Knowing who is behind the trouble, things will be much easier in the future.
Li Mu did not rush to see Grant, but returned to New York first, and made appointments with John Rockefeller and Henry Dupont at Clinton Castle.
In the 1914 Colorado miners' strike, the Rockefeller family dispatched a private army equipped with armored vehicles and heavy machine guns to force the workers to return to work, and finally with the cooperation of the state police and the government, the strike with more than 200 deaths failed.
Strictly speaking, Li Mu's companies have not been on strike so far, so it is unclear how a tycoon like Rockefeller would deal with such a problem.
When Li Mu introduced the "Labor Knights" to John Rockefeller, as Li Mu expected, John Rockefeller did not have the slightest good impression of this organization.
"It's the damn labor movement again, I don't know how other places deal with similar issues, but in my case, if someone dares to come to my factory and make trouble, I'll screw his head off and hang it on a chessstick to make an example, and in Rockefeller's world, there can only be one voice."
John Rockefeller deserves to be called a hero, he is not bluffing, but he really dares to do it.
Also in the Colorado miners' strike in 1914, the Rockefeller family captured three strike organizers, the three did not wait for the opportunity to stand trial, the mercenaries took the three men to the nearby railroad and shot them en masse, and no one was allowed to collect the bodies, the Rockefellers were going to warn their enemies with this cruel and bloody method.
"I think we should put pressure on the President to find a way to get Mr.
President to declare the Knights of Labor illegal, and even I suggest that we should declare all the trade union groups illegal and see what these people are doing, they are a bunch of parasites, sucking the blood of the factories and the blood of the workers on the other, and if such an organization is controlled by careerists, the consequences will be unimaginable."
Li Mu wants to dig up the soil of these hidden dangers from the roots, which is the long-term solution.
In the nineteenth century, the American trade union was definitely not an organization to fight for the rights of workers, or in other words, fighting for the legitimate rights of workers was only part of their work, from Li Mu's point of view, the union played only one role, that is, to make the capitalists pay more money, to add more costs to the factory's products, which will definitely affect the competitiveness of the products.
The trade unions in the United States have changed their taste, they organize workers and business owners to confront each other, demand that business owners pay more salaries, and even require business owners to pay for the operating expenses of the union, and workers who want to join the union also have to pay money, so Li Mu is not wrong to call the trade unions in the United States parasites.
There is also a bigger problem in the United States with the electoral system, whichever party wants to govern, then it needs to get more votes, so that the union has become a tool for some careerists to blackmail the government, which is particularly criticized.
For example, Watson Squier, this guy is not as innocent as he said, two months ago when San Francisco first began to have signs of anti-Chinese movement, Watson Squire did ask the San Francisco government to protect the Chinese, his action was criticized by the San Francisco press, so Watson Squire soon arrived in San Francisco, to Jacob Wiesbeck and Daniel Crolin to make their anti-Chinese position, objectively speaking, Jacob Wiesbeck and Daniel Crolin dared to be so presumptuous, and Watson Squier's connivance is directly related.
Regarding Watson Squier, Li Mu will settle accounts with him in the future, not yet, Li Mu still needs the cooperation of Watson Squier, those people in San Francisco must not think that they don't have to pay any price for hurting the Chinese, and soon Li Mu will make them regret it.
The current ruling party in the United States is the Republican Party, and after the end of the Civil War, the Democratic Party has become the weak side, not to mention the president, and even the local governors, the Democratic Party is unable to compete.
If the Democratic Party wants to get ahead, it can only think of some off-the-counter moves, and the Chinese are undoubtedly a good target, but because the Chinese work hard and do not participate in the strike, they undermine the interests of other trade union organizations.
"Ha, that's right, we just want to ban these illegal organizations from the legal level, look at their requirements, 8-hour work system, the implementation of equal pay for equal work, what kind of disgusting things, is it that the machines in the factory can only run eight hours a day, this is simply a crime and equal pay for equal work, this is even more disgusting, I don't know who came up with such a thing, can a new worker who knows nothing get the same salary as a skilled worker who has worked for decades, let's not talk about others, ask those old workers if they agree" Rockefeller also has a lot of resentment, and he hit it off with Li Mu.
The economic pillar in Rockefeller's hands is the oil field, which cannot be shut down compared to the factory, and the oil underground will not erupt by itself because the workers on the ground do not work, and if the workers are really allowed to achieve the goal of the eight-hour working day, Rockefeller will kill people.
"I'm going to meet with Henry DuPont and Andrew Carnegie separately in the next few days, and I think we should join forces to defend our own interests, what's wrong with the Chinese workers, they work hard, they don't ask too much, and they work much more efficiently than the Irish and the blacks, and we have no reason to spend the same price, or higher, but we hire a bunch of slackers, and this is not a way to make money."
Li Mu wants more, and it would be better if he could ask the U.S. government to increase immigration efforts through this matter.
"That's true, there are also a lot of Chinese in my factory, I know them, they are indeed the best workers, like robots hehe, please forgive Reem, you know I don't mean anything else, just to express my appreciation."
Rockefeller noticed that Li Mu's expression was a little stinky, and immediately adjusted his attitude.
In the San Francisco Chinese exclusion incident, those factory owners who hired Chinese provided protection for a considerable number of Chinese, and they refused to allow those rioters to break into the factories to hurt the Chinese, and even some factory owners organized workers to confront those rioters, which also became evidence that Watson Squier said that white people were courting the Chinese.
In fact, there is no love for no reason, and there is no hate for no reason, and if there is no profit mixed with this, those factory owners in San Francisco will not be willing to offend those Knights of Labor.
"Okay then, now that we've reached a consensus, then I'll find familiar legislators to put pressure on Mr.
President, and you won't sit idly by."
Li Mu pulled Rockefeller into the car.
"Of course, we advance and retreat together" In this matter, Rockefeller and Li Mu have common interests, so Rockefeller has no reason to refuse.
Rockefeller could not refuse, although Rockefeller won the right to exploit oil in the Gulf of Mexico, but this right needs to be guaranteed by Li Mu, if Li Mu is offended, then there will be some changes that Rockefeller does not want to see in the oil exploitation right in the Gulf of Mexico.
Although Rockefeller was not afraid of the Labor Knights, Rockefeller did not want this organization to develop manpower in his factory, so it was appropriate to sell Li Mu a face.
"I heard that you have a beach club" Before saying goodbye, Rockefeller suddenly asked Li Mu.
"Yes, I did it with Green Giles, how about it, do you want to join in and only need a dollar a year in dues, there are a lot of benefits" Li Mu did not refuse Rockefeller, or Li Mu welcomed Rockefeller, if the beach club wants to have greater influence, it must have more powerful people to participate, if Li Mu can say that all the tycoons on Wall Street join the beach club, then the beach club may really have the ability to influence Washington.
"Why not it's only a dollar, I wonder what kind of service I can enjoy, does this club accept donations" Rockefeller seemed to have ideals, and was only content to join.
"Of course, if you want, there are benefits to donating, if you donate more than one million, then you will be free of membership fees for life, but I want to make it clear that this is not forced by me."
Li Muyi is speaking.
One dollar.
It's just a gimmick, but no one who is actually eligible to join a beach club will care about the dollar, and as for the lifetime waiver, it's almost a joke.
The benefits of joining a beach club are no joke, it depends on the strength of the beach club, and for a tycoon like Rockefeller, it may be just a leak in advance, and it is worth the price.
"Hehe, looking at your stingy appearance, I'm now extremely sure that you are Chinese" Rockefeller's mouth was damaged enough.
Rockefeller said this, and took out a check and gave Li Mu a denomination of one million US dollars as his "membership fee".
Li Mu picked up the check and flicked it with his fingers, and whistled lightly: "I like to deal with a tycoon like you the most, I think you should give me more money, because the engine developed by my laboratory is about to succeed, John, I officially inform you, you are going to make a fortune" Just the last time he went to Boston, Li Mu received a notice from Franklin that if there was no accident, in the next few days, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology would conduct its first test experiment, and Franklin invited Li Mu to watch.
"What is the engine" As an oil tycoon, Rockefeller didn't even know what an engine was.
"You'll find out in a few days."
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