My Wife is a Counsel Chapter 13: Mini City Hall
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The rubber forest in the distance is lush and lush, but the nearby residential town is bustling with activity.
A settlement composed of traditional Mitai stilt wooden houses. The Mitai people are accustomed to going barefoot, climbing trees and diving, which seems to be their innate ability. Regardless of whether they are male or female, most of them wear linen shirts and shorts, all of which are gray in color. Yes, and there are a few holes in it, which won’t be a problem on this hot island, and the clothes don’t look shabby. However, among the Mitai people, basically every household has silk clothes of beautiful colors, mostly produced by Fairman's Zhongzhou Textile Factory. Family heirlooms are usually passed down from generation to generation, and are only worn on grand festivals.
In the only tavern in the settlement, Lu Ming sat cross-legged with his big horse and golden knife. There were barbecues, fried fish, etc. on the table. There were many spices, which was also a characteristic of the Mitai people's diet. There was also fishing on the island for a living. fishermen, but since the establishment of rubber plantations, the fish caught by the fishermen have been marketed. In the past, they just ate it themselves, because when it comes to selling fish, the most indispensable thing in most areas of Antiguala is all kinds of fish meat. It can be sold on the peninsula. The fishermen of the main island are often bullied by the fishermen of Suno Island. After all, the distance is only a few dozen kilometers. This is also one of the traditional fishing grounds of Suno Island fishermen.
Across the table, several Mitai men were half squatting and half sitting. At the other tables, there were also thirty or forty Mitai men sitting around. They were all small foremen of the rubber plantation. They were responsible for recruiting workers to work and paying them. It is also distributed through them.
Neither Gao Youchang nor Zhongzhou managers like to deal with too many Mitai people, so they manage all Mitai workers through these more than 40 foremen.
The entire rubber plantation is also divided into more than 40 areas, with approximately 10,000 acres divided into one area. A foreman and the workers he recruited are responsible for the annual output and rubber tree maintenance. These more than 40 areas are also mutually exclusive. Competition has corresponding reward and punishment mechanisms.
In front of Lu Ming, the new owner of the rubber plantation, these Mitai men are very reserved. Of course, some of them have small eyes that roll around, which is not good at first glance, at least, they are very evil-minded.
There are almost no Zhongzhou people coming here to the tavern. Over there in the apartment building, which the Mitai people call the "Manager's Building", the Zhongzhou people have their own canteen.
This is also the case. There are many spices in Mitai cuisine, which is not suitable for the appetite of people in Central China. Of course, the various delicacies with enough spices cannot be eaten by Mitai people on ordinary days.
Moreover, all the Mitai people in this tavern walk around barefoot, and the floor they are sitting on has been stepped on by countless dirty feet of the Mitai people. According to the tradition of the Central Asian people, I can't eat this kind of food even if I think about it. .
Now, Lu Ming, Britney and Gao Taihe, who were sitting next to each other, were all wearing brand-new soft cushions. They had said hello before coming, and the floor had been crossed countless times.
The five Mitai men sitting opposite Lu Ming are the foremen of the five rubber plantation areas that had the best overall evaluation results last year.
The rest of the small foremen are only envious now. When they look over, their eyes are full of envy, jealousy, etc.
"You five production teams are the best at what you do. What are your secrets?" Lu Ming asked with a smile.
Gao Taihe was translating. Some of these little Mi Tai foremen could understand the Zhongzhou dialect, but most of them couldn't and needed to be translated.
The foremen looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn’t say anything.
Lu Ming smiled, "Okay, let's talk about what everyone is most concerned about. I know that you are all worried about paying taxes to Suno Island recently. Don't worry about this matter. I will solve it and it will not affect to your lives."
Gao Taihe raised his voice slightly, not only speaking to these five small foremen, but also looking around the audience, telling all the small foremen the good news.
Immediately, the small foremen were relieved, some whispered to each other, and some thanked the boss loudly.
On the contrary, the five small foremen opposite Lu Ming did not dare to speak because they sat at the same table with the new boss, but they all had happy faces.
Lu Ming smiled again and said: "In addition, I am going to apply to the state assembly. The number of residents on Biyun Island is nearly 30,000, which is enough to serve as a new administrative region. I will apply to establish a city on Biyun Island. Of course , the expenses of courts, sheriffs, municipal committee members, etc. are paid out of my own pocket and will not place any additional burden on our island residents.”
A small island of twenty to thirty thousand people can be regarded as a tribal settlement in itself. According to the local laws of Antiguala, it is completely possible to establish an autonomous town.
However, in the past, Gao Youchang would never have thought about this, let alone engage in it. The Central Asians in Antiguala had always stayed away from politics and would have found it very dangerous.
With this model, if there is no big surprise, the administrative structure of the entire island is decided by the "island owner" Lu Ming, who owns the entire island land and actually controls the economic life of the entire island.
If you dare not vote for the "island owner" in elections or something like that, you may lose your job.
It is similar to the islands where tribes live. On those islands, big families control everything, or the elders of one big family or several big families jointly discuss matters.
The situation on large islands with a population of more than one million is more complicated. There may be so-called democratically elected governments, but they are often in a state of disarray due to tribal conflicts under their governance. Some are seriously corrupt, and assassinations and other incidents occur from time to time.
The political form of the autonomous island of Antiguara is actually so deformed.
Lu Ming's words stunned Gao Taihe next to him. He was stunned for a moment before he translated them.
These Mitai foremen did not react at all, they just listened humbly. What the new boss said was far away from their lives. No matter what the new boss wanted to do, they had no right to express their opinions as long as it did not affect themselves. life is good.
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In fact, as long as you are willing to spend money, things can be done very efficiently in Antiguara.
In one week, Lu Ming spent half a week each in Montenegro and Donghai. When he returned to Antiguala, the proposal to establish a city on Biyun Island had been approved by the Antiguala State Assembly.
And for Lu Ming, it can be said that he spent a small amount of money to achieve big things.
Five congressmen were bribed to make a joint proposal. As for whether it is passed or not, it is up to them to run it.
The middleman only contacted these five congressmen and gave away a total of NT$50,000.
It is also because this matter is not illegal in the first place, and Biyun Island's application is reasonable and reasonable according to the laws of this state and the tradition of island autonomy.
The day after Lu Ming returned to Antiguala, the first popular election began on Biyun Island. Zhang Aming was elected as the only municipal committee member of Green Funa City, which is Biyun City.
Mayor Zhang then appointed the city's comptroller and sheriff.
In this way, an extremely small and mini city government was born.
Including Mayor Zhang, there are a total of five city government officials and staff.
In fact, it was Mrs. Britney who was appointed comptroller.
The sheriff is the captain of the security team of the rubber plantation, named Liu Dachui.
In the past, there were **** cases in the town, and people were caught and sent to the security team. Now, there is just an official explanation.
Mayor Zhang has multiple powers such as parliament, judge, finance and tax officer, etc.
In fact, in the past, disputes and illegal activities on the island were handled by the island owner Gao Youchang. He left it to the Mitai people to solve it themselves according to traditional customs. For example, those who stole would hit their hands with stones and so on. .
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The city's laws subsequently promulgated by Lu Ming also incorporated some customs of the Mitai people when it came to punishment. For example, flogging was retained.