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

Paul was discussing the sale of harvesters at the farm machinery factory with Old Ford, Ansel and other administrative officials, laughing from time to time.

Although the scene that everyone rushed to order as expected did not appear, it was not bad to receive orders worth tens of thousands of silver coins within a few days. It seems that there are quite a few rich people in his territory. He has to think of a way to make their money "move".

The leaders of the Administrative Council were all happy. In addition to the increase in the territory's finances, there was another important reason. Most of them were landlords themselves, and their families had more or less some land. Paul promised that they could buy a harvester from the farm machinery factory at cost price.

Old Ford reported to Paul that the integration of cultivated land was progressing steadily. The scattered small plots of cultivated land in the homes of local landlords were being integrated into large-scale farms step by step under the promotion of local farmers' associations.

The four-field rotation method was also widely promoted, and many people have said that they will start trying this new farming technology next year.

There is also the construction of water conservancy facilities. Farmers' associations in various places have levied corvée in the name of the lord. So far, a total of 5 kilometers of irrigation canals have been repaired and newly built, and this number will continue to grow.

After completing the construction of farmers' associations in various parts of Bailding, the Ministry of Agriculture intends to extend the above measures to Bailding for implementation.

Before, Ford, the general manager, was personally responsible for agricultural matters. Now that Hansel is the head of the Ministry of Agriculture, his burden will be lighter in the future.

Paul is somewhat uncomfortable with the way of levying corvée, which is a way of using people's power for free, but he can only do so in the current situation of low fiscal revenue.

Finally, he concluded: "Then, please work harder in the future to increase the agricultural output of Arda and Bailding several times as soon as possible."

Everyone received the order and went back to continue their work.

Paul turned to the "secretary" sitting next to him and asked, "Bernard, do you have any plans for today?"

Bernard Francis, an old friend that Hansel had dug up from the capital, was a former book copyist at Wangli Jingyao College. His years of copying books gave him a lot of knowledge and a photographic memory.

He wrote well, with a variety of allusions at his fingertips, and he was also very serious. After all, when copying books in the college, parchment was used, and a wrong word would make people feel distressed for a long time.

After arriving at Lake Heart Town, Butler Ford felt that his characteristics were very suitable for helping the Earl to handle documents and arrange schedules, so he recommended him to Paul. After the "interview", Paul was very satisfied and set up the position of "secretary" for Bernard.

After hearing Paul's question, Bernard opened his notebook and quickly said, "You need to have an interview in the afternoon. The notice for recruiting linguistic talents posted not long ago finally had someone apply yesterday."

Bernard quickly adapted to the new terms proposed by Paul.

"Okay, let me see who it is."

...

Before two o'clock in the afternoon, Paul came to the office first.

Now with the increase of affairs in the territory, it is obviously not appropriate to continue to stay in the study to work, so he asked Butler Philip to find another room in the lord's mansion as a special office space, and the original study was just to store some of his private collections.

At two o'clock, there was a knock on the door, and after shouting "Come in", Bernard led a girl in.

Hmm? This girl looks so familiar.

The girl saluted and said hello to him: "Count Graman, long time no see."

Long time no see? Oh, by the way, isn't this the girl who was rescued on the way back to Lake Town from Fulan Port before? She seems to be from the Gabela Empire, and her last name is Dias.

Paul checked and found that Dias was a very famous surname in the Gabela Empire. The current queen of the Ordo Kingdom came from the Dias family. No wonder she was wearing the kind of clothes that only the rich and powerful wore. But it might just happen that she had the same surname as the Dias family, after all, there are so many people in the world.

He motioned the girl to sit down and asked, "Miss Dias, are you here to apply for a linguistics expert?" Isn't this girl a little young? How much can she have in her stomach?

The girl nodded and replied, "Yes, I have some experience in language and writing. I can read and write most of the languages ​​​​circulated on the mainland, and I have also studied some rare languages ​​​​and ancient characters."

It's really awesome. If this girl is not bragging, she is simply a human translation machine.

He asked Bernard to find him a few foreign language comparison dictionaries to test them carefully. There are no other language talents, so he can only test them by looking up dictionaries.

Unexpectedly, Bernard recommended himself: "My Lord, I also know a few other languages. Can I try it?"

"What, you still have this ability, why didn't you say it earlier?"

Bernard smiled shyly: "Students of Wangli Jingyao College must master several languages, and Hansel is the same."

After hearing this, Irene was nervous. There are people from Jingyao College in this town? Fortunately, the other party didn't seem to know her, and she gradually put her mind at ease.

Paul stretched out his hand to Bernard and made a gesture of invitation: "Then you come and test her."

After testing the girl's translation, Bernard whispered to Paul: "My Lord, her level is really high, I can't stump her."

Erin raised her head and said proudly: "Count Graman, speaking a language and studying a language are two different things. Perhaps you can consider other aspects, such as the shape, system, origin, evolution and development of a language."

Paul looked at Bernard, who shrugged to show that he was powerless.

Okay, then it's her.

"Ms. Dias, congratulations on getting the position of my linguistics consultant."

Erin asked: "What kind of work do I need to do as a consultant? Translate when you communicate with foreigners?" She thought she would be a tutor before.

Paul replied: "Well... there may be such a job in the future." Considering the increase in future trade partners, the scene the girl said is really possible.

"But there is a special task for you right now-creating a new flag system for my army."

"New flag?"

No mistake, one post, one content, one book, one bar!

"Yes, it is to use flags to convey certain command orders."

Eileen was puzzled: "As far as I know, the technology of using flags to command troops in various countries is already very mature. Why does the Earl want to reinvent the wheel?"

Paul explained: "The current flag language technology can carry too little information. I need a flag language that can convey very complex commands."

After experiencing two battles, Paul deeply felt that in this era where communication is basically based on shouting, commanding the army is so inconvenient. Every time there is an order, it has to be conveyed by a messenger.

He asked Chief of Staff Schroeder to understand the battlefield command methods of this world. To his disappointment, although there are horns and flags, they can only convey some simple commands, such as advancing, charging, retreating, etc.

Before the battle, how the generals of both sides deploy their troops has already determined nearly half of the victory or defeat.

Alda's army is unique in the world. Not only is the organization different, but there are also new technical weapons such as muskets and cannons. Many commands cannot be expressed through existing flags, such as where the artillery should fire, which unit to support, and whether to use solid bullets or shotguns.

Thinking further, the flag system required by the navy, which is still under construction, is more complicated when fighting at sea, so it must be prepared in advance.

He said to Irene: "My officers will explain the specific needs to you in detail."

Miss Dias nodded as if she was looking for an enemy: "I know."

"Then let's talk about the salary issue. How about 1 silver coin per month? If you perform well, your salary will be increased."

This is 1,000 copper coins. After all, in the northwest, Miss Dias is also a high-end talent, so the salary is naturally higher.

"Okay." Irene agreed immediately. After living in Huxin Town for a while, she knew that 1 silver coin was considered a high salary in terms of local prices.

Paul was very satisfied and asked Bernard to take Miss Dias to sign the employment agreement.

In addition to the military flag signals, he has bigger plans for the future.

In order to speed up the progress of reform, it is necessary to achieve strong control over every village and town in the territory and build a strong grassroots government.

To achieve this goal, a long-distance communication system is needed that can quickly convey one's will to all places and obtain local information in a timely manner.

With current technology, inventing the telegraph is too whimsical, but it can still be achieved through other means, such as a flag-raising relay system similar to the French "Semaphore line"?

There are a lot of things to do this Monday, so I can only upload one chapter today. o(￣ε￣*)