For Xia Duo, all the current problems in the territory can basically be solved by raising a hand, but he is more concerned about the long-term development of the territory.
It's not that he didn't prepare many things in advance, such as winter clothes. In fact, if he wanted to, he could set up a Hengchun barrier in his territory, but he knew very well where the boundary between grace and arrogance lies.
Generally speaking, if the territory can solve the problem on its own, Xia Duo prefers to let the territory deal with it first. Even if it is not handled well, it will not be too late for him to come back to take care of the problem.
If he has to use extraordinary means to solve everything, is he creating civilization? Or is he raising pets?
Xia Duo obviously has no intention of keeping pets.
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Then, Xia Duo asked about some details about the current situation of the territory, such as the land granting ceremony, the construction of new villages, the resettlement of new territorial residents, night school study, code promotion, and even the security of the territory, soldier training, etc.
Lai Dun gave detailed answers one by one——
"The land granting ceremony will still be held once a month, for 100 households at a time. However, considering the rapid growth in the number of residents in the territory, I have discussed with the chief officials of the territory and are planning to loosen the limit on the monthly land granting quota, and temporarily target 200 households.
, and then make adjustments based on the actual development speed.
"New village construction and new land development are almost tied together. Currently, the Territory Development Department has sufficient manpower, complete tools, and effective organization. The advancement speed is increasing day by day. As of now, 70% of the five phases of the development plan have been completed.
“It is expected that before the land freezes in winter, we can enter the 6th phase of development.
"The resettlement of new residents in the territory is currently under great pressure, but it is still proceeding in an orderly manner. However, two consecutive large-scale influxes have made the housing materials previously prepared by the territory limited and tight.
"As of now, more than half of the new territory residents are still living in temporary and simple wooden houses. However, the territory's logistics department has mobilized a large number of manpower to strengthen their temporary residences and reserve winter fuel. It should not be a problem to support them until the land thaws."
Lai Dun wanted to continue the introduction, but Xia Duo raised his hand, temporarily interrupted his report, and asked a detail that Lai Dun did not mention:
"How are the children of the elderly and new residents arranged?"
"Consider family only and stay with their families." Laiton said without hesitation.
This answer was satisfactory, but it was obviously not the answer Xia Duo wanted. He then asked: "In other words, there are a considerable number of elderly people and children living in temporary residences? And the temperature will become increasingly hot in the future."
Low!"
"Yes."
After thinking about it for a while, I didn't think anything was wrong. I was with my family and had plenty of fuel. Although the food was a little tight, it was not lacking. It was just that the accommodation was a little worse.
And this is compared with the formal citizens of Daxia Territory today. If it is compared with the life of the new (preparatory) citizens in the past, it may not be worse than their past lives.
It should be said that except for the accommodation, everything else is definitely better.
But Xia Duo is absolutely inappropriate. "Prioritize the arrangement of comfortable residences for the elderly and children, and arrange the young and middle-aged people into temporary residences. Children are the future of the territory, and the elderly are the future of the people in the territory. They must be given preferential treatment."
"But they are just preparing to capture the people!"
“Preparing to lead the people is also leading the people!”
Xia Duo couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Laiton was indeed a competent consul, but sometimes he was too rigid. It was indeed his order to classify the new subjects as reserve subjects, but there were more preparatory subjects and formal subjects.
It's the difference in citizenship rights.
Taking care of the elderly, children, and even all preparatory citizens is a concept of human rights that Shado follows.
If it is simply understood that people other than formal citizens are not considered human beings, it would be far from the truth. Although there are indeed similar sayings and practices in this world, or in other words, the current Netheril morality and the bottom line of human nature are indeed a bit low.
But Xia Duo still has his own persistence.
He doesn't expect Lai Dun to understand him now. Some things still need to be slowly figured out in practice. Even if moral cultivation is not mentioned and only understood from a utilitarian perspective, Lai Dun will one day understand respecting the elderly and caring for the young and being benevolent.
Invincible truth.
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"Tell me about night school!"
"Yes, sir."
Being mentioned several times today, Lai Dun couldn't help but wonder if he had really done something wrong. He was much more cautious when introducing the following:
"The enthusiasm of the territorial residents for the night school has never diminished. Even the new territorial citizens were shocked by the kindness and generosity of the lord. Now almost every day, new territorial citizens have passed the territorial language and legal assessment and become official territorial citizens.
civil."
"Those should have a certain foundation, right?"
"Yes, many of them were originally freedmen from inland towns and had some basic literacy skills. However, the territorial regulations are very different from other territories. They did put in a lot of effort to pass them."
"Hmm. Is there anything else?"
"Also, many village chiefs suggested to me that they hope to extend the night school that originally only started after dinner to daytime, and requested that more learning content be added."
Hearing this, Xia Duo became a little more energetic and asked Lai Dun: "Are they so enthusiastic about learning? What new content do they want to learn?"
"They want to take enlightenment classes with the kids."
After saying that, he looked at Xia Duo as if asking for instructions. This kind of thing is not within the scope of the consul's authority. Currently, the enlightenment classes for children in the territory before entering the Tower of Time are all in charge of the Master of the Tower of Time, and the Master of the Tower of Time is not responsible for it.
It is under the control of the Archon, but in reality it only accepts orders from the Tower of Time.
Only when the orders and responsibilities do not conflict with the orders of the Tower of Time, those Tower of Time mages will obey. Obviously, even the Tower of Time mages responsible for teaching have no right to decide how many more students to recruit for the enlightenment class.
However, Xia Duo was not angry at all. Instead, he laughed happily and praised the foresight of those official citizens who had already been allocated fields and did not need to continue to develop.
"The Female CEO's Almighty Soldier"
If night schools in the territory are "literacy + legal education", then the enlightenment classes for children in the territory can be regarded as primary "general education".
Although the word "general knowledge" does not seem to sound very loud, what if it is replaced by "general knowledge"?
Currently, before children in the territory reach the right age to join the Tower of Time, they need to receive education in geography, biology, language, mathematics, humanities, art, planes, and even magic.
Although the level of knowledge is still relatively simple, it covers a wide range of fields and is most suitable for broadening children's horizons and stimulating interest.
The purpose is of course to train new citizens and select outstanding talents. After they enter the Tower of Time, the apprenticeship stage will still be this general education.
Only when they become official mages will they consider their future development direction and enter the professional education stage.
Of course, this is only the current plan. In fact, Xia Duo's expected professional education should be after high-level mage, or to put it further, only those who become arcanists are eligible to choose to further their studies in magic.
For arcanists and below, they can do whatever they have to do. A large and complex real society has various professional needs and can fully accommodate them.