There was a burst of good-natured laughter.

With the rapid expansion of the size of the Executive Office, the average age of officials has also dropped again and again, and the implementation of the evaluation system has shown a natural advantage in the younger generation in terms of learning knowledge and the ability to accept new things—it is not impossible to complete primary education at the age of 20 and become a grassroots clerk, and at the age of 25 to be promoted to a department cadre or even a core official.

In fact, in the castle meeting hall, there are quite a few young faces.

Looking at the new generation of officials whose faces were slightly red and embarrassed to bow their heads, Roland couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

Although this group of people is inferior to the older generation in terms of their means of doing things and maturity, their own vigor and tenacity can bring unparalleled vitality to the whole organization, which is also the temperament that a new political system needs most.

"In short, increasing the population of Neverwinter as much as possible is the next goal for all of you to work on – including the planning and construction of housing and supporting facilities. Doubling is not the end, and I don't have an end, you just need to know that the more the better, so your own 'struggle' is part of it. After waiting for the laughter to subside, he concluded, "Considering that whole numbers are easier to read, let's call it the Million Plan." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The officials stroked their chests in unison.

Subsequent decrees complemented or expanded the Million Dollar Project, such as the exploration of resources on the fertile plains, the further formalization of universal education through the construction of a number of full-time and professional schools, the conversion of medical personnel from military training to civilian recruitment, and the establishment of small clinics in new communities to share the pressure of a single medical hospital. At the same time, the Ministry of Education added a new secondary subject: medicine, which selects skilled players from the field emergency team for semi-self-study training, and the textbooks are relevant textbooks collected from the dream world...... Wait a minute.

Expanding a city with a population of 200,000 to a city with a population of 400,000 or even a million is not just a matter of numbers. The expansion of residential areas requires more infrastructure to function effectively, otherwise domestic sewage and excrement alone can destroy the livable environment that has been created so hard-won. The high concentration of the population has put forward higher requirements for health and epidemic prevention work, and even if Lily has the ability, how to monitor and forecast is a problem that needs to be explored.

The importance of education is self-evident – without widespread literacy education, the population will only be a burden, not a boost to industrial production.

This is also the reason why he pointed out that this meeting is just a framework, and if you want to build a big city with a population of one million, it is not at all decided by one or two meetings. If you want to find a path that is suitable for the Gray Castle, you still need the Administration Department to continue to explore and practice.

Just when everyone was excited about the plan to build the largest city in history, Barov suddenly asked with hesitation, "Your Majesty, are you going to send all these people into the factory?"

Roland nodded, "Or the engineering team, the First Army, the research institute...... As long as it's a place where people can be used, it's fine. ”

"But that would likely leave the Office of Administration underfunded. The chief steward hesitated, "Nowadays, the main income of the Administration Department comes from the sale of Chaos drinks, perfumes, steam engines and other goods, as you know, the latter is realized through the United Chamber of Commerce, and the payment for goods is about three to six months, while the salary of the leaders is paid a fixed amount every month, the amount is about 80,000 gold dragons. Now the former is much larger than the latter, and there is no need to worry about the stock of funds, but after the number of people doubles, the situation is different......"

"Are you worried that if there is an accident with the return of the payment, if it is delayed for a few months, Neverwinter will not be able to pay the salary, right?" Roland raised an eyebrow, and said with interest. He was delighted that a man who had been an assistant to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for many years was able to move so quickly from population planning to economic issues.

"Exactly. Barov said as he wrote and crossed out in his notebook, "And the salary will continue to increase with the length of service, and this part of the expenditure will only get higher and higher." However, the total output of Chaos Drink is so much, and the million plan will greatly hit the purchasing power of Yongdong and Wolfheart, and the future income will inevitably drop a lot. I have a slight estimate that for every 100,000 people who grow in a year, the risk increases by 30%. Unless you can find a new revenue point......"

Nightingale's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she leaned down and whispered in his ear, "There is an unmined gold mine in my family's former territory. ”

Roland couldn't laugh or cry for a moment, "I'm not poor enough yet." ”

"What's the matter, you can use it if you need it. ”

"Ahem...... Don't worry, I won't be polite when I really need it...... But not now. He replied in a low voice, then looked at Barov, "Actually, I have planned this for a long time, and I can solve your concerns once and for all." ”

"One hard work...... Yongyi?" the old manager was stunned.

"That's right, you also see that the problem is caused by income not keeping up with spending, if you can have unlimited income, doesn't this problem mean that it doesn't exist?"

After all, there is no faster way to get rich than printing money.

When the productive forces develop to a certain extent, the contradiction of precious metal money will inevitably arise - its output will generally remain at a stable level due to the limitations of the level of mining and smelting. With the rapid development of production technology, it is likely that in a short period of time goods will be produced much higher than the total value of the currency. When all the precious metal currencies combined cannot keep up with the output of goods, the payment system collapses on its own.

Credit currencies do not have this restriction.

The point notes that had been issued to the witches were an experiment - and it turned out that even ordinary paper was used, as long as it was combined with dark cloud ink, Anna's carved stencil, and security marks made of rubber worm slime, there was basically no possibility of counterfeiting.

Otherwise, the chaos drink in the castle convenience store would have been sold out long ago.

Excluding this, Neverwinter already has the basis for issuing credit money.

He had planned to discuss it with Barov in detail after sorting out the basic rules such as currency style, currency value, and exchange rules after a while, but since the other party had mentioned this issue now, he didn't mind revealing something first.

Just as Roland was about to briefly explain his idea to the dazed ministers, the door to the conference room was suddenly pushed open, and Phyllis walked over quickly.

"Your Majesty, there has been a new discovery of intelligence on the front, and Pasha hopes that you and your men will go to the underground hall immediately. ”

"So urgent?"

"Yes," Phyllis said, frowning, "we've cracked the Demon Slayer...... No, a letter from the Devil Maharaja Usluk to another Maharaja!"