"You said there were about a hundred troublemakers, right?" Philip said noncommittally, "After we deal with them all, can the factory still operate normally?"
"Uh..." Gower was a little stuck for a moment. He understood what the other party was referring to - if a hundred people were willing to stand up, then there would probably be two hundred or three hundred people supporting them, even if they were forced to use threats and coercion. To catch up with the work stations, the factory has been unable to operate normally in recent days.
This will take some time to settle down.
"Then we use differentiation measures?" He thought for a moment and came up with a new idea. "The reason why that group of people want to control the shanty towns must be because many people are unwilling to make trouble with them. These people need food and wages. We might be able to use them to dismantle the opponents from within.”
"Hmm..." The steward nodded, "It's better than the previous method. If we can make them hostile to each other or even fight each other, the troublemaker's coat of quarrel will be torn off a lot."
"I'll do it right away!"
"Don't worry." Philip stopped him. "Although the first method is not smart enough, external pressure is also necessary. I will contact the managers of other factories now and transfer a group of people to you. Not to say disperse them, at least It’s guaranteed to dispel their urge to bite back.”
"Thank you brother!" Gao Er said happily. As long as there are people in hand, things will obviously be much easier to handle later on.
However, Phillip's next words made him stunned.
"I'll give you six hours." The manager put down the tea cup and said, "If we can't get them to return to the factory by three o'clock in the afternoon, tell them about the negotiation and say that I will come to talk to them personally with the boss's entrustment. "
"This... is absolutely impossible!" Gao Er quickly dissuaded him, "Brother, it's not like you don't know how greedy those guys are. If you give in now, what will you do if they make demands again in the future? If the employees say they want to rebel, they will rebel. If we can’t fire them casually, how will I manage them in the future?”
"After today, the best intoxicating fruit will no longer be fresh." Philip said lightly.
Gore opened his mouth, but couldn't speak for a long time.
In the final analysis, only the loss of profits is the boss's biggest concern.
"Unless this matter can be nipped in the bud, once it breaks out, the factory will definitely lose the opportunity."
"But… "
"I know what you are worried about." Philip smiled, but his tone was as cold as the wind, "Since we have no chance, we have to plan carefully. You don't think that we can understand this matter through negotiation, do you?"
Gao Er trembled, "Brother, do you mean..."
"Once the seeds in your heart are planted, they are difficult to eradicate. The best way at this time is to replace all the soil." Philip stood up and patted his shoulder, "Don't worry, Mr. Achieve is not I will allow myself to become a laughing stock in the eyes of my colleagues in Azure Castle."
…
"Sister Li, they ran away, they ran away!" On the other side, Momola happily grabbed Li's hand and shook it up and down. "Did you see how angry Gao Er was? His people can't beat us at all!"
The morale of the employees in the entire shanty town was also high. In the past, the supervisors had always bullied them, but they never expected that one day they would be able to knock the supervisors to the ground.
Li stayed here mainly to prevent accidents. If a spellcaster appears in the suppressing party, she can at least create a chance for the leading people to escape.
Unexpectedly, this move greatly enhanced her reputation in the eyes of her coworkers, and Momola already directly called Li a sister.
"Don't relax," the fox demon smiled and touched her head. "This is just the beginning."
"Yeah." Momola obediently lowered her ears and let her touch her, completely losing her initial vigilance, "What tricks do they have, just use them, we will definitely be able to persevere until the end. "
Li had more things to consider in his mind.
According to the current comprehensive intelligence, although the big businessmen represented by Achie are powerful and wealthy, the ruler of the city is still the Earl of Cleveland. Most of the West Pole's main weapons, muskets and artillery, are in the hands of the nobles. Merchants can collect some guns sporadically, but are not allowed to establish armed forces. In other words, when an armed conflict breaks out, there will be no qualitative difference between merchants' supervisory teams and shanty workers. . On the contrary, because there are a large number of half-beasts among the workers, fighting with cold weapons is even better.
The businessman's real trump card is the hired Qi sensers.
The most reliable way to counteract this force in the long run is to develop workers' own Qi sensers. According to Jin Xia's experience, education level can significantly increase the chance of getting sick, but now they can't even sustain their livelihood, and it's too difficult for them to go to school.
It is impossible for Xia Fan and his party to stay in Azure Castle forever.
Therefore, in the short term, other forces must be introduced to contain the counterattack of businessmen.
As for how to do it specifically, Xia Fan has yet to come up with a reliable method, so he can only let Li sneak into the crowd of workers as a temporary trump card and wait and see one step at a time.
At noon, Lars, who was responsible for monitoring the direction of the road, shouted, "There are people coming from the factory again!"
Workers guarding several entrances and exits of the shanty town immediately became vigilant.
Momola and Li climbed up to a shanty, stood on tiptoe and looked towards the south. They saw a mass of dark figures rushing towards the shanty town, more than ten times more than before!
Behind them, there were several carriages dragging large wooden barrels.
Li quickly found traces of Gore in the crowd - what made her frown slightly was that there was a guy wearing a lavender robe next to Gore. Judging from the various patterns on his robe, this person is most likely a mage from the West.
"One hundred and eighty people..." Momola's tone was a little solemn. This was already equivalent to the number of people they could pull out to fight against the factory. If the other party used mages to contain the main force of the transportation team, and the rest of them rushed into the shantytown from the side entrance, it was very likely that This will lead to the flight of those unwilling to confront the factory. "Sister Li, if the horns can't stop the enemy's attack, can you help him?"
"Of course, this is also the purpose of my staying here."
However, the situation did not develop as the two expected. Gower did not immediately order to fight with the transport team, but dispersed several carriages and stopped at various intersections.
The wooden barrel in the car was actually filled with hot wheat porridge.
"Listen up, all of you -" At this time, Gore's voice, amplified several times, rolled over the shantytown like a muffled thunder, "I know that everyone is being held hostage by a few people, so we have to stand on the other side of the factory. Side. Now, I will give you a chance to abandon the darkness and turn to the light. If you take the initiative to step out of the shack now, the factory will not blame you!"