Mystery: Those years when I was a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

Chapter 319 Good Weather

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A weekly salary of two pounds is enough for a family of three to live comfortably.

Just the jewelry you bring with you when you go out today is enough for a family of three to live for more than eight years.

You have had so much and are about to have more, so I hate you.

Audrey stared blankly with her eyes wide open.When she asked this question, she still had an answer in her mind.

It's just that she thought that the other party would start with the lives of nobles and their impact on the country. Attacking parliament and bills is one of the best ways to attack nobles. She also knows the "Corn Bill" and "Poor Law", and this year's "Air Pollution" The Remediation Act has varying degrees of exclusion among civilians, and she has heard many similar complaints in the foundation.In addition, there is the private morality of nobles—on the surface, Loen is a conservative country, but in fact, it is only better than Intis in finding lovers and lovers in private. A good entry point—the most important thing is that Audrey can brew some rebuttal words at these two entry points.

In the long run, these bills are beneficial to the economy and pollution control... The corruption of nobles' personal morality can also be understood as individual differences, and there are many people who are loyal to marriage, just like their own father...

Audrey thought about this in her mind for a while, but Richard didn't say these two points.

Instead, he chose the most direct and the most disapproving of the nobles - money.

This topic was even a little strange to Audrey.

Nobles should be light-hearted, and don't care about the cost of money, because decency and nobility are the best virtues of nobility.

The nobility of aristocrats should be reflected in anything other than money. For example, Audrey's partner, Susie, was priced at 450 pounds, but it was a gift from Earl Hall after spending a lot of money on the hound training ground.Just like Audrey never wears a second dress on a formal occasion, like the precious food from all over the world at the dinner party, like hanging in the corridor that will be skipped inadvertently, but it is worth millions from the hands of the master paintings.

If an aristocrat talks all day about how much he spends on banquets, how much he spends on food, how much he spends on making new clothes for his wife and daughter, then he will inevitably be spurned by the entire aristocratic group, and people will laugh at him like a stingy outburst household.

Even Audrey developed an "occupational disease" because of her work at the foundation, estimating her own expenses for food and clothing—it was a somewhat embarrassing thing for her, as if she had become a stingy upstart , only money in the eyes, but no noble status and decency.

"Ah, this... but sir, this wealth is accumulated by our family... over decades or even hundreds of years."

Audrey collected herself, and tried to refute the other party's words with an "aristocratic" answer.

"My family won the first title in a war more than 200 years ago, and then gradually made a fortune. Before that, the Hall family was just a small family of knights. We are not born noble, and we are far from It’s not at the level it is today.”

"If what I'm enjoying now is the accumulated wealth of my family, why not?"

Richard couldn't help laughing.

He was thinking about how to end this topic. After all, he had heard this kind of words too much. He heard that even in the slightly better old days, there were many people who thought like this.You tell them about the waste of means of production, and they tell you about my wealth, which is up to me. Do you tell them that you earned a penny of this money yourself?Have you not squeezed any surplus value from any worker?Do you give each worker pension subsidies and work injury subsidies?Even after spending some time figuring out what residual value is, they still call my fortune.

After all, He shouldn't be talking to these factory owners who have no concept of "person".

After all, the scientific name of the people here is labor with two legs. When these creatures are injured or old and have no labor, they are not considered human, so who cares about their life and death?

But directly disposing of factory owners is also a waste of resources. They should be directly turned into food, biscuits, bread, red wine, chickens, ducks, fish, cattle and sheep, so that their lives can use some waste heat at the end of their lives.

"Earl Hall is in the steel and banking business, so your family's money is earned by your father, mother and elder brother going to the steel processing factory?"

Richard looked boredly at the steam train speeding past in the distance, and prayed that the West End would go directly to heaven: "How much does your industry pay employees? How much is the employee's subsidy for accidents? Will the employees be directly paid when they get old?" Do you want to quit and live or die?"

After the employees get old?What will happen to employees when they get old, it seems that I have almost never thought about it.If you can't work, if you can't work, shouldn't you be dismissed?But if you are really old enough to be unable to participate in other jobs, isn't dismissal the same as... Audrey felt her back was hot and her face was hot for a moment, she secretly wrote down these words, and said:
"But we paid the cost and paid the wages. Why can't we have the money?"

Richard sighed:

"What is the monthly income of your property, have you noticed it?"

Audrey shook her head slowly.

This sentence suddenly reminded her of the conversation between Earl Hall and Hibbert that day, to treat the workers with restraint, to give up some money appropriately, and to make the workers feel that they are being treated preferentially, so as to generate more value... …Audrey didn't dare to agree, but she couldn't refute either.

Because she is part of the profit.

"Supposing your family's iron and steel industry makes a net profit of [-] pounds a month on the premise of excluding costs, how much credit do you think your parents and your brothers and sisters have for the [-] pounds?"

I definitely didn't, and neither did Mom, we never cared about these... Besides, Dad and Hibbert are usually busy with politics and participating in the affairs of the House of Representatives, but they don't really participate in the production of the company for long Just looking at the report and looking at the market investment, the managers of the company should be in charge... Audrey frowned slightly, and asked tentatively:

"Sorry, I don't understand these things, how should I judge?"

If you don't understand these things, why do you hate nobles?I thought you were looking for an answer based on some knowledge of nobility.

Forget it, forget it, at least the attitude is very sincere...

Richard's impatience was suppressed by the other party's sincerity, and he began to show his restraint and patience again:

"The simplest judgment is that, out of the [-] pounds of interest, your family only provided a site for a factory."

"The management of the company keeps it running, the employees work hard, and the market digests these products. Even if it does not belong to Hall, it can still generate value. But the [-] pounds created, after deducting the wages of the employees, the rest Everything belongs to you." Richard looked at her, "You basically didn't do anything, but you took the lion's share. The employees created a profit of [-] pounds for you, but they only got a monthly salary of five or six pounds. Do you still think that your family’s money comes from your family’s hard work?”

Click.

Audrey was stunned.

She seemed to suddenly understand something for a moment, as if she suddenly understood why nobles were hated, but at the same moment, an unprecedented resistance surged in her heart. She understood all the words of the other party, so she began to resist such a fact.

"Just provide a venue"?
Yes, the production of the factory seems to have nothing to do with me, but I still enjoy a monthly income of [-] pounds instead of a rent of tens or hundreds of pounds. Yes, the Hall family is not born noble, the Hall family It was obtained in the war... The Hall family's personal morality is not bad, but people with poor personal morality can also become nobles. Morality is not the standard for becoming a nobleman, but a requirement for nobles to restrain themselves.If you are not born noble in this powerful world like the Angel family, then where is your nobleness as a nobleman?
Is it actually money?

In fact, is money the last thing that should be mentioned in aristocratic communication?

"There are also some nobles who are not doing well, but they would rather choose to borrow money to maintain their dignity than admit that they are not as good as the average middle class."

"I don't want to increase the value of borrowed money, but I have to make some new clothes for myself and hire a few servants to maintain my appearance. I actually don't understand such behavior. It's probably because their lives have nothing to praise. The rest of the title still has some meaning."

Richard didn't stop talking because Audrey looked deeply shocked, but instead saw that she didn't break down or yell, so he chose to continue enlightening:
"It can be seen from this that your virtues such as 'decency' and 'kindness' are actually self-inflicted. You first obtained the status of 'nobility' through various reasons, and then you tried to stand out from the world by highlighting your own extraordinaryness. 'Non-aristocratic' cut seats, such as these luxurious accessories that will no longer be circulated into the market and lose their value, express themselves 'naturally superior' through the so-called noble virtues."

"Are you nobles because of your kindness? Is the kindest person in the world a noble?"

"Obviously not."

Richard shrugged:

"But the richest people must be nobles."

"However, your 'don't pay attention to money, just decent' is as ridiculous as a student who graduated from Capital University saying that he doesn't pay attention to studies. By this method, you put shackles on yourself, waste money when you are rich, and embarrass yourself when you are down. , isn't it interesting?"

"Decent" is actually a bondage to the nobility...?
This sentence turned out to be the one that Audrey could empathize with the most, because it was hard for her to forget the incident she encountered in her first meritorious service after becoming a Extraordinary—at the dinner party of Duke Negan, Qi Lin Gus sneaked in pretending to be Baron Gramere, and was discovered by himself because of some small mistakes, and was finally shot dead by Mister Fool's family.

Poor Lord Gramere, of course, fell victim to Chillingus' failed attempt, and was found dead in his own home.But while consoling the deceased, Audrey had to admit that Baron Gramere was actually a very "non-aristocratic" nobleman.

Baron Gramere is not handsome, and Baron Gramere does not have aristocratic virtues... He lacks self-confidence, his nostrils turn to the sky for civilians who are lower than himself, and he nods and bows to people with higher status. He only dares to glance at his identity out of the corner of his eye Higher female relatives.

Baron Gramere's funeral was very simple, and relatives had to help pay off the debts, because Baron Gramere's financial situation was also very bad, and he even went into debt for a long time.But he still maintains his aristocratic style, maintaining the servant configuration of butler, personal servant, maid, coachman, horse feeder, gardener... Are these configurations meaningful to a nobleman who already needs to borrow money? ?Baron Gramere could have borrowed more money to invest and hired fewer people—but Audrey didn't think there was any problem at the time, so she finally realized that she seemed, probably, might have accepted the power of this strong man. Thoughts, really began to feel that "decent" is not a good thing.

It seems reasonable.

No, is that right?
There has been a conflict between education and the status quo, and Audrey almost gave up thinking.

She seemed to have become two, and started a heated debate with Baron Gramere as the object of argument, and one accepted the new idea, saying, "If Baron Gramere employs a few fewer people, then maybe he can still make some money through investment. "The other replied in an "aristocratic" way, retorting, "But that's how nobles should be? Why are you still noble?"

Audrey frowned suddenly.

"Audrey, how many more people do you think I can save while you are talking to me?"

But at this moment, Richard suddenly asked such an irrelevant question.

"How many people do you think were attacked in Backlund during these few minutes? How many people were lucky enough to meet me, but now they can't? —Of course, this is not entirely your responsibility, After all, I also voluntarily spoke to you."

Audrey was startled, and immediately covered her mouth with her hands.

It is too difficult to hear a clear reason to dislike the nobles. Of course, she knows that many people are hostile to the nobles just because the nobles are richer. This reason cannot convince her. She is looking forward to hearing some more real and straightforward reasons , but fear such a dialogue.

"That's called wasting resources, miss."

Richard shrugged:

"Just like the resources that are wasted on you and turned into jewelry, clothes, perfume shoes and handbags, you keep them with you, then they lose their value, I don't do anything here, outside All of them will be left to their fate."

"Sorry, sir, I..." She wanted to end the exchange immediately, but Richard stopped her again with his motions.

"It doesn't matter, Miss, in fact, I don't care how many people die here."

The Angel of Temperance begins to express fully the virtues of temperance and patience:
"I actually have a lot to tell you, but if I want you to understand it, I have to give at least two hours of lectures first, so I don't want to say a word. But I have a relatively simple suggestion, maybe you can quickly I realized that your family's wealth has nothing to do with your family, and it has nothing to do with you. I don't know if you are willing, Miss Audrey, I will be your puppet substitute for free, and then you and I will leave here."

Audrey was a little surprised: "Where are you going?"

"I came to Backlund on a business trip, and I'm going back to the Southern Continent soon, are you interested in working as a nurse in my institution, giving patients some hospice care, or serving dishes in restaurants in the Southern Continent, and going to the streets? Sweeping the floor, work is very leisurely."

Richard looked at her and asked in the same relaxed tone as when he rescued her:

"Do you have the guts to try it?"

Are you going to the Southern Continent?
Audrey couldn't restrain her curiosity about the unknown world.

"What kind of place is the Southern Continent?" Although Alfred wrote so many letters, Audrey never left Loen in her 18 years of life. Travel between the capital and the East Chestershire fiefdoms.

"The Southern Continent is a beautiful and terrifying place."

Richard smiled: "Now when you come to the Southern Continent, you can see living corpses driving cars, skeletons farming, you can see members of the Rose School of Thought going crazy while counting the time of their own madness, you can see wars, and you can also see A peaceful world. You can see people who want to live independently and freely, and you can see people who just care about their own lives.”

Audrey was a little moved. Although the work of "handling dishes, sweeping the floor, and being a nurse" mentioned by this gentleman subconsciously caused her some fear and rejection, she knew that these rejections actually came from the education she received—" shameful".

Nobles should not work, it is the people who work.

Even if nobles want to participate in work, they must be elegant, relaxed, and able to become a social benchmark.

These jobs are not decent, not elegant, and not suitable for noble ladies.

"I... I might be able to."

Audrey knew that the other party was trying to divert her attention, and she was also happy to put aside the questions that she couldn't think of the answer for a while: "I often do psychotherapy for my friends, I may, I may be very suitable...listening to patients What people think..."

If the other party is willing to guarantee her safety, that's great. Even if not, the strength of Sequence 6 plus Susie can barely protect herself in the Southern Continent.If you just work in the hospital, you shouldn't encounter too much danger.

"It's not such a leisurely job."

Richard joked: "If you come, I will pay you a salary, but your salary is definitely not worthy of the pressure you have seen. Well, after all, the funds of our cult organization are still very tight. Our The hospital is rather shabby and there are occasional fights."

"It's okay, I will try to adjust myself..." If I really can't accept it, I will change jobs.Audrey thought about it and said, "I want to see more..."

She was a little moved by the unknown world, but at this moment, a series of hurried footsteps came, accompanied by a soft and crying female voice "Audrey!" Appeared from behind Audrey, as if A powerful hand pulled her back from the unknown fantasies to reality.

"Ah, mom...!"

The beautiful countess wiped her tears with a handkerchief dignifiedly, walked over, and gently hugged Audrey, who looked disheartened by comparison.Audrey carefully shrank her feet back so that her mother could not see her broken heel.

"My dear, you must be frightened."

Mrs. Caitlin was crying, kissing her little daughter's face, and constantly comforting her: "It's okay, it's okay, honey, let's go home, we don't want to come to such a dangerous place alone again."

"NO, I have not……"

Hearing this, Audrey quickly resisted, but before she could refute, she was led away by her mother.She quickly looked at Richard, but saw a figure walking forward quickly, standing between herself and him.

While coaxing her, Madam Caitlin pulled up Audrey who was trying to speak, and led her into the crowd of impenetrable Extraordinary bodyguards, and walked towards the steam train in the distance.Audrey saw Archbishop Anthony standing in the train carriage, looking behind her vigilantly.

"This train is really noisy."

Mrs. Caitlin complained to Audrey in a low voice: "The space is very small, and there is no cushion, so I can't sit down at all."

"It's a pity that the carriage can't come here, the road here is almost completely destroyed..."

While whispering, she took her daughter, who turned her head frequently, onto the steam train and sat not far from Archbishop Anthony.

Richard watched Audrey go away without any surprise. He looked at the pile of jewelry Audrey left on the seat, and then at Earl Hall who had the courage to come forward for his daughter. He wanted to express The meaning is self-evident.

"Long time no see, Mr. Ernst, thank you for saving my little girl."

Earl Hall was a little nervous. He just learned that this person is not a saint, but an angel with a weird temper. Even the Archbishop of St. Anthony dare not approach rashly in this situation, because he is not sure. the opponent's position.

"To express my gratitude... Look, how many thank you gifts should I prepare?"

Richard pouted at Audrey: "How much is she worth?"

Earl Hall's breathing paused for a moment, but he also obviously relaxed: "The worth of the little girl is 40 pounds."

"...That's all. Get it together within a week and transfer it to that anonymous account."

He yawned: "I saved your daughter for money, but your daughter escaped there with someone first, and then met me. You should first praise her for being able to bring someone alive until I go to rescue her." .”

After Richard finished speaking, he bent down to pick up his suitcase, walked through the crowd, and left.

boring.he thought.

Walking out of the subway station, the bombing is over.On top of the ruins all over the ground, the clear blue sky was cloudless.

TBC
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It is worth mentioning that the nobles advocate "not working" and look down on labor and work. The nobles should do nothing and accept the support and be noble. Even if the nobles participate in labor, they should look down on it, so I don't understand why squid put it in the article. One of the "high status of female believers in the night" is reflected in the fact that noble women can participate in some work.

(End of this chapter)