From the fatalistic tragedy of the Tianzi No. 1 Tofu Project Shinano, Luo Zhengdao suddenly thought of the heavy problem that he had ignored before, it seems that the schools he established on Wake Reef are all basic literacy and cultural education, and the schools dedicated to training skilled workers have been staying at the planning level!

Sure enough, the nobleman was forgetful, and sighed in annoyance, Luo Zhengdao, who would regret it, did not vent his negative feelings, but just said in a low voice:

"Faure, the matter of skilled workers can be solved, and I will send someone to help you set up a school to train technicians, which will be much faster than training workers in a factory."

The master and the apprentice are still the standard template for the education of the new world, and Faure Chopin looked at Luo Zhengdao dumbfoundedly, and asked rhetorically:

"School? Majesty, will this work? ”

Half a step ahead of the era is a genius, a step ahead of the era is a madman, having said that, no one dares to provoke a madman with a lot of power. Luo Zhengdao had no intention of explaining clearly what advantages the academy system in his mouth had over the traditional master-apprentice system, so he waved his hand indifferently and said:

"Do you have a better way?"

Speaking of this, if you want to justify anything, it will be a lever with the leader, and Old Fore will not make such a low-level mistake, he leaned over and said:

"Nope! No! A qiē obeys your will, my majesty. ”

Due to the reduction of exercise during pregnancy and the improvement of food conditions, Vina Dubov's face is much rounder than before, and now watching her smiling brightly and caressing her bulging abdomen, a maternal erection is overflowing, and Luo Zhengdao can't help but sigh.

"Will, what are you laughing at?"

Looking at the quiet lady appearance of the half-elf beauty, Luo Zhengdao lowered his head and sighed and said:

"It's so quiet, it's really not like you!"

In a turbulent and war-torn period, she must be frugal in all aspects, but with her status as a half-elf beauty and the economic situation of the newly born Kingdom of Light, no matter how frugal the cost is, it is impossible to ask for her to be saved. Not bad for money, not bad for money, her meal also made Luo Zhengdao frown, Vina Dubov often suffered from nausea during pregnancy, and the dinner menu was all prepared according to the elven traditional health recipe, not so much a dish, but a cold feast composed of a platter of vegetables, fruits and beans and a small amount of meat. According to Luo Zhengdao's standard carnivore, this thing is quite suitable for feeding rabbits and goats, and it would be too weak to prepare it for human consumption.

"Vina, eating these vegetables and fruits is not good for your health!"

Regarding Luo Zhengdao's prejudice, Vina Dubov did not buy it at all, saying:

"Elves have eaten like this for generations, do you see it?"

I can't say, since she was pregnant, Vina's temper has also grown a lot, in other words, she would never argue about such trivial and boring things before, this change is obviously affected by the abnormal secretion during pregnancy.

Without intending to spoil the mood for these short things in the parents, Luo Zhengdao simply diverted the unpleasant topic and said:

"I can only stay for a few more days, maybe I won't see the baby born. Oh, it's a gift for you. ”

Mixed with the level of holding the power of a country, the amount of money is purely a book number game for Luo Zhengdao, and the gold coins allocated by a mouth are all six-digit upwards, and if they are exchanged for physical gold coins, they can be thrown to death by killing a vote. In this case, when you want to give someone a gift, you don't have to think about the price, you are just expressing your heart and blessings.

"It's ...... Ornamental fish? ”

Unwrapping the delicate wrapping paper printed on a white ground in red, Vina Dubov cried out with delight, and the top of the closed fish tank in the shape of an eggshell was tightened with a delicate silver lid to prevent water from spilling out during movement, and the bottom three of the fish tank were placed smoothly on the table for people to admire. The tank is filled with finger-length, colourful fish lined with white sand and lush emerald green algae, and it's a delight to take a moment to look at in the yellow sand of Wake Reef. If it weren't for the boring natural environment of Wake Reef, this gift would never have been precious.

In recent years, the glass products of Wake Reef have been exported to the markets of the great powers, although they have quickly encountered the impact of a large number of counterfeiters, they can still occupy a large market share, and high quality and low price are the only way to defeat the enemy.

In the eyes of the ingenious half-elf beauty, the husband's ability to consider what she needs most is more informative than how valuable the gift itself is.

Luo Zhengdao, who was smiling, sniffed his snuff and said:

"Yes, it's aquarium fish. In order to curry favor with me, a puppet army leader in the main continent specially sent a batch of luxury goods to Qiongzhou, these fish are said to be a special breed cultivated by a certain ducal family for generations. You can't go outdoors, and keeping fish in your room is a pastime, like? ”

"Well, it's beautiful, thank you."

To be honest, what satisfies Vina Dubov today is not these lively and active fish, but that Luo Zhengdao can still worry about her situation while taking care of military affairs, and it is very rare to bring a few ornamental fish all the way over. This is similar to the old world women often ask men if they remember what day the relationship was, what day the first kiss was, and what day the wedding anniversary was, which seems to look stupid, but in fact it is a test of whether the other party still values their hearts.

There was nothing to say all night, and in the early morning of the next day, Luo Zhengdao finished breakfast and was about to go around again, and Faul Chopin, whom he had just met yesterday, came to visit again early in the morning, this time he came to complain to someone.

"Your Majesty, the steel ingots provided by Yaling have not been delivered on time, and it is the third time, and each time they have to delay it for half a month, delaying the progress of our shipbuilding!"

Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao frowned, he wouldn't say anything nonsense like friendship and trust, it is more meaningful to talk about feelings with the country than with a bitch about chastity, and there are examples of women who have been forced to become prostitutes and unfortunately fall into the dust. No country is a soft-hearted character, and although the saying that a dog can't change eating is ugly, it is not too much to describe the virtue of a country.

"Faure, can't you use the metal ingots from the Grey Iron Dwarves?"

The subordinates who couldn't even think of a workaround were too wasteful, and Faul Chopin was absolutely unwilling to carry this black cauldron, so he quickly explained:

"Your Majesty, you don't know, Yaling provides high-strength steel ingots, and the smelting technology of the gray iron dwarves is not so stable, and their products are not suitable for making armor plates."

As soon as this matter was mentioned, Luo Zhengdao also quickly recalled that in the past, Fu Er had sent a report to say that the quality of the metal ingots provided by the gray iron dwarf vassal tribes was uneven, and the best ones were not much better than Yaling products, and the poor ones were only slightly better than the big road goods on the market, which was a headache for the arsenal.

The manufacturing industry in the New World is clearly categorized, for example, the mining only sells ore, regardless of the smelting part, and the iron smelting plant only sells raw metal ingots but does not produce finished products, in addition to the monopoly agreements of various large guilds, technical barriers are also one of the key factors. Giant conglomerates like the old-world cartels, concentrats, and trusts that have to wait for technological and social development to reach a considerable level before they can be realized, after all, many things are not difficult to conceive, but how to execute them is the difficulty.

After a short period of thought, Luo Zhengdao said with a solemn face:

"Hmm, didn't Yaling explain why?"

At this time, the angry old man Fu scolded angrily:

"Those who have long ears say that the domestic steel production capacity is insufficient or something, I think they are making excuses, phew! A group of guys who see the wind and steer the rudder. ”

The actual situation is also roughly the same, at the moment when the fall of the main continent is almost a foregone conclusion, the threat of the Goblin Navy faced by the Yaling Empire continues to weaken. Although the speed of building goblin ships and training navies will skyrocket in the near term, without the abundant resources of the main continent to provide follow-up support, this explosive growth is destined to be a short-term behavior. At least from the perspective of Yaling's time scale, it is a very short time to limit it to a hundred years, and it would be naïve to have such an idea of losing the motivation of external challenges, and then asking the Yaling Empire to fully support Luo Zhengdao regardless of gains and losses.

As the so-called good wealth is hard to give up, and the Yaling Empire is not too much money to spend, since it is believed that the role of human exiles is not as important as before, it is natural that it will be reflected in the mentality, and the snubbing and perfunctory at this time are only the tip of the iceberg.

Thinking of this annoyance, Luo Zhengdao couldn't stop having a headache, and sighed helplessly and said:

"Yaling...... It seems to be unreliable! ”

In addition to the traditional theory of energy determination, there is also a theory of the evolution of civilization with material determinism in the old world, such as the first civilization was called the "Paleolithic Age", later called the "Neolithic Age", then called the "Bronze Age", and then the "Iron Age", which is obviously the result of the continuous evolution of materials. In a way, the history of human civilization is a history of material invention and innovation. There were many similar examples later, such as rabbits focusing on imitating aircraft engines, and they have been engaged in it for decades in one breath, and the fourth-generation aircraft that has been pinned on high hopes is still equipped with a hairy bear heart, not that the design level is not good, not that the processing technology of the parts is not up to par, but that the material strength of the engine parts cannot meet the requirements.

There is no special alloy steel that does not deform under huge pressure at thousands of degrees Celsius, and no matter how good the aero engine parts are made of a pile of garbage materials, it is just a sky-high decoration.

Luo Zhengdao's version of the pirate ironclad is different from the old wooden sail warship in the new world, the core technology is nothing more than three things, rocket engine, explosive* and armor, the core element of which is armor, the ironclad without armor and the turtle without shell are basically the same concept.

Today, the Yaling Empire has begun to get stuck in this place, and without the high-quality steel ingots of the United Royal Iron Works, it still builds wool ironclad ships! Do you want to buy it from the profiteers of the Elven Federation? They dare to sell a pile of scrap iron as gold, and if this knife cuts down, Luo Zhengdao, who has a shallow background, can't be heartbroken! His main export products are glassware, paper, naphtha, candles, asphalt, high-quality filaments and other silk fabrics, of which the limited production of high-quality filaments is standard hard currency, and all other goods are non-essential to buyers. Therefore, when Yaling began to deliberately delay the supply, it was difficult for Luo Zhengdao to counteract it with normal trade means, which was really a headache.