Thanks to the Dragon Clan Rune Array and its powerful secret techniques, even if the Elf Kingdom's various Soul Tools, steam engines, and even the newly emerging internal combustion engines couldn't solve engineering problems for the time being, the Dragon Clan's technology could still serve as a fallback and help address immediate issues.
With this Dragon Clan technology in reserve, they could at least solve the problems they faced for now.
Inside the grand hall of the Council of Sages on Temple Mountain, the thirteen-member secretariat and two representatives from the Dragon Clan Committee formally began planning the midterm review of the first ten-year plan, at the end of the year 305 of the fourth century, after King Rus took his seat on the throne.
They also discussed the difficulties, lessons, and unexpected situations the kingdom had encountered over the past five years of development.
"Within the Elf Kingdom's plans for the fourth century, the national project to transport water from the Nanshan Rainforest to the northern highlands of the Zheer Continent is the century's top priority."
Ulysses paused and glanced at his army's general, Massena, whose eyes were already fixed squarely on him. Then, as if he hadn't seen a thing, he turned away and continued as if nothing had happened.
"I believe military spending should stop increasing. Instead, it should be cut to 1.02 billion Lobe."
When the kingdom entered the fourth century, King Rus had proposed the concept of paper money. It would be pegged to gold at a rate of one unit per gram, but private citizens wouldn't be allowed to trade it freely, easing the pressure on the treasury.
After discussing the matter, the kingdom's leadership maintained the conversion rate of one gold coin to one hundred silver coins and ten thousand copper coins, and