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It's just that this incident happened suddenly, and it is inevitable that the response will be hasty, and it is impossible to be fully prepared, so we can only take into account the possible situations as much as possible.

It would be best if you could take advantage of this opportunity to stock up on Juqi or use this opportunity to crack down on the speculators who hoard Juqi and take a little money from them.

On the dock that evening, a dozen people were seated on a small modified clipper, and their destination was the mouth of the great river.

Chen Jian's previous fleet had to go to Tao Dao first, and then turn from Tao Dao to the city at the mouth of the big river, from where they would unload their cargo and repair and maintain the ships before continuing north.

The incident happened suddenly, and if the speedboat was sent north quickly at this time, it should be able to catch up with the time when the fleet went from Turtle Island to the mouth of the big river.

The task of a dozen people on the fast boat was to go to the mouth of the big river to buy a batch of grain, let the fleet vacate a boat loaded with muskets, personnel, etc. to go north, and the rest of the fleet unloaded there to buy grain, and immediately went south back to Mincheng.

But instead of docking immediately, it was anchored in a port a little north of Mincheng under the pretext of sheltering from the wind. That port is under the jurisdiction of Chen Siwen, whether there is a need for wind and whether it needs to be sheltered from the wind or not, that is, a matter of one sentence.

In addition to the grain from these ships, Chen Jian also sent people to the upper reaches of the Min River to buy some grain from there and prepare for transshipment by boat.

It was his own private business, just in case it was a business business, and if he didn't take advantage of the opportunity to squeeze a little oil and water out of a few grain speculators with a keen sense of smell, there was nothing faster than this money.

On the afternoon of the same day, a large number of young students from Lanxiang Technical School were mobilized from Lanxiang Technical School under the pretext that social practice was also a kind of learning, and a large number of young students from the trading company walked into the homes of citizens with the newly printed calendar for next year, centered on the general store, soy sauce sales point, and New Year's relief distribution point in Mincheng.

Those who enter are all middle and low-level homes, and in the past two years, the New Year will also send two catties of noodles and three catties of rice in the name of doing good deeds, although it is not much, but the heart has arrived, and the price of soy sauce is much cheaper, and ordinary people are not resistant to these young children related to trading companies.

The children took the paper and pencil and said that this was an academic exercise and to arrange next year's production, so they came to ask about the situation in each family.

Those who can read and write write their names, and the number of people in the family, the habit of storing food, how much income they earn each year, and what kind of work they usually do, etc., are all clearly recorded.

Before leaving, I will send another next year's month card, and send a very early blessing for the early years.

When they were leaving, the interviewed citizens remembered that they should not ask how much soy sauce they should eat in a year before they could plan for production. How to ask are some questions that have nothing to do with playing soy sauce, but I didn't think much about it, the heart is white to get a month card is also good, this also gets some copper, although this month card is too simple, but at least it can be used.

What do you want for nothing?

This is not the first time this kind of investigation has been conducted, and many households have become accustomed to it, and since last year, some members of the Mexican Party have been making such seemingly meaningless inquiries in some neighborhoods.

In addition to collecting taxes, the grassroots organizations of the Mexican Party have replaced those things that should have been the responsibility of the county and city but have not done them, using small low-interest loans, relationship adjustment, help in lawsuits, mutual help among neighbors, and the distribution of herbs to ward off the heat in the summer.

Some were members of the party, while others were just employees of charity trading companies, and they spent a lot of money, but they were very effective.

At this time, the information he had was definitely more accurate and perfect than the vast majority of speculative businessmen in Fujian, and it could even be said to be unique.

Everything that should be prepared has already been prepared, it cannot be seamless, and the rest can only wait.

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While Chen Jian and the others were secretly preparing, the coal mine alliances in Minjun County were not idle.

At the beginning, what happened in the mine did not concern the rest of the coal mine owners, on the contrary, they were secretly happy in their hearts, so that they could squeeze across one peer again.

Coal mine owners are not monolithic, and there are internal contradictions. In fact, the incident of that mine has happened similarly elsewhere, the way of death is different, the forces are different in different places, and the details of handling it are different but the whole is similar.

Originally, the matter of the mine could not involve the rest of the mine owners, but with the propaganda of Hu Lin and others and the trend of public opinion to win sympathy, these mine owners could not sit still.

This is no longer the business of that mine, but the entire Minjun Coal Mine Guild, and it is impossible to let that regulation pass, once it is passed, many things will be troublesome.

It is not the safety measures or safety requirements that are afraid, but the establishment of trade unions, and once a mass of scattered miners is organized, it will be like a catastrophe for them, which is intolerable.

Especially after hearing the people of the Wang family talk about the struggles made by the Mexican Party Workers' Association, these mine owners were even more restless.

Today is the day when Hu Lin and some good-natured city streamers submit their petitions, and the mine owners get together to make a final offensive and defensive alliance for this matter.

After deliberating until dark, they finally came up with a solution.

"This petition must not be passed, and it is firmly opposed. None of them can be passed, and as long as one is passed, these miners will be in chaos in the future. If you want to form a union today, you may demand a 14-hour work day tomorrow, and you may have to die the day after tomorrow to pay more money, which is absolutely not allowed. ”

"This head must not be opened, this is no longer the Wang family's own business, but related to the coal industry of our entire Min County. This group of well-fed people is not easy to deal with, so we must not start infighting at this time and let go of the unhappiness and conflicts in the past. ”

"If anyone regresses at this time, then in the future, you will have no place in the coal mining industry in Min County. I hope that all of you here will think about it, and don't want to be happy for the moment and throw away the future. said that if it is a betrayal, it will face everyone's unanimous condemnation. ”

A few members of the trade association warned all coal miners, large and small, that this was not just a verbal deterrent, but an ultimatum within their peers.

If anyone betrays, it is easy for the rest of the people to unite and squeeze over, which is the unspoken rule of the guilds, a means of making concessions to each other and benefiting together.

As for the solution, it was also discussed.

The leaders of the guild were tasked with going to some of the council members of the city who were close to them, and asking them to concoct an article about the harm that could be caused by agreeing, and concocting an article about the miners' shamelessness and fighting.

It would be best if we could find a popular breakthrough point from the bottom three roads of some miners, and we could quickly stigmatize these miners. After all, they are all people, and they are just people who survive, no one is a saint, it is impossible to be so clean, and they can always find it if they want to.

If you can find stains on Hu Lin and other Mexican party members, especially the stains on the lower three roads, it would be best to make their words meaningless in one fell swoop.

At the same time, ask someone to write an article to tell the miners that going against the mine owner is harming others and themselves, harming their own long-term interests, thinking about their wives and children at home, you follow the people of the Mexican Party, but they cannot support your wife and children for you.

He also asked the artist to draw a few drawings and print them in large quantities.

One is a woman holding a child, and the child asks when the father will be back. Write a few more sentences below to the effect that the wife and children will turn back quickly, so as not to go astray.

One shows the mine owner and the miner standing together, smiling, and the mine owner holding a money bag and handing the miner a silver coin. It is written below that people should be grateful, don't forget who gave you food and clothing, the ungrateful are ruthless and unrighteous, no different from animals.

In addition, you have to go to the rest of the industry guilds to get their support and ask them to stand on your side.

The officials jointly sent gifts, and also made their bottom line clear, refusing to accept any conditions.

As for the Wang family's proposal for the alliance to be closed, it was rejected internally.

In the past, the alliance could be used to shut down and force the miners to go back to work, or they would starve. But now that there are organizations involved, this method is not good for them, and in the end, it is up to miners to mine.

In the past, if the League had ceased business, it would have been unnecessary to force the Council to agree to their demands, and both the officials and the Council would have understood their power. Moreover, doing so would offend officials and make them feel that the mine owners are too powerful and counterproductive.

In addition, in addition to the coal for its own use, there are also coal ships that are transported to neighboring cities by sea, which is a lot of money every day, and no one is willing to make so much money.

So far, the guild of trade has appeared to be in unison on the surface.

However, by the time of the last proposal, disagreements arose.

It has been proposed that a proposal be written for the council to ban the activities of the Mexican Party.

Once this proposal is passed, the Mexican Party will only have to be dissolved.

However, many of the mine owners present did not dare to sign it, and this proposal would offend many people, and it would be to the point of not ending the offense.

The authorities could have intervened to ban activities, but they would never dare or want to provoke Chen Jian's group, and some small miners could not afford to suffer retaliation.

When it really comes to that point, it is a complete death of hatred, and there is no possibility of unraveling.

There is also a large workshop owner and a big factory owner with great influence within the Mexican Party, and he still has thousands of people in Fujian who are involved in the common interests of the joint-stock system.

They really don't have the courage to fight such a behemoth unless they have to, everyone present knows that this kind of thing is beneficial to them, but they will never come out of this.

The interests are everyone's, the hatred is their own, why?

Half of the mine owners refused to sign, the first time that their peers in the coal industry had encountered such a situation, and even though the authority of the fellow owners remained, the remaining people were determined not to sign the proposal and did not agree with it.

In short, it is okay to veto Hu Lin's proposal, and they will take the lead in proposing a ban on the activities of the Mexican Party.

In desperation, the proposal was not approved and had to be shelved, and the mine owners began to distribute the amount of lobbying and bribes that should be apportioned this time.

That night, however, Mr. Chen received several copies of the results of the internal discussions at the Coal Industry Association, as well as the names of those who had signed the proposal to ban the activities of the Mexican Party.

It's not that there are comrades in the coal trade unions, it's that the canal is about to be built.

The coal guilds, which used to be balanced by the interests of all parties and based on the ethics of the past guilds, no longer need to exist, and the canal renders the previous balance meaningless and makes several mine owners full of ambition.

Someone has asked some close mine owners in Nan'an a simple question on behalf of Chen Jian before, who supports it? Who is against?

If it is supported, 50% of the canal toll will be refunded within one year. If it is opposed, the toll fee will be increased by 100%. Love to go or not.

Ideologically, they strongly supported the newly popular narrative of free competition, and the two sides were allies who could cooperate for the time being in the overthrow of the old guilds.

They also want to thank Chen Jian for finding a fulcrum for them to gain a foothold: it is not that they are morally inferior to break the rules of the guild, but that free competition can give full play to their potential and productivity, and make social wealth richer. They are doing this righteously, not unjustly, and it is the old rules and morals that are wrong, not them.

More crucially, the original name of the Mexican Party was the Revision and Improvement Club.

At least at this time, there is not a single word of such digging as private ownership and public ownership, and it seems that it is only moderate council reformists, at least for now, so the mine owners feel that this is okay to cooperate. Improvement of the working environment will not touch the core interests.