The religion of the ancestors taught us: It is difficult to draw the skin and bones of the tiger, and it is difficult to know the face but not the heart.

The ancestor also said: When you meet people, you only say three points, and you can't throw away all your hearts.

Therefore, when you don't know each other well enough, if you dig out your heart and lungs at every turn, then when you are sold out, don't blame the world for not being ancient, you can only blame yourself for not being deeply involved in the world, too stupid and naïve, and not understanding this society enough.

Sam doesn't have all of Roque's trust right now, so Roque will have reservations in front of Sam.

Sam was clever, obedient and listened, and immediately understood what Roque meant.

"The time of the gold mine is quite normal, the workers are working hard, the profit margins are rising, and the Venerable Arnold Matilda, who is studying hard, has come up with an innovative proposal last week, in order to further motivate the workers, to divide the workers on duty into different groups, and then reward and punish them according to the amount of work they have completed, and I heard that Lord Philip appreciates this suggestion—" Sam was careful with his words, and he could clearly feel it, and he had reservations about Roque.

This is a rat poop that spoiled a pot of soup, and it was obviously a very simple relationship between superiors and subordinates, but it was stirred up by a guy who had not done enough to do things and had more than enough to lose and became the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

However, this also seems to prove that His Excellency Arnold Matilda is still relatively talented in Gong Dou.

Well, this title is really embarrassing, but this is the correct way to call the heir of the baron, Roque, an uneducated guy, used to be directly "Henry" and "Phyllis", in fact, the correct title should be "Honorable Henri Matilda", and "Honorable Phyllis Matilda".

It's not right, it's only when it's used in the third person, it's just "sir", "miss", it's no different.

"How to punish?" Roque's focus is not on the title.

"First the different groups will be ranked according to the amount of tasks completed, and then the last place will be deducted from the extra meal of the day, which will be used as a reward for others - for the time being, and in the future, His Excellency Arnold Matilda will also be prepared to give a part of his salary as a reward." Sam's expression was unwavering, and Roque couldn't see what Sam really thought.

"What do you think?" Since he couldn't see it, Roque asked directly.

"I don't think it's good-" Sam did not evade this time, and put forward his opinion bluntly: "-In fact, the previous humanized management was already very good, the workers worked hard, and there was no contradiction between the management, the atmosphere in the mine was normal, and everyone worked hard for the work - after the introduction of the competition system, the basic treatment of workers changed, and some people worked hard all day, but because of their different physical qualities, the amount of work completed was not enough, so they lost the basic benefits of the past, such as extra meals, This artificially creates contradictions among workers, and in the long run, it may lead to the loss of our humane management. ”

In fact, such a long passage can be explained with a simple sentence of "not suffering from a small number but suffering from unevenness".

Basic benefits and piecework salaries, just like basic salaries and bonuses, are limited to different personal conditions, some people will work hard to chase bonuses, and some people are already happy to get a basic salary, Arnold's way is to cancel the basic salary and accumulate it all to the bonus.

Well, it's quite similar to a certain east-

In this way, it seems that the wages of some workers may increase, but the "increase" here is based on the premise of harming the income of another part of the people, so this is not "innovation" at all, this is outright self-righteousness, if you don't do something new, it seems that you can't show your excellence, add drama to yourself, can you add to this extent?

"Well, what else did he do?" Roque didn't want to mention Arnold's name, so he lowered his head and scribbled on the paper.

"——I go to the finance office more often." Sam finally mentions the Treasurer.

Scarlett works in the finance department.

Roque's struggling hand paused, then continued, "You go on—"

This little pause, in the eyes of those who care, can already explain a lot of things.

Although Roque and Scarlett are innocent, in the eyes of others, guarding such a big beauty as Scarlett, can Roque, a man who is not married, not even engaged, and has a criminal record, endure it?

It's a man, and I can't help it.

What's more, Scarlett is still the financial staff of Roque's installation in the Matilda Gold Mine, how important this position is does not need to be repeated, if Roque does not trust Scarlett, he will not put Scarlett in such an important position at all.

And there seems to be only one possibility for a single man to trust a divorced woman to this extent.

Sam is also a man, pushing others by himself, and Sam immediately thinks that Gat is the focus of Roque: "Honorable-"

"Just say the name." Roque was impatient.

Sam raised his eyebrows and continued to be expressionless: "Mr. Arnold often goes to the treasury to withdraw cash, but the amount withdrawn each time is not high, a hundred pounds, or one hundred and fifty pounds, because the amount is small, so I do not interfere, but Mr. Arnold withdraws more frequently, he has worked in the mine for less than a month, but he has already withdrawn more than three hundred pounds. ”

"What does he want so much money for?" Roque is not curious, more than 1,000 pounds this year is really not a small number, Roque has become the chief of the Johannesburg Police, the basic annual salary plus colonial allowance, the annual salary is more than 900 pounds all year round, and the money that Arnold took is already Roque's salary for more than a year.

Of course, it's just a superficial salary.

"I don't know, but it should be to London, with which Mr. Arnold often exchanged telegrams." Sam didn't have enough information.

Roque nodded, this problem is not serious, Roque does not want to clash with Arnold head-on, after transferring Scarlett from the gold mine, Roque will ask Ada to send a male financial staff over, and there must be Roque's eyeliner in the gold mine.

The next day, Roque and Phyllis take a train to Pretoria together.

Roque is going to Pretoria to report to Henry, and Phyllis is going to Pretoria to visit her third brother, if you want to say who is most dissatisfied with Baron Philip's coming to Johannesburg, I'm afraid it's Phyllis, the former Phyllis is the little princess of Roque and Henry, and she wants the wind and the rain to get the rain, and now Phyllis is the good girl of Baron Philip's family, and she can't go out of the door usually.

Thinking of her baronial father, Phyllis was sullen.

Roque is not in the mood to make the little girl happy at this time, Arnold's time bomb will explode sooner or later, Roque must communicate with Henry in time, and the relationship between Roque and Henry cannot be affected because of Arnold.

"Why don't you speak?" Roque ignored the little girl, and the little girl sent it to the door herself.

It's not like it's trying to get away with it.

"Busy—" Roque started working as soon as he got in the car, and he was still sorting out the materials as he spoke.

"Busy is an excuse?" Phyllis was even more dissatisfied.

The little girl is still immature after all, if this is Ada, even if she doesn't help, at least she won't make trouble.

However, this innocence is even more rare, and Roque finally put down the information in his hand: "There are two birds in the tree, the hunter killed one with one shot, how many are left?" ”

Roque didn't blush at all, the joke was a little old, but in 1900-

What is a joke?

"Why fight?" Phyllis's brain circuitry is noticeably different from Roque's.

"Because the hunter wants to eat." Roque's answer was crisp.

"As soon as you hear it, you know that you haven't hunted, hunters can't hunt birds, and when you shoot it, the birds are all broken, what do you eat?" Phyllis is very experienced.

"Then what do you say?" Roque felt like he was going to collapse.

"The tongue of the oryx and the liver of the ostrich are the most delicious!" The little girl instantly turned into a glutton.

"Can oryx and ostriches go up trees?" Roque had forgotten the original joke and discussed the issue seriously.

"Why do they go up the tree?" The little girl from the aristocratic family has no constraints, and her combat effectiveness is also leveraged.

Lifting the bar all the way to Pretoria, Phyllis was in a much better mood when she got out of the car.

"I'm staying in Pretoria and not going back to Johannesburg—" Phyllis came to ask for help.

"Don't make a fuss, you know it's impossible." It's not that Henry doesn't help, he really can't.

"If you don't help me, I-I'll marry Locke!" Phyllis's face was a little red, and in order to get out of that home, Phyllis did everything she could.

Henry immediately glared at Roque.

Roque looked shocked.

"Well, I'll give you bad news, Henry is coming." Henry - Henry of the Matilda family is expressionless.

"Which Henry?" Phyllis had a bad premonition.

"That's Henry!" Henry confirmed.

Phyllis didn't say a word, turned and left.

It seems that Phyllis's escape partner is also called Henry.

Yes, Henry Alsop.

"Arnold took 1,300 pounds from the gold mines last month, do you know what he wants money for?" Roque got down to business.

"Leave Arnold alone, what's going on with Phyllis?" Henry now looks at Roque very unpleasantly.

"What's going on?" Roque wants to get by.

"Don't pretend to be confused, you can't hide it from me, what's the matter with Phyllis?" Henry was angry, and it was impossible for Roque to pass easily.

"Phyllis is joking, you don't think she's serious, do you?" Roque didn't understand why Phyllis said that.

"You think Phyllis would make a joke about that?" Henry pressed closely.

"What do you want to say?" Roque was also a little angry, not because of Phyllis, but because of Arnold, and Roque was already holding back the fire.

"I'd say, you're a bastard!" Henry was angry.

"The same goes for you!" Roque was even more angry, and Henry's tone made Roque very uncomfortable.

It's like, Roque doesn't deserve Phyllis.

Look down on people, right?!!!