New Gods of North America

Since the employer has said it's okay,

So at Wayne's command, the members of the detective agency packed up their things quickly and prepared to retreat.

Mr. Harmon was quite considerate.

He brought his family to see him off in front of the main house of the manor.

So Mrs. Harmon agreed with Lina to visit each other when they have time in the future, and the two of them even talked about ladies' private matters.

Mr. Harmon's youngest son Lucas is very curious about the so-called "detectives" and hopes to visit and play in Wayne's detective agency when he has the chance.

Wayne even received a sketch from Lucas's sister Anna, which showed Wayne shooting a gun.

Although there are some problems with the character's proportions and perspective, it looks handsome.

Wayne felt that this was the normal style of a well-behaved little girl. In addition to general education and professional courses, it would be great to learn some art such as music and painting.

Who would study how to open a safe?

The group bought some ingredients for the feast and then returned to the detective agency.

Chef Parker started working with a group of people who came to help or wanted to learn cooking, while Wayne handed the check to Inissa.

Because Wayne had already "embezzled" a portion of the extraordinary material, he did not plan to take the monetary reward for his head this time.

Anyway, the detective agency routinely takes 30% from it, and when you add in the dividend ratio, it's actually not much less.

In fact, all staff members participated in this mission, including the shifts.

Of the $1,500, $450 went into the detective agency's fund pool, and the remaining $1,050 was split 70% and 30% respectively. Inissa and Lina got $157.50 each.

The final $735 was divided on a "per-person basis" between Doug, a formal agent, and eight trainee agents, who were counted as 0.8 per person. Doug should have received about $99.32 cents, and the trainee agents about $79.45 cents.

At first glance, it may not seem like a lot.

But even Mr. Myron, Mr. Ben Harmon's butler, only earns $600 a year.

If converted into weekly wages, the income of the trainee agents from this mission is equivalent to nearly two months' salary of a wealthy butler.

Therefore, as a "good start" for the detective agency in Georgeburg, this commission is not bad.

After that, as long as the detective agency can receive a big commission like this every two months on average, its business can be described as "smooth" and "prosperous".

So everyone celebrated.

Except for the agents on duty who need to stay in shape, everyone else can relax for two days.

…

After the first day of leisure,

the next day,

Wayne went to the local parish church and put the $50 that Inessa took out from the detective agency's fund pool into the donation box to make his presence known, and then wandered around the city following the map.

Today, George Berg

Among the "cities" in America, this one has a relatively unique temperament.

The city is not particularly large, but the services provided to wealthy people are very convenient.

For example, here you can buy almost all the mainstream newspapers from "the whole world" - in fact, several major countries in the Old World - and the United States.

Although the number will not be too large and some may require reservation, at least there are people here who will provide such service.

For example, there are many specialized institutions that can assist wealthy people in trading stocks, although due to the factors of the times and regions, there is usually a considerable delay from issuing orders to trading.

However, it is an amazing convenience in this era that wealthy people can "stay at home" and entrust others to complete stock transactions that originally had to be carried out at the stock exchange in London, Windsor, or New York, America. This service was originally only enjoyed by top wealthy people or politicians, but now it has been reduced to a higher level.

Compared to Chicago or Richmond, the streets here seem quieter and more leisurely.

The shops lining the streets in the commercial district were not crowded, but there were always customers. Horse-drawn carriages stopped and started on the roadside, and it was not uncommon to see wealthy families or ladies shopping in groups of three or four.

There are even quite a few places like bookstores.

George and Anna College is considered to be a relatively aristocratic college in the United States.

But the students and scholars of the college are obviously not all rich people, and not all students from "ordinary" families can afford the relatively high tuition fees. It is said that many of them have to find a job locally and earn money to complete their studies.

This also adds a bit of "culture" and "romance" to the city.

A seemingly ordinary clerk in a store may be a well-educated student or a young scholar who has made some achievements in his profession.

The person wandering around the store might be the daughter of a wealthy man or the beloved daughter of a political figure.

Perhaps a chance encounter or several chance encounters can give birth to a beautiful love story - at least that's how it's written in many novels.

The things in the story may be too beautiful or unreal.

However, the proportion of "civilized people" here does seem to be a little higher.

At least Wayne spent half a day here.

I have never heard even once some of the words that are well-known in Black Stone Town, such as those starting with F, B, or S.

The patrol police who can be seen on the streets from time to time do not seem to support the "wildness" and "bloodiness" unique to the West.

Most people, even if they look plain or even patched up, try their best to keep themselves clean and presentable.

The conversation was gentle and polite.

If we only look at the busy streets in the city,

Wayne even had some doubts as to whether the large stack of wanted warrants that Doug had brought back to the detective agency from the police station were fake.

Willy, who was responsible for driving Wayne, and Lina, who came out specially to buy "school supplies" for the two little kids,

By the way, I also bought some dry bread and candies to distribute to children such as newspaper boys and shoe shine boys.

The industry in Georgeburg is not very developed.

Children from poor families cannot do physical work such as port handling, so when it comes to making a living or supplementing their family income, the only options they can have are some odd jobs in the "service industry".

When Wayne was chatting with them, he learned that there was actually a so-called "chimney gang" here - some people would bring their children to clean chimneys for others on a relatively regular basis, dividing the "territory" among each other. For the children, this was a relatively stable source of income.

But it still may not be able to avoid starvation. After all, if it gets a little bigger, it may not be able to get into or out of the chimney.

And "being able to make money" and "life will get better" are often not the same thing.

Wayne and his friends spent half a day leisurely.

When we got back to the detective agency, there was still some time before Chef Parker rang the bell for dinner.

But I didn't expect that someone who wanted to eat for free had already arrived early.

The person who came over was David Mills, the special services captain whom Wayne had met before in the state capitol.

David Mills brings a visiting gift to the detective agency, a barrel of wine brewed by the church monastery:

“The church suddenly gave me two weeks of paid leave, and I didn’t know where to go.

"Tom Hagen suggested that I could come and learn from your detective agency, but I don't know if you would welcome it."

Wayne certainly welcomes the free labor force.

So Wayne shook his hand cheerfully, and then seemed not so cheerfully again.

Tsk,

Let go of me now, you’re so harsh.