In addition to the party's celebratory cocktail parties, Lu Ming tried his best to push forward all the cocktail parties, banquet invitations, etc., but for almost half a month, he had to deal with this kind of human interaction.

Fortunately, January 1st is the small year according to the tradition of Zhongzhou people, and January 18th is the big year. The New Year is of course the most important festival of the year. It is a happy Spring Festival for the whole family.

From high-ranking officials to peddlers, no matter rich or poor, no matter how high or low they are, during the Spring Festival, they are tired after a year. They take a breath and no longer care about the disturbances outside and reunite with their families. At the same time, the tight clockwork is completely relaxed and then

Cheers to a new beginning.

A few days before the New Year, these social activities suddenly stopped.

…

The Lu Mansion on Hepu Road was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and the owner of the house was promoted to the position of deputy mayor. It was the New Year and double happiness came. Each servant received a generous red envelope of 1,000 yuan. For a while, the mansion was filled with laughter and joy.

Starting at eight o'clock in the evening, Kunlun Channel's Spring Festival Gala was officially launched. It featured various types of programs and a very happy rhythm. Although there were not many celebrities, the ratings of the real-time telephone survey were rising steadily.

There are not many stars because most stars charge very high fees for appearance. But I think next year, the number of stars willing to appear for free will be greatly increased.

The servants' activity room on the first floor of the annex building on the left side of the mansion has a new large TV. In Lu Ming's eyes, it is probably the same size as it was in the previous life. There are singing and dancing on the screen, and the picture is gorgeous.

Except for Uncle Sun and the Nanyang slave gunner who was on duty, all the servants in the mansion were in the activity room. Their special treatment today was that they no longer had to wear the mansion's maid uniforms. Instead, they all put on various beautiful clothes and painted pictures.

Wearing their most beautiful makeup, they happily watch TV programs to celebrate the New Year. They sit neatly in rows. On the long table in front of them, there are candies, exquisite snacks, various nuts, drinks, etc., everything you need.

What made them feel even more honored was that the head of the family, his two concubines and Miss Bisi sat in the front row to celebrate the New Year with them.

Lu Ming originally thought that during the Chinese New Year, these servants could have fun as much as they wanted. He would just come to their residence to take a look and say a few words of concern. But who knew from what Sun Erniang said, whether it was a Tudor slave or a Nanyang slave?

It is an incomparable favor and a great honor to celebrate the New Year with the master of the house. A few of the maids who are bold and high-status have already secretly asked Sun Erniang about the new year.

On that day, will the head of the family summon them to say a few words? The most beautiful Tudra slaves with the name Luo are even looking forward to the New Year's day, being treated like women by the head of the family for a while. They know very well that their status is low.

I usually don’t dare to have any delusions, I just hope that on this New Year’s day, for a few minutes, I can be regarded as a woman by the head of the family, and then my good luck this year will naturally reach the extreme.

When Sun Erniang relayed their extravagant wishes, she only said that according to their custom, celebrating the New Year with the head of the family would be an extremely sacred thing, and it was the most ceremonial and solemn moment they were looking forward to.

Although it is difficult for Lu Ming to understand this kind of thinking, during the Chinese New Year, isn't it the happiest time to have fun freely?

But since this moment was very important to these servants, Lu Ming brought Hanzhu, Pan Mila and Bisi to move the happy time of watching the party to the servants' activity room.

There used to be billiard tables and so on here, but now they have all been moved aside.

However, in a room full of warblers and swallows, there was only one male creature, Lu Ming. Lu Ming couldn't help but smile bitterly among them.

Normally, in Lu Ming's eyes, these servants were just lifeless backgrounds and thoughtless NPCs. They were indeed like robots, serving the master and mistress of the house.

But today there is something different. They all put on their most beautiful clothes, especially several extremely beautiful Tudor slaves, wrapped in the most beautiful gauze skirts, their graceful figures are looming, and they have the custom of wearing navel rings.

The gauze skirt will reveal a snow-white flat belly, several of the most beautiful and voluptuous female slaves, all kinds of

The beautiful navel rings sit side by side, and the visual impact they bring increases exponentially. More importantly, their watery and deep eyes are shining today. If they dare to look at the head of the house, Lu Ming can faintly feel it.

, I felt helpless, feeling like I had become some sort of Tang Monk on New Year’s Day.

"Okay, you guys have fun!" Lu Ming stood up. It felt like it had been more than an hour, which was almost the end. He, Hanzhu, Pan Mila, and he had a lot of private things to say during the Chinese New Year.

As soon as the head of the house stood up to leave, the maids immediately knelt down and blessed the head of the house and his wives in various original languages. After all, the New Year requires a big ceremony, and the kneeling ceremony is the most solemn traditional Central Continent etiquette.

, these maids usually don’t have to kneel down.

In the workplace, the most solemn etiquette among Central Continent people has evolved into a deep bow, which is exactly the same as some countries in the Chinese cultural circle in Lu Ming's previous life. However, it is the fundamental place of the Chinese cultural circle, because the appearance of a great man broke many taboos and created many

Great history has eliminated many inequalities, but inner equality will take longer to evolve.

…

Lu Ming came back to the third floor more than half an hour late because he wanted to bless the girls.

What is more ridiculous is that the New Year blessings that Nanyang slaves need is a slap on their butts. This is obviously a stereotype of the emirate and a violation of female dignity in an extremely patriarchal society.

In comparison, Tundra's slave received his master's blessing by kissing his master's toes, which was originally quite absurd, but compared with the Nanyang slave, it seemed much more civilized.

…

"You two have worked hard this year!" Lying on the soft big bed, on Lu Ming's left side was Hanzhu, who was curled up in his arms like a cat, and on his right side was Pan Mila, who occasionally pushed Lu Ming's hand away.

Bisi's little head was on Lu Ming's head, and her little body was lying on her back. She had played to her heart's content all day, and she had already fallen asleep from exhaustion.

But no matter what, her daughter was lying on the same bed. Pan Mila still couldn't get used to Lu Ming's Lushan claws and would pull him away from time to time. Even though Lu Ming actually just wanted to interlock with her, but she

I still feel that this action is too aggressive, with my daughter on my head, which makes me feel ashamed.

However, it still feels good to lie on the big bed and talk like this, and my heart is filled with infinite tenderness.

"Hanzhu..." Lu Ming wanted to say something, but found that Hanzhu's little nose was slightly open, but she was asleep.

I wanted to ask Hanzhu about some things in Wu'an, but thinking about it, she didn't know much.

Now, the person or force that wants to wipe out the Lu family probably already knows where he is.

But now in Beiguan, I am not afraid of them. No matter how powerful the dragon in the north is, it will have to be contained when it reaches the East China Sea.

I have also gone to the north to contact Jinbao. At the same time, I will investigate the situation of grandpa's business partners and even competitors. However, this kind of hatred may last for a long time, and maybe they are all grandpa's previous generation. In the short term,

We may not be able to find any clues, but this is a start.

"Hiss..." Lu Ming retracted his hand, but Pan Mila pinched his finger gently, "It hurts ten times, it hurts ten times..."

Lu Ming lowered his voice and looked at Pan Mira fiercely.

Pan Mila seemed to be startled, and then remembered this taboo. She quickly took Lu Ming's hand and carefully inspected his pinched fingers.

Lu Ming glanced at her extremely delicate long manicured hands, and his heart suddenly moved. He licked his face, smiled, and whispered: "Mimi, Mimi, do you want to accept the blessing from Nanyang?"

"I don't want to!" Pan Mila knew without thinking that it would not be a good thing.

Lu Ming laughed dryly. Thinking about the scene just now, those little Nanyang slaves were kneeling at his feet with their butts stuck out. They even took off their pants to expose their buttocks. The harder he wanted to beat him, the stronger the blessing would be. He couldn't help but shake his head. This

What's the matter? But if you don't do it yourself, you'll be like your parents if you die one by one. I'm afraid you'll be depressed for a year, and someone might commit suicide.

Speaking of which, the skin of the Nanyang black slaves is still very delicate and even more elastic. They all regard today as the most important day of the year. They are afraid of washing it every day a few days in advance, but they all smell good, but no matter what

I can only do it with my eyes closed and wearing thick cotton gloves.

What if it were Pamela instead?

Lu Ming felt hot in his heart and quickly shook his head, not daring to think about it again, lest he blasphemed the beautiful woman.

"This year, I hope we will get better and better!" Lu Ming gently held Pan Mila's hand, and gradually inserted his fingers into it, and finally the fingers were tightly interlocked. He liked this feeling very much, just like, and this

The women I love are close to each other.

Gently kissing the hair of Hanzhu who was sleeping, "Hanzhu will be happy this year." He took Pan Mila's hand and squeezed it hard, "In the new year, everything goes well for you."

I nudged Bi Si’s little head, “Bisi has become a top student in elementary school, her studies are getting better and better, and she is becoming more and more like a little lady...” After a pause, this blessing seems a bit difficult to realize.

"We will all get better and better..." Pan Mila's waterfall-like blond hair gradually leaned on Lu Ming's shoulder, and she murmured softly.

Lu Ming stopped talking and lay quietly, enjoying the warmth. His heart was full of peace and joy.

…

On the 25th, the annual vacation ends.

Lu Ming came to the city hall. The reforms of the municipal committee allowed the four municipal committee members to dilute the power of the chief committee member. At the same time, the four municipal committee members also had their own separate offices in the city hall.

This morning, Bucklow held its first city council meeting.

When the municipal committee was first elected, the five members met for preliminary contact, and today is a formal meeting.

In fact, from a common sense point of view, to reach this position, it is impossible for them not to be familiar with each other.

However, due to an unexpected combination of circumstances, major changes occurred in the downsizing of personnel, the election of councillors, etc. As a result, the list of the current municipal committee, even before the election, the political groups had no way of predicting the final result.

At the meeting years ago, Lu Ming's deepest impression of Old Bucklo was that he always had a dark face.

But today, the old Bucklow is full of joy and smiles all the time. It seems that he has somewhat eased from the initial extreme shock and disappointment. For politicians, everything must look forward.

The conference room is not big, it can accommodate seven municipal committee members and the auditor general for meetings.

There is no obvious distinction between priority and inferiority in the round conference table. A beautiful flower basket is placed in the hollow position, but the flower basket is very short and the highest position does not exceed the horizontal line of the round table.

Five municipal committee members sat around the table, and next to each person sat his or her daily affairs officer, who also reminded the boss of some matters regarding the meeting minutes.

After all, in Donghai's political system, a businessman may have suddenly become a municipal committee member. In this case, real professional government officials are needed to assist.

In addition, Auditor General Li Shandong regularly attends municipal meetings.

From a certain point of view, the political status of the auditors of various districts and satellite towns in Donghai is similar to that of the chief committee members. Of course, in terms of power, they do not directly face the people. They mainly deal with the municipal committee on matters related to financial budgets, expenditures, etc.

Conduct an audit.

Conventionally, the Auditor General, like the Chief Commissioner, is nominated by the Privy Council and approved by the Parliament.

However, the Auditor General is basically an expert in finance and accounting, and cannot be a member of Parliament himself.

The auditor general of Beiguan, Li Shandong, is a young man in his fifties and very serious.

In actual municipal meetings, he is more like an observer. The content of the meeting is rarely relevant to him, but he will attend every official meeting.

Opposite Lu Ming, coincidentally, was Gao Wang. She was wearing an off-white professional skirt. Her long hair was cut and slightly fluffy and slicked back. This added a bit of tough temperament to her. Obviously

The image of a professional female politician designed by her hairstylist.

She turned a blind eye to Lu Ming's rolling eyes and kept smiling.
To be continued...