Blackstone Code

On the way back, Lynch thought a lot and considered some coping strategies.

The fact that these people dare to jump out at this time shows that they have a certain probability of success.

No matter how harmless the Conservative candidate pretends to be, it only makes Lynch more wary of the man.

What he wants to hide is his true face, not the ridiculous reasons he shows.

"What happened over there?" After entering the city, many people demonstrated on the roadside.

There were many people demonstrating during this period, and most of them were related to the introduction of new immigrants. Catherine also talked about this issue in her campaign speech yesterday.

She said she would properly solve this problem so that new immigrants would not only not become competitors for the federal people, but would instead become an indispensable help in their new life.

However, the response was not particularly good, because this has been done several times to introduce new immigrants, but the results were not so good.

Every time a large number of immigrants enter the country, the competitive pressure for employment will increase exponentially.

Even the women on the street were particularly dissatisfied with this, because the new immigrant women directly lowered the price to the lowest.

At first, they needed twenty or thirty yuan to make people happy, but with the increase of new immigrant women, these young, exotic girls can do it for only fifteen yuan, ten yuan, or even five yuan. At this time, everyone also had to lower prices.

Not to mention the horrible situation in the factory, federal workers can't even think about working for one more minute.

But new immigrants can work overtime until ten o'clock at night for free, and their wages are only 70% or even less than those of native federal workers.

This forces all walks of life to compete with the new immigrants. In the end, it is the capitalists who take advantage.

The driving forces behind the introduction of the new immigration policy this time are also the big capitalists.

They need new immigrants to fill their private shelters, and since they are all free to live in anyway, why not give them to those who are easier to manage and more obedient?

Doesn’t this start competition again?

Who is more like a slave?

So there were a lot of demonstrations during this period, but this time the roadside parade looked a little different. Their style was... more disciplined.

The speed of the convoy gradually slowed down. The driver asked someone to inquire through the radio, and it didn't take long for the information to be fed back.

"Mr. Lynch, these are veterans and they are protesting."

Lynch seemed to realize something and stopped the motorcade temporarily. He lit a cigarette and said, "What are you protesting for?"

"It is said that most of them will return to their families, and a small number of them can find a job."

"They are very dissatisfied. Some of them hope to continue serving in the army, while others hope to arrange a good job for themselves."

"There are still people who are unhappy with the elimination of military benefits..."

When it was determined that no war would break out, the military became one of the heavy burdens on the federal finances, so the federal government decided to completely dismantle the military. This time it was for real.

In the end, all hundreds of thousands of troops were disbanded, allowing them to return to their families and jobs.

Some soldiers are very satisfied with this. Not everyone likes life in the army, but it is not very friendly to other people.

Especially soldiers and officers who have served for a long time. They were considered a privileged class before, but with the implementation of various government orders, they have become ordinary people.

It is difficult for them to accept this gap. Just like those lieutenants and school officers who ask them to go to the factory to do heavy manual labor with those low-level workers who are covered in smelly sweat, they will definitely not be able to accept it!

In the past, although they were only middle-level officers in the army, the army's huge base of people at the bottom allowed them to live very comfortably.

These people are protesting against this matter now. They believe that even in the shelter era, the army is needed to protect the stability of society.

From another perspective, when these soldiers retire in place, hundreds of thousands of unemployed people and family burdens will suddenly be added to society, which will definitely cause some waves.

After Lynch understood what had happened, the convoy continued to move forward, and he roughly guessed part of it.

Catherine didn't come back until after ten o'clock in the evening. Instead of going back to where she lived, she came to Lynch's side.

There was a small party after the campaign public speech, and the whole place smelled of cigarettes and alcohol. Children would cry if they smelled it.

So after having social events outside, she would often come to Lynch's place.

After watching the evening news for a while, the two lay together. "When I came back today, I saw soldiers demonstrating on the roadside."

Catherine rubbed her temples and nodded, "I heard about this. Connor and the Ministry of Defense pushed it. He wanted to help me solve this problem before leaving."

I have to say that Connor is really a good friend, at least when it comes to his treatment of Lynch, he has nothing to fault.

He doesn't have to do this kind of thing that would obviously offend people, actually.

But not only did he do it, he also took the initiative to do it. He is indeed a good guy.

"I met and had a chat with the Conservative candidate this morning and he said he would not give up on this election."

Lynch's second sentence is separated from the content of the first sentence. This huge leap of unrelated topics may not be able to keep up with it if the brain reacts slower.

"Are you saying there is a connection between these two things?"

Lynch did not answer directly, "I have learned that the core group of demonstrations are middle-level military officers whose interests have been harmed. This group of people constitutes a minority and is not that harmful to us."

"I'm thinking of a countermeasure."

Catherine pulled the thin quilt around her body and sat up, "Let's talk about it."

In fact, this action was not to... cover their bodies from Lynch. For them, there were no secrets about each other's bodies.

This kind of action is purely something that has evolved into a subconscious thing after the long development of human society. Even in front of close people, when the purpose is not to exchange body fluids, try not to expose your body.

Lynch didn't care much and directly spoke of his opinion, "To add a publicity point, as long as retired military personnel have no bad records in the military files, their years of service can be converted into seniority."

"For example, if they have served in the military for three years, then when they return to a factory or enterprise, their seniority will be calculated directly from three years."

"Or they could be given an extra year, in some proportion, as a percentage."

"On the one hand, it can appease the emotions of these soldiers in terms of benefits, and on the other hand, it can also quickly help these veterans integrate into the new social system."

Getting paid more than others as soon as you start working, even if it's not a lot, is very attractive.

In fact, there is a trick to this strategy.

The core groups harmed by the decision to retire in place are actually those soldiers and officers who have served for many years.

Those who have only served for one or two years, or two or three years, don't care so much about whether they have to leave the army.

Therefore, the real beneficiaries of this transition from military to working age are the veterans.

For example, after spending ten years in the army, I now go to a factory and receive basic salary plus seniority salary directly. This is much more than the salary of ordinary people!

Some may have worked in the military for a lifetime, such as some middle- and upper-level officers, for twenty or thirty years.

As long as they nod and find an employer after returning, they will be close to the edge of retirement.

As long as the core conflicting group is resolved, even if the conservative candidate really wants to manipulate this group of people, it will not be easy to do so.

Catherine thought about it carefully but did not agree immediately. "This matter needs to be discussed. It is best to introduce a bill, otherwise it will be difficult for us to win the trust of those people."

"You are very thoughtful." Lynch agreed with Catherine's statement. It is indeed more appropriate to have laws to follow than empty words.

"I'll ask Senator Langdon to work with you."

Catherine nodded, "We can definitely win."

Lynch held her hand and said, "We are invincible!"

The next day Catherine had a TV interview, which was unusual during an election.

During the interview, the host asked a very sensitive question, "Catherine, have you noticed that there are more and more demonstrations in society recently?"

"What do you think caused this?"

This is actually a very difficult question to answer. If Catherine points the finger at the current ruling government, Connor will definitely lose face.

But if she does not point the finger at the current government or Congress, some people will think that she is deliberately avoiding this sensitive issue.

Federalists have always had a mysterious enthusiasm for attacking the federal government!

There is a joke that describes this phenomenon——

Two grown men were beaten to death over a minor conflict. If you want to end the fight at this time, then ask them if they agree with "Is the president a son of a bitch?" Then the two of them can immediately unify. Battlefront!

Even if they think in their hearts that the president is sometimes good, they will quickly stand together when faced with this problem.

Catherine has already dealt with this problem very well——

This is not a live broadcast, but a recorded broadcast. Even the questions asked by the host are listed in advance. This is an open-book exam!

Apart from Lynch, Mr. Trueman may be the only one in the federation who can handle political responses at a live broadcast level.

This is actually directly related to personal ability.

The higher the ability, the less need to prepare these things in advance.

Catherine on the screen smiled slightly, "I think it's because I don't understand."

"Our lack of understanding of each other has caused some problems that trouble both of us. Not everyone can fully understand every policy and understand some of the changes behind every policy."

"Take the recent increase in demonstrations by military groups. In fact, they only noticed that the federal government will completely abolish the military establishment, but did not notice that we are actually already working on the follow-up resettlement plan..."