent. The unemployment rate has fallen, and in the future generations, this figure can make the people in the government happy for many days, and if the head of government happens to be the king, then the self-praise alone will have to be praised until the next term. But in this strange era, this figure has worried the British government.

Yes, the British government is a little worried, because according to the market principle, if a factor starts to be in short supply, it will inevitably lead to an increase in the price of that factor. The same is true of labor, if the labor force starts to strain, then wages will definitely rise, and when wages rise, it will increase costs, thereby reducing the profits of "decent people". Isn't it because of the surplus of labor in Britain that wages are much lower than those in continental Europe?

Therefore, the passage of this bill, and the increase in the price of ferry tickets from England to the European continent, so that those British workers who want to take the cheap ships of the French will not be able to take advantage of it, and even not only the price of tickets to the European continent, but also the price of tickets to the New World, through such means, the number of people going to the New World will be reduced, so as to ensure that there is enough unemployment in the country, is the real reason behind this amendment.

Of course, the use of government power to artificially change the relationship between supply and demand fully shows that France has a good reason for listing Britain as a "non-free trade country".

It is said that the French State Department is preparing to introduce a new bill, which is called the "Special 302 Act" and will authorize the French government to use the prices of goods from other "free trade countries" as a reference instead of the origin price when conducting anti-dumping investigations on products from "non-free trade countries".

The British, after swiftly passing this series of bills, immediately began to act. First of all, the Metropolitan Police issued a rectification notice to the "Textile Workers' Federation". They were required to complete the rectification within 48 hours – that is, to declare their dissolution. This is because the Trade Union Organization Act prohibits the existence of any cross-enterprise trade union.

In addition to announcing the dissolution, the remaining trade unions that meet the requirements of the Trade Union Organization Law are also required to rectify in accordance with the requirements of the law, for example, to accept various inspections of their organization and funding by personnel dispatched by the government......

"In short, this is to destroy us completely." Holding the notice from the Metropolitan Police Department, Fagin said.

"Boss, what are we going to do?" The butcher asked.

"We have two paths, one is to fight the police, and even the country." "During this time, we organized workers' pickets and equipped them with some weapons, but this could only be used to defend against possible attacks on the unions by lackeys like individual factory owners." But it was not enough to rely on the workers' pickets against the British government, the general lackey of all the factory owners and the rich. If we embark on the path of confrontation, at least temporarily, we will definitely lose.

As for the second way," Fagin smiled, "that would be surrender, of course. Those of us have already shown a certain amount of ability in the previous struggle with those old men, and if we surrender, considering the ability we have shown, they should already be willing to take out a piece of meat and bone to recruit us. What do you guys think? ”

"Boss, stop talking nonsense!" Buck said.

"That's it, boss, stop talking nonsense!" Others also said.

"If we go the second way, we probably get some benefits. But the rest of the workers, our brothers, were sold by us. I expect that soon, Mr. Wren's new contract will come out, and it will be even more excessive than the previous one. Because if the workers dare not resist, why not go further? The butcher said, "Boss, you know that we are not among us who have betrayed our brothers. You say what to do, even if we can't do it, we have to bite him before we die. ”

"We can't fight them, but we can't really disperse either." "Our union is going underground and continuing to lead the workers' struggle," Fagin said. In addition, we cannot retreat silently, even if we have to retreat, we have to leave something behind. Butcher, you are in charge of arranging for our men to go underground, and I, in the name of the United Union, will launch a final strike......"

"Boss ......"

Everyone knows how dangerous it would be to launch such an operation at this time.

"If we don't fight, if we don't sacrifice, we won't have a future." "And as long as we show the ability to do damage to them, yes, as long as we show that ability, they have to consider whether their approach is right or not." They will only then seriously consider our interests before they do anything. Well, we brothers, in fact, when we began to organize the union, we were waiting for this day, just as St. Paul and St. Peter were already waiting for the cross when they went to Rome. Now let's do it! ”