Irene Rodney's current inner activities are very complicated.
On the one hand, because the men in the hall showed very obvious resistance to her taking charge of Department of Education Director, ah~ my lungs were about to explode. Why should they look down on me, just because I am a girl.
On the other hand, Irene was also very surprised that Paul appointed her to be in charge of education. After all... after all, this is really not in line with tradition - damn tradition!
Really, this guy didn't discuss it with me in advance. It happened so suddenly, and I was completely unprepared.
If you are prepared, you might be able to make an impassioned declaration of inauguration and change the attitude of the men in the hall who look down on women.
But maybe Earl Greiman really did it on the spur of the moment.
In any case, the little princess suddenly felt a sense of gratitude towards Paul, a kind of gratitude for having her abilities recognized.
Unlike her sister Catherine, Irene did not like politics and war since she was a child, and determined to become a scholar.
His Majesty the King is also happy to see her develop in this direction. As a ruler of a country, it is not a good thing to have two children who are good at military affairs. Besides, this is the normal behavior of a girl.
But the performance of sister Catherine is so dazzling. Irene has grown up with people around her praising her sister. Although the two sisters have a deep relationship, there is always a little bit of dissatisfaction deep down in their hearts.
Now Paul has given her a chance, how could Irene not be happy.
"Earl Greiman!"
Irene stood up and bowed to Paul with a serious expression.
"I will never betray your trust in me."
Then she sat down without saying a word, but silently vowed to impress the men present one year later.
"Then do your best."
Paul encouraged him casually.
In fact, after he used the elimination method to eliminate a bunch of inappropriate ones, he found that except for the two Female Advisor, there was really no one who could use it. Among the two ladies, Miss Laddie, Lieutenant General would take on some occult work in his plan, so he left the education job to "Diaz Miss".
It is definitely not "retreating to advance" as Hansel speculated. If there is a man with the same conditions, he will subconsciously give priority to appointing men.
"Everyone, let me tell you about the industry we plan to develop next year - the kind that is sold to other places."
After hearing what the lord said, everyone cheered up.
"Steel Smelting!"
"Cotton Textile Industry!"
"Printing Industry!"
This is the result of many discussions between Paul and a few people at Chief Steward Ford and Hansel, and it is now made public in front of all the senior officials of Government Affairs Council.
Elon asked a little strangely, "Paul, apart from printing books, the ironware and textiles in Arda and Bairdin seem to have no competitiveness. Why not put resources into porcelain, paper and other industries that have been proven to be profitable?"
He only knew that Paul had created a very practical Printing Press that could print a large number of books.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you this earlier."
"In terms of textiles, I will order Mechanical Factory to improve the currently popular Spinning Machine and looms. It is optimistically estimated that the efficiency can be increased to forty times of the current level!"
"As for iron smelting, we already have a new production process, a process that can crush our counterparts around the world. I believe it will be put into production soon. Is that right, Mr. Berns?"
Gaye Berns stood up and nodded to Paul, "I can definitely get it done around the New Year."
"Then I can rest assured. When it is completed, you must notify me to witness the production of the first furnace of iron."
If it was half a year ago, everyone would have thought that the lord was telling lies, but no one thinks so now.
Paul suddenly remembered something, "When the textile industry develops, we can produce cheaper military uniforms for Soldiers."
Now Alarda Army's clothing is still in the "Eighth Route Army" style. Maybe the natives of this world don't think so, but for him, the combination of this style with "queuing to be shot" is too inconsistent.
Sure enough, Guards and Lobster Soldiers are still needed to match the queue to shoot.
"Oh~ Lord Earl, do you want to improve the current military uniforms?"
The speaker was Bryce, and he said excitedly, "I have a lot of new ideas in my head."
Paul found it very interesting and said with a smile, "You also have an idea? Well, when you go back, you draw yours, I will draw mine, and the Navy will also draw one, and then we will discuss it together."
The issues that need to be discussed have been discussed, and it is time to end the meeting.
"If there are no other questions, let's stop here today."
"Uh... Lord Earl, there is actually one more thing."
"Oh? Chief Steward Ford, please tell me."
Old Ford cleared his throat.
"A lot of immigrants have come this year, and it is planned that more will come next year. Should we consider specifically where to resettle, not in terms of jobs, but where to live. Many of the people here are single, and they will start families in the future. They cannot always live in the temporary official residences we built."
Paul That's weird, is this a problem? In his plan, immigrants will be resettled first in Lakeheart Town and Franklin Harbor, but the proportion must be controlled, and the population should still be dominated by local residents and workers recruited from all over the northwest.
"When they make enough money, wouldn't it be enough to buy a house near their workplace or hire someone to build a house?"
The old steward shook his head.
"That's true, but with so many people suddenly coming, you can't build houses anywhere, right? There must be regulations. The town used to be small and didn't have this problem, but with so many people coming all of a sudden, we really need to think about it carefully."
"What you said seems to make sense. Well, who will be responsible for this? I don't know much about urban construction myself."
"Lord Earl, urban construction matters should be left to professionals. Professionals in this field can definitely be found in big cities."
"In that case, let's find the top one. The largest city in the kingdom is Crystal Radiance, right? Let's hire a planner from Royal Capital to design it for us, focusing on Lakeheart Town, Franklin Harbor, and Butuya."
"Is this... is this a bit... overkill?"
"We need to think long-term. Haha, maybe Lakeheart Town can also develop into a city of 100,000 people."
Everyone secretly smacked their tongues after hearing this, Earl Greiman Are you talking in your sleep?
"Hansel, please pay attention next time you go to Royal Capital."
"I have taken note of it, Your Majesty."
Finally, everyone had no more questions, and Paul announced the adjournment of the meeting.