Chapter 534: 0532 We resist and accept every day
In one afternoon, Lynch met with three gentlemen who needed assistance, and he did his utmost to help them. Unfortunately, one of the gentlemen in his sixties had a very bad temper.
He maliciously interpreted all of Lynch’s actions with "I know you’re behind all this trickery" and rudely refused Lynch with phrases like "Even if I go to hell, I won’t sell my factory to you" and "Let you and your greed go to hell".
However, fortunately, Lynch is a merciful person and didn’t blame the old gentleman, as not everyone can face reality, acknowledge it, and accept it.
Although Lynch wanted to help the old gentleman, he regrettably didn’t have enough funds to assist him, so he could only apologize as he watched his business being legally auctioned by the bank...
In the evening, Lynch visited the Veterans’ Club. A new batch of veterans had arrived at the club.
The demilitarization plan for the Army has been progressing steadily. In the era of great voyages, under the backdrop of the power advocated by giant ships, the Army’s situation is somewhat... bleak.
At the same time, the Federation had just defeated Gafura in a naval battle. To demonstrate its stable stance and that it would not casually invade other countries, the Federation has once again expanded the demilitarization plan.
The Ministry of Defense plans to collaborate with the Military to reduce the current size of the Army by fifty percent. It was initially thought that such a plan would be opposed, but surprisingly, both domestic and foreign individuals strongly support the actions of the Federation Government.
Some countries have even highly praised the Federation on the international stage, stating that such actions are "a claim guaranteeing the world’s future to remain peaceful". Lynch is very clear about these people’s thoughts; having a Navy without an Army means that even if they have an armed conflict with the Federation, and even if the Federation’s warships arrive at their doorstep, it cannot conduct an invasion war.
At most, they’ll endure a period of bombardment and then compensate with some money to conclude it, because the Federation’s Army size cannot support a large-scale invasion war; they lack the potential for invasion. Raising the Federation now is better than waiting until they strengthen their Army again, which would truly be dangerous for the entire world.
Sometimes human malice does not arise from subjectivity—some sociologists have studied certain cases. In cases of bare-handed robbery, referring to those robbers who don’t carry weapons capable of easily taking lives, the probability of intentional injury or even murder in such robberies is very low, not exceeding twenty percent.
In failed cases, over thirty percent of robbers were instead beaten up by their intended victims.
But in another scenario, when the robbers possess weapons like daggers or guns capable of easily killing, they never had in their subjective minds the intention to complete the robbery by depriving others of their lives, even before committing the act of murder.
Explained in another world’s perspective, "holding a sharp weapon breeds a killing intent." When a person is highly tense, if something affecting emotions occurs, these "sharp weapons" provide humans an effective solution outside of their thinking scope.
Therefore, the Federation’s demilitarization received unanimous recognition from the international community, even prompting the Emperor of Gafura to send a telegram to the Federation President, praising him for "embodying the Federation’s positive guiding role in the international community".
As for the domestic individuals, their support is actually quite easy to understand. They are still afraid of war; decades of escapism have made people consistently fearful of war and death. Perhaps during the most difficult times, there was a thought of changing it all.
But once there’s a slight turn for the better, they might feel that things are actually not bad now, and war indeed brings death and sorrow. If the kids can resolve the problem by firing from a distance on warships, then it’s the best choice.
The Army’s demilitarization has received support from most families, and the President seems to have figured out the sensitive nerve line of Federation Families.
Sometimes it’s thick, and sometimes it’s fine. As long as you seize the opportunity, it’s not difficult to please the people.
Under such circumstances, a portion of the Army is still demobilized at intervals, sent back to their recruitment places.
Luckily, in Sabin City, the veterans don’t need to worry about job issues under Lynch’s care. This has led some well-informed veterans in York State to want to come to Sabin City when choosing a revisit after demobilization.
"Look at him, he’s going to steal my lovely soldiers again!"
The father of Ferrari’s wife is lively and extroverted, talking with several sergeants who’ve just retired. When he saw Lynch, he couldn’t help but joke.
His full-smile face doesn’t make people feel malice, and coupled with his proactive greeting to Lynch, the surrounding sergeants realized this is the legendary "Lynch".
"How many are you planning to take this time?" After shaking hands, Ferrari’s wife’s father directly inquired.
Lynch didn’t evade answering, "My financial officer may have encountered some trouble; she found that her servant has a habit of stealing, but she didn’t report him, just dismissed the servant. You’ll understand the current situation; I’m worried the dismissed servant might retaliate."
Ferrari’s wife’s father nodded in agreement with Lynch’s statement, "Her?"
"Her!"
As they walked inside, discussing, after confirming that Lynch needed female soldiers, Ferrari’s wife’s father directly led him to the latter half of the main camp.
Female soldiers are a category that has only emerged in the last decade; before this, women didn’t possess the qualifications to go to the battlefield.
But under the shroud of escapism, the entire society was in a self-deceptive frenzy.
Claiming not letting women become soldiers is discrimination against women enabled new sequences in the Military. No one believes these female soldiers can play a positive role on the battlefield, but under intense social pressure, female soldiers had to be enlisted and trained almost on par with male soldiers, seemingly to make them retreat from difficulty.
Many women indeed couldn’t withstand hardship and left the Military, but some persisted to the end with encouragement. Gradually, the Military tacitly accepted this situation, giving female soldiers some favoritism instead of relentlessly driving them out.
Lynch was somewhat disappointed upon seeing these female soldiers; not many were attractive, most being very average. Saying ugly seems unfriendly to the military group, but calling them beautiful is far off.
Those recruitment posters are still a form of advertisement, and as long as advertisements exist, there will undoubtedly be some exaggeration.
"Recommend two people. My financial officer is single, with a child, and sometimes they need to take care of the child..."
The old soldier didn’t detect anything peculiar from Lynch’s face, but he understood in his heart that Lynch was probably misled by those posters and promotions.
No, it wasn’t deception. Actually, there are indeed many beautiful female officers in the military. Since some women found that enlisting is another way to realize self-value, some began exploiting loopholes.
Within recent years, various models, fading actresses, and so on have continually entered the military, not only with "sponsorship" but also because they saw opportunities here.
Female officers’ promotions are faster and simpler than men’s, requiring no advantageous background; as long as they can act as a decorative piece, rising in rank is easy. If they can keep secrets and satisfy some superiors’ small quirks...
This explains why there are always inexplicable female colonels compared to those female soldiers in low-grade uniforms; some prefer attractive female officers in officer uniforms.
Ferrari’s wife’s father selected two decent female soldiers for Lynch, who then took them to Vera’s residence.
For the new life, the two female soldiers, or rather, older girls, were full of anticipation.
Lynch offered them a salary of a hundred dollars per week, totaling four hundred dollars a month, post-tax. In today’s society, this is considered a high wage, not to mention their roles will be arranged at Darkstone Security Company, where they will be granted social insurance...
All in all, everything was perfect.
In the evening when Vera returned, she welcomed the two, showing her friendliness is approachable, while the two female soldiers were a bit reserved, but everything will be fine.
After finishing dinner, Vera notified the hourly maid she needn’t come the next morning. The family of two and Lynch enjoyed dinner in the dining room as the two female soldiers checked the place’s security situation.
To allow these soldiers to quickly adjust to working at Darkstone Security post-discharge, Ferrari’s wife’s father and the local state Veterans’ Club office consulted, starting an employment training program in Sabin City Veterans’ Club, specializing in security training.
This ensured these veterans could quicker cater to the capital market, and capitalists were willing to directly employ those veterans who had mastered at least some security skills.
"They look... pretty intimidating," Vera softly remarked, "Where did you find them?"
"They’re my employees..." Vera eased upon hearing this.
During this era, many people possess a belief akin to superstition... Sorry, Federation people believe in God and don’t see faith as superstition.
To put it differently, they have an unexplainable confidence; they believe employees will unconditionally be loyal to enterprises. So when Vera heard these two seemingly intimidating female soldiers were Lynch’s employees, she instantly relaxed completely.
This is exactly what the Federation and worldwide capitalists have always done—making those exploited endorse the exploiter’s values and loyalty!