novelraw Chapter 210 The World of Western Classics 23
Chapter 210 The World of Western Classics 23
One month later
Anxi was eating breakfast leisurely, with today's newspapers in hand, which the housekeeper had already sorted out, and arranged them in order of importance from top to bottom.
Ansey picked up the first newspaper, the Times.After turning two pages, I saw the information I wanted to see on the third page.
Here's a report on the strike:
A few days ago, workers went on strike in many parts of the country.At first, this incident happened in a small textile factory. Due to the exploitation of the factory owner, the workers were required to extend their working hours, but their wages were deducted for various reasons.Leading to collective dissatisfaction among workers, they went on strike to protest.This trend spread quickly, from one family to a dozen, and from one place to the whole country.
According to the investigation, the reason for this large-scale strike is still because of the original raw material price increase incident.
Before, a certain jazz man used a large amount of funds to monopolize the raw material market, so that the factory owners could only buy raw materials at high prices.Due to the high cost, the interests of the factory owners were damaged, so they increased the oppression of workers.
Ask them to work overtime and produce more goods to make up for their losses.At the same time, the wages and benefits of the workers have been reduced, and the living conditions have been poor, making it difficult for a large number of workers to survive.
In order to survive, the textile workers united and held strikes one after another.
While fighting for their own rights and interests, they also demand that workers' treatment must be improved.
This demand did not get any satisfaction, so more and more ranks of strikes, more and more workers joined, and even the establishment of workers' own unions.
With the establishment of trade unions, workers from not only textile factories but also other factories also joined them, thus forming the current strike trend.
It is reported that at present, half of the factories across the country will stop production, and the losses will be immeasurable.
In order to solve this problem, the government has sent representatives to negotiate with the workers, hoping to resolve the strike as quickly as possible.
Seeing this, Anxi stopped watching.
Nothing to look at, the following is nothing more than what the delegation has done, the negotiation has made a breakthrough and so on.They are all clichés and compliments, which are completely different from the actual situation.
In fact, Anxi knew more than the newspapers said.
The negotiations were not going well. The delegation was composed of nobles and new forces. Their arrogant behavior and look of contempt stung the hearts of the workers' representatives, which in turn made the strike movement intensify.
"Is there a letter delivered today?" Anxi flipped through the remaining newspapers and asked the butler about the letter.
"Colonel Fitzwilliam's letter has just arrived." The butler, wearing white gloves, handed over a letter respectfully with both hands.
Anxi took it over and took it apart for a look, then smiled and said, "The colonel is really restless, he has been traveling for a month, and now he went to Cornwall again, where the labor movement is the strongest, He's not afraid of getting hurt."
The housekeeper smiled slightly, "The colonel has a noble status and the most kind personality. No matter which side he is on, he will not hurt him."
"That's right, well, I'm going to find Mr. Darcy, and I don't think I'll be back at noon today." Anxi wrote casually, obviously looking for Darcy to talk about this mutual friend.
When Anxi arrived, Darcy had finished his breakfast and was dealing with business in the study.
Pushing open the door of the study, before the door closed, Anxi said directly, "Darcy, that guy Fitzwilliam wrote to you too, he wrote about travel so interestingly that I was tempted. "
Darcy raised his head slightly, "I don't recommend going out in winter. If you are interested, you can go next spring. At that time, the weather will recover and the climate will be pleasant. It will be a good season for travel."
"It's true. It's not safe to go out in winter, and I don't know when Fitzwilliam will return."
As the door was slowly closed, it was confirmed that people outside could no longer hear it, so the two changed the subject.
"Darcy, have you received the letter here?"
"Yes, everything is going well with Fitzwilliam. He has established a relationship with the delegation. It is enough to reveal that he can help negotiate with the workers' representatives. What did you write in your letter?"
"I haven't read it yet." Anxi pulled out a dictionary and compared it to translate the encrypted information on the letter.
This is what they said before.
Because of Sir Jones, Darcy already knew about it, and Darcy's mansion was not particularly safe. The original maid had been found out, but that didn't mean Sir Jones didn't bribe other people.
For the sake of safety, they made an agreement in advance that the content of the letter should include some interesting things such as travel, and then use an encrypted method to write the information to be conveyed.
This method is simple and simple, as long as you know which book the code book is, and then compare it to translate it easily.
But if you don't know the code book, you can't see through its true content at all.
It's just a simple encryption, but it's good enough here.
"The letter said that most of the workers only wanted to improve their salaries, but there were also some people who had selfish motives and wanted to get more benefits."
Darcy nodded, "It was expected from the very beginning. Power will corrupt people's hearts. Let Fitzwilliam solve it as soon as possible. The longer the delay, the greater the variables."
"That's right, on Sir Jones' side, the workers have already proposed to dispose of him. This is a mandatory requirement, and the reason has been explained to the workers. Only after Sir Jones is disposed of, no one else will dare to do so. Now The hatred of the workers is all on Sir Jones, he will definitely fall, and the people behind him probably won't protect him."
"I have received news that as long as Fitzwilliam resolves this incident, Sir Jones' seat will be his." This is the result of Darcy's many operations.
Now the people above are also very troubled by this strike, and the losses are increasing day by day.They were even more annoyed by the inaction of those delegations.If Fitzwilliam stood up at this time and solved the matter perfectly, then he would have enough capital to stand on the political stage.
What's more, what Fitzwilliam wanted was not their interests. With Sir Jones abdicating, they didn't have to lose anything, so they naturally wouldn't take action to stop it.
"The people behind him didn't stop him?" Anxi was curious, it shouldn't be so smooth.
"Yes, but someone pushed it down." These games are like this, either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overwhelms the east wind.Now it is obvious that the person behind that has been caught and is under attack.For the safety of his seat, he can't make any big moves for the time being.
"After that, when the matter is over, you have to be careful to prevent him from attacking you." Anxi reminded.
This is really hitting the young ones and coming the old ones.Solved the small boss, and provoked the big boss.
Darcy nodded seriously, indicating that he had taken it down.
The matter stopped here, and the two chatted about other things, "About the treatment that the workers demand, have the factory owners let go?"
"Someone has already loosened it, as long as you push it again, it will be a certainty." Darcy replied.
Anxi was surprised, "You want to use your textile factory to make this booster? You can think about it clearly. If you do this, the textile factory will completely enter the public's field of vision. Although it can bring a good reputation to the Darcy family. But Fame has always had its pros and cons.”
Darcy is the first to do this, and he will definitely become a thorn in the eyes of those textile factories, and even other factory owners will resent Darcy.After all, the workers in the textile factory get better treatment, and they have to improve more or less. Otherwise, what if the workers go on strike?
Darcy's face was calm, apparently he had thought it over early in the morning, "It's time for Darcy's family to move forward. Only with a good reputation can it operate."
Anxi nodded. He wasn't worried about Darcy's ability. Since he wanted to do it, he must have already thought about it.
"It just so happens that the clothes at the factory are almost produced, and the store layout is also completed, so we can start to promote it vigorously. In this case, let's focus on the treatment of workers in the garment factory."
In this way, not only will the strike drive the business of the clothing store, but it will also promote the reform of those factory owners with examples.
When workers see hope, they will work harder to fight for themselves, and this will also motivate factory owners to do it quickly.
It's a win-win situation.
After the two reached a consensus, they acted separately.
Darcy went to the newspaper to cooperate and asked them to vigorously publicize the garment factory, especially the treatment of the workers in the factory. Of course, due to the payment, they inevitably brought private goods.
For example, this garment factory produces ready-made clothes. This model is very fresh, but the ready-made clothes produced are beautiful and cheap.
The money used to make one piece of clothing can now buy two pieces of ready-made clothing produced by a garment factory in a store.
And so on, only occasionally mentioned, can increase the curiosity of readers, thereby driving the flow of people in the store.
As long as people come, they probably won't be able to leave.
After all, those clothes have so many styles and are so beautifully made, how could they not be tempted.
On the other hand, Anxi has stepped up production and distribution speed.
In London six tailors opened, four of the Darcys, one of the Bentleys, and one of Colonel Fitzwilliam.
Because these are their own shops, the cost is relatively low, and they only need to be decorated, so it is very convenient to open.
But in other places, it is not so convenient.
They currently don't have much funds and cannot buy stores in various places, so Anxi thought of a way to join.
Use those tailor contacts you have hired to sell the ready-made clothes to those shops and let them sell them.
Some people are more bold. After seeing the samples, they signed a contract with Anxi and purchased directly.
Some people are more cautious, for fear of losing money by doing so.Anxi didn't persuade them too much, he just signed a sales contract with them. If he sells one piece, he will give them a bonus of one level. If he can't sell it, the factory will take it back.
Of course, it's not that there are those who love to play tricks. After seeing the samples, they imitate it by themselves.
Anxi didn't mind, because when the customers found out that the same clothes were made by the factory for half the price, they would naturally know what to choose.
It took half a month to finally get all the sales channels in place. Apart from my own, I signed contracts with more than a dozen sales stores in major cities.
In addition, most of the small businessmen who originally cooperated with Darcy stayed, and they would bring ready-made clothes to various small places to sell.
Although the goods they bought were small, the base was large, and part of the inventory was eliminated.