Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 651

Through the conversation with the young major, Perfect got to know some of the aristocratic views on the current economic situation in Beloberg.

In the eyes of most nobles, the North is currently thriving and stable.

Although the arrival of the doomsday winter made almost all the nobles realize that the empire was at a very important stage, they could no longer live a luxurious life as in the past.

But even so, they still felt that the empire was just in a difficult phase, rather than in collapse and disaster.

As long as the empire is given time, it will be able to recover and return to glory.

To this end, the nobles felt that they could endure temporary hardship and were even willing to donate part of their property or send their family members to contribute their abilities to the empire.

This answer was somewhat beyond Perfect's expectations. She originally thought that the nobles would not be so enthusiastic.

But judging from the current results, they are not bad. At least they don't think that the empire is invincible at this time and everything is still the same as before, and they don't come to hold the empire back at this time.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the fact that when Perfectoct first moved the imperial center to the north, he screened the imperial nobles.

Most of those who were really just sitting there doing nothing and those who were fat and bloated were left in Langton. Those who were able to come to the North still had some basic qualities and bottom line.

These people are the essence of the empire's population, the core and foundation of the empire's rule, and the basic foundation of the empire today.

As long as these people remain loyal to the Empire and support the Empire, Victoria will not collapse.

And they were not just in the city of Belloberg. The nobles who had migrated from Langton and the mainland of the empire not only stayed in the cities of Belloberg and Chenoborg, but also dispersed to other towns and settlements.

These people also extended the imperial center's rule over the empire to all parts of the country.

Although they cannot replace Perfectot's rule over the entire North, they can indeed influence the attitudes of the grassroots to a certain extent.

However, Perfect didn't care about this. After all, she had no intention of betraying the empire, and this certainly could not shake her rule and control over the North.

On the contrary, this will help strengthen the centripetal force of the lower classes towards the center of the empire.

After all, in the current situation in the North, basically every settlement or town, without railway connections, is a closed small society. Without the stimulation of certain factors, they will gradually tend to live their own lives and don't care who the ruler is.

Even if the grassroots officials in each settlement are influenced and controlled by Perfectkot, and even the grassroots people have enough respect for Perfectkot, but it has only been a few years?
It has been less than four years since the establishment of the North. Four years is not enough for people to forget the kindness that Perfectoct has shown them, but what about ten or eight years later?

Or, to put it simply, what about the passing of a generation? The older generation may remember the kindness that Perfectoct had shown them, but the younger generation may not.

Perfect felt that this was also a question he needed to consider.

Moreover, this problem is not easy to solve. Even in the original world, as society developed and entered the information age, the original closed rural environment was broken. Only then was this problem solved under the impact of the trend of the times.

Although for Perfectcott, this stable and closed small society was not a bad thing for her to rule the North, she still needed to consider how to solve this problem.

As for the economic problems, the naval lieutenant commander had told her some of his views, which made Perfect feel that the current situation in Beloberg was still okay, but it just needed some industries that could drive economic growth.

At present, the economy of Beloberg is mainly supported by the consumption of the nobles, just as Perfectcot had previously speculated. This can certainly promote the economic development of Beloberg, but it cannot serve as the economic pillar of Beloberg.

After all, the nobles also need income. They cannot bear it if they have no income and only expenses.

So should we consider giving them some opportunities to develop related industries?
So far, the five functional cities in the north that were originally planned by Perfectcot, namely the industrial center, political center, scientific research center, transportation hub, and fortress for stationing troops, have been completed, but their functions are different from what Perfectcot originally planned.

Originally in Perfectcot's plan, Chenoborg, as the political center of the North, should be used to house the imperial center and the Longton nobles, and she would not stay in this nominal capital of the North to play any political games.

According to Perfectot's original idea, after completing the construction of the North, she should return to the scientific research base at Eagle's Beak Cliff and turn it into a modern scientific research city, an academic city, and then concentrate on research and education until she built the city in the sky.

As a transportation hub, Beloberg should be built into the center of airship routes, where airships can be built and maintained while maintaining their routes.

In this way, even in the cold winter of doomsday, the empire can still rely on these airships to build a transportation network to maintain exchanges between the empire and the colonies.

As an industrial center, Pripyat, a city almost forgotten by Perfect, will support the entire North's demand for industrial production and maintain the operation of the entire North.

However, up to now, Beloberg, as a transportation hub, has become the center of the empire, while Chenobog, the capital of the northern border, is actually performing the functions of the capital, and Perfectoct himself is tied here.

The Eagle Cliff base, which was originally a scientific research center, has now become a little dilapidated, but after the unnecessary prosperity faded away, it has become a pure scientific research base and the headquarters of many scientific research departments in the North.

It is also the location of branches of major universities in the North. Students from all over the country who are still interested in higher education will come here to study after passing the postgraduate examination.

But Perfect, who was supposed to be in charge of scientific research, almost never came here again.

From this point of view, perhaps only the military fortress and industrial center in Perfectcot's original plan were still in accordance with her plan. The other three cities deviated from the original plan due to political factors.

It can only be said that Perfecto underestimated her influence on the entire empire and her influence on politics.

However, as far as the current situation is concerned, Perfect does not mind the result very much. At least the five planned cities have played their due roles.

It's just that the imperial center, as the two political poles, and Perfecto himself were not in the originally planned positions.

Perfect herself didn't mind this, as the current situation in the North was acceptable to her. Moreover, even she couldn't go against the objective laws of reality and artificially influence social development.

Just thinking of his original plan, Perfect felt that his next stop should probably be a trip to Pripyat to see the current industrial development in the North.

While in Beloberg, she should probably also check out the airship factory.

This means of transportation that was originally created by her has now become the most important part of maintaining this empire. Perfect is very curious about what the engineers and alchemists of the empire have come up with without her technical support.

If everything went well, Perfectoct thought that he should build some industries in Beloberg and give those nobles a chance to establish their assets.

After all, from a realistic perspective, Perfectoct's original idea of ​​splitting urban functions into several parts and building professional cities, although feasible, is too idealistic.

A city can have a certain development tendency, allowing the main industries of the entire city to lean towards a certain aspect, but a single-function city that completely serves a certain aspect will have big problems.

Moreover, it is difficult to truly form such a city during urban development.

Take Belloberg for example. Today, due to the consumption of the nobility, the service industry has flourished and it has begun to have some of the meaning of a light industrial city.

If Perfect increases its investment in airship technology and allows airships to undergo technological innovation, it can also spawn a supporting industry.

This is exactly the industry that Perfectoct planned to arrange for Beloberg, and it is also a piece of meat bone thrown to the nobles.

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"My Lord Earl, it is an honor for the Royal Dockyard to have you here!" A Royal Dockyard manager, whom Perfecto had a slight impression of, welcomed Perfecto with a flattering look, and beside him were engineers with fanatical expressions looking at them as if they were looking at gods.

For these engineers, Perfecto, who designed and built the world's first airship, was like an unattainable god to any of them and was the object of their worship.

In other words, Perfect did not behave like a god, otherwise these engineers might really worship her as a god and create an Ohm Messiah.

"Have I seen you somewhere before?" Perfect tried hard to recall. Although the manager in front of her looked familiar, she also couldn't remember who he was for a while.

When the manager heard Perfectcot's question, his flattering smile became even wider. He smiled and reminded Perfectcot, "You are such a forgetful person! When you first came to the Royal Dockyard to order the first airship, it was I who received you!

At that time, you were not yet an earl of the empire. I didn't expect that after a few years, you have become the Great Guardian of the Northern Territory of the empire!"

"Great Guardian? Where did this title come from? Why does it sound so creepy to me?" Perfect wasn't sure what was touched, she felt very uncomfortable with this title, as if someone was going to stab her at any time.

"You are the Northern Guardian of the Empire. Can't this title be called the Great Guardian?" The manager asked as if it was a matter of course.

However, Perfect waved his hand and said, "Don't call me that. I don't like it."

Seeing what Perfecto said, the manager followed suit and only addressed her as "Mister Count".

Surrounded by a group of engineers who looked like gods, Perfect arrived at the reception room of the shipyard.

Compared with the Royal Dockyard that Perfectoct had visited in Pus four years ago, the decoration and conditions here were inferior.

After all, that was the headquarters of the Royal Dockyard which had been operating for hundreds of years, and this was just a branch factory which had been built for less than four years.

Even though the Royal Dockyard has now completed its overall relocation and brought almost everything from its hometown to the North, it is indeed incomparable to the Royal Dockyard in the Empire itself.

However, these are not the key points. For the Royal Dockyard, the luxurious decoration does not mean anything. What really determines whether the Royal Dockyard is still the Royal Dockyard is its shipbuilding capacity.

After moving all the important shipbuilding equipment in the country to the North, the Royal Dockyard can proudly say that they have retained most of their shipbuilding capabilities.

Because when they moved, they also packed up and brought all their valuable skilled workers to the North.

They are the most important and valuable assets and heritage of the Royal Dockyard.

If a shipyard is lost, it can be rebuilt; if a slipway and dry dock are lost, they can be re-dug; if equipment is lost, it can be purchased again; but if these valuable technicians and skilled workers are lost, it will be a real disaster for the Royal Dockyard.

"My Lord Earl, may I ask if you have any business to take care of for our Royal Shipyard this time?" The manager looked at Perfect with anticipation.

It was because he obtained the order to build airships from Perfect that the Royal Dockyard was able to seize the opportunity to successfully transform itself, and later got the opportunity to relocate as a whole to the North.

Otherwise, even the Royal Dockyard would have lost its value and significance due to the freezing of the ocean, just like countless other shipyards before.

And now, this super genius recognized by the entire Victoria Empire and the destined benefactor of the Royal Shipyard has come to the Royal Shipyard again. The manager is already looking forward to it, hoping that she can bring new orders to the Royal Shipyard and let the Royal Shipyard create glory again.

"It seems that you have a good eye. I do have an order to take care of you, but I don't know if you can meet my requirements." Perfect said this, and then spread out a drawing on the table in front of him.

A group of engineers gathered around in an instant. They looked at the blueprint that Perfectcot had spread out with an expression of admiring a miracle, and then collectively revealed expressions of "How is this possible?", "There is actually such a design?", and "Mom, I saw God".

Because what was drawn on the blueprint was a huge airship that was completely beyond their understanding, but it was completely different from the airships known now.

(End of this chapter)