Chapter Seventy-Five: Lighting Up the Tech Tree
What is the most important thing about crossing? It's to quickly light up the tech tree!
Crafting gunpowder and steam engines is undoubtedly the most important branch of the tech tree, and it doesn't have to be too difficult to implement. Thinking of this in his sleep, Mei Yi could not sleep any longer, so he got up and wrote down the process of making gunpowder and the principle of the steam engine, and handed them to the craftsmen whom the Duchess had given him early in the morning to study.
When he was done, he was about to go to the diner, when Evelyn arrived in his room with bread, omelette, and tea, and put all the progress and to-dos on Meiyi's table.
Mei Yi read it carefully, wrote down her own handling opinions on the document, and then Evelyn handed it over to the ministers to implement.
Although Home Secretary Liuye has recently recruited some new clerks, there are still far from enough staff. Mei Yi thought for a while and said, "It's the graduation season of the major colleges soon." The Minister of Education is invited to lead a team to the colleges and universities to recruit people in person. β
Evelyn said, "Wouldn't it be too ......?"
Before she could say the word "grand", Mei Yi suddenly realized: "You're right, you can't treat talents so lightly, or I'll recruit them myself." Mark it down for November. β
For the next few days, everyone in the Lord's Mansion was busy with disaster relief, the implementation of new laws, and the co-ordination of the administrative enforcement powers of the eighteen counties. After the three female lords Alice, Kazeko and Mira were investigated, they were released because they did not have too many bad deeds and continued to serve as lords.
It wasn't until the late autumn that the life of the lord's mansion became a little more relaxed, and all aspects were finally on the right track.
In terms of food shortage, because the mansion of the great lord purchased enough grain and improved seeds, after the autumn harvest, the grain shortage finally passed. In the meantime, Meiyi also implemented the cash-for-work policy in the disaster-stricken area, and by the way, the infrastructure of the entire consular district was repaired, and schools, gravel roads, libraries, bridges, and sheds were also renovated in a decent manner.
Illya is not in good health, Meiyi keeps telling her to rest more, but Illya can't be idle at all. In addition to being in charge of legal affairs every day, she will also concentrate on studying the various policies formulated by Meiyi during her tenure, and once she discovers the mysteries, she is always amazed.
She spends two and a half days a week teaching literature and theology at the city's newly built middle schools and colleges. Seeing the once low and dilapidated residential area turned into a neat and beautiful two-story building, and the filth piled up next to the street has disappeared completely, turning into a beautiful green belt, the once brave and ruthless gang is swaying their energy on the mine, and the heart is indescribably happy.
For a moment, she even began to wonder if the "Fruit of Wisdom" chosen by the Elven Ancestor had been eaten by this human.
Early in the morning, Illya walked around the lord's mansion and walked near the barracks. Only a thousand soldiers lived in the barracks of the mansion, and the remaining three thousand were stationed in the barracks on the outskirts of the cityβFlynn was now a veritable Minister of War.
Flynn did not notice Illya's arrival, and focused on lecturing the soldiers. After several rectifications by Meiyi, the military discipline of the army became as hard as iron. The newly recruited warriors slowly became the same as the veterans who accompanied Meiyi into Sombra City, loving and fearing Meiyi.
Flynn yelled, "Warriors of Sombra! β
"Yes!" The following shouted in unison.
Flynn said angrily with a blushing face: "Why is the voice so small, didn't you eat breakfast?" β
"Yes!!" All the warriors roared with all their strength.
Flynn said, "That's what it looks like! All of them have their ears pricked up for me to hear! You're about to go to Sunset Heights for a change of guard, where there are more than 3,000 bandits. The lord's request is to 'cut off the grain route, surround but not fight, and kill if you show your head', if you don't obey the lord's order, whether you are a soldier or an officer, get out of me!" β
"Yes!!" The voices of the fighters were a few degrees higher.
It had become a daily routine, and Illya would be woken up every morning by the sound of their lectures.
In recent months, Mei Yi has also been paralyzed from exhaustion, and recently he has slept lazily every morning, and the morning training in the military camp can't wake him up at all. Each time, it was Evelyn who called him up to look at the papers.
Mei Yi yawned and went to the yard to wash up, and walked to the joint affairs office with two slices of bread in her mouth. In the past few months, because of the more affairs, he also moved into the Joint Affairs Office, and worked with the ministers for one hour a day to improve efficiency.
As he walked into his office, Flynn said, "My lord, the robbers of the Sunset Heights have begun to take it no further, and send a representative down to our garrison officers, who are willing to give us half of the gold, silver, and jewels that have been looted for many years, and they are willing to be good for it." β
Mei Yi sneered: "Think beautifully!" Tell them that it's easy for me to spare them, and put all the jewels and my head in front of me. I will ask the priests and ladies to recite a few prayers for them. That's my biggest benefit. β
Flynn said, "Then ...... next"
Mei Yi said: "Change the guard according to the plan, let the soldiers be vigilant, fight when they show up, give our thousands of lord troops a chance to gain experience, I am still worried that there is no place to train." Any spear formation, bow and arrow formation, and mandarin duck formation are all practiced for me. β
Flynn commanded, "Yes! β
Walter, Minister of Farmland and Water Conservancy, said: "Your lordship, according to your instructions, in the past few months, we have measured the lord's land in each county, ascertained the land stock, and allocated these lands and 600,000 hectares of the great lord's land to the peasant households for planting. Now a new problem has arisen, with an average of nearly 100 acres of land per household! They can't grow it at all! β
"Let them do a good job of fallowing," Meiyi said. In these years, there is no chemical fertilizer, and the fertility of the land depends on self-restoration, and the rest will be talked about later. β
The Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Bilding, said: "Your Excellency, we have built a lot of buildings in various places with work for relief, and now we see that we have basically met our needs, can we stop construction?" β
Mei Yi said, "No! I am about to go to the major academies of True Spirit and Flower Spirit to recruit talents, and I must provide them with a strong guarantee. Another consideration is that after confiscating the assets of those lords, our treasury has become too rich. With so much money, it sinks into the conspicuous landscape of infrastructure and housing, and it must not run to other areas to cause trouble. β
Evelyn and Illya were already surprised to see Mei Yi answering the questions of the various ministers. The newly recruited clerks looked at Mei Yi with adoring eyes, wondering when I would become so knowledgeable.
Walking to his desk, Mei Yi found that the book "Introduction to the Economics of the Elven Kingdom", which he had been writing recently, had been printed and placed on his desk, so he picked it up and flipped through it, thinking to himself: I will talk about the economy of the kingdom when I go to Sombra City Academy tomorrow.
After spending an hour in the office, Mei Yi returned to her small courtyard and began to write letters to the king, queen, princess, Teacher Hua Jin of True Spirit Academy, Dean Xilu of Flower Spirit Academy, Griffin, Dean of True Spirit College of Arts and Sciences, Emiel, Dean of Flower Spirit Women's College, Liuxi's mother Liumei, and Duchess.
Everyone, we'll see you again soon.