Chapter 46 Analysis
Early in the morning, Chris arrived at the castle and was only brought in after a pass from the guards. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, morning. Chris saluted respectfully when he saw the prince. He never thought he would get this opportunity, and now he had to behave well so as not to disgrace Lord York's recommendation.
In the past, Chris only kept accounts in his own shop, and he had no experience in handling government affairs, but he wanted to live with his little sister in Ravenwood, no matter how difficult it was, he had to grit his teeth and give it a try, and if he couldn't do it, he could go to the mine to mine.
"Morning, is your sister better?" Leon listened to York talk about him. There is no special pharmacist in the town, so she cannot be diagnosed and treated, so she can only rely on experience to prepare some herbs. Fortunately, York bought some when he went to White Mist City, and now he has enough medicine to use for hundreds of people.
Although Riley's ability is excellent, there is nothing he can do in the face of illness. Some simple headaches and brain fevers, the townspeople can solve them on their own, and if there is a major illness, it may be dangerous, for this matter, Leon has written a letter to the crew transporting the ore, and handed it to Silas when he arrives in White Mist City, so that he can find a good pharmacist for the town.
"Much better, thanks to Madame Nafi's help, the fever has completely subsided this morning, and will probably be fine tomorrow. Speaking of this, Chris's face was full of gratitude. Mr. and Mrs. Toso took special care of their siblings, and Mrs. Nafi took care of her little sister as if she were her own daughter, and Chris took all this to heart.
"That's good, you can work with peace of mind. Leon nodded, the Tosso family was indeed very welcoming, and the last time Toso came to report to work, he invited him to dinner.
If he were to talk about this in other places, he would definitely be ridiculed, and a commoner would dare to invite a prince? How could he have the courage to invite so many nobles in the royal capital who did not dare to invite people from the royal family?
At first, Leon himself thought it was funny, he had never seen any ministers or nobles invite the royal family to invite people from the royal family, and the royal family was holding a banquet. But then I thought about it, the town has always been so remote, there have been no nobles here before him, and everyone's concept of the hierarchy of status is not so important, not to mention that Leon has always been active in the image of being close to the people, so everyone is naturally not so afraid.
Whether it's good or bad, Leon doesn't know, but it feels good. However, he will not accept the invitation, and if he goes to the first one, there will be a second, and as long as it starts, there will be no place to finish.
Since they couldn't go, I had to invite them to the castle. It seemed much more reasonable for the prince to invite the townspeople to a banquet, so that he would not be pestered to eat dinner every day.
He planned to wait until the docks were built, and the heads of the work would be invited, as the castle was too small to accommodate more people.
"Chris, you sit over there, and that's where you are from now on. Leon said, pointing to the table on the left.
Last night he had rearranged the administration hall a little, and added a table on the left for Chris, while York, who had only come to work temporarily, made do with him.
Chris came to the table and saw ink and three quills on it, a stack of sheepskins neatly placed in the center.
He picked it up and looked at it, it recorded the various reports of the vegetable base, the font was very neat, and the various situations were also clear at a glance, and the prince's ability in this regard exceeded his expectations.
"Your Highness, what should I do?" Chris glanced at at the occasion, if it was just to record such information, it would not be difficult for him.
"Follow up on the above information and, if necessary, go to the site in person. In addition, someone will come to report the situation every day, and those things will be recorded after they have been dealt with. "Leon's initial assignment was not difficult, and he waited for him to get used to it before assigning other assignments.
These accounts are simple, but rather boring. If the person in charge of each task can write, there is no need for people from the administrative department to do these things, they just need to verify them.
Wouldn't it be more accurate for the person in charge to fill in this information himself? Chris didn't know what was going on in the town, and his claim made sense but wasn't realistic.
"With you, there are only five literate people in the town now. Leon said a little self-deprecatingly, the education in the territory is too backward, but there is no manpower to build the academy, at least after the dock is completed.
"I see. Chris nodded, except for the three people in the administrative hall, there were only two people who actually participated in the construction outside, no wonder the prince wanted the knight of York to stay in the executive hall, so many things could not be done by one person.
"This is temporary, at most half a month, the town will build a school, then the children can learn to write, and the adults will also have time to study. "Leon had long thought that children would be the focus of training, and that adults would be able to read and write even if they graduated. As long as someone learns it, the pressure will be greatly reduced.
"Can the kids go to study?" Chris heard here and wondered if he had misheard. The reason why he was able to read and write was because he studied with a noble boy when he was a child, and secretly learned it on the side.
On this continent, reading is the right of the aristocracy and the rich, and the commoners can just work well, with neither time nor money, even if they have a little money, they will not let their children study, and the most important thing is to keep it for daily use.
Of course, civilians are not without opportunities, go to the school city to study, as long as they pass the assessment, they can stay in the school city, once they get the certificate issued by the school city, then they will change their fate, at least they can mix a position under a certain lord.
It's just that there are too many people who want to change their fate, and there are only dozens of people every year, and it is not a simple matter to pass smoothly. Secondly, the school city is almost located in the center of the mainland, close to it, it is good to say that it is only a few days to go back and forth, and there is no road fee if it is far away, so what is there to talk about.
"Yes, the townspeople can learn, and they don't charge tuition. "Lyon did not build schools to make money, but to train learned people. The benefits brought by talents can be much more than those tuition fees.
"Then can my little sister go?" Chris occasionally taught her a few words on weekdays, but life forced her to persevere, and now that she has the opportunity, of course she must seize it. But they came to the town as paupers, fearing that they would not be able to get such an opportunity.
"Absolutely. Leon heard this and found a problem. Now that there are a group of poor people in the town, and there will be more in the future, it is necessary to separate the two. Poor people can become townspeople after passing the examination, so they can enjoy all benefits, which can also be regarded as a key point to attract the poor.