Chapter 205 Year-End 5

Eileen Rodney's inner thoughts were very complicated.

On the one hand, because the men in the hall showed obvious resistance to her being the head of the Ministry of Education, ah~ I was so angry, why did they look down on me, just because I was a woman.

On the other hand, Eileen was also very surprised that Paul appointed her to be the head of education. After all... after all, this was indeed not in line with tradition - damn tradition!

Really, why didn't this guy discuss it with me in advance? It was so sudden that I was not prepared at all.

If I had been prepared, I might have made an impassioned inaugural speech to change the views of the men in the hall who looked down on women.

But maybe Earl Graman really had a sudden idea.

In any case, the little princess suddenly felt a little grateful to Paul, which was a kind of gratitude for being recognized for her ability.

Unlike her sister Catherine, Eileen didn't like politics and war since she was a child, and she was determined to become a scholar.

His Majesty the King was also happy to see her develop in this direction. As a ruler of a country, it is not a good thing to have two children who are good at military and political affairs at the same time. Besides, this is a normal behavior of a girl.

But the performance of her elder sister Catherine was too dazzling. Irene grew up with the praise of her elder sister by people around her. Although the relationship between the two sisters is quite deep, there is always a trace of dissatisfaction in her heart.

Now Paul has given her a chance, how can Irene not be happy.

"Count Graman!"

Irene stood up and bowed to Paul with a serious expression.

"I will definitely not let you down."

Then she sat down and said nothing, but she silently vowed in her heart that she would make the men present look at her with new eyes in a year.

"Then you should do a good job."

Paul encouraged casually.

In fact, he used the elimination method to eliminate a bunch of unsuitable people and found that there was really no one to use except the two female consultants. Among the two ladies, Miss Ladi would take on some work in the field of mysticism in his plan, so he threw the work of education to "Miss Dias".

It was definitely not "advance by retreat" as Hansel had guessed. If there was a man with the same conditions, he would subconsciously give priority to the man.

"Everyone, let me tell you about the industry that we plan to develop next year - the kind that will be sold to other places."

After hearing what the lord said, everyone perked up.

"Steel smelting!"

"Cotton textile industry!"

"Printing industry!"

This was the result of many discussions between Paul, Ford, and Hansel, and now it was made public in front of all the senior officials of the State Council.

Elon asked in surprise: "Paul, except for printing books, the ironware and textiles in Arda and Bayerding seem to have little competitiveness. Why not invest resources in industries such as porcelain and papermaking that have been proven to be profitable?"

He only knew that Paul had developed a very convenient printing press that could print a large number of books.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you about this earlier."

"In terms of textiles, I will order the machinery factory to improve the currently popular spinning and looms. I optimistically estimate that the efficiency can be increased by 40 times!"

"As for iron smelting, there is already a whole set of new production processes, a set of processes that can crush peers all over the world. I believe it will be put into production soon. Is that right, Mr. Burns?"

Guy Burns stood up and nodded to Paul, "It will definitely be done around the New Year."

"Then I'm relieved. When it's done, you must notify me to witness the production of the first batch of iron."

If it was half a year ago, everyone would think that the lord was bragging, but no one thinks so now.

Paul suddenly remembered something, "When the textile industry develops, we can produce cheaper uniforms for soldiers."

Now the uniforms of the Arda army are still in the "Tubalu" style. Perhaps the natives of this world don't think so, but for him, this style is too inconsistent with "queueing and shooting".

As expected, it takes the Guards and Lobster Soldiers to match the queueing and shooting.

"Oh~ Lord Earl, are you going to improve the current military uniforms?"

It was Bryce who spoke, and he said excitedly: "I have quite a few new ideas in my head."

Paul thought it was very interesting and said with a smile:

"You have ideas too? Well, when you go back, you draw yours, I draw mine, and the navy draws one too, and then we discuss it together."

The issues that should be discussed have been discussed almost, and it is time to end the meeting.

"If there are no other questions, let's stop here today."

No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

"Uh... Lord Earl, there is actually one more thing."

"Oh? Butler Ford, please go ahead."

Old Ford cleared his throat.

"A lot of immigrants have come this year, and according to the plan, there will be more next year. Should we consider specifically where to settle them? It's not about work, but where to live. Many of the people here are single, and they will all have to start a family in the future. They can't always live in the temporary official residences we built."

Paul was very surprised. Is this a problem? In his plan, immigrants would be resettled in Lake Town and Port Fulan first, but the ratio must be controlled and the population should still be mainly local residents and workers recruited from all over the northwest.

“When they make enough money, wouldn’t it be enough to buy a house near their workplace or hire someone to build a house?”

The old steward shook his head.

"That's true, but with so many people suddenly coming, you can't build houses randomly, right? There must be regulations. In the past, the town was small and didn't have this problem, but with so many people coming all of a sudden, it really should be done properly Think about it."

"What you said seems to make sense. Well, who will be responsible for this? I don't know much about urban construction myself."

"Lord Earl, urban construction matters should be left to professionals. Professionals in this field can definitely be found in big cities."

"In that case, let's find the top one. The largest city in the kingdom is Jingyao, right? Let's hire a planner from the royal capital to design it for us. The focus is on Huxin Town, Fulan Port, and Butuya. Three places.”

"Is this...is this a bit...overkill?"

"We have to think long-term. Haha, maybe Huxin Town can develop into a city of 100,000 people."

Everyone secretly smacked their tongues after hearing this. Is Earl Grayman talking in his sleep?

"Hansel, please pay attention next time you go to the royal capital."

"I have taken note of it, Your Majesty."

Finally, everyone had no more questions, and Paul announced that the meeting was adjourned.