After Transmigrating to Become the Daughter of a Duke, I Just Want to Pursue a Career

Regarding this, Katerina sighed faintly, and then lifted the woman in front of her. After lifting Winnie up, she found that she seemed to continue to kneel down, and the girl's voice became colder.

"Stand firm, I don't like talking with my head down~"

Hearing such cold words, Winnie was even more frightened, but she stood up after all, and then she heard Katerina's voice again,

"Put out your hand."

Winnie trembled with fright at the command that suddenly echoed in her ears, but finally stretched out her hand tremblingly, and just when Winnie thought she was about to be treated violently like before, she suddenly felt There was a warm feeling from the back of my hand. This feeling was like bathing in the spring sun, and the warm breath was refreshing.

It seemed that this warmth brought courage to Winnie. She raised her head subconsciously, and looked at the girl in front of her nervously. The other party was gently holding her palm, and gently placed the potato that had just fallen in her palm. Immediately afterwards, Winnie heard the person in front of her speak in a gentle voice,

"Don't be afraid~"

Hearing the gentle voice in her ear, Winnie swallowed instinctively, then she raised her head tremblingly to the position where she could look at the girl, and then, she saw a pair of blue eyes watching quietly. Looking at herself, in those eyes, Winnie saw neither malice nor indifference, but only a hint of care.

That trace of concern was actually not obvious, but it was like the scorching sun shining into the frozen heart. At this moment, the already cold heart in Winnie's chest suddenly beat violently. I don't know why. Looking into the young girl's eyes, she suddenly wanted to cry a lot. The lacrimal glands that she thought had dried up a long time ago were constantly brewing crystal clear, and it seemed that they were about to burst at any moment.

On the other side, looking at Winnie like this, Katerina sighed softly, then patted her on the shoulder,

"Don't worry, I don't mean to blame you."

"Survival is not a shameful thing, at least with me, you don't have to be frightened by it."

After finishing speaking, Katerina turned around, and commanded in an unquestionable tone to the maid Rena who was standing by,

"Leina, let's save the explanation of the rules for later. Let's take them down to eat now. These people obviously haven't had enough to eat for a long time, and I still expect them to work for me. A group of hungry people, what work efficiency?"

"Also, if there are new female workers in the future, they will all be taken to eat and rest first, and send a group of people who have not eaten to work...It is very inappropriate."

Facing Katerina's almost reprimanding order, Reina took a deep breath, then nodded calmly, expressing that she had remembered it, and would follow this order in the future, and would never make any mistakes again. .

Seeing that Reina had comprehended her order, Katerina eased her expression, and after comforting Reina for a while, she turned around and prepared to leave the scene. Seeing that the girl wanted to leave, Katerina immediately led people to escort her all the way. .

Soon, the group disappeared in front of the female workers, and the crowd became commotion again. The female workers present were talking about what they had just seen, but Winnie remained motionless.

At this moment, I saw this poor woman staring at Katerina's leaving back obsessively, and an inexplicable light was gathering in her eyes, as if she was a fanatic looking at the angel who descended into the world. .........

ps: 5200 words!Another chapter tonight!ask for a recommendation

Section 74 71. Layout of light industry

"I'm such a devil~"

A few hours later, in a study in the Marquis of Aaron's mansion, a deep exclamation sounded faintly.

At this moment, looking at the document in her hand, Katerina's eyes were full of complexities, as if she had done something against her heart.

In fact, there was nothing confidential in that document, it was just a schedule and salary list for factory workers.

However, if calculated according to the content of this document, the workers in the factory mentioned in the document work 10 hours a day and only have one day off each month, and the workers in the factory can get The monthly salary is only 15 silver coins.

This level of income is basically equivalent to the average monthly income of a manor tenant farmer during a normal harvest, but the labor intensity and time of the workers are much higher than that of the tenant farmers.

Obviously, this is the exploitation of Chiguoguo. If it were changed to the red country where Katerina lived in her previous life, if any factory dared to set such a terrible treatment list for the workers, not only would it be scolded by people from all walks of life, They will also be invited to drink tea by relevant government departments.

But now, this treatment list was placed in front of Katerina, and her name had already been signed on it.

In all honesty, if she could handle it according to her own wishes, Katerina would never pass such a salary plan that completely squeezed the workers to death. After all, she was a civil servant of the red government in her previous life, and Katerina still has a fairly high salary. moral standards.

Unfortunately, this matter is not up to her to decide.

At present, in order to integrate the power of the Aaronian nobles, Katerina has established the world's first company, and plans to use the advanced organizational form of the company to maximize the unity of the Aaronian noble groups and give full play to their strengths. strength.

So far, it's worked out pretty well.

After understanding the concept of the company, because Katerina has a foundation of "imperial relations", and Katerina's political goals are in the interests of most people, after she proposed to establish a company, most Aaron The nobles of the department quickly responded to her call and invested in various forms of shares, and then quickly condensed into a larger interest group than before, and the crisis of the Aaron family was temporarily lifted as a result.

However, there are advantages and disadvantages in everything. Although the emergence of the advanced organizational form of the company helped Katerina quickly integrate the power of the Aaron nobles, at the same time, it also weakened her right to speak.

In the past, relying on her status as the daughter of the Duke of Aldan, she could rely on her status to act arbitrarily on almost most occasions, but after the establishment of the company, she had to listen more to the opinions of other shareholders in the company.

There is no way, the rules are set by the girl, as the initiator, the girl must not take the lead in violating it, otherwise this organizational system will not be able to operate.

Under such circumstances, the aristocrats who invested in the shares were not only Katerina's base, but also brought her great constraints. After that, all policies and actions she formulated must be in line with the common interests of this group.

Obviously, it is not in the interests of nobles to give workers higher treatment. With the upper limit locked, no matter how unwilling Katerina is, she can struggle very limited unless the "table "It was blown up, otherwise it was doomed that the girl would not be able to truly stand on the side of the people.

But now, Katerina is no longer alone, there are too many people she cares about are in the aristocratic camp, if she has any extraordinary behavior, it will definitely affect those people she cares about, which makes Katerina Don't dare to "turn the table" at will.

"Ah~~"

After another long sigh, Katerina put the documents in her hands aside, and then told herself silently with an ostrich mentality that everything at present is an inevitable process of the development of the times, and there is no need to be obsessed with speeding up and passing by, let everything happen naturally Development may be more in line with the objective laws of history.

After calming down, Katerina stopped looking at the salary list. She picked up two documents from the other side of the table and read them quietly.

Different from the document just now, the two documents that Katerina is currently viewing are marked with a confidential icon on the cover. These are important documents that only the company's senior management can view.The contents of these two documents are respectively about the construction progress of the various factories currently under construction, and the re-planning and arrangement of various crops in the various noble territories under the company's command.

The content of these two documents is very important, and it is related to the overall layout of Katerina.

After many days of thinking about how to promote the industrialization of Port Chris and the entire kingdom, Katerina already had a rough plan in her mind, and she planned to start with light industry.

In fact, Katerina wants to give priority to the development of heavy industry, because she knows very well that heavy industry is the foundation of a power or even a country.

It is a pity that the threshold for developing heavy industry is too high, and the current situation that Katerina is facing, it is doomed that she will never be able to develop heavy industry. No matter how much energy she spends, it will be nothing but nothing in the end .

In the end, Katerina could only adapt to the objective reality and choose to start with light industry.

The threshold for developing light industry is much lower than that for heavy industry. Most importantly, because of the existence of magical power in the world, in the early stage of light industry development, there are almost no technical problems for Katerina.

At present, there are only two problems that Katerina has to face. The first is what kind of goods should be produced, and the second is how to sell the goods and make money.

In the current era, local protectionism is the mainstream value, and it takes a very long time for a commodity to be circulated after going through multiple trading links.

What kind of goods to choose and how to sell them are a test of the businessman's wisdom.

The current situation facing Katerina is even more difficult, because Chris Port is being blocked by the Pirate King and the forces behind it. Before thinking about how to sell goods, she must first think about how to restore the maritime trade line.

In short, it is very troublesome.

"Miss, do you have time now, there seems to be some situation outside!"

I don't know how long it took, but when Katerina was carefully reading the documents in her hand, a call from the door brought her back to her senses.

After glancing at the source of the voice, she found that the person who called her was Celia. Katerina, who felt as if something happened, frowned slightly and said,

"What happened?"

Facing her lady's inquiry, the maid Celia responded with a serious face,

"Miss, just now, Viscount Abt sent someone to the door. The person who came was Viscount Abt's eldest son. He originally came to see you, Miss, but now, he has a conflict with Master Aaron."

"Now the two sides have already quarreled to the point of a duel, Mrs. Alberti asked me to come over and have a look~"

"Heh~" At this moment, after hearing Celia's report, Katerina gently put down the document in her hand, and then smiled lightly as if thinking of something interesting,

"I thought that blacksmith had a lot of backbone. After so many days, he kept avoiding me and refused to see me. In the end, he still couldn't hold his breath."

"Forget it, Celia, please lead the way, I'll meet him here..."

ps:Chapter 2

Chapter 75 72. The Weird Desire

At the same time, in the reception hall of the Marquis's Mansion, a tense confrontation was going on. The two sides of the confrontation were Arlo Aaron, the heir of the Aaron family, and Viscount Abt, who had just come to visit the Marquis's Mansion. Eldest son - Castro Abbott.

At this moment, looking at the heir of the Aaron family who was staring at him viciously, Castro Abt had a very headache. To be honest, although he did have the intention of finding fault during this trip, he really never thought about it. Things get to this point.

The real goal of Castro's visit to the Aaron family this time is not Arlo, nor anyone in the Aaron family, but the source of the recent changes in Port Chris, the chief executive of the so-called [company] The executive officer, the eldest daughter of the Aldan family, Katerina Aldan.

According to Castro's prediction, after his visit to the Marquis's Mansion, it should be the eldest daughter of the Aldan family who came to negotiate with him. Miss erupted.

But what Castro never expected was that Arlo jumped out before he could see the true master, and he was determined to fight himself.

This is very embarrassing.

If it was just a simple duel, Castro would not be afraid at all.Unlike Arlo, who was forced to be promoted due to the death of the previous heir, as the eldest son of the Abt family, he has been receiving the strictest heir education. At this time, he has already been promoted to an official knight. Easily crushed Arlo, who couldn't even hold his sword steadily.

But the problem is that at the political level, this duel cannot be fought at all.

First of all, the age difference between Castro and Arlo is too big. Castro is 24 years old now, while Arlo is only 13 years old. The two fights like adults bullying children. No matter whether you win or lose this duel, it is disgraceful to spread it. .

More importantly, Arlo's identity is very troublesome for Castro. If it were someone else, Castro might not be patient to this point. Anyway, the request for a duel is first proposed by the other party, even if there is a Regarding the issue of fairness, others have nothing to blame.

However, Arlo is different. He is the last legal heir of the Aaron family. At the moment when the Aaron family has not completely declined, the Abt family that Castro belongs to is still a direct subordinate of the Aaron family in theory.

As the eldest son of the Abt family, once he agrees to this duel, it will be tantamount to proclaiming loudly to the world that the Abt family is a dirty traitor. In this way, the reputation of the Abt family will be ruined .

According to the rules of the nobility, the reputation of the nobility is the basis for maintaining the legitimacy of nobility. For most of the nobility, reputation is often more important than life. Castro absolutely has no courage to label his family as a traitor... ......Although in private, he does have intentions in this regard.

In addition, there is another factor that makes Castro daunted from this duel, and that is the reason why Arlo initiated this duel.

When Castro visited the Aaron family just now, he proposed to meet Katerina, but was obstructed by Arlo and other members of the Aaron family for a long time. Because of his anxiety, Castro accidentally fell in love with Arlo. The language trap, so that the words slightly offended Katerina.

This was not a big deal at first. After all, Castro's words were not the kind of blatant insults, but he just said something without checking for a while. Most nobles would not care about this kind of offense.

However, Arlo seemed to have caught the little braid, and went online on this basis, clamoring for a duel with Katerina under the banner of protecting Katerina's reputation.

For Castro, things became very troublesome from here. It is conceivable that if this duel really started, others would not go into what Castro said, and people would only think that the reason for the duel, It was started by Arlo Aaron in order to protect the reputation of the Aldan family. No matter what direction the situation develops in the future, there is a high probability that it will attract the "attention" of the Aldan family. In this way, Castro and the Aldan family behind him The Bout family must never try to please them.

Therefore, Castro cannot continue this duel anyway.

At this moment, looking at Arlo, who was standing in the middle of the hall with a long sword in his forehand, staring at him with an angry face, and realized that he could not change the will of the heir of the Aaron family in front of him, Castro exhaled slightly. , turned his gaze to other members of the Aaron family.

After looking around, Castro's eyes suddenly paused, and then fell on Marquis Aaron's widow, Mrs. Alberti.Afterwards, I saw a flash of light in his eyes, and then he spoke righteously and said,

"Dear Mrs. Alberti, are you sure you don't care?"

"Master Arlo's move is not what a qualified heir to the Aaron family should have. As his elder, shouldn't you stop it in time?"

"......" Suddenly hearing her name being called, Mrs. Alberti's eyes shrank slightly, and after looking at her son, she frowned and fell into a long silence middle.

Under normal circumstances, Mrs. Alberti, the hostess of the Aaron family, should have taken action to stop her son's "rebellious" behavior. No, under normal circumstances, she would not let this happen at all.

But now, in the face of Castro's "persuasion", Mrs. Alberti seems extremely hesitant. The reason is very simple. The recent changes in Aaron's family made her strongly question her vision and judgment. I feel like I can no longer tell what is right.

The main person responsible for this situation is Katerina.