Bulgarian Empire

Not long ago, the Bulgarian capitalist, Bill Kiev, went directly to Romania to "relocate the factory". Unfortunately, he made too much noise and was detained.

Bill Kiev is the son of Bulgarian capitalist Evroki Georgiev (one of the founders of the University of Sofia), clever and daring.

In the wave of poaching, Bill Kiev didn't put up a signboard like everyone else, which he felt was too inefficient.

After entering Alexandria, Romania, Bill Kiev set his sights on the Weibull Paper Mill, paid for the local snakes, and found two locals, the Nigold brothers, who worked in the factory.

"Brother, is what Mr. Bill Kiev said true?" Little Nicholas asked worriedly

"How do I know, but these 800 lei can't be fake!" Big Nigust said casually

"Well! Anyway, our family is like this now. If we don't have money to pay our debts, we will be beaten to death by them!" Little Nigust said helplessly.

"No, at most they will turn us into their slaves and kill us, who will pay them back in the future!" Nicholas said comfortingly.

Three years ago, when their father, the old Nicholas, fell ill, the life of their family has become difficult, and they were forced to borrow usury from others.

Then the Nicholas family began to repay the debt, from the initial 30 lei to the current 500 lei, during which their brother paid a hundred lei.

"Forget it, as long as Mr. Bill is willing to give the money, we will do it. Anyway, that vampire Dracula is not a good thing!" Little Nigust said fiercely

"That's right, my brother. That vampire Dracula wants to deduct every lei from us. Maybe going to Bulgaria to make a living might be a good way out." Big Nigust said expectantly.

The Nicholas brothers, who had a unified mind, began to lobby for Bill everywhere. Everyone didn't believe it. Seeing that under the past friendship, everyone still met Bill.

Bill used his three-inch tongue, and quickly fooled a group of workers, and then issued a month's salary in advance as a deposit.

As a qualified capitalist, Dracula is naturally a greedy vampire. Naturally, the workers were hollowed out by Bill Kiev, and then secretly ran away with everyone.

If it's just this, that's all, as long as you run fast, when it is discovered that he has run back to Bulgaria, no one can do anything about him.

However, Bill Kiev, who has tasted the sweetness, how can he stop after one vote? He carried forward the nature of a capitalist and directly worked as a labor intermediary, fooling workers from all over Romania, and extracting commissions from them.

As it turns out, 19th-century capitalists weren't easy to mess with. Bill, who had only made a few votes, was targeted. Unfortunately, he was exposed in the Caracal area and was detained by the local capitalists.

With a three-inch tongue, Bill successfully saved his life, and now the other party is demanding a ransom from Evroki Georgiev.

Evroki Georgiev, worried about Bill's safety, approached Foreign Minister Metev. No way, who told Metev to marry Evroki Georgiev's daughter, and had to come forward to rescue this~~.

Evroki Georgiev obviously didn't plan to pay a ransom of one million lei, and even if he did, he couldn't get it together in a short time!

Metev had a headache. He used his personal relationship to find each other, and the two sides negotiated very smoothly. Bill's safety can be guaranteed, and he doesn't have to worry about his treatment, as long as he pays the ransom. Anyway, the money is a big man and can't be less.

In the end, Metev tried his best, owed a lot of favors and lost a lot of money to get Bill out.

This is the end of the poaching incident. Since then, capitalists in various countries have raised their vigilance, and Bulgaria can no longer poach unscrupulously.

Ferdinand's easy days were also over, and a large influx of people brought not only benefits to Bulgaria, but also a lot of trouble.

The crime rate has skyrocketed, the conflicts between locals and foreigners have intensified, and the capitalists have begun to act like demons again, unscrupulously deducting wages, and labor disputes have emerged one after another; some capitalists have even used a large number of foreign labor to save money, laying off domestic workers, etc. Wait.

In order to mediate disputes, various government departments are dispatched one after another, and they are exhausted. This is also due to Ferdinand's industry, which occupies a dominant position in Bulgaria, and has always kept his duty, so there is no major trouble.

Looking at the problems reported in the local newspapers, Ferdinand knew that it was time to introduce a labor protection law.

On September 18, 1890, Bulgaria's first law dealing with the settlement of labor disputes - "Bulgarian Labor Law".

This law was formulated by Ferdinand with reference to later labor laws and British factory laws. To a certain extent, it is biased towards the working class, and the punishment for labor disputes is astounding.

It was considered by later generations to be the first true labor protection law. The article clearly stipulates that the working hours of heavy physical labor shall not exceed ten working hours, overtime wages must be paid, and one day of paid leave per week must be paid.

A minimum monthly salary has also been established, which must not be lower than 7.5 levs (approximately equal to £3), which is divided into hourly wages and is comparable to the current average salary in Bulgaria.

When dealing with labor disputes, if the capitalist maliciously defaults on wages and arbitrarily deducts wages, they will face the penalty of direct confiscation of the factory at the most, and will also be accompanied by high fines.

Similarly, if a worker maliciously disrupts, framed, framed, and extorted extortion, he or she will face life imprisonment once investigated and dealt with.

All illegal acts will be severely punished. However, the law does not protect all groups of people, and many provisions are only aimed at Bulgarian citizens.

For example, layoffs cannot be made at will, only for Bulgarian citizens. There is also a minimum wage level, which is the prerogative of the citizens of the country.

Migrant workers, if they can speak Bulgarian, the minimum wage protection is only 80% of their own citizens; if not, only 50% of the minimum wage protection.

Including the most rest days, working hours, the treatment of domestic citizens and foreigners is also different. And each factory, the number of local citizens must not be less than 60%.

It is almost impossible to say that the capitalists recklessly oppress foreigners and show mercy to their own people!

When the Bulgarian Labor Protection Law was introduced, there was an uproar in public opinion. The mainstream is naturally praised, that it is a big step in the progress of Bulgarian democracy.

There are also some scholars who want to ironically claim that the capitalist free market has been destroyed, and no one has responded except for the support of a few capitalists.

There are also a small number of Notre Dame sects, who think that the government is not doing enough and does not treat them equally. Unfortunately, their voices are too weak to even be published in the newspapers.