Chapter 35 - Vitality (1/2)
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Maybe he was influenced by Ma Tian’en’s enthusiasm, and it only took less three days before Uncle Five came at noon the next day. Ma Tian’en thought a lot about it and at this moment, she finally understood the meaning of a sentence: It is when you are using what you have learned from books that you wish you had read more books than you have. She pestered Wu Zhong to tell her the system of official promotion and demotion and the system of the army to see what can be learned. She found that there were too many disadvantages in the way that the experienced people fought hard for position and oppressed the new people at the wharf, and once someone got the position of battalion commander, he would not be replaced as long as he made no big mistake.Therefore, many battalion commanders took their own ships and boats as their own small kingdoms, and only hired the people who obeyed them all the time. This time, the Tian Family poached more than a dozen people, and there were seven battalion commanders, and the others were old servants who used to work on the boats. For officials in the government, there are still changes of positions, and there are assessment criteria for promotion or demoting. However, the wharf has always been ruled by the same group of people. So if there is a problem with those people, things will not be able to be addressed.
“Uncle Five, you go first, please.”
Uncle Five sorted out his thoughts again, and then said, “I think we can conduct the primary election first, and let the servants who want to be the battalion commanders sign up by themselves on the condition that they are strong, have traveled with the ship more than five times, have no disease or disability, and have found more than ten servants who are willing to follow them. Then we are here to select them. Since we want to live on water, we need to be water dogs to win respect from others. We can hold a dragon boat race. The persons who want to be battalion commanders share the boat with the servants who are willing to follow them respectively. Let’s set the route, and then put some duck signs on the boat. When they are near the end, they should put down the duck signs, and the persons who want to be battalion commanders fight for it. Those who can bring back the live duck can be battalion commanders. How do you think about it, master? ”
“Great! You really have a good plan, which can show that our Ma Family does not lack talents. I have another suggestion. In addition to the duck sign, let’s put another fish sign. It’s more difficult to catch fish than duck. Those who can catch the fish sign can be the general battalion commander, so how about it?” Ma Tian’en said happily.
Uncle Five smiled: “Master, it’s you who want to catch fish, right? However, it is not enough for someone with the best water dog skills to become the general battalion commander; he should have someone rich experience and management ability as well. The fish sign can be put, and the catcher can be given silver as a bonus reward. ”
“Wouldn’t it be nice if I won back the reward myself?” Ma Tian’en said as she looked at Uncle Five; while seeing that Uncle Five just smiled and didn’t say anything, she knew that he didn’t agree.
“Well, well, I’m not going to catch the sign. I’ll be on the sign boat and be responsible for setting the sign, ok?”
“That’s right, my master. Otherwise, other people will not even have the idea of fighting when facing you, and the competition will be boring.” Uncle Five saw she finally gave up, and quickly praised her with a few words, giving her a step down.
“That’s true. How lonely an adept is!”
It wasn’t long before the event of the dragon boat race for election of battalion commanders to be held by the Ma Family spread among all Zhas. The selection was completely open and fair, and both Ma Family and Tian Family could participate in. One who gets the sign can be the battalion commander of Ma Family. And the Ma Family claims that the interests of the ship are shared with the battalion commanders. That is to say, the battalion commanders no longer take a certain amount of silver, but can get dividends according to the benefits the ship brings to the Ma Family. But also, there will be a bottom line. If the interests cannot reach the bottom line, the battalion commander must be replaced. This makes a lot of people with real skills eager to try. Of course, it also makes old battalion commanders who were not poached by Tian Family for their neglect of duty angry and dissatisfied, because Ma Tian’en asked them to take part in the competition and regain their titles as battalion commanders.