Chapter 390 Technical Review Committee
Chapter 390 – Technical Review Committee
In the middle of the iron cage, a skinny figure cowered in a corner, it held its head in both hands and trembled, as if there was a great fear pressing down on him.
It was a humanoid creature, with arms and legs, only it looked dry and had long, pointy ears.
“It’s unbelievable!”
In the courtyard of the lord’s house, Paul stared straight at the creature in the cage.
Tirpitz, who was leading the fleet in the south to help defend the kingdom against pirates, had sent him a gift – a creature called “Goblin”.
For Paul, this was the first time he had ever witnessed a so-called “fantastical creature”, even though he already knew from others that there were dwarves, elves, and orcs in the world, and he had already experienced a magical battle between mages, and even stood next to a real witch.
Now a life that he had only seen in the anime of his previous life appeared before his eyes all of a sudden.
“It’s incredible! I thought they only existed in legends.”
It wasn’t just Paul, the other Northwest Bay natives were also tsk-tsking, after all, kobolds had never appeared around the Northwest. Hansel and Bernard, the two guys from the royal capital, were much more bland in their demeanor, wondering if they were mentally spitting on their peers for being a bunch of hicks.
Of course, there was also Ladi Sertia, who was a museum scholar herself, and had several years of adventurer’s career, this kind of creatures like kobolds were not strange to her at all, many new adventurers started their career from crusading kobolds.
“Lord Gleeman.” She frowned slightly and reminded in a serious tone, “Although this creature looks unpleasant, it is actually a very dangerous creature, don’t let it escape, once it runs into the nearby forest and spreads out, the consequences will be unimaginable.”
Paul was puzzled, he looked at Lardy, “I’ve heard of the kobold’s infamy, but there’s only one kobold here, right, and it can …… spread out after it runs away?”
“Yes!” Lardy still maintained her serious demeanor, “There have been several such cases throughout history, and scholars speculate that kobolds may have the ability to reproduce unisex.”
“This ……” Paul was speechless, how can a kobold be considered a higher organism, can it still be like a meadowlark?
“Alright! Philip!” Paul shouted.
“Lord Graiman, you called for me.” The old butler was at his beck and call and soon appeared in the courtyard.
Paul pointed to the kobold in the cage, “Shoot this thing later and feed it to the dogs.”
Although it was a gift from Tirpitz, the other party’s letter also said that they would “dispose” of it immediately after it became rare, so there was no need to worry about anything.
“Uh …… yes, Lord Greiman.” The old butler responded.
If the legend is true, this creature’s vitality is very tenacious, Paul really does not dare to casually dig a hole and bury it, in case it grows out of the ground again what to do. After all, in some magical universe, there were also a bunch of green-skinned guys who could grow offspring even if their dandruff fell into the soil. And this is also a magical world where magic exists, it’s better to be cautious.
The little thing in the cage seemed to anticipate its tragic naming and suddenly howled.
Unmoved, Paul waved his hand for the creature to be carried out, if only it had been an elfin lady in the cage. As for the kobold? Better to forget it.
With the novelties out of the way, it was time to take care of business.
“Gentlemen, you have been summoned here today to review which technologies can be promoted to the outside world.”
Paul led the crowd to the hall and took their seats, announcing so.
“To be honest, Lord Gleeman, I’m not in favor of teaching our technology to others, canning, porcelain, salt making, and paper making are all big income earners for our treasury, ah, why bother letting others get a piece of the pie.”
Cecil, the head of intelligence, shook his head and voiced his own objections.
Paul explained, “Cecil, here’s what I’m thinking, the principles of these existing technologies we have are not complicated, and it’s only a matter of time before outsiders want to reproduce them. Over the past few years, in order to keep these technologies secret, we have invested a great deal of manpower and material resources, sending people to every workshop to guard them tightly, and with the increasing number of civilian workshops using these technologies, it is unrealistic to continue to keep them secret, and the tight scrutiny also greatly drags down the increase in production capacity, so it would be better to open them up sooner rather than later. Of course this opening up is conditional, outsiders must join our patent protection system, and can only use these technologies under the condition of obtaining our authorization, and correspondingly, if outsiders have any good technology, we want to use it also have to obtain the other party’s authorization before we can use it.”
“I am in favor of your opinion, Lord Graiman.”
Female advisor Ladi proposed, “Perhaps you can take the lead in setting up a [Patent Protection Alliance] as a pioneer practice for the [Customs Union], which won’t directly touch the interests of the countryside landowners, so they naturally have no reason to oppose it, and using this as a starting point, gradually open up the situation, and we can also gain also some experience in the operation of the alliance.”
“Patent protection alliance? Good idea.” Paul listened with great interest.
“In fact, one of my purposes in favor of opening up the technology is also to drive the surrounding territories to develop together, only when everyone’s economy is alive and well, there is hope for lowering tariffs among each other, otherwise it won’t work if we’re the only one who’s prospering, they’ll just close the door tighter. Also, we will be less cynical.”
After some discussion, most of the people, including Old Ford and Hansel, expressed their approval of Paul’s decision, and Cecil did not express his opposition anymore, although as the head of intelligence he still had many doubts.
Paul stroked his chin and said, “This needs to be acted upon immediately. Myron? “
“Hmm?” The allied brothers sitting beside him turned their heads. Although Myron Garnard usually didn’t say much in various meetings, Paul was bound to call on him whenever something important was discussed.
“The Garnard family has a good relationship with the various lords of the Northwest Gulf, how about you approach them to talk this time?”
“Okay, it’s on me.” Myron agreed readily. “However, which technologies can be given to others and which ones can’t be given to others, you have to think about it.”
“Of course, I’m not a fool, I can’t give the cannon manufacturing technology to others, right? That’s the second thing I’ve asked everyone to come here for today. I’ve decided to set up a [Technology Review Committee], specifically to review the various technologies we control, and to consider all aspects-especially the security aspect-to determine absolutely whether or not we can authorize certain technologies to the outside world. ”
“The Glamander is wise, please do let me serve on this committee.”
Hansel led the way in kissing Paul’s ass, the man had always been relentless in his efforts to strengthen his presence in the Council of State.
(End of chapter)