Egg's demands on Franti are indeed a bit excessive.
Fran is a member of the gospel team, and any output of his labor is the asset of the gospel team. Of course, Iger certainly doesn’t want Fran’s things for nothing, and he will pay fuel coupons as compensation.
However, it is hard to say how much fuel coupons Fran will pay, or in other words, to whom the fuel coupons will be paid.
These two men were getting together to make a secret deal, poaching the gospel team.
I really don’t know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are when I’m not a master. Now Iger has 70 or 80 people under his command. He really feels like what Huang Silang said: The boss is just empty-handed. Every day when he opens his eyes, there are 70 or 80 mouths waiting for him to feed him.
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Sometimes, Iger feels like he is feeding seventy or eighty pigs, worried and exhausted every day until he collapses.
Fortunately, the Nancheng Building was taken down. There are extremely rich supplies in it, of which food accounts for a large proportion.
Unlike China, there is no such thing as a wet market in America. They do have a free trade market called a farmer market, but the products sold here are not high-quality and cheap agricultural products, but cannot be bought in ordinary supermarkets.
Organic agricultural products are extremely expensive.
Today, Kate led a convoy of trucks to Nancheng Building. As soon as the first batch of supplies arrives, the temporary famine will be solved. But to truly solve the problem, we still need to produce more food and diversify the land.
After lunch, Iger followed Andy to the office on the 4th floor of Qixi Town. The two of them each held a cup of coffee served by the charming and beautiful assistant to the director Avila and were chatting without a word.
Iger could see that at this time, and only at this time, Andy could put down the work in his heart and talk to Iger about some unnutritious topics.
In the gospel team, Andy and Iger can be said to be sympathetic to each other. They cooperate and compete with each other, but there is no direct conflict. In private, the two people have a good relationship.
For this reason, Iger is the only person who can chat with Andy intellectually. When chatting with Iger, Andy will have a sense of confidant in his heart.
The old man and the young man can be said to have been friends for many years.
After a while, Avella knocked on the door and came in, saying to Andy: "Chairman, they are here."
Andy took a breath after picking up the coffee, and said to Avella: "Invite them in."
I have to say that Andy’s temperament is really suitable for being the chairman.
After a while, the office door opened, and a few people who looked a little restrained walked in.
"Hello, Chairman Andy. We are here to sign a contract." The young man in the lead greeted Andy with a charming smile.
Andy put down the coffee cup in his hand, made a gesture to those people and said: "The one who signed the contract with you today is the Gospel Reclamation Group, and this is the leader of Egg."
Iger had already finished his last sip of coffee. He didn’t like to drink coffee slowly and just drank it. After finishing the coffee, Iger picked up the kettle next to him and added another cup of hot water to the cup.
Drink a glass of water after drinking coffee. Firstly, you can drink more hot water, which is good for your health. Secondly, it is equivalent to washing the cup, killing three birds with one stone.
Iger ignored these people, he did it on purpose.
To be honest, Iger had a very bad impression of these people. He never expected that it would be these people.
The young man who took the lead was also stunned. He did not expect that the young man he met at the sentry point that day was actually their future boss. If he had known better, he would have said too much.
In the past six months, Egger's body shape has changed a lot, and more importantly, his temperament has changed. No one regards him as a "child" anymore.
Iger put the cup to his mouth and blew on it, and then tried it. It was too hot, so he put down the cup, stared at the four people in front of him, and said with an extremely serious and serious expression: "To be honest, I'm telling you
I can’t trust the character of the four of them, so I won’t sign.”
When Egger said this, only embarrassment remained on the faces of the four people, and even the polite smiles disappeared.
"But since it's something arranged by Chairman Andy, I'll give you a chance."
"First, due to serious doubts about your character, we will charge additional performance bond in the first year. This can be written into the contract. If you can deliver the goods on time, the bond will be returned in full." Egger
He said calmly to the four of them.
"Second, you must know that agricultural production consumes a lot of time and resources. At present, all resources are extremely precious and non-renewable. Every bit and every bit needs to be extremely cherished.
Therefore, in order to strengthen your sense of responsibility, I will also draw up a labor service contract. Once there is a difference from the contract when you deliver the goods, and it is particularly huge, I will execute the labor contract and require you to use labor services to offset the debt.
Do you agree?"
When the four of them heard this, they looked at each other.
This young man had told them about bonded labor before, but they didn't expect that it would fall into his hands again.
Their only property, the car, has been sold, and the four of them cannot afford to live in even the cheapest dormitory. They sleep under the eaves of a residential area with their gifts.
Now, the only hope is to contract the gospel team to farm the land. They have heard the gospel broadcast and know that the gospel team has extremely friendly conditions for contracting farmland. As long as they can contract the farmland, they will be successful.
As for why not join the gospel team.
Let's put it this way, the vast majority of people either have a common understanding and travel thousands of miles to join us, or they refuse to join the big team even if they are beaten to death.
Joining a big team is equivalent to selling yourself into slavery. Once you enter the big house, your life and death will be controlled by others.
Moreover, the large team is extremely cruel in dealing with those who defect, those who attempt to defect, or those who have thoughts of defecting.
No one would be willing to jump into a pit of fire unless they were forced to a dead end.
Or you can join the whole team into a big team. If there are many people, there will always be someone to take care of you.
If a four-person team joins the gospel team, they will probably become low-level servants in the future.
It looked like the contract could be signed today, but the owner changed. The new owner wanted to sign a deed of sale.
The four people glanced at each other, and then the young man in the lead nodded in agreement.
"Okay. The third point." Iger picked up the cup again. After rubbing the hot cup wall for a while, he said to the four people: "I took a look and found that there are big problems with this contract."
Iger put down his cup, pointed at the contract, knocked it, and said to everyone.
When Iger said this, even Andy was stunned. What could be wrong with the contract he drafted?
"Here, look here, the farming agreement does not state the amount of farming area." Iger pointed at the contract and said: "I roughly calculated that if your farming area is less than 30 acres, it will be considered as the maximum yield.
You will also have to work for me next year to pay off the debt."
Andy really hasn't thought about this problem.
After all, John’s farm has 100 acres, and Father John never thought of only planting 30 acres when he contracted the farmland.
"Tell me, how many do you plan to plant?" Egg asked the four of them.
It’s not that Iger is careless. Iger has met Ryan Cole and Father John’s family. He knows what the temperament of a farmer should be like.
None of these people look like farmers at first glance.
No one thought that Iger would ask such a pointed question. They originally thought that the easiest question to solve, but they were troubled by others.
"We, we." The young man glanced at his three companions and stammered: "We plan to plant, plant, 35 acres."
As soon as Iger heard his answer, he couldn't hold back the sneer on his face. He put down the cup and stood up, looking directly into the young man's eyes. The two stared at each other for more than ten seconds. It wasn't until the man lowered his head that Iger
He said: "Tell me honestly, do you know how to farm?"
Under Egger's questioning, the young man faced Egger's sharp gaze and said bravely: "I am a gardener."
Gardener?
now it's right.
Gardeners are intensive farmers, while American agriculture is extensive and mass-produced.
Gardeners and farmers, these two professions, look very similar, but in fact their work concepts are completely opposite.
A gardener dares to come over and contract land for me. What a joke!
Iger turned his head and looked at Andy. This was a good thing Andy gave him. It was a damn good thing.
"Okay, okay." Andy took action to calm down Iger's anger a little. He said to Iger: "They really don't know how to plant on a large scale, but they still understand the knowledge of plant management. The only thing missing is
It’s mechanical farming experience.
I feel that since I can manage gardening well, managing simpler wheat will definitely not be a problem.
In order to solve the problem of them not being able to operate machinery, I invited Little John. Little John will provide them with on-site guidance throughout the entire process, and of course, they need to be paid."
That way there's no problem.
Andy naturally knows the details of this team, and John Farm is his trump card.
After hearing what Andy said, Iger finally felt relieved. Little John was already in his 40s and had been working on the farm since he was born. With him as the technical director, there was no problem.
After the key points were negotiated, Iger picked up the contract, slapped it on the table, and directly added two items with his pen.
First, the planting area shall not be less than 50 acres.
Second, he added 1% warranty deposit and 1% technical guidance fee. The team received only 8% of the food.
Yes, this kid learns really fast.
Andy, who was watching them sign the contract, nodded. According to this trend, in a few years, he will really have nothing to do.
Andy knew what Iger meant when he said "I'm still young" to him that day. Iger was indeed still young, and he still needed to support him for a few more years.
In three to five years, Iger would not have the intention to take charge of the gospel team. But after three to five years, Andy shook his head and said that he would live until three to five years later.
Finally, the contract was signed. Out of courtesy as a host, Iger decided to treat his tenant to a nice dinner. Of course, he would go back to Ross Town and eat there for free.
In the afternoon, the pickup truck returned to Ross Town.
"Hey, the grand leader is back. What gifts did he bring us?" Pide, who was wearing full heavy armor and holding a long gun, was posing at the door of the cathedral. When he saw the pickup truck coming back, he pulled up his mask and drove it towards Egg.
Said jokingly.
The relationship between superiors and subordinates in the Reclamation Corps is very strict, and now only Pi De can dare to make small or large jokes with Egg, except for spinning the top at night.
"Four big guys, do you want them?" Iger glanced at Pide, this guy, he made a fool of himself at the gas station last time and was so embarrassed.
After assigning the four people behind him to Shandora, Aige casually explained to Shandora that her airborne superiors had airdropped to other places, and now she was managing the internal affairs alone.
After hearing the news about Iger, Shandora had a complicated expression on her face, half happy and half painful. No, Shandora is a girl.
Egg then found Alison, who is now a novice nun in the Evangelical Church.
"Sister Alison." Egg said to Alison: "Maria has other things to do and will not go back to Rose Town. Maria asked me to let you know and leave her belongings to you for safekeeping."
After hearing what Iger said, Sister Alison nodded. Then she took Iger to her room, and then picked up a thick Bible from Maria's bedside.
"This is what Maria told me. She said that if she was no longer in Ross Town, she asked me to give you this Bible. This is the relic of Father Locke." After receiving the Bible, Sister Alison was full of satisfaction.
Egg said with a puzzled face.
Father Locke's relics.
Iger held the thick Bible with one hand and felt a warm feeling in his heart.