Chapter 380: Lack of Alchemists
In the lord's palace of Chernobog, the capital of the North, Perfectcott was summoning his courtiers to listen to their work reports during this period.
“Lord, in the past month, Beloberg has accepted a total of 376,514 new immigrants from the empire, of which 345,600 Twelve people have been relocated to various settlements in the north, and the remaining people have stayed in Beloberg," an official with a monocle reported to Purficott. In his hand was a roll of parchment dragged to the ground, full of recorded data.
In the past month, the empire has transported a large number of people to the north.
Most of these people did not do so voluntarily, but the empire did not force them.
The method used by the empire is employment. Most of these immigrants are hired by the empire in the name of the Northern Territory. They will carry out construction and reclamation in the Northern Territory for three years.
During this period, they are workers in the North and need to participate in various construction projects and the development of the North.
The employment contract stated that after three years, they could choose to stay in the north or return to the empire.
If they choose to stay in the Northern Territory now, they can obtain the official status of Northern Territory citizens, as well as a one-year tax exemption and other related benefits.
Compared with immigrants who take the initiative to come to the north, the treatment they can receive is obviously much worse. At least they will not be allocated housing.
These people didn't have any objections to this. A considerable number of them still regarded this as a long-term job and still planned to return to the empire after the three years were up.
After all, in this employment trip, the wages given by the empire were not low, and the initial settlement allowance was also sufficient, which was enough for these people to work hard.
This makes many people think that this is a rare time for the empire to be a human being.
However, they did not know that after the three years expired, there would be no mainland empire left.
At this point, the nobles and bureaucrats of the empire were once again indifferent and simply did not tell them the truth.
But this doesn't really matter to these ordinary lower-class civilians. After all, where is life not life? Compared with the mainland of the empire, the living conditions in the north are actually more favorable for civilians.
But the vast majority of people still have a certain filter, thinking that the mainland of the empire is richer and has more opportunities. After all, the northern border is just a newly reclaimed wild land.
Just like even the beggars of Langton, when mentioning the prosperity of Langton, they will puff up their withered chests and be proud of it. The empire's native people, especially the people of Langton's empire, , there has always been discrimination against the colonies and other parts of the empire.
There is nothing to criticize, after all, it is human nature.
But for the North, we must consider the emotions and reactions that these people may have when the empire will announce the fact of the end of the world in a few months according to the arrangement of the empire center.
Purficott naturally attaches great importance to this and is preparing to deal with it in advance. This meeting discussed various issues closely related to these hundreds of thousands of new immigrants.
After listening to the data compiled by all parties, Purficott nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "The empire attaches great importance to the development of the northern territory. These days Although 100,000 people are nominally workers in the north, they are still subjects of the empire. There is no need to treat them differently or discriminate.
Although the issue of treatment has been decided, it cannot be done. Changes will be made, but you still need to make appropriate policy inclinations in daily management, and at the same time implement their treatment issues.
I don’t want to hear that new immigrants from the empire are being discriminated against. , workers receive news about bullying, do you understand? ”
"Please rest assured, Lord Earl, such a shameful thing will never happen in the north." An official solemnly promised after saluting Purficott.
He is one of the higher-status civil officials in the North and can be regarded as one of the representatives of the civil officials in the North. He can make such a promise on behalf of the officials in the North.
Perfect didn't pay attention to this, just waved his hand and ignored the topic, and then said: "Let's stop talking about the treatment of labor and new immigrants. You know it well. Just know what to do.
The next focus of government affairs in the north is the construction of settlements. Now with these hundreds of thousands of workers, I hope you can complete at least two hundred settlements before winter. Construction, are there any problems?”
“If there are enough large engineering robots, this request can be achieved,” an official with an engineer badge on his chest said, explaining what they needed. Problem solved: "But now we only have twenty large-scale engineering robots. If we want to complete the construction of two hundred settlements, we will need at least fifty more large-scale engineering robots."
Hearing the question raised by the other party, Purficott couldn't help but frown, looked at an alchemist on the side, and asked him: "Can fifty large engineering robots be delivered as scheduled? I don't want this to affect The progress of the project. "
"Lord, if there are only fifty large engineering robots, the factory can deliver them at any time." This alchemist is the head of the alchemy workshop appointed by Perficott and is responsible for managing the North. Regarding the problem of the alchemy workshop: "But the problem now is that we don't have so many qualified alchemists to control these robots. If we just let the robots work on their own, according to our calculations, this will reduce the work efficiency by at least 30%." , and this does not take into account possible mistakes and delays caused by malfunctions.”
Hearing the alchemist’s answer, Purficott’s face became ugly.
There is a lack of enough alchemists in the North. This problem has always existed. However, because of the cooperation between Purficott and several universities in Langton, many professors from the alchemy department and their apprentices came to Arriving in the northern border alleviated this problem to a certain extent, making it actually not a serious problem.
But now, with the arrival of a large number of immigrants and the large-scale construction of the northern border, the problem of insufficient alchemists has been exposed.
Not only did the compressed biscuit production equipment that Purficott deployed in every settlement and city require alchemists to operate, but the large robots used in construction now also require alchemists to operate.
The requirements for the former are simple at least. As long as an apprentice knows some alchemy and can initiate the ritual, it can be manipulated. However, the latter undoubtedly requires sufficient knowledge and skills, at least an official alchemist certified by the empire.
Both of these are currently in short supply in the North.
(End of this chapter)