The next day, Xiao Shenglin boarded his luxury train. He had only been back for two days, and he had to leave Jinan again. He was very busy.
The only thing he wasn't satisfied with was that the Liang girl still followed him. This guy was actually dressed like a man, a complete gigolo. That face made him jealous, and he often attracted the attention of women along the way.
With no one waiting for him, Xiao Shenglin had to make himself a cup of coffee.
Liang Tongrong, who was on the sofa, kicked him with her jade-like leg and said," Can't you give me a cup too? Are you a man? You're so petty."”
"You're a man now. Why should I help you wash it?”It was common for the two of them to bicker.
Several hospitals in Qing Dao were filled with injured workers. There were also some craters on the streets. This was only a 6-inch cannon from a cruiser. If it was a 16-inch cannon from a battleship, it would be terrible.
The strike movement had already begun. From this morning onwards, the market in Qing Dao had become very depressed. Not only was there a strike, but there was also a strike.
No one expected that what happened in Qing Dao would affect the major cities like Tianjin, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and so on. It lasted for a few months.
The leader of the trade union was called Pan Shaoqi. He gathered the backbone of the trade union and expressed that they would fight against the Japanese to the end. They would not be able to recruit a single worker at the Japanese factory in Qing Dao.
After passing through the rumbling train, they entered Qing Dao, accompanied by a regiment of the Northwest Army.
"President, Leader Xiao has sent people over, but the leaders are two young men.”
Sometimes, being too young was not a good thing, especially when it came to politics.
The once bustling port city was dead silent. There were not many pedestrians, only a few police officers patrolling the streets.
The leader of the team was Fang Yuwan. He was making some arrangements while Xiao Shenglin remained silent.
Seeing that the market was so depressed, Xiao Shenglin planned to meet with some representatives of workers and businessmen to ask about the situation. Then, he would go to the hospital to sympathize with the injured workers. Finally, he would hold funerals for the workers who died in the bombardment and comfort their families.
There was no place to stay, so Xiao Shenglin had to stay on the train. Now that the train in Qing Dao had stopped, there was no driver. How could he drive?
"Hey, miser, I'll go take a look first and see what's going on.”Liang Tongrong didn't want to stay here, but she probably didn't want to be with Xiao Shenglin.
"Uh, whatever. Come back early. It's not very safe here.”Xiao Shenglin didn't think too much about it. He still had important things to do.
After changing into his military uniform, Xiao Shenglin brought some soldiers with him and took a lot of gifts. They walked to the hospital in Qing Dao and observed the situation on the street.
The hospital was very busy, and there were not enough medicines. There were foreign doctors and nurses here because this was a hospital of the Church.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?”A beautiful nurse with blonde hair and blue eyes spoke in broken Mandarin and blocked Xiao Shenglin's way.
Xiao Shenglin said to her,"Are you British?" French? German? Americans? The Russians?"
"I'm German. This is the hospital of our German Church.”The young nurse replied. Qing Dao was originally a colony of Germany. They had invested a lot of manpower and material resources here, and in the end, it was taken over by the Japanese.
However, there were still many German immigrants living here. It was not strange to have a hospital run by a German.
"I'm here to visit the workers. My name is Xiao Shenglin, the younger brother of the Shandong leader Xiao Shengnan.”
Upon hearing Xiao Shenglin's self-introduction, some workers immediately surrounded him. They were all very excited.
Without exception, they all demanded that the Japanese get out of Qing Dao and compensate them.
That didn't seem possible. After all, China was far inferior to Japan.
Although Japan was a small country, it was already a complete industrial country with a navy ranked among the best in the world.
Xiao Shenglin waved his hand and said a few words to calm the excited workers.
"I know that everyone is angry, and I am the same. I will be responsible for communicating with the Japanese about this matter. Everyone should calm down and recuperate.”Xiao Shenglin had also made up his mind to make all the Japanese factories and shops in Qing Dao close down and return to their island.
"Young Master Xiao, we don't want to work for the Japanese, but we have to eat. There are old and young people in the family. It would be best if you could help us. Those Japanese don't treat us as humans at all.”
Not only were these workers paid low wages, but they were also subject to the "salary guarantee system". When the workers were paid monthly, the factory owner would deduct 20% as a deposit, which would be returned after three to five years. During this period, if the workers left the factory or were fired, the deposit would be confiscated.
They worked long hours, high labor intensity, extremely harsh working conditions, and almost no labor protection. For example, they would be removed from their jobs if they took sick leave for more than ten days. Female workers were not allowed to rest during their menstrual period, and they would not be hired after marriage and childbirth.
They had to abide by a strict management system, which included humiliating body searches.
They had to endure the racial discrimination of the Japanese. The Chinese workers could not walk through the same gate as the Japanese workers. For this reason, they dug an underground tunnel for the Chinese workers. There were nine steps up and down the tunnel, which was called the 18 levels of hell by the Chinese workers.
Capital was born to be evil. This was unmistakable. These capitalists in Japan almost treated their workers like pigs. They wished that they could work 24 hours a day without eating or sleeping.
Because of the last war, the relationship between China and Japan was at a freezing point, so the Japanese directly bombarded them. This was a demonstration of strength and a warning to the monkeys. The new chairman of Shandong was Xiao Shengnan, not a pro-Japanese person.
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