Inside the great tent in the central area of the slave camp, Yuling was training four hundred statisticians selected from tens of thousands of people.
Yet the training ran into challenges from the very start. Yuling discovered that among the "literate" people she had requested from each camp, most could barely write their own names, while even more could write only their names and a few numbers.
Though Yuling had fully participated in the Tower of Purity and Imperial Capital enrollments over the past half year, both batches of children had possessed solid foundations and seen the world. The territory had not needed to worry about them in any statistical work. But these people before her...
"His Lordship spent several months teaching those Barbarian children to read, and the results were still meager," the girl muttered softly, already planning to ask Landen for more Gallop Academy students tomorrow.
Seeing Yuling's poor expression, the four hundred people before her immediately fell silent. None dared interrupt this lady's thoughts.
Seeing the Mage before her hesitate, Noya steeled herself and moved to the very front of the group. She asked Yuling quietly, "My lady? Is the statistical work urgent?"
"Of course." Yuling looked at the girl, nodded, and asked, "Do you have any suggestions?"
Yuling's words thrilled Noya. Not only had the Mage before her generously acknowledged her predicament, she was also willing to accept advice. Noya hurriedly said, "Most of the people here are born slaves. Not only have they never learned to read, many of them cannot even understand a great deal of vocabulary, "If you truly wish to complete the survey, you might as well gather together all the children of Knights, nobles, or Butlers in the camp. Most of them can read."
"Mm, you have a point." Yuling's face