My name is Ren

Chapter 100 No Contrast, No Harm, Come on, Let's Make the Storm Stronger!
I planned to open up a new business model, but I was caught by the boss and chatted for an hour, and I was also drunk.

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The road was calm along the way, and there were not as many road hogs as robbers in the novels of knights. Even if they met on the road, the other party would leave quietly, trying not to crash into this luxurious carriage as much as possible.

The robbers also knew very well that if they encountered those caravans that were robbed, they would be robbed.If you can't beat it, you will be unlucky, but if you can beat it, you will be called gold in large pieces and enjoy wealth.But when encountering such a nobleman's carriage, the thieves really didn't dare to do it. The price of angering the nobleman is often not just as simple as life, but also more things, more precious things.

In a blink of an eye, Bell Province was already in sight, and it would take up to four days to return to Ortrenburg. The bumps along the way were unbearable for hardcore men, and Blair's energy was not as full as before, and he was a little sluggish.Seeing that it was already afternoon, if he continued on his way, he might have to spend the night in the wild. Ren, who was not far from home, was not as busy as before, and decided to take a good rest in the border city of Balatan in the province of Tulum. On the road tomorrow.

It’s just that the wishes are good, but the reality is not necessarily so good. Just entering the territory of Balatan, you can feel the tense atmosphere over this area.Most of the pedestrians on the road were sullen, serious, and hurried.There were not as many caravans on the road as before. Most of the caravans bypassed the main official road leading to Bell Province after approaching the Baratan area.Before entering this area, Renn might not have felt so obviously strange, but it has become more obvious recently.

The city of Balatan gradually appeared on the horizon, and the air gradually solidified.On the side of the road, Ren asked Blair to slow down the carriage. He opened the window, found a pedestrian who looked more honest, and stopped the carriage.

The passer-by was a little surprised. He carefully looked at the family emblem on the carriage for a while, and the stiff expression on his face slowly relaxed. He bowed slightly, "Dear nobleman, do you have any questions?"

Obviously, the carriage stopped beside him, and the aristocrat in the carriage was also looking at him. This pedestrian would not simply think that these were coincidences, so he saluted more proactively, showing respect for the nobles, and avoiding any trouble. trouble.

Ren didn't get out of the car, his gaze stayed on the pedestrian's face for a moment and then he looked into his eyes, "Hello, dusty traveler, I feel that the atmosphere here is very abnormal after entering the Baratan area, yes Didn't something happen recently?"

The passer-by was stunned, and immediately realized that this noble gentleman must have come from far away, "Master, you may not know that a major event has happened recently!" His tone and expression were a little exaggerated, a little serious, and also From the side, it shows that this matter must not be a trivial matter. "At the end of last month, the self-rescue society clashed with the nobles of Baratan. Hundreds of people have died. Now the two sides are confronting each other in the city. The situation is not optimistic."

Self help?
Ren's lips moved slightly, and he silently repeated this somewhat special vocabulary, which he knew.

The Self-Help Association is an organization similar to the workers' union, and the organizers are all workers from Balatan.Balatan is close to the province of Bel. After the first sorting of the caravans from the border in Belem, the second sorting is carried out in Balatan, and the goods are distributed to different caravans from different places. Transported to all regions of the empire.There are two biggest economic pillars in Balatan. The first one is a large-scale logistics enterprise. Some businessmen who failed to compete for commodities found another kind of business opportunity. They provide larger trucks, more reliable guards, and more Safe and effective trade routes are provided for small and medium-sized merchants, as well as for large business groups, sending goods to various places.

Another economic pillar is the workers, who do business without profiteering. Take Longdao Smoked Bricks as an example.The imported Dragon Island Smoke Bricks actually have no grade distinction, but after entering the Orlando Empire, the Dragon Island Smoke Bricks were divided into five grades. How did these grades appear?Here I have to mention the treachery of the merchants. They added one portion of Long Island smoke bricks to Jiufen's Orlando local smoke bricks, and it became the worst grade of Dragon Island smoke bricks, and it was also the most profitable one.

There are many similar commodities that can be operated. With different packaging and sorting, the whole Tulum is like a huge warehouse and processing base. It stores, transports and processes a large number of commodities, so it also requires many workers.

Don't imagine how good businessmen are to workers. Capital is dirty and bloody from the very beginning. In order to resist the oppression of businessmen, workers awakened their organizational talents and established a worker-based organization, that is, The self-help club is used to confront and negotiate with businessmen.To a certain extent, the Self-Help Society represented the local public opinion in Balatan and represented the interests of the common people.

This conflict broke out because the Self-Help Society believes that businessmen are too oppressive to workers, and workers need more rest time and higher wages in order to face rising consumption levels.

Of course, the businessmen rejected the opinion of the Self-Help Association. The businessmen believed that the workers in Balatan were far superior to workers in other cities in terms of salary and work arrangements, so they did not pass the requirements of the Self-Help Association.The Self-Help Association broke out a large-scale strike for this, and spontaneously organized demonstrations in the city.

We must know that the Balatan noodles industry chain is not only facing the commercial market of one or two cities or one or two provinces, but facing the entire empire.A one-day strike will bring a lot of losses and liquidated damages to the merchants. For this reason, urgent negotiations were held between the merchants and the Self-Help Association.Unfortunately, the differences between the two parties were quite large, and no agreement was reached, so the strike continued naturally.

Merchant is just a general term. In fact, some merchants represent the interests of the aristocratic class, or are nobles themselves.Faced with the strike movement that caused their own losses to increase, the aristocratic class finally became angry and began to turn the tables.Their methods are simple, brutal and stupid.They found the president and vice president of the Self-Help Association, killed them after torture, and dumped their bodies in the street.The oil barrel that was about to explode was finally completely ignited by this fire.

Angry workers began to attack the Lord's Mansion, and smashed the manors of nobles and wealthy businessmen. They rushed into places that were unimaginable before, captured those decent high-society people in embarrassment, and left them naked paraded them through the streets, and flogged them.

The situation got out of control in an instant, and the lord who had escaped the catastrophe directly launched the army and began to brutally suppress these rioting workers.During the several days of conflict, many people have died, and a large number of workers have been arrested and thrown into prison.

The situation has temporarily eased, but it does not mean that it has calmed down, because a bigger storm is still to come-the workers have begun to arm themselves, and they want to overthrow the rulers who are pressing on them.

Ren couldn't help being speechless after hearing this, and while shocked, he also began to be vigilant and introspective.In the beginning, this matter was actually very easy to solve, that is, to compromise.In fact, as long as the businessmen are smart enough, even if the workers' desire for salary is satisfied, they can get the money back from other sources.But they chose the stupidest method. Their solidified class thinking and superiority made them ignore that what they were facing was not an insignificant breeze, but a terrifying storm!

He explained to Blair, bypassing Baratan, to avoid being affected by the fish pond.Workers in a rage don't care if you are a nobleman in this city or not, you just kill them anyway.

Ryan was lucky to escape.In the early morning of the second day after he entered Bell Province overnight, the Baratan riot broke out completely.

The workers took the weapons they had looted from the warehouses and waged a class war with the city defense forces in the city.The city defense army of less than 4000 people was submerged in an instant by more than 5 workers, and disappeared into the sea of ​​people without a trace of splash.Several big businessmen were hanged, and the lord of Balatan, Earl Moore, was also beheaded. His head was hung on the tower of the lord's mansion, swaying in the wind.

This change shocked the entire empire. On the same day, Her Majesty Queen Pars, who was far away in the imperial capital, ordered the city lords and lords of all parties in the province of Tulum to carry out armed suppression of the rebels in Balatan. This group of people is bound to be killed. Absolutely, not one left.

The little nobles who had heard about it were so excited that they couldn't even sleep. Repression means military exploits, and military exploits can extend the life of the family.All of a sudden, the little nobles from all over the province of Tulum were the first to move. Three hundred and five hundred was not too little, and eight hundred and one thousand was not too much. They brought their families and private troops to Baratan , Trying to take a bite of the most delicious cake before the bigger nobles and forces come out.

At the same time, Rennes returned to Ortrenburg safely.

The severe cold in mid-March has passed, and spring has arrived. The vigorous vitality everywhere is in stark contrast to the chill of winter.Stubborn life blooms from the ice and snow that has not completely melted away, and the delicate green branches and leaves embellish the beauty of the world with pleasing colors.

This winter is worth remembering for the people of Ortrenburg, and it also indicates that their lives will get better and better.

(End of this chapter)