The crowd was arguing, and a secretary who had walked through the courtroom walked into the office: "Justice, the committee has come to inform that an extraordinary crossing meeting will be held this afternoon. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

The traversers in the room were all stunned: "I just finished the meeting last night, why did I have a meeting again, and I didn't let people have a good rest." ”

In the afternoon, another impromptu crossing meeting was held, but half of the crossers leaned on their seats and snored.

After the petitioners dispersed in the morning, Lu Tianxiang had another long talk with Chen Mincheng and Zhou Chongde.

Chen Mincheng and Zhou Chongde didn't care about Meng Youcai's affairs at all, and Lu Tianxiang went straight to the point and showdown the requirements negotiated by Yulin Bay to the two of them.

Chen Mincheng agreed to Yulin Bay's request to expand the leased land, and promised to help Yulin Bay coordinate its relationship with the new governor Xie Kui.

Zhou Chongde also agreed to give Jiang Beiming the title of deputy thousand households and Han Wantao a hundred households, but Zhou Chongde asked Han Wantao to go to Yazhou as soon as possible to help him train the army. and also asked that the business done in partnership with Yulin Bay should be done in Yazhou City, not in Yulin Bay, on the grounds that he Zhou Chongde could not read and write, and he could not calculate the accounts, and he could only rest assured under his nose.

After reaching an agreement with Chen Mincheng and Zhou Chongde, Xu Lang and Zhang Guodong found Lu Tianxiang together. Both of them felt that the actions of the Ming Dynasty people today were too strange.

After some detailed discussions, the three of them decided to hold another crossing meeting in the afternoon. Because the three of them knew that although the Ming Dynasty's troubles were solved smoothly, this was unprecedented in the history of Yulin Bay. This incident will definitely bring all kinds of imagination to the travelers of Yulin Bay. If someone grasps Meng Youcai's matter and then involves the Second General Affairs Department, I am afraid that it will have a great impact on the next step of the entire Yulin Bay.

Although Zhang Guodong is not very satisfied with Xu Lang now, in this matter, Xu Lang's performance is more reassuring than Shi Xianyang and Liu Guannan. Therefore, the three of them quickly reached an agreement that the afternoon crossing meeting should try to downplay Meng Youcai's affairs as much as possible, and focus on the work after the expansion of the leased land in Yulin Bay.

Xu Lang once again brought up the matter of establishing the lower house of the Ming Dynasty. Today's performances of Chen Mincheng and Zhou Chongde also made Lu Tianxiang and Zhang Guodong feel a little uneasy. As Xu Lang analyzed, the current form of cooperation is not very strong, and it is easy to have problems without an effective communication channel. Regardless of whether the Ming Dynasty people petitioned and shouted grievances today or not, the establishment of a communication channel now seems to be imminent. The three of them agreed to throw this proposal to the Crossing Assembly first, and see how the Travelers performed.

Xu Lang had mixed feelings in his heart: "How did the democratic politics that I have repeatedly adhered to unconsciously become a secret room politics." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen." Lu Tianxiang said on the rostrum, "They have already agreed to the requests we made to Wang Kezong and Zhou Chongde, and our next work priorities and personnel changes have also been voted on just now." If there is no problem for everyone, we will follow our decision. Next, Xu Lang has another topic to put forward for everyone to discuss. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen." Xu Lang stood up, "This is just my personal idea, and I haven't asked for everyone's opinions yet, so this is not a proposal, just say it and discuss it." If more than 5% of the people agree, I will formally submit the bill to the General Assembly. ”

"I said Xu Lang, why are you so verbose." Luan Xu tried hard to open his eyes that he couldn't open, "If you have any ideas, hurry up, it's been a two-day meeting, and if you don't say anything, I'll fall asleep." ”

"Huh." Xu Lang laughed, "I propose to establish a lower house composed of people from the Ming Dynasty. ”

Almost all of them are sleepy.

"What, what? What is he talking about? ”

"The House of Commons? What the House of Commons? ”

"I seem to have heard the three words of the Ming Dynasty, what did Xu Lang say just now?"

Xu Lang looked at these chaotic traversers with a smile and did not speak again.

"You're talking." The traversers were dissatisfied, "What is the sale, don't say half of it." ”

"I mean, we want to set up a lower house composed of Ming Dynasty people to serve as a communication channel between us and the Ming Dynasty people."

Seeing that the traversers were quiet, Xu Lang continued: "Everyone has seen Chen Mincheng and Zhou Chongde's performance today, although our relationship with them is quite harmonious for now, but once there is any contradiction, they will still fall to the Ming Dynasty. There are reasons for interest, and there are reasons for poor communication. ”

"And." Xu Lang's tone suddenly became serious, "Today, the affairs of the Ming Dynasty caught us off guard, we didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty people would also make trouble, and we chose it when Chen Mincheng and Zhou Chongde came to Yulin Bay." If it weren't for Lu Lao's timely handling and calling Ye Sunquan and Sister-in-law Wu over, I'm afraid the matter would not be so easy to solve. ”

"And how do you want this House of Commons to be set up?" Sun Dalei asked thoughtfully, "Who will they be and how many people will they have?" ”

"This House of Commons should be made up entirely of Ming Dynasty and Westerners." Xu Lang explained, "The number of people, my initial assumption is not more than 100 people, of course, at the beginning, the personnel will be determined by us. For example, Ye Sunquan and Wu Chengzong can be members of this House of Commons with our heart, and Ming officials like Wang Kezong and Zhou Chongde can also send representatives to the House of Commons, and then find a group of people from all walks of life in Yulin Bay. Anyway, there are now several chambers of commerce and guilds in Yulin Bay, which can absorb these people into the lower house. Finally, there are the Westerners, who are now also a big force in Yulin Bay, and with the development of their church, their influence is slowly expanding, so this House of Commons must also have their representatives. We have gathered all these people, so that on the one hand, we can control the House of Commons and let it develop according to our requirements, and on the other hand, we can also grasp the demands and situations of the Ming Dynasty and Westerners in a timely manner. As for whether there will be elections in the future, we will talk about it later. ”

"And what powers will this House of Commons have?" Sun Dalei asked.

"As for the powers of the House of Commons, I have only thought of an approximation." Xu Lang said, "My original intention was to make this House of Commons not only a communication body, but also an institution for the Ming Dynasty people to manage themselves. Therefore, the House of Commons should have some legislative power, and of course they have no power to make important laws. For now, I think they can make rules in certain industries, some things, like minimum wages, maximum working hours. ”

"You're talking about a union, not a House of Commons." Di Chong shouted.

Xu Lang smiled: "Anyway, that's what it means." ”

"Then does this House of Commons have the power to veto the resolutions of the General Assembly or the Committee on the Ming Dynasty?" Shi Xianyang asked, "In modern society, the power of the House of Commons is greater than that of the House of Lords. ”

"What do you want, it's impossible." Xu Lang tilted his head and looked at Shi Xianyang, "At least in our generation, it is impossible, and the interests of the crossing group will always come first." ”

The controversy continued into the evening.

Lu Tianxiang spoke: "It's not early, and everyone is tired after holding meetings for so long. I think so, there is no need to sign Xu Lang's proposal to the House of Commons. Now everyone will raise their hands to vote, and if you agree to vote on the bill, please raise your hand. ”

About 80 people raised their hands.

"The number of people is well over 5%, and it can be voted on as a bill." Lu Tianxiang simply nodded at the number of people who raised their hands, "Xu Lang, you still have to work hard to get this bill out overnight tonight." Let's continue to meet tomorrow morning to vote. Chen Mincheng and Zhou Chongde will return to Yazhou the day after tomorrow, and my opinion is that we will end the vote before they go back, and if it passes, then talk to them first and see what they mean. ”

The meeting was temporarily adjourned. Zhang Guodong and Wang Hua did not go home, but came to the office of the Military Commission.

"Lao Wang, have the people who made trouble today gone to check?" Zhang Guodong asked.

"I've already asked He Jiong to check, there should be news soon."

"As soon as Meng Youcai's case passed, the people of the Ming Dynasty took the opportunity to make trouble. Lao Wang, who do you think will be behind it? ”

"That's not good." Wang Hua habitually pinched his forehead, "Anyone is possible." But Chairman Zhang, what if He Jiong can't find anything, will the troublemakers be arrested or not? ”

"He Jiong shouldn't be able to find anything." Zhang Guodong smiled, "The performance of these people today is too eye-catching, and the people behind them must also know that we will track it down, so it shouldn't be possible to find anything." However, let He Jiong stare at them, this is probably the only way. ”

"Lao Wang." Zhang Guodong shouted, "Don't pin your hopes on those few people, let's reason and see who is most likely to be the person behind it." ”

Wang Hua walked up to Zhang Guodong's desk, picked up a pen and paper, and wrote down a few lines.

"Chairman Zhang." Wang Hua handed the paper with the words written in front of Zhang Guodong, "This is a few people who I think are very likely, let's scrutinize them one by one." ”

Zhang Guodong looked at it for a while, picked up the pen and crossed out a few words: "He Laosan is dead, it will never be him." ”

"Aren't we still sure he's really dead?"

"It's been years." Zhang Guodong said with a smile, "Even if He Laosan didn't die, he would never use this way to retaliate, he didn't have that brain." ”

"Huh." Wang Hua also smiled, "What about Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong?" ”

"These two are crossed out as well." Zhang Guodong said, "Liu Xiang and He Laosan are all the way, people like them really want to retaliate, they will only use the most direct force, and they will never play yin." Besides, now that Liu Xianggui is shrinking in Relansha City, he doesn't have the energy to come to Yulin Bay to make trouble. Zheng Zhilong has no reason to mess up Yulin Bay now, he still urgently needs our artillery and warships, and he will never be able to. ”

"I don't think it's possible for Wang Kezong and Zhou Chongde either." Wang Hua picked up the pen and crossed out the names of these two people by himself, "It's not good for them to mess up Yulin Bay, they still need our silver." ”

"Westerners?" Zhang Guodong hesitated for a while on these three words, but still picked up the pen and crossed it out, "Westerners are not impossible, but there are many Westerners in our Yulin Bay, and if they want to make trouble, they should not instruct the Ming Dynasty people to come out." And they don't have so many fancy intestines, and the people of the Ming Dynasty will not willingly use them as gunmen. ”

"Then there's only one possibility." Wang Hua stared at the only two words left on the paper that had not been crossed out, "Wanzhou." Gu Bin and Cao Hui of Wanzhou. ”

"That's what I thought too." Zhang Guodong agreed with Wang Hua's opinion, "Although Gu Bin and Cao Hui are silent in Wanzhou now, and they seem to be completely defeated by us, dogs that can bite people never bark. I don't think they would be so willing to be caught, and they also have the ability to manipulate the Ming Dynasty. Pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger? Wang Hua, let He Jiong keep an eye on Wanzhou. ”