Chapter Seventy-Two

The first page of this "white paper" is a folded map of the Kingdom of Eagle and its surroundings.

Well, a brief map of the royal capital is also included.

The map is probably drawn in a similar way to different worlds, and the text of this white paper is clearly compiled by the Dreaming Spirit.

The characters are Chinese characters, and the expressions are easy to understand.

"It's a good thing. ”

Zhang Xun was depressed for a while and finally comforted himself, although he said that the hours were almost in vain, but the map provided by the Dream Spirit was obviously better than what he drew from memory.

After roughly calculating according to the scale and comparing it with the real world, Zhang Xun finally completely understood how big his kingdom was.

"About ...... Equivalent to half a city?"

This is based on the land area, and of course, the area of each province and city in the country is also different, and he is only making an analogy based on the situation in Cheonan Province.

"The land area is about half a city, and the population is hard to say, but it should be about the same as the population of county-level areas in China. ”

Zhang Xun pondered quietly.

The map is followed by the table of contents section of the white paper.

In the general direction, the catalogue is divided into "history" and "present".

The history part is a brief history of the past of the Eagle Yang Kingdom, which only accounts for about one-eighth of the entire book.

On the one hand, it is because of the simplicity of the pen, and on the other hand, it also shows that Yingyang is not the kind of country with a long history.

In fact, it can be seen from the written records in this part that Ying Yang has only experienced three kings in total, well, Zhang Xun is the third.

According to the sporadic records in the historical part, Yingyang and the surrounding four countries were originally a group of humans who migrated from the rest of the continent a long time ago.

Originally one country, it went through many divisions and became five.

In the history part, most of the information given in the white paper is useless and brief, and there are many specious records in the text.

"Extrapolating in this way, then the fiefdom area of the big lord should be similar to the county level, and the small lord should be at the township level. ”

Zhang Xun wrote and drew on the paper while whispering to himself.

He was both disappointed and delighted with the result.

Disappointing is that he doesn't seem to be that good as a king, and the positions of queen, prime minister, cardinal and the like before sounded very good, but now it seems that it is not like that at all.

However, intellectually, he felt more joyful, because the leadership ability required by the national primary school was also smaller, and Zhang Xun sincerely felt that the smaller the country, the easier it would be for him to control.

From this point of view, he even wished that his kingdom would be smaller, if only it could be as small as a township or even a village.

Of course, this is an unrealistic fantasy.

"Then it's the reality. ”

Zhang Xun began to read the rest intently.

There are a lot of words, and they are very boring, but he reads them very seriously.

The "present" section is divided into several major categories, such as finance, military power, religion, aristocratic families, and so on.

And the population he cares about the most......

The data given in this book is very vague, and even the population of the national capital is only approximated.

As for the population of the entire Kingdom of Eagle Yang...... There is no accurate record, and it can only be relied on by calculation.

"The census has a long way to go. ”

Zhang Xun sighed, obviously, the backward Otherworldly Continent does not have a perfect census system and ability, which may be worse than the West and the East of the same era.

"When there are conditions in the future, if nothing else, my country must issue an ID card to everyone. Zhang Xun secretly gritted his teeth, he didn't even know the number of citizens under his hands, which made him feel no sense of control, and this feeling was terrible.

……

The whole night was quiet, no one disturbed him, and when it was dawn, he finally had a rough understanding of the basic context of the whole Yingyang.

I haven't finished reading the white paper yet, but I pretty much know the key parts.

In Zhang Xun's impression, a country, even a county, has quite complex and trivial aspects, such as urban construction, transportation, economic market, culture, health care, education, agriculture, handicrafts, light industry, heavy industry, water, electricity and gas resources...... Blah blah, he thought he couldn't do it at all, but......

What surprised him more was ...... The whole of the Eagle Yang Kingdom was far less complicated than he had imagined.

Or rather, the absence is very serious.

"The whole Yingyang is based on mining, and the land suitable for cultivation in the Yingyang Kingdom is limited, but there are more mountainous areas and more ore vein resources, so the main economic source of the whole country lies in minerals, not ...... The level of metallurgy is surprising, and it is ahead of the other four countries, but without the rest of the financial resources, in order to feed the people, it is necessary to sell the mined ore to the other four countries...... This...... This is simply digging a pit for oneself to jump, a complete act of capital and enemies. ”

Zhang Xun leaned back in his chair, tilted his head, and smiled wryly.

Probably this is the trouble of resource-based countries?

He has resources in hand, but he can only exchange these resources for money and food, and when the resources are exhausted, it will be over.

"In such a situation, it's no wonder that the other four countries are eyeing each other, if it were me, I would be greedy too. ”

Because of the problem of a single source of finance, one of the biggest problems - agriculture disappeared.

Eagle Fly's agriculture is hardly large-scale, so of course there are no problems that can arise from agriculture.

In the same way, because of backwardness, there were no industrial problems of all kinds, and commerce remained only to the extent that some chambers of commerce went to and from various countries to buy and sell, and the kingdoms were limited to the extent of collecting customs duties.

Business issues weren't even something for the king to think about.

Education, Yingyang's literacy rate is super low, there is no compulsory education, only a private school-like education controlled by the aristocracy, so there is no education problem.

Because of poverty, there are no health care problems.

Because the highest means of transportation is a horse-drawn carriage, there is no traffic congestion problem.

Because the population is small and the city is small, there are no urban planning problems.

Because there is no awareness of establishing diplomatic relations, there are few diplomatic problems, and even if there are, they only stay at the level of sending each other a beauty or scolding each other.

……

In a word, because these kingdoms in the other world have a low level of civilization and are small and widowed, they ......

Basically, Zhang Xun was worried about all aspects of the consideration before...... None of them.

"It's really different from what I imagined. ”

Zhang Xun sighed, rubbed his eyebrows, and read a book all night, his eyes were sour at this time.

"As a king, basically one thing I have to do is to unite the noble lords and bishops around me, make sure they have money to earn, and then ...... It seems that the country is more stable?"

Zhang Xun couldn't help but think of this.

Then, the appearance of those miserable civilians appeared before his eyes.

"That's not going to work. I have to do something, but at the moment I only have the authority to make decisions passively, but I don't have the authority to take the initiative to issue decrees, but judging from the text of the light curtain, this authority will be opened sooner or later, and I must first formulate a policy line. ”

Zhang Xun muttered to himself.

This route, he decided on without much thought.

"It is necessary to follow the industrial flow, coordinate inland, and not near the sea, have natural minerals and a relatively sophisticated metallurgical base, what do you do if you don't do industry? Do you want to make the kingdom strong? In terms of political system, I don't have to think about being able to change for a long time, it can only be stable, and the right way is to build up the economy first, and political means cannot make the kingdom strong. ”

"In this way...... I must now prepare for the opening of active decision-making authority in the future, and when I have this authority, I must have talents in all aspects around me, or at least have the qualifications to invite people who can be qualified in this field. ”

"It's not just people who are good at power politics, but also experts in various fields to provide solutions, and that's a complete think tank. ”

"But...... The current problem is that my status is too low, and people look down on me, even if it is money, what can be withdrawn is millions, 10 million is in the end, and I don't have to think about this money if I want to invite high-level talents, so the route of the kingdom should take the road of industrial rejuvenation, and what I want to do at present is to be ready to deal with passive decision-making at any time, and the other is to ......"

Zhang Xun took a deep breath, and his eyes released a firm gaze: "I myself must also be strong." ”