Chapter 697 The Work of the Cabinet
"The progress of the flying battleship project is at least 30% slower than expected! This is the result of the fact that Count Brandless has done a lot of preparatory work before. As the project continues to advance, this error will only get worse. Come on!" At the cabinet meeting, the Minister of Industry and Commerce in charge of the air battleship program was introducing the situation to his colleagues with a distressed look on his face.
After Purficott announced her retirement, all of her responsibilities were handed over to others.
After all, it is still uncertain when Purficott will come back, and even whether she will come back is uncertain. With the matter here, it is impossible not to do it.
Therefore, everyone in the cabinet shared a little bit, in order to take over all the work she was originally responsible for in Purficott's absence, so as to avoid a shutdown of the country due to Purficott's absence.
But it wasn't until they did these things themselves that they clearly discovered how talented Perficott really was.
Not to mention that she alone shouldered a workload that required the entire cabinet to share, her processing speed was more than three times that of the entire cabinet's collective effort!
It can be said that she alone is equivalent to a cabinet, and it is also the most efficient and wisest cabinet.
"How did Count Brandlis do it? She can actually handle so many things at the same time, and she can do everything quickly and well! If only I had this ability!" Another A cabinet member wailed because he needed to deal with the funding issues for project construction related to the air battleship program, and this was driving him crazy.
The air battleship plan is deeply tied to the five-year economic development plan formulated by the cabinet. In the past, under the coordination of Purficott, the project ran smoothly.
She raised funds from nobles and capitalists, and then invested these funds in key projects of the plan, thus promoting the development of the entire industry.
And those nobles and capitalists who invested money also promoted the expansion of their own industries through the development of the entire industry. Everyone can make a lot of money without delaying the progress of the project.
But this requires strong overall planning and coordination capabilities, because the progress of all projects must be comprehensively considered, as well as the involvement and distribution of the interests of all parties.
It doesn't matter to Purficott. She doesn't need to consider the issue of balancing the forces of all parties. As long as she makes basically no mistakes, she can ensure that most people can get the benefits they want.
Because the entire project was brought about by her, she was able to control everything forcefully, and anyone who opposed her would be kicked out mercilessly.
So there was only time when others begged her, and there was no time when she begged others.
Even if some small nobles or capitalists suffered losses in the distribution of profits, as long as there was no loss and there was still profit, they would not complain to Perfectcott.
Of course, they don't have that qualification.
Even if it was losses and bankruptcy, it would be difficult for these 'little things' to appear in front of Perfectcott and bother her.
The noble Earl of the North has many things to do and is not in the mood to take care of such trivial matters. As for the great nobles? They would not offend a being like Purficott just because of a small profit, especially when there was more than just a little profit involved.
They have more things to consider and are naturally willing to pay more.
But someone else? That's embarrassing. Cabinet officials cannot suppress the nobility and capitalists involved in the whole plan. Most of the time they can only compromise, but there is no way to make the nobility and capitalists give in.
They will always fight for their ‘deserved’ benefits, right?
"Little Purficott is perfect, she can handle everything, as long as she wants." Princess Anne rubbed her tired forehead, sighed, and then continued: "But we can't, we don't have her. That genius mind, so we can only use stupid methods to make up for it, and use more manpower to make up for our lack of efficiency.”
"Perhaps we can use other methods? I heard that Count Brandless invented a difference engine. It has simple thinking and calculation capabilities and can replace some people's work." A cabinet member from the Northern Territory faction The member tried to speak, and in order to enhance his persuasion, he also gave an example: "All the large robots in the North are equipped with similar equipment, even those maids. Maybe the cabinet can consider approving a special budget. Purchasing some difference engines to handle simple government affairs? ”
This is not advice given only because of his status as a Northern Territory faction, but this can really improve efficiency.
Victoire's mathematics level was not outstanding, but Frans was the most outstanding and accomplished person in this area in the old world.
But considering that France's capital was thrown a thermobaric bomb by Perficott, causing the entire city to be reduced to ashes and taking the scholars and research results into the sky, it was obvious that there was no hope in this aspect.
In the north, the difference engine has already had preliminary applications in some industries.
Although Purficott used the Difference Engine more as some kind of experimental instrument and alchemical part, it is undeniable that it is indeed very useful.
Some relatively well-connected businessmen obtained some difference engines that were not that advanced. After all, the most advanced difference engine was jointly produced by Perficott and Sandrillon. That one used micro golems to replace the computing units. The computing power is already comparable to the first generation computers in the original world.
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But even the relatively primitive Difference Engine, which required shaking gears to perform calculations, still provided huge help to those businessmen.
The Difference Engine's computing speed is far faster than that of humans, and it can calculate very complex number operations with far greater reliability and accuracy than humans.
"Perhaps we should really try to replace the human brain with machines. Not everyone has the genius mind of Little Purficott. We really need some help to get rid of the tedious calculations." Princess Anne responded to this I strongly support it. After all, she is not good at mathematics, but there is really too much to calculate in the implementation of the five-year economic development plan.
"But even if the calculation difficulties are solved, we still need to face a lot of work! I can't imagine that Count Brandless could handle so many things by herself before. How did she do it? "Another cabinet official is responsible for statistics on all projects, and he has the most intuitive feeling about how much the cabinet needs to do.
"Perhaps if we want to solve the problem, we still need to invite Earl Brandlis back. The flying battleship plan needs her genius mind to point out our mistakes." Prime Minister Wellington looked at the man in front of him who was exhausted from working overtime. The cabinet members said so.
(End of chapter)