As a Han country, Li Lu almost all the traditional festivals are given in the form of legislation, these festivals, the third day of March every year is the women's festival, because on this day, it is the daughter's day, before this day, the girls are prepared in advance with colored paper, grass, rope, etc., to weave into a variety of kitsch gadgets, but also put grain seeds and mung beans into a small box to soak in water, so that it sprouts, when the buds grow to more than two inches, used to worship God, called "worship Xianhe" and "worship God vegetables".From the second night of the new year to the third night of the new year, for two consecutive nights, the girls put on new clothes, put on new jewelry, and after everything is arranged, they burn incense and light candles, and bow down to the starry sky, which is called "welcoming immortals".From the third watch to the fifth watch, you should bow seven times in a row.For this festival belonging to the daughters of the Han family, Li Lu also attaches great importance to it, because these daughters of the Han family are related to the future of their own country, so Li Lu made a decree soon after the broken leaves Liding, on the day of the daughter's day, whether it is the yellow flower girl or the little daughter-in-law or the old girl or the old woman, they can relax on this day; In addition, the imperial government led by Li Lu will also recognize women who have made outstanding contributions on this day, and they will be cordially received by the supreme family of the empire.In short, this day is a day that belongs to half of the Han people in the British Empire, and on this day, these large and small Han women will be happy all day long, well, Li Lu completed the ancient version of Women's Day that originally belonged only to unmarried women.Every day on Fifth Avenue in the Shattered Leaf Southwest Industrial Zone, there is a seven-story building where many young girls walk through the narrow streets and enter the building, but instead of playing, they go to work in a factory called Jinhui Garment.The garment factory is located on the top three floors of the building, that is, the fifth, sixth and seventh floors, which are the site of the garment factory.Today is the British Dynasty's Daughter's Day, and it is also the day when many factories pay salaries, and many girls who have been tired for a week have changed their work clothes, put on their beautiful clothes, and queued up to receive their salaries, and they talk to each other, planning where to go after receiving the money.Most of these girls are Sinicized orchids, but they all speak fluent Chinese, and in the British household registration records, they are all daughters of the Han family, so they are talking more about how to spend this Daughter's Day, and many people even plan to make an appointment with their sweetheart for a romantic date.While the girls were chattering, no one noticed that a catastrophe was coming, and there were many large wooden cutting tables in the workshop on the fifth floor, with cloth piled up on the table, and rag heads everywhere on the floor.With the flammable materials all over the floor, the fire spread rapidly, and the flames jumped from one table to another, quickly engulfing the fifth floor, and then to the sixth and seventh floors.Smoke filled the air, and hundreds of female workers ran in terror in the choking smoke and fire, crying, screaming, and breaking glass.A group of female workers managed to escape to a fire escape, trying to escape through it.However, the escape ladder, which had fallen into disrepair, was badly rusted, and under the weight of the girls, the fire ladder broke violently, and the female workers screamed and fell from the tall buildings.The people below the building looked desperately at the burning floor, unable to help.Suddenly, the faces of several girls appeared on the window with thick smoke billowing out.They climbed up the windowsill and stood on the high windowsill, hellish fire behind them, tongues of fire closing in on them, licking their hair and dresses.In the thick smoke, people could not see their faces clearly, nor could they see the desperate expressions on their faces.However, the raging flames have etched their figures into British history.Under the gaze of countless pairs of anxious, painful, and desperate eyes, the girls jumped from the tall buildings and fell to the hard sidewalk, like firebirds, with flames on their skirts, and their limbs stretched out like rag dolls falling from the sky, blood gushing out of their broken bodies.Then, another female worker jumped from the stairs, blood splattered everywhere.Again, another......
Downstairs, people spread out sheets, blankets, and quilts in an attempt to catch the women workers who had jumped down.However, the quilt blanket could not withstand the impact, and the body that jumped from the tall building fell through the blanket and fell heavily on the sidewalk.The corpses of young girls were scattered on the ground, and blood stained the streets.The water from the hose sprayed into the fire, fell from the air to the ground, and the blood on the ground flowed into the sewers....... and the blood of the girls flowed in the streets, their twisted bodies lying on the streets of the Broken Leaf Industrial Zone.At the same time, the fashionable and beautiful gorgeous dresses they made were hung in the fashion stores of the same city, showing their beauty to the world.And the tragic reality behind the beauty needs to be shown by their young lives.The fire tragedy at the Jinhui Garment Factory immediately alarmed Li Lu, and after he learned of the accident in the industrial zone, he immediately ordered the fire brigade to fight the fire and save people as much as possible.On the other hand, he ordered the relevant departments, especially the fire department, to check their own loopholes, why the fire protection work was not done properly, and why such a safety accident occurred.The policeman who was ordered to go to investigate was puzzled, "No, even if the factory is on fire, you can run the stairs to escape, why do the little ladies take the risk of jumping off the building?"
”As soon as they investigated, they discovered an astonishing fact, that is, the factory owner of Jinhui Garment named Lin Jinhui actually wanted to let the female workers work more, and he suspected the female workers of stealing his ready-made clothes, so he only left a small exit, and only one person could pass at a time, and he also had to search his body.With such a small exit, there are hundreds of female workers in the garment factory, so when the fire broke out, the female workers were crowded together, and they couldn't get out at all.What made the police angry was that when the police asked him, Lin Jinhui also said vigorously, "These girls are slow to work, and they still have unclean hands and feet, if I don't use some means, how can I make money?"
”His words aroused public outrage, and Zhao Mingsen, the policeman in charge of the investigation, directly picked up Lin Jinhui and threw him downstairs, "Lin Jinhui, look at it, look at it, there are corpses all over the street; There are a mountain of corpses in the building, and this fire has lost one hundred and seventy lives, and at least one hundred and fifteen of them are young ladies, so you don't feel guilty at all??
”What disappointed people was that this Lin Jinhui not only did not express guilt, but sat on the ground in pain, but he was not crying about the young lives that had passed, he was crying that his factory was turned into ashes, and his wealth was burned to ashes.On the other side, the relevant departments are also reporting to Li Lu the specific situation of the fire in the Jinhui Garment Factory, "Your Majesty, this fire has killed at least 170 people, and there are at least 150 little ladies here, all of whom were burned to death or jumped off the building to their deaths.....
Zhao Mingchun, who was in charge of the investigation, said."
Have you found out who these people are?"
When Li Lu heard that so many people had died, he chuckled in his heart, and said in his heart that the side effects of Lao Tzu's development of capitalism were coming."
Your Majesty, most of the victims who are lying in the corpse room and are identified by a tooth or a burnt shoe, are fifteen to twenty years old, but they have obtained the roster of the Jinhui Garment Factory, and it can be seen from the roster that these little ladies are all daughters of the Han family......"
Zhao Mingchun obviously suppressed his anger, "In addition, the reason why such serious casualties were caused was greatly related to Lin Jinhui, the owner of the garment factory, if he hadn't blocked the fire escape without permission......
Just when Li Lu wanted to say something, A guard ran in and said, "Your Majesty, that Lin Jinhui was trampled to death by the people.....
Li Lu listened to Zhao Mingchun's report just now, and secretly said in his heart that it was his own fault, that he single-handedly released the man-eating demon of sweatshops, and he only cared about developing the economy, but the relevant laws did not keep up, and then this made Li Lu realize that no matter whether it is China or the West, capital is to eat people.Thinking of this, Li Lu said coldly, "After the death of so many children of the Han family, he Lin Jinhui still does not repent, he deserves to be beaten to death..... the people are beaten well....."
Li Lu immediately put on the hat of righteousness and courage to the people."
Your Majesty, in addition, according to our investigation, just a few months ago, the fire brigade was about to update the fire fighting facilities of Broken Leaves, but was stopped by the detachment leader Tao Nande, and there is credible evidence that he accepted bribes from many factory owners....."
Investigate, investigate, no matter who it is, as long as it is involved, it will be executed....."
After dying so many of his own imperial cornerstones, especially when the fire still happened on Daughter's Day, Li Lu couldn't help but be angry.In the aftermath of a fire, the Imperial Government set up a "Committee for the Improvement of Workplace Safety" with several department members, on the orders of Li Lu.In its first year, the Commission inspected more than 2,000 workplaces and heard testimonies from thousands of individuals.The first four-year term of this committee was what came to be known as the "golden age of factory legislation."
It was during this period that the Labour Code of the British Empire was passed.The Jinhui fire tragedy later became the basis for legislation.The Labour Law of the British Empire stipulates that fire prevention training must be conducted in the workplace every three months.At the same time, fire regulations were promulgated to provide for the installation of fire sprinkler systems on floors with more than 200 workers on five floors or more.In any workplace with more than two floors and more than 25 employees, an alarm system must be installed.Li Lu can't stop the existence of sweatshops, he can only try his best to improve the situation of workers, which is also a helpless thing, after all, capital is a thing that comes to the world to eat people.