Chapter 48 Weaver Girl Protection Act

Xiao Feng is planning to promote the reform of the military system at the moment, but for Ling Fei, he is now in a predicament.

Since Su Lan was imprisoned because of the Qingyun Gang, the entire Kuomintang can be said to be in a slump, and Wang Xuan even encouraged his subordinate parliamentarians to launch a series of actions against the Kuomintang.

In order to cope with Wang Xuan's provocation, Ling Fei had to work hard and thoughtfully, barely keeping a few core members and maintaining the basic structure of the Kuomintang.

But Wang Xuan refused to give up, and launched a new round of attack.

"Everyone must know that the recent massacre of the Daxing Textile Factory, the factory director's family of thirteen, all died at the hands of Li Kui, which can be described as extremely bloody. But do you know why Li Kui would do such a thing? You must know that if you commit such a thing, you will not be able to escape. ”

Looking at Wang Xuan, who was talking eloquently on the podium, Ling Fei's eyebrows tightened, but he was pondering the other party's purpose.

At this moment, Wang Xuan's expression was excited, and he kept spitting out his inner thoughts from his mouth, and his blood-filled eyes and his arms that were often waving made people feel extremely excited, thinking that the person in front of him was a real saint.

"And as far as I know, the reason for this is that his sister died of exhaustion because of the oppression of the textile factory. That's right, it wasn't robbery, it wasn't beating, it wasn't rape and murder, it was purely because the work of the textile factory was too heavy and I was tired to death. ”

The words of emotion, combined with the words that were handed out, also shocked the councillors in the council hall, thinking that the textile factory had become a purgatory on earth.

"Ling Fei, what does this Wang Xuan mean?" A fat and tall councillor poked Ling Fei in front of him and asked in a low voice.

"Wang Cai, be quiet, don't disturb his speech. ”

Ling Fei shook his head and replied in a low voice, "As for what the hell this Wang Xuan is doing, I don't know for the time being, so let's watch quietly first." ”

He couldn't figure out what was going on in front of him, so he naturally had to watch it carefully to avoid missing any key points.

"That's why I think it's important to protect these weaver girls from the oppression of these mills. Isn't that right?"

When Wang Cai heard this, his face instantly turned pale, and he scolded in a low voice: "What are you going to do with this bastard?"

It was completely instinctive, but he began to feel scared, and even felt that Wang Xuan in front of him had become hateful.

"That's right!"

However, the shouts in unison drowned out Wang Cai's complaints.

"So I think we should enact a law to protect the weaver girls in the textile mills, so that they will not be harmed by the factory directors. Everybody said, right?"

"Yes!"

Hearing this, Wang Cai snorted, and didn't care whether he had violated the rules of procedure of the council hall, he stood up directly, and shouted at Wang Xuan: "Wang Xuan, what are you talking about? Tell me, what do you mean by this textile factory worker protection bill?"

Seeing Ling Fei shrinking his head, he felt even more anxious, patted Ling Fei on the shoulder again, and said, "Mr. Ling, why don't you speak? Don't forget, you are the leader of the Kuomintang, how can you ignore it?"

However, Ling Fei was always silent, no matter how Wang Cai tossed, he would never stand up.

"Humph!"

Wang Xuan's eyes flicked, and after sweeping Wang Cai, the corners of his mouth immediately showed a hint of mockery: "What I mean, don't you hear clearly? Naturally, it's about how to protect those weaver girls, otherwise how much oppression they should be subjected to? Or do you plan to let them stay in the textile factory like this, forever? Moreover, I believe that the lord will agree to this matter." ”

"Lord...... Lord?"

Hearing these familiar and unfamiliar words, Wang Cai was immediately frightened.

For that killing god, there is no one here who is not afraid.

Wang Xuan closed his head and replied: "That's right, it's the lord." I believe that the reason why the lord started the textile factory was to give those women a chance to earn a living, and not to be used as slaves by you factory owners, right?"

Without concealing his threat in his words, Wang Cai was naturally taken aback, and he also argued forcefully: "Wang Xuan, what do you mean by this? Don't think that if you move out of the lord, I will be afraid." Even so, when Xiao Feng was mentioned, his body was still trembling.

His appearance was sudden, and the others didn't react, but after a while, they also woke up.

The councillors here all know that the person in front of him is called Wang Cai, who thinks he is a rich man, and he has opened several textile factories under his name, and he will contribute millions of yuan to his family fortune every year, which can be described as the leading wealthy businessman in Chang'an City.

If the textile worker protection bill is promoted, then he will have to pay a high price to rectify the industry under his name, and naturally he does not want this kind of bill to be promoted.

"Hmph! Even a copper-smelling guy like you can enter the council hall, and I don't know what the lord is thinking, and he made you a councilor. ”

Without waiting for Wang Xuan to refute, Xie Jin directly sarcastically said.

Li Qian also complained: "And have you forgotten? This is the council hall, not your factory, where you can vent at will." Or do you want to be kicked out?"

"That's right. If you're like this, it's better to get out of here as soon as possible, so as not to be embarrassed. ”

The rest of the people also agitated together, and it was obvious that they were also quite dissatisfied with the royal wealth, so they ran together together.

Seeing that everyone was making a fuss, Xiao Jingmao hurriedly complained: "Listed as quiet, don't make noise." Fu glared at Wang Cai again and shouted, "There is." If you flout the council and interrupt a speaker, you need to have a demerit. If it's more than three times, don't blame me for being ruthless. ”

was squeezed by everyone like this, Wang Cai realized that he was wrong, and the whole person stood in place, and he didn't know what to do.

"Wang Cai, don't talk about it, let's talk about it later. ”

Seeing Wang Cai's reaction, Ling Fei had no choice but to stand up, apologize to everyone, and then sit down again.

Wang Xuan watched Ling Fei leave, and the corners of his mouth curled up quite proudly: "It seems that this time, it can be regarded as a complete victory." From his point of view, all the members around him were approving, and it was obvious that his bill this time would not be hindered in any way, and it would naturally be promoted.

This time, it can be said that the KMT has won another big victory.

After the Kuomintang left the hall, they were also depressed and sad.

Seeing that everyone was depressed, Ling Fei proposed to take everyone to the restaurant to talk about it, firstly, to relieve their mood, and secondly, to discuss countermeasures, so as not to continue to be so passive.

Of course, after drinking a few glasses of wine, Wang Cai began to complain: "Alas. That Wang Xuan was also disgusting, and he actually proposed a bill for the protection of textile factory workers, what kind of thing is this! The lord was also right, and he didn't even stop him, so he let him forcibly push this bill. ”

"Isn't this to prevent the next massacre? And your textile factory is working too hard, and if it goes on like this, it will cause trouble. Ling Fei persuaded.

Wang Cai looked annoyed and retorted: "Can this be the same? Do you know that if this bill is promoted, I will have to invest at least 200,000 yuan a year, but not 200 or 2,000 yuan! In this case, how can you let me make money?"

As a capitalist, Wang Cai has always been quite optimistic about his property, and now that the other party intends to completely suppress himself with this plan, how can he give up?

"That's right. And I heard that guy is planning to come up with some kind of land tax, and he has to pay a certain amount of tax every year according to the land he owns. Isn't this a blatant robbery?" Fang Zhong also opened his mouth and scolded.

Although he was not the director of the textile mills, he was responsible for selling the cloth produced by the textile mills, and according to the present law, it was obvious that the price of the cloth from the textile factories would rise, and if he continued to maintain the previous price, it would obviously be a loss.

Under this influence, Fang Zhong was also a little restless, wanting to overturn the bill.

Wang Cai was apprehensive, and he also scolded: "I think this guy is obviously coming for us." ”

"That's right. Otherwise, why are these policies introduced, just to restrict us?" Qin Ming should also scold Wang Xuan together.

Seeing the two of them scolding this bitterly, the rest of the parliamentarians also spoke in unison, and they scolded one after another, and it became more and more ugly, making people think that these people were those polite and gentle parliamentarians!

Although the others scolded again and again, Ling Fei's eyebrows became more and more frowned.

After everyone had finally stopped, he spoke: "Is it interesting that you guys are cursing people here? Could it be that you can stop attacking that guy by insulting?"

"Then do you want to give up like this? That guy is ready to fight with us, why should we be polite to him? In my opinion, this guy has no bad intentions at all. Qin Ming scolded, in the past, in order to attract business, he fought with competitors a lot, so he developed this fiery temper.

"Humph!"

Ling Fei snorted lightly, but asked, "Although he has bad intentions, what he said is the truth?"

Compared with the two in front of him, Ling Fei cared more about what Wang Xuan explained, and it was also because of the reasons behind this that the textile factory weaver girl protection bill was born.

"This is just an accident. Wang Cai's face was stunned and he argued strongly.

"Just an accident?" Ling Fei's eyes narrowed slightly, staring at Wang Cai deadly.

He is not ignorant of the affairs of the textile factory, he naturally knows what kind of goods these people are in front of him, twelve hours a day is not ordinary, there is no time to rest, and the working environment is also quite bad, in order to be able to reel silk, the weaver girl even has to reach into the hot water with her bare hands, and fish out the soaked silk thread.

Those weaver girls who have accumulated years have a pair of festering hands, which is also the reason.

Wang Cai turned his head sideways, his eyes flickered, and his tone was no longer as tough as before: "Maybe not." ”

"What do you mean maybe?"

Ling Fei refused to give up, and asked again: "Do you think that others really don't know about the things you did? It's just that others are afraid of offending the lord, so they don't care about you." But if you let the lord know, do you think you can stay here?"

Speaking of this textile factory, it was also promoted by Xiao Feng at the beginning, on the one hand, to improve the social status of women, and on the other hand, to give them a chance to survive.

If we want political independence, we must first seek economic independence.

Regarding this point, Xiao Feng is naturally quite clear.

Wang Cai's face turned red, and he couldn't help but bow his head: "This ...... Should...... and maybe ......"

He is not sure, after all, he is only relying on the policy to benefit, and everyone knows that Xiao Feng has always been ruthless, if he finds out what he has done, it is naturally impossible to be protected, and it is very likely that he will be directly imprisoned in order to comfort the people in the city.

Killing the rich and helping the poor has always been like this.

"So you should be glad that the massacre of the Daxing textile factory did not happen in your factory. But according to you, I'm afraid it won't be able to continue. Ling Fei complained.

For these parliamentarians, he really has a headache, because not all parliamentarians are like him, purely out of concern for national affairs, and more are similar to Su Lan, Wang Cai, and Qin Ming, who joined them for their own economic interests.

In order to get the help and support of these people, Ling Fei could only force himself to stay here and discuss the next things with them, even if he was resistant in his heart.

Wang Cai's eyes widened, and he shouted, "Do you mean that you want me to accept the textile factory worker protection bill?" When he heard the news that this bill was promulgated, Wang Caike really refuted it, but his power was weak, so naturally he couldn't confront Wang Xuan and others, and he was still worried about it.

"That's right. The bill has been recognized, and it should be followed. Ling Fei replied.

Wang Cai looked surprised, and shouted directly: "Do it?

"Then do you want to wait to be known by the lord, and then raid the house?" Ling Fei opened his mouth and scolded.

Wang Cai replied with some hesitation: "This, the lord should not be." After all, my textile factory feeds tens of thousands of weaver girls, and provides hundreds of thousands of taxes every year, so she probably won't do this. Otherwise, where will the government's money come from?"

is also relying on himself to be a big tax payer, and Wang Cai was so arrogant in the past.

Ling Fei shook his head and asked rhetorically, "No? Do you think it's possible?" Don't forget, the lord didn't even let Yang Chenglong go, he was still demoted to the third level, and he started over from Zhizhou directly. How far can you compare with Yang Chenglong?"

Told by this, Wang Cai couldn't help but bow his head, and still said quite unwillingly: "But, can't this bill be brought down?"

"No way. Ling Fei shook his head and replied, "You also know that although the lord doesn't interfere much in the affairs of the council hall, he has always been quite concerned. Otherwise, the impeachment motion would have been vetoed? She did not intervene this time, and naturally she was in favor of it. What's more, she's also a woman!"

A sentence of women completely broke the defense line in Wang Cai's heart.

Wang Cai lowered his head and said helplessly: "Okay, then do as you say." ”

Wang Cai felt pain at the thought of the hundreds of thousands of dollars he was about to spend, but in order to save his life, these must be done.