At this critical time, what to do, there was a dispute between the "decent people".

As the person who provoked the matter, Mr. Wren was naturally furious, and as a member of the House of Commons, he slapped the table at the meeting of the House of Commons, spitting and scolding the thugs and denouncing the incompetence of the London police department. Pointing to Sir Huey's nose, he asked him where he spent so much of his annual allocation, and why he could not suppress the unscrupulous insurgents and defend those who had truly contributed to the country.

Sir Huey has seen a lot of such accusations. He first threw the blame on his predecessor, saying that he had only taken over the London Police Department for three years, and many of the problems left by his predecessor had not been solved in time. But this is not because he is incompetent, but because there is simply too much mess left behind.

"All sorts of messy problems have accumulated over many years, and some of them have even existed since the time of the Great Fire of London. These things have accumulated like cow dung in the cowshed of Augeas. And I can't use Hercules' way to solve the problem – and you certainly can't tolerate that. So how can you blame me for these problems? ”

Parliamentarians certainly could not tolerate such a shift in responsibility by Director Huey, who said that the money approved by Parliament for the police department was so small that the number of police officers in London was simply not enough to keep the entire city safe. In general, to solve the problem, you can, give money, what are you BB if you don't have money?

Faced with the demand for more money, the first reaction of the parliamentarians was to quickly cover their wallets tightly. If you increase the funding, you will increase taxes, and if you increase taxes, you will reduce the income of parliamentarians. Therefore, the principle of parliament has always been to get the government to do as much as possible with the least amount of money possible.

Therefore, the matter of increasing the funding of the London police department will naturally end in nothing, and of course there is a consensus in Parliament that no police action should be based on weakening the security of "important areas". This, of course, means that the mobility of the London Police Department has suddenly become very small.

Then the parliament began to discuss how to deal with the strike.

The "London Textile Workers' Union", which organized the strike, has already made demands for negotiations. They demanded a reduction in the intensity of work and an increase in wages.

The lawmakers first asked Director Xiui whether they could quickly suppress the rebels while ensuring the security of the "important areas".

And Director Xiuyi naturally said that the concubines really can't do this thing, and even if they want to do it, they have to add money. And even if the money is added, it will take enough time to strengthen the police force, in short, it is impossible to solve the problem by the police before the Pakistani trade fair.

"Of course, if you use the army, it will not be a problem to suppress these guys before the Pakistani trade fair. But as you know, if you use the army, hehe......"

If the army is used, although it can suppress those rebellious people before the Pakistan trade fair, the collateral damage it brings is very large, and it is not necessary to think about using the army to resume production before the Pakistan trade fair. And it's not just the textile industry that will be affected, but other industries can't run away.

So as soon as these words were spoken, almost all the parliamentarians immediately expressed their opposition. Then the parliamentarians quickly made a decision:

There can be no major upheaval before the Pakistan trade fair. As for the current problems, they can only be solved by the owners of the textile industry themselves.

So the textile mill owners got together and discussed for a while, and finally decided to talk to the rebellious ones first to see if they could fool them over. In short, it is necessary to resume production at the lowest cost and in the shortest possible time, so as to make more money at the Pakistan trade fair.

In the name of the textile trade unions, several factory owners invited the workers' representatives to negotiate. But in the beginning, they wanted to play the trick of workers signing up, and then they were picking negotiators from among them. It is not yet known whose interests the deputies are represented by the deputies thus elected. And they also made a look of grievances that we have made such a big concession, what kind of grievances do you want?

But how could the people of the London Textile Workers' Union be fools and accept such ridiculous conditions. The request was denied.

Considering that time is of the essence. The old men had no time to waste, so they agreed to negotiate with the representatives of the London Textile Workers' Federation of its own choosing.

As a representative of the London Textile Workers' Federation, Fagin, who goes by the pseudonym Nealde, was also involved in the negotiations.

Fagin is a criminal offender, and he is wanted. But there was no photographic technology in this era, and as for the portrait, well, that's a joke. Even, the bigger reason why the portrait exists is that it is convenient for the police to make extra money than to catch the suspect. Moreover, Fagin did very few witnesses, and among the few witnesses, none of them had seen his face - so Fagin was not worried about who would recognize him.

But Fagin is still very dangerous to show up like this. It's not because of who he was before, it's because of who he is now. In fact, in the opinion of some, the crimes of workers' representatives are far more harmful than crimes such as theft, robbery, and kidnapping.

"Everyone who, as a representative, goes to negotiate with those poisonous snakes and beasts, must be prepared to die. Don't look at them and don't dare to touch us now, but in the future, they will definitely take revenge on us. People may die or disappear for no apparent reason. If you're scared, it's too late to quit. Before leaving, Fagin said this to the other delegates.

"Neelde, you're underestimating us too. Are we such greedy people who fear death? One of the delegates laughed.

"Fee...... Neelde, you don't know who we are, no nonsense, it's time for us to go. ”

The place of the negotiations was not far from Westminster Abbey, and the workers' representatives were too poor to sit in a horse-drawn carriage, even a public one, so they had to walk there. When they set out, it was not yet dawn, and several people came out of the house with lanterns and went out into the street.

Unlike the rich districts, which have gas street lamps, the streets of the poor are completely dark at night. In this darkness as thick as iron, the dim yellow light of the horse lamp did not shine far, but at most illuminated a small piece in front of Fagin's feet.

The light shone on Fagin's feet, walking one after the other. The road was also very quiet, not even Tom and Pluto who were on the night tour. Because this is a poor area, the area is full of hungry terror Homo erectus, and it is very dangerous for other animals, even animals like rats.

But Fagin didn't care, he walked in the dark, I don't know how many years, he walked forward firmly, and the road became more and more clear, and the sky became brighter and brighter.

At about eight o'clock in the morning, the workers' representatives arrived at the meeting, but the other side of the negotiations, the old men, did not show up on time.

Fagin, who had studied in Toulon, knew that this was a deliberate trick by these guys to create pressure on their negotiating opponents. When he came to negotiate, he had already estimated that there would be such a situation, and he had told everyone about it. At that time, some people also suggested that we should be late, which in turn put a little pressure on them.

But this suggestion was rejected by Fagin.

"Time is on our side, and we don't need to use such small tricks. In fact, the more tricks you play, the more you can't hold your breath. If they really play like this, we can walk so far and take a break. ”

So since the old men had not yet arrived, the deputies simply took out the bread and water they had prepared, drank a sip of water, nibbled on a mouthful of bread, and rested while eating.

It was a long time, about ten o'clock, and the old men came to the venue.

In general, the attitude of the old men is quite kind, which is also their norm. Even if there is a clear order that the factory guards can shoot and bribe the police to assassinate the workers' representatives, Mr. Wren, who usually sees the workers in the factory, always has a smile on his face and looks particularly cordial. People who don't know him probably really think that Lord Wren is actually a kind-hearted person. It's just that those managers who use chicken feathers as arrows are really bad, and they are the ones who have deceived the master, which makes everyone's life so sad.

The so-called "Hades is good, but the little ghosts are difficult" is actually similar to this. Hades is good to see, but he doesn't have to do it himself, so he can naturally pretend to be kind; And isn't the reason why the imp is difficult because he is carrying out the orders of Hades? Therefore, the characters of big capitalists are generally great good people.

Now, as soon as these good people came in, they shouted at the workers, and then began to play haha, singing high-pitched songs that were out of tune, what to make progress together, what to chase dreams, and said a lot. But when it comes to key contractual issues, they are always silent.

"Don't waste any more time." Fagin spoke, "I know time is of the essence to you. The day of the opening of the Pakistan Trade Fair is very close. If you still want to waste time, then we are willing to accompany you - anyway, it will not be a few days, and we will be able to support it until the start of the Pakistan Fair. ”

"Will you be able to sustain it until then? By then, you should all starve to death. An old man couldn't help it, so sarcastically.

"We don't care, anyway, workers like us who can't save up a ticket to North America within five years will all die. Dying a few years earlier is considered a few years less sinful. It's you old men, drag it on, in order to make a handful of money at the Pakistan Trade Fair, the materials you bought, the loans you borrowed...... Hehe, you're not afraid of death, what are we afraid of? Fagin immediately retorted.

"Oh, Brother Nilde, don't be angry, we are negotiating now to have a satisfactory result for everyone, not to be vindictive. Well, it's not too early now, why don't you talk about your demands, let's study it first, and then discuss it together. What do you think? Wren said with a kind smile on his face.