Chapter 205 Year-end 5
Irene Rodney’s inner activities are very complicated now.
On the one hand, because the men in the hall showed very obvious resistance to her being the director of the Ministry of Education, my lungs were about to explode. Why should they look down on me, just because I am a girl.
On the other hand, Irene was also very surprised that Paul appointed her to be in charge of education. After all... After all, this is indeed not in line with tradition - damn tradition!
Really, this guy didn't discuss it with me beforehand, it happened so suddenly, and I was completely unprepared.
If you are prepared, you might be able to make an impassioned declaration of inauguration and change the attitude of the men in the hall who look down on women.
But maybe Earl Grayman really did it on the spur of the moment.
In any case, the little princess suddenly felt a sense of gratitude towards Paul. This was a kind of gratitude for having his ability recognized.
Unlike her sister Catherine, Irene did not like politics and war since she was a child, and determined to become a scholar.
His Majesty the King is also happy to see her develop in this direction. As the ruler of a country, it is not a good thing to have two children who are good at military affairs. Besides, this is the normal behavior of a girl.
But the performance of sister Catherine is so dazzling. Erin has grown up with people around her praising her sister. Although the relationship between the two sisters is quite deep, there is always a trace of dissatisfaction deep in their hearts. .
Now that Paul has given her a chance, Irene will not be happy.
“Count Grayman!”
Irene stood up and bowed to Paul seriously.
“I will never betray your trust in me.”
Then she sat down without saying a word, but silently vowed to impress the men present one year later.
"Then do your best."
Paul encouraged him casually.
In fact, after he used the elimination method to eliminate a bunch of inappropriate ones, he found that except for the two female consultants, there was really no one available, and Miss Ladi, one of the two ladies, was included in his plan. She would be responsible for some occult work, so she left the education job to "Miss Dias".
It is definitely not "retreating to advance" as Hansel speculated. If there is a man with the same conditions, he will subconsciously give priority to hiring men.
"Everyone, let me tell you about the industry we plan to develop next year - the kind that is sold to other places."
Hearing what the lord said, everyone cheered up.
"Steel smelting!"
"Cotton textile industry!"
"Printing industry!"
This is the result of many discussions between Paul, Director Ford, and a few people from Hansel, and it is now made public in front of all the senior officials of the Government Administration Council.
Elon asked a little strangely: "Paul, apart from printing books, the ironware and textiles in Alda and Bailding do not seem to be competitive. Why not put resources into porcelain and paper making that have been proven to be profitable? What about other industries? "
He only knew that Paul had built a very advanced printing press that could print a large number of books.
“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about this earlier.”
“In terms of textiles, I will order the machinery factory to improve the currently popular textile machines and looms. I am optimistic that the efficiency can be improved to the present Forty times!”
"As for iron smelting, there is already a whole new production process, a process that can crush our counterparts around the world. I believe it will be put into production soon. Is that right, Mr. Burns?"
Gai E. Burns stood up and nodded to Paul, "It will definitely be done around the New Year." "Then I can rest assured. When it is done, you must notify me to witness the production of the first furnace of iron."
If it was half a year ago, everyone would have thought that the lord was telling lies, but no one thinks so now.
Paul suddenly remembered something, "When the textile industry develops, we will be able to produce cheaper military uniforms for soldiers."
The clothing of Arda's army is still in the "Tubalu" style. Maybe the natives of this world don't think so, but for him, the combination of this style with "queueing to be shot" is too inconsistent.
As expected, the Guards and Lobster Soldiers are still needed to go with queuing to shoot.
"Oh~ Lord Earl, do you want to improve the current military uniforms?"
The speaker was Bryce, and he said excitedly: "In my head, There are a lot of new ideas.”
Paul found it very interesting and said with a smile:
"Do you also have an idea? Well, when you go back, you draw yours, I'll draw mine, and the Navy will also draw one, and then we will discuss it together."
Issues to be discussed Now that everything has been discussed, it’s time to end the meeting.
"If there are no other questions, let's get here today."
"Uh... Lord Earl, there is actually one more thing."
"Oh ? Mr. Ford, please tell me.”
Ford Sr. cleared his throat.
“A lot of immigrants have come this year, and according to the plan, more will come next year. Should we consider specifically where to resettle, not in terms of work, but where to live? . Many of the people there are single and will start families in the future, so they cannot live in our temporary official residence forever.”
Paul was surprised, is this a problem? In his plan, immigrants would be resettled first in Huxin Town and Fulangang, but the proportion must be controlled, and the population should still be dominated by local residents and workers recruited from all over the northwest.
“When they make enough money, wouldn’t it be enough to buy a house near their workplace or hire someone to build a house?”
The old manager shook his head.
"That's true, but with so many people suddenly coming, you can't build houses randomly, right? There must be regulations. In the past, the town was small and didn't have this problem, but with so many people coming all of a sudden, it really should be done properly Think about it."
"You seem to make sense. Well, who will be responsible for this?"
"Earl. My lord, urban construction matters should be left to professionals. Professionals in this field can definitely be found in big cities.”
“In this case, then look for the top ones. The largest city in the kingdom is. Is it Jingyao? Let’s hire a planner from the royal capital to design it for us, focusing on Huxin Town, Fulan Port, and Butuya.”
“This…this is. Isn’t it a bit... overkill? ”
"We have to think long-term. Haha, maybe Lake Center Town can develop into a city of 100,000 people."
Everyone secretly smacked their lips after hearing this, what Earl Grayman was saying Talking in sleep?
"Hansel, please pay attention to it next time you go to the royal capital."
"I made a note of it, Lord Earl."
Finally, Everyone had no more questions, so Paul announced that the meeting was adjourned.
(End of this chapter)