When Wang Dong arrived, Zhou Xu happened to be taking his midday break as well, so he saw him without any trouble.
"Principal Wang is here?"
The moment they met, Zhou Xu teased him.
"Your Majesty, please don't make fun of this humble subject."
Wang Dong gave a rigid, formal bow.
As he did so, recalling how Great Zhou had developed and grown over the years and looking at Zhou Xu before him, he was filled with endless emotion.
These days, the two of them were both terribly busy. Over the course of a year, they barely had time for casual conversation. Now that they had caught this opportunity, they chatted idly for a few moments.
But Wang Dong's personality meant that the topic would soon turn to serious business.
His main reason for coming this time was the issue of Great Zhou's internal teaching staff.
In the early years, as cultural development got underway, Zhou Xu had announced a policy requiring all children of the appropriate age within Great Zhou to receive compulsory education.
The policy had been a great success, and its results had been excellent.
But that could not withstand the fact that the people of Great Zhou had been living far too comfortably in recent years. Family after family had been having children like mad, causing Great Zhou's population to soar. The number of newborns had grown like a snowball rolling downhill, getting bigger and bigger.
With more newborns, the number of school-age children needing an education would naturally increase as the years passed.
Several years ago, the number of teachers and schools within Great Zhou had already become noticeably inadequate.
For that reason, Zhou Xu had increased the education budget several times, using it all to train teachers and expand the size and number of