New Ming Empire mixed in America

Two days later, the workers discovered that the canteen had made huge adjustments to the food supply.

The original white and soft bread called steamed buns are gone. Now they are replaced by a small bread that smells good and tastes better.

This new bread, which is about the size of a fist and has a circular dimple at the bottom, has been warmly welcomed by the workers.

At noon that day, Jean took three new-style breads called Wowotou by the Orientals and put them on a wooden tray in front of the meal window.

I also ordered a spoonful of a strip-shaped side dish that is said to be secretly made from radish. Although it is a bit salty, it is very delicious when eaten with new-style bread.

After taking the food, Jean was about to turn around and leave the food pick-up area, but was stopped by Chesile, the young lady who worked part-time as a cook and provided warmth at night:

"Jean, today is Improvement Day. Everyone can also receive a box of cute canned meat."

Cecil's words made Gene stop. He remembered that the improvement day should be tomorrow, why was it one day early?

Could it be that some kind of workers' association really works?

If they can really fight for benefits for workers, then he won't be reluctant to pay a monthly membership fee of ten cents.

As he pondered whether or not this was true, Cecil placed a can with a cat's head on it in his wooden tray.

Now he finally understood why Cecil said this was a cute can. Because the little milk cat pattern printed on it was really... very cute.

Please forgive Gene's lack of language, because he is just a child from an ordinary family and has never learned knowledge.

"Would you like my services tonight, handsome little kitten?"

Just as Gene was observing the can, Cecil's slightly seductive voice came over.

Jean, who had never experienced anything like this before, blushed at a speed that was visible to the naked eye.

With his head lowered, Gene quickly left the food pick-up port with the tray. He could even hear Cecil's low laughter behind him.

Go to the fixed dining table, place the tray on the table, then take off a water bottle from your waist and place it next to the tray.

This water bottle was given to him after he dug up some earthworms and gave it to Empress Dongfang Li who loved fishing but was extremely poor at fishing.

At that time, there was a kind of delicious water in it. According to the translator who knew a little bit about Eastern characters, the two mysterious symbols on the bottle were a kind of characters, one was called "Thunder" and the other was "Bi".

He also said that this was a word used to describe a kind of green thunder and lightning, and he wanted to buy it for five cents.

Of course Gene didn't agree. Although he never went to school, he knew that the bottle was definitely worth more than five cents.

And the two mysterious oriental symbols on it are also very beautiful.

He has already thought about it. After his salary is paid this week, he will ask the foreman for a day off.

Ask old Carl, who is said to have participated in the Mexican-American War, to have these two mysterious oriental symbols tattooed on his chest.

If a family can be formed in the future, these two symbols will be the family's symbols.

If future generations strive for success, maybe it can be turned into a family emblem.

He picked up the new bread and took a big bite. After chewing it for a few times, he picked up a few radish sticks and put them into his mouth.

Although this new type of bread is delicious, it also has a disadvantage, that is, if you cannot chew it fully, it will easily burn your throat when you swallow it.

In fact, it is impossible to burn your throat because the new bread tastes more delicious the more you chew it, so who would be willing to swallow it early?

'Thank you to the generous Dongfang Li, who allowed me to eat well. Thank you to God for allowing me to meet such a generous employer, Amen.'

After swallowing the first bite of food, Gene added a simple pre-meal prayer.

At this time, the co-workers also came over to eat one after another, and soon he was full of people.

"Jean, why don't you eat canned food? It's delicious, but the taste is bland and you need to eat it with radish strips."

The worker next to me ate up a whole can of canned food in just a few mouthfuls.

"Tomorrow is the day when I pay my salary. I want to take the can back to my brother and let him try it too."

After saying that, he put the can into his coat pocket.

"This is perfect for children. I heard from Cecil that this kind of can is made from tuna, chicken, barley flour and some kind of acid. It's nutritious when you hear it."

A coworker sitting opposite Gene threw his can over and continued:

"Take this back and let your brother eat more!"

Gene glanced at the coworker gratefully and put away the can without saying anything.

He knew that the other party once had a younger brother, but an accident occurred while working in a textile factory in Orange last year.

He was just a thirteen-year-old child. He left this world without even eating meat.

This is not a secret, almost all workers who know this taciturn man know it.

For a moment, the atmosphere at the table was a little silent. Everyone ate their own food in silence.

When the whistle signaled the end of lunch, everyone had already put their plates in the bucket at the door and walked out of the cafeteria.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Gene always feels that his physical strength is much better than before after eating that new bread.

The afternoon passed quickly in the busyness, and when there was still half an hour before the end of work, the foreman suddenly asked everyone to put down their work and follow him.

After the twenty workers under his management all stood in the open space, the foreman's loud voice rang out:

"Just now, the generous Li made a decision to expel three of you."

When they heard that layoffs were about to be laid off, all the workers suddenly became noisy. Some people even asked the foreman loudly:

"Do you know the reason for layoffs? If it's a salary issue, I can accept an appropriate reduction in weekly salary."

As soon as he finished speaking, other workers also expressed their willingness to accept a reduction in wages.

They really couldn't bear to leave here. Not to mention the higher salary than other places, just having three meals a day and having enough to eat every meal was a huge temptation.

No one wants to leave here just like that. Who knows if they can find a job after leaving? They came here to try their luck because they couldn't find a job.

"NONONO, it's not because of the salary, but because some of you have joined the workers' association!"

"Now, the person whose name I read will come with me to get his salary later, and then he can leave here."

"Don't make any noise yet! Barlow, Adolf, Peter, you three will stay for a while, and the others can get off work."

The three Barlows who were named by the foreman immediately became anxious, and someone shouted:

"Why? Is it because we have joined a workers' association? Isn't it a right given to us by the constitution to freely join a workers' association?"

After hearing this, the foreman burst into laughter, reached out and tapped Adolf, who had just shouted, and said:

"Yes, the Constitution gives you the right to freely join workers' associations, but the Constitution also gives companies the right to fire workers who join workers' associations!"

"To be honest with you, people from the workers' association found Dongfang Li yesterday and negotiated with him on behalf of all the workers in your workers' association."

"The representatives of the workers' association hope that Dongfang Li can agree to the condition that you will only work ten hours and your salary will not be reduced."

"In addition to these, they also hope that workers should have an egg every day, canned food every day, and a set of work clothes every two months."

After the foreman finished speaking, he looked at the three Barlows with a sneer.

At first, when the workers heard that working hours would be reduced and wages would remain unchanged, they agreed. But then the more they heard about it, the darker their faces became.

These benefits are not something that a worker can enjoy. Not to mention workers, not even the estate owners can live such a life.

This is not fighting for welfare for the workers. This is simply unreasonable and wants to cut off the workers' jobs!

What if Dongfang Li is so angry that he stops opening the factory?

With such a vast land, people can make a fortune by opening a farm or something like that. But workers like them will be miserable. If they lose this job, they will be waiting to die.

"Why?" This is the question that kept thinking in Barlow's mind when he followed the foreman to collect his salary.

He very much doubted whether the representatives of the workers' association had lost their minds. Why did they propose such idiotic conditions?

In addition to the three of them, there were nearly a hundred other scattered people who came to collect their salaries.

Taking the compensation equivalent to three days' wages from Dongfang Li Duo, these people really couldn't hate him anymore.

"Hey, what do you want me to say?"

Barlow's foreman seemed to be a man who couldn't hold back his words. Seeing these workers who were either crying or silent, he couldn't help shouting:

"What is a workers' association? A workers' association is a place where lazy people, scoundrels, and the scraps of society gather!"

"It's just a group of workers who don't want to work hard. They don't want to improve their craftsmanship or improve their abilities and just rely on their hands to make money. They just want to encourage you to fight for their interests!"

"Do you know how much compensation the workers' association representatives offered Dongfang Li before they would stop inciting you to go against him?"

Having said this, the foreman raised four fingers.

Shout at the top of his lungs: "That greedy guy wants four thousand dollars!"

As soon as these words came out, all the workers who had just been laid off were filled with indignation. They all yelled at the representatives of the workers' association for their shamelessness.

Just when they were discussing how to settle accounts with the top officials of the workers' association.

No one saw this kind foreman turn into the back door of Yueyelai Tavern.

Not long after, the foreman walked into the tavern with a smile on his face and the crown coins in his arms.

In fact, the foreman did not lie. Representatives of the workers' association did negotiate with him.

He just exaggerated the other party's conditions tenfold.

In this way, Li Mingqi relied on fallacies to eliminate the trouble that the workers' association might bring to him in advance.