Chapter 106

Chapter 106

Scientific Management Technique (4)

“Infant bicycle?”

“Right.”

“No grandson?”

Palmerston has no children.

Thinking this gentleman is a bloodless tearless cold-blooded quite unexpected, but he privately lived a very... passionate life.

Anyway. So Palmerston who did marriage only at 55 has no children, and of course no grandson.

Even at my point he did not waver even a hair.

“Legally none.”

“Aha.”

No legitimate child but there is an illegitimate child. I looked down on the 19th century again. Really sorry!

“So, can’t make infant bicycle?”

“If the Prime Minister orders of course must follow.”

“Don’t say order. Hard to even take care of the price for just this. In my thought children’s bicycle also seems will make money no thought of making?”

Of course there is. After a bit stabilizing.

Now even just increasing one production line screaming all sorts.

Raising wages to double and releasing all sorts of welfare benefits full of course only the best talents seem will gather, but regrettably the world of personnel management is full of only terrible pain. No matter treating generously the average of employees can rise but no way no villains.

To increase lines need excellent employees.

To select excellent employees once word of mouth must turn a bit.

Not that our company is a strange miscellaneous company that will soon collapse, must become a company everyone envies to be able to select somewhat proper workers.

As I preached the difficulty of line expansion like that, the prime minister old man who would not particularly be interested in business frowned.

“Excuses really various.”

“Not excuse but real.”

“Right, understood. Will expect the bicycle soon.”

- Said expect?

Originally politicians are all like that. Don’t care your circumstances anyway do it. Do I deal with guys doing politics one day two day. 19th century or 21st century nothing changes.

“You.”

“Yes, Prime Minister.”

“Eunuch?”

Calling a person and suddenly what sound. This crazy human now became senile?

I was dumbfounded and only opening and closing the mouth and the following words were even more spectacular.

“Doesn’t seem sodomy either. Perhaps only coveting beautiful boys? That Chinese boy bringing and teaching or-”

“No really listening listening. Perhaps helping what words?”

“A guy of your level is a quality item. Why not meeting women?”

“I am married and have a daughter? Quality item?”

“But? Who doesn’t know that?”

Palmerston. The story doesn’t end.

“If a promising young person is living alone a bit, can match eyes and burn passion.”

“Now saying why not cheating?”

“Cheating. Let’s say romance, romance.”

The crazy old man showed a mysterious action with fingers. A prime minister over seventy don’t do such things!! Gal!!! Will break the pot with Analects!!

“Why on earth adultery-”

“Romance.”

“Yes. Yes yes. Romance. Yes. So interested in my private life?”

“Political combinations originally all occur even in such salons.”

The crazy lecher old man disappeared in an instant, and the old monster who rose to the peak of the British Empire appeared. Can rise to that seat only seeing all worldly affairs as politics.

“Look at me. When I and my wife fell in love she had a husband and a lover too. But was that a big deal?”

“A very enormous big deal.”

“The important thing is the fact we loved each other, and the slightly less important fact is because she was the Whig Party’s best social butterfly I could seize party power even though switched from Conservative Party to Whig Party. If not her I couldn’t have risen to this seat.”

19th century too scary. Don’t make such a wistful face. Chattering Christian civilization or whatever confidently while doing this? Huh?

By the way seizing the prime minister position with adultery. Even Section Chief Shima was all company representative... Reality always wins over cartoons.

“Now gradually must do politics.”

“...Not yet. Once must properly establish the seat as an industrial capitalist.”

“Not denying.”

He loaded one cigarette then flicked fingers and delivered two glasses of whiskey, and I also lightly moistened the throat with whiskey then naturally took out the long pipe.

“No matter how Whig Party, no, now Liberal Party. Even though the Liberal Party has less proportion of nobles compared to the Conservative Party guys with titles and without are different from the look. If wanting to do politics burning passion with an influential woman is a very good option.”

That infant bicycle or whatever chatter was ultimately build-up to bring out this story.

A truly funny thing, since Queen Victoria ascended the standards for morality and ethics across society are becoming stricter as time goes.

The whole country is becoming strict solemn serious, so not becoming a more morally excellent British Empire but rather becoming a country where only guys with back holes do dirty things. In the past humans rolling with prostitutes now the difference of touching maids working at home.

- No, seems became weirder...

Just heard. Illegitimate child degree is a flaw but not even entering the flaw axis. How shall I do this animal kingdom.

I pondered briefly, and decided to receive some counseling from the Prime Minister this opportunity.

“Prime Minister.”

“Why. Shall introduce a decent woman? If interested in older perhaps the options become very wide-”

“No no. Not that. Have something to talk about another matter.”

“Now a mere merchant requesting a private meeting with the prime minister of the British Empire? Heo. If not a matter of that much value will thoroughly scold.”

Look at the appearance of drinking whiskey. Annoying. Half joke but half truth that. Really an annoying human.

“Fine marrying my daughter to the Joseon crown prince?”

“Puhehehek!! Keok! Keoeok!!”

Seeing the old man who exceeded seventy choking and suffering drooling saliva from the mouth truly good to see.

Not that my personality is bad.

All Anglo-DNA’s fault.

***

Extremely unfortunately, Elizabeth Lee and Abigail Lee’s trip to Britain was being postponed endlessly.

Definitely after finishing only Daniel’s simple support and Lee & Gladstone Company’s cleanup scheduled to leave for London immediately. Originally would have been so.

But things burst.

Continuously burst.

Burst endlessly.

If a skilled office worker of the 21st century everyone would know cutting at an appropriate line and finding own way to leave is the answer. If commuting with a soft mindset like ‘just clear this and use annual leave’ cannot use vacation forever until that day of annual leave promotion. Vacation is something only the owner of a heartless heart who coldly leaves ignoring the screams of team members saying save can enjoy.

But Elizabeth could not do so.

“Before leaving can’t look at just this a bit?”

“Rather than me shouldn’t you decide?”

“With the madam here how can subordinates arbitrarily decide big matters? Small matters fine, but if a matter of this size of course must obtain the madam’s permission.”

Unlike Arthur the Joseon people of Lee & Gladstone and Far East Company grown in 100% pure Joseon Confucian culture were not crazy enough to ignore and decide big and small matters even with the mistress here ‘daring’.

If according to Joseon’s virtue, refusing three times and saying do as know they would really have done as know.

But Elizabeth could not do so.

‘Fun... is...’

Raising Abigail is very rewarding and enjoyable.

But the CEO of Lee & Gladstone did literally all matters such as industrialization of Joseon and Japan, protection and social activities of Westerners residing locally, Far East diplomacy like dancing on a blade.

Rights follow responsibility.

She tasted power equivalent to a monarch of one country.

Elizabeth who originally loved work and felt pleasure analyzing the stock market tasted overwhelming joy that opium or whatever is nothing on this gunshot-less battlefield.

“No. No. Now really must go.”

When she was trying to hold the spirit and go.

Always absurd things burst.

“Said the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom achieved a great victory!”

“Said the entire Sichuan region fell into the heretics’ hands!”

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom’s agitation.

“Madam. Said the Qing emperor obtained a son, rumors rampant that the seed is not the emperor’s but another guy’s.”

“Now all Qing is in a mess over that problem!”

“Whose side must take?”

Qing’s great chaos.

“Madam! Said rebellion burst in India!”

“Order was issued to the East India Company army! Must prepare military supplies immediately!”

“Yes? London? Now the India side routes and ships all a mess rather waiting for the rebellion to subside a bit then going how?”

Sepoy rebellion and Chosen army dispatch.

“The French Empire hereby declares war on Dai Nam that massacred missionaries!”

France - Vietnam war.

Matters too heavy for salaried presidents to decide continued, and even Joseon court ministers and diplomats of various countries’ legations were paying attention to Lee & Gladstone’s movements.

“Don’t worry too much. Younger brother is a bit bloodless tearless and a guy who seems would eat with the devil as classmates, but at least not a guy who will do things to make the wife cry!”

“...Brothers usually similar?”

“Keuheum! That, sorry, I am a free soul! And Arti loves money and power more than women! So fine to be relieved!”

Then if the brother-in-law reliable not particularly that either.

Second that a VIP of gisaeng houses already seating two concubines or illegitimate children arising. No matter the couple relationship collapsed that... at least must pretend to be Christian?

But one could believe.

A big shot of Arthur Lee’s level cannot even cheat freely.

Because social circle rumors are a bit faster than the speed of light, if he starts seriously sticking with a bad thief cat rumors will be received at her ears on the opposite side of the Earth at 5G speed. No connections in Britain but all methods.

Anyway up to here good.

Thanks to choosing a husband well even just running around not on the social circle but on the diplomacy and management stage was great satisfaction, and although the brother-in-law occasionally caused headaches those who saw that appearance well as the spirit of a hearty rising general were also many so as a result plus minus zero feel.

But she also gradually wanted to go to London.

Second that Abigail doesn’t know dad’s face, like this even Elizabeth herself seemed would forget husband’s face!

Grabbing the brother-in-law scheduled to head to Vietnam again as soon as returning from India and discussing for a long time, she really tried to return.

However.

“Miss Ahee (Abigail) is truly cute.”

“Sorry. Because the child wandered the palace like own home from young couldn’t teach etiquette well. My lack of virtue.”

“No. Not at all. Sad there was no princess of the crown prince’s age, don’t know how much this place became gorgeous because of Ahee.”

Trying to visit the Joseon emperor couple and inform the return, something the atmosphere was strange.

“The two children are affectionate like blood relatives, how about making a marriage promise?”

“Yes?”

Committed an absurd rudeness in palace etiquette, but Liz’s soul left the body and was forcibly ejected somewhere far so not even the spirit to clean up remained.

All worldly affairs were truly kaleidoscopic.

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