Five-Year Development Plan

Xiao Yun set down the white paper and looked at every person present.

"That is Dragon Ascending Territory's development direction for the next five years. Six aspects, and not one can be missing."

He sat back down in his chair. "Next, the Administration Department will speak. Topics: education and agriculture."

Shui Ruoyan stood up and walked to the lectern at the front of the Meeting Room.

The lectern had been hastily made on Sheng Minglan's orders. It was not tall, so when Shui Ruoyan stood behind it, most of her upper body was still visible.

She lowered her head and glanced at the manuscript on it, cleared her throat, opened the booklet, and began to speak.

Her voice was not as cool as usual. It carried a little more warmth and emotion. She spoke about education, starting with the current state of education in Dragon Ascending Territory—there was only one Low-level Soul Master Academy in the whole town, fewer than ten teachers, and fewer than two hundred enrolled students.

Most children from ordinary commoner families had no school to attend. They could not read a single word, and could not even write their own names.

When Shui Ruoyan reached this point, her voice sank slightly, and a trace of pity showed in her eyes.

Then she rallied her spirits and began to describe the goals.

Within five years, they would establish a complete education system in Dragon Ascending Town—from Enlightenment School to Advanced Spirit Master Academy.

The primary academy would teach literacy, arithmetic, basic martial arts, common knowledge about Soul Masters, and more. All school-age children had to attend, and no tuition would be charged.

The intermediate academy would divide students into tracks: ordinary students and Soul Master students. Ordinary students, in addition to studying writing, arithmetic, and basic martial