Ten minutes later.
The open space in front of the main building of Blue Lake Manor.
Gallie glanced at the servants standing in two rows and counted them silently in his mind. He found that one person was missing. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who is not here?"
"Blair didn't come." Someone whispered in response.
"Blair..." Gallie read his name again and couldn't help but frown.
He was naturally familiar with Blair. After all, there were not many people in the manor, but not many, and he could all name them. In fact, he knew more about Blair than anyone else.
Because in the manor, Blair can be regarded as a thorn in the side. He doesn't work very hard at ordinary times. He keeps cheating and cheating, using various reasons as excuses.
Moreover, he looked down upon him as a butler, probably because he was a descendant of a down-and-out noble. The other person was literate and had a higher level than him. He always felt that he was not qualified to manage the other party. The reason why he could become Richard's master's butler was entirely due to luck. It was more like letting the other party be the real butler.
Due to this situation, he repeatedly wanted to give advice to Richard and fire Blair. But Richard is busy every day, and it is difficult for him to find suitable opportunities, and he feels that although Blair is bad, he is not unbearable, and he has been putting it off until now.
However, today is different.
From now on, everything will be different.
He, Galileo, must make every effort to be a qualified steward.
In order to better maintain the manor, he wanted to save every penny of money. A second-rate gardener like Blair doesn't have many technical requirements. He can be laid off and let someone else do the job, which can save a lot of salary. If that doesn't work, you can hire a better gardener again.
Thinking of this, Gallie spoke and ordered to a valet at the front of the team: "Pete, go find Blair. Tell him that since he didn't come, then never come again - he was fired, let him He packed his things and left the manor before dark today."
"Ah!" The manservant who was ordered by Jialie was stunned for a moment, surprised by Jialie's completely different stern behavior from usual. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should obey the order, or give Jialie a way to withdraw the order
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps, and a figure turned out of the corner not far away and walked over with some lazy steps. It was Blair.
It looked like the other person was in his twenties, with dirty hair, but a handsome face, and a pair of sky-blue eyes with a unique aristocratic temperament, making him look more noble than Gallie.
The other party obviously heard what Gallie just said, but he was not panicked. Under the gaze of everyone, he walked closer to the team, looked at Gallie and said: "Butler, you just seemed to say that you want to fire me? Why? You can't just do it because of that. Am I late
You can't blame me, and I don't want to do this, but I suddenly had diarrhea and there was really nothing I could do. You can't let me hold it in here. What if I can't hold it in any longer? I have nothing to be ashamed of, I'm just afraid that I'll offend you, the housekeeper, and I'm only thinking about you, the housekeeper. "
After hearing Blair's words, the manor's servants couldn't help but chuckle. Gallie's expression was ugly - it was obvious that Blair was teasing him, the butler, in his usual way.
Of course he can refute the other party, such as questioning why the other party has diarrhea. Everyone in the entire manor ate the same meal, so it was impossible for just one person to have stomach discomfort.
But according to experience, if he is really like this, under the eloquence of the other party, the argument will eventually be twisted to a completely irrelevant topic, leaving the so-called punishment unsolved. In this regard, Blair is indeed smarter than him.
However, today, I am not prepared to make the same mistake again.
Amid the low laughter of the manor servants, Gallie closed his eyes, took a deep breath, then opened them, looking directly at Blair with sharp eyes.
"Blair, of course I am not firing you because you are late. Everyone in our manor will make some mistakes to some extent. If I have to be fired just because of a small mistake, then I will be fired many times.
In fact, you were fired because of other things, such as your lack of seriousness in your work, your disobedience to management, your troublemaking, your teasing of the maid, and your repeated fights with other male servants.
Of course, the most important reason is that you make me very dissatisfied. I am the steward, and Master Richard has given me the power to manage the entire estate. In his absence, I have the right to fire anyone. Well, I'm going to fire you now.
Yes, you were fired because you dissatisfied me and I had the power to fire you. No need to say anything more, I won't change my mind, pack your bags and leave immediately, your salary will be calculated for you. "
"Galie!" Blair suddenly panicked and stared at Gallie. He really didn't expect that Gallie would change from his usual weakness. This was far beyond his expectation.
"No, Gallie, you can't fire me!" Blair yelled, "You can't fire me based on your own likes and dislikes. You are just avenging a private vendetta. I will explain it to Master Richard."
"Of course you can explain it to Master Richard, but this will have to wait until Master Richard comes back. Okay, you can leave. I hope you won't disturb me and tell the rest of the people to do their work." Jialie said seriously.
Blair was speechless and pursed his lips, but did not move where he was, as if he was preparing to see what Gallie could do to him if he didn't cooperate.
Gallie seemed to have expected this and did not get angry. He glanced at Blair calmly and asked: "What, do you need me to ask the sheriff in the city? Master Richard is a wizard. Everyone in Jialan City knows that, I think the Sheriff is willing to handle a little trouble for Master Richard before Master Richard comes back."
Blair's body trembled, showing a look of fear. Finally, he gave Gallie a look that said, "You're going to be cruel." He turned around and walked away.
Gallie watched Blair leave, withdrew his gaze and looked at the servants. I don't know when the servant's low smile disappeared, and his expression became extremely serious. He looked at him with a hint of respect and fear, obviously realizing that he was different today.
Gallie didn't say anything, slowly exhaled, and began to say what he had prepared before: "Considering that Master Richard has not been back for many days, I decided to make several adjustments for the better operation of the manor.
The first is to reduce personnel. Our manor, in my opinion, is really overstaffed because we don't need to do banquets, parties, tea parties and other heavy workloads. Therefore, in the next period of time, I will strictly review your respective performance. If you are not up to standard, you will be fired to avoid wasting salary.
In addition, there are some job adjustments. In the kitchen, there will be one less kitchen maid, and she will temporarily work part-time as Blair's gardener. In addition... "
Gallie kept talking, and the servants kept listening and memorizing it carefully - at least that's what it looked like on the outside.
As he spoke, the sun continued to set toward the west.
Dusk is passing...
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