Section 46 Final Interlude

It was on this overgrown training ground that all the crossing people gathered and convened the first plenary meeting.

Although many of the things had been worked out months earlier, there were still unresolved and controversial issues on some key issues. The Committee decided to codify all these issues by ballot before the crossing began, as a guiding framework for future action. This was later known as the "Training Ground Conference".

After discussion and revision, several important plans have been recognized by everyone, although there is a slight opposition, but not too many people support it.

First of all, the conference made a series of definitions for various terms:

Traversals/Traversers: All inhabitants of the plane who participated in this space-time migration. Regardless of gender, age, occupation, ethnicity.

Natives: All the natives of the 17th century plane. Regardless of gender, age, occupation, ethnicity, nationality.

Because there is no practical experience in how the government should operate, the whole system is guided by simplicity and clarity, and does not dwell on too many technical jargon. The meeting decided:

The supreme authority of the future Traveler Government is the General Assembly of the Travelers (Traveler's Assembly).

The General Assembly has the power to elect, reorganize the Executive Committee, formulate laws and policies, and decide on important internal and external affairs. Under normal circumstances, it will be convened once a month, and when there is a major emergency, it can be convened by more than three members of the Executive Committee or more than one-third of the travelers. Except in exceptional circumstances, more than 90% of the participants must attend the conference.

All travelers who have reached the age of 18 will automatically become members of the crossing meeting. They have the right to elect and be elected as members of the Executive Committee. The number of members of the Assembly may not be increased or decreased, and the seat of the traveler may be inherited by one of his designated children at the time of his retirement.

The Executive Committee of the Crossing Administration (Executive Committee) is the permanent administrative body of the Crossing Authority, which has the power to prescribe administrative measures, formulate administrative regulations, and issue decisions and orders; Submit a motion to the General Assembly; Responsible for all administrative matters.

Its members are composed of the heads and deputy heads of various administrative and professional departments under the Executive Committee.

1. Committee of Industry, Communications, Energy and Transportation (Ministry of Industry)

2. Committee of Agriculture (Ministry of Agriculture)

3. Foreign Affairs and Commerce Committee (Ministry of Commerce)

4. Military Commission (Military Department)

5. Internal Affairs Committee (Ministry of the Interior)

6. Jihua Committee (Planning Commission)

Under each committee, each professional group is set up, and considering the limited number of professionals, the actual use of personnel and materials is still unified in the committee.

Among them, the task of the newly established Jihua Committee is to manage the collection, safekeeping, auditing, and distribution of various resources; Assess the use of resources; Responsible for collecting the implementation of various construction policies.

In addition to the ministries, the Executive Committee is directly under the jurisdiction of:

General Affairs Group: responsible for copywriting and file collection and arrangement, and coordinating the work of the committee.

IT Group: Responsible for the operation of all computer systems.

Intelligence and Information Unit: Manage and control all information materials brought by the traverser

Policy Advisory Group: Provides policy advice to the General Assembly and the Executive Committee.

The leader of the directly governed group is also a member of the Executive Committee.

There are many different opinions on the setting of departments. The focus is mainly on whether the power of the Planning Commission is too great and who will supervise the possible emergence of the Executive Committee's operation. Therefore, among the three full-time executive members, in addition to the chairman of the executive committee and the secretary-general of the executive committee, there is also a supervisory committee.

In this way, there are 19 members of the entire Executive Committee. The Executive Committee must obtain the approval of a majority of the Plenary in order to be effective when deciding on major matters. The term of office is 4 years. If a minister, etc., relinquishes his or her seat before the expiration of his or her term of service, his or her department will hold a joint meeting to elect a person to replace him or her until the end of his term of office or the next election. If the department is unable to meet to decide, the Executive Committee may nominate or designate a person to exercise its powers until a general meeting of the General Assembly is convened to elect a new officer. The meeting is held twice a week and can be moved at any time in case of emergency.

The Travelers then voted to approve the Executive Committee's Proposal No. 1: Authorizing a temporary state of emergency in the early stages of the Crossing period, during which the Executive Committee would be solely responsible for all matters except the declaration of war, the conclusion of treaties, and major personnel reshuffles. The Executive Committee shall have the right to implement any policy and action that it deems beneficial to all Traversers. The state of emergency shall be extended for a period of six months from the date of D, after which it shall be extended by the General Assembly.

Until the General Assembly deems it necessary to make changes to the welfare policy for the travelers, the travelers will enjoy the supply of the necessities of life: food, clothing, and medical care. No payment is required.

The distribution of benefits is in the form of dividends in the shareholding system.

The crossing carries equipment into two parts: personal and public.

The ownership and use of a personal portion, such as someone's moonshine, is entirely owned by the individual.

The public portion is made up of items and cash (or items requisitioned by the Committee that were originally privately owned) that are turned over to the organization, and the distribution and use of the items is entirely at the discretion of the organization. The accountant and asset liquidator will conduct a comprehensive liquidation according to the value before the crossing and the use value after the crossing, and then convert it into the hands of each member of the stock distribution committee who only has the right to dividends.

Each Trader, with or without financial investment, receives unconditionally 100,000 original dividend shares worth – children are no exception – in order to provide a minimum guarantee for the Traversal with limited economic conditions.

The unit of stock is bonds (the internal accounting currency of the cross-public), and 1 share = 1 bond.

The distribution of benefits is divided into 4 parts:

1. Job salary: Each crossing public receives different salaries according to their work, that is, they are distributed according to work. In principle, the maximum salary for the position shall not exceed twice the minimum.

2. Reward: Those who have made significant contributions to the work of the crossing will be rewarded (in kind or in bookkeeping currency) to stimulate everyone's enthusiasm for work. The reward is one-time and temporary. According to the level of distribution, it is divided into three levels: conference level, department level and group level.

3. Allowance: An additional allowance for workers with special skills, dangerous affairs, and long-term laborers.

4. Dividends: 10% of the total profits of commercial institutions and trophies of military institutions will be withdrawn annually as stock dividends and distributed to each shareholding member.

5. Welfare Foundation: 2% of the total income of the commercial and military trophies of the traversal organization will be withdrawn every year as the special income of the traverser foundation. The proceeds of the foundation will be used to cover the welfare expenses of future travelers and the education of their children.

Stocks only have the right to dividends, which only affects the amount of dividends received. If a general meeting is held, it will still be one person, one vote, not one share.

Half of the shares are given to the person or institution he appoints (an unlimited number) according to his will, and the other half is nationalized. And so on for all stock holders.

All current benefits are distributed in bonds. Individuals cannot increase their holdings of shares unless there are special circumstances.

As for some people who have already asked whether the crossing country can provide multi-child allowances, the Executive Committee's answer is to wait until you have children. The issue of welfare is too complex to allow for much naturalization at the moment.

On the whole, everyone was satisfied with the whole system of government and distribution, and after the meeting everyone received his stock certificates, which had been ordered by the Executive Committee at a large cost at a local printing house, with the feel of banknote paper, blue ink, intricate patterns, and a central motif of a ship riding the wind and waves under the rising sun, with the name, code, and barcode of the holder printed on it - so that it could be reissued in case of loss or damage. The Executive Committee also deliberately issued a plastic waterproof bag with a lanyard for each card.

"200,000 shares, damn, I don't know how many dividends I can share in the future. It's enough to have 4-5 wives, right? ”

"It's not profitable, what is this bonus?" Wu Nanhai stuffed the stock certificate into the waterproof bag, "I hope that after I die, dozens of children will come to fight for the inheritance lawsuit!" He looked proudly at the 21st century sky -- under the 17th-century sky, Wu Nanhai -- and the otaku who graduated from the Agricultural University would satisfy his ambitions.

On the first Saturday just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Guo Yi had just gotten up when his mobile phone rang.

The call came from the section chief:

"Xiao Guo, the crossing company you scouted last time-"

"Yes! I've already turned in the report. ”

"There is a problem with this company, you are limited to 20 minutes to the office." After saying that, the section chief hung up the phone. This made Guo Yi break out in a cold sweat - the word "problem" is not said casually, saying that there is a problem means that there is a big problem.

I arrived at the office within 18 minutes, and in addition to the section chief, a leader of the foreign affairs department of the department of the department brought two foreigners, a man and a woman. The female is blonde and blue-eyed, although the man is a purebred Chinese with black hair and black eyes, with his years of work experience, he knows that this is an ABC. The two foreigners seemed to be athletic, and nine times out of ten they were staff members in the powerful department.

"This is Xue Ziliang, and this is his partner Sarina." "They are field staff members of the USA Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Half a month ago, the bureau issued a notice that a number of Chinese men had arrived in Hawaii with a large number of firearms and ammunition, chartered a 100-ton yacht in the state, and left the port with the purpose of sailing to Vietnam. They suspect that the firearms and ammunition were on board. ”

"Will it enter our waters?"

"Let's put it this way, I think their destination is not Vietnam at all, it is very likely to be Chinese mainland!"

"And they're in a lot of contact with the crossing company you investigated last time!" The section chief added.

Guo Yi's head thumped -- Is this worth smuggling, smuggling weapons and ammunition, or smuggling them from the United States to China? The nature of this case is serious.

The department agreed that the two U.S. agents would accompany the two U.S. agents as observers to assist in the case. Guo Yi returned to his office in a daze with the materials, feeling a bit like drunkenness - both nervous and expectant. This case is a great success.

"Hello, let's get started as soon as possible." A Chinese agent named Xue Ziliang said that the man spoke fluent Mandarin.

In the conference room, Xue Ziliang and his partner introduced some suspicious situations they had detected.

"There were five Chinese men, two Chinese women, one Latino woman, and one Chinese girl on board."

He handed Guo Yi a folder, which contained everyone's photos and personal information.

"According to our investigation, there were two families on board, one of which had children. The Latino woman appears to be the girlfriend of one of the Chinese men. We didn't know very well, though, because we didn't even know what her name was. ”

Guo Yi is a little inexplicable, is there such an arms smuggling combination? It's not uncommon to have women, how can there be children?

Seeing his doubts, Xue Ziliang said:

"We think they may be engaged in some illegal smuggling trade in the name of family sailing." He told Guo Yi that in the past month, the Tobacco, Alcohol and Firearms Bureau has found that these people are buying a large number of firearms and ammunition, mainly SKS semi-automatic rifles, in an alarming amount, far exceeding the needs of normal firearms enthusiasts. Moreover, they already have a large number of private guns themselves, and they have purchased hundreds of weapons, which is rarely done by Chinese Americans -- and their motives are obviously bad. ”

"Then you think it's appropriate for white Americans to behave like this?" Guo Yi has a great disgust with this zuihou sentence, you banana, you don't know what color your skin is!

"No, no, I didn't mean that." Xue Ziliang was a little embarrassed, racial issues have always been a more sensitive topic in the United States, "I mean, this is not quite in line with the behavior and habits of the Chinese ethnic group, and it does not deny that they enjoy the rights granted by the US Constitution......" In order to quickly divert the topic, he hurriedly continued, "There is another person here who has a criminal record." He pointed to a page in the folder, and the Chinese man in the photo had a Chinese character face and a white head, "This person's name is Lin Chuanqing, and he used to be the head of a smuggling syndicate, and he is familiar with the smuggling route from the United States to the South China Sea." With him at the helm, we have to wonder about its true destination! ”

"Are there any other suspicious points other than phone calls that could be linked to the crossing company?"

"We don't know who they're contacting, it's only when we get to your department that we know that the numbers are from the 'crossing company' and the people involved, and we called the country and found out that one of the five men had returned to China seven months ago, and the port of entry was Guangzhou. Here's his material. ”

Guo Yi glanced at it, Shi Yuanren, this name is weird, it depends on the profession of doctor. It's still about infectious diseases. How would such a white-faced middle-aged man smuggle arms?

Guo Yi called, checked the information, and asked the General Affairs Department to get some instant coffee on the way-the two Yankees had no intention of resting at all, and it looked like they were going to do a big job.

Guo Yi was shocked by the result of calling the local department: the crossing company quit the lease half a month ago! The base is now empty, and there is no one except for two old janitors who know nothing.

Where to go? After a frenzy of phone calls, I finally learned from the highway administration. Passing through the company's name, a number of cars went to a certain county on the Leizhou Peninsula through the highway - this county, there is a port!

Port? Is it the place of pick-up? Then there must be a ship! Guo Yi's train of thought turned here, and suddenly he remembered that day he had explored the training base alone: the base had a harbor, and there were small boats in the harbor......

He immediately started making calls.