The Qin state had different attitudes towards the "colonies". The military and the Qin business community were wise. That is, I don't want the Western Regions to have the territory of other countries. To put it bluntly, the Western Regions can only be one. State of Qin. The Qin state must establish a new state of the Qin state in the Western Regions.

But at this time, the newspapers of the Qin State reported an incident that shocked China. That was the Zhao State strike. The cause of the incident has been clearly stated before.

Zhao's miners risked their lives to dig coal mines. In particular, some coal mines use explosives as a weapon for large-scale mining. This has led to a rapid increase in the mine's production and the number of casualties. The mine disaster never stopped. There is also the huge industrial construction in various parts of the Qin and Zhao states. The Qin State established two industrial belts centered on Taiyuan and Shangdang. These two industrial belts are mainly dominated by steel. In particular, the construction of a huge railway network. The four kingdoms of Qin, Zhao, Han, and Yan were all trying to increase the construction of railways. In this way, the demand for steel is like a huge bottomless pit. Demand is extremely high.

Equally. Coal mine production has reached record highs. Zhao Guo's coal mine in Daidi produced five million stones in just one month. If you add Yunzhong, Liaodong of Yan, and northern production of Qin. There is a high probability that it will exceed hundreds of millions of stones. This number is quite terrifying. It's pretty much nothing. Suddenly it exploded overnight.

Such a big demand. And such a large output should allow the people of Zhao and Yan to live a good life. As a matter of fact. The lives of these people were not much different from those of slaves. On the contrary, it seems even more miserable. Life in the coal mines is not human. Many people died in the coal mines. Especially men. As a result, the vicinity of the coal mining area has become almost a concentration of widows' villages. In some coal mines, even women are used. Their wages are squeezed extremely low. And the working hours often exceed eight hours. That's the story behind the huge production. It's all made up of tragic stories.

And the coal mine owners have made a fortune one by one. Zhao's economy depended on these coal mine owners to pay ample taxes. The country's strength has gradually become richer. This is how the two extremes arise. The gap between rich and poor is extremely severe. The rich go crazy. Poor as hell. The gap in life is clearly in front of us.

So these oppressed Zhao people should resist to the death. Initially. They deliberately blew up the coal mines. But it's not much use. Coal mine owners will soon be looking for new mining areas. It's all coal nearby. Or just destroy some equipment. But none of this is of much use. Because the coal mine owners arbitrarily deduct or increase their working hours.

In desperation. A coal mine in Daidi. A strike of hundreds of people was held. These people taught themselves some simple simplified characters of the Qin State. A simplified text version of the Qin state. It has been revised seven times. It is mainly adapted to the news media of the Qin State. Office words. These people wrote in words that they could, "Only five hours!" "Add money!" "Precious human life!" and other words. The words are crooked though. But it's their cry.

The mine owner immediately mobilized thugs to try to drive them back to their posts to continue working. But they insisted on a wage increase. Reduced working hours. The coal mine owner thinks this is unreasonable. I guess I'm crazy poor. Or maybe the coal mine owners are too tough. The two sides unleashed violent clashes. In the end, one of the thugs was killed. Two miners were seriously injured. Several people were injured to varying degrees. The two sides entered a stalemate. Coal mine owners think. Not paying wages can trap the other party. Because most of these people are farmers who have lost their land. The state of Zhao also experienced a large-scale wave of land annexation. It was at that time that the peasants who lost their land entered the mines and factories.

But it was clear that the incident did not have the effect that the coal mine owners had expected. Opposite. Things spiraled out of control. Qin's reporters were like those who added to the trouble. News reports were supposed to report novelty things. And it's the kind of small that sees the big. The kind of mentality that is afraid that the world will not be chaotic.

The incident was initially reported only in the Zhao Guo edition of the Express. But this is enough to trigger a rapid spread of information. The matter soon spread rapidly throughout the Zhao Kingdom. Zhao Guo has an extremely serious gap between the rich and the poor and the problem of employment of workers. These problems were eliminated by the factory owners and coal mine owners with money and violence. But this is only temporary. The accumulation of problems quickly ignited under the spread of newspaper reports.

All parts of the Zhao Kingdom followed suit in a short period of time. General strikes of varying degrees were carried out one after another. They do not destroy plant equipment. Because they don't want to lose their jobs. However, they demand that their rights and interests be fully guaranteed.

The local government sent officials. Then there's escalation. Request for redeployment of troops. Some nobles defended their own interests and sent private troops to suppress it.

"Shoot! Kill these untouchables! A Zhao nobleman shouted loudly. The privates armed with muskets hesitated. But under the shouts of the nobles, they had to shoot. For a time, many people fell on the strike and march.

Such incidents are not uncommon. The violent bloodshed has made things more and more tense. And things tend to complicate things. Violence began to escalate.

Strikes in some areas have turned into local violence. And there is a tendency to evolve into an armed uprising. Workers began to occupy the coal mines of the coal miners. Property. In some areas, the situation has developed to a serious situation that spirals out of control. Crime is the trend towards the ultimate form of violence. They killed the coal mine owner. Insulting his wife and daughter. Brutal execution of other innocent people. Families, relatives, family members, and private soldiers are not spared.

In Handan. The strike marches went from small gatherings to a general strike of nearly 70,000 people. These are coal mines, railway workers near Handan. Women in textiles, workers in iron works. Unemployed peasants who lost their land. A large number of strikers gathered in front of the palace of King Zhao. The Zhao army urgently mobilized elite troops that had just been equipped with trap guns to defend the Zhao Palace. Barbed wire was also drawn in front of the palace gate. The third platoon of Zhao troops was well defended. The sun shone on their bright bayonets. The bayonet was unusually cold.

Even though the people on strike were enthusiastic. Zhao Jun still didn't dare to act rashly. But the longer things dragged on. The harder things get to deal with. Especially such strikes. What is needed is to make compromises. Adopt a policy of tenderness. However, King Zhao urgently borrowed a water-cooled machine gun from the Qin army and set it up in front of King Zhao's palace. If shot. The consequences are unimaginable.

There are still some ministers in Zhao who oppose such an approach. They also see. The strikes in various parts of the Zhao State were no accident. This matter has already related to the safety of Zhao Guo. And take care of it. Otherwise, Zhao Guo will die here.

Some enlightened ministers demanded a settlement with the striking people. The enlightened minister also went deep into the strikers to find out what was going on. In order to get through this hurdle safely.