When it was the Ministry of Chemical Industry's turn, Kyle snorted, "Your Royal Highness, I hope you can find the person in charge as soon as possible. I don't want to attend this kind of meeting again."
"…" Roland secretly rolled his eyes. After becoming a leader, he found that he had to selectively ignore some words. How could it be so easy to find a talent who dabbled in alchemy and chemistry? "Do you have any clue about the large-scale production of the two acids?"
"No," Kyle shrugged, "That's why I need to spend more energy and more manpower on this project, instead of sitting here and wasting time." After staying in Border Town for a long time, his words also contained some Roland's vocabulary, "If I have to report, I can only say that the laboratory is short of people, the more the better. In addition, although the five people who joined recently are young, they are quite clever. It seems that the primary education you created is still useful. "
Well, the Chief Alchemist was probably the most disrespectful to him, but considering his age and his enthusiasm for chemical experiments, Roland didn't have any resentment. After all, after the explosion accident and being completely cured by Nana, his first reaction was unexpectedly to be able to unscrupulously carry out experiments, and even to taste the taste of different acids, this kind of enthusiasm was really unparalleled.
"Well … you continue your research, I'll ask Barov to find a way to fill the personnel gap."
"By the way, Your Royal Highness," Kyle opened his mouth again, "Have you finished writing your 'Intermediate Chemistry'? If you can give it to me for reference, maybe I can come up with a large-scale acid production method earlier. "
"I said at the award ceremony that as long as you can train enough apprentices and assistants to fill the new laboratory, I will give you the book," Roland spread out his hands. In fact, he hadn't written a single word of the book yet, just the elementary chemistry alone had already exhausted his limited knowledge of chemistry. Even if he racked his brains for the intermediate chemistry, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to write more than a few pages of content.
The fourth was the Minister of Construction, Carr Van Bate.
"First of all, I want to thank Lady Scroll," he first nodded to Scroll and said, "I'm really happy to know that those children can graduate smoothly."
Compared to the Chief Alchemist, Mr. Stonemason's social skills were worlds apart. Scroll nodded in return and said, "It's my duty."
Then, Carr opened the notebook he carried with him and said in an orderly manner, "Nowadays, the town's various projects are progressing steadily. The main projects are the Kingdom Avenue, the Redwater Bridge, the new residential area and the new city wall. Among them, the number of people working on the construction of the Kingdom Avenue had reached 4,500, half of which came from Longsong Stronghold, and it was expected to be completed next spring.The Shishui Bridge is still under the construction of the underground mud wall, and the residential area has been expanded to the vicinity of the old city wall. The number of construction workers is about a thousand. As long as we can guarantee the supply of bricks and cement, we should be able to complete the task of moving all the Eastern Region refugees into the town before the arrival of the Months of the Demons. "
Since Carr often reported to Roland about the progress of the project, he did not mention anything about the expansion of the Castle District or the construction of the Witch House. In addition, after the location of the new city wall was set and the wire was pulled, the construction was completely done by Lotus, and the daily progress was maintained at around 100 meters.
"You've worked hard," Roland nodded, the Ministry of Engineering was the largest department in terms of personnel and funding, so the results were also the most, "While speeding up the construction, don't forget to publicize Border Town's preferential treatment policy. After a year of practice, these handymen from Longsong Stronghold can also be regarded as qualified craftsmen, so you have to keep them in Border Town as much as possible."
"Yes, Your Highness," Carr replied.
"Then the next one … Iron Axe."
This was the first time Iron Axe had participated in such a meeting, so he was obviously not used to it. He cleared his throat and said, "Your Highness, there are two main things about the army. First of all, the Second Army has completed its basic training and can be sent to Longsong Stronghold at any time.Second, with the addition of new blood, the First Army now has 825 people. Apart from the 350 people in the artillery team, the rest of the soldiers have all been equipped with revolving rifles. That's all I have to say. "After reporting, he gave a military salute.
"Good, let the Second Army set off tomorrow. Remember to place reliable people in the team, while in Longsong Stronghold, daily training and ideological training must not be interrupted, and every week report to Border Town," Roland instructed.
The last one to speak was Barov, he first looked around at the crowd, then calmly saluted Roland and said, "Your Highness, since the last time we paid the Margaery Chamber of Commerce's transportation fee and the cost of Theo's mission, the City Hall's treasury stock has been severely reduced. Coupled with the harvest this time, the Ministry of Agriculture is still purchasing food at the normal market price, resulting in the stock of Golden Dragon only a little more than two thousand. This can be considered a relatively dangerous limit."
Two thousand Golden Dragon … compared to last winter, it was undoubtedly a huge amount of money, but Roland also knew that the current situation of Border Town was not the same as it was in the past. Just the monthly payment of more than five thousand workers in the Ministry of Works was already a huge expense, there was also the current high salary of the First Army, the factory, the chemical laboratory, and the City Hall, all of which required a large amount of Golden Dragon.
In other words, Border Town was now making money fast, but also spending money fast, and this was based on the fact that most of the materials and machinery were self-sufficient.
"I know. But at the beginning of next month, when the Margaery Caravan arrives in Border Town, we will be able to earn another income by selling the steam engine, "Roland responded," Moreover, the purchase of food and the transportation of fugitives are not part of the daily expenses, so in the next six months, the treasury stock should be able to steadily increase, you don't need to worry too much. "He paused," In addition, I intend to raise everyone's salary. "
"Raise the salary?" Barov was startled.
"Yes, today the City Hall is no longer an institution that only relies on a dozen people to run, your workload has greatly increased, so naturally your salary will also increase." The prince laughed, "Starting from this month, your salary will be raised to five Golden Dragons per month, the department head will receive two Golden Dragons per month, and then according to this ratio, the apprentices and assistants will also be uniformly raised. Rest assured, this amount of money is not much, only about twenty or thirty Golden Dragons. "
Although five Golden Dragons for the position of the City Hall Director was not a generous amount, but Roland knew that what Barov loved more was power. At present, Border Town's financial income and expenditure were all calculated and distributed by him, and without any supervision department, he could casually obtain a hundred times the income. And so far, he had not shown any signs of embezzlement.
Of course, in addition to relying on the other party's self-awareness, Roland could also use Nightingale's ability to maintain the integrity of the department, under her questioning, no one could conceal their misdeeds.
"In addition, there is one thing that you may already know," he continued, "I intend to officially build a city here after the end of the Months of the Demons, in other words, Border Town will be upgraded to a real city. This big city will reach the Barbarian Land in the west, Longsong Stronghold in the east, and the hills and seas in the south. Its city walls will be natural mountains and natural strongholds, and its area will be far larger than King's City, or even any city in the Four Kingdoms. "