Steel, Guns, and the Industrial Party's Journey Through Another World
Chapter 134

Settlement

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"Earl Greiman."

After listening to Paul's rhetoric, Irene decided to pour cold water on him.

"Since we want to publicize it widely, we must need a large number of such brochures, right?"

"Of course, the manuals should be written in plain language and use common and easy-to-remember words. In addition to introducing health knowledge to people, it is also best to serve as an enlightenment book. With the help of preachers, people who read them can learn some words."

"So, how to solve the manpower problem? We need a lot of scribes. The exam some time ago selected a row of people who have basic reading and writing skills, but they have all been assigned jobs. If they are recruited, the supervisors of each department may not let them go."

"Well... that's definitely a problem."

Paul closed his eyes and thought for a while, then he suddenly opened his eyes and slapped the table hard.

"There is a way!"

He shouted loudly. This idea had been running around in his mind before, but he had been so busy lately that he had forgotten it.

"Printing Technique! We can use Printing Technique."

Irene and Laddie asked curiously, "Printing Technique? What is that for?"

"Think about it, if we carve the words on the wooden board in order, then paint Ink, and finally stick the paper on and then take it off..."

The two women understood immediately.

Irene said excitedly, "The words are printed on the paper!"

Paul nodded. "That's exactly it!"

Laddie also looked incredulous. Why has no one used such a simple method before? "Lord Earl, you seem to have invented another amazing technology."

Paul's face turned slightly red. "Invention? Hehe, it's too praised, it's too praised."

Indeed, once Printing Technique is popularized, a large number of scribes will lose their jobs. Let's mourn for the former colleagues of Chief Secretary.

"This problem has been solved. Let's continue to discuss the work of Ministry of Health. Please record and organize everything I think about now. I will take the record to the Government Affairs Council meeting to discuss it in detail with the various supervisors, so as not to miss anything in the future."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Soon, Director Hansel will set off south. In addition to continuing to recruit the talents we need, he will also bring back a large number of southern refugees to enrich our workforce. Foster Family will also send us some refugees."

"But these immigrants may carry various diseases. If not handled properly, they may be transmitted to our locals, and may even cause a large-scale plague. So I think Ministry of Health also needs to take on the responsibility of quarantine and check whether the immigrants are healthy."

"As scholars, do you know anything about some common diseases?"

Laddie and Irene both nodded.

"Very good, then please summarize what you know about the diseases, including the methods of identifying these diseases, and hand them over to the people in charge of quarantine for study in the future. Maybe you can discuss it with Father Anderson, he also knows a lot of medical knowledge."

"Please rest assured, Lord Count."

Just when Paul wanted to continue talking, there was a knock on the door outside.

He shouted outside, "Come in."

Chief Secretary Berna immediately pushed open the door and walked in. He held up a document bag and said, "Staff Department has sent you an urgent message."

Berna walked quickly to the desk and placed the document bag on it.

Paul took out the file and took a look. The title of the file attracted him to browse it quickly.

"Everyone, congratulate! Our navy just won a great victory and eliminated that slippery 'loach'."

Laddie and Irene looked at each other and saw the joy in each other's eyes.

"Great, after destroying the loach Pirate Crew, the remaining small gangs can basically be wiped out."

"My lord, your ocean trade plan can finally be implemented."

"Let me show you the detailed battle report."

Paul handed a stack of documents to the two Female Advisor, but only the last two papers were left behind.

The two Female Advisor sat next to each other to read the battle report, but at the end, angry expressions appeared on their faces.

"This group of shameless pirates actually robbed civilians as slaves, even children."

"And they locked up the women they snatched to do that kind of thing!"

Irene is particularly angry. After experiencing things like being forced into marriage by her father, she is indignant at how women are suppressed in this society. Now she sees that girls are being forced into prostitution, which is more serious than forced marriage. How can she bear it?

Paul seemed not surprised. "This is a common thing."

This Diaz Miss is really a flower growing in a greenhouse. Not to mention this medieval society where human life is like insignificant things, even in the 21st century on earth where the legal system is becoming increasingly perfect, similar things are not uncommon.

"Aren't they afraid of God's wrath for doing such outrageous things? Earl Greiman, please punish them severely."

Irene had another reason for being so angry. She and the female guard fled north. If they were accidentally attacked by someone else on the way, they would most likely end up with the same fate as those women who were robbed as slaves.

Thinking of this, she became frightened for a moment. It would be better for her to die if she had to live that kind of life.

Compared to Irene, although Laddie was also very angry, she was obviously much calmer. After all, her years as an adventurer had allowed her to see many dark sides of the world.

Paul agreed, "Of course, I will definitely sentence them severely. But you two need to calm down first. Do you have any suggestions for these rescued slaves?"

Irene immediately said, "Of course I will send them home."

Paul asked, "Some people's whole families were killed by pirates, and even their whole villages were massacred. These people have become homeless."

Laddie asked him, "What do you mean, Lord Count?"

She looked at Paul with some worry. Slavery existed in this world. Although after thousands of years of promotion by Holy See, slaves had basically escaped the tragic fate of domestic animals in ancient times and could even own a little bit of their own insignificant property. But legally they still had to be tightly attached to their slave owners.

And Earl Greiman has the power to take over the slaves of the pirates he defeated.

"What I mean is that we are recruiting immigrants anyway, so these homeless people can stay and live here as civilians under the rule of Government Affairs Council."

Laddie breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you for your kindness."

Irene asked, "Where are the women among these people?"

Although she didn't want to admit it, in today's era, it was too difficult for women from the lower classes to live alone. They had no strength and no knowledge. If they wanted to survive, they had to find someone to marry quickly or do some disgraceful occupation.

Paul thought for a while and said, "How about we set up a hospital? Let these poor women be nurses."

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