Paul was discussing Agricultural Machinery Factory's harvester sales with Old Ford, Ansel and other administrative officials, bursting into laughter from time to time.
Although there was no scene where everyone was rushing to place orders as I had expected, it was good to receive tens of thousands of silver coins in orders within a few days. It seems that there are quite a lot of rich people in his territory, and he has to think of some way to "move" the money in their hands.
The heads of Government Affairs Council were all happy. In addition to the increase in the territory's finances, another important reason was that most of them were landlords themselves and had more or less some land at home, and Paul promised that they could buy a harvester from Agricultural Machinery Factory at the cost price.
Old Ford reported to Paul that Farmland Consolidation is proceeding steadily. The scattered small pieces of farmland formerly owned by local owners are being gradually integrated into large-scale farms under the promotion of local Farmers' Association.
Four-Course Rotation has also been widely publicized, and many people have said that they will start trying this new farming technology next year.
There is also the construction of Water Conservancy facilities. Farmers' Association in various places have collected corvee services in the name of the lord. So far, a total of 5 kilometers of irrigation canals have been repaired and built, and this number will continue to grow.
After completing the construction of the Farmers' Association in various places of Bairdin, Department of Agriculture plans to extend the above measures to Bairdin for implementation.
In the past, Chief Steward Ford was personally responsible for agricultural matters. Now that Hansel is the Department of Agriculture supervisor, his burden will be lighter in the future.
Paul is somewhat uncomfortable with the gratuitous use of people's power, such as corvee collection, but this is the only way to do it when the current fiscal revenue is not high.
Finally, he concluded. "Then, please work harder in the future to double the agricultural output of our Arda and Bairdin as soon as possible."
Everyone accepted the order and went back to continue their work.
Paul turned to the "secretary" sitting aside and asked, "Berna, do you have any other plans for today?"
Berna Francis, Hansel is an old friend poached from Royal Capital. His former occupation was Royal Crystal Radiance Academy's book scribe. His years of copying books have given him a huge amount of knowledge, and he has also developed the magical skill of photographic memory.
He is a good writer, full of flowers and allusions, and has a rigorous personality. After all, Academy uses parchment when copying books, and a wrong word can make people feel distressed for a long time.
After coming to Lakeheart Town, Chief Steward Ford felt that his characteristics were very suitable to help the earl handle paperwork, arrange schedules and other tasks, so he recommended him to Paul. After Paul had an "interview", he felt very satisfied and specially set up the position of "secretary" for Berna.
After hearing Paul's inquiry, Berna opened his notebook and said quickly, "You need to have an interview this afternoon. The notice for recruiting linguistic talents was posted not long ago, and someone finally came to apply yesterday."
Berna adapted quickly to all the new terms proposed by Paul.
"Okay, let me see who it is."
Before two o'clock in the afternoon, Paul came to the office first.
Nowadays, with the increase in affairs in the territory, it is obviously not suitable to continue to work in the study, so he asked Butler Philip to find another room in the Lord's Manor as a dedicated office space, while the original study was only used to store some of his private collection of books.
At two o'clock, there was a knock on the door. After shouting "come in", Berna led a girl in.
Um? This girl looks so familiar.
The girl saluted him and said hello, "Earl Greiman, long time no see."
Long time no see? Oh, by the way, isn't this the girl we rescued on the way back from Franklin Harbor to Lakeheart Town? She seems to be from the Gabella Empire, with the surname Diaz.
Paul checked and found that Diaz is a great surname in the Gabella Empire. Today's Queen of the Auldo Kingdom comes from this Diaz Family. No wonder she was wearing the kind of clothes worn by the rich and powerful at that time. But it may happen to have the same surname as Diaz Family, after all, there are so many people in the world.
He motioned the girl to sit down and asked, "Diaz Miss, are you here to apply for a position as a linguistics expert?" Isn't this person a bit young? How much can he have in his stomach? The girl nodded and replied, "Yes, I have some experience in language and writing. I can basically read and write the languages in circulation on the mainland, and I have also studied some rare languages and ancient characters."
It's really awesome. If this girl didn't brag, she would be a human translator.
He asked Berna to find several foreign language comparative dictionaries for him to put them to the test. If you don't have other language talents, you can only take the test by reading a dictionary.
Unexpectedly, Berna recommended himself. "Lord Earl, I also know a few other languages. Can you let me try it out?"
"What, you still have this ability, why didn't you tell me before?"
Berna smiled shyly, "Royal Crystal Radiance Academy students have to master several languages, and the same goes for Hansel."
Irene was nervous after hearing this. Are there any Crystal Radiance Academy people in this town? Fortunately, the other person didn't seem to recognize her, and she gradually felt relieved.
Paul stretched out his hand towards Berna in a gesture of invitation. "Then come and test her."
After a translation test on the girl, Berna Fuer said to Paul, "Sir, her level is indeed very high. I can't give her a hard time."
Irene raised his head and said quite proudly, "Earl Greiman, speaking a certain language and studying a certain language are two different things. Maybe you can try other aspects, such as the shape, system, origin, evolution and development of a certain language."
Paul looked at Berna, who shrugged and said he was helpless.
Well, let's decide it's her.
"Diaz Miss, congratulations on getting the position of my linguistics consultant."
Irene asked, "What do I need to do as a consultant? Translate when you communicate with foreign people?" She previously thought she would hold a position such as a tutor.
Paul replied, "Uh... there may be such a job in the future." Considering the increase in trade objects in the future, the scenario the girl mentioned is indeed possible.
"But there is a special mission for you right now - to create a new Flag Language system for my army."
"New Flag Language?"
"Yes, flags are used to convey certain command orders."
Irene is very confused. "As far as I know, the technology of using flags to command armies in the armies of various countries is now very mature. Why does the earl want to reinvent the wheel?"
Paul explained, "Now the amount of information that Flag Language technology can carry is too small. I need a Flag Language that can transmit very complex commands."
After experiencing two battles, Paul deeply felt that in this era where communication basically relied on shouting, it was so inconvenient to command the army. Every time there was an order, Orderly had to rely on it to convey it.
He asked Chief of Staff Schroeder to learn about the battlefield command methods in this world. What disappointed him was that although there were horns and Flag Language, they could only convey some simple orders, such as advance, charge, retreat and so on.
Before the battle begins, nearly half of the victory or defeat is determined by how the generals of both sides arrange their troops.
Arda's army is unique in this world. Not only does it have a different organization, but it also has new technological weapons such as muskets and cannons. Many commands cannot be expressed through the existing Flag Language, such as where to fire Artillerymen, which unit to support, and whether to use Solid Shot or shotguns.
Thinking further, the Flag Language system that the navy, which is still under construction, needs to operate at sea is even more complex, so it must be prepared in advance.
He said to Irene, "My officers will explain the specific needs to you in detail."
"Diaz" Miss nodded as if looking for an enemy. "I understand."
"Then let's talk about the salary issue. What do you think of 1 silver coin per month? If you perform well, your salary will be improved."
This is 1,000 Copper Coin. After all, in the northwest, this Diaz Miss is also a high-end talent, so the salary is naturally higher.
"Okay." Irene agreed. After living in Lakeheart Town for a while, she knew that based on local prices, one silver coin was considered a high salary.
Paul was very satisfied and asked Berna to lead Miss "Diaz" to sign the employment agreement.
In addition to Flag Language in the military, he has bigger plans in the future.
In order to speed up the progress of reform, it is necessary to achieve strong control over every village and town in the territory and build a strong grassroots political power.
To achieve this goal, we need a long-distance communication system that can quickly convey our will to various places and obtain local information in a timely manner.
With current technology, the invention of the telegraph is too fanciful, but it can still be realized through other means, such as a flag relay system similar to the French "Semaphore line"?
There is a lot going on this Monday, so I can only upload one chapter today. o(￣ε￣*