Chapter 205 Year-end 5

Chapter 205 End of the Year 5
Erin Rodney’s inner activities were very complicated right now.

On the one hand, because the males in the halls were showing very obvious resistance to her being the head of the education department, ah~ lungs exploding, who are they to look down on me, just because I’m a daughter.

On the other hand, Irene was very surprised herself at Paul’s appointment of her to head the education thing, after all …… after all this really doesn’t quite fit in with the tradition – the damn tradition!

Really, how could this guy not discuss this with himself beforehand, making it so sudden that he was completely unprepared.

If he was prepared, he might even be able to make some impassioned inaugural declaration, so that this group of men in the hall who looked down on women would change their views.

But perhaps Earl Greiman was really acting on impulse.

In any case, the little princess suddenly developed a trace of gratitude towards Paul, a gratitude of having her abilities recognized.

Unlike her older sister Catherine, Irene grew up disliking the political and war-fighting aspects of things, aspiring to become a scholar.

His Majesty the King was also happy to see her develop in this direction, as the ruler of a country, it was not a good thing to have two children who were long on military and politics at the same time, and besides, this was the normal behavior of a girl.

But her sister Catherine’s performance is really too dazzling, Erin grew up in the midst of people around her praising her sister, although the two sisters have quite a deep bond, but deep down there is always a hint of disbelief.

Now that Paul had given her a chance, how could Irene not be happy.

“Count Greiman!”

Irene stood up and bowed to Paul with a serious expression.

“I will not fail your trust in me.”

Then she sat down without another word, but inwardly she silently vowed to impress the men in the room in a year’s time.

“Then you do well.”

Paul casually encouraged.

In fact, after eliminating a bunch of unsuitable ones, he found that there was really no one to use except for the two female advisors, and the two ladies, Ms. Lardy, would be burdened with some occult work in his plan, so he dumped the work of the education department to “Ms. Diaz”.

It was not a “backward step”, as Hansel suspected, but if there was a man with equal qualifications, he would have subconsciously preferred a man.

“Gentlemen, let me say a few words about the industry we plan to develop next year-the kind that sells out of town.”

Hearing the lord say this, the crowd perked up.

“Steel smelting!”

“Cotton weaving!”

“Printing!”

This was the result of many discussions between Paul and Chief Steward Ford and Hansel, a handful of men, and it was now made public in the presence of all the higher echelons of the Council of State.

Elon asked somewhat strangely, “Paul, apart from printing books, the iron and textiles of Arda and Bairdine don’t seem to have much competitiveness, so why don’t you put your resources into industries such as porcelain and paper that have already proven to be profitable?”

He only knew that Paul had come up with a very aspectful printing press that could print books in large quantities.

“I apologize for not telling you all about this sooner.”

“On the textile side, I will order the machine shop to improve the popular spinning and weaving machines of the moment, and optimistically estimate that the efficiency can be increased to forty times of the current level!”

“As for iron smelting, there is already a new set of production processes, one that can crush its counterparts around the world, and I believe it will soon be put into production. Isn’t that right, Mr. Burns?”

Guy Burns stood up and gave Paul a nod, “It will definitely be ready around the new year.” “I’m relieved then, be sure to let me know when it’s done to witness the first furnace of iron production.”

If it was six months ago, the crowd would have thought that the lord was talking big, but no one thought so now.

Paul suddenly remembered something, “When the textile industry develops, we will be able to produce cheaper uniforms for the soldiers.”

At present, the clothing of Alda’s army was still in the style of “Tubalu”, maybe the natives of this world didn’t feel anything about it, but for him, this style combined with “lining up to be shot” was too out of place.

It’s true that only the Kintetsu and the lobster soldiers are compatible with the platoon shooting, isn’t it?

“Oh~ Earl-sama, are you trying to improve the current uniform?”

The one who spoke was Bryce, only to say with a face full of excitement, “I do have quite a few new ideas in my head.”

Paul found it amusing and chuckled:
“You have ideas too? Well, when we get back, you draw yours and I’ll draw mine, plus one from the Navy, and then we’ll discuss it together.”

The issues that should be discussed were pretty much discussed, it was time to end the meeting.

“If there are no other questions, let’s call it a day.”

“Uh…… Earl-sama, there’s actually one more thing.”

“Oh? Chief Ford, please go ahead.”

Old Ford cleared his throat.

“A lot of immigrants have come this year, and according to the plan more will come next year, shouldn’t we specifically consider where to resettle them, not in terms of work, but where to live. A lot of the people in there are single and will be starting families in the future, they can’t keep living in the government buildings we’ve built on a temporary basis.”

Paul wondered if this was a problem. In his plan, the immigrants were prioritized to be resettled to Lakewood and Port Richland, but the ratio must be controlled, the population should still be mainly local residents and workers recruited from all over the Northwest.

“When they make enough money, won’t it be enough to buy a house or hire someone to build one near their workplace?”

The old general manager shook his head.

“That’s true, but with so many people suddenly arriving, the houses can’t just be built anywhere, can they? There has to be a statute. In the past, the town was small and didn’t have any troubles in this regard, but with so many people coming all of a sudden, it’s really time to think about it.”

“You seem to have some sense in what you’re saying. Well, who’s going to be in charge of that aspect? I don’t know much about town building myself alas.”

“Lord Earl, it’s better to leave the city construction aspect to the professionals, you can definitely find professionals in this area in the big cities.”

“In that case, let’s find the top ones, the biggest city in the kingdom is Jingyao, right? Let’s just hire a planner from the royal capital to design it for us, focusing on the three places of Huxin Town, Fulan Harbor, and Butua.”

“Isn’t this …… this a bit …… too big of a deal?”

“Think long term. Haha, maybe Lakeheart Town can also be developed into a 100,000-person-sized kind of city.”

The crowd secretly smacked their lips when they heard this, is Earl Gleiman talking in his sleep.

“Hansel, just please keep an eye out next time you go to the royal capital.”

“I’ll make a note of it, Lord Earl.”

Finally, there were no more questions from anyone, and Paul adjourned the meeting.

(End of chapter)