Conquering the world from the Kaiser's driver

Andy's eyes were full of admiration for Lin Shangzhou.

"Hahaha, thank you for the compliment."

Lin Shangzhou accepted Andy's compliment with a smile. As he was smiling, he thought of something, so he said to Andy: "Andy, I need you to do me a favor the day after tomorrow."

"Brother Fritz, just tell me. I will definitely help you if I can..."

"Well, if I can't do it, I'll find a way to get myself to help."

Andy's expression amused Lin Shangzhou. He reached out and patted Andy on the shoulder and said, "It's not too troublesome. When the strike comes, Tiskaden will definitely find a way to stop us. When the time comes, I need you to stop Tis. Can you do it?"

"this…"

Andy felt a little resistant in his heart. He had been bullied by Tis for a long time until Lin Shangzhou came to his rescue a few days ago and Tis stopped bullying him. He knew that Tis was afraid of Lin Shangzhou, and he also knew Lin Shangzhou's intention in doing so.

"Andy, remember what you promised me yesterday?"

Lin Shangzhou sat up from the bed and looked into Andy's eyes and said.

Andy nodded. Of course he remembered that he had promised Lin Shangzhou that he could be brave, and now was the time for him to fulfill his promise.

But he still had fear of Tis in his heart, which made him hesitate to agree to Lin Shangzhou.

Looking at the hesitant Andy, Lin Shangzhou was not angry. It was normal for Andy to show hesitation and resistance. All he had to do was to push Andy again.

"Andy, someone in my country once said: 'The best way to eliminate fear is to face it with a smile. '"

“Smiling in the face of fear?”

Andy was stunned for a moment, and Lin Shangzhou continued: "Only if you face Tis bravely, you will find that he is not scary at all."

"Be brave and face Tis... He is not scary at all..."

Andy talked to himself as if to comfort himself, and then his eyes became firm and he nodded to Lin Shangzhou.

"Okay, I got it. The day after tomorrow at noon I will stop Tis and the others and prevent them from causing trouble for you, Brother Fritz."

"Haha, I believe you."

Lin Shangzhou smiled and patted Andy on the shoulder, and then Andy stood up and returned to his bed.

Half an hour later, after work started at 2 p.m., Lin Wenhua came back from outside with Kaidentis and a few others. Kaidentis and his friends, who were well fed and well-drinking, had no idea what a shocking thing had happened in the factory at noon.

Back in the factory, Lin Wenhua came to Lin Shangzhou, and then he saw Lin Shangzhou made an "OK" gesture to him. After seeing this gesture, the big stone in his heart fell.

Next we have to wait for the strike the day after tomorrow.

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Chapter 48: Strike on the 27th of the Month (Part )

At noon on March 3, the factory cafeteria, which was usually noisy, was now extremely quiet, even a little solemn. The workers ate quietly without any communication between people. Kayden, Tis and others had no idea what was going on, and because it was so quiet, they didn't dare to speak.

Lin Shangzhou took the bread in his hand, tore off a small piece and put it into the vegetarian soup. Then he picked up the spoon and pressed the bread floating on the surface into the soup. He was thinking about today's strike.

After a day and a half of preparation, the workers were all ready, and this matter was also informed to all grassroots employees except the factory management and scabs. The interests of any of them would be listed as the goal to be achieved in this strike. The purpose of the workers' strike was also improved. In addition to the original five points, a sixth point was added at the suggestion of a worker who seemed (according to him) to have participated in a trade union in Berlin - to form a trade union in the factory. There was also a point that Lin Shangzhou overlooked: adding a bathhouse for workers to take a bath.

Lin Shangzhou didn't know much about trade unions, but he knew it would definitely not be bad for the workers, so he readily agreed. Huo Wen and Chris also had no objections. They also discussed the plan to form a trade union. The union members would be formed entirely by the workers' own vote. It would be responsible for all workers and would be responsible for handling all conflicts, big or small, among the workers as well as conflicts between the workers and the factory.

As for how to implement it specifically, the worker suggested asking the syndicalists in Alsace for help after the strike. Although his suggestion of asking the syndicalists was dangerous to Lin Shangzhou and others, they agreed after some thought. After all, this was the territory of the Social Democratic Party, and it was very tolerant of those left-wing groups that were not recognized by the German Imperial government. Besides, if you don't say he is a syndicalist, I don't say he is a syndicalist, and he doesn't say he is a syndicalist, then he is naturally not a syndicalist.

As for who are the syndicalists, you can see the real syndicalists at the French-German border.

Lin Shangzhou scooped the bread from the soup with a spoon and put it into his mouth. He looked up at Huo Wen and Chris who were in different positions. Although they were in different positions, Lin Shangzhou could see them from his position.

He saw the two of them were having dinner, and Lin Shangzhou then remembered that it had not been fifteen minutes since the meal started. Going on strike was important, but they couldn't go on strike on an empty stomach, right?

(I was impatient...)

He smiled, forked a sausage into his mouth, and enjoyed his last lunch before the strike.

Five minutes later, Lin Shangzhou looked up at Huo Wen and Chris again. This time he saw that the two were also looking at him. After exchanging glances, the three of them nodded together.

The next second, three people stood up, and after them, the workers also stood up. Then, under the leadership of the three people, the workers in each factory walked out of the cafeteria in an orderly manner.

Lin Shangzhou was very surprised at the orderly workers. They had not rehearsed before, which meant that such order depended entirely on the workers' self-consciousness.

He looked at the workers with determined eyes and gradually became excited.

Kaiden, Tis and others were stunned by the sudden scene. They had no idea what the other workers were trying to do. When they saw the workers walking out, a word popped up in Kaiden's mind: strike.

This is not good!

He hurriedly said to Tis beside him: "Tis, you are very agile, go to the east building to find the administrator and ask him to inform the factory director that the workers are going on strike!"

"What...what?"

Kaiden's words confused Tis's mind, causing him to not react and respond immediately.

"Go! Damn it, I'll go by myself!"

Cayden was so angry that he knocked Tis's head, then stood up and tried to run out the door. However, at this time he found that there were several strong workers around him. They were all people around Hoven and Chris. Looking at these people, Cayden consciously stepped back and sat down on the stool.

With them blocking him, he couldn't get out at all.

Then, when he saw Tis using his physical advantage to escape from the people surrounding him, he suddenly felt relieved. He didn't want the workers' strike to succeed, otherwise his good days would be over.

However, when he saw that the people surrounding him did not chase Tis, he felt an uneasy premonition in his heart again.

After Tis ran out of the door, he ran towards the east building like crazy. However, before he took a few steps, he bumped into someone. He staggered back a few steps and looked up at the person in front of him.

"Andy, get out of here now, do you hear me? Get out now!"

Tis yelled at Andy, but Andy remained unmoved and said, "Brother Fritz told me to stop you, and I won't let you go."

"You...you, I'm afraid of Fritz, but I'm not afraid of you!"

Tis rushed forward and tried to push Andy away, but he couldn't move him no matter how hard he tried. Finally, he punched Andy in the chest in anger.

Andy stood there steadily. Tis's punch didn't hurt at all. Instead, it made him want to laugh. He was not laughing at Tis, but at himself. He laughed at himself for being afraid of such a weak person.

He smiled and said to Tis: "Brother Fritz said that he told me to face fear with a smile."

"Wha...what?"

Tis looked up at Andy's smile. He felt that Andy's smile was a little scary and took a step back.

"My mother said that our family is poor and we can't cause trouble, so I've always been afraid of you."

Andy stretched out his left hand and pressed Tis's right shoulder, which scared Tis so much that he trembled all over. He turned his head to look at Andy's powerful left hand, then turned his head away and saw Andy's fist which was really bigger than a sandbag.

"My mom also said that if someone hits me, I will hit him back to let him know that I am not someone to be trifled with."

After saying this with a smile, Andy hit Tis in the face with his right fist, knocking out several of Tis' teeth and knocking him unconscious.

Andy let go of his hand and looked at Tis lying on the ground. He scratched his head in confusion and said to himself, "Is he so weak..."

He then carried Tis on his shoulders back to the cafeteria.

At this time, the workers had also gathered and were standing outside the cafeteria in a not-so-tidy line. Lin Shangzhou was surprised that they could form such a line based on their own consciousness without anyone lining up.

(Workers united are invincible...)

He thought silently in his heart, and then took the simple loudspeaker that Huo Wen got from somewhere, put it to his mouth and said to the workers: "Comrades, we gathered here today to protect our dignity and stop being oppressed by the capitalists. The capitalists have exploited us for too long. Today we will let the factory boss know that we workers are not easy to mess with!"

"We will go on strike in front of the East Building! We will take to the street and go on strike in front of the boss's house! We will strike until the boss agrees to our demands!"

Lin Shangzhou's sonorous and powerful voice echoed throughout the factory. The workers raised their arms and shouted excitedly, and then followed Lin Shangzhou to the east building.

Hoven and Chris each brought a few people to maintain order on both sides of the strike team.

The workers' huge noise made the man with glasses in the white house secretly stick his head out from behind the door. After confirming that no workers noticed him, he walked towards the gate. He had to tell the factory manager about this as soon as possible, otherwise he would be in big trouble.

After he opened the small side door and walked out, a big black dog blocked his way, staring at him with its dark eyes. He looked at the dog in fear and moved cautiously to the left, and the dog also moved to the left.

He looked at the guard with dissatisfaction and said, "Control your dog and don't let it be my road!"

The guard ignored him and continued flipping through the novel in his hand, which was still "The Story of the Nameless Man", but this one was a condensed edition.

Seeing that the guard was unwilling to pay any attention to him, the man with glasses understood what was going on. He turned his head to look at the big dog, swallowed, and took a few quick steps to the right.

The dog made a warning sound in its throat, which made him stop.

After hesitating for a long time, his fear of dogs made him sigh and he turned back to the factory.

After he returned to the factory, the guard smiled and took out a piece of dried meat from his pocket and threw it to the big dog. The dog accurately caught the dried meat in the air with its mouth and swallowed it into its stomach, then happily lay on the ground and continued to stare at the small side door.

Doormen and guard dogs are also grassroots employees.

Lin Shangzhou brought the workers to the East Building and began to shout strike slogans toward the building through a loudspeaker. Every time he shouted, the workers behind him followed suit.

Such noise caused the unimportant clerks in the office to open their doors to check what was going on. When they saw that it was the striking workers, they immediately closed the doors.

The manager on the second floor was taking a nap. Even though he was sleeping like a dead pig, the workers' voices still penetrated the wall and reached his ears.

He muttered as he sat up from the sofa, rubbed his eyes and dragged his fat body to the door to check what was going on. He opened the door and was about to scold whoever was making the noise, but when he saw the workers downstairs, the expression on his face immediately turned into panic. He quickly closed and locked the door, locked the window beside him, then went to his table, picked up the phone, dialed the number and wanted to call the factory owner to inform him of the incident.

Lin Shangzhou naturally saw the panic on his face. He turned around and signaled the workers to calm down first. He was going to go up and pull out the fat pig to lead the way.

Huo Wen rushed over and said to him seriously:

"Fritts, we have to act quickly! There's a phone in his office. If it's too late, he'll call the factory owner. If the boss runs away, we'll be in trouble."

Hearing such urgent news, Lin Shangzhou's expression changed and he quickly threw it towards the stairs. Huo Wen followed closely behind him, while Chris stayed where he was to maintain order among the workers.

After going up to the second floor, Lin Shangzhou reached out to knock on the door, but Huo Wen took the lead and went straight to open the door. After turning the doorknob and finding that the door would not open, Huo Wen thought to himself that something was wrong.

"Damn it, he locked the door. We have to break it down."

Huo Wen began to bang on the office door. The administrator inside panicked after hearing the banging and dialed the wrong number.

After realizing that he had dialed the wrong number, he quickly hung up the phone and dialed again. This time he dialed the right number.

He waited to hear the voice of the operator on the other end of the phone, but after waiting anxiously for more than ten seconds, he did not hear the operator's question, but heard the sound of banging on the door more and more violently.

The administrator kept praying in his heart that the operator would answer the phone quickly, but the other party did not respond.

Huo Wen, who was outside the door, used all his strength to bang on the door, but the office door showed no sign of being opened, which made him more and more anxious.

Lin Shangzhou walked to the window and saw the administrator holding the microphone inside, anxiously waiting for the operator's response. He looked at the window and came up with an idea.

He quickly ran downstairs, moved a brick, and then ran upstairs again. He asked Hoven to step aside, and he raised the brick, aimed at the right position, and smashed it hard at the window.

With a "bang", the glass was smashed, falling to the ground with a rattling sound, and the window was also opened.

The bricks fell in the office with a loud noise. The sound of breaking glass and bricks scared the administrator. He turned his head and saw Lin Shangzhou climbing in through the window.

"Forget about calling, just tell us where the boss's house is."

After climbing in, Lin Shangzhou walked to the door and tried to open the locked door while talking to him.

The administrator was panicked and didn't know what to do. In a hurry, he put down the microphone, walked quickly to Lin Shangzhou who was trying to open the door, pushed him down when he was not paying attention, and quickly returned to the microphone and picked up the phone.

After picking up the phone, he finally heard the voice he wanted to hear, and he asked the operator to transfer the call to the factory owner.

After Lin Shangzhou was pushed down, his left palm and arm were scratched by glass fragments. Fortunately, no other parts of his body were injured, only his arm.

He endured the pain in his left hand, stood up with his right hand supporting the wall, walked to the door and opened it.

After Huo Wen entered the room and saw the injury on Lin Shangzhou's left arm, the anger in his heart rushed to his head. He clenched his fists, walked quickly towards the administrator, grabbed his collar and punched him in the face.

At this time, the administrator was still holding the microphone tightly. The next second, he heard the voice he wanted to hear most from the other end of the microphone - the voice of the factory owner.

He opened his mouth to yell "strike", but Hoven quickly covered his mouth, snatched the phone from him and hung up.

At this point the administrator had completely given up resisting, and he had no chance to resist, but he had also made up his mind that he would not say anything.

Huo Wen pulled the administrator to the sofa and asked him to sit on it, then looked at Lin Shangzhou with concern.

"Fritts, there's a small medical kit in the cafeteria, go take care of it while I take care of him."

"Well, okay, please."

Lin Shangzhou nodded, the blood on his left arm dripped from his fingertips to the ground. He took a breath and walked out of the office. After going downstairs, Chris looked at his bleeding left arm and hurriedly called two people from the side to ask them to go to the cafeteria to get a small medical kit.

He walked up to Lin Shangzhou, helped him sit on the side of the road and asked what had happened. The workers also gathered around him with concern.

Lin Shangzhou looked up at the many concerned eyes on him, waved to them gently and told them what happened, saying it was a minor injury and they didn't need to worry too much.

The workers also retreated under Chris's persuasion. If they surrounded Lin Shangzhou, it would only delay Lin Shangzhou's treatment. They were very angry about what the administrator had done.

A few minutes later, two workers ran back with a medical kit and took out medical supplies to treat Lin Shangzhou.