The water vapor condensed on the window glass to form a uniform layer of white mist, like a thin gauze curtain. The occasional thud of the cold wind beating against the windows was a stark contrast to the quiet interior of the fire.
Scroll sat at the long table in the City Hall office, flipping through thick volumes of documents.
The content of the document has nothing to do with education, but the statistics reported by various departments. When she has time, she will write down these things so that everyone can refer to it. This is also one of her main tasks recently, and the Ministry of Education has nothing to do. deal with. After all, the second round of assessment has just ended, and the next round is expected to be implemented next summer.
After working for His Royal Highness Roland for half a year, she found that His Highness had an extra liking for data, and he liked to convert everything into a long list of precise numbers to describe. Horizontal ratio, year-on-year ratio, and chain ratio were all terms that were often talked about. , until now, all members of the city hall have also been infected with this ethos.
As the population of the town increased, the related statistics also increased sharply. His Highness entrusted this task to himself, and even joked that he was the database of Border Town. Although it sounds like something like a warehouse, His Royal Highness described it as being extra important, saying that with the database, it is possible to calculate the development of the next year and formulate economic and military plans. Even in the future, all strategies in the territory will be based on data analysis.
"Lord Scroll," the wooden door of the office was suddenly pushed open, and a woman dressed as an apprentice walked in. She saluted and handed an application form to Scroll, "Hello, I'm Fuya, Mr. Carter from the Ministry of Justice. I would like to obtain information on the fugitives who passed the residency review in the last week, and your Excellency the Director has approved this application."
Since the number of times the branch ability can be used is limited, His Royal Highness stipulates that when inquiring about complex data, the consent of Barov must be obtained first. As for individual data, you can ask her for advice at any time.
"Wait," Scroll glanced at the signature on the list, then summoned the Book of Magic, and displayed the corresponding content on the page, "Okay, leave this to Mr. Carter."
"Thank you, thank you." She carefully picked up the golden book that appeared out of thin air, with an expression like she was hugging an evil beast.
"Don't worry, it won't hurt you." Scroll couldn't help laughing, most people will show this expression when they first come into contact with the book of magic, "You don't need to return the book to me, two hours later It goes away by itself, but according to the secrecy regulations, you must not give it to anyone other than Carter."
"Yes... my lord."
The moment the other party bowed and left, and pushed open the door, Shu Scroll could see the crowd of people in the hall, and the noisy sound poured into the room instantly, and soon became quiet as the door closed.
Today is the weekend, supposed to be a day off, but the city hall is still as busy as ever. Everyone already knew the news that Border Town was about to be built. They worked very hard, and with the overtime pay reward proposed by His Royal Highness, no one wanted to stay at home at this time.
Shu Scroll doesn’t quite understand what His Highness is doing. In her opinion, the work of the city hall is not too heavy. Compared with miners and furnace workers who consume a lot of physical strength, writing documents, statistical data, and making reports are not easy. How much effort is required and this is the main job of the city hall. As long as His Highness makes an order, everyone will happily follow it, and there is no need to increase the salary on this. For most nobles, his approach was too lenient.
His Royal Highness Roland is not like a real lord. This is the opinion of the book, but it is such a person who has led everyone to where they are today. It has to be said that it is a miracle.
She did not think so out of her own respect and trust, but the data clearly showed it all: compared to a year ago, only miners in Border Town could receive stable income, and now the lowest paid miners, furnace workers and handymen are paid Both have doubled, while some emerging occupations, such as steam plant assemblers and acid plant operators, have been paid eight times as much and are still growing.
As for the changes in the town itself, not to mention the fact that if they hadn't lived here all the time, it would be hard for anyone to believe that the town now is the same place as a year ago.
The scroll rubbed the handwriting on the document. She couldn't imagine what the territory in charge of His Highness would become in the future, but she believed that it must be a road full of hope and surprises.
"Ms. Scroll," the wooden door was pushed open again. This time it was His Highness Roland's personal guard who entered, "His Highness is looking for you."
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Back on the third floor of the castle, Scroll saw that His Royal Highness the Prince was sorting out the manuscript paper in his hand.
"Do you need me to record these things?" She rolled up her black hair that had been ruffled by the cold wind, tied it behind her head again, and took the initiative to ask.
"Yes, in order to write this book, I lost at least half of my brain cells," the prince rubbed his neck and muttered some words that he couldn't understand, "Even if it was the knowledge that was commonly used at the time, I could only To make up a rough idea, some formulas have to be derived by yourself.”
Scrolls have long been accustomed to this, she ignored those strange words, picked up the manuscript curiously, and saw that the words on the cover were unprecedentedly orange, also composed of a string of new words, together meaning calculus.
After flipping through two pages, she gave up the idea of trying to understand the meaning of the title, and concentrated on memorizing the above content. Compared with the equations she had learned before, she found that the above formulas didn't even have numbers, they were all bizarre. Symbols are like a whole new set of words. I am afraid that only Anna and Tilly are interested in thinking about this kind of thing.
"By the way," Roland asked, "What is the current per capita income of residents?"
"The lowest is ten silver wolves per month, and the highest is forty silver wolves," Shu Scroll replied while memorizing the calculus, "However, calculating the average requires the use of the Book of Magic. I have already used this ability today."
"It doesn't matter, the results will be counted to me the day after tomorrow," Roland waved his hand, "I need to determine the cost of water and heating for residential buildings based on this value. The collective heating project will officially start in a week, and wait until it is completed, no matter how long it is. In winter, this place will be as warm as spring.”
A city that never fears the cold is part of the miracle, she thought, "If there is no other task, I can give it to you tomorrow."
"Tomorrow... I hope you can turn the book of magic into a storybook," Roland smiled and shook his head, "As long as it's something Anna hasn't read."
"Storybook?" Scroll was slightly startled, then immediately understood, "Tomorrow is Miss Anna's..."
"Awakening day." The prince nodded.
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