Conquering the world from the Kaiser's driver

After arriving at the police station, he found Officer Fred, who told him that the three suspects were now being held in a room in the basement of the police station awaiting their fate. The police station had no say on how to deal with the three people, and it all depended on what Letitia thought. If she wanted to sue, then she could sue. If she didn't want to pursue the matter further, she could just let the three women stay here for a few days and pay some money.

Lin Shangzhou decided to take Officer Fred home to ask Letitia for her opinion, while Kevin returned to the office.

Back at the apartment, Fred told Letitia what happened. Lin Shangzhou didn't say anything during the process. His personal idea was to sue the three female foremen and the factory, but this was Letitia's business, and the decision depended on Letitia.

In the end, Letitia softened her heart and did not choose to sue, but chose to compensate. Fred left with this result. Lin Shangzhou sent him out of the apartment and returned to the room.

He sat on the sofa and looked at Letitia who was happily reading a newspaper and asked curiously: "Letitia, why don't you choose to sue those three people?"

"Well..."

Letitia closed the newspaper, swung her legs gently, looked at Lin Shangzhou and said, "If I sue them, it will cost more money, right? I definitely can't afford it, and you will have to pay for it then, so I will be in new debt, right? So instead of suing them, it's better to let them compensate me directly. This way, I can save time and effort and still get the money."

"Besides, I won't see them again, so there's no need to waste too much energy on them."

"alright."

Lin Shangzhou nodded. He didn’t know whether Letitia was really afraid of spending money or was just soft-hearted. Anyway, the matter had been settled and there was no point in worrying too much.

After spending a leisurely afternoon at home, Lin Shangzhou rode his bike to the office at 1:30 p.m. The first person he saw when he entered the office was Kevin, who was sitting behind his desk with a happy look on his face.

Lin Shangzhou walked to Kevin's desk, put his hands on the table and asked curiously: "Kevin, what makes you so happy?"

Kevin smiled and said, "What else could it be? My boss told me that the government will send people to conduct a surprise inspection of the textile factory this afternoon. I believe that after this inspection, the treatment of the female workers will be improved."

"Oh... well, that's something to be happy about."

Lin Shangzhou nodded. He was still dissatisfied with his boss's vague words in the morning, but he didn't expect that he would send people to conduct a surprise inspection in the afternoon. The efficiency was quite fast.

(Should we say this is indeed the territory of the Social Democratic Party?)

Lin Shangzhou thought about it in his mind, but he felt that this idea was not appropriate. After all, it was somewhat outrageous that such a thing happened in the main constituency of the Social Democratic Party.

After being happy, Kevin thought of something not so happy. He looked up and asked, "Fritts, have you dealt with the workers' complaints?"

"I'm working on it. I'll take a leave this afternoon. I need to do something. Is that okay?"

Kevin readily agreed

"of course can."

So Lin Shangzhou went to the machinery factory in the afternoon. After discussing the matter with the factory union, the other party agreed without objection. He immediately found a group of workers. After the union discussed with them, these workers resigned and went to other factories in Strasbourg.

In the evening, Lin Shangzhou came to the bar to meet Walter. Tonight, Walter brought him two representatives of the German Free Workers' Union. Because the Free Workers' Union itself had more contacts with the Social Democratic Party, the two representatives were very enthusiastic about Lin Shangzhou and agreed to Lin Shangzhou's request (it was still about the workers' complaint).

Now all Lin Shangzhou had to do was wait for them to give him feedback on the problems at each factory. The government’s quick handling of the textile factory had convinced him that the government was capable of resolving these problems.

Although he still has doubts in his heart about whether the government can completely solve the problem, he now chooses to trust the government.

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Chapter 85 New Plan (I)

On June 6th, one month had passed since the textile factory incident. In the past month, Lin Shangzhou received the workers' first half-month investigation report on the factory from Walter and Hoven on May 10th. According to the report, each factory had improved the treatment of workers after the March 5 strike, but they returned to their original state after the heat of the strike subsided.

After learning the news, Lin Shangzhou immediately reported it to his superiors. Of course, he gave his superiors a letter of complaint, and he gave it all at once. The Social Democratic government also acted quickly and conducted surprise inspections on factories in Strasbourg in the next three days. The results of the inspections were the same as described in the workers' complaint letters. Under pressure from the government, the factory owners promised to improve the treatment of the workers.

Today was almost half a month since the last surprise inspection of the factory. In order to ensure that the capitalists fulfilled their promises, Lin Shangzhou took the afternoon off and went to the machinery factory and the tavern to ask Hoven and Walter for the second and a half month's investigation report.

He returned home and sat on the sofa, carefully reading the reports written by the workers. After reading one report after another, Lin Shangzhou's heart became more and more disappointed as time passed.

The situation in the factory was just as bad as he had imagined. There were some changes in the first week after the inspection, but only one week's full salary was paid. There were no other changes. In the first week of June, the factories returned to their original state.

Lin Shangzhou put all the papers on the table. He felt more disappointed than angry, because this situation showed that the government had no deterrent power over these factories. This also explained why factories in the SPD's constituency oppressed workers like this.

The government cannot take a tough stance against the capitalists, so it would be strange if they were not rampant. He also understood why some of the Social Democratic Party's voters voted for the trade unions when the parliament re-elected the political parties in 25 years.

(Since we cannot rely on the government, we still have to rely on the workers themselves...)

Lin Shangzhou rubbed his forehead. If the workers relied on themselves, the only thing they could do was to go on strike. A strike in a factory could only make one capitalist surrender, but a strike by workers in an entire region could make the capitalists in that region surrender.

But this is easier said than done. When he was in the machinery factory, he knew that the workers in Strasbourg were not very willing to strike. He believed that after the March 3 strike, the workers here would be more willing to strike, but only slightly. Otherwise, why wouldn't they strike now?

It would definitely not be possible to guide each factory one by one, as it would waste too much time, and he himself could not enter the factory now.

(Let the undercover workers guide them?)

This idea popped up in Lin Shangzhou's mind. After thinking about it, he felt that it was not appropriate and put it aside for the time being.

"Go find someone else to discuss it with."

As he spoke, he stood up and walked towards the door. Letitia's injury healed in early June, and she returned to work as usual. Lin Shangzhou planned to go to the newspaper office to discuss countermeasures with Goebbels.

Now Goebbels is also a member of the SPD, but since Lin Shangzhou does not particularly need him for the time being, Xiao Huang still writes articles in the newspaper.

When he arrived at the newspaper, Lin Shangzhou walked into the office and greeted the employees. Although he had resigned, he would come back to visit whenever he had time. At the beginning of the month, he submitted the manuscript of his second novel to the newspaper and it was successfully published. The sales of his novels in Berlin are also progressing steadily.

Goebbels was typing on a typewriter. Next to him was Lin Shangzhou's seat at the time. Because of the revenue from Lin Shangzhou's novels, the newspaper did not recruit another story editor, so his original position was retained.

Lin Shangzhou greeted Goebbels while sitting in his seat.

"Good afternoon, Paul."

"Good afternoon, Fritz."

Goebbels stopped what he was doing, turned his head and looked at Lin Shangzhou and responded to him.

"Paul, I have something I want to discuss with you."

Goebbels, who was about to continue typing, turned his chair to face Lin Shangzhou. He crossed his arms and looked at Lin Shangzhou in front of him and asked, "Is it about improving the workers' treatment?"

"Ah."

Lin Shangzhou nodded. It was completely within his expectations that Goebbels could guess what he wanted to discuss with him, because the only reason Lin Shangzhou came to the newspaper office was to hand in his manuscripts and chat with Goebbels. In the past month, he told Goebbels everything without reservation except that he had traveled through time.

So Goebbels knew exactly what he was up to.

Lin Shangzhou told Goebbels: "The Social Democratic Party government in Strasbourg is too weak. The capitalists are doing what they should do after the inspection and have no intention of changing. I think only a thorough strike can make them realize that they must change."

"So you're wondering how to organize a general strike?"

Goebbels's words hit the nail on the head.

“Well, I’m worried about this.”

Lin Shangzhou nodded and said distressedly: "I can't guide the workers in each factory one by one. First, it takes time, and second, it's unrealistic. It's not appropriate to let the undercover workers guide them, because some of them belong to the trade union. Paris's instructions to the German trade unions are to suspend large-scale activities. They can't help me guide the workers to strike."

Goebbels thought for a moment and said, "Have you ever thought of putting people from the machine factory union in charge of all the factories?"

"Well...indeed, we can do that."

After thinking about the feasibility of the plan, Lin Shangzhou said affirmatively, and then he raised a new difficult question.

"But after putting them in charge, how can we guide the workers to strike? It is impossible to discuss directly among the workers. After all, there are scabs. We need to find another way."

"Well... um..."

Goebbels pinched his chin with his right hand, thinking about this difficult problem in his mind. The easiest way to increase the workers' enthusiasm for strike is to give a speech, but not every worker is suitable for giving a speech, so he needs to change his approach.

(Change the way, what to change?)

As he was thinking, Goebbels thought of the name of his own newspaper, "Workers' Newspaper". Suddenly, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and he knew what to do.

"Fritts, I have an idea."

"any solution?"

Lin Shangzhou looked at Goebbels in surprise and asked, he really wanted to know what good ideas Xiao Huang had in his mind.

Goebbels did not answer immediately, but picked up a copy of the Workers' Newspaper from the table and handed it to Lin Shangzhou.

"You mean..."

Lin Shangzhou took the newspaper in confusion. After reading the article, he understood what Goebbels meant. He cursed himself in his heart why he didn't think of Xiao Huang by his side earlier.

"You mean you write articles and publish them in newspapers, and then have undercover workers pass the newspapers around among the workers, in order to inspire their resistance through the articles?"

"Hmm~"

Goebbels nodded.

"I am quite confident in my article. What do you think?"

Lin Shangzhou nodded happily and said, "Yes, yes, of course, I believe in your ability."

If Goebbels hadn't been there, Lin Shangzhou would have wanted to hit his head hard. Goebbels was right next to him and he had a good relationship with him, so why didn't he think of Goebbels? !

If I had thought of Xiao Huang earlier, wouldn’t we have avoided this trouble?

Goebbels chuckled and said:

"Okay, I'll start preparing now. Tell me when the workers are ready."

"But you have to tell the deputy editor first. Although he will definitely agree, I still need his approval before I can publish those articles in the newspaper."

"Well, I'll go find him now."

Lin Shangzhou stood up from his chair and walked towards the deputy editor-in-chief's office. After telling the deputy editor-in-chief about this matter, he agreed without hesitation to Lin Shangzhou's use of the newspaper to do such a thing. Of course, Lin Shangzhou was happy to see the deputy editor-in-chief being so straightforward.

Afterwards, Lin Shangzhou and Goebbels discussed the specific details of the articles he was going to publish, including what kind of articles to publish first and what kind of articles to publish next in order to maximize profits.

Lin Shangzhou needs to go to the machinery factory to discuss the specific plan of the general strike with Huo Wen and others.

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Chapter 86 New Plan (Part )

After leaving the newspaper office, Lin Shangzhou rode his bicycle to the machinery factory. It took him almost an hour to ride from the newspaper office to the machinery factory located on the edge of the city.

As soon as he arrived at the gate, he saw a black car driving into the machinery factory. The car belonged to the factory director, Raven. This unlucky director had often come to the factory to work since the strike. Lin Shangzhou didn't know the specific reason, and even if he asked, the other party would not tell him.

Lin Shangzhou rode his bicycle into the factory with swagger. The guard sat leisurely on his chair and greeted Lin Shangzhou, while the cute guard dog lay on the ground to rest.

His position in the factory seems to be higher than Raven's.

After parking his bicycle on the road inside the factory, Lin Shangzhou walked towards the white house that was originally used to recruit workers without locking it. The white house had been expanded and now became the office of the machinery factory's labor union. On the way to the white house, he met Lei Wen. Lin Shangzhou greeted Lei Wen kindly, but Lei Wen didn't like him very much and left after a "snort".

Lin Shangzhou could understand his attitude, and he would not be angry about it.

Walking to the door of the white house, Lin Shangzhou knocked twice and walked in. When he entered the room, he saw Huo Wen who was on duty.

"Hey, Fritz, come and take a look?"

Huo Wen looked at him in surprise, then happily stood up and walked out from behind his desk to welcome him.

Lin Shangzhou nodded and said to him: "Well, come and take a look, and by the way, I want to discuss something with you."

"Want to discuss something?"

Huo Wen hesitated for a moment, then said, "Then wait a moment, I'll go call the other people over."

"Ah."

Lin Shangzhou sat on a chair nearby, waiting for the union members to arrive.

A few minutes later, the door was opened again, and Hoven walked in with five people. Two of them were familiar faces to Lin Shangzhou, Lin Wenhua and Chris. He was not so familiar with the remaining three. One was the person who proposed to establish a trade union, named Duden, one was a former trade unionist named Bazel, and the last one was named Franz, a very smart worker.

Lin Shangzhou didn't quite understand why Lin Wenhua would become a member of the union's leadership. It seemed that he had benefited from his influence.

Hoven will serve as the union chairman, and the rest of the people will be responsible for other positions.

Everyone brought stools and sat around Lin Shangzhou. If you told someone who didn't know the truth that the union chairman was Lin Shangzhou, he wouldn't doubt it.

Lin Shangzhou briefly explained the matter to everyone. No one had any objection to letting the union workers be responsible for the undercover work in all factories, but they all fell into deep thought on the issue of the general strike.

A minute later, Franz spoke first: "Mr. Hipper, what should we do if the general strike leads to repression?"

"Suppression? I don't think we need to worry too much about this. After all, this is the SPD's constituency. If the government forces the police to suppress us, the SPD will lose the support of the people."

Because Fred had given him a backdoor before, and because of the Social Democratic government, Lin Shangzhou did not think too much about the police crackdown.

Franz shook his head after hearing what he said and said seriously: "Sir, I am not talking about police repression, I mean the army."

"We cannot be sure whether the army will participate in suppressing our actions when we strike. The army is different from the police. They do not listen to the SPD government. What should we do if they participate?"

"If the army decides to suppress us, the magic troops will be the first group to enter the scene. The workers will not be able to compete with them. If there is a conflict with the magic troops, we will be the only ones who get hurt."

After Franz's reminder, Lin Shangzhou realized that he had overlooked a crucial force - the army.

The German military near Strasbourg will not listen to the Social Democratic government. It will be even more difficult if more magic troops are involved. If it develops into a riot, Lin Shangzhou will have to wait to be arrested.