"Is it more meaningful?" Jiao Ming muttered and repeated in a low voice, looking at this Liu Ba a few points higher. And in the face of such a smart person with a bit of consciousness, it is indeed a waste of time to go around in circles, so he simply asked bluntly and doubted: "Just now you asked about 'long-term development' here, is it a temptation?"

"Yes. Liu Ba nodded, "Miss Binglian is very concerned about this, and tells me to pay more attention to your attitude in this regard." ”

"Is it okay for you to tell the truth like this?" Jiao Ming was surprised. It is reasonable for Binglian to be concerned about her own situation, and it is understandable that she does not ask directly but allows her subordinates to observe from the side, but this kind of task must be handed over to her cronies. But it can be said that he has no loyalty in a few words, and Binglian is not like a guy with such poor vision.

"The Young Lord of the Ice Lotus and the Lord have been kind to me, and it is really difficult for the little one to be sandwiched between the two of you. Therefore, after the little one and the young lord of the Ice Lotus made it clear, he was allowed to tell the truth, if you asked, you could tell the truth. Liu Ba's face was sincere.

"What kindness do I have with you? I am glad that you do not hold a grudge against me. Jiao Ming smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying this, but he was moved by three points in his heart, but he doubted it in an instant, this kind of low-level old fritter who is accustomed to human accidents and has tasted cold and warm sorrows, is this from the bottom of his heart or is it a curve loyalty?

Stared at the other party's expression for a moment, but he couldn't see anything, Jiao Ming shook his head slightly and let go of this matter, no matter what the situation is, there is no need to delve into it, this is just a simple money employment relationship, and it is self-inflicted to think too much.

Liu Ba's expression remained unchanged, and he slowly talked about two past events. First, when I competed for a position with a colleague with a big family background last year, I almost died inexplicably. Ice Lotus hurriedly came to save her with water magic and took the opportunity to make a big move, which could be regarded as stopping this bad trend. Second, not long ago, during the crackdown, he was reported for taking bribes, and a large amount of property was indeed found in his home. As a result, after Binglian confirmed his innocence by dreaming, he vouched for him as a young lord, which saved him from the death penalty.

In the end, Liu Ba said slowly: "...... When I was packing, I figured it out. This time I came here, and it also meant to preserve. I, an ordinary person who doesn't know magic, have achieved such results, but they have stood in the way of many people. ”

Jiao Ming was stunned, and had some guesses in his heart, after all, he had seen and heard some default rules in the past few years. Most commonly, if the main branch of the magic family does not have a child with magical talents, the main branch and the side branch must be translocated. If there is no magical talent among the entire bloodline, it is common for the upper level of magic nobles to cancel the title and fief of this nobleman, which is like cutting the feudal domain, and will not be criticized by others at all.

Then thinking about it the other way around, you can also understand that it is extremely difficult for ordinary people to obtain a knighthood, and no matter how great the merit is, Dingtian is a big steward. It was Jiao Ming who asked in surprise: "Your merit can't be knighted, right?"

"How could it be. Liu Ba shook his head and began to explain. However, it was a new rule issued by the young lord in the summer, and the crocodile lord tried a bureaucratic system in Changteng Town in addition to the noble title system, and the noble title is not necessarily related to the bureaucratic title. According to this new set of rules, Liu Ba is enough to become the head of ten residential districts, and the number of people under his management is already equal to that of the more dilapidated counties, of course, ignoring the difference between 'residents' and 'lords'.

But this is enough to make some old antiques feel uncomfortable, and an ordinary person with a lot of credit and controversy in the 'enshrined bureaucracy' is stuck in front, and the mood of the people behind can be imagined: the official title is eager and unwilling, and the official title is worried about being gossiped about, and it is really tangled.

"To be honest, in my opinion, such an achievement is more difficult than being promoted to the Six Rings and winning the battle. Jiao Ming gave a thumbs up. Although the crocodile collar is equivalent to the expansion and development period of an enterprise, and the upward channel is relatively spacious and smooth, the grassroots work is to coordinate the relationship between all parties, and without considering the case of corruption and perversion of the law, it is to constantly wipe the butt and carry the black pot, and can do a good job This EQ is absolutely more than 90%.

However, it is only a compliment to say that it is more difficult than 'to achieve war exploits'. The two are fundamentally two levels of matter, and there is no way to compare. Those who are tactful may not dare to charge against a lot of damage magic, and those who dare to risk their lives to kill their enemies will most likely make a mess of those complicated 'twists and turns'.

Liu Ba just politely bent the corners of his mouth, and did not continue to talk about this topic, "If the adults have nothing else to ask, the little ones will be busy." ”

"Then you go. Jiao Ming nodded, waited for Liu Ba to take two steps, and then explained: "By the way, draw up a timetable for the number of ordinary people that can be employed, this fart barony only has three thousand people, and it can't do big things." So I'm going to ask someone to recruit the population, but there are some inaccuracies in the progress, and it's troublesome if there is more. ”

"The little one commanded. Liu Ba turned around and saluted, and then paused as if hesitating, but still asked: "The little one has something unclear, if the adult can tell the reason, the little one is grateful." ”

You ask. Jiao Ming raised his eyebrows.

"Why do you care so much about ordinary people who don't know magic? Three years ago, you took us to raise chickens, or you can build a bungalow here. ”

"What do you think?" Jiao Ming asked rhetorically, the other party's calm expression undoubtedly showed that he had also thought about the answer, and even gained something.

"I think it's interests. Liu Ba really didn't say nice and funny 'child's words', but he still frowned and said: "It's just that the small ones are calculated, but they still don't understand." The time and energy you and the Young Lord spend on us ordinary people can be more profitable if they are put into other areas, such as magic factories or magic research institutes. ”

Jiao Ming smiled, "If the time scale for calculating income is extended, the scope scale will be expanded. You will find that the final benefits of the two methods are several orders of magnitude different. ”

"I hope so. ”

"It must be so!"

......

In the following days, all the work on the construction in the territory was handed over to people who were more 'professional' than themselves, and the normal personality Jiao Ming relaxed again, usually as long as he signed and inspected the progress, of course, the transmission work at night still did not stop, although the income of two or three hundred copper coins per day was considerable, but if it was invested in the construction of the territory, the splash would not be half.

As for the other two personalities, the silent personality is still closed as if it does not exist, but the madman personality comes out in the middle of the night, sleeps in the afternoon, wanders around and has nothing to do, but only 'spars' with Ms. Chunyu a few times, and it is okay to break her arms and legs. The normal personality Jiao Ming once asked him out of boredom why he didn't continue to do magic experiments, but learned that he had received a warning from the silent personality, and the consequences of continuing to split soul fragments were unpredictable, so he was preparing more subtle and effective experiments for future implementation.

While there is no progress in the two rewards of anti-seepage additives reverse and 'piling foundation', two good news slightly alleviate the anxious and depressed mood of normal people.

First of all, the four vines combined teleportation array in charge of Zhuo Shan, many poultry died tragically in the space channel, but there was no loss of the situation, while improving the food and proving that the design drawings have no errors in the general direction, it is a trial operation There is a lot of progress, and the achievement of the design goal is just around the corner.

Secondly, Lady Yisi took dozens of low-ring magicians of the fourth series and ordinary laborers who demanded a certain amount of money, and came to the barony by boat, and went up the river to the side of the river beach factory site, which was both a gift and a voyage. The hull of the ship where the eight-ring earth magician sits and wraps it in earth condensate is completely ignored by small scratches, and can be quickly repaired even if it hits the rocks.

But when Ms. Eth saw this busy scene, she was surprised. It's not because of the large number of people in the scene, after all, they are side branches of the royal family, and they still have vision. But because the red brick bungalows built were too frustrated, and they were completely for ordinary people, there was nothing expected to be tall.

"What are you doing here?"

"As you say, build a territory. Jiao Ming, who accompanied him, shrugged his shoulders, and then smiled and teased: "And you, who just got married, set sail, it's not good." ”

"The kid behaved well at night, but was too naïve during the day to talk together. Miss Eth explained for a moment, then pulled the subject back, "You'd better explain it to me, and it won't be long before a few reform-inclined families will send the Middle-Ring magicians." I didn't bring in people until I said it was a big deal, and I can't explain this kind of scene. ”

"In the entrepreneurial stage, it is simple because of ugliness, so let's understand it. Jiao Ming beckoned to Liu Ba, who received the news and came to lead the person, seeing that Ms. Yisi did not let go of the matter, she had to sort out her thoughts to explain, and the opening was a question: "Do you think that if I test that industrial plan on a small scale in the territory, it will be recognized and implemented in the entire territory?"

"Isn't that so?" asked Ms. Eth rhetorically.

"That set of industrial production plan is not complicated, a few nine rings or even above the nine rings can roughly distinguish the advantages and disadvantages as long as you look at it. The reason why we are stuck here for so long must be a huge obstacle or difficulty that you and I don't understand. What do you think?" Jiao Ming said smoothly at this time, but it was the reverse effect, when he changed the plan at the beginning, it was purely unbearable and merciful to the people, and he thought about it for a long time before he thought of this statement.

"This ......"

"Don't think much about what the problem is, we may not be able to solve the things that the king and many powerful people can't handle. Jiao Ming smiled slightly, knowing that the persuasion plan was half successful, "But don't be discouraged, all we can do is to further increase the benefits of the industrial large-scale production plan, as long as the bait is big enough, there will always be a fish to take the bait." ”

Ms. Yi Si pondered for a moment, first handed over the person she brought to Liu Ba and told her clearly, and then said, "Sounds reasonable. But I don't see the relationship between 'adding bait' and this mess. ”

"It's too much of a mess. Jiao Ming laughed disapprovingly and continued to explain: "The so-called interests, the most simple category is wealth, and the essence of wealth is labor. The factories in that industrial plan were the places where labor produced wealth and shared it with magical workers.

But the problem is that the old workshop management experience, or even the more backward way of lords managing the lords, will be a huge waste due to inadaptability. Of course, this is only a temporary small problem, which can be solved by going to Tro to learn from experience or running in for a period of time. But I decided to show a more efficient management approach that would make the upfront benefits of the plant even higher. ”

Jiao Ming paused, and after seeing Ms. Yisi nodding, he waved his hand at the river beach, "Since labor is wealth, then the labor of ordinary people is also wealth, and the collection of taxes on the people undoubtedly proves this." If this management system can effectively collect the wealth produced by ordinary people's labor and apply it to magical workers, it will be needless to say. ”

"It seems...... There is some truth. Miss Eth frowned, not fully comprehending but momentarily speechless to refute.

Jiao Ming hurriedly hit the railway while it was hot: "No matter how much you hear and see, it's better to try it yourself, why not spend a few days participating in it." I happen to have a copy of the latest loom drawings here, so I would like you to construct some parts out of the earth magic concretion and get a taste of the life of a low-ring earth magician. ”

"I only have two days to spare. ”

"Enough. ”

"Then let's talk about the tour group, the airship has not been discussed, and the time has been delayed for too long, how about using your teleportation network?"

"Then I'm afraid that the personnel side will be a little more streamlined, please sift through those relatives who have the idea of traveling. Jiao Ming said helplessly. Speaking of this visiting group, a small number of knowledgeable people are okay, but the group of medium-sized family Bun Lords are quite annoying, they are not interested when they pay for themselves, and they are afraid that they are free and swarming, and the things that were supposed to warn them of the latest changes in the world have turned into begging them.

"I'm afraid it's difficult, those middle-aged women are the most difficult to serve, and if you accidentally say more than half a word, you may not be able to pass it on. Ms. Yisi shook her head, her expression more bitter than Jiao Ming's.

"Then don't blame me for some other little tricks. The corners of his mouth raised an evil smile with a twist of his head, but Jiao Ming remembered the earth's 'free' tourist shopping group, and set up the environment and then pick a few clever people as shopping guides, although it was in a hurry, it should be enough to deal with these aunts.

"What do you want to do? Don't mess around. ”

Jiao Ming thought about it, this Ms. Yisi is also a shrewd person, and she will definitely not be able to hide it afterwards, so it is better to discuss it in advance and share some benefits to make the plan more perfect. After explaining the plan, Ms. Yisi's eyes lit up and she happily discussed how to 'trap' people. The end result is not only the means of payment, but also the 'guaranteed' purchase amount: a family package for each family, including projection equipment, washing machines, shower electric water heaters, new floating chandeliers and other newly launched industrial goods.

The plan has been decided, and the two seem to be smiling like foxes who have stolen chickens, but they immediately turned their faces and did not give an inch in the proportion of account sharing. In the end, Ms. Yi Si even dragged Jiao Ming to the bedroom on the ship for the sake of a profit, which completely made the latter lose her temper, and hurriedly gave up three percentage points and teleported away on the grounds of going to the two places to arrange the store and other matters, which made Yi Sijiao laugh non-stop.