Innocent.
Lori hid in the crowd and listened to Lu Cheng explaining to the half-elves what freedom of job choice meant. The most important part was 'If you don't want to work anymore, you can just submit your resignation to your boss and leave safely after confirming there are no disputes.'
Lori wasn't sure what the dispute here referred to, but in the Far South Empire, doing odd jobs like that was okay and dispensable... the employers would hardly care whether one wanted to leave or stay.
But the Deep Green Clan is an important part of the Far South Empire's national logistics. All members of their clan are directly under the Far South Empire's "Seeds of Prosperity" organization, which can be simply called the Far South Empire's Ministry of Agriculture.
Members of the Dark Green Clan have been engaged in agricultural work since birth, growing edible plants and materials needed for alchemy for the Far South Empire.
The entire Deep Green Clan can be said to contribute one-third of the grain production to the Far South Empire.
If such an important grain cultivator in the Far South Empire resigned, the entire Far South would instantly fall into chaos.
Moreover, Loli knew that half-elves and humans were greedy. If she gave them the power to resign and not accept punishment, they would definitely ask for a sky-high price if she wanted them to come back to work.
Mandatory work assignment, unified remuneration, and the freedom to live freely outside of work, this is the most efficient way of employing people in Lori's opinion.
A system like this, which allows people to resign and refuse to work, will soon lead to staff turnover and collective strikes.
It should have been like this...
Lori sat on a chair in the ecological park, holding a small piece of watermelon and eating it silently.
The role she played was a young half-elf girl. This time she was going out with her "father", so Lori didn't need to participate in the work, she just had to watch from the side.
But even while watching, Lori could enjoy the warm climate of the realm and even eat free watermelon.
This fruit with a green appearance and red flesh tastes quite delicious. After eating a small piece, Lori secretly saved the black watermelon seeds that looked like seeds, intending to plant them when she had the chance to return to the Far South in the future.
On the other hand, the half-elves have now devoted themselves to the work assigned by Lucheng with great enthusiasm.
The area within the ecological park is very large and is divided into several areas. Loli is in a rest area specially provided for researchers, and the work area is in another place.
Lori was originally thinking about whether she should go around and collect some information like her predecessors did.
But the architectural style of this place was so different from that of the Far South that Lottie couldn't even name the watermelon she was chewing, let alone collect any useful information here.
To be on the safe side, Lori sat on the chair and waited for nearly three hours before she saw the half-elf who played her "father" return from the workshop to the rest area, followed by more than a dozen half-elves who had completed their first job.
Lori noticed that these half-elves were holding a stack of white paper in their hands.
The Far South Empire had developed paper, a medium for writing, a hundred years ago. However, the white paper in the hands of the half-elves was somewhat different from the leaf paper made by the Far South Empire.
His father also held a stack of white paper in his hand.
"Father, how is the result of the work?"
Lori played the role of the daughter conscientiously and used this method to inquire about what happened in the work area.
"Our initial work is to help these people identify the characteristics of some plants, and Elder Cassia is competent in this regard."
"Father's" words told Lori a very important piece of information, that is, this group of people were not residents of the Far South Continent... they were visitors from outside the Far South Continent.
This also explains why their attire and architectural style are so strange, and why they possess so many magical powers.
"We were assigned some other tasks, which is to cultivate edible food on a large scale in another area." 'Father' added.
This was within Lori's expectations. This group of people brought over the people from the Dark Green Clan just to speed up the growth of crops.
But the conditions they offered for the Deep Green Clan to serve them were a bit too indulgent. This was the only adjective Lori could think of.
If you want to resign, just resign... The half-elves in the Dark Green Clan can completely ignore each other and find another place to develop their own land.
"We work six days and get one day off. Our compensation is a kind of item called meal ticket and daily necessities ticket. We can get it after work every day. Daily necessities ticket can be exchanged for many things we have never seen before, and meal ticket can be exchanged for food."
The 'father' dutifully reported to Lori what he had seen and heard in the past two hours, but he did not realize that Lori's expression was becoming increasingly strange.
"They also asked me to sign a labor contract, which involved some laws of this country. There were even clauses in the labor contract to protect the interests of employees, but whether these clauses can be implemented in the end is still a question."
"Father." Lori lowered her voice and called him once.
"You must be hungry. There is an area in this area where you can exchange food with meal tickets. The food inside is..."
The actor who played the 'father' finally stopped talking here, because Lori on the side was staring at him with a scrutinizing look, as if to say 'you are not loyal'.
The actor who plays the father is Lori's predecessor in intelligence gathering, but Lori holds the most power in this operation and is considered his superior...and Lori can take his life with just one sentence.
"I'm sorry, I'm a little too excited. There are many things here that you have never seen before. I'm sure you will be very interested."
He calmed himself down. The reason for his excitement was that there was so much information that could be reported here, so much that every piece of information was enough to shock the upper echelons of the Far South Empire.
He could swear to God that he didn't know what the three insurances and one fund, the flexible working hours, and the series of humanitarian care clauses in the contract meant.
This spy's status in the Far South is much higher than that of ordinary people, but not as high as that of a noble. He is just a lackey raised by the Shadow Society of the Far South Empire. He can swear that he is absolutely loyal to the Far South Empire.
This loyalty is based not only on his pride as a Far Souther, but also on the fact that the Shadow Society treats its lackeys very well. However, if anyone betrays them, they will be wiped out immediately.
But the treatment here seems to be more comfortable? You don't have to worry about knowing something you shouldn't know and suddenly dying.
Of course, these were just his sighs. It was impossible for him to give up his identity as a spy and become a farmer.