Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 1126: Legal Transactions of the Year

Chapter 1126: Legal Transactions of the Year

Although Zhang Manyu woke up, Han Li, who had been feeling depressed for a long time, did not stop last night, so she could only force herself to take a shower. After coming out, she did not move anymore because any movement would make her feel as painful as if she had a cramp.

Han Li did not go out either. He first asked the staff to bring breakfast.

After Zhang Manyu finished eating, he started drafting a paper related to this seminar in the room.

How can I write this paper when the seminar has not started yet? What should I write?
This is not difficult. [Humanities and social sciences] must of course be close to human life.

Han Li only needed to follow the ideas of this sponsor and describe the living standards of the workers in the mines and factories in Kent County as being more miserable and the environment as being more difficult in his paper.

Let me give you a few examples to prove how much harm these mining areas and cement factories do to the environment and how much damage they cause to people's health. Even so, the workers still live a life below the average living standard in England.

Then he boasted about some of the least developed coastlines in Kent, as well as the barren mountains and remote waters in several areas of the Tenet.

What is free and easy, what is leisurely and comfortable, what is enjoying the fresh air and quiet time, what is searching for the voice of the heart in the mountains, listening to the notes of nature, and enjoying the quiet years.

What it means to be away from the hustle and bustle of the city, immersed in the embrace of nature, and feel the beauty and meaning of life. What it means to feel the fragrance of flowers slowly overflow from the tip of your nose into your heart, and listen to the sound of wind chimes seeping into your mind from your ears.

Here both the body and the soul have found their home, where you can feel the breath of the earth, the natural scenery, and enjoy a comfortable aristocratic life all the time.

In short, they fill the words with all kinds of prosperous and beautiful words with a clear conscience and closed eyes.

The first half of Han Li's paper describes those places as a paradise on earth and a garden of Eden.

Of course, just these descriptions are not enough. No matter how good the situation is, it will not work without enough support from "Mane".

Therefore, in the second half of his paper, Han Li boasted about some things that outsiders did not know.

Han Li recounted in his paper that local people only need to sell some arts and crafts to tourists on the lounge chairs at their doorsteps, and they can live a life comparable to that of the people in the West End of London.

For those who work a little harder and become tour guides for tourists, their family's life will take off instantly, and their income will be far beyond the reach of many white-collar workers in large companies.

Han Li also went against his conscience and closed his eyes here, trying his best to help his financiers achieve their goals, which was to close mining areas and factories and fully develop the tourism industry to bring comfort and benefits to the people.

When Han Li wrote this, he thought of the wave of closing down domestic factories and moving them to other countries in Europe and the United States in later generations. It was this wave that provided the foundation for Longguo's take-off.

Han Li didn't dare to hope that a paper could push this trend forward, but what should be done must be done, and no one knows which cloud will bring rain.

But if he had written well, presented the data and flattered others at the same time, perhaps his paper could have brought forward this trend by two years.

Although two years does not sound like a long time, with the wisdom of the Dragon people, this period of time may become the most critical time in the future.

Han Li thought about this, and in the following paper, he emphasized that the United States had begun to transfer some manufacturing industries to countries with lower labor costs since the 1970s.

For example, this strategy of the United States has enabled domestic businessmen to earn more money and allowed its citizens to have a more comfortable, higher quality, and more excellent life.

Combined with what he saw in newspapers and magazines, he saw that England's "Iron Lady" was removing industry and vigorously developing financial policies and measures.

The paper indirectly praised it, saying that this was a trend of the times, and that the situation in England and Kent was more serious and that they should take the lead in taking this step.

In the last paragraph of the paper, Han Li also added some words like suzerain state and vassal state, hoping to stimulate the English, who were once the suzerain state of the British Empire.

Only a very small part of Han Li's paper adopts some facts, and the vast majority of the rest is full of falsehood, flattery and exaggeration.

It doesn’t matter whether other people understand or believe it. What matters is to satisfy the sponsor and the tutor, and thus get higher credits.

It would be better if the process of factory relocation could be accelerated. Unfortunately, Han Li couldn't tell anyone about this matter and could only mention it in the document he submitted when he returned to China.

After Han Li finished writing the draft of the paper, he put it away and planned to listen to other people's ideas tomorrow. If the ideas were similar, he would complete the task after making some minor modifications.

If other people's ideas are different, Han Li will also find a way to bring their ideas closer together.

When Han Li was writing his paper, Zhang Manyu was by his side at first. However, with her current knowledge and the mentality of not studying when she was in school, she simply couldn't understand what Han Li was writing.

Han Li also noticed that Zhang Manyu looked a little embarrassed, so he asked her to find the book she liked on the bookshelf.

Now that the first draft has been completed, Han Li discovered that Zhang Manyu had fallen asleep again. The book she had chosen was placed aside, and it was obvious that she had fallen asleep while reading.

Zhang Manyu's sleeping posture at this moment cannot be called graceful, but the position of curling up on her side makes the original part more obvious, prominent and rounded.

Besides, the nightgown she wore last night was worn out, and her sideways sleeping position made it impossible for her little fat to cover her. In this situation, let alone Han Li who had been a vegetarian for a while, he couldn't stand it even if he ate meat every day, so.

"Ah, Brother Han. Why are you doing this again?"
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It was dinner time when Han Li appeared again with Zhang Manyu, the blooming flower. At present, all the participants of the fifteen invitations distributed for this exchange had arrived.

This also made today's dinner very lively, and everyone participated in the dance party after dinner.

However, we are all educated people and are not very familiar with each other, so of course we cannot indulge ourselves like we do in bars, nightclubs, or parties.

Therefore, everyone was rather reserved throughout the entire dance, and the main theme was still to build relationships and exchange experiences.

Since Han Li wanted to find out what other people thought about the exchange meeting, he had to actively participate in the conversation. With a glass of wine in his hand, he basically spent the entire dance making connections and getting information.

At this time, whether it was the female companions they brought with them or the female companions they temporarily selected here, they were all chatting aside. Of course, Zhang Manyu was also pushed aside by Han Li.

The instructors had given hints and instructions to those who came to attend the seminar, so this matter was similar to what Han Li thought, so he also took the opportunity to express some of his own views.

Of course, these people cannot just talk about this when they get together, because they come from universities in different counties of England and their situations are different, so everyone talks about different things.

How should I put it, tonight's dance was a success and a complete success.

Han Li not only knew everyone's mission and their opinions, but also learned a lot of things that he could not see in newspapers and magazines.

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For example, there was a woman named Lucia Thompson, who majored in humanities and social sciences like everyone else, but she studied the part that was more towards English history.

She is currently researching the old English custom of "selling wives", and has made some progress in this research.

Lucia Thompson searched various historical documents and determined that the old custom of "selling wives" originated around 1302.

This custom was prevalent in the 17th century, when the public and the church believed that women belonged entirely to their husbands after marriage and were not allowed to have any property.

When a husband decides that his marriage is broken, he only needs to take his wife to the local market to sell her. If there is no market, the sale can be held at crowded intersections, stations, or hotels.

This custom was not only recognized by many people at the time, but also recognized by the church. In some places, when conducting a "wife selling" transaction, a priest's certificate was required.

Moreover, churches in various places were the largest buyers at that time, and many families who were unable to survive due to poverty would choose to sell their wives and children to the church.

Most of the money the husband received was just a few shillings, which was only enough for him to have a fairly sumptuous dinner.

As for what the church bought those people to do, that is not something that others can know.

The marriage law introduced in England in 1753 did not change the situation. However, the royal family and the powerful at that time added a provision in order to stabilize the social situation.

"If a wife becomes disabled after marriage, I do not support the husband's divorce (selling his wife)."

Some wives did not want to be kicked out of their wealthy homes or divorced (sold), so many of them chose to commit self-harm.

By the 18th century, many changes had taken place in English society, and men in the city were busy going abroad and making a fortune at sea.

Rural men go to cities to work and earn money. The more they see, the pickier they become about their original spouses, which makes the practice of "selling wives" more common.

Another situation also emerged at that time, that is, when men were away from home for a long time, the women left behind would mostly find other men to marry in order to survive or to live a better life.

In this case, if her former husband comes back and finds out that his wife has remarried, he can go to her house and ask for money.

If a woman's current husband does not pay, her ex-husband will take her out to sell her.

The situation of "selling wives" became more serious in the 19th century. Because there was no legal basis for this matter, the English government adopted an ambiguous attitude towards it.

As long as you are willing to pay the clergy, they can prove the legality of the transaction.

This also caused the practice of selling wives to spread from the lower-level working class to the middle-class people, and selling wives was common in markets, docks, and hotels.

This custom continued until the early twentieth century and is still practiced in other forms in some parts of England.

However, these people do not admit this statement, they say this is a "higher state of divorce."

According to the information collected by Lucia Thompson over the years, he collected information on 387 cases of selling wives in the early twentieth century alone.

Some women took their husbands to court, but the final result was "vague and questionable".
(End of this chapter)

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