Conquering the world from the Kaiser's driver

As he spoke, a regretful expression appeared on Walter's face.

"So after learning that Mr. Thalmann was killed by the government, Liszt hated the German government immensely, and she also hated the Social Democratic Party for abstaining from voting on the arrest motion in parliament."

"That's a pity..."

Lin Shangzhou was also very sorry about this. Both Thalmann's death and List's hostility towards the SPD made him very sorry, but this was something that could not be changed. He and the German syndicalists were no longer the same kind of people.

After a while of sadness, Walter asked Lin Shangzhou:

"Do you have anything to do with me today? Or are you just here to drink?"

"I need your help with something."

Hearing that Lin Shangzhou wanted to ask him for help, Walter showed some embarrassment on his face. After hesitating for a while, he nodded.

"Mr. Hipper, please tell me. If it is something I can do, I will help."

"Very good. Of course, this is not difficult."

Lin Shangzhou nodded. It was good that Walter was willing to say so.

Then he said, "I would like to ask you to help investigate the situation of workers in various factories in Strasbourg, collect information about any violations in the factories and the areas where the workers are dissatisfied with the factories, and then compile the collected information and give it to me."

After hearing Lin Shangzhou's request, Walter fell into thought. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Why do you need us to do this?"

Lin Shangzhou explained: "I am now working in the labor and social affairs department. Today, I heard from my colleagues that workers cannot effectively protect their interests through reporting and complaining. My past experience in the factory also proves this point, so I thought of you."

"Have your people collect information while working in each factory, and then summarize it and hand it over to me. This way, the workers can report the factory without delaying their work, and it can also increase your activity funds. I don't think Paris will even allow us to work in the factory to earn money, right?"

"That's not the case."

Walter smiled and shook his head. What Lin Shangzhou said made sense. He could go to the factory and investigate while working. After the investigation, he would summarize the information and send it to Lin Shangzhou, who would then feed it back to the government. This way, he could make money and solve the workers' treatment problem... although it might not really solve the workers' treatment problem.

Unlike Liest who hated the government to the extreme, he personally hated the right-wing German Imperial government, but he was less hostile to the Alsace region controlled by the Social Democratic Party than the right-left government. After all, this is a country, and for workers, the solution to many problems depends either on the workers' own strikes or on the government.

A strike is not something that can be accomplished simply by talking about it; it is relatively easier to do it with the help of the government.

Finally, he made up his mind and nodded.

"I will discuss this matter with everyone after I return. I support this, but it is not certain whether others will support it. After we have finished discussing it, I will come here to tell you. You just need to come here at this time every night. If I am here, I will tell you the result. If I am not here, it means that we have not reached an agreement yet."

"Yeah, okay, thank you very much."

Lin Shangzhou said to him with satisfaction that it would be best if they agreed. If not, then Lin Shangzhou would have to find another way. If that didn't work, he could go to the Raven Machinery Factory to find a few workers and ask them to go to other factories to work and investigate at the same time.

The machinery factory is now the factory that Lin Shangzhou trusts the most. After all, there is a precedent of strikes, and a trade union has been established.

He happily took the glass and took a big sip of beer. After putting the glass down and wiping the foam off his mouth, he asked Walter, "Walter, do you know anyone from the Free Workers' Union?"

Walter, who was drinking, took the cup away from his mouth and looked at Lin Shangzhou in confusion.

"Union of Free Workers?"

"Do you want to contact them?"

Lin Shangzhou nodded and said, "Of course."

In order to facilitate future development, he needed to contact the left-wing organizations in Germany one by one in advance. The German Free Workers' Association was more moderate than the syndicalists, but they were left-wing members of the syndicalists, so the syndicalists must have disliked them.

After thinking for a few seconds, Walter said to Lin Shangzhou:

"Although we have a disagreement with them, I know a man from the Free Workers' Union who I can bring here to you."

"Thank you very much."

"You're welcome."

Then Lin Shangzhou left the bar and returned to the apartment. He waited to get news from Walter in the next few days. If they agreed, then this matter would rely on the help of the trade union members. If they disagreed, then Lin Shangzhou could only rely on the workers of Raven Machinery Factory.

He was absolutely not worried about the workers in the machinery factory. Lin Shangzhou did not go to find them immediately because the treatment in the machinery factory must be much better than that in other factories. He would feel bad about letting the workers in the machinery factory go to work in other factories.

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Chapter 80 A headache job

On May 6th, Lin Shangzhou went to the bar after get off work and learned the results of their discussion from Walter. The good news was that the French side agreed to their way of helping the workers. The bad news was that Lister was adamantly unwilling to help Lin Shangzhou, a Social Democrat, and because of her, some people also disagreed to help.

Even the people of Paris could not persuade them.

Therefore, the trade union members will help Lin Shangzhou take charge of some factories, and he will have to find a way to deal with the remaining factories himself.

This result was within Lin Shangzhou's expectations. It was good enough to get half the help, so he didn't ask for too much. After treating Walter to a beer, he left the bar and returned home.

As for the remaining factories, he will take some time to go to the machinery factory and tell Huo Wen and others about this matter.

He returned home at half past six. As usual, he had gone to pick up Letitia. Although the police had increased patrols in the neighborhood near his home after he became a Social Democrat, he would still pick Letitia up and drop her off at get off work.

But today Lin Shangzhou obviously didn't want to pick up Letitia. He threw the documents in his hand on the table and slumped on the sofa. He was very tired. He was exhausted from work during the day.

It's easy to sit in the office and look at documents to think of solutions, but it's very tiring to go out and solve conflicts in person. People send all kinds of trivial matters to them. Simple ones can be solved in a few words, but difficult ones cannot be properly handled even if you spend an entire afternoon.

Although the difficulties Lin Shangzhou encountered today were not the family matters that were difficult for ordinary people to deal with, they still troubled him and Kevin for the whole afternoon.

This morning, just before lunchtime, a letter of complaint was delivered to his desk. The letter was written by a female worker in a textile factory. The content of the letter was that the female workers in the textile factory complained that the black-hearted boss withheld their wages, the female foreman bullied the female workers at will, and the working environment was not good. The letter also said that this was the result of the female workers uniting together and considering it for a long time before writing it. It also mentioned that there were thugs hired by the boss near the complaint mailbox, so this letter was written by a female worker who lived in the city of Strasbourg and asked her family to deliver it to the complaint mailbox after she took sick leave and went home.

This incident reminded Lin Shangzhou of what happened when he was in the factory. It was exactly the same as what happened in the Raven Machinery Factory in the past. The description in the female worker's letter made him and Kevin very angry. After lunch, they immediately rushed to the textile factory.

When they arrived at the place, the security guard wouldn't let them in. Lin Shangzhou and Kevin didn't dare to say that a female worker had written a letter of complaint, because if they did, the female workers would definitely be punished. So they wanted to go in for an inspection, but the security guard stopped them outside on the grounds that the factory was full of female workers. He said it was inappropriate for two men to enter a factory full of female workers, even if they were here to inspect.

The guard obviously realized that they were not here for inspection, so he was fearless. Lin Shangzhou and Kevin had to think of other ways, but after an afternoon, the two still failed to enter the textile factory.

Lin Shangzhou was very tired after an afternoon of fruitless work. He and Kevin needed to think of a good way to enter the textile factory to investigate. A letter of complaint alone would not allow them to send someone to inspect, and the inspection had to be a surprise inspection. If they notified first and then inspected, it would be the same as not having inspected.

In order to make it easier to think about and solve the problem, Lin Shangzhou took the letter from the female worker back. He sat on the sofa and looked at the papers in his hand worriedly. After looking at them for a few seconds, he threw them on the table in annoyance and got up to go to the toilet.

While he was in the bathroom, Letitia opened the door and walked in. Since Lin Shangzhou didn't pick her up today, she thought he was on duty. But after seeing the documents on the table, she felt a little unhappy. Why didn't he pick her up when he was at home?

Letitia sat on the sofa and poured herself a glass of water. While drinking the water, she glanced at the contents on the document, so she put down the cup and curiously leaned over to look at the contents. She picked up the letter and carefully looked at the crooked handwriting of the female worker on it.

After reading the entire letter, Letitia was very angry and she sympathized with the female workers' plight.

When Lin Shangzhou came out of the toilet, he saw Letitia lying on the sofa looking at him with an angry face. He was puzzled by Letitia's behavior. He just didn't go to pick her up. She shouldn't be so angry.

He approached the sofa. Letitia raised her right hand and shook the letter in her hand towards Lin Shangzhou and said angrily, "Fritts, are you planning to help the female workers in the textile factory?"

(The reason is that I read the letter from the female worker..)

Lin Shangzhou suddenly understood why Letitia was so angry. He nodded and said, "Of course."

He sat down on the sofa, picked up the document and said to Letitia, "But this is a bit difficult."

"why?"

Letitia asked doubtfully.

Lin Shangzhou stretched out his hand and rubbed his forehead, saying in great distress: "Because it was a textile factory, except for the guard at the door who was a man, everyone inside the factory, including the boss, was a woman. My colleague and I couldn't get in because of our gender. The guard wouldn't let us in. We spent an entire afternoon but couldn't get in to take a look."

(It seems that I can only ask Walter again to see if he can find a female comrade to work in and investigate)

Lin Shangzhou thought to himself that this was the most appropriate solution at the moment, otherwise the matter could not be properly resolved. He was very concerned about the treatment of the female workers, but it was ridiculous that they could not enter because of their gender.

"what…"

After hearing Lin Shangzhou's words, Letitia felt disappointed. She had hoped that Lin Shangzhou could help those poor oppressed textile workers, but now it seemed that there was no way to help.

After all, Lin Shangzhou and his colleagues were men, and the textile factory was staffed by women except for the security guards, so it was difficult for them to get in...

"It's really not easy for you men to go into a factory full of women to conduct an investigation..."

Letitia said in a low voice, and then she suddenly realized one thing - she is a woman!

Lin Shangzhou was not allowed to enter because of her gender, but she could go in. She remembered the time when Lin Shangzhou went to the factory, and she could also enter the textile factory like Lin Shangzhou.

When this idea came to her mind, Letitia felt happy at first, but then she felt scared. Was she really going to that textile factory?

She felt that there was no need for her to go, and she could just leave the matter to Lin Shangzhou and let him solve it himself. She was just an ordinary girl, why should she do such a thing.

As Letitia thought this, she looked at the letter in her right hand. She remembered the contents of the letter clearly, and she couldn't bear to just leave it there.

She didn't want to see those female workers being bullied and oppressed.

She wanted to do something for those female workers, but she couldn't make up her mind. After all, if she entered the textile factory like Lin Shangzhou, she would have to go through the same thing as the female workers there.

This girl is just one step away from making up her mind.

Just like that, Letitia fell into hesitation. Lin Shang, who was standing beside her, was thinking about how to solve this problem and did not notice Letitia's abnormality.

After thinking for a while, Lin Shangzhou felt a little hungry, so he put the documents on the table. Since he couldn't think of a suitable solution, he decided to eat first and think about it after dinner.

Since he no longer had to worry about money, Lin Shangzhou went out to eat more often. He said to Letitia, "Letitia, let's go and have dinner."

"Today is the same as usual, we will go Dutch."

After hearing what Lin Shangzhou said, Letitia also felt a little hungry. At the same time, she thought of one thing, that is, she still owed Lin Shangzhou two thousand marks.

Thinking of the two thousand, Markletia instantly lost the idea of ​​going out for dinner. She still had to save money to pay back the debt...

(Oh, by the way, I can go to the textile factory to help Fritz investigate, and then use it to offset part of the debt)

After this idea came up, Letitia's eyes became firm. She made up her mind. It was just to work in a textile factory. Compared with a few hundred marks, it was nothing.

Letitia said to Lin Shangzhou who had already stood up: "Felitz, I want to help you go into the textile factory to investigate, just like you went into the factory at that time."

"What?"

Lin Shangzhou was confused. What was this girl thinking?

He thought about asking women for help, but Letitia was not in his consideration at all. On the one hand, Letitia was his friend and he didn't want his friend to suffer. On the other hand, the environment in the textile factory must be very difficult. Could a weak girl like Letitia do it?

"no…"

Lin Shangzhou refused without hesitation, which made Letitia very dissatisfied. She asked, "Why!"

"Because you are my friend, I don't want to see you suffer and be bullied in there."

"I…"

Letitia was speechless. She lowered her head shyly because of Lin Shangzhou's words. She had never heard such words since she was a child. She was very moved, but at the same time she had a strange feeling.

"I'll find a way to deal with it. Anyway, you can't go there. I don't agree."

Lin Shangzhou said with a firm attitude.

His resolute attitude aroused Letitia's competitive spirit. If he could go to the factory for the workers, why couldn't I go to the textile factory for the textile workers? !

Letitia looked up at Lin Shangzhou with a firm gaze and said, "Why can't I go?! You can go to the factory for the workers, and I can go to the textile factory for the textile workers!"

"Also, I don't need your consent for my textile factory. You're not my father, so why do I need your consent? If you don't let me go, huh, I'll go by myself!"

She said this self-willedly, and then stared straight into Lin Shangzhou's eyes.

Lin Shangzhou frowned and wanted to persuade Letitia again, but when the words came to his lips, he thought of what Letitia had just said, "You are not my father, why do I need your consent!" This made him swallow the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

What Letitia said was right. She didn't need her consent to do anything she wanted. Letitia was out of her father's control. If he insisted on not letting Letitia go, it would be tantamount to putting Letitia under his control.

Lin Shangzhou's attitude softened a lot. He said to Letitia, "Yes, you are right. You really don't need my consent to do anything. I appreciate your help in investigating the textile factory, but it will be very hard. Can you bear it?"

Letitia was very happy with Lin Shangzhou's change of attitude. She smiled confidently and said:

"Hehe, anyway, I'm just going in to investigate. I believe I can endure it for a few days."

Lin Shangzhou wanted to doubt Letitia again, but after seeing her confident and happy look, he gave up his doubts, nodded and said:

"Okay then. After dinner, I'll tell you the questions you need to investigate and ask the female workers in the textile factory."

Speaking of eating, Letitia's smile froze. She hadn't told Lin Shangzhou her conditions yet, so she hurriedly said, "Felitz, um...if I help you solve this problem...can this help offset my 500 marks debt?"

"Offset the debt?"

Lin Shangzhou was stunned, then burst into laughter. It turned out that there was such a reason why Letitia wanted to go to the textile factory. Of course, he also knew that Letitia made such a decision because she cared about the female workers. Suddenly, he felt that Letitia was even more lovely.

"of course can."

"Really?"

Letitia opened her eyes wide with excitement, and her beautiful blue eyes stared straight at Lin Shangzhou.

"Really, I'm very grateful to you for helping me."

Lin Shangzhou nodded again.

"Yes, yes, yes!"