Chapter 195: One Year with Six Months Off?

Guo Yuan and Lou Shide were revising the rules and regulations of Daming Town. Besides gathering opinions from the common people through the “Receiving Words” system, the most important basis was naturally the Han Law and the Tang Law.

Both Guo Yuan and Lou Shide were very familiar with the laws of these two dynasties.

As the official system of the entire Daming Town gradually improved, new territory regulations were also issued.

The newly issued regulations naturally caused much discussion among many people. The subjects under their rule were no exception, and even Mother Mo went to join the fun. Under the explanation of a young clerk, she listened to the laws and regulations that Daming Town had formulated itself.

Actually, Mother Mo did not care about anything else; she just wanted to know how holidays were arranged in Daming Town, even though she was currently in Daming Town and was on vacation for 365 days a year almost.

After listening to the young clerk’s arrangement, the first thing she did when she returned home was to drag Mo Xiaobai out, who was testing the softness of the new paper issued by the Territory:

“Son, why don’t you go out and take a look? Your Territory is going to fall into chaos!”

“Chaos? How is that possible?”

Mo Xiaobai blinked, wondering why his mother said that. Wasn’t Daming Town just fine? He had so many capable people under his command; how could the town fall into chaos?

“Isn’t it chaotic yet? The NPCs under your command are simply making a mess. Do you know how many days of vacation the residents of the Territory have? Let me calculate it for you!”

Mother Mo spoke in a rush, and before Mo Xiaobai could open his mouth, she began counting on her fingers: “First, one day off per ten-day period, three days a month, which means 36 days a year. Then there are various holidays: Spring Festival for 7 days, Winter Solstice for 7 days, Qingming Festival for 4 days, Mid-Autumn Festival for 3 days, Laba Day for 3 days, Summer Solstice for 3 days, and what about Start of Spring, Spring Equinox, Start of Autumn, Autumn Equinox, Start of Summer, and Start of Winter? All these give one day off. If they clash with the ten-day vacation, it can be extended by one day. Oh right, the Dragon Boat Festival, Lantern Festival, Double Ninth Festival, and others also give one day off. I almost forgot to mention those.”

“I won’t even list how many fixed holidays there are on top of that. In addition, there are 10 days for marriage leave and 5 days for bereavement leave. There are also quite a few others I couldn’t quite understand, but they are all about 2 to 3 days.”

After finishing her speech, Mother Mo stared straight at Mo Xiaobai.

Mo Xiaobai felt a bit uneasy under his mother’s gaze and had to ask bravely: “Um, is there a problem with these holidays?”

“Is there a problem?”

Mother Mo spoke again, her voice rising by several decibels: “What were you thinking, son? Count them yourself. Adding up all these holidays, it’s almost 150 days. There are only 365 days in a year, and you actually let your subjects rest for nearly half a year?”

“Huh? Hmm, that does seem like a bit too much,” Mo Xiaobai replied. He had never asked about the Territory’s vacation arrangements in the first place; he only cared about the results. But his mother’s words made him scratch his head in thought.

He thought about it for a while, and finally made his decision.

It was great; no need to change it!

However, while he thought it was very good, Mother Mo on the scene thought it was very bad!

The reason, actually, was quite simple.

Envy and resentment!

On Water Blue Star, not even in private companies, but even for civil servants in Huaxia, you could not have vacation days exceeding one-third of a year, unless you were truly sick or injured and unable to work.

For Mother Mo, who had suffered greatly from working in the past, the vacation system of Daming Village was simply an unbelievable paradise.

However, this paradise did not belong to her.

Seeing her mother who was still excited and had not yet calmed down, Mo Xiaobai smiled: “Mother, let me explain. The vacation arrangement you heard about basically only applies to the Territory Citizens who work in my commercial buildings. The reason Zini and the others made such a decision was naturally because of a reason.”

“Right now, our Daming Town is undergoing a second transformation from public ownership to private ownership. Moreover, this reform will be more large-scale than the first land distribution. The benefits of this reform are obvious, and all the common people of Daming Town can see it. The people are not stupid. Since private ownership benefits them, who would still be willing to work for your son me? If I don’t improve my employees’ vacation benefits, I estimate that tomorrow everyone in a few workshops will leave.”

Listening to Mo Xiaobai’s explanation, Mother Mo frowned: “Then don’t do private ownership. This is just a game anyway; why would you want to implement private ownership?”

“It’s not that I want to; this is actually an inevitable result. Do you really think a Plane is just as simple as a game? Are all people just a string of code numbers?”

Mo Xiaobai shook his head with a smile, then spoke broadly: “To run a Territory well, I must lead them toward the direction of civilization’s development, instead of worrying about such small gains and losses. I improve the living standards of the Territory Citizens in different ways, which can better stimulate the citizens’ self-development and work enthusiasm. Why not do so? Besides, Mother, do you forget another very important thing? The rules about holidays have been issued, but who can guarantee they will actually take so many vacation days?”

The rules about holidays were issued, but one couldn’t even guarantee taking vacation days?

When Mother Mo heard these words, she immediately thought of a word.

“Son, are you talking about overtime?”

“Haha~ Yes, you probably didn’t listen to the rest, but of course, there is a plan for overtime too.”

Overtime!

Seeing her son’s smiling face, Mother Mo got angry: “Are the common people so easy to fool? Just because you say overtime, they have to do overtime? Do they not pay wages? That would be triple wages.”

“No, Mother, you are mistaken again. This is a Plane, not Water Blue Star. Overtime in Daming Town only pays double wages,” Mo Xiaobai shrugged, showing a posture of “I am a sharp businessman; what are you afraid of?”:

“Please rest assured, old lady. Daming Town will only get better. How could it fall into chaos? That small amount of overtime pay can be earned back in an hour by me with a flick of my hand. In the end, this is just a means to stimulate the Territory Citizens. The final right to interpret the laws and regulations still lies in your son’s hands.”

After Mo Xiaobai finished explaining with a smile, Mother Mo helplessly shook her head. She now felt that her son had changed a lot. When Mo Xiaobai first went to university, how could he have shown such behavior?

Just as Mother Mo was shaking her head, a series of light footsteps gradually came.

Mo Xiaoyou was seen jumping and running into the backyard. Seeing her mother and older brother, she quickened her steps even more.

“Mother, Big Brother, the teacher just told us something.”

Mo Xiaoyou ran up to the two of them, lifted her little head, and looked at her older brother: “Teacher Kongming told us that the Territory has redesigned the holiday arrangements, and our Academy also needs a new vacation plan. Starting from tomorrow, I won’t be able to live at home anymore. I will live in the Academy with Sister Yiyi.”

Hearing this, Mother Mo asked: “Even the school holidays have been changed? How many days off do you get in a month?”

“Three days a month, and some holidays also have a day off. However, Teacher Kongming didn’t mention winter or summer vacations.”

Mo Xiaoyou answered, then curved her eyebrows: “I have calculated it. Although there are no winter or summer vacations, the total days of holidays at the Academy are a few days more than when I was in elementary school. And there is no make-up class during holidays. Big Brother, your Territory is really great. If my classmates knew, they would surely be dying of envy.”