There was a burst of good-natured laughter.
With the rapid expansion of the administrative department, the average age of officials has also dropped again and again, coupled with the implementation of the assessment system, the younger generation has shown a natural advantage in learning knowledge and the ability to accept new things. Completed at the age of 20 Elementary education, becoming a grass-roots clerk, and being promoted to a department cadre or even a core official at the age of 25 is not impossible.
In fact, in the castle conference hall, there are many young faces.
Roland couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth as he looked at the new-generation officials who were slightly flushed and bowed their heads embarrassedly.
Although this group of people is inferior to the older generation in terms of handling methods and maturity, their own vigor and tenacity can bring unparalleled vitality to the entire organization, which is also the temperament most needed by an emerging political system.
"In short, to increase the population of Neverwinter City as much as possible is the goal that you need to work on next, including the planning and construction of housing and supporting facilities, and you must keep up. Doubling is not the end, and I don't set the end, you just need to know , the higher the number, the better, so your own 'struggle' is also part of it." He concluded after the laughter subsided, "Considering that the whole number is easier to read, let's call it the "Million Project". "
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The officials rubbed their chests together.
Several subsequent decrees were supplements or expansions of the Million Plan, such as the exploration of resources on the fertile plains; the establishment of a number of full-time schools and professional schools to further formalize universal education; the transformation of medical personnel from military training to private recruitment , and set up a small clinic in the new community to share the pressure of the only medical hospital. At the same time, the Ministry of Education has added a secondary subject: medicine. Experts are selected from the field first aid team for semi-self-study training, and the teaching materials are related textbooks collected from the dream world... and so on.
Expanding a city with a population of 200,000 into a city with a population of 400,000 or even a million is not just a simple change in numbers. The expansion of residential areas requires more infrastructure to function effectively, otherwise domestic sewage and excrement alone can destroy the hard-to-create livable environment. The high concentration of the population has put forward higher requirements for health and epidemic prevention work. Even with Lily's ability, how to monitor and forecast is a problem that needs to be explored.
The importance of education is self-evident. Without extensive literacy education, the population can only be a burden, not a boost to industrialized mass production.
This is also the reason why he pointed out that this meeting is just a framework. If you want to build a big city with a population of one million, it is not something that can be decided in one or two meetings. In order to find a suitable road for Greycastle, the Executive Office needs to continue to explore and practice.
Just when everyone was excited about the plan to build the largest city in history, Barov suddenly asked hesitantly, "Your Majesty, do you plan to send all these people into the factory?"
Roland nodded, "Or the engineering team, the First Army, the Research Institute... as long as it's a place where people are needed."
"But that would likely make the Executive Office fall into the predicament of insufficient funds." The Director hesitated, "The main income of the Executive Office now comes from the sale of Chaos drinks, perfumes, steam engines and other commodities. You know, the latter is through the United Chamber of Commerce. To achieve this, the payment for goods is about three to six months, and the salary of the lingmin is fixed monthly, and the amount is about 80,000 gold dragons. Now the former is much larger than the latter, and there is no need to worry about the stock of funds. But after doubling the number, things are different…”
"Are you worried that if there is an accident in the return of the payment, if it is delayed for a few months, Neverwinter City will not be able to pay the salary?" Roland raised his eyebrows and said with great interest. As expected of a person who has been an assistant under the Minister of Finance for many years, he was very happy to be able to associate the population plan with the economic problem so quickly.
"That's right," Barov said while scribbling on the notebook, "and the salary will continue to increase with the increase of working years, and this part of the expenditure will only get higher and higher. But the total output of Chaos Beverage is the same. In addition, the million-dollar plan will greatly affect the purchasing power of Yongdong and Langxin, and future income will inevitably drop a lot. The two will come and go, and the funds reserved by the Executive Office will probably be running out. With a slight estimate, for every 100,000 population growth in a year, the risk increases by 30%. Unless you can find a new income point…”
Nightingale's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she leaned over and whispered in his ear, "There is a gold mine that has not yet been mined on the territory of my family."
Roland was dumbfounded for a while, "I'm not that poor yet."
"It doesn't matter, you can use it if you need it."
"Cough cough... Don't worry, I won't be polite when I really need it... But not now." He also lowered his voice and replied, then looked at Barov, "Actually, I have planned this for a long time, and I can do it once and for all. to address your concerns."
"Yilao... Yongyi?" The boss was stunned.
"Yes, you can also see that the problem is caused by the fact that the income cannot keep up with the expenditure. If you can have unlimited income, doesn't this problem mean that it does not exist?"
After all, there is no quicker way to get rich than printing money.
When the productivity develops to a certain level, the contradiction of precious metal currency will inevitably appear limited by the level of mining and smelting, and its output generally remains at a stable level. And after the rapid development of production technology, it is likely that in a short period of time, goods that are much higher than the total value of money will be produced. When all precious metal currencies combined can’t keep up with the output of commodities, its payment system will collapse on its own.
The credit currency does not have this limitation.
The points banknotes issued to the witches before were an experiment and the results proved that even if ordinary paper was used, as long as it was matched with the ink of the dark cloud, the template carved by Anna, and the anti-counterfeiting mark made of rubber bug slime, there was basically no counterfeiting mark. Possibility of forgery.
Otherwise, the Chaos Drinks in the castle convenience store would have been snapped up long ago.
After excluding this point, Neverwinter City already has the basis for issuing credit currency.
He had planned to have a detailed discussion with Barov after he sorted out the basic regulations such as currency style, currency value, exchange rules, etc., but since the other party mentioned this issue now, he didn't mind revealing some words first.
Just when Roland was about to briefly explain his idea to the bewildered ministers, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open, and Phyllis walked over quickly.
"Your Majesty, there is a new discovery in the information on the front line. Pasha hopes that you and your subordinates can go to the underground hall immediately."
"So urgent?"
"Yes," Phyllis frowned and said, "We have already deciphered the Demon Slayer... No, the letter written by the Demon Lord Ersk to another Lord!"