November 15th, mid-month.

　　As the end of the year approaches, the Drake Chamber of Commerce has fully shifted into the Christmas cycle.

　　From the New World to the Indian Ocean, the tension and turmoil before the holiday are everywhere. The original mature fleet was shattered by the holiday schedule, and the navigation accident rate increased by 30%.

　　 Just yesterday, even the Admiral Fran of the second formation directly under the Port Royal received a named reprimand from the Fleet Staff Office. The wording in the text was so strong that the major branches that had already flown under the Christmas tree remained silent.

　　 Lorraine’s son's direct fleet receiving public reprimand is the big news in the Chamber of Commerce’s hot rankings these days.

　　Since that, the second is that this year’s Christmas holiday will be distributed in the form of 15 to 40 days. The specific reference is the job score of each employee, and it is the average score of the previous two years.

　　The third is that the Chamber of Commerce is preparing to start the establishment of the Asian branch after the Christmas holiday. Asset management companies are soliciting volunteers. The selected candidates will receive a preferential treatment of 10% annual salary increase for three years.

　　 And fourth, there was an accident at the Drake General Union in Miami.

On November 7, Buda Payne, the third accountant of the Federation of Trade Unions, reported the six crimes of corruption, abuse of power, and deliberately creating conflicts between employers and labors by Chairman Clark Nurrence. The Asset Management Company of the Federation attached great importance to it. Carmen personally led the investigation. The group blocked the archives of the Federation of Trade Unions on the same day.

　　 The investigation lasted for 4 days. On November 12, a total of 7 people under Clark Nurrence were terminated by Drake. The Miami Sheriff arrested them in the General Chamber of Commerce and transferred them to the Parade Court on the same day.

　　 On November 13, the Federation of Trade Unions launched a special bill. The former vice chairman Jane Emmahi, who received a high evaluation from the investigation, took over as chairman without any dispute and set about forming a new service team of the Federation of Trade Unions.

Father Sandas, the Bishop of Florida, presided over the oath of office of Emma. In the hands of the chairman.

He also delivered a speech, asking the Federation of Trade Unions to clarify their vocations and responsibilities, serve the workers more diligently, rebuild trust, make up for the cracks, and build a good bond between management and labor, instead of becoming a parasite absorbed in the contradictions between labor and management. .

　　 On November 14th, yesterday, the first trial of the high-level corruption case of the Drake Federation of Trade Unions was held in Hekou District No. 1 Trial Chamber. A total of 369 Drake labor representatives attended the hearing. Miami Mayor Di Pujani led the jury.

In the face of sufficient evidence, the former chairman Clark Nurens confessed to allegations that he had embezzled membership dues and activity fees totaling 417 pounds, 13 shillings and 6 pence in a year in 1787, and maliciously incited labor and management to face off in order to concoct false accounts. .

　　 His sentence will be delivered in the second court hearing two weeks later. If there is no accident, he is likely to face more than ten years of forced labor and at least three years of imprisonment.

　　 Lorraine and Carmen are talking about this case. The place is Lorraine’s study, with Wang Ye and Pierce nearby.

　　 "Carmen, the problem of embezzling 400 pounds?"

"It's a fact." Carmen curled his lips disdainfully. "In the beginning, I asked Falamine to intimidate Buda Payne with fake accounts. Because the accounts of the Federation of Trade Unions were scattered and the users of funds generally lacked financial concepts. Even careful accounting cannot avoid uneven borrowing."

　　 "Adjusting the name of loans, selective splitting or merging of loans are routine financial operations, even if these behaviors are expressly prohibited in our financial regulations."

　　 Lorraine rolled his eyes: "That is to say, even if Buda Payne is a perfect man with all his heart, your accusation won't fall through?"

　　 "Yes, the accusation of false accounting is very vague. Even if he has no personal questions, I have a good reason to dismiss him."

　　 "Uh... and then really found out the problem?"

　　Carmen shrugged: "Clark Nurens is an idiot. In order to win over the active activities of various unions, and to set up his plump, unselfish, selfless personalities, he privately set up a special fund for the chairman.

"The entire accounting office is a participant, because the federation's funding is very limited, and his special funds have to be drawn from the contributions of the member unions, that is, the membership fees submitted by the laborers. In 1787 alone, it reached more than 400. pound."

　　 "It seems that he does not regard himself as the savior of the proletarians, I overestimate him..." Lorraine was a little depressed, "Next, what are you going to do about the Federation of Trade Unions?"

　　 "I have officially approved the chairman's activity fund." Carmen smiled charmingly. "The project funding consists of two parts, one is 5% of the member union's contribution, and the other is the special fund of the asset management company, which is 300 pounds per year."

　　 "In this way, the new activity gold item will reach 800 to 1,000 pounds per year, but it is not allowed to carry over, that is, the item is cleared every year, and the balance will not be accumulated in the next financial year."

　　 Lorraine? Raised his eyebrows in a different place: "The previous chairman was in jail for the activity money, but the next chairman will get the official activity money?"

Carmen nodded: "Jean Emmahi is a smart person I personally selected. She knows that her predecessor was abandoned because of a deviation from Li Yang. And I told her more bluntly, Clark. Nurens’ bad luck has nothing to do with money. Her guesses are all correct."

　　 "It seems that our capitalist union is finally on the right track." Lorraine closed the incident report in front of him and looked up at the king who was playing chess with Pierce.

Chess is Chinese chess, a gift from Shi Chaosheng to Lorraine. Pierce stepped on an oblique angle and used his taxi to eat the car that the king hadn’t moved. He was busy complaining about the Qing people’s stinginess, and was unwilling to fight. Encourage farmers.

　　 Lorraine showed an expression of disgust.

　　 "The elite is more important than the number when recruiting soldiers, and the wisdom is more important than strength when selecting generals. This is the truth that the Qing people and the previous Han people have believed in the history of war for thousands of years."

　　He said: "What's more, the scale of the war in the Eastern Kingdom is far more terrifying than you can imagine."

　　 "This chess set is based on a real war during the Eastern Expedition of Alexander the Great. One side of the war is Chu and the other is Han. The two countries lined up across the river, each with a scale of hundreds of thousands of people."

　　 Hum! The **** in Pierce's hand fell on the chessboard.

　　 "How many... hundreds of thousands of people?"

"At least there are 100,000 people in every country. The Eastern Kingdom is different from the West. In order to intimidate the enemy, they tend to exaggerate the size of their army. [Gathering 40,000 soldiers to 100,000] In their view, war is calling for war. It has already started at the time."

　　 Pierce was puzzled: "If the leader of a country lies without scruples, aren't they afraid that they won't be able to go to heaven after death?"

　　 "Catholic pagans can't go to heaven, and don't you think our politicians don't lie? It's all the same. Lies are human instinct, so honesty is education."

　　 Pierce flashed his eyes guiltily, and picked up the **** on the chessboard again.

　　 "An army of 100,000 people, so this engraved round plate represents 20,000 people?"

　　 "You can indeed understand that."

Pierce was excited, and slapped the **** to the side. He took the position of the far away taxi and proudly said to Wang: "Now I have 20,000 farmers in the castle herding sheep and farming. You lose. deal!"

　　 The king also covered his face in pain: "Yes, yes, you sage..."

　　 This chess cannot be played.

　　 Lorraine turned white and the king also glanced at him: "Are you very idle? Isn't the uncle Shi tired of visiting the New World?"

"You won't be bored with shopping." Wang Ye confessed, "The two wanted to visit the shipyard in St. Dynastic. I borrowed the Ye Lai Xiang from Pierce. But who knows that when I came back, it was catching up with the heavy rain, Miss Stone. I was seasick, so the uncle delayed the trip to New York and Boston."

　　 Lorraine flew over and rolled his eyes for the second time: "Miss Stone is not ill, so you still have the leisure to accompany Pierce to mess around?"

　　 Wang also blushed old: "The difference between the subject and the guest..."

　　 "Ordinary guests don't propose to marry their daughter to a tour guide?" Lorraine smiled narrowly, "When did it come? It seems to be the 10th, when you were visiting the pier in Miami Beach."

　　The king was also run at a loss by Lorraine: "Captain...Boss, Uncle Shi just said casually. I'm over 30 this year, and I'm almost 20 years behind Miss Shi, but only 9 years away from the uncle..."

　　 "This doesn't seem to be a problem in the Qing Dynasty." Lorraine thought for a while, "Nor in Europe. I only see you unmarried and she is unmarried, no matter how you look at it, it is a good marriage."

　　 "But Miss Shi is only 12..."

　　 "As long as you can bear it, you can wait until she is 16 years old before taking her virgin virginity."

　　 Lorraine stood up and opened the map board in the study room, revealing Pierce's hand-painted map of Asia.

　　 "Wang Ye, I'll just say it straight." He looked at the picture and said, "Shi Chaosheng came here with his daughter probably for two-handed preparation."

　　 "If our strength is not enough, he and his daughter will die in a foreign land, so that the pirate can officially declare war with us. If our strength meets his requirements, we will marry Shi Xianggu and create a marriage."

"His earliest goal should be me or Pierce~lightnovelpub.net~ It depends on my opinion, whether he is satisfied with Shi Xianggu, whether he is willing to become the partner's son-in-law. But after seeing you, you are obviously more suitable than us. "

"As for you..." Lorraine turned to find Wang Ye. "We have known each other for more than ten years. You have changed from a sailor who wandered around for dozens of golden louis to a capital celebrity with a net worth of tens of thousands of pounds. Why have you not Married? Not only the wife, you don't even have a lover."

　　 "The Qing people value bloodlines and treat European women as heterogeneous, and they don't want to marry and have children. I can understand. But as far as I know, there are more than ten Qing people in Boston who want to marry you."

"The third sister's father is the direct successor of Wing Chun. She taught her daughter well, and the living environment has also been advancing rapidly with the establishment of the labor community. Why did you suddenly send your daughter to you as a child apprentice? It's because of your gossip. Are you dragon?"

　　 "It's okay for you, the third sister came to you, and you turned your disciple into a disciple without staying overnight, and you forced it to be around Pierce. Why?"

Lorraine sighed: "What you want is roots and want to return to the Qing Dynasty, so what you reject is not bloodline at all, but belonging. In that case, why should you not ask Shi Chaosheng to ask for marriage? You stay on Valkyrie, stay In Miami, you can never find a reason to go back to the Qing Dynasty, do you really intend not to marry for the rest of your life?"

　　 The king also spoke up and said, "Captain, I am afraid that we will cooperate with the pirate in the future..."

　　 "Cooperation is cooperation, life is life." Lorraine picked up the teaching stick in the graph slot and clicked on the icon of Star Island, "If you really want to marry Shi Xianggu, I have a little idea about Asia..."