**Employment contracts

On November 11, 1620 AD, a large sailing ship named "Mayflower" finally sighted land after sixty-six days of drifting at sea - in northern Virginia, which was where Europeans arrived.

The first colony established on the American continent.

The one hundred and two passengers on the ship were mainly from the United Kingdom, but there were also a few colonists from the Netherlands and other parts of Europe. Since they were separated from their original country, the laws of the mother country no longer worked for these people. It seemed that they could not rely solely on religious beliefs and traditional morals.

If it is not enough to completely restrain their behavior, the entire group may fall apart at any time.

In order to survive in the harsh environment of the North American continent, they must stick together and form a close community. So after serious discussions and consultations, they formulated a convention, the core content of which is: individuals give up some rights,

This ensures that the entire group can operate smoothly and grow.

The public power of a country comes from a combination of partial rights ceded by the people - this is the most important concept established by the "Mayflower Compact". This political concept later became the cornerstone of the development of the political system of the United States of America.

It's a very interesting coincidence - when the passengers on Qionghai 207 found themselves suddenly traveling through time and space and coming to a new and unfamiliar environment, the choices they made turned out to be very similar to those of the Europeans back then - in order to ensure that the entire

To survive collectively, they voluntarily give up some personal rights and obey the management agency.

But at the same time, they are also very vigilant, carefully monitoring the managers, and studying the rules and regulations very thoroughly. They are afraid that those managers will behave beyond their authority.

"This is not entirely a coincidence. For a group of people who are completely equal in personality, recognize each other's equal rights, and are sensible enough, this organizational structure is probably the only choice in adversity.

"

——When Professor Li Mingyuan told this history to everyone, he concluded like this.

It’s funny to say. Although Jack Henderson is a genuine citizen of the United States of America, he actually has no idea that such a thing exists. This made everyone look down upon him.

"You Americans brag about how superior your system is all day long. It's impossible not to teach this kind of thing in school - you must have not taken the history class well in middle school!"

The big foreigner was not ashamed of the ridicule of his companions. He shrugged casually and spread his hands:

"Maybe I said it before in class, but who cares, we have long been accustomed to that kind of environment. There is no need to study deliberately. "

A simple and unintentional rebuttal made everyone speechless. After a long time, Pang Yu finally smiled bitterly:

"It's the same thing. Look for whatever you need. When a fish is in the water, it will definitely not care whether there is water around it... But, old man, we don't have such a good environment here now. You live in a group of people who have always been there in history.

Among Chinese people who are accustomed to centralized power. Although everyone is very sensible now, to be honest, we don’t know what this group will become in the future..."

"This requires all of us to work together to maintain it. At least so far, we have done a pretty good job, haven't we?"

Jack Henderson laughed. He was not a stupid guy. In addition to being good at cardiac surgery, this guy also had a doctorate in psychology. He was very shrewd.

After the committee was established, the first problem it faced was the avalanche of expansion applications - since the agricultural group opened an opening, other professional groups immediately followed up, and everyone requested that self-recruitment be allowed to expand the establishment.

The committee approved all these requests. Anyway, there is no force that can threaten them on Hainan Island now. It doesn't matter even if some Ming army spies sneak in.

After this battle, I believe that many people, both from the Ming government and the Western colonists, would like to find out: What special abilities do these shorthairs have that can make such a big noise with just a hundred people?

All kinds of snooping methods will surely be used, but they are not afraid at all - their advantages in technology, organization, and way of thinking are the accumulation of the entire human civilization for more than three hundred years. Just rely on a few spies.

How is it possible to learn to walk?

Of course, the necessary safety precautions cannot be relaxed. The construction of the Baiyantan main base still only allows modern people and the most trustworthy local laborers to enter. All new recruits can only be placed on farms or county barracks.

Those areas.

When recruiting local labor, the travelers encountered an unexpected phenomenon - the local labor force is not provided on an individual basis, but on a "household" basis. That is to say, as long as you recruit one person,

It's like hiring that whole family at the same time.

And it is not employment in the ordinary sense. What the locals voluntarily signed was a deed of sale - the whole family was like this. The manpower team Ade originally prepared a labor employment contract, which clearly stipulates the rights and obligations of both parties, as well as benefits and holidays.

Yes, but when he saw the terms of the contract sent by the other party through the guarantor, even though this Cantonese has always prided himself on being evil and ruthless, he couldn't help but be stunned.

——A normal civilian family actually asked the whole family to sell themselves as servants. The men were responsible for the manual labor outside, while the women worked as servants at home. Even the children volunteered to be the master's lackeys...

And it’s not just one household or two households doing this. The documents sent through the local guarantor Master Li Changqian all have these conditions.

Ade originally thought that these people were deceived, and he did not want to leave any sequelae and be scolded in the back. So he personally interviewed them one by one. It turned out that these people knew what their choices were, and they were very concerned about the contract.

All the terms on it are also very understandable.

"Are they stupid or am I crazy? A good free man doesn't do anything but work as a slave to others. These people don't look like fools. "

For a while, Ade didn't dare to sign those contracts, fearing that there were some traps in them that he didn't see. Later, Professor Li came over to explain to him:

"These people are not stupid, nor are they cheap. How can a nation that shouts 'Princes, generals and prime ministers would rather have their own kind' naturally willing to be slaves - doing so is a last resort. "

Professor Li elaborated on the reasons why those people voluntarily became slaves: The key is that they can avoid taxes and labor - according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, there is no need to pay taxes or serve in the military service. If the whole family joins a wealthy family as a slave, it is legal.

To avoid the large amounts of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes imposed by the government, as well as the increasingly arduous labor.

Therefore, being successful in studying was an extremely important thing in the Ming Dynasty. In the past, it didn’t matter how poor the family was. Once they became a civil servant, someone would voluntarily come to serve with their houses and property, or even voluntarily become domestic servants... This has become a Ming Dynasty

A trend in the middle and late dynasty.

In a scholar's family, even if it is just for the sake of face, most people will not be too harsh on their servants. However, when government servants press for tax servants, people often die. Being a servant is much more comfortable than being a free citizen.

No wonder this phenomenon occurs.

When it comes to Lingao County specifically, of course no one in the cross team has won the election. However, even if you lend ten courage to those county government officials, they probably will not dare to come to the county warehouse compound to collect taxes, so once it is proved here

As long as they had enough strength to protect their own people, it was not surprising that a large number of local people immediately surrendered.

Professor Lao Li finally concluded:

"Speaking of which, the fact that so many people are willing to join us has a lot to do with us retaining the local bureaucracy... The Ming Dynasty's political power in Lingao County is still operating according to its original habits - the dozen or so subordinate officials are still operating

They collect taxes everywhere, but they still have to deduct part of it. And because the original warehouse was robbed by us, they exploited it even more fiercely. It forced many people to become bandits. "

It sounded beneficial to this side, but none of the committee members present could laugh. Even old Jack, an outsider, couldn't help shaking his head and sighing:

"Forcing the free people who are the foundation of the country to such an extent, it is no wonder that this dynasty will fall. "

This American was not familiar with Chinese history at first, but after staying here for such a long time, he learned some historical knowledge about China from his companions around him.

It's just that many people here don't agree with his concept of "freedom" in everything.

"In our original history, the dynasty that replaced the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, basically had no free people. There were only two kinds of people in the Qing Dynasty - either masters or slaves. So the so-called free people are the country

The cornerstone may not be correct. "

Jie Xi retorted somewhat unhappily, but Jack did not notice his attitude.

"Oh, my God! A slave country with a population of hundreds of millions! What a tragedy!"

"It depends on who it is for...only for those common people, No wanen, Nomoney, that is a tragedy. The lives of princes and princesses are good - and our future film and television workers will only pay attention to them. "

Suddenly remembering a movie he had watched before, Pang Yu laughed bitterly at himself. Old Jack did not understand his joke, but everyone did not dwell on this topic.

In the end, Ade signed these contracts, and he did not take advantage of the benefits delivered to his door. As for the employment contracts that were originally prepared and formulated in accordance with the spirit of the "Labor Law", they were shelved and no need to be considered for the time being.
Chapter completed!