Chapter 392 Issues of Regional Development
The end of August and the beginning of September after the Civil Service Examination is the season when apples begin to mature. There is a huge apple orchard outside the city of Hausen northwest of Weissenburg. It was originally the property of Frederick's mother's family.
On the last rest day in August, Frederick brought everyone here to pick apples.
There are many people coming to play today. In addition to Maria, Lilu and Susan, there are also Frederick's senior sister Katie and her family, the "big three maids" in the castle, the head maid Carbo, and Life Secretary Tarot, chef Oxo, as well as senior government officials and the families of local wealthy businessmen and factory owners.
The adults and older children put on clothes that were convenient for movement. Each of them carried a basket and searched for the reddest and largest apples among the fruit trees in groups of twos and threes.
When picking apples, everyone has to watch out for Dawn, who takes her little boyfriend and Maria's unicorn to pick out the fruits in other people's baskets.
Maria's three-headed dog also followed it around, barked a few times, and at dawn picked up an apple and threw it over.
The clear and melodious chirping of birds in the orchards is endless. It is now popular to raise pet birds in Wesson. The birds with gorgeous feathers and beautiful calls from the forests in the south are so expensive that they can be sold for several gold coins. Today, these people are Not short of money, bring the birds over and show them off.
Psyche also came, but she was sitting at the table with the children and was performing an apple tossing show for them.
Ordinary artists can only throw three or five apples, but she is good at it. The apples she throws are as high as three or four stories high, and there are more and more apples.
The wind changed direction and the aroma of barbecue filled the orchard.
Katie did not go apple picking, saying that picking oranges since she was a child had a psychological impact on fruit picking, so she went there to make skewers with a few older ladies.
At the lake not far away, her father Richard Nall was taking her son fishing there.
At noon, everyone came back from picking fruits and started eating and drinking.
There is a long table by the lake, which was prepared for the fruit-picking workers. Now it is covered with tablecloth and filled with barbecue, bread, cakes, snacks and drinks.
Frederick sat down at the head of the table and called a group of people over.
The people who were called included Adam, the Minister of Commerce, Omet, the governor of the state of Wessen, Franz the Elder, the governor of the state of Putz, Matthias, the governor of the state of Faya, and Neuer, the governor of the Lancini state. Five officials and representatives of factory owners such as Hoffman and Rhea.
Everyone understood at a glance that Duke Wesson already knew some of the previous things and would have an informal exchange today.
After more than ten people were seated, they ate and drank as usual. When they were almost done eating, Frederick took a sip of freshly squeezed apple juice and put down the cup with a little more force. The area around the table suddenly became quiet.
Frederick said: "The reason for inviting everyone here today is to talk about something. Everyone knows everything, and those who don't know are not qualified to sit here."
"The friends who are here today are friends from the industrial port. First of all, I would like to tell you something that was decided by the education port yesterday."
After everyone here cheered up, he continued: "Everyone knows After ten years of development, Wesson's education has achieved brilliant results. The coverage rate of basic education is close to 100%. Next year's "Education Law" will legally determine six years of compulsory education, literacy education, secondary education, vocational education and higher education. It has also achieved extremely high achievements."
"The Principality of Wesson will be established next year, and the education level of the three newly added states, Faia, Lankni and Putz, is far lower than that of Wesson. There is a lot of room for improvement in the state."
He picked up the cup and took a sip of apple juice. At this time, Hoffman said: "I feel deeply about this... Oh, I have experienced it. . In recent years, my factory has expanded, and many relatives and friends from my hometown have come to join me.”
“I am willing to accept them, but under the rule of the Franken family, we serfs have no chance to learn. They are illiterate, cannot understand safety regulations, and cannot understand work schedules. Some people have only seen copper coins in their lives and do not understand currency conversion.”
"To do this, I need to spend at least three months letting them go to literacy classes, let them memorize the factory's rules and regulations, and then learn to read various forms. It will take at least a year before they can become qualified workers."< br>
Several other factory owners nodded in agreement, having encountered similar problems.
Frederick also nodded and said: "Now the Ministry of Education will formulate and implement the 'Tinder Plan', and strive to cover three areas of basic education in the second five-year plan within three years. "From next year, the teacher qualification certificate examination and the principal qualification certificate examination will be further opened, and schools at all stages and levels will be encouraged to open in the three states."
He finished. Pick up a skewer of grilled meat and eat it, giving the others a voice.
Everyone present had heard what Frederick meant, and Leia asked: "Sir, I plan to build a new Fuqiang powder processing plant in Xinzhou. Do you mean to encourage our behavior?"
Her Fuqiang Fan received a large number of orders at the World Exposition, so it needed to expand its production scale. However, like other factories that needed to expand its scale, it received invitations from several governors almost at the same time.
Expanding scale requires costs. She does not have the capital to open factories in all states, but she refuses to give face to the other party and is afraid of being underestimated, which is troublesome.
Although the status of the factory owners in Weisen has improved, in the past few years, they are still afraid of the noble master.
Frederick nodded and said while eating: "Let me first establish a principle. I support the establishment of factories in Xinzhou. I suggest that the local government should also introduce policies and strengthen the construction of supporting facilities. Support.”
"The current economic level of New South Wales is lagging behind in all aspects compared to Wesson. Investing there and building factories with local people's own funds will help improve local economic development, improve people's living standards, and increase tax revenue."
"But..."
As soon as his but came out, several officials sat up straight.
Frederick continued: "Developing regional economies does not mean that the development of every place must be uniform and that egalitarianism cannot be practiced."
"Local officials cannot just focus on their own You must have everything on your plate, and think about the problem from a global perspective.”
After he finished speaking, he started to take a piece of bread, spread it with jam and eat it.
The four governors here are a little embarrassed. The leader criticized them just now.
They are not idiots. All Might and Mathias are both Golden Durian Award winners. If Noelle was an idiot, he would not have become the Minister of Taxation before becoming governor. The old Franz was born as a knight. He would have died on the battlefield if he had no brains.
However, no matter how smart your head is, once your own vital interests are involved, your thinking ability and way of thinking will be affected.
Old Franz took a sip of wine, put down the glass and said in a deep voice: "I am here to do a self-examination. I did make the mistake you just mentioned."
He is the first elder of the Weisen Territory, a member of the Wesson State Assembly Speakers, and the chairman of the Football Association. He has the highest prestige among officials.
Although he also knew that he became the governor of Putz State not because of his political ability but his merits. He initially planned to fish until retirement, but once he tasted the taste of power, he could not give up, and he wanted to prove himself. The ambition of "both civil and military" came.
He also knew that it was outrageous to move part of the heavy machinery factory to the mountainous and tree-filled Putz state, but the taxes from the machinery factory were enough to make officials lose their minds.
Now that you are being criticized, be the first to stand up and defend the authority of the lord.
With old Franz taking the lead, Ogilvy admitted its mistake.
The label of "Executive Minister Candidate" made him a little dizzy. He lost his academic calmness in the past and secretly hindered those who wanted to invest in New South Wales out of safeguarding his own interests.
Frederick listened quietly to their self-examination and was very satisfied with their attitude.
But the current review cannot solve the problem. The economic development of a region is not only the personal interests of the governor, but also related to all aspects of the local area. If the fundamental problem is not solved, it will not be solved in the specific work. Will return to the original track.
(End of this chapter)