Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

Li Qinwu thought that the incident of digging into the arsenal had been exposed, so he retreated back into the house and pulled out his pistol. If he hadn't seen a few familiar faces in the crowd, he would have almost opened a portal and taken out the tanks from the island space to turn against them.

"What are you doing?"

Li Qinwu leaned against the door and shouted out through the crack. There were several hundred people outside the door. They were all workers brought by Li Qinwu from Fengtian. The leaders among them were a few intermediate technicians who had not been convinced by the old fireman before.

"Director Li..., are you still hiring?"

A mid-level technician stepped forward with a helpless look on his face.

Li Qinwu raised his eyebrows, and seeing that everyone had no ill intentions, he put away his gun and pointed it at the intermediate technician who had just responded.

"You come in, the others stay here first."

Li Qinwu pulled the other person into the house and did not let him sit down, but questioned him while he was standing.

"Tell me, you didn't want to go with me before, so why are you willing now? And you've made this matter known to everyone. It seems that even Old Firehead's favors can't stop you from talking!"

Li Qinwu's tone was very bad. The intermediate technician was a little annoyed. They had promised Lao Huotou not to reveal the matter before, but in the end...

He hurriedly explained the cause of the incident, and Li Qinwu also figured out the whole story. He knew about this matter because he had just arrived at the Xiaoyi Arsenal. Director Huang wanted to bribe him and other management to get the workers' New Year's Eve expenses, but Li Qinwu thought the money was too little and the matter was too unethical, so he did not agree.

It is now December 12th. In previous years, the factory would distribute New Year's bonuses at this time so that the workers could buy some food and drinks in advance for the New Year. But now the time has come, there is no sign of the money, and the management is collectively pretending to be dumb, which makes the workers very anxious.

The matter of flattering money is too big to be concealed. The workers got wind of it several months ago. They felt uneasy, so they formed a union and organized a month in advance. If the factory really did not pay the New Year bonus, they would go on strike collectively.

Well, today is the day to collect wages. After leaving the Finance Department, the workers only received this month's wages, and no New Year's money. They were very angry, and started a strike as planned, sitting in protest at the Finance Department.

No one knew what Director Huang was thinking, he simply stopped paying wages and confronted the workers. The workers who had not received their wages were now at a loss and became even more angry. They gave up their strike and rushed into the factory to take control of the machines, threatening to smash the machines if they did not receive their wages and New Year bonuses.

Li Qinwu was a little confused about what Director Huang did next. He ignored the workers' demands and called the army into the factory, pushing something that could have been resolved through negotiation to an extreme. Now the army was confronting the workers with guns, and no one knew how this matter would end.

The workers from Fengtian did not go on strike with the local workers. The Fengtian workers were a relatively independent group. After experiencing the war, they just wanted to live a quiet life and did not want to participate in the struggles between factories. They were not eligible for the New Year's bonus because they had only worked there for a month or two and would only be eligible for it next year. Therefore, the factory's unscrupulous operations had nothing to do with them.

As a result, Factory Director Huang took a one-size-fits-all approach and stopped paying anyone's salary. This AOE skill instantly killed all the Fengtian workers. They didn't have much money on hand after fleeing, and if they didn't get paid, they might not even be able to make it through this month.

In addition, after seeing the factory's bad attitude towards workers and the use of guns, their favorability towards the Xiaoyi Arsenal directly turned negative. They felt that developing here was not a long-term solution and they had to quickly find a new way to make a living. So, hundreds of people came to Li Qinwu.

At the beginning, the intermediate technicians who were persuaded by the old fireman wanted to go back to Li Qinwu and follow him, but these guys felt that since they had rejected Li Qinwu at first, if they rushed to lick him now, Li Qinwu might not accept them.

So a mid-level technician made a stupid move. He spread the news that Li Qinwu wanted to build his own factory, and mobilized all the junior technicians to put pressure on Li Qinwu to take him and others away.

Li Qinwu soon figured out their little tricks. He looked at the uneasy intermediate technician in front of him with a little more contempt in his heart.

In his previous life, he hated scabs the most. Many strikes could have been successful, but scabs ruined things.

The workers of the Xiaoyi Arsenal went on strike in order to regain their own interests, but the workers of the Fengtian Arsenal pretended nothing happened and did not participate. Little did they know that if the factory could embezzle other people's New Year's Eve bonuses this year, it will dare to embezzle yours next year.

Li Qinwu stroked his chin. There were so many people, and they were skilled workers from the arsenal. They must be talents. However, he really didn't like this group of people. He brought them down from the north, but just because he acted a little aggressively in order to control the situation, no one came to thank him when he arrived. Could he be assured that such people would follow him now?

Moreover, for their own benefit, this group of people also made his poaching known to everyone. Didn't they think that Director Huang would retaliate against them if he knew about it? They are just a group of petty people who only care about themselves.

Li Qinwu looked at the intermediate technician in front of him. The other party was also looking at him, with pain on his face. Li Qinwu took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly. He retreated back into the house and sat down on the single sofa. The intermediate technician took a few steps forward nervously and stood beside Li Qinwu.

Li Qinwu crossed his legs and pinched the small balls of hair on his trousers with his fingers. He looked at the worker with no sadness or joy in his eyes.

"We have known each other for several months, and you have never come to my house for tea, nor have you ever invited me to your house. We are not on good terms. To be honest, you, you never wanted my friendship."

The mid-level technician clasped his hands together nervously.

"I…I just don't want to get into trouble."

Li Qinwu had an expression that said, "I understand."

"I understand. You thought it was easy to lead more than 1000 people to run more than 1000 kilometers from the war zone to Henan. You thought I was crazy for yelling and pointing guns at your heads on the road. You thought you only needed to endure me until you reached a safe area, and you could get rid of the tyrannical Qin. So when you arrived in Henan, no one invited me to dinner or said thank you.

But now you come to me and say, Commander Li, we are in trouble and need your help. "

Having said this, Li Qinwu paused, glanced at this guy and shook his head.

"You have no respect for me at all. You don't treat me as your superior. You are not even willing to call me Director Li."

This guy felt a lot of pressure from the moment Li Qinwu sat down. The following words made him feel ashamed and nervous. He actually knelt down to Li Qinwu.

"I'm sorry Director Li, I'm willing to do anything, please give me a job."