"Are you any party partisan?", and after the auction phase, the people moved to the backyard of the Grand Theater, where long tables were filled with cold dishes, and more than a dozen chefs in top hats and white clothes stood by the fire to cook dishes for the guests. As soon as Durin took a sip of a glass of fruit wine, he heard someone behind him ask him this question, and he immediately turned around, and after greeting with a smile, he shrugged his shoulders.

"Sorry, I'm not a member of any party, although I do want to. He laughed self-deprecatingly, raised his hand slightly and raised his glass to touch the wine glass with the guy in front of him, and took a sip of fruit wine, the sweet and greasy taste is difficult to hide the sourness of the fruit during the fermentation process, even if it is quite expensive high-end fruit wine, it still can't avoid this problem well, compared to his own snow elf, this wine is simply terrible.

The two lowered their arms, and Durin continued: "As we all know, I am only a farmer, and I cannot represent certain people or a certain class, so I am afraid that in my current situation, I am afraid that I will not be up to the standard for the time being. This is not that Duhring deliberately said nonsense out of modesty, whether it is the old party that has been slandered and vilified by the people, or the new party that has reformed political malpractices, in fact, power has never fallen from the hands of the "noble".

People only saw that the "new party" overthrew the decadent feudal imperial dynasty, but they did not see the identity of the first batch of new parties. They are either generals of the army, celebrities with great prestige in society, some top tycoons, and new capitalists, and even some "enlightened" aristocrats. Therefore, the political power has never flowed from the hands of the aristocracy to the hands of the commoners, and if we use a more popular term, it is that the power has only been transferred from the hands of the old aristocracy to the hands of the new aristocracy.

So in essence, it is still the aristocracy that rules the country, and as a farmer like Durin, he is not qualified to join any party, not even the new party will want him.

The visitor lowered his head and laughed, he liked what Durin said, not because Durin was funny, but because he heard Durin clearly aware of his identity.

A farmer is a farmer, and no matter how much wealth he has, he cannot become a nobleman until he is licensed.

He kicked the turf on the ground and laughed, "You are too modest, modesty is a virtue, but it can also be a hypocrisy." Saying that, he stopped talking, Du Lin did not speak, and after a while he looked at Du Lin and said very formally: "If I invite you to join the Glory Party of the Holy Empire now, would you be willing?"

The Glory Party is the name of the old party, because most of the core figures and middle and high-level figures of the old party are the old nobles of the empire, large and small, who believe that the glory of the empire now only exists on them, they are the future of the empire, and the country depends on them to control after all. However, many commoners do not have this idea, in the eyes of ordinary people, this group of nobles is the cancer of the empire, so people "affectionately" call the members of the old party "rotten corpses", and call the Glory Party "rotten mud". Of course, this is what most people think in their minds, and when they say it, they still refer to it as the "old party".

Inviting Durin to join the old party was not a hasty decision, Durin's moonshine business is now doing well, and it can be seen from the fact that he was able to spend a lot of money tonight to win the favor of the big guys, this guy is not short of money. And this just fills the gap left by Wood's death, and may even surpass Wood's contribution in terms of "donations", which is very tempting for the big names in the city.

Yes, in a way, the old party is a rotten stone that blocks the pace of imperial innovation, but in the area controlled by the old party, people do not live in water and fire. This group of nobles is actually very good at currying favor with the citizens under their rule, and this is also the experience and knowledge that the nobles have passed down through generations. In the past feudal imperial era, if a nobleman was not good enough for the people in the territory, these people would secretly migrate, so if they wanted their territory to be rich and have strong vitality, then they should let the people in the territory feel the "care" from the nobles.

At a deeper level, it is not the city authorities that really affect people's lives, but the emerging capital forces. They control the seller's market through joint and monopolistic means to complete the initial accumulation of capital, and control the economic system of a city through "jobs and salaries". Then they sucked the blood of the lamb-like civilians through oppression and exploitation, which led to a series of social problems. A well-known socialite once asked the question of why the harder people work, the poorer they become.

This question sparked a brief social buzz, and then people reverted to the heavy work and had no other mind to think about how to solve it.

The celebrity soon disappeared as well, with some saying that he went crazy after asking a problem that he couldn't even solve on his own, and others saying that he was silenced.

So are the capitalists friends of those in power?

Apparently not, the rulers want the currency to circulate quickly in all directions, which will bring huge tax revenues and give them enough funds to carry out their political ideas. However, the capitalists accumulated a large amount of money through means such as price gouging and exploitation, resulting in the non-circulation of money. It cannot circulate quickly, and naturally it will not be able to generate enough tax revenue for a long time, but the existence of capitalists is indispensable in this world.

Compared with the new party, which laid down all kinds of rules of the game for the capitalists to constrain the development of the capitalists, the methods of the old party were much simpler. Since the capitalists rely on exploitation to suck blood and strengthen themselves, it is better for the old party to become the "capitalists" of the capitalists, and they have formulated a new class blood-sucking law, which extracts the accumulated wealth of the capitalists in the form of "donations" and uses it for the development and expansion of the cities themselves.

Simple and crude methods are sometimes more enforceable and enforceable than complex operating rules, but the after-effects are far greater than the latter, and the capitalists can only regain their blood through exploitation, which becomes an endless cycle. The harder the work, the poorer the working people will be, the poorer the people will be, the richer the capitalists will be, the richer the capitalists will be, and the more ruthless the old party will be in cutting the wool of the capitalist forces, forcing the capitalists to squeeze the labor force of the common people even more desperately.

For the rulers of Turner City, who enforce the law of brutal class bloodsucking, Durin has already met the rules of being bloodsucked by them, so it is inevitable to invite him to join this game of eternal reincarnation.

Without thinking too long, Durin agreed to the visitor's request, and he did not even know who this visitor was and who it was, but this did not prevent him from accepting the "goodwill" from the old party.

The visitor was very satisfied with Durin's reaction, he raised his glass and touched Durin, raised his head and drank it all, "It's a great pleasure to talk to you, tomorrow you can go to the 'Political Groups Administration' at the City Hall to apply for a party affiliation." The power of the De Lanor Act continues to this day, and it is the highest achievement that all politicians and politicians with political ambitions strive for.

They hope to influence and even change the world through themselves, and let some of their words and opinions become the norms of this world.

Durin nodded vigorously, "I see, I'll go tomorrow." ”

The visitor patted Durin on the shoulder, nodded and turned away, pausing slightly as he had walked four or five steps, "By the way, you can call me Polo!"

Not long after the somewhat mysterious Mr. Polo left, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes like an elite appeared in front of him, this middle-aged man had a very trusting appearance, thick eyebrows and a slightly angular square face, always exuding the great power of the aura of trust.

"Hello, Mr. Doolin, I am the president of the Turney City Workers' Union, Olevin, and it is a pleasure to meet you here. He took the initiative to stretch out his hand, and Durin was slightly stunned and also stretched out his hand. I have to say that Olevin's hands are thick, strong, and warm. When Olevin held his hand a little harder, Durin couldn't help but feel an inexplicable sense of security in his heart.

"Hello, Mr. O'Levin, even if you don't show up today, I'll be visiting you soon. Olevin withdrew his hand and looked listening, and Durin continued: "Actually, the reason is not so complicated, I am still a member of the workers' union to this day. Maybe I've made some money and don't have to sell my labor to make money, but I don't think that just means I'm not a 'worker' anymore. ”

"So if there are any activities or meetings of the union in the future, you can let people inform me, and I will definitely participate. ...... else", Durin took a folded check from his pocket and put it in Olevin's hand, "This is my donation to the union to thank the union for its help and assistance to me in the past. ”

Olevin glanced down at the check, and immediately showed an extremely friendly smile on his face, the three "zeros" made him very satisfied with Durin, and immediately put the check properly in his underwear pocket, "I am very happy that the union can have such an excellent and outstanding member as you, what you mentioned is the purpose and value of our existence, and it is our mission to help every worker in need." Thank you for your understanding and donation, and at the regular meeting the day after tomorrow, I will make a proposal to invite you to become an honorary director of the union, what do you think?"