"These things are just lawless!"

The representative of the Xiangxian of the Guangzhou Consultative Bureau, or the old man as he is customary, He Juren, the owner of the Shunfa Silk Reeling Factory, pressed his cane on the terrazzo floor under his feet and said angrily.

He is already very republican.

He was wearing a silk shirt, a gold chain of a pocket watch hanging on his chest, and a pocket watch in a watch bag, wearing new leather shoes with shiny black uppers on his feet, a black square scarf on his head, and a wrench on his hand and a jade ornament inlaid with precious stones around his waist. Surrounded by a circle of Huanghuali furniture, the special tuyere next to it blows the cool breeze of the water air conditioner, behind which is hung Dong Qichang's painting, and the stained glass doors and windows in front are hung with delicate embroidered curtains.

There was also Mrs. He sitting in the back.

Mrs. He was full of flowers, all kinds of expensive jewelry, and a hookah in her hand......

Import.

Spread from the Middle East.

As for He Juren, he took out a box of cigarettes with delicate pictures, which were produced in Nandu.

The official next to him hurriedly took a paper medium and lit it from the candle next to him, and lit a cigarette for the master, He Juren took a puff with a gloomy face......

"Master, I'm afraid that these workers will grow grass in their hearts! Although these troublemakers were arrested, this kind of thing is very difficult to handle, and those workers are not stupid, they all know that this is the court trying to do something to us. In case of an agitation with ulterior motives, they can't wait to make trouble first, they can give the court an excuse, and now the top priority is to appease them first, as long as they don't make trouble anymore, the court will not find an excuse. ”

The official said cautiously.

Of course, there is no good result for those workers who take the lead in not doing it, these factories have factory protection teams, and they are even equipped with flintlock pistols, so it is not easy to take down a few workers.

The rest is to send the official.

As soon as He Juren's film was delivered, these workers immediately became sabotage factory equipment, disrupted factory order, in short, put on the hat of Diao Min, and then directly stuffed into the prison of the Guangzhou government. However, it is clear that this matter is not over, the root cause of this kind of thing is that the imperial court wants to attack King Gui, and those village sages are indeed trying to resist, but those workers and peasants everywhere must be impatient. It is not excluded that there are more impulsive people like these fews, they make trouble for the village sages, and there is a military headquarters guarded by the Gui clan outside the city, just directly mobilize the army into the town to suppress it.

Now the Katsura guards have even completed flintlock pistols.

It's hard to say what to do about resisting the imperial court.

But there is absolutely no problem with suppressing the Diao people in the territory.

But the biggest problem is that if there is a disturbance in Guangzhou, it will give Yang Qing an excuse to intervene, and the Nanyang Naval Division and the First Marine Army are in Hong Kong, and if something happens in Guangzhou, they can forcibly enter the city under the banner of quelling the chaos.

That's the real trouble.

"What are you afraid of, Guangzhou is still our world!"

He Juren sneered.

But he's just paying lip service.

"You immediately send someone to Luoding, let the third uncle be careful, we have the army to suppress it, those sugar farmers there are going to make trouble, those militia groups may not be suppressed, you need to prepare early." Also, prepare a car for me again, Chen Bangyan made a stinky move, just thinking about dealing with Yang Qing, forgetting our backyard, I have to hurry up to find Xianggang Gong, this kind of thing has to be Xianggang Gong to take the idea. ”

He went on to say.

"Isn't Elephant Gong bedridden?"

The official said.

He Wuyu, the soul-level boss of Guangdong Xiangxian, is already seriously ill, after all, he is over seventy, and he died of illness in this year in history, but he actually lived a few more months according to time. In the eyes of the villagers, this guy is more reliable than Chen Bangyan and others, and He Wuyu is the real cunning and cunning.

"Bedridden? Now that life and death are at stake, he is really terminally ill and has to get up! ”

He Juren sneered.

With that, he walked straight out the door......

At this moment, in a slum half a mile away, under a foul-smelling kerosene lamp, several shirtless men were gathering around the table, and in front of them was an unfolded map of Guangzhou, but there were many things drawn on this map.

"Old Wu, how are you over there?"

One of the men said, tapping on the map.

"No problem, it's just a sentence, those townsmen really made a stinky move, and the factory didn't know about it at all, even if it was said in the newspaper, not many people knew. As a result, they marched and petitioned, and also arrested the workers who wanted to quit their jobs, and the workers immediately became known to everyone, and the workers had long hoped that the imperial court would take back the Gui Domain, but they could only endure this movement. Now those village sages themselves spread this, as long as they are not stupid, as long as they are a little brave and want to do it, there is a lack of one to light this fire, as long as someone lights the fire, I guarantee that at least half of our people there will follow. ”

Lao Wu said.

The man nodded.

"What about you?"

He asked the others.

The others nodded their heads to indicate that they had no problems there.

"Then it is decided, tomorrow morning we will start here first, and the factories will go on a joint strike, and don't shout other slogans first, that is, on the grounds that the factory owner has arrested people for no reason, go to the Guangzhou government to shout unjustly. If there are few people who go, they will continue to use this reason, and if there are many people who go, they will shout ten hours of working hours, overtime pay, and wage increases, in short, these are the slogans that these workers are most concerned about. If the number of people continues to increase, then call the imperial court to take back the Gui Domain, let's go to the Yamen of Jinyiwei and go to the Guiwang Mansion, but try not to do it. ”

The man said.

"Why don't you just make a big fuss?"

Lao Wu said suspiciously.

"The order from above is not to use force to prevent too many innocent casualties, and we are simply striking this time."

The man said.

"But what if they use force?"

Lao Wu asked.

"And the strike alone can't last long, many of these workers don't have overnight food, so they rely on wages to support their families, and the strike has no source of livelihood, ten days and a half months are okay, and it is almost impossible to sustain more than half a month."

Another said.

"Let's talk about this when the time comes, there must be other arrangements from above, we don't need to care, the order I have so far is to strike, but to make it as big as possible, and finally a general strike in all factories. But if they really dare to use force, then we don't need to be polite, there are millions of workers from all walks of life in Guangzhou City, there is no need to be afraid of those thousands of flintlock guns, not to mention that the Nanyang Navy Division is in Hong Kong. ”

The leader said.

The others didn't say anything more.

They all understood that those village sages would definitely be suppressed, but there was really no need to be afraid, and the millions of workers in Guangzhou did not need to be afraid of those thousands of flintlock pistols.

The main force of the Gui Domain's guards are in Humen and Shaoguan and Zhaoqing, and the fastest ones to rush back are none other than those in Humen, with a total of more than 10,000 people in Humen Fort and Humen Town, but the Gui Domain's guards in Humen dare to withdraw, and the Nanyang Naval Division in Hong Kong will directly enter Humen. In the end, this is the real solution to the problem, no matter how much trouble is made here, it is to provide them with an excuse. In this way, the workers of Guangzhou only had to face a military headquarters and a brigade guarded by the Gui Domain, adding up to about 6,000 people.

As for the factory protection team......

Those are the ruffians and hooligans, who really have to face the resistance of the workers of the whole city of Guangzhou, and they have already run away.

"Brothers, it's time to do a big job!"

Lao Wu said excitedly.

These guys are actually Jinyiwei, Jinyiwei is two organizations in Guangdong, the bright organization is Guangzhou Station, and there is another group in the dark, which specializes in hiding their identities and infiltrating these factories, and the main task is to win people's hearts and make themselves confidants of workers. Including spreading some ideas that Yang Qing asked them to spread, from the very beginning Yang Qing was not prepared to solve the Gui Fan by force, he just let these workers break through from the inside, this insidious guy knows too well the most effective way to deal with this system.

As for making a big ......

That one for sure!

This kind of thing cannot be solved harmoniously.

Those village sages must be suppressed, and the anger accumulated by the workers in Guangzhou over the years also needs to be thoroughly vented.

But that's the thing!

What he wanted was an excuse to intervene.

It can also be used to frighten the emerging capitalists in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and let them know the consequences of unscrupulous oppression of workers. After all, Yang Qing also has countless factories there, and those emerging capitalists don't want to be like the sages in Guangzhou, but they are just artificially suppressed.

But there are many people who are dissatisfied with this.

Obviously, in their view, the Canton side is perfect, and they should be given a head start, so that they know that the best way for the capitalists and workers to coexist is to compromise with each other. Otherwise, the latter will use a great flood to directly wash the former's flowers into the ocean. So it's good for his future, and it doesn't matter if it's causing some chaos, and from the perspective of someone like him, this kind of problem is no longer considered. Besides, if he really had to force an attack on the Katsura Domain, it would not be so easy to fight, and this was a dynamic and new regime that was truly in line with the current trend of history. Originally, history should be on their side, and then let Daming really enter the capitalist era, just like the current Britain, and open a new chapter of Daming.

It's just that I didn't expect someone to cut off the beard directly.

So Yang Qing is not very bottom.

He was also unsure of the outcome of this war, at least on the surface, the level of 50,000 guards of the Gui Domain had reached the highest level of the Ming army, almost the same as the two marines. Moreover, there are many fortresses such as Humen and Shaoguan, if they are really not good, they will become Spain fighting the Netherlands, and Yang Qing does not want to spend too much strength in Guangdong.

That's not his point.

In that case, let's play with him knowing the clear result! It was true that he did not know what the outcome of the battle between the Ming army and the Gui clan would be, but he knew very well what the result would be if the millions of workers in Guangzhou were in trouble.

King Gui and the village sages really can't bear this!