Conquering the world from the Kaiser's driver

Lin Shangzhou nodded vigorously.

Louis smiled, patted his shoulder twice and stood up.

"Come on, I'll take you to the City Council."

"Ah."

Lin Shangzhou also stood up with Louis, and then he came to the Strasbourg City Council Building under the guidance of Louis.

Through Louis' introduction, Lin Shangzhou learned that there is not only the Strasbourg City Council but also the Alsace State Parliament. The Alsace State Parliament meets once a month, while the City Council meets once a week.

Because these two days are holidays, the next city council meeting will be held on August 8th.

Louis took Lin Shangzhou to the parliament hall to identify his seat, and informed him of the start time of the parliament and some other precautions.

After visiting the parliament, the two came to the office of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. Before, Lin Shangzhou was just an employee here, but now he has become the new minister.

Led by the staff on duty, the two came to the minister's office. After opening the door, Louis walked in first. He walked behind the desk, pulled out a stool, and said to Lin Shangzhou with a smile: "Minister Hipper, please sit down."

Lin Shangzhou rolled his eyes at him, then walked to the chair and sat down.

He leaned against the soft backrest and looked around the office. It was completely different from their office with six people in one room. It was much larger in all aspects except the size of the room.

Louis walked up to Lin Shangzhou and sat down on the table, crossed his legs and asked, "How do you feel?"

Lin Shangzhou lowered his head and thought for a while before saying, "Well... I don't have any special feelings. If I have to say, I have a very unrealistic feeling."

"It feels unreal?"

Louis was stunned, and then immediately understood what Lin Shangzhou meant.

"Indeed, if it were me, I would also find it unrealistic. Six months ago, I was just the emperor's driver, but six months later, I became a member of the Social Democratic Party, a city councilor of Strasbourg, and a minister of a government department."

He clenched his right fist and cheered Lin Shangzhou on, saying, "No matter what, come on, you have to work hard. If you can achieve results, the city council may list you as one of the mayoral candidates. You can participate in the mayoral election in November."

"what?!"

Lin Shangzhou was dumbfounded. The news was too shocking. He could understand becoming a city council member, as what he had done before had earned him a certain amount of support, but running for mayor was too outrageous.

"Louis, isn't what you said a bit too outrageous? I'm just an ordinary city councilor now. How could the city council list me as one of the mayoral candidates?"

Louis looked him in the eye and smiled. "It's just a mayoral candidate. What's impossible about that? You know how popular you are among the workers in Strasbourg. For the city council, listing you as a mayoral candidate will help the workers trust the government more. It will only benefit the government."

He said, pointing a finger at himself.

"And have you forgotten that you have my support behind you? After I support you to join the city council and become a member, there is no way they won't consider you more. Moreover, if you can participate in the mayoral election and achieve certain results, it will also help you convince others at the party meeting."

After listening to Louis' words, Lin Shangzhou curled his lips and said, "Okay, I'll try it then."

"Come on."

After saying that, Louis took out his car keys from his pocket, put them on the table and pushed them right in front of Lin Shangzhou.

Lin Shangzhou looked at his car keys in confusion and asked, “Louis, what are you doing?”

"Don't you only have one bicycle in Strasbourg? I thought I'd give you my bicycle. I seldom come back anyway, so it's just right for you to drive it, and it won't waste resources."

Lin Shangzhou was about to refuse, but Lewis took the lead and said, "Don't refuse. It's just a car. It's nothing to me."

"Forehead…"

Lin Shangzhou was speechless. He remembered that Louis in front of him was a wealthy man and a car was nothing to him.

"Okay, I'll accept your kindness, thank you."

Reaching out and taking the key, Lin Shangzhou expressed his gratitude to Louis.

"Oh, you're welcome."

Louis smiled embarrassedly and waved his hands, then he jumped down from the table and came to the single sofa beside him. He sat on the sofa and looked at Lin Shangzhou with a sly smile.

Seeing Louis's smirk, Lin Shangzhou had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Fritts, now that you've become a minister, aren't you going to hire a secretary?"

Louis said with a chuckle.

"I think your female roommate is pretty good. She's just the right person for the job."

"You..."

Lin Shangzhou looked at him unhappily, not knowing what to say.

As if realizing that his words had angered Lin Shangzhou, Louis became serious and coughed lightly and said:

"Forget it. I won't say anything more on this point, but I still suggest you hire a secretary for yourself, so that your work will be easier."

Lin Shangzhou just nodded and didn't pay much attention to him.

But he was also thinking about this matter in his heart. Should he tell Letitia about this matter?

Should I say it or not?

This is a question he needs to think about carefully.

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Chapter 89: Noon on the 2nd of the Month

After sitting in the office for a while to get familiar with the environment, the two left the office and returned to the apartment. When they went up to the second floor, Louis asked Lin Shangzhou to wait for him outside, as he had something to give him.

After a while, Louis took out a box from the room. He opened the box for Lin Shangzhou and found a black record inside.

"Do you have a phonograph at home?"

"Yes, you want to give me a record?"

Lin Shangzhou asked as he took the box. The box was just an ordinary box without any label. Lin Shangzhou could only know what song the record was about by listening to it.

He took out a record, looked at it, and asked, "What song is this record?"

Louis smiled mysteriously and said, "You'll know when you go home and listen."

"alright."

Lin Shangzhou put the record back into the box and walked upstairs.

After returning home, he went to his room, opened the box, took out the record and put it on the phonograph, then he started the phonograph.

After the phonograph started, the first thing he heard was a few words in French. Lin Shangzhou didn't understand French, so he didn't understand what the French meant.

After a few words in French, some music that sounded very funny started, followed by some singing that sounded pretty good.

"In order to find allies for Germany, Emperor Wilhelm traveled everywhere." (I couldn't find the original lyrics so I used the translation)

"He first said to Spain: Let's be good friends!"

"Oh-oh-oh-oh"

"How obscene!"

....

Lin Shangzhou sat on the sofa listening to the song. Although he didn't understand it, the song gave him a good feeling. He also felt like he had heard this song before. The song felt very familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it for a moment.

"Even though the situation is dire, we still need to find allies."

"Germany and Monaco finally formed a strong and hard-working alliance."

...

(Monaco?)

Lin Shangzhou finally understood the meaning of a word. He heard Monaco, and the impression of this song in his mind became clearer.

He suddenly realized that this was the fucking insulting song about Germany, "William II Seeks Allies"?

After knowing what the song was, Lin Shangzhou had the idea of ​​going down and hammering Louis. This record was also collected by his magic society.

"Please play this song less in the future..."

With a light sigh, Lin Shangzhou stood up and walked to the phonograph and turned it off. This song cannot be played randomly in Germany. If someone with ulterior motives knew that he had such a record in his collection, it would be a big trouble.

Next, he listened to the rest of the records, some in German and some in French. The German songs were relatively normal, but he couldn't understand the French ones.

In order to avoid trouble, Lin Shangzhou put all the French records into boxes and placed them in a drawer, and he placed the German records in the record storage box on the phonograph.

He sat down in the chair in front of the desk and looked out the window as he thought about what to do next.

Lin Shangzhou needs to think about what he will do after entering parliament.

Just as Louis said, the people in the city council knew that Louis was the supporter behind them, so they would definitely consider his suggestions. Lin Shangzhou planned to take this opportunity to see if he could get the city council to pass some policies that would benefit the workers and grassroots citizens.

Andy's family situation told him that the poor in Strasbourg had a hard life and were hovering on the edge of the poverty line. Andy's family was okay. With Andy in the family, he could go to the factory to work and earn money. Now the workers' treatment has been improved in all aspects, and the workers' families will definitely live better than before.

But what about families without male laborers? What should they do?

(Textile factory?)

Suddenly Lin Shangzhou thought of the textile factory. He had always focused on the workers' work in the past, but forgot about the textile factory where Letitia had worked.

The government dealt with the issue at the textile factory quickly, but subsequent events in other factories made Lin Shangzhou doubt whether the treatment of female workers had really improved.

The treatment of female workers in textile factories is worse than before the increase, and he has reason to believe that the treatment of female workers in textile factories is still very poor.

The reason was simple: it was a textile factory and all the workers were women.

There is no need to say how low the status of women is in this era. Family and social oppression, as well as limitations in cultural level and their own conditions make female workers' consciousness of resistance much lower than that of men.

Textile factories have a large number of lower-class female workers. If their treatment can be improved, the living standards of some of the poor and civilians in Strasbourg can also be improved.

(Proposing to improve the treatment of female workers in parliament may not necessarily be passed...)

Lin Shangzhou thought to himself that in the German Empire, a patriarchal country (although the emperor was a little girl), there was not even a woman in the parliament, so it was a bit difficult to expect a group of men to agree to improve the treatment of female workers.

After thinking about it, he thought of his current identity: "Friend of Workers", member of the City Council, and Minister of Labor and Social Affairs.

I am a government official and very popular among the workers and the general public. I can talk to the owner of the textile factory and see if I can get her to improve the treatment of the female workers.

Of course, Lin Shangzhou knew that this would not go smoothly, but he was going to give it a try anyway. He planned to go to the textile factory to find the owner in the afternoon. If the other party did not agree to improve the treatment of female workers, then he could only choose to make relevant suggestions at the city council.

As for whether the parliamentarians agree or not, it all depends on his luck.

Once Lin Shangzhou has made a decision, he will do it, but now he has to cook first.

Looking up at the clock on the wall, Lin Shangzhou knew the current time, then he got up, walked out of his room and went to the kitchen to prepare for dinner.

Because there were some vegetables left over from last night, he didn't have to go out to buy vegetables at noon. After washing the vegetables, he heard the door open.

He walked to the kitchen door and stuck his head out, and saw Letitia changing her shoes. He was a little surprised to see Letitia. It was noon, when the restaurant was entertaining guests. Why did Letitia come back?

"Letitia, why did you come back at noon today?"

Letitia walked towards the sofa and said, "The boss has to go home for something, so the restaurant will be closed for a while."

"Please make more for lunch. I didn't eat at the restaurant."

"Well, I'll go buy some more food later."

Lin Shangzhou nodded, put the potatoes in his hand back on the chopping board, washed his hands and dried them on his apron, then took off his apron and walked out of the kitchen, ready to go out to buy groceries.

Ten minutes later he came back with a sack of vegetables.

He opened the door and put the bag on the ground to change his shoes. Letitia came over, picked up the bag and walked towards the kitchen.

After putting the bag away, Letitia walked towards the kitchen door. Lin Shangzhou also walked over at this time, and the two of them bumped into each other. Lin Shangzhou took a step back to make way for Letitia, and at the same time, Letitia also took a step back to make way for Lin Shangzhou.

At the same time, the two of them looked at each other, and Letitia burst out laughing.

"Okay, okay, come in first, you need to cook."

"Ah."

Lin Shangzhou nodded and walked into the kitchen.

He walked to the bag and took out the ingredients and put them in the sink to wash them. At this time, he thought of what Louis said in the morning - whether he should find a secretary.

Louis's suggestion to him was to let Letitia be his secretary, but he felt that this was inappropriate and seemed to show that he had other purposes.

Of course, he could also find someone else to be his secretary, but...it's better to keep the wealth within the family...

So with the mentality of giving it a try, Lin Shangzhou turned around and walked to the kitchen door and said to Letitia who was reading a newspaper on the sofa: "Letitia, don't you have to go to work for the next period of time?"