Fox of France

"Mr. Wren," Fagin replied with a smile, "our demands have not been conveyed to you just now. As early as two days ago, these demands were announced to you through our strike declaration. And today we bring There is no change from the official document issued two days ago. If you need us to spend time repeating these contents, I think it is either a waste of time or you are not sincere."

"We...of course we have seen it...but, Brother Nield, you have to be considerate of us. It is not easy for us now, and we are also facing great external pressure. You workers don't know it. Now you have to earn money. Money, it's really hard, those damn Dutch, and damn Americans, and damn Spaniards and Italians, they are all robbing us of business. If we can't rob them, our factory It's going to be yellow, and if our factories are all yellow, then everyone will have nothing to eat.

Therefore, Brother Nield, we factory owners and you workers are actually in a relationship of mutual dependence and mutual prosperity. We are not enemies, but comrades-in-arms in the ranks. We must be considerate of each other and unite with sincerity. Although there are a little bit of difficulties at present, the difficulties are only temporary. As long as we work together and overcome the present little difficulties, my brother, believe me, the difficulties are only temporary, and we will be able to live a good life in the future. only U.S……"

Ren slammed and poured poisonous chicken soup at the workers' representatives. As for Fagin, he just watched his nonsense as coldly as if watching a play.

Ren turned the words of the car over and over again for a long time, finally stopped, then looked at Fagin and other worker representatives sincerely, and asked, "What do you think of what I said?"

"Hehe...hehe..." Fei Jin and the other worker representatives laughed together.

"Mr. Wren, do you know? Before I came to the city, I was farming in the countryside. Several families in our village raised a horse for pulling a plow. One day, I drove it to work. The horse suddenly said to me, "Nild, you haven't let me eat grass yet. How can I work when I'm hungry?" I said, "Oh, bear with me until after the autumn harvest. The oats are growing well and the harvest is good. I let you eat oats. What kind of forage do you eat now?" Then the horse said very angrily: "When your oats are harvested, I will starve to death! My skin I took it off and sold it to the tannery, and you put all my meat in a big pot to make broth!' Hehe...Mr. Ryan, do you think we are more stupid than that horse? ?”

The surrounding worker representatives laughed together. Ren was taken aback for a moment, and then he also smiled and said, "Brother Neald, you misunderstood me. How could I have the idea of ​​letting the horse run and let the horse not eat grass. It's just that it is indeed a case of encountering When there is a little difficulty, we need everyone to support each other and overcome difficulties together. We also see your difficulties and are anxious in our hearts. I know that at the beginning, we ignored your difficulties. This new contract is a little problematic , but we are all friends, there is something to discuss, isn’t it? Well, we also need to discuss it together, and everyone takes a step back to see if we can get a result that satisfies everyone.”

Having said that, he stopped for a while, glanced at everyone, and said, "Did you guys walk all the way from the factory? The factory is too far away, so it's inconvenient. Well, it's getting late now." , it’s time for lunch. Why don’t we have a treat, let’s all have dinner first, and then talk slowly?”

Fagin smiled slightly and said: "No, Mr. Laurene, you care about it. We bastards can't eat any good food. If we eat your food, we won't be able to digest it, and our stomach will hurt. We have already prepared it ourselves. Damn, if Master Ren really cares about the well-being of the workers, wouldn’t it be enough to change your blood-drinking contract according to our requirements? Are you right?”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

The other representatives laughed together. Some people even said: "The fox invited the hen to eat, what kind of heart is it? I don't know what it wants to eat!"

Facing such ridicule, Ren still didn't change his face, and he said: "Everyone lives so far away from here, it is not convenient to go back and forth every day, this matter is not a one-day event, we are already at the Peace Hotel next door After booking the room, it will be much more convenient for everyone to live here directly at night. Of course, we will pay for food and accommodation, what do you think?"

After hearing this, Fagin smiled and thought, "Sure enough, it's here!"

Fagin knew the purpose of Ryan doing this. His purpose is to disperse the workers' representatives and break them one by one. Fagin knew that the representatives who came here were all brave people, and they would not frown even with swords and axes. But Fei Jin didn't know whether these tough guys could still stand firm once they were lured by money.

If Fei Jin and the representatives agreed to stay here, then Fei Jin would be able to figure out the rest without having to think too much. At night, when the representatives were asleep, the door of the room was suddenly opened, and then Ren and others would show the beauties of money to these representatives, and then take out a parchment scroll with a contract to sell their souls , and have them sign their names on it.

Fagin could even imagine that they would say to those representatives: "As long as you are willing to help us, the money and this woman will be yours. What, are you worried that you will be attacked by those people in the future?" Retaliation? Hehe, don’t worry, don’t worry, with this money, you can take her, take a boat to America, and then find a place in America to start life again, who can find you? Think about it, As long as you sign, these are all yours, and from then on, you can live a completely different life..."

Fagin doubted how many of these representatives could withstand such a temptation. Fei Jin of the previous generation told him not to test human nature, and not to think that he can really withstand temptation. Not everyone is Jesus and can withstand the trials of the devil.

As for Fagin of the previous generation, the reason why he was hanged in the end was because someone among his most trusted people sold him for thirty silver coins.

Therefore, before coming to negotiate, Fei Jin set the most important discipline in this negotiation: "At any time, the representatives must not separate or act alone. Even when going to the toilet, bathing, or sleeping, they must together. Whether it is at the place of negotiation, or on the way back and forth, and after returning to the factory area, this is true until an agreement is reached. Anyone who violates this during this period must be unconditionally Disqualification of representatives. Among all the representatives, if **** is disqualified, the negotiation must be suspended and the representative election will be re-run. The representatives who were originally disqualified due to violations will be disqualified from being elected. "

This unreasonably harsh discipline, which made everyone extremely inconvenient, was not understood by everyone at first. Some representatives even said: "Isn't this treating your own people as thieves? How can there be such a thing?"

But Fagin was very insistent. He asked other representatives directly: "If someone comes to you with a thousand pounds or more when you are alone, and tells you that as long as you turn to them, you can get it." Once you get this money, then this money is enough for you to go to America, buy a large piece of land, and even buy a few black slaves to help you farm the land, and live a good life from now on. Tell me honestly, Are you not interested?"

"Of course I won't be tempted!" A representative said immediately, but his voice gradually became lower.

"Bill, do you believe that other representatives can resist such a temptation?"

So Bill fell silent.

So Fagin continued: "At that time, Jesus went into the desert alone, where he was tempted by the devil for seven days. In the end, he defeated the devil, and the Spirit of God filled him. But, are we Jesus? Who among us would dare Said, I walked into the desert, can I accept the temptation of the devil for seven days like Jesus without wavering? I don’t know about you, at least, I don’t have that much confidence in myself. Really put me in the place where Jesus was Under the circumstances, I am afraid that I will become the prey of the devil on the first day. You should also know that you are not Jesus.

Since none of us are Jesus, how can we face the devil alone? Therefore, my proposal seems to be treating everyone as a thief, but in fact it is indeed treating everyone as a thief. But this is out of love for everyone, to reduce the chance of everyone being tempted, making mistakes and even committing crimes. I hope that on this issue, everyone can understand me and support me. "

Everyone was silent. After a while, Bill spoke first: "What Boss Fagin said is true. I really don't know if there is really a thousand pounds in front of me... There is no such thing in front of me now, I just need to think about it." , I feel...I feel that I can't trust you. What's more, what if it's true? So, if we want to be worthy of these tens of thousands of brothers, then we must really guard ourselves and you guys as thieves!"

"That's right. When I thought about it carefully, I immediately felt that I can't trust myself. I think Boss Fagin is right. Let's do it this way! Think about it, no matter how inconvenient or hard it is, it's only a few days. Let's talk about it like this It’s nothing bitter, compared to what we’ve suffered, what is this?”

So such a discipline was passed.

So Fei Jin smiled back and said: "Don't bother Mr. Laurean, we are all busy and don't walk around every day, so we feel uncomfortable. We are still staying in our kennel to feel at ease." .”