"Come on, come on, everyone's work will stop first, I have one thing I want to discuss with the big guys."

In the Jiangnan Shipyard, the master walked to the workshop, found a high platform to stand on, and raised his hand to press down on the surroundings.

"Uncle uncle, I'm bothering, the master wants to occupy the big guy for a while, tell you something, reveal it in advance, this matter is very important, it is related to the thickness of everyone's wallet in the future, you must listen carefully." Li Nan in the back also followed, and continued to replenish after the master finished greeting him.

If it was simply Li Nan's words, the master in the workshop might have done something or something.

But now that the master had spoken, out of respect, everyone below began to slowly stop what they were doing, stop and look at the high platform, waiting for the content behind.

"Snort~"

A middle-aged master inserted the tempered red iron piece in his hand into the water to quench, and then a burst of water vapor quickly rose, took off the towel around his neck, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and joked:

"Thin wallets? Shouldn't Li Nan, this kid you're going to marry a girl from the master's family, that relationship is good, who in the workshop doesn't know how long you've been thinking about it? Now that we are married, we take the money with us, but will it become thinner? ”

With the beginning of this topic, the conversation of the masters in the workshop was instantly distorted:

"I said, why haven't I seen the girl from the master's family come to deliver food for a long time recently, it turns out that she is busy with work? Good boy, you have the demeanor of your brother and I being chased in line back then! ”

"It is said that there are four happy events in life, a long drought and a sweet rain, a hometown where you meet an old acquaintance, a candle night in the cave room, when the gold list is titled, Li Nan, this kid has already accounted for two of the four, amazing, but Li Nan is also a person who graduated from the first division in Hunan, how can he be counted as a talent in front, the two are absolutely compatible."

"When you say that, I think about it, the girl from the master's family seems to have gained a lot of weight...... Hey, it shouldn't have been a long time since the cave house was in trouble, and it was followed by the Hundred Days Banquet, hey, two parts of the money, this wallet is thinner! ”

"When will you eat ......a feast?"

Seeing that the scene was becoming more and more uncontrollable, the topic had already flown to 108,000 miles away, and even some of them were mixed in.

Secretly glanced at the master above, his face was getting darker and darker, as if it could drip down.

Li Nanxin said that it was not good, if it continued like this, not only Cheng Nuo's plan might be flawed, but even his image in the heart of the master would be greatly reduced, and his hands were quickly wrapped in a trumpet shape around his mouth: "Masters, you are all mistaken, it's not getting married, it's not making your wallet thinner, and it's not related to your junior sister......

It's a pity that it's a mess at the bottom, and most of them are immersed in the topic of themselves and their partners, and they don't pay attention to Li Nan above.

"No, let's hear me first......"

"That's enough!" Just when Li Nan was still struggling, the master on the high platform took a steady step forward, and said angrily to the crowd below: "The reason why in such a tight time is that everyone stops what they are doing, not for selfishness, but for the public!" ”

After listening to the second half of the sentence, the scene immediately fell silent.

You look at me, I look at you, and I don't know what it's going to say.

At this time, the master did not continue to speak, but twisted his neck back, and said to Li Nan: "This matter is very important, you go outside the workshop and close the door to watch the wind, don't let those foreigners come!" ”

Li Nan opened his mouth, and said in his heart that he also wanted to hear the content behind, but as soon as he met the sharp gaze of the master master, he was immediately defeated.

"Okay, I'll go guard the gate."

However, there is a trace of resentment in my heart, the workshop is so big, and the foreigners are estimated to get the news soon, this little bit of hope will not play a role at all, it must be to take revenge on themselves.

This master, the stomach is really not good, and he will have to feel good in the future.

Think about it, do it.

Li Nan still honestly guarded his door, but his ears were in the direction of the high platform, waiting for the content behind.

"Before the fall of the Manchu Tartars, there were 'water and fire sticks' on the big pillar in front of the gate of our house, which were specially used to torture our workers, and a few 'dog tails' carrying guns guarded the pillars, and if we were not in trouble, they tied us up and gave us a long whip to serve......

…… What patrol police battalion is nominally to protect the property of the workshop, but in fact, these more than 100 'dog tails' are monitoring us, and if we resist a little, we will be tied up and 'show the public', and our faces will be trampled on the ground, do you still remember these things?! ”

As soon as the words fell, there were people below who complained with tears in their eyes.

"My old brother will never forget this in his life, a good leg was beaten into a stump, and when it rains, it hurts a heart, and I can't wait to saw that crippled leg directly!" As soon as he finished speaking, the master surnamed Ge directly lifted his trouser legs, and his muscles atrophied to the point that he couldn't look good.

"Look at my face, it was broken by those people with whips, now I have to go out with a scarf, for fear of scaring people, our children over there are not afraid of the sky, but as long as they see my face, it is scared and screaming!"

Holding his head high, the scar on the master's face was shocking, like crawling with several earthworms, and at first glance he only felt his heart throb.

"Alas, you're pretty good, look at the black egg, your tongue is burned by the 'dog's tail', and it's hard to talk anymore......"

As he spoke, everyone sympathized with the black egg next to him.

And the black egg stretched out his fist and screamed, obviously unable to forget these things.

Historically, what happened to the Jiangnan Shipyard was not only that, but the workers had to wear a waist card indicating their lowly status when they went to work, so that the director could supervise them at any time.

Workers on the night shift were also not allowed to go home and were kept in low, damp rooms.

There is a fence outside the house, and there is only one entrance and exit for more than 100 houses, which are guarded by Qing soldiers day and night. There is also a "more drum tower" here, and the top floor of the building is a "lookout post", where the Qing soldiers watch day and night to monitor the movements of workers.

Underneath the "Drum Tower" is a dungeon dedicated to the detention of workers. Unable to endure the oppression and exploitation of the feudal rulers, the workers staged many revolts.

Originally, I was hoping that the Manchu Qing Dynasty would fall, and the situation would be better, and Jiangnan Shipbuilding would be under the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of the Beiyang Government, which would improve the situation.

However, the Beiyang government inherited the feudal rule of the Qing government over the workers. The difference is that only the armed patrol battalion stationed at the station has been renamed the patrol team, and the workers are allowed to go home after work every day. But it must be strictly searched by the patrol team before it can leave the factory.

If it is purely for the sake of technical secrecy, this can be understood, after all, the strength of Jiangnan Shipyard is a unique existence in China at this time.

But the problem is that for those foreign employees, there is no such thing as a body search.

Originally, the Chinese people were discriminated against in the process of production and manufacturing, and the technical threshold was set to prevent compatriots from touching, and now they had to search their bodies at every turn, which had already aroused the anger of the workers, and the contradictions between the two sides were about to erupt.

"In the past, we endured these grievances, but they had to inch in, not only breaking our own teeth and swallowing them in the stomach, but also asking us to show them a smile again, the clay people still have three points of anger, not to mention us! Any idea what I'm going to say at this point? ”

On the high platform, the master master was asking questions loudly.

I wanted to ask myself and answer myself, and I wanted to lead directly to the following content.

Unexpectedly, he was robbed by the "cheap son-in-law" guarding the gate, and raised his right hand high:

"The wrath of the horseman, five steps of blood splattered!"

The momentum that the master had just accumulated was scattered by this sentence, and he couldn't help clenching his fists.

For fear of any more accidents, the master hurriedly said: "What I want to say is that in the face of all kinds of injustice, we must not sit still, the rights are all won by ourselves, and if we want foreigners to bully us, we only need to give them a sentence - go to the mother!"

The shipyards of our Chinese can only be decided by us Chinese, and now I declare, strike! ”

At this moment, the patrol team that heard the news rushed over, and did not give Li Nan, who was looking at the wind, a chance at all, and directly hugged and pushed the door in.

Holding a baton in his hand, he couldn't help but say that he was beating the workers and masters.

"Is it against the sky? One by one, they don't work well, and they're about to get maggots when they're idle! ”

"If you don't open the roof for three days, I think it's itchy skin, and it doesn't look like it's okay if you don't loosen it!"

"It's really a ...... o'clock"

Originally, there was fire in his stomach, and seeing that the other party was fighting without any reason, how could he bear it.

That is revenge for revenge, revenge for injustice.

Even if the patrol team blew the whistle and called for support.

But in front of more than 2,000 workers, the patrol team of 100 people was not enough to see at all, and it didn't take long for the nose and face to be bruised and swollen, and it was impossible to see the human appearance.

Among them, the black egg has worked harder, and after a few feet, it is estimated that it will be a little difficult to pass on the ancestry.

"Okay, okay, the big guy stops, it's enough to get out of breath, the problem is those foreigners, the cure needs to get rid of the roots, let's settle accounts with the Brit Morgan......"

With the master's order, the workers marched to Morgan's office.

It is said that this Morgan is also an abnormal chicken thief, and he has long been hiding far away when he sees that it is not good, and he did not forget to order before leaving:

"Thugs, a group of thugs, I want to protest, I want the Navy Department to protest, this is a major diplomatic event, it is absolutely not over, I will definitely fight to the end!"

But at the moment, it is the tight construction period of shipbuilding, and the time is not enough, and now it will continue to be delayed due to strikes.

Not only could the Jiangnan Shipyard itself stand it, but the Admiralty above couldn't withstand the pressure from the US embassy and consulates, and finally transmitted it to Liu Guannan, the general office of the shipyard, and then to the chief engineer Morgan, and put pressure on him layer by layer, which directly made people breathless.

In just three days, under the collective pressure of the workers, the Jiangnan Shipyard had to accept the demands of the workers: all technology was opened to Chinese workers, no special treatment, patrol teams were banned, and trade unions were established.

Originally, Liu Guannan, the general office of the Jiangnan Shipyard, wanted to continue to work, but the workers did not recognize this general office that eats people and does not do personnel, and in the end, with the end of the strike, he was kicked far away by the Admiralty.

However, after such a fuss, everyone in the Beiyang government knows that the Jiangnan Shipyard is a "mess", let alone making profits from it, and it is already quite difficult not to get into trouble, and no one is willing to take up the position even after a few orders.

However, the pressure from the United States increased, and in the end he had no choice but to give up his position to Chen Zhaoqiang, who was also responsible for the Jiangnan Shipyard and the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau.

On the eve of the Republic of China, the Chinese Navy had five fleets, including the Beiyang Fleet, the Nanyang Fleet, the Hubei Fleet, the Fujian Fleet, and the Guangdong Fleet, with a total of 58,120 tons.

At that time, there were five well-known naval and military industrial institutions: Fujian Shipbuilding Bureau, Jiangnan Shipyard, Dagu Shipyard, Huangpu Shipyard, and Xiamen Shipyard, among which Fujian, Xiamen, and Jiangnan shipyards also successively carried out aircraft manufacturing.

Among the five naval and military industrial institutions, Jiangnan Shipyard has the fastest development and the largest number of ships.

From its establishment to 1922, the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau basically did not produce any ships, except for the 2,000-ton "River Boat" (later renamed "Ningshao") in 1914 and the "Haihong" and "Haihu" two small gunboats after 1915.

Therefore, the current Chen Zhaoqiang can be regarded as regaining real power, which is not only beneficial to him personally, but also to Cheng Nuo's future career planning.

In the Jiangnan Shipyard, Chen Zhaoqiang was happily entertaining Cheng Nuo.

"Zhiyuan, you did a pretty good job this time, not only hit the arrogance of the foreigners, but also let us grasp the real power of the Jiangnan Shipyard, and it will be more convenient to do some practical things later, I don't want to live the days when it is difficult for a smart woman to cook without rice." Chen Zhaoqiang handed over a cup of tea and said with a smile.

Cheng Nuo took a sip and said with a smile: "This is not my credit alone, it is the result of everyone's hard work, I just hope that through our good start, more workers and masters will be encouraged to join the other party's unfair team." ”

Chen Zhaoqiang nodded, and said lightly: "I also read the two books that were distributed during the movement this time, and I also benefited a lot, and the naivety in the future is really going to change, but then again, why didn't you just drive that Morgan away in one go?" ”

Cheng Nuo put down the teacup, shook his head and said: "If you look at personal ability alone, this Englishman still has a few brushes, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is really talented and learned, cronyism is not my style, as long as he is willing to stay and contribute to the institute, I raise my hands in agreement." ”

After a pause, Cheng Nuo continued: "There is a saying in the soldiers, 'Don't stop returning to the teacher, don't stop the teacher, don't force the poor', now it's enough to force Morgan to this extent, you don't have to force his head to let him admit defeat, I hope to defeat him technically, let him be convinced, and work for us sincerely!" ”

Chen Zhaoqiang was curious: "So what do you want to do?" ”

Cheng Nuo drank all the tea in the cup, and then said confidently: "At the same time, two 10,000-ton giant ships will be built, one will be built by the foreigners under his leadership, and the other will be built independently by our countrymen."

The so-called 'those who make friends with the potential, the overwhelming will be overwhelming; Those who benefit from the friends, and the poor are scattered', I like to slap the face with facts! ”

(End of chapter)