Construction of the Styx Water Plant is in full swing.

In Lu En's view, this has almost formed a centralized trend of industrialization.

What is the central tendency of industrialization?

That is, in industry, people are quickly gathered, so workers are only regarded as a kind of capital. They give themselves to the factory owner for use, and the factory owner pays him extremely low interest in the name of wages.

Large industrial enterprises require many workers to work together in one building, so these workers must live nearby. Even near small factories, they will form a complete village and town. They all have certain needs. In order to meet these needs

If necessary, there need to be other people, so craftsmen, tailors, shoemakers, bakers, masons, and carpenters will appear.

Thus, a small town of ten thousand people was born. It will inevitably take the shape of a small town, and such a town will be completed within a week.

After all, you have to live for ten years, and without a suitable organizational form, it will be difficult to persevere.

However...Lu En is not prepared to let them form loose small towns naturally. He has a better way.

There is a similar example. Most of them are well-trained personnel. There are almost no women. They are all strong men. They are also constructing and reclamation in a very harsh environment. In the end, beyond everyone's expectation, they work in extremely harsh conditions.

Under the environment, against the wind, frost, swords, gravel, sand, and horse bandit enemies, we finally achieved brilliant results.

They are called the Construction Corps.

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Contrary to everyone's expectations, Lu En did not delegate power at all.

At the manager's meeting, the emperor's secretary, Sigurd, calmly suggested: "Your Excellency, I think your opinion is completely nonsense. You should not interfere with the affairs of laborers and technicians! More

Forget about revising the system! We have only been in hell for a few days, and the impact of restructuring now is no less than changing generals on the spot, which will lead to overall chaos."

After he finished speaking, another female manager spoke:

"Not to mention you want to improve labor conditions? Do you know that the supplies we carry are actually only enough for two and a half months? Whether it is the magic source of the water purifier, the various building materials we carry, or the food for everyone, everything

It is limited and it is impossible to improve the treatment! We need to stabilize within half a year and at least build a prison ice production line that is enough for our own use! What you are doing now is nonsense! It is absolutely impossible for us to improve the treatment of workers, and you

You shouldn’t get involved! All these workers are worth millions of gold coins! You can’t be allowed to inform them indiscriminately!”

The woman roared loudly at Lu En, and at the same time, nearly half of the managers were staring at Lu En.

In fact, most of these managers are representatives of the interests of various nobles. The funds and resources required for the construction of the Styx Water Plant were dug out from the families behind them, so of course the water plant will have their share.

Lu En looked at them, his heart filled with sneers.

This is the bad nature of the aristocratic class, especially now that they have controlled most of the wealth, they have become even worse.

No class in the world is as degenerate as the aristocratic class, so hopelessly selfish, so decadent, and so incapable of moving forward.

In their view, there is nothing in the world that does not exist for profit, even themselves, because they live to occupy greater interests. Apart from getting rich quickly, they do not know that there is any other happiness.

I don’t know if there is any other pain like loss or profit.

In this situation of insatiable greed and greed, all their actions are dominated by interests.

It is true that they may all have various so-called personal virtues and may be respectable and decent figures in daily interactions, but what is the use of this? In the final analysis, the only decisive factor is personal.

Interest, especially the desire to make a fortune.

They don't care whether the workers are hungry, as long as they can make money. All life relationships are measured by whether they can make money. Anything that does not make money is stupid, unrealistic, and fantasy. Money makes aristocrats

Class has shamefully objectified everyone. They use money to determine the value of people, casually saying: these workers are worth millions of gold coins.

In their eyes, these workers are not human beings. This lady does not regard workers as human beings, but only as "costs" and "outputs".

Lu En knew very well that his proposal was completely in line with reality. He had investigated all material reserves and improved the workers' treatment according to his plan. In fact, it would not affect any construction process at all. According to Lu En's estimate, it would even

It can greatly enhance the work enthusiasm of workers and shorten the construction period.

But they were unwilling because most of these supplies were taken out of the pockets of these managers.

It's ridiculous that if these one hundred managers take out about a quarter of the materials from their hands and give them to ten thousand workers, the living conditions of the ten thousand workers will be greatly improved.

Even in hell, the luxurious life of the nobles is not going to be reduced at all. Although they think the conditions are already very difficult, Lu En doesn't think so.

It is a pity that most of these people will participate in the management of the water plant during the construction period, and then become senior staff of the Styx Water Plant after the construction of the water plant is completed. Management at all levels has a certain degree of say in all aspects of the water plant.

Just like now.

After the woman said this, she continued to be aggressive without any courtesy:

"Your Majesty the Earl! The resources to build the water plant were collected bit by bit by all of you here. You didn't contribute a single cent. Moreover, the letter of appointment clearly states that your duty is to supervise the construction, and the specific operation is carried out by

We are here to carry out the process, you should not have interfered so deeply, you have overstepped your bounds!"

Lu En rubbed his temples and sighed: "Alas..."

After sighing, he spread his hands: "Then what do you mean? Let me go?"

The meaning of Lu En's words was obvious. It was impossible for him to leave here. If he left, the safety of the camp would not be guaranteed, so the people in front of him had to give in.

"No, Your Excellency, you have your own role in this project, and that is to supervise the construction." The woman raised her head and said, even more powerful than Lu En: "If you leave now, you will be absent without permission.

You should be aware of this crime. The Styx Water Plant project is a major project approved and ordered by His Majesty the Emperor himself. You and I have our respective responsibilities, and no one can - arbitrarily or overstep it."

When she said the word "transgression" at the end, she was resolute and had no intention of backing down.

This made Lu En touch her nose and look at the group of people behind her.

These people were all waiting for Lu En's reaction.

After being baptized by the aristocratic officialdom, Lu En certainly knew what was going on. He expressed his intention to get involved in the construction and management of the water plant, so these people began to join forces to resist.

For them, they are definitely not happy to have another person take a piece of the pie, so it is natural for them to jointly boycott Lu En.

And this woman is obviously the spokesperson they introduced.

"Then... Miss, may I ask your name?" Lu En didn't even sit up, he just glanced sideways at the other party, looking arrogant and rude.

This was inconsistent with his usual personality, so everyone else paid attention to this.

Count Anluo's attitude was not very good, indicating that he was not satisfied with such a response, which meant that the two interest groups were likely to collide.

That Sig didn't speak, but just made a start, indicating that he was not prepared to end the conflict personally. In other words... the emperor's forces were not prepared to mediate.

Among the managers, there are about forty people who sit on the mountain and watch the battle. They are real managers, have management-type skills, and can truly perform management work. In other words, these people are professional managers.

These professional managers have all seen Count Anello's plan. They certainly know that this plan can greatly improve the situation of laborers and technicians, and it will have no impact on other places.

The reason is also very simple. The resources brought by this group of aristocratic young masters and ladies who came here to practice, or to monitor, and occupy the territory in advance are really too large, and many of them were brought with their own money... They are private property.

What Count Anluo did was to withdraw all the materials from the managers of public assets and let them live with the portion of their own money.

They brought it with their own money, which accounted for three-quarters of their daily necessities! It would not affect their luxurious life at all!

It's just that the fact is that these professional managers don't have the courage to stand up and speak, or in other words, they don't think they have anything to say.

This is how things should be. I wonder what the King of Monsters is making a fuss about? Is there anything special about setting aside these for workers? Or is it that he wants to use this reason to complete the attack on these noble forces?

To demonstrate his authority, he also steals some resources for his own use. These resources may be used to carry out some kind of hidden conspiracy or something.

It's very possible. After all, although Count Anluo is a monster, isn't he also a noble? Nobles are all the same.

The professional managers were speculating on these things while sitting around watching their noses and noses, waiting for the aristocrats to figure it out for themselves. Anyway, they just do their job.

More than fifty noble ladies and gentlemen were waiting for the further development of the matter.

The leading woman raised her noble neck and said proudly: "I am Lana of the Florin family. Count Anluo should have heard of my name."

"Sorry, I haven't heard of you. Can you introduce yourself?" Lu En said casually, crossing his arms and lying on the armchair.

Lana, who didn't expect Lu En to answer like this, frowned, and then said: "You rude person, do you think you can anger me like this? This will only make you look ridiculous, but I won't blame you, after all, you are

It’s just a monster that just got a title.”

"No, no, no, I really don't know. You also know that I am a monster, so I still have a lot of things that I don't understand about human beings. I hope that the lady can give me some advice. I really don't know what kind of family Florin belongs to.

Is it a duke that I don't know? Or is it a prince?" Lu En sat up straight and asked seriously, but he still didn't get up from the chair.

"No... I am not from a ducal family. My family is located near the Florin Mountains and is a hereditary count." The other party replied unhappily.

"Oh, it turns out he is a hereditary earl, and I am a border earl. According to imperial etiquette, you should salute me before speaking. Miss 'Polite', what do you think?" Lu En is not irritable, but

He said it very gently.

The noble lady took a deep breath, obviously angry.

But the heirs who can be sent here will not be idiots. She immediately calmed down her anger and said calmly: "Count Anluo, there is no point in being sharp and sharp. It only highlights shallowness. We are here for important projects of the empire.

, rather than for a war of words, I hope you can correct your attitude and devote yourself to solving the problem instead of targeting me personally."

"Tsk..." Lu En couldn't help but let out a snort. These people were indeed interesting, and there was no need to blush when saying this.

"Okay, then I apologize. I was obsessed with the verbal argument just now. Let's talk about it in a problem-solving way. Will my plan have any negative impact on the progress of the project? I should have written it clearly above.

This can greatly improve the work enthusiasm of workers, and correspondingly, the efficiency can also be improved a lot. Isn't this a good thing for the project?" Lu En said to the noble lady named Lana.

The aristocratic lady held the table with both hands and said sternly: "No, it's different. You made two mistakes. Count Anluo, first of all, I don't think letting workers enjoy things that don't belong to them will improve work.

In terms of efficiency, I think they will only indulge in pleasure and become more lazy. Moreover, this improved treatment is all a cost! All 14,000 people have been improved, which adds up to the entire Styx Water Plant project cycle, which is a huge sum.

The cost! And this cost is completely meaningless. If you want them to speed up their labor efficiency, can't you use a whip? I heard that you are a magic 9, won't you dazzle the crowd? These are cheaper and more effective solutions!"

"The second point is that for a project cycle that lasts for decades, a reasonable organizational structure is very important. If this proposal is made today, which proposal will be made tomorrow, this will consume a lot of management manpower for the entire project.

To weigh the pros and cons and carry out preparatory investigations, there is a possibility that orders will be changed overnight, and even the two parties will not give in to each other, causing internal friction, which is extremely detrimental to the entire water plant project."

"To sum up, I think, Count Anluo, your proposal is not feasible, and if you are really involved in the management of the entire water plant, it will also create hidden dangers for future construction, so we will not accept you.

Do you understand the proposal?"

She looked at Lu En and said this.

Lu En smiled and clapped his hands: "Well said, Kara!"
Chapter completed!