For the workers, the newly formed Double Work Union is a completely new thing, which makes them feel curious but also quite uncomfortable.

After all, gatherings of more than five people require an application for record keeping, which is quite distressing for workers who usually like to gather for a drink after work.

Everyday after work, they have to count heads first. If there are four, they can go for a drink; if fewer, it doesn't matter, but once they reach five, things get awkward, and one person must be kicked out.

And this is just one of the impacts brought about by the establishment of the Double Work Union, and it is the most trivial one.

Compared to the subsequent systems like night school, workers' patrol teams, and patrol squads, banning gatherings of more than five people is indeed a trivial matter.

Night schools are something new for the workers but also a place that offers them the opportunity to learn, making up for the lack of education among most of them.

Therefore, the moment night schools were opened, they witnessed enthusiastic registration from the workers.

The night school class that was originally planned to enroll only a few dozen suddenly had at least 150 people crammed in, more than double the original number.

Faced with this situation, the representatives of the Double Work Union naturally wanted to address it first and it became the first topic discussed at the union's representative meeting.

"I think we can limit the number of people in each night school class. Now each class has at least 150 people wanting to register, and there are even more auditing after classes start, which will cause unnecessary trouble," said a representative from the engineers, stating their views without intending to suppress, but clarifying the issue at hand.

When night school classes were initialized, it was set that each class would have 50 people, with engineers sending personnel to serve as teachers to educate the workers.

It was a good thing originally, and both parties agreed to do it with good intentions, hoping to accomplish it together.

But now, neither side anticipated these unforeseen issues emerging, so they naturally had to adjust the original policies.

Reducing the number of people per night school class is the simplest and most direct method, but the method itself compromises the workers' interests.

After all, the night school was established to eliminate illiteracy among workers. Now, if you limit the number of people, isn't it stopping some people from becoming literate?

So, immediately, a worker representative opposed, saying: "It's not feasible. Now that night school class registration has reached this level, cutting down the class size will make everyone disappointed in the Double Work Union, thinking we are doing this only for a few, which hinders the union's work."

The worker representatives are not foolish; naturally, they wouldn't directly contradict each other. The main premise of the Double Work Union is harmony and stability between both sides; if conflicts and intense confrontations exist, it would violate Perfikot's initial intent in establishing this institution.

No one wants to test the Count's temperament and mood to see what would happen if they defied her.

Therefore, within the Double Work Union, whether worker representatives or engineer representatives, they would restrain their attitudes as much as possible to avoid any fierce arguments and confrontations in discussions.

Precisely for this reason, when selecting representatives, both sides already attempted to choose those who have a good temper and can discuss things reasonably, and Balas and Elvin had long reminded their representatives in advance not to act irrationally at representative meetings.

Thus, both sides, whether proposing motions or opposing, act restrained, and do not oppose each other's camps and stances but argue factually.

Of course, that's also because these people lack the skill and capacity.

If they were replaced by politicians from Langton's elected council or the Noble Council, they wouldn't be so courteous and modest.

For these seasoned politicians, hiding their true purpose under various seemingly irrelevant words is a basic skill.

The current representatives of the Double Work Union clearly do not yet have this ability, and they do not necessarily need it.

So, when discussing this motion, both sides can basically manage to focus on the facts.

Therefore, when the worker representative proposed not to reduce the number of night school class members, the engineer representative swiftly opposed: "Our initial promise was to establish night schools, allowing every worker to register. We did not promise every worker a guaranteed education, nor did we promise everyone who registered would definitely pass, right?

Moreover, we are not denying them the opportunity. It's just that each class's maximum capacity is only so much, and we can accommodate the extra participants in the next batch."

"Then when will the next batch be? The workers are very enthusiastic about this. If we suddenly announce a significant number of people won't have the chance to enroll or have to wait for the next batch, it will have dire consequences," the worker representative persisted, emphasizing that it would cause trouble if some workers couldn't enroll.

The engineer representatives, upon hearing this, turned to look at the representative from the Lord's mansion, an administrative official from the civil servant group.

He was here today just to observe the performance of both representatives, and now being suddenly focused on, he naturally had to make a statement.

He then looked up at the others and said: "The Lord's intent is to maintain stability; avoid trouble if possible, and if trouble arises, eliminate both you and troublemakers."

A rather straightforward threat, but when considering the Northern Territory's equipment like Flying Airships and Steam Knights, it clearly demonstrates that the Lord of the North can physically eliminate all those opposing him.

Regarding why the Double Work Union representatives and troublemakers would also be eliminated, it is understandable because Perfikot established the union to stabilize. If you cannot achieve that, why keep you around and waste precious food?

Upon hearing this from the Lord's mansion representative, both sides went silent, realizing that they had to re-discuss the matter prioritizing stability.

However, Elvin suddenly spoke up: "We can send out more engineers to act as teachers, and on the original basis of night school classes, double the number of classes, diverting the enrolled students and striving to control each class at around 70 people. What do you think?

This way we can allow more people to study while also ensuring the class sizes are not too large."

"This might work, but where can we find so many teachers willing to teach night school workers?" Balas raised his question at this moment.

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