Chapter 340: I’ll be a mess (9)
Where there is light, there is always shadow, just as there are those who do not benefit from the laws, even if they exist.
For Matteo, who worked in a factory in Florence, Toscana Empire, the light of the labor laws never reached him.
“Damn it! You’re as slow as a slug! Do you think you can finish everything before the deadline at this rate?”
The supervisor whipped through the air.
The whip’s crack, surpassing the speed of sound, hit Matteo and the other workers’ ears with a loud “bang, bang.”
Now, as they were barely moving, the whip wouldn’t land on Matteo’s back.
But the moment they slackened off even a little, the whip would strike them hard.
Matteo, who worked over 13 hours a day—no, often more than 15—was exhausted, his body on the brink of collapse. It would be normal for him to yearn for a short break, but...
He had no choice but to push himself to the limit to avoid the whip.
‘If I don’t work myself to death, I’ll end up bruised by the whip...’
That day, the supervisor, in a bad mood, called over a worker standing next to Matteo.
“Andrea! You slow bastard!”