Though that was what she said, Yu Lian still felt there was something fishy about it. Just as Mr. Bernard Wood had said, their civil service existed to keep the train on the tracks. By instinct, they would do everything in their power to stop any change beyond their understanding.
A huge technical college built on the outskirts of Tulong, and one that would enroll large numbers of Sandfolk technicians at that—whatever problems that might bring were sure to exceed the governor's office's imagination.
"Actually, this is pretty easy to solve," Fifi said with a smile. "Mr. Bernard Wood's eldest son runs a small engineering company back home. When we expand the insect-trap factory in New Shenzhou, we'll give them a contract. Of course, Akina Mountain was the one who gathered this intelligence."
And so Tulong Technical College was established, and it soon filled up with students. Only twenty thousand were young Earth immigrants; the other hundred thousand were Sandfolk. Of course, they were still far short of enough teachers for the specialized courses, so students started with language and elementary education, which they could learn through teaching robots.
"The Sandfolk really came?" Yu Lian was genuinely astonished.
Just two years earlier, they'd been crying, "The Sandfolk will never be slaves," and had gathered a two-million-strong army to besiege Tulong! The Sandfolk's spiritual leader, Elder Hesen, and their future leader, Kazhan, had both died by his hand... The latter never became famous, though, so that could be disregarded.
Besides, this place was far from the homeworld, where the emperor's reach was short. The various mine owners and plantation owners could act even more without restraint.
All in all, the relationship between Earth and the Sandfolk might not have reached the point of a blood feud to the death, but their