After leaving the Metropolitan Association for Helping Household Servants, Valeela returned to her residence in the Bridge District by carriage.
She still has a lot of things to do.
The only thing left with a higher priority is to go to the dock area to see the situation of the "Workers' Alliance Party".
Although she had seen bits and pieces of news in the newspaper, and it seemed that they were developing well, seeing was always believing.
She has seen too much fake news in newspapers.
For example, she led the reconciliation between Roger and Varden; and the cause of Mrs. Sharon's death.
The reports in the newspapers on these two incidents are all genuine fake news.
Valeela changed into a windbreaker outfit, put on simple makeup, lowered her appearance a bit, and then went out again.
Of course, she didn't forget to feed Harpy before that.
There are two ways to get from the bridge area to the dock area, but neither is very convenient.
You can either walk and take a long detour through the East District; or you can only take a ferry across the Tasok River.
From a time perspective, the time required for both is actually about the same.
Valeera chose the water route.
Based on past experience, it didn't take Valeera long to find a temporary docking point for the sampan under the Backlund Bridge.
When Valeera arrived, there were already three or five guests here, as well as a staff member on duty.
Obviously, if nothing else happens, the people taking turns here must be members of the "Workers' Alliance Party".
Seeing Valeela approaching, the middle-aged man on duty asked casually, his tone seemed a little impatient.
"Where?"
This tone was not like the way one would treat a guest, and Valeera, who had been listening to flattery and flattery for a long time, felt the slightest bit unhappy.
But she didn't show it, she just replied calmly:
"Dockside."
"Oh," the man nodded, "four pennies."
This sentence made Valeela even more angry than before!
When Eugene was still the boss of the so-called "River Ferry Company", the fee for taking a sampan was only 1 penny;
After she forcibly combined the "River Ferry Company" and the "Dockworkers Association" to form the "Workers' Alliance Party", the handling fee was also set at 1 penny.
Now it has quadrupled!
Valeela suppressed her anger deep in her heart and handed over the money calmly.
Not long after, a sampan, under the command of a man, stopped at this docking point that was not really a dock.
After the ship had traveled a certain distance, Valeera took the opportunity to pay the ship fare and naturally found out the current charging standards——
According to the calculation of getting on the boat at Riverbend Avenue, it is 2 pence on the opposite bank, 3 pence on the downstream side, 5 pence on the upstream bridge area, and 9 pence on the Jowood area.
It was 2 pence lower than when she took the ride!
Obviously, this is because the "Workers' Union Party" has increased the handling fees. In order to avoid a large number of customer losses, the boatmen can only reduce part of the fees themselves.
Valeera was furious.
Not long after she left, the "Workers' Union Party" deteriorated and deviated from her original direction!
But she is still not sure how far it deviates. Are there any problems with the main leaders Makarov, Mark, Burton and Haz?
Valeera made up her mind to find out.
If possible, she must correct this deteriorating tendency!
More than half an hour later, Valila disembarked at the dock area, walked two blocks from Tonghe Road, and arrived at the "Workers' Union Tavern".
This is where the prototype of the "Workers' Union Party" was established.
Valeela believed that she could get some inside information here.
After a short period of time, Valeela discovered that the workers here seemed to have become more alert, with natural defensiveness towards strangers, and hesitantly refused to say more when it came to matters related to the "Workers' Alliance Party".
She only found out that the current largest leader of the "Workers Union Party" is "General Director" Mark Jansen; in addition, there are two "ministers", namely Makarov Gomez and Hazel Wood.
Aside from the fact that Burton Brooke is not rumored, the leadership team is basically the people he appointed.
But why is there such a big deviation? !
Valeela thought for a while, walked out of the tavern, found a deserted corner, activated her ability to "steal her appearance", and temporarily changed back to Rexxar's identity.
She lowered the beret on her head, raised the collar of her windbreaker, and returned to the tavern.
It was still dark, and there were not too many customers in the tavern. After waiting for a while, Valeela found an opening and approached the bartender behind the bar alone.
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"What would you like to order, guest..."
The bartender who was greeting her with a skillful expression saw Valeera adjusting her "peaked cap" and suddenly recognized that this was the long-lost bounty hunter Rexxar!
"Oh my God, cover it up." The bartender lowered his voice and exclaimed, "Now is different from before. You shouldn't come back."
Valeera lowered her beret again and lowered her voice and said, "I just came back to see what happened."
The bartender looked around, brought Valila a glass of Southwell beer, then picked up the wooden cup and wiped it, and then said with a smile:
"Originally, the 'Workers' Alliance Party' developed quite smoothly, and all workers' lives were much better."
"But not long after the good days, Mark became the 'chief' for some reason, and the original 'chief' Makarov became the 'minister' who didn't do anything."
"Moreover, the number of 'ministers' has also changed from three to two, and one has been replaced by Hazy."
Valeela's heart sank when she heard this, and asked:
"What about Burton? Burton Brooke, where is he?"
Hearing this question, the bartender paused in wiping the wooden cup.
After a while, he said:
"I don't know. He hasn't been seen for at least two months. I even suspect that he has been killed."
"Looking at the changes in the 'Workers Union Party', we know that since Mark became the 'General Director', the original regulations that made workers easier have basically been reneged on and swallowed up."
"Compared with the earliest times, the current situation is slightly better."
Having said this, the bartender looked again, looked at Valeera, and said in a pleading tone:
"That's all I know, I've told you."
The bartender didn't say it clearly, but Valeela certainly knew what he meant.
She pushed the glass of Southwell beer forward, nodded slightly to the bartender, and said:
"Thanks."
"Don't worry, no matter what I do from now on, I promise I won't implicate you."
After saying that, Valeela turned around and left the bar again.
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At night, in the house at No. 6 Daffodil Street.
After returning to his room, Klein took out his notebook from the drawer of his desk, and under the blue light of the whale oil lamp, he wrote:
"On June 20, we decoded the contents of the first page. The author was a member of a family called 'Antigonus'."
