September 20, 1866,

After the planes arrived in Paris, France, the government of the Second French Empire flew planes daily in the squares near Paris.

Today is the tenth day of the flight.

From Napoleon III to every Frenchman who could afford to visit Paris, they were the first to visit the "Friendship" plane given to the French by the Texas Heroes Company.

"This is a miracle in the history of mankind."

After seeing the strange scene of the plane flying, the French people are fantasizing about what it would be like if they flew the plane themselves, and how much "glory and pleasure" the short three-minute flight time would bring to them.

In the fantasy, he rushed into the blue sky and looked down at the earth, forgetting the tragic fate of his exploitation, forgetting the diplomatic defeat of the government of the Second French Reich in the Austro-Prussian war last month, and forgetting that his beloved French mother was not on the verge of economic collapse.

Gustave Flaubert, Georges Sand, and Guy de Maupassant all came to Paris to see the "Friendship" plane presented to the French people by the Hero Company.

These pampered literati also temporarily stopped their critical writings and wrote "hymns of friendship" in one color.

Look at the Palace of Versailles, Napoleon III, who was busy with the aftermath of the Austro-Prussian War, lying in bed, after ten days of flying on a plane to attract the attention of the public, finally met with the diplomatic representative who had returned from Texas sometimes.

Napoleon I abolished a lot of overly cumbersome court etiquette, but Napoleon III knew that for the family members of the old aristocracy with a history of thousands of years, it was more in line with French etiquette to meet them in bed.

Looking at the list of demands written by Tom Smith in his hand, Napoleon III couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

"Your Majesty, I thought it would be best to get the plane in my pocket first, so I directly agreed to the request of the American barbarian and transported the plane back to Paris."

"Is that really all he wants?"

"It's true, if Your Majesty thinks these requests are excessive, we can ignore them, after all, he is just a savage plantation owner."

"It's okay, if you agree, you can agree, our Second French Empire can go back on its word? This kind of small appeal doesn't matter. ”

Napoleon III examines Tom's appeal again:

1. The government of the Second French Reich must disclose that the plane was a gift from the Texas-Heroes Company to the entire French people, and not to an institution.

2. The aircraft shall be flown in public at least once a week, and the flight shall be carried out by the pilot of the Hero Company until there is a qualified pilot in France.

3. The establishment of the French branch of the Hero Company, the headquarters of the Hero Company is only responsible for the production of goods, and the French branch of the Hero Company buys goods at parity, as for how the goods are transported to France, the price positioning in France, etc., all of which are handled by the Second French Empire in the country, and the headquarters of the Hero Company will only intervene in the promotion of products.

Napoleon III couldn't figure out why this man named Tom Smith only put forward this small demand, in the profit chain of goods, the biggest profit is the retail link, what is this boy trying to do?

Just for the friendship of France?

Would the ruler of an empire believe such childish excuses?

Napoleon III, who really couldn't figure it out, could only choose to take one step at a time.

The next morning, the Friendship took off again from the Place de l'Etoile near the Arc de Triomphe, this time soaring over the French sky.

Unlike the previous ten performances, this time the "Friendship" plane dropped a large number of leaflets.

These flyers are the "Hero Condoms" usage guide carefully prepared by Hero Company.

Tom also intimately learned how to use children's popular science cartoons with simple drawings and vivid drawings, which would be considered to spread unhealthy ideas nine times out of ten under the review mechanism of later generations.

The comics of Hero Company have not only become "a successful means of propaganda in France, but also an enlightenment book for countless French teenagers."

What's more, there are plenty of free trials scattered on the USS Friendship.

The French people, who were onlookers, were in their pockets and planned to go back and try this "new thing"

A plane may be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, but if you knock on the door of France's huge market of nearly 40 million people, the price is not lost.

Tom was also very smart, he didn't let the pilot give out free on the first day, and the crowd that came to see the plane on the first day was mixed, but the people who came to see the plane ten days later were all local off-class in Paris or the off-duty class who came from other places, and ordinary people didn't have so much time to watch the plane fly every day.

And these out-of-class people are the first target customers of "safe condoms".

Tom built four planes, the remaining three were given to London, England, St. Petersburg, and Prussia, and Berlin, and each of the four planes was given to the four most ambitious and powerful countries in Europe.

The requirements were similar, and this seemingly innocuous condition, Queen Victoria, Alexander II, William I, and their respective staff members did not object to Tom's "boring" request, they were more concerned with how to imitate the plane.

As for the imitation problem, Tom is not worried at all, aluminum alloy, titanium alloy, fluorine rubber and other raw materials that do not belong to this era are not things that can be imitated at all.

Tom is now sitting in his office, drinking plain water and looking at the Chinese pieces with a happy face.

In September 1866, the First Congress of the International Workers' Union (First International) was held in Geneva, at which the eight-hour day was formally proposed.

The Yankees learned from the Europeans and demanded that the workers also work 16-18 hours a day, all year round, but the Europeans had a "war theory" to put pressure on them, and if they didn't work hard, other countries would come to the door.

The Yankee factory workers, who did not have the "sword of Damocles" on their heads, immediately broke out into the largest workers' march in the world when they learned that the International Workers' Union had called for an "eight-hour workday."

"Hahaha, Mr. Ma, I really thank you family!"

"Knock knock..."

"Enter."

Looking at the information in his hand and the "good news" sent by Hannah, Tom couldn't help but laugh a few times, but before the laughter could land, Milia interrupted Tom's laughter by a hurried knock on the door.

"Mr. Smith, no, there are more than 100 factories in the factory area that have broken out in a massive strike to demand a reduction in working hours! The Hero Factory has been completely shut down! ”

"Didn't the security guards crack down?"

"Mr. Muller took people there as soon as possible, but the scale is too large, there are more than 100,000 people, and Mr. Muller motioned to ask you."

"Why, aren't they afraid of "security"? This is no longer an ordinary worker, you can't hesitate any longer, you must punch hard! ”

Angry, Tom slammed his fists on the table, and many of the papers on the table were shaken to the ground, and it was the first time that Milia had seen the usual approachable Mr. Tom Smith get so angry.

Tom gritted his teeth and said a word.

"Teacher Ma! Thank you so much for your family! ”