Steel, Guns, and the Industrial Party that Traveled to Another World

Paul was touched by Hansel's words.

Faced with the current situation of illiteracy in the territory, Paul had a hard time speaking out.

Various workshops need to be expanded, and training apprentices cannot always rely on word of mouth; the number of craftsmen is increasing, and managers at all levels must at least be able to understand the roster; the territory's various incomes and expenditures are becoming increasingly complicated, and it is already powerless for the old steward Philip to manage the accounts alone; the intelligence system needs to be improved, and it obviously requires a large number of talents who can not only read; he also plans to establish a modern administrative system, which requires a large number of clerks.

The "Talent Recruitment Decree" was actually posted a long time ago, and many people came to apply, but it still could not meet the current needs of the territory.

Before leaving for Port Fulan, he found Leonard, the abbot of the North Shore Monastery, hoping to recruit a group of educated monks to serve him, but Leonard refused at first on the grounds that monks do not interfere in the secular world.

He had to change his strategy and said that in order to spread the gospel of God, he was going to build a school to teach the people in the territory to read so that they could all understand the scriptures.

Dean Leonard was a little tempted when he heard this. Paul promised that his workshop would supply the new type of paper to the North Shore Monastery for free without limit, and finally the dean agreed: he would not interfere with the personal choices of the monks in the monastery, and how many people he could recruit depended on Paul's ability.

So a school called "Weiss College" was established on the lakeside.

During the day, Paul forced the residents of Lake Town to send their children to the college to learn writing, and at night he asked the army to search door to door, and arrested those adults under 40 who were idle at home to attend night school in the college.

Paul coaxed and deceived 10 young monks from the monastery. They were basically just adults. They were sent to the monastery to be monks since they were young. The boring days of praying and chanting every day made these young people very curious about the outside world.

Of course, in the words of Dean Leonard, "their faith in the Lord is not firm enough, and they can't withstand the temptation of the outside world."

All these 10 young people were stuffed into the college by Paul, and they changed from monks to teachers. Five people took turns to work during the day and night to teach the townspeople to read.

After returning to Lake Heart Town from Fulan Port, for some purpose, Morrison, who had just been a military priest for a while, was appointed as the dean of the college to unify the management of teachers and students.

Under the instruction of the Earl, he was responsible for formulating courses and compiling teaching materials. The obscure scriptures were obviously too profound for the townspeople who had just begun to learn to read, but the heroic stories of the great lord leading his brave people to fight against pirates were much easier to understand.

Sometimes Morrison personally brainwashed the teachers and students... Oh no, it was to carry out some ideological education.

But it all took time, and Paul couldn't wait.

Seeing the Earl stand up, Hansel was secretly happy, he guessed right.

He had seen the college established by Paul. It was not uncommon for some nobles to recruit a few qualified civilian children to educate them in order to show their kindness, but that was mostly to train some capable slaves. It was unique for Earl Graman to promote culture and education in his own territory.

It is not a good thing for the nobles that the common people know too much. They just need to farm and pay taxes honestly.

All signs show that this earl has far-reaching plans. Considering that his ancestors were exiled to the Northwest Bay, this is very intriguing.

Will he develop into the second Giles? It is possible, but very slim.

In addition to the efforts of the heads of the family, luck, opportunity and territory are also important factors for the Giles family to have its current strength. Who can guarantee that the Graman family will have the same luck? What's more, it is located in the remote Northwest Bay.

Besides, it is not a matter of one day or one night to achieve the achievements of the Giles family. It must be endured and developed for several generations to complete the accumulation.

Hansel knew that the new type of paper that was widely circulated recently was made by this lord, so when Paul talked about improving agricultural technology and smelting technology, he judged that it was 80% credible.

For Hansel, he had some connections among the lower nobles in the south. He could dig those who were as frustrated as him to the northwest and give the lord what he wanted.

As long as the lord could cooperate with him and continuously provide military supplies for His Majesty the King, he would have done a great deed and would be able to enter the sight of the kingdom's high-level officials and get close to the core of power.

He hated that he was born out of wedlock, he hated his other half of his blood, he hated that he was not valued, and he had to seize every opportunity to climb up. As for whether the Graman family had some kind of ambition, this generation would not see it anyway, and after he died, who would care about the flood.

Hansel looked at Paul who stood up, the light of the setting sun shining on him through the window, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

Finally, the young earl on the opposite side stretched out his right hand and said with a smile: "Let's meet again, Paul Graman, the lord of Arda on the northwest coast."

Hansel also stood up, stretched out his right hand, and smiled in return: "Hansel Albert, the representative of His Majesty the King stationed in Arda."

"Happy cooperation."

"Happy cooperation."

The two hands were tightly clasped together.

...

South, Thorn Pass.

Two figures stood quietly on the towering city wall, one was an old man with gray hair but vigorous spirit, and the other was a young general with a slightly indifferent expression.

There is no mistake. One post, one content, one 6 one, one book, one book, one read!

They quietly looked at the rebel camp in the distance for a while, and the old man among them sighed: "It looks like we are going to have a difficult time."

The young general asked strangely: "Why did Lord Dodge say this? As long as Her Royal Highness the Princess leads the army to arrive here, we can take the initiative to attack."

Old Duke Dodge took out a small piece of cloth and handed it to the young man: "This was just delivered by the carrier pigeon. Take a look for yourself."

The young man took the cloth and glanced at it, with a hint of worry in his expression, "Is there a fire in the granary? This is the perfect time."

The old Duke shrugged: "Nine times out of ten, the spies did something good. Judging from the previous attacks, Giles' main force is not with us. What do you think, Lester?"

Lester looked to the south: "He just wants to pin us down so that he can free his hands to slowly deal with the isolated and helpless royal supporters in the south."

Duke Dodge sighed again: "His Royal Highness's main force cannot get here, so we can only defend here. We hope that the food and grass problem can be solved before Giles' main force goes north."

Lester suddenly looked at him: "Your Majesty the Duke, we can't wait like this. I want to lead the cavalry to raid the opposite camp tonight."

Young people are eager to achieve great results, but what they need is this energy. Duke Dodge secretly appreciated it. The expression of the young man in front of him reminded him of his experience in defending against the orcs in the Northeastern Legion, and of those comrades who were so young and so eager to perform their duties at that time.

The old Duke suddenly became proud and said: "Okay, it's time to teach the enemy a lesson."