Although Chairman Leo Lei spoke with compassion, his black and white eyes were moving around, showing a sly expression of a profiteer.
Lorraine couldn't help laughing and rolled on the sofa with joy, almost out of breath.
Adele, however, stretched out her finger bitterly, stabbed Leo hard on the forehead, and cursed in a low voice: "I knew you, a little rascal, wouldn't be so kind~!"
However, next to her, Catherine secretly breathed a sigh of relief: Yes. This is still her baby brother. He is still the same Lei Er who is looking for trouble all day long and holds back bad ideas to deceive others.
I wasn't fooled by the bullshit articles written by public intellectuals about persimmon oil and human rights.
Speaking of which, those bitches are the most hateful. They spend all their time writing a lot of articles for the benefit of the public. Chapter 1308: The Conscience of Capitalists (Part 2, 6,000 words, please give me your monthly vote), and
They also hair everywhere, but in fact they just hope that they can be more equal and free than others.
When I have some free time later, I will have to make great efforts to straighten things out and chop off the heads of a few barking dogs.
Catherine was very pleased and rubbed Leo's head. Being able to come up with this idea was the real skill of the chairman of the Flying Eagle Group.
She first glared at the bad women next to her, and then pinched Lorraine quietly to tell him to stop laughing like an asshole - just hearing his laughter made her palms itch.
, the strange feeling of wanting to seduce someone.
Hearing the scream from Lord Luo, Catherine couldn't help but feel relaxed and happy. Long Yan was delighted for a moment. Then she looked at Leo and asked with a gentle smile: "What do you think?"
"You see, we are short of workers everywhere," Mr. Lei also glared at Lorraine, then crossed his fingers and said with a serious expression: "As the war intensifies, the importance of railways becomes more and more prominent, and construction must be accelerated.
, the funds are in place, but there is a lack of builders, and the project progress is seriously delayed."
"Is there a lot of lag?" When Lorraine heard this, she immediately became concerned and asked hurriedly.
Railways are the major artery of capitalism, playing a supporting role in the large-scale capitalist industrial system.
In socialized large-scale production, railways play an important role, responsible for transporting agricultural products and industrial products out, and at the same time transporting various raw materials.
Once the transportation channels are not smooth, the produced materials cannot be transported out, and the required raw materials cannot be transported in, there will inevitably be a crisis of surplus, and the world's first economic crisis will break out in Nai'an.
By that time, not to mention the high priest and the undead coming to fight, just the workers who were laid off and unemployed and had no food to eat would give the prince a headache just by marching and demonstrating.
Back then, after World War I, both the Kaiser and the Tsar were driven out of power by the workers.
Chairman Leo laughed dryly, touched his nose in embarrassment, and said: "It's not very serious, but it's just a little faster than our plan. Haha, what, I didn't want to be faster.
"
Hearing his dry laughter, Lorraine knew that the little hooligan was exaggerating, so she felt relieved.
But for Catherine, as long as what Mr. Lei mentioned was good, she would support it unconditionally.
So, she thought about the payment for a moment, and then asked directly: "So... how much do you want?"
Chairman Leo rubbed his little hands and said with a sly smile: "Of course, the more the merrier. No matter how much comes, we can all digest it."
Lorraine looked at the smug Leo in surprise, and solemnly warned: "You have to think clearly, this is not a hundred or twenty thousand people. Once it starts, it is likely to be two million, three million, or even more refugees."
~!
We at Feiying Group cannot afford to pay just wages."
Adeline and Adele also looked surprised, and then turned to look at Leo to see what he thought.
These women are not simple-minded country women, they are all talented women with rich knowledge and sharp minds.
They all clearly knew the seriousness behind this issue.
Just 30,000 to 50,000 refugees are enough to give a big country like Ruman a headache. If there are 20,000 to 30,000 refugees, if they are not handled properly, it will be a huge chaos.
If there are millions of refugees, to put it bluntly, it is possible for the country to be shaken and the empire to be destroyed.
Millions of refugees and millions of young and middle-aged people who have no food to eat are fighting for their lives, which is very scary.
The undead tribe robbed food and other living materials and drove away the refugees. This was originally a sinister plan to provoke civil strife in the human rear.
Now Chairman Leo wants to take the initiative to introduce this hidden danger to his own home. So this little gangster is really crazy, or this little gangster really has the ability to solve this problem~!
Judging from the current situation, there is obviously no problem with Lei Er's mental state, so the answer is only the second possibility.
They all held their breath and pricked up their ears.
Over the past thousands of years, countless dynasties and kingdoms have come and gone, and there have been many British and wise kings among them. However, the refugee problem has been a huge problem faced by all wise politicians and governments in the past dynasties. And no one has ever been able to solve it.
This question.
No matter who it is, as long as they can solve this problem, even if it is a little hooligan, it will be enough to make them respect them and study hard.
"You are playing with fire." Catherine also warned seriously.
Chairman Leo waved his hand and ignored her, but looked at Lorraine and said dissatisfied: "Brother, please, what do we do? We are powerful capitalists.
Who are they, refugees~!
When people cannot survive, give them a bite of food so that they can feed their family, and they will be grateful.
If you still want to get paid, go and find a place to beg for food, huh~!"
Chairman Leo snorted coldly, expressing the disdain of a conscientious capitalist towards greedy and unscrupulous people who want to get their wages.
He is already kind enough.
Lorraine breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I feel relieved if you think so. Have you done the math? If there are millions of people working for the Eagle Railway, how much food will be needed?"
"I've asked my analysts to calculate it a long time ago." Chairman Leo took out a small book from his pocket with great interest, flipped through it and said seriously: "We have a great harvest in Nai'an this year, and six new
Half of the tens of millions of acres of cultivated land are grain fields, and the vast majority of grain fields belong to homesteaders.
In fact, our farmers in Nai'an are worried that grain prices will drop significantly this year, and I am prepared to open purchases at protective prices to prevent low grain prices from hurting farmers."
Leo patted his chest loudly and assured: "There will definitely be no problem with food."
"What if the labor force is too large to be used? If you build a railway, you will definitely not need two million people." Catherine pointed out the problems in Leo's plan and said: "You can't place the excess labor force, and you can't feed them.
I’m so sorry for you~!”
Chairman Leo was confident and said calmly: "I have already thought about this.
Our factory in Nai'an is also short of labor. The factory owners have offered twice the usual wages, but they still can't find enough people. I just released the news, and many factory owners broke their heads and handed me their business cards.
The excess population happens to be introduced to Nai'an to work through our mature labor intermediary market. The factory owners have told them about travel expenses, food and accommodation, etc., and they can advance it and deduct it from the workers' wages slowly.
As long as they take root here..."
"Hehehehe," Chairman Leo rubbed his little hands proudly and said with a sinister smile: "They have become members of our Ruman Empire, and we can't even drive them away. Even if the war is over, reconstruction will still require a large number of workers. This deal is too good a deal.
Already."
Catherine immediately looked overjoyed, raised her thumb and shook it at Leo, saying: "Awesome, when you do it, those damn people won't be able to put Leo's portrait on top of the God of Light. In a thousand years, let's mention our Lei
Everyone in Europe is a saint."
The other girls also smiled and nodded. This is a great thing that brings both fame and wealth. Money is earned, reputation is earned, and people are earned. Killing two birds with one stone, others dare not have any opinions. Otherwise, those people will be hungry.
All the refugees could eat him alive.
"This matter is entirely left to you." Catherine slapped her palms and said decisively: "We don't care. It's up to you to do good or bad."
"Ah?" Chairman Leo pointed to his nose in surprise and said in disbelief: "Me? I'm alone..."
"Who said you are the only one who has so many managers under you, and all the branches are just doing the job? Let them do it, and you just sit in command and supervise the implementation." Catherine glared at the unfulfilled brother, and slapped her hand on the table.
A domineering way.
Chairman Leo nodded heavily, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay. I'll do it, I'll do it."
Catherine raised a finger and said: "I just want to emphasize one point. We must let these people know that we are doing charity. We are doing charity by smashing the pot and selling iron. We are doing charity by demolishing houses and selling land and losing money. We just can't bear to see the people suffering from hunger and cold.
We have to give them a bowl of rice even if we are in debt.
Let them think of the Flying Eagle Group as a saint, a great saint, and the kind that builds a shrine."
Adele put her hand on her forehead and moaned lowly: Is this still the wise, just, and selfless Princess Catherine?
He has obviously become another capitalist who eats people without spitting out their bones... uh, a capitalist with a conscience.
Unknowingly, Lorraine has successfully completed peaceful evolution and used capitalist life to corrupt Nicole's mind.
Catherine said: "You must remember to sell people's hearts and perform the trick. In the future, if Ru Man wants to unify the mainland, these people will not strive to be the leading party."
At this point, she seemed to appreciate it, patted Leo hard, and encouraged: "Don't worry, it doesn't matter even if you lose money. If you don't have money, just ask your uncle for it, he will definitely give it to you."
In the following days, Lorraine's family returned to their usual busy schedule.
Chairman Leo was sitting at the headquarters of the Flying Eagle Group, commanding the branches behind the war zone to get busy, and the largest humanitarian rescue operation in history officially began.
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Etienne Martel was an ordinary farmer in the Grand Duchy of Riport. He cultivated his few acres of barren land all his life. His life could not be said to be rich, but compared with the tenant farmers in the same village, he had no worries about food and clothing.
Ever since our great-grandfather's generation, the Matler family has made a determination to buy land when they have money.
Generations of farmers in the Matler family have been frugal and saved fifteen acres of land, and relied on this to become prominent figures in the village.
Etienne, Matler is a serious person, he keeps himself tidy at all times, and strictly requires his children to go to church on time on weekends, use honorifics when speaking, and show respect to those who are poorer than them.
People give alms.
As the demons invaded Ripoll, a large number of refugees poured into Etienne, Mater's hometown. Looking at their miserable appearance, they listened to the refugees' stories about the demons plundering food, intimidating the villagers, snatching away women, and killing people wantonly.
In response to the atrocities, Etienne and Matler took their family on the road to escape without hesitation.
Even though they were on the run, the clean and tidy Matler family seemed to be well-educated and decent people. The old-looking, serious and old-fashioned Etienne and Matler were also worthy of trust.
Therefore, he united a group of fellow villagers who had fled from their hometown to avoid the war, formed a cooperative and mutual-help group, and escaped safely to the Kingdom of Kiel in the rear.
He knew that a slightly more prosperous family like his was the biggest victim in the war, not to mention that he also had two young and beautiful daughters as cute as larks. Even if Matler had to sacrifice his soul, he would never
Allow them to fall into the clutches of the devil.
Along the way, Matler was cursing, "All the taxes I paid were fed to the dogs~!" while he watched helplessly as the carriages of the nobles overtook them and ran as fast as they could to the east.
They were traveling day and night, and the village that was set ablaze by the demon army at the most dangerous moment was right behind them. Matler could even smell the smell of blood wafting in the wind.
But the Matler family escaped safely to the Kingdom of Kiel.
Only when they got here did they realize that the nightmare had just begun.
The price of everything has increased by more than ten times or dozens of times, especially food. A whole yellow gold coin can be exchanged for fifty kilograms of miscellaneous flour.
In Matara's hometown, only three silver coins were needed in the past.
Looking at the westward sun in the sky, Matler touched the two gold coins sewn into his belt by his wife, plus half a bag of potatoes next to them. This was all their family's current property, and they could not touch it until they were in desperate situation.
.
All other items were snatched away by the soldiers of the Kingdom of Kiel when they were crossing the border.
His team of dozens of men, women and children sat silently under the shade of a tree, lazily motionless. They were too hungry, and all non-essential activities were burning calories.
Fortunately, they were outnumbered and no one dared to try against them.
They were alone and had been robbed more than once. They were robbed by Kiel people, refugees, and local people. Even wild dogs on the road dared to try to get their way.
Matler glanced at the Kiel soldiers standing guard on the slope in front, lowered his head and cursed bitterly: "Coward~!"
The Kingdom of Kiel detained the refugees in this valley. Except for sending a team of soldiers to guard them, they did not care about them at all and strictly prohibited the refugees from going to the city or the countryside.
And this group of soldiers is now openly discussing their escape. I heard that the demons have completely occupied Ripoll. It is less than 300 miles away from here. The Royal City of Kiel is already empty. All the nobles, including the king, have fled.
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The air was hot and dirty, and the sounds of children crying and the sighs of refugees came from all around, making Matler even more irritable and secretly anxious: When will this escape end? Even if it is two potatoes per person a day, how long will it take to escape?
For three days, they had nothing to eat.
Matler is just taking one step at a time.
Despair is spreading among the refugees.
At this time, a series of crisp bells rang, and a carriage drove into the refugee camp surrounded by Kiir soldiers.
There was a flag hanging high on the front of the car, depicting a flying eagle. Matler recognized this as the symbol of the Flying Eagle Group, and it was this symbol that was displayed on his plow.
It cost him a lot of money at first, but it was really useful, and they promised a three-year replacement and ten-year repair guarantee. Unfortunately, when he was fleeing, he had thrown away the plow in order to run faster.
However, Matler knew that the Flying Eagle Group was a big tow machine company, and it was so ruthless that even His Majesty the King could not afford to offend them.
A group of people moved the seats and benches from the car, spread out the ink in the ledger, set up a stall under the surprised eyes of all the refugees, and then put up a banner with a few big words on it, "Flying Eagle Charity Recruitment Conference"
"Ring, ring, ring" a pleasant ringing sound, an employee of the Flying Eagle Group climbed on the roof of the car, holding a paper tube horn in his hand, and loudly said: "Folks, pay attention, pay attention, I'm here to give you a
Good news~!”
The refugees slowly got up from the ground and walked slowly to them.
Seeing that the people were almost gathered, the staff of the Flying Eagle Group said loudly: "I am from the Flying Eagle Railway Company, our chairman, Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine, and Young Master Leo. I learned that everyone left their hometowns to avoid the demons.
They fled, lacked food and clothing, and lived in such hardship that they suffered from hunger and sold their sons and daughters.
God of Light bless..."
As he spoke, the staff member wiped the corners of his eyes, shed two drops of crocodile tears, and said loudly: "In order to help everyone tide over the difficulties, Princess Catherine and Young Master Leo are very kind and determined to let everyone live no matter the cost."
Go down. I was specifically ordered to recruit railway workers among the refugees and find a job for everyone.
You know, our Feiying Railway has no shortage of workers. This is specially established to help everyone.
I have agreed on the remuneration first. Those who are willing to go will have to work as a laborer, have two meals for the whole family, and be provided with work sheds and accommodation. There will be a special medical station for free medical treatment, and children under the age of twelve can go to school for free.
The war is over, and those who want to go home will be given travel expenses. Everyone knows what kind of person Princess Catherine is, and I think everyone knows what kind of company our Flying Eagle Group is.
If you don’t want to work on the Flying Eagle Railway, you can still work as a worker in Nai’an, with food and accommodation included. However, the travel expenses, food and accommodation expenses along the way will be deducted from your future wages.
Everyone, think about it carefully and sign up here if you want to.
No matter what, it is better to have a job and fill your stomach than to flee all the way and starve to death."
Seeing that the refugees were hesitating and not responding, the staff decided to add fuel to the fire and said: "To be honest, we will only recruit for a while today. In three days at most, the demons will attack, and we will have to withdraw.
If you don’t leave, you won’t have a chance.”
There was a sudden uproar among the refugees, and fear took over everyone's hearts.
"I'm going~!" Someone raised their hand first. Some of them had been off work for several days. Their wives and children were waiting eagerly. Now that they were given food to eat, they were going to kill people and set fires, let alone work.
The Flying Eagle Group has made it very clear that it is in charge of their family's livelihood. This is simply the coming of the God of Light.
I had always heard that Princess Catherine was wise and kind, so she was at a loss by following that bad man Lorraine. I didn't expect that she would be so generous and directly give them a chance to survive.
Matler's eyes lit up, and he could see that everyone around him was moved.
What does work mean? Farmers are not afraid of physical labor. However, if you can give the whole family a mouthful of food, you don't expect to be full. As long as you can survive hunger, it is enough. This is a great good deed.
Moreover, they also provide doctors and schools, which is unthinkable.
Thinking of this, he lowered his head piously, clasped his hands, and murmured in a low voice: May the great God of Light bless and bless Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine a long life.
Suddenly there was a fierce quarrel above the crowd. Matler looked up and saw a dozen Kiel soldiers surrounding a small officer in the middle, constantly shouting angrily.
Finally, the young officer spread his hands and didn't know what he said. The soldiers cheered, then immediately threw their weapons at the officer's feet, quickly took off their military uniforms, rushed down the slope, and couldn't wait to shout loudly: "I
Sign up, I sign up..."
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Even Kiel's regular army has gone, so there is no way it can be false.
However, looking at the dozens of people around him who were looking at him eagerly, Matler felt that he still couldn't be too arbitrary.
He squeezed through the crowd, approached the registration staff's table, and said, "Can you guarantee that everyone will have food?"
The staff member raised his head and glanced at him, and said disdainfully: "Old man, you don't even know who our boss is. Leo Lei's second master, Chairman Lei Da, is the future Emperor Ruman.
Do you know what golden words are and what an emperor’s promise is?
The emperor never tells lies. If he shortchanges you, it will ruin the reputation of our chairman and the Flying Eagle Group. We cannot afford to lose this person. We want to go but not to pull him down. We are not forcing him."
Matler hesitated for a moment, then looked back at the hungry and emaciated figures of his three children, gritted his teeth and said, "Go, let's sign up."
The staff took out a form and said as coldly as a bank clerk: "Name, place of origin, age, family members."
"There are dozens of us." Matler whispered guiltily.
"Are you leading the team?" The staff member raised his head and asked in surprise. Seeing Matler nodding, he smiled and said: "Call all your people here and give you a little leader to lead them. Are there any craftsmen?
?”
"I know carpentry, and two other people have worked as lumberjacks."
"Those with vocational skills can get a monthly allowance of one silver coin." The staff handed him a leaflet and waved his hand: "Go and show it to your people and call them all over. I suggest that if you don't have land,
Tenant farmers with large families are better off working as workers in Nai'an, where their lives will be more secure."
"Okay," Matler bowed humbly and walked backwards through the crowd.
After a brief discussion, the folks from Matara immediately decided to go with the people from the Flying Eagle Group. After a few busy hours, the Flying Eagle Group gathered more than 2,000 people among the refugees, and some of them were still willing to continue.
Fleeing, they still had some hope that the war would end as soon as possible.
With registration forms in their arms and each person wearing an eye-catching Eagle logo on their sleeves, these two thousand people set out on the road to the Fantino Project of the Eagle Railway.
They will go all the way south and then board the ship at the port.
Although the journey is still far away and their fate is unknown, at least they have a place where they can survive without fear of starving to death, dying of illness, or being killed.
There are still people who care about their lives in this desperate moment.
The refugees who had looked ashen just now had hope in their eyes again.!!!