Chapter 1333: A Cut Above You

Upon hearing what Hua said, Shisigui said leisurely: "Huaxia was built by us and the King together, and our names were all given by the King, so as long as we are alive, we will always be a cut above you. Never mind you, even Sanxin could not say this to the two of us."

"You, you!" Hua was furious, but he had no way to refute it, so he could only change the subject: "Fine, fine, then tell me, what do you want to do? How do you want to divide these quotas, or do you two want to just snatch these quotas directly?"

Shisigui spread his hands: "Should I call you stupid or foolish? The King has already said that this time, it is fair competition. Whoever does it the fastest and best, the opportunity goes to them. It is not something you can divide just by flapping your lips here. The only one who can do that is the King."

"I will also tell you plainly, I came here just to see what you are actually trying to do, what bad things you are planning. I never thought about doing this with you. Be careful, if the King finds out, you won't be able to accomplish anything."

Hua pointed a finger: "You intend to tell the King about today's matter? Fine, fine, go ahead and report it. Anyway, I haven't done anything; everyone just came together to discuss it, it's not like we actually did anything. What can happen to me if you report it?"

Zhi looked at Hua, his tone carrying some pity as he said: "We don't need to report it. I think the King already knows now. The King is a god; there is nothing he does not know. You should not think about doing this kind of thing in the future."

Hua was enraged: "You leave! All of you get out! Since you are unwilling to talk, then all get out, don't talk anymore!"

Everyone was speechless. They had traveled for so long, and their butts weren't even warm yet before they were driven out. If one doesn't have the ability in the future, one shouldn't organize such activities.

However, except for Shisigui and the other, the other two did indeed have the intention of testing the waters in advance. Now that it was completely off the table, they would just follow the King's wishes and compete based on their own abilities.

Shisigui and the others left the courtyard of the Hua family without any lingering feelings, saying that they would never come again.

Once they were out of the courtyard gate, Hua directly had people close the gate of the large courtyard, leaving the others outside. Seeing this situation, everyone burst into laughter.

After the laughter died down, Zhi began to speak seriously about the main business: "Don't listen to what Hua said, it's useless. Just follow the King's wishes and let us compete ourselves. As for those few quotas, it depends on who among us, and those from Lema City, has the ability."

"However, I estimate that the Veterans Service Center might be taken by Kao, after all, Kao is more familiar with this aspect. I'm just mentioning this to you, you can consider it yourselves."

Shisigui took up the conversation: "Right, that's what I think too. Compared to Kao, we have no advantage, so we can only compete for the remaining two."

The other two Landlords didn't feel that Shisigui and the others were helping Kao, because they also knew that Kao's family had the most soldiers; perhaps Kao's goal was the Veterans Service Center, and they, the remaining people, could just compete for the other two.

But looking at the ability, insight, and momentum of Shisigui and his group, and the fact that they might have special treatment from the King, they probably couldn't compete for the best Orphanage, so they might as well compete for the Nursing Home.

But Shisigui also gave them a little hope: "Well, anyway, it doesn't matter if you don't snatch those last two quotas. There are plenty of Hospitals and schools. Our own town can have at least one school, and Hospitals can also be had, as long as we are willing to work hard, right?"

"For the work in your own town, others won't come to snatch it from you, right?"

Shisigui's hint was very obvious; it was to tell them not to overstep their bounds regarding school and Hospital matters and just do it themselves. The two of them understood, nodded directly, and since there was nothing left to discuss, they turned around and went home one after another.

Baifeng did indeed know what these Landlords were doing; after all, for such an important matter, he still had to pay close attention to it. For his old subordinates, Baifeng naturally wanted to treat them favorably, trying his best to choose their plans and give them some benefits. Although his goal was to extract their grain, this still had to count as a fair trade, right?

As for Hua's problem, Baifeng's order came down very quickly, directly canceling Hua's eligibility to compete. He just wanted to let Hua understand how quickly he learned of news and how swift his punishments were. In the future, he shouldn't play little tricks; he should be more honest in his conduct and work.

After the grand meeting, Baifeng could be considered to have gained a brief moment of relaxation. The tasks were all being done by the people below, and the assignments given to them were in the process of being organized and had not yet been reported up. Only after they were reported would Baifeng start to get busy.

Because of Baifeng's Establishment System policy, the employment restrictions for everyone were also lifted. The policy had already spread throughout the country, excluding the Western Development Group, Xiao Town, and the Suiren clan territory.

Everyone was still a bit confused about the sudden policy. Now everyone was still in a period of understanding and testing, not knowing what kind of impact this would have on them.

The ones who reacted the fastest were the Artisans. A small portion of construction Workers had already submitted reports to the Ministry of Works requesting to resign. The word "resign" was also just given by Baifeng; otherwise, they wouldn't have known how to describe their situation.

For those below Level 5 Craftsman, every request was approved. Fortunately, the number of resignations was not too high and was still within the range that Huaxia could bear.

Next year's large-scale construction action in Huaxia would be the demolition and reconstruction of the residential areas in the Second and Third Ring, and another would be the construction of schools and Hospitals in each town.

Lema City also needed a large number of Workers and Artisans because there were too many places in Lema City that needed construction. However, almost no Workers in Lema City resigned because they were not like those in Huaxia City, whose foundations were very stable. Even if they resigned, the grain at home was enough for them to not work for a long time, and they could find another job.

As for those Workers and Artisans in Huaxia who resigned, their goal was to do private work themselves. When they were working at the Ministry of Works, people would come to find them for private work as soon as they got off work. Private work could be taken, but it was too tiring, with no time to rest all day.

Now that they had resigned, they could take all the private work, without needing to listen to the arrangements of the Ministry of Works. Their time was freer, and they might earn even more.