"Let's take another simple example - work."

Ariel leaned on the sofa and tried to lie in a very comfortable position. Behind her, the sunlight shone in through the glass, although it cast a slightly divine feeling on the outline of her body.

Halo, but at the same time, her face looks a little dark because she cannot bathe in the sun——

"Mermaid Song currently owns eight factories, and the workers in these factories are all hired by me."

"Now, they are working hard for me, making money for me, using their time in exchange for the gold coins I give them. Then, their time will become my goods, and they can be exchanged for more gold coins outside."

"It's just that I have to admit that there are limits to the labor capacity of workers. They can work for me vigorously now, but what about when they get older? What about when they are no longer able to do anything?"

"When they are young, they can work ten hours full time, but after a few years, they can only work eight hours a day full time. In this way, don't I have two hours to waste?"

"In this case, I can completely fire those workers, let those who can't keep up with my earning speed leave, and then recruit younger, more energetic people who can even work twelve or fourteen hours a day.

Workers come to work for me.”

"When I was the president of Mermaid Song, I felt no pressure at all to fire those workers. Because I was doing things according to the rules, and the contract I signed with those workers didn't say that I would employ them for life.

Right? Now my contract with them is signed once a year. If they can still keep up with their speed next year, they can renew it. If their working ability has declined, then they can just not sign the contract. By then, the Pelicans will be there anyway.

The city's judges are my people, so what should I be afraid of? Even if the workers who were fired by me want to make trouble, they have no reason to make trouble."

"But then again, what will happen if I become mayor?"

"As the mayor of Pelican City, I need to solve the job problem of the city's population. I can't let too many people wander around idle all day without work or food."

"Without a job and wandering around, it means that they will have a lot of time and energy with nowhere to vent. Without food, it means that they may commit crimes anytime and anywhere, causing problems in the city."

"And those, for example, factory owners like me, have a powerful guild as their bodyguard force. Those unemployed vagrants who are wandering around will not be able to find trouble with those factory owners, so they will naturally find me as the mayor.

Trouble. They will start smashing, looting, and causing various social problems. If I, the mayor, can't solve it, do you think I, the mayor, should continue to do it? Or should I just give up?

Good job?"

Obviously, the little white cat still didn't understand the problem. It straightened up its upper body with a puzzled look on its face and asked: "Isn't it right? This is completely inconsistent with your human beings' love of power? Of course I understand.

You may have more responsibilities after becoming the mayor, but which guy in human history who fantasizes about power has not thought that there will definitely be responsibilities? To put it more clearly, even if you refuse power now to avoid responsibilities

, what will you do if one day power comes to trouble you? Hey, don’t tell me now that you don’t have that much desire for power because you are a girl.”

Ariel really wanted to laugh more and more when she said this. She simply stretched out her hand, gently rubbed the little white cat's head, and said with a smile: "Who said I gave up my power? Do you think now

Essentially, does the entire Pelican City listen to that round cheese? Or does it listen to our Lord Viscount Rich who is only responsible for collecting rent but does not do anything? Or does it listen to my mermaid song?"

Napa was stunned and seemed a little shocked.

Ariel continued to tear off a small piece of bread in her hand and put it into her mouth, chewing it slowly, and said leisurely: "Power is just a different way to achieve it. On the surface, the round cheese is still the whole

The mayor of Pelican City, all orders and decisions related to Pelican City require him as the mayor to finalize, seal, and sign. But the question is, what kind of decision should he make?

Apart from me, Mermaid Song, who else can sign and seal this?"

"Now, our Mermaid Song occupies nearly half of the income source of the entire Pelican City. We have the strongest economic strength, and the number of people who rely on our Mermaid Song for their livelihood is also the highest in the overall proportion. This means that

Once Round Cheese makes any decision, he must come over and ask for my opinion. In this way, what kind of city I hope he will build Pelican City into, then what kind of city he will build it into

.And in this case, I don’t have to take on those piecemeal responsibilities. Look, isn’t this good?”

Regarding Ariel's current words, Napa's head was tilted, and it seemed that she still couldn't understand it. After hesitating for a moment, she said: "Then... if one day, that human round cheese doesn't want to make the decision you want.

What? He is the mayor and has the power to decide what to do in the end."

Ariel shrugged and said nonchalantly: "Then he went against the 'will of the people'. At least, he went against the will of the four to five hundred people under my Mermaid Song banner."

"Making a policy is not just a simple matter of 'creating a better world for everyone.' As a mayor, the most important thing he needs to do is how to allocate the resources we have in Pelican City.

.Once he decides to tilt certain resources to one side, it is destined that the other side will lack the infusion of resources. At that time, he can just directly publicize the serious consequences that will result from the lack of resources in the other direction."

Napa was stunned again: "Preach it? Is that enough?"

Ariel smiled and said: "This is just like advertising. When you can only hear one advertisement all day long, then no matter how unwilling you are, you will involuntarily remember the advertised product in your heart.

.At that time, regardless of whether the consequences caused by the lack of resources and tilting to the side are very small, as long as the publicity is increased, there will be an effect. Finally, I can use the "public opinion" of the mayor of Pelican City who is against me.

reasons to oust him. In this case, wouldn’t he be able to confront me?”

Seeing Napa's stunned look, Ariel ate the last piece of bread in her hand and finished speaking in one breath——

"This approach is not only used to target the mayors of Pelican City who don't listen to me, but also the mayors of Pelican City who listen to me. In case there are any problems with Pelican City's policies and measures in the future

...Haha, I mean, what went wrong under my instructions? After all, you have to understand~~~She is just an ordinary girl~~~There is no guarantee that she will not make mistakes~~~"

Napa shrank her neck, and Ariel also covered her mouth and smiled, and continued——

"If any mistakes are made and cause problems in Pelican City, then at that time you can directly blame all the problems on the mayor of Pelican City. Those who say these mistakes are unpopular and harmful.

The policies that caused the disaster in Pelican City were all made by that mayor. We strongly demand that the mayor resign and we re-elect a mayor to continue to lead us!"

"For the mayor who we use as a shield, I will also seal a big red envelope that is enough to make him happily shut up, so that he will regret deeply on the surface, and secretly resign happily, taking his family and friends with him.

Leave Pelican City. In this way, the anger that was originally directed at our Mermaid Song will disappear with the resignation of the mayor, and our Mermaid Song can become very safe, right?"

Hearing this, Napa suddenly said: "The method seems to be a good one... But if Round Cheese resigns, doesn't it mean that you will still be the mayor? There are people in the entire Pelican City who are more prestigious than you.

It seems like it’s gone, right?”

Ariel covered her mouth, chuckled, shook her head slightly, and said, "How could I go up on my own? Did you listen to all I just said in vain?"

Napa: "Hmm..."

Ariel: "The method is very simple. Can't we just ask everyone to re-elect a mayor? Well... I can ask everyone to vote and see who they like, and whoever they like will become the mayor. Of course, because I am currently

The prestige in Pelican City is enough, so I will nominate someone I like to be the mayor, and then continue to serve as our shield for Mermaid Song. I think the little liquor boss of the Unicorn Bar is

Yes, he is usually a taciturn person, and he can be quite helpful when we get along with him. If Round Cheese really doesn't work anymore, I don't think there will be any problem in letting him be the next mayor."

Faced with Ariel's eloquent introductions, as a cat... no, as a Warcraft, Napa could only sit silently on the table and look at it with stunned eyes.

The human girl in front of me.

Seeing her smiling so sweetly now, seeing the sunshine behind her highlighting her long golden hair, it was like some kind of divine existence, which is enough to make people yearn for it.

After a long, long time, the cat monster finally shook its head gently and said with admiration——

"Once, I thought I had begun to understand humans well enough. But Ariel, you can always make me feel that my understanding of you humans is too shallow after all. Is this also what your teacher taught you? You guys

How many things do human teachers have that can shock me?"

In response, Ariel pouted, shook her head, and said: "Ah, my teacher didn't teach me this. I figured it out by myself. Well~~~ I think it's okay if someone like me

If ordinary people who have power and no magic want to live a good life, they must use their brains more~~~ I am really too ordinary. Ordinary people like me can see a lot of them everywhere.

La~~~Hehe, I just don’t know whether this theory is feasible or not. What if it is really just a theory and cannot be implemented in practice? Then I am just having a whimsical daydream~~~

"

Napa's head tilted again.

It was as if it had never seen the little human girl in front of it before, looking at her with a very unfamiliar look.

This kind of look was naturally caught by Ariel. She smiled and said with a half-joking expression: "What? Make it seem like you have never seen me before."

"Yeah, I feel like I've never seen you before."

Napa shook her head slightly and continued to look at Ariel with that surprised look——

"I still remember the time when you and I first met three years ago. You released me from the cellar. At that time, even though you were smiling all over your face, you always acted like you were taking care of everything.

It was within your control. But at that time, you always felt a little bit anxious and uneasy."

"But now..."

After a slight pause, Napa's voice gradually became softer with some hesitation -

"But now, you have brought me a sense of uneasiness. I always feel that you seem to be a different person. I used to think about being on an equal footing with men all day long, thinking that if a man can do it, you will be able to do it.

The girl who did it seems to be gone now. Oops!"

Before Napa could finish speaking, Ariel stretched out her finger and flicked the cat monster on the forehead. When it covered its head, Ariel laughed again and leaned against it very relaxedly.

He said on the sofa: "Okay, okay, don't sound so nervous. It sounds like my whole person has changed. I haven't changed, I'm still me, I just changed from Arrow to Ariel, but

The essence is still the same. Besides, I just talked about it, I didn't say I really want to do it, it's just a feasibility."

Perhaps it was because Ariel showed that refreshing smile again that the expression on Napa's face finally calmed down a little. It floated up and landed on Ariel's head again. When it could use its own

When his buttocks were firmly pressed against the blond hair of this human girl, it seemed that only then could he feel the solid sense of solidity.

"Well, it is true that you are still the same President Arrow. But Ariel, although you said these are just your imagination and you will not actually put them into practice, it sounds like it is really feasible? Wan

What if someone really does this?"

"What should I do? How do I know what to do?"

Ariel shrugged, finished the porridge, finished the bread, clapped her hands, and said with a smile——

"This is what I came up with. If someone really does this, how do I know how to crack it? My mind is not free enough to think about this completely political struggle all day long. Okay! Now eat

Dinner is over, I guess our mayor will be here soon."

After finishing breakfast and clearing away the tableware, Ariel had just walked out of the kitchen. Sure enough, she saw Mayor Round Cheese appearing at the entrance of the guild holding a pile of documents in his hands and looking inside.

After seeing Ariel, the mayor looked relieved. He walked in from the outside and piled all the documents in his hands on the table.
To be continued...