In the early morning, the sound of the drill sounded, and Harder had already led his team of veterans and began to train the employees. Harder was training them exactly according to the German Army's model, and now they were training in the initial training queue and physical fitness, and when Al returned from purchasing the rifle, he was training in firearms.

The exploration drilling team has been disbanded by Guo Yu, taking his own bonus, and going happily, Guo Yu plans not to dig oil in the near future, because two times can be said to be luck, and three times is weird, let others digest it for a while.

Guo Yu lived in his own villa, the villa area is very large, it is a small closed villa manor, separated from the farm worker area by two kilometers, and is protected by a fence, usually guarded by guards day and night.

Now there are only Guo Yu and three women, a few maids and a chef. Guo Yu usually sleeps in Hu Yunyuan's room, and occasionally goes to Lisa's room to harass her, but Nizi is still young, although it can be seen that as long as Guo Yu opens his hand, Xiao Nizi will pounce on herself, but Guo Yu can't be too inhuman, it's about to be the New Year, and when Nizi is one year older, you can start, hahahaha. Someone is evil, he will really make excuses for himself, and the Lunar New Year is less than two months away.

Guo Yu usually punches for a while, and then patrols his territory on horseback to satisfy the sullen heart of his big landlord.

On December 23, 1914, tomorrow is Christmas Eve in the Western calendar, Guo Yu met Wu Dazhu in the "Huafu Manor" in Orange County.

"Dazhu, you've worked hard all the way, are you still safe on the road?" Guo Yu comforted Wu Dazhu and said.

"Master, it's okay on the road, I brought 3,000 people, all of them are young and strong, they have joined the "Huafu Society", and have studied in the "Huafu School" for a period of time, some people are literate themselves, and they learn faster, some people have a poor foundation, but they are also very hard-working, I think the master may be able to use it, so I brought it. The pillar replied.

"You're doing well, how's the family doing?"

"The family is very good, according to your instructions, after I come, the mess at home will be handed over to Chen Yougong to be responsible. You said that you want to develop in a low-key manner, so we usually act very carefully, and we have not done anything that touches the interests of other powerful people, and with your name here, it is quite stable. ”

"How's the development of Huafu Club?"

"We have held branch meetings in the capital and 17 surrounding counties, and there are 32 places to be inspected, and it is estimated that it will be done well in the spring of next year, and it can be opened all over Zhili Province, and the next step is to go out of other provinces. However, after the province is saved, the use of money will increase a lot, and it will be difficult to support the business left by the master. Wu Dazhu said.

"Tell me about the details," Guo Yu asked with some confusion.

"This year, most of North China has been hit by disasters, and many people who can't eat have been displaced, and the Huafutang branch in these 17 counties needs more than 20,000 silver dollars per month, 250,000 silver dollars a year, and when it reaches 49 branches next year, it will need 750,000 silver dollars per month, which has reached the limit of the proportion you set at the beginning, and it will not be enough to hold branches in other provinces."

"Dazhu, you are specifically responsible for this piece, do you have any ideas, how do we operate this matter well?"

"Sir, the standard you set at the beginning was too high, steamed bread and pickle porridge, usually good people eat this, I and Chen Yougong also summed it up at the beginning, but this is a rule set by the master, we dare not change, in fact, as long as people can eat and not starve to death, they are very grateful to the master, there is no need to be too good, and the money saved can help more people, I and Chen Yougong also combined at the beginning, is it to divide the relief into grades, to join the Huafu Association is a first-class member, to work for the Huafu Association, is a second-class member, Those who have specific positions and special talents in Huafu can be admitted to the third-class membership, and those who have special contributions can also be added to the rank. Members can eat steamed bread and pickles, and we give up porridge for ordinary relief workers who do not join the club, and the enthusiasm of the members who are divided into grades is also high, and more people have joined the club. ”

Guo Yu was a little surprised when he heard this, isn't this the membership system, a very good idea, only with the motivation to move forward, people will work hard, and will work hard for the Huafu Association in order to upgrade, and actively forge ahead, this is a good idea.

"Very good, this idea is good, you go back and report to Chen Yougong, just say I agreed, let him find some people, make this idea fine, divide the level, and reach a certain level The family can benefit, and you can also establish a point system, how many points you get for what you have contributed, and how many points you can get when you reach a certain level, and then you can upgrade to a level, and the score will be increased later, and you can't let people be promoted to the senior level." Guo Yu's thinking has been brought to upgrade mode.

"It's still a great master, your idea must let the members take the initiative to do things for the club, that is, desperately have someone to go."

"Okay, the day after tomorrow is Christmas in the United States, you go to see Xiaoni and Erzhu first, they miss you, and the day after tomorrow, we will all have a foreign devil's festival together."

"Master, we brought all the antiques when we came, because we came by chartered boat, so no one else knows, the people who moved the things are our own people, and now they are in the treasury of the manor, do you want to go and see them?"

"Well, I know this, you don't care, I'll go and see for myself, you go" Then Dazhu saluted Guo Yu and walked out of the study, and was taken by the next person to see Erzhu and them.

Wu Erzhu and Xiao Ni had been anxiously waiting for their brother in the living room, and when they saw Wu Dazhu coming out, Xiao Ni screamed in surprise, so she stepped forward and grabbed her brother's hand.

"Okay, okay, what a girl, she's almost the age of getting married, what's the matter, I'm not afraid that the master will say you" Dazhu touched his sister's head dotingly and said.

"The master won't talk about me, the master is good to me, better than the second brother is to me, hum" said and stiffened his cute little nose at Erzhu.

Erzhu smiled awkwardly and said, "Brother, let's go to dinner first," "Yes, brother, let's go to dinner, you tell us about the journey" Then Xiao Ni pulled Wu Dazhu to the restaurant.

Two days later, on Christmas night, in the dining room of Guo Yu's villa, a large table was filled with exquisite Chinese dishes. Although it was Christmas, Guo Yu didn't plan to eat turkey and cake or anything like that. There are three Wu brothers and sisters at the table, Hu Yunyuan, Lisa, Al, Hard, Brown, and Li Meng. There are also a few people who have recently been promoted.

James, Carter, and Jill were the heads of several departments who were nominated by Al when the company was formed, and Guo Yu was promoted after the decision was made. Al is now the company's general manager, and James is responsible for the Department of Agriculture's management of the farm's production; Carter is responsible for the Department of Minerals to manage the petroleum industry; Jill is in charge of the administration department, which is similar to the role of logistics; Brown is in charge of the Department of Education.

Harder and Li Meng were in charge of a separate department, with Harder in charge of the military training of all farm employees and Li Meng in charge of the armed guards.

On Christmas Eve of Huafu Manor, all the high-level people gathered, Guo Yu picked up the red wine glass in his hand and stood up, "In the past year, we have gained a lot, our oil field has produced oil, sold at a large price, our farm has been established, our team has expanded, and now there are 12 people who can do it here, I believe that our team will get bigger and bigger, and each of us will gain more and more." ”

Then everyone raised their glasses and wished for a better next year. Everyone began to enjoy delicious Chinese food happily, and after the meal, Guo Yu also took out a red envelope, saying that it was everyone's bonus, and everyone saw the check that appeared after opening the red envelope, and the numbers on it made everyone smile from ear to ear.

Guo Yu took out three more jewelry boxes and said to Hu Yunyuan, Lisa and Xiaoni, "Beautiful lady, today is Christmas, I want to give my gifts, wishing you more young and beautiful next year." Then each person was given a gift box.

Hu Yunyuan is a thumb-sized pearl necklace and pearl stud earrings, Lisa is a white gold colored diamond necklace, and Xiao Ni is a set of colored diamond brooches and hair accessories.

Hu Yunyuan stepped forward and kissed Guo Yu's face and said thank you, master. Lisa stepped forward and kissed Guo Yu's mouth, and also learned to say thank you, master, and everyone laughed a little.

Xiao Ni stood there a little helpless, not knowing what to do, Guo Yu took the initiative to step forward and gently hugged Xiao Ni, Xiao Ni's face turned red, and then ran upstairs with the gift.

Christmas in 1914 was spent in Orange County, California, USA, and it was New Year's Day, and Guo Yu was going home to see his parents.