"People say that Kawaguchi is good at making money, and it will be two or three years if he goes there. When I went home to see my old mother, I didn't have any entanglements on my body at all. The workers whispered this song that had been passed down on the railroad for a long time.

Mao represented a cigarette between his fingers, the ash accumulated for a long time, his eyes were moist, and he didn't speak for a long time.

Representative Mao was in a simple house, lying on the bed and singing this smoothly was Wang Fubao, a worker activist on the railway. He hammered his injured leg in disappointment and said, "Representative Mao, my leg was injured when I was unloading the coal truck." The foremen ignored me and threatened me with deductions if I delayed my work. ”

Representative Mao grabbed Wang Fubao's hand tightly, "Brother, you have suffered. ”

Lu Shuzhang on the side said, "Representative Mao, Lao Wang's experience is just a common thing for us poor brothers. Those foremen were greedy for public and private gains, and exploited the workers. Our daily wages were a dime and eight cents, and in fact we only got eight cents in our hands. ”

"Then why don't you follow along?" Representative Mao said angrily.

"Hey." Wang Fubao sighed, "The eight-cent foreman takes two cents, and the remaining six cents are taken from above." Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival, but also to the foreman, if you don't give him benefits, he can fire you for a reason. My foreman celebrated the Chinese New Year at home last year, and the white-flour steamed buns sent to him by the workers were all hairy, and he couldn't eat them at all. But look at what we eat. Wang Fubao pointed to the rice bowl in front of him.

Representative Mao flicked it with chopsticks, "This is too light, you have so much suffering in a day, just eat this, how can your body bear it?" ”

"When we went to the construction site, we ate even worse food, and every day we ate moldy food with little salt, grass roots, tree bark, even if there was meat, it was smelly. How many workers have fallen ill. Wang Fu reported that his family had many children and a heavy burden, so he endured it like this. But when is such a day a head? Lu Shu said as he hammered his chest.

Deputy Mao looked at Wang Fubao's wife and children, they were very polite, and there was no place to sit at home except for the bed. The daughter-in-law stood aside in a torn cotton jacket, and several children looked at themselves barefoot with sallow faces. "Warlord Wang has stripped the common people like this, and after his death, he will be crushed by the people." He looked at Wang Fubao with blazing eyes. "Brother Fuku, from now on, all of us proletarians in the world must unite to defeat the warlords and all the old feudal and decadent forces. Sooner or later, China will one day be dominated by we, the toiling masses. ”

Wang Fubao was moved by what Deputy Mao said, "Deputy Mao, we poor brothers will follow you from now on. ”

Deputy Mao stood up and looked out the window, and he said, "I have three things here: First, mobilize the workers and set up an organization. Second, unite and unite to advance and retreat together. Third, be strategic and don't be brutal. ”

Lu Shu patted his thigh, "Okay, Mao means that there is ink in his stomach, and what he says is different from us rough people." But what do you mean by these three points? Lu Shu looked at Wang Fubao, who was also confused.

Representative Mao smiled and patted Lu Shu's shoulder, "Mobilize workers to form an organization." To make this simple, we must first mobilize the backbone of the workers to set up a workers' leadership committee, and only with this organization can we better organize, mobilize, and do great things. Unite and unite to advance and retreat together. If we want to fight for our legal rights, we must be united. All our workers must be united in their thinking and action in all activities, so that they can create a momentum and have an impact, and the authorities will pay attention to us. The idea of being strategic and not brutal means that at the moment the strength of our workers is still very weak, because we have no weapons in our hands, no troops of our own. Therefore, we must make full use of the legal space and explore step by step while trying to avoid bloody conflicts with the Beiyang side. When they are soft, we will be hard, and if they are hard, we must avoid their edge. In a word, cannibalize step by step. ”

After a detailed explanation by Representative Mao, Lu Shuzhang and Wang Fubao finally understood the connotation and true meaning of these three sentences.

"Brother Fukuho, we are about to hold an enlarged meeting of the Kawaguchi trade union, and I hope you can also participate at that time, you have prestige among the workers, and the effect of our meeting will be better if you come." Deputy Mao said.

"Don't worry about Representative Mao, don't look at my leg injury, I will climb over when the conference is held. I want to tell all the workers that Representative Mao is the savior sent to us by God, and only by following Representative Mao can we workers have a good hope. ”

Representative Mao and Lu Shu left Wang Fubao's house, the sky was getting dark, and the faint moonlight shone on the winding path.

"Representative Mao, there are a few more worker activists, and the place where they live is even more difficult to walk than Lao Wang's place, why don't we get here here today?" Lu Shu said.

"No, the enlarged meeting is about to begin, and I must meet all my brothers and talk to them. I want them to know that everything is organized and that we are not alone. "Representative Mao slowed down the speed of his feet." By the way, what about Chairman Wu Fen? Didn't you say come with us? ”

Lu Shuzhang shook his head, "I don't know much about this, it stands to reason that Lao Wu should come?" ”

Lao Wu was originally going to Wang Fubao's house today, but as soon as he went out, he was blocked by several plainclothes. He was trapped in his own home, cut off from the outside world. Seeing that the enlarged meeting was about to begin, he was anxious at the moment.

"Old Wu, do you remember me?" Zhang Damin walked in with a pot of wine. Behind him were the plainclothes just now, they were carrying food boxes in their hands, and after a while, four large plates of cold dishes were placed in front of Wu Fen.

"Captain Zhang!" Wu Fen shouted in surprise. "How are you? It's all your people? ”

Zhang Damin nodded and ordered his subordinates to leave.

"I heard about my sister-in-law?" Wu Fen said sadly.

Zhang Damin made a pause gesture, "It's over, it's all over." Here, let's have a drink. ”

The two raised their glasses and bumped.

Zhang Damin sighed, "Hey, you kid, you're in trouble." ”

Wu Fen was a little flustered when he heard this, "What's wrong with me?" ”

"What's wrong? Chairman of the Kawaguchi Labor Union, whether your brain was caught in the door or kicked by a donkey, do you know that the railway workers are very angry about the strike. I've heard they're going to take you leads, one by one. Zhang Damin made a gesture of scratching his neck.