Chapter 325: A Conversation with a Reckless Man
"Who is calling me?" In this high-end residential area, hearing someone shouting about himself, Jonas thought it was Roccodo who came back, after all, the rich people in the city except Rocodo Jonas had an impression, he didn't know anyone else, and it was impossible for others to know his family crest, so he didn't have any defense, so he directly opened the curtain and looked outside, but what he saw was a strange figure. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
"Excuse me, do I know you?"
With his head sticking out of the window, Jonas looked at the man in front of him who was wearing a decent suit, holding a high hat that had just been taken off his head, and he could see that his hair was very long, and he was combed into a ponytail behind him, which was very artistic, and in general, he was a gentlemanly man, looking at him, Jonas always had an indescribable familiarity, but when he thought about it, he couldn't remember who this person's name was, and for a while he was a little unsure whether he had seen him, he stretched out half of his body out of the window, looking at the person who called out his name, Jonas asked politely。
"We met when we were at St. George's Palace, my lord. “
The visitor seemed to have expected that Jonas would not be able to remember himself, and he was not angry, and now when he met Jonas for the first time, he himself felt that it was a world of difference, and Jonas couldn't see it, it was reasonable, if he could see it, maybe the man would be frightened.
The voice sounded a little gentle, but Jonas could still hear it, although this man's voice was very warm, but in the words used when he spoke, it didn't sound like he was born into the upper class, but he was more inclined to the bottom in terms of speaking habits.
"St. George's Palace, are you one of those delegates?"
Can use the bottom of the vocabulary, and also with the people he has seen in St. George's Palace, Jonas's impression, there is only that time for the reward, and then look at the man's current clothes, and those parliamentarians are very similar, Jonas thought about it, there is only this answer, after the man opposite heard it, laughed a few times, and said very heartily:
"Yes, in the Lower Zoe, the current member of parliament, hats off, sir. “
After speaking, Zoe put the hat in his hand on his chest, bowed to Jonas, the action in Jonas's opinion, beyond the expected standard, it seems that he has practiced more than once, hearing the other party's name, the unfamiliar memory in Jonas's mind can't help but float above his brain, looking at the man named Zoe, Jonas opened the car door, walked to the ground, waved his hand, let the cavalry on both sides lift the guard, and asked a little strangely:
"Zoe, is that the docker? I didn't expect you to be like this now, and I wouldn't recognize you if you didn't name me.
The first time the name Zoe appeared in Jonas's memory, it was when the army was outside the city of Genoya, and he heard a young man named Del tell him, and when he first appeared in front of him, Jonas actually had a good impression of the person behind the name, Zoe was a warrior with a pair of sharp eyes and a blood-stained axe in both hands.
Later, in St. George's Palace, Zoe was still wearing very ordinary overalls at that time, which was not much different from the battlefield at that time, that is, there was less blood, more civility and politeness, in addition, he was still a reckless horseman, this is Jonas's original understanding of Zoe, but now he is personable and completely a scholar, and such a change was completed in less than a month.
Jonas also has to sigh that sometimes the transformation of people by power is really more exaggerated than plastic surgery.
"Yes, I am the docker, and I am still a docker, but I don't work on the docks, but in the council, and I work for the treatment of the dockworkers, my lord, as for my changes, haha, thanks to you, my family, including me, is grateful for your gifts. ”
Hearing Zoe's words in Jonas's ears, he couldn't help but want to cheer for Zoe, looking at Zoe's eyes also flashed with an inexplicable light, he really didn't expect that although this person's speech was vulgar, it sounded very frowning, but in every word, it could easily mobilize people's hearts, even a person like him who was not surprised could be driven by his bold words in a few words, this ability is really peculiar.
"You deserve it, Mr. Zoe, without you, Genoya wouldn't have regained its prosperity so quickly, and perhaps the only thing left in the end would be the wreckage all over the ground, and in that respect, I should thank you. ”
Zoe's personality charm made Jonas can't help but turn the plain language into an honorific title when he spoke, and only changed it when he came to his senses, and he had some different thoughts in his heart about this person who only had one side, looking at Zoe, Jonas said some words of praise to others very rarely, listening to Zoe's ears, he didn't get carried away because of Jonas's praise, just smiled slightly, if it weren't for Jonas's careful observation, maybe he couldn't see it, Zoe was laughing just now.
"It's over, sir, just the decision to give power to the people who have always been looked down upon by businessmen, your merits are enough for the people of Renaya to be grateful to a hundred generations, and now there is a delegation of power, all of which is due to you, not me, and I, without your intervention, may still be an embarrassed ronin who is looking for money in the middle of the day and sweeping empty houses in the middle of the night. ”
Zoe's words are very simple, especially the following saying, which makes Jonas laugh, as a nobleman for a long time, the life and language of the commoner class have long been separated from his life, and now after chatting with Zoe, he found that it is really in line with his own pleasure to chat with these commoners.
"Okay, let's stop flattering each other, let me ask you, why are you here, isn't it the day of the executive's question?
has a good impression of people, Jonas naturally has the desire to chat, let the carriage and cavalry look at him from behind, Jonas waved his hand and pointed forward, and Zoe chatted while walking, walking aimlessly towards the front, Zoe on the side followed suit, and did not stop, but quickly answered Jonas's questions.
"My lord, I have just come back from the Parliament, and it is now the time for recess, so I am going to go back and eat something and wait for the second meeting, you know, these meetings are always protracted, and it is the first time that we have such a formal questioning activity, and everyone is nervous, so the energy is consumed quickly, so the afternoon one, we postponed it until 1 o'clock, just to give the councillors and the administrators some rest.
In the morning, an administrator proposed a bill to reduce the wages of dock workers, and I, as a representative of the dock workers, naturally had to come forward to question, please believe me, sir, it was a very high and rotten proposal, he was simply a person who did not understand the working mechanism of the dock at all, and if it was carried out according to that bill, the whole dock would be directly paralyzed, and in order to suppress it, it took more than an hour to debate with the gentleman, and finally came to the conclusion, that is, to discuss it later。 “
When it came to the magistrate's questioning, Zoe seemed to be opened to the conversation, and she didn't go away, standing next to a big tree, and told Jonas about an incident she had encountered this morning, and when she talked about the atmosphere, she also hammered the big tree next to her with her hand, so that the leaves of the autumn tree fell quickly and covered Jonas's head.
Very helpless to remove the fallen leaves from his hair, Jonas can be heard, it turns out that this morning questioned Borobus, the person who made him very dissatisfied, is the person named Zoe in front of him, but looking at his current atmosphere, it is obvious that the image of Borobus is not good in his eyes, so Jonas thought about it, and he didn't pronounce Borobus's name, he didn't come here to listen to nagging.
Besides, there are contradictions between these departments under him, although it is not conducive to efficiency, but for himself, the advantages still outweigh the disadvantages, and taking the initiative to resolve these problems is not what Jonas should do, he only needs to be the lubricant and brake pads before the problem expands, as for them to look at each other unpleasantly, then it is not pleasing to the eye.
But Jonas doesn't speak, it doesn't mean that Zoe doesn't speak, and seeing Jonas is a very rare opportunity for him, not necessarily once a year, plus after becoming a councillor, Zoe has all kinds of things in his heart to find someone to vent, and for the parliamentary system, he also has a lot of words to react to Jonas, and now that Jonas is here, how can Zoe control his mouth.
At this time, he had already been immersed in his own world, as for whether Jonas wanted to continue listening, he didn't care anymore, now he just wanted to tell his opinions and interesting things about the parliamentary system in his heart, and he didn't see Jonas's very embarrassed face on the side at all.
"In addition to the administrator who proposed to reduce the wages of the dock workers, there is also an administrator who has proposed to reduce the cost of entertainment in the town, and to use this part of the money to tidy up the remnants of the dilapidated houses, oh my lord, with all due respect, this is not a good suggestion, and the person who made this suggestion has no people in his head.
What the citizens of Genoya need most now is spiritual comfort, so that they can celebrate their hard-won happy life while God is resting, not a house where they can live in peace, you must know that Genaya's house is enough for these people who do not have a house to live in the homes of those who have died, and the houses of those people are so many that they can be counted, and no matter how poor they are, they can still sleep in the homes of those rich, you say?"
"This, maybe the administrators also have their considerations, Zoe, you are thinking from the standpoint of an individual, and they are from the standpoint of the whole city, one and the same, the way of thinking about the problem will naturally be different, believe me, they are all capable people, otherwise the city would not recover so quickly. “
Zoe's complaints were very harsh in Jonas's ears, and the way Borobus and others dealt with the problem was not their own way of dealing with the problem, just like in Bilro's Farm Bill, he said that if he wanted to reform, he had to reform, and he never thought about whether these people wanted to reform, maybe he did the right thing, but the way he did it without asking was inappropriate, after listening to Zoe's words, he also blushed a little.
'What I want, is not what others want, do not do to others what you would not have to do to yourself?'
However, although reason is in Zoe, Jonas agrees with it in his heart, but as the saying goes, the ass determines the head, although this sentence is very rough, it is indeed such a reason, as the final boss of the administrators, as soon as Jonas speaks, his position is destined to be biased towards Borobus and others, and it is also destined to cause Zoe's dissatisfaction.
"Monsieur Viscount Billrow, although what you say is reasonable, the truth is very different from what you say, you say that they are on the side of the city, but in the eyes of us workers, poor people, and small workshop owners, they are making decisions from the position of their own class.
Their parents, relatives, if you are willing to check, you can clearly find that none of them are not businessmen, every decision they make is to promote business prosperity at the same time, more directly exploit the rights of ordinary people, which is why we, the people at the bottom, love you so much, you give us the right to speak, otherwise, we will eventually become slaves, forever succumbed to the money of those businessmen, and become monsters who can do anything for money. “
Zoe's words were very emotional, which also made Jonas even more ashamed, these people at the bottom had never seen him, but because he gave them the right to participate in politics, he regarded himself as a lifesaver, even if Zoe was a very smart person in his opinion.
How do they know that they have done this only to prevent the administrative power from excessively hurting their own rights, and as for the right to speak to the people, it is only a gift attached to the former project, and they are not as noble as they think.
In the final analysis, he and Borobus and Da Legnan are simply fellow travelers, but they put on a good-looking coat and wear those so-called white gloves when they do bad things. (To be continued.) )