Stepping into the main entrance of the government affairs building, the first thing Todd saw was a tall bronze statue standing in the center of the hall on the first floor.

The bronze statue holds the Bible in one hand to its chest and holds the palm of the other hand upwards to the sky. The overall design adopts the sculpture techniques of the ancient Taylor period, the facial features are three-dimensional and plump like mythological figures, the eyes are firm and inspiring, and the body lines are full of muscle burst tension, which makes people look breathtaking.

Huggins, who was busy maintaining order with the guards, suddenly heard Todd's voice behind him: "Who is this statue?"

Huggins turned his head with difficulty and gave Todd an awkward smile: "Of course it's you!"

Todd, who almost didn't mention it in one breath, looked at the sculpture with wide eyes, and scolded secretly in his heart, this is not like me at all!

Since Todd rarely appeared in public, the news of the king's appearance in the government hall spread among the crowd, and the crowd of people rushed into the hall in order to get a glimpse of the holy face.

Seeing more and more people pouring into the hall, soldiers and officials struggling to maintain order on the scene, Todd gave up his intention to stay and walked through the hall to the rear of the first floor of the government affairs hall.

Pushing open the door, a church room familiar and intimate to Todd presented before him.

The old benches were neatly lined up, the cracked floors were cleaned, the crosses, the pulpits, and the candle stands, and memories of the past kept flashing back to Todd's mind.

Huggins came up behind him and said softly, "Everything here is exactly the same as it used to be. ”

Todd nodded, "yes, the same as before." ”

The two people in the room were silent, thinking of the bitter experience in the past few years, and they were full of emotion.

After about five minutes of staying, Todd made his way to the back porch through the side door and down the spiral staircase to the second floor.

Joe, Elijah, Ulysses, and others waited early in the hall on the second floor with officials of all levels to welcome the king's arrival.

Huggins walked up to Todd's side and said to him, "People above the level of directors of agriculture, human resources, and urban planning are here, the tax and legal departments are absent because they are away on official business, and the commercial department is ......."

Thinking of the Raglan couple, Todd sighed and said to Huggins, "Let the Kingdom's chief advisors stay, while the others return to their respective posts and continue their work." ”

A few minutes later, the only officials left were Joe, the monk in charge of agriculture, Elijah, who was in charge of urban planning, and Ulysses.

Huggins said to Todd: "Lord Emerson, who is in charge of the personnel department, because he also serves as the privy council of the royal family, rarely comes to the government affairs hall, and most of the affairs are handled by Ulysses, the second adviser. ”

Todd nodded, moved his footsteps, and while visiting the government affairs hall, he said to everyone, "Please introduce each of your departments." ”

Monk Qiao, who was in charge of agriculture, first said: "Your Majesty, the agricultural department is mainly responsible for the affairs related to agriculture in the kingdom, from the selection of seeds to the construction of warehouses, all within our scope of responsibility. As for the composition of the departmental officials, in addition to the scholars of agriculture, it is mainly composed of the three major friars of St. Sidro, Mileć and Svolenvk, and currently has a total of 12 branches and a total of 96 officials. ”

Elijah, who was in charge of urban planning, had only met Todd a few times, but he was extremely impressed.

The reason is very simple, this proud protégé of Master Terrence is simply too much more than normal people in terms of knowledge reserves and areas of expertise.

Not only is he the current head of the kingdom's urban planning, but as far as Todd knows, he is also the designer and painter of the Twilight Cathedral, the president of the Theater and Performance Society, and even the ship and ordnance designer at the Twilight Shipyard and the Twilight Knights.

"Your Majesty, urban planning is mainly responsible for the regional planning and building restrictions of the city, including the division of arable land, forest land, pasture, commercial, residential, industrial and other land. In addition, we are also responsible for the planning and construction of urban sewers, aqueducts, and waste transportation channels. It has nine branches and a total of 63 officials. ”

Finally, it was Ulysses' turn.

This young man in his twenties is the youngest of the three and the only acting head of the department.

"Your Majesty, three months ago, I passed the exam and became Lord Emerson's secretary. In my absence, I am in charge of the affairs of the kingdom's public affairs. It mainly includes the acquisition, examination and deprivation of the qualifications of urban residents, the organization and planning of official examinations, the external recruitment of public facilities maintenance personnel, and the promotion and demotion of all officials. At present, there are 12 branches with a total of 128 officials. ”

Todd listened to the debriefing as he wandered around each floor.

After looking around, he was surprised to find that many of the design elements here actually referred to the research institute in the soul space.

Erected screens separating people, glass cabinets for documents and reports, and well-equipped rest rooms.

Casting his eyes on Elijah behind him, Todd asked, "You made all the designs here?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I have referred to the place of creation of the Kingdom of Heaven in many places. ”

Todd was stunned: "The place of creation?"

After reacting to what was going on, Todd secretly said in his heart: You can take the name as you like, it's not an important thing anyway.

After looking around the government hall, Todd had a simple lunch with the crowd and stepped into the carriage again.

"Next, let's go to the University of Twilight. ”

After saying this, Todd, who was a little tired, leaned on the soft back of the carriage and took a nap.

By the time he woke up again, the carriage had stopped at the entrance of the university.

Looking out the window, Todd turned to Huggins outside the car and asked, "You didn't wake me up?"

Huggins, who was standing beside the carriage, said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it is always good to have a little more sleep in a rare rest. ”

Dressed up, Todd stepped out of the carriage, and the scene at the door stunned him in place.

Hundreds of scholars were already standing at the gates of the University of Twilight, waiting for the king to appear. Among these people, there are highly respected academic masters such as Terrence, as well as scholars and elites from various countries.

Todd walked up to Huggins and said in a deep voice, "You really should have woken me up earlier!How could you let these scholars wait here for so long?!"

Huggins smiled bitterly and whispered to Todd, "Your Majesty, at first I wanted to wake you up early, but when the scholars arrived, Master Terrence specifically told me not to disturb you and let you sleep a little longer. ”

Hearing this, Todd was deeply moved, and walked quickly to Terrence, and was about to say something, but the other party spoke first: "When you are in Taylor City, you sit at home today, and you may be burned at the stake tomorrow." Some people even have coffins made when they are alive. In a time of darkness everywhere, Twilight City has become our only and final refuge. In order to protect this land, let us give our lives without hesitation, let alone wait for the king to wake up?"

With that, Terrence winked at Todd and laughed as if no one was around.

Hearing this, Todd laughed too.

Next, Todd, accompanied by a group of scholars, began to visit the newly built university.

Terrence was at the forefront, personally acting as the King's guide, explaining to the latter the origin and structure of the University of the West.

"Aside from the fact that the academy was originally located near the port area, the key problem was that the place was too cramped to accommodate so many teachers and students. Terrence pointed to the land in front of him and said, "So, we have made a request to the royal family to relocate the school." After your majesty's approval, a group of scholars and I finally settled on this plain north of the city after a long period of investigation. ”

Terrence took a deep breath and seemed very satisfied with the place in front of him: "The total area of the campus is more than 500,000 square meters, and it is planned to build 23 buildings, including academic buildings, residences, gardens, laboratories, and canteens. Once built, it is undoubtedly the largest school in the parish. ”

Todd looked around, the construction pattern of the University of Twilight was clearly the same as the university in the previous life, and it should be that Terrence found the drawings and photos when he was looking through the computer materials.

Pointing to the construction site in the distance, Terrence said, "After the land problem was solved, money became the biggest problem. Building materials, equipment procurement, road greening, all of which require a lot of money. We made an estimate that if the university is fully completed, it may cost about 400,000 silver moons. ”

When Todd heard this, he frowned and said, "If I'm not mistaken, on the construction budget proposal of the University of Twilight, you only wrote 'Hope that the treasury will allocate 200,000 silver moons'. ”

"That's right. Terrence nodded at Todd, "Twilight University isn't just a matter for the kingdom, it's also for us scholars. We couldn't get the kingdom to pay all the construction funds with peace of mind, so at the beginning, we only wrote half of the financial assistance on the proposal. ”

"How did you raise the other half of the funds?"

"Fundraising. ”

"Fundraising?!"

Terrence pointed to his nose and smiled at Todd, "Your Majesty, don't underestimate us bad old men. Compared to the speed at which we spend money, our ability to find money is no worse at all!"

Terrence counted them one by one with his fingers: "The first method, scholars like us, who used to be teachers, have more or less taught a few students from good families, some of them are nobles with prominent backgrounds, and some are wealthy businessmen, as long as we are willing to put down this old face, it is not difficult to write a letter to ask for some money from them." ”

"The second way is that many of us have property in other kingdoms, such as mansions, vineyards, mills, and so on. I persuaded them to sell all their property, donate the money to the university, and settle in Twilight City ever since. ”

"The third method is to sell patents. Speaking of which, first of all, I would like to thank His Majesty for the patent law promulgated, without which there would be no way to make money. Many of our inventions and theories can be applied to handicrafts and commerce, and these patents can be sold for a large amount of money. ”

Terrence continued with a smile: "It is precisely by relying on these three methods that we finally scraped together the remaining 200,000 silver moons, and the construction of the university is also going on as scheduled. ”

As they spoke, the group came to a concrete building.

Todd was about to enter the door when a tall, thin scholar hurried out and nearly ran into the king.