In the Name of the Queen

What on earth is Roland doing?

Angelina sat in the office, frowning slightly, looking at the information submitted by her subordinates. She was silent for a long time, still unable to understand.

Her mind wandered far away, carefully recalling what had happened over the past month.

The spring of 1792 came very early.

Except for the White Mountains, which are covered with snow all year round at the top, almost all the snow elsewhere has melted.

There was not much snow around Val City in winter, but now everything is recovering and full of vitality.

Angelina was appointed as the special representative in Vaal City, fully responsible for the affairs surrounding Vaal City and the supervision of the White Mountain Magic Crystal Mine.

She knew very well that these were just basic tasks. Doing them well would not deduct points or add points. The Queen expected more from her.

She also has to expand the intelligence network here, form a flexible armed force, establish good relations with representatives of other countries, and at the same time strive for the interests of the country through various means.

In addition, she also has to find ways to disperse the Var people within her jurisdiction to make room for the Rurik immigrants.

In addition to the tasks assigned by the Queen, she also has to save face for the Shadow Templar.

She must test Roland's true strength and, if there is a suitable opportunity, make him lose face severely.

She is confident about this.

According to Chief Sakhalin, Roland's hard power is not strong, and it is far inferior to her who has been practicing hard in the Arctic glaciers for several months.

Her true strength now has surpassed Camille's, ranking second in the Shadow Temple.

Camille was relegated to the eastern wilderness to grow potatoes due to his humiliating failure. His second vacancy was taken over by Angelina, which shows the queen's trust in her.

Not only that, the queen also gave her a blue ring as a trump card.

No matter how powerful Roland was, he couldn't stop the full blow from the ring.

She couldn't think of any reason why Roland could withstand a blow that was one-tenth of the Queen's power.

She waited patiently for Roland to come to Vaal City, and then gave him a hard blow.

However, she waited for almost two months and found nothing.

Of course she couldn't understand Roland.

Although in the eyes of many people Roland is a pretty boy who knows nothing about the world, but his position is very upright.

The special representative of the Sussex Empire in Vaal City is not him, but someone sent by the cabinet.

He crossed the line by running to Vaal City all day long.

The Queen and the Cabinet now maintained a delicate balance of apparent peace, which he had no intention of destroying.

It would be okay to inspect the construction of the Great Cathedral as a Knight of Light, but he didn't want to go.

After all, he is a citizen of the Diocese of Fertility, and openly colluding with the Holy Temple of Light will make the Holy Temple of Fertility very unhappy.

Don't do things that offend people for no reason.

He has already offended the goddess of light, he cannot offend the goddess of fertility as well.

The current water in Val City is very deep, and he doesn't want to go there at all.

Angelina didn't know that Roland, who she expected to go to Vaal City at any time, was actually the president of Rodinia University, teaching and educating people.

Angelina put down the information and couldn't help but ask: "What's going on with Roland recently?"

"According to the clues we have, he is really working as a principal and even teaching students. He is also promoting basic education, building roads, opening factories, and building new docks in the governor-general area."

Angelina was even more surprised. This was an infrastructure construction that cost a lot of money but had slow results. She couldn't understand Roland's motives and murmured:

"Does he really plan to live overseas permanently? Wait, you just said that based on the clues we have, you mean that our intelligence officers in Hanseatic Province were expelled?"

"Yes, at least forty intelligence officers are missing."

The officer in charge of intelligence looked a little ugly.

If the other party finds clues, it is not impossible to dig out a few intelligence agents. But this time, the entire intelligence network was completely uprooted, and the losses were too great.

The intelligence network in Hansa and other three provinces was overtly or covertly uprooted. Only a few unimportant peripheral members fled back in embarrassment, and all the core members were lost.

Loss of contact in this case means death or capture.

Angelina's face looked very ugly.

It is a common practice for countries to insert spies into each other. During peacetime, all parties have tacit unspoken rules to deal with conflicts in this area.

When intelligence officers are captured, they are usually exchanged for prisoners of equal value. If there are no prisoners of equal value, they have to pay for redemption.

Roland took away so many people at once, and the redemption price was not cheap.

It's really not easy for her to make the final decision on such a large number of exchanges of intelligence personnel.

Thinking of this, Angelina waved her hand helplessly, signaling the intelligence officer to step back.

Standing in front of the window, looking to the north, the farmland in the suburbs is already full of green, and flowers and plants are beginning to emerge.

She still couldn't figure out how Roland could stay out of the situation so peacefully.

Roland's every move was precise and beyond her understanding, completely different from how normal people would handle it.

During this period, there were several minor frictions between various forces in Vaal City.

In order to compete for urban population and commercial resources, and to settle grievances, people shed blood every day.

She didn't understand. How could Roland not come to such an occasion?

She naturally couldn't figure it out. Roland was not a natural war madman, and he certainly didn't like fighting and killing as much as she did.

He is a scholar on his way to stardom, and he fights and kills all day long.

If you can increase your strength by imparting knowledge, who would risk your life all day long?

During this period of time, Roland's life was not very comfortable.

After leaving Val City, he immediately summoned real experts from various industries to learn in detail about the true level of each industry at present.

According to the information he collected, the productivity and technological level of this world in 1792 were basically equivalent to the level in 1792 before crossing, which was roughly equivalent to the early to mid-stage of the First Industrial Revolution.

Perhaps the millet in the other world is particularly nourishing, or the gravity is different, the average physical fitness of people and animals in the Theia plane is much stronger than that in the world before crossing.

In addition, because of the existence of magic and alchemy and the exhaustion of fossil energy, the technology tree in the Theia plane is also very crooked.

There is only one line of industry, that is, boiling water, bah, steam power.

The huge, noisy, stupid, big, black and rough steam engine is the mainstream machinery in this world.

Higher-level technology basically relies on archaeological excavation.

Whoever can find the relics of previous eras and dig out precious books can master the technological power that transcends the times.

Of course, not all excavations can find treasures. If you are unlucky enough to dig up internal combustion engines or fuel gas books, you can only blame yourself for your bad luck.

After all, dragon-slaying skills need dragons to be useful.

With the strengthening of the power of soul cards, Roland can directly take out the classics from the memory library and automatically translate them into Sussex.

Time goes back to more than a month ago. With the completion of Rodinia University, Roland became the principal and stayed in the university as a guest lecturer all day, imparting knowledge by the way.

The affairs of the governor's jurisdiction were entrusted to Sif.

The reason why Roland was a hands-off boss was simple, "You have to start from governing three provinces and gradually get used to governing the entire empire. I am very busy, and I want to focus on knowledge inheritance."

According to Roland's request, only Sif and a few important people can find him directly, and others are not allowed to come to the school to interfere with his teaching activities.

The second day after he became the principal, the Minister of Education found Roland.

"Governor, the promotion of compulsory education in primary and secondary schools requires a complete set of textbooks. The school is about to start, and we are in great need of systematic textbooks."

"Let me correct you. This is a school. Please call me the principal. What you said is easy to do. I have ready-made textbooks. You can find professionals to modify them first, and then go to the printing factory to print them."

Roland has a lot of books, such as "Sussex Language Textbook for Primary and Secondary Schools", which is from the Longman Group and is very authentic.

Except for the names of a few actors who are a little bit Seresian, there is basically no need for translation.

The Minister of Education took the book handed over by Roland and showed a surprised expression after flipping through a few pages.

"Oh my God, there are actually color illustrations. This is a very precious relic from the pre-era! It's a pity that we don't have the ability to print such a beautiful textbook."

It's still the era of lead type printing, and color printing doesn't exist at all.

Roland smiled and said, "This is simple. You can ask education experts to make appropriate modifications. It must be simplified as much as possible so that children without basic knowledge can learn as quickly as possible."

"I understand that some people here have strange names, such as this Han. Meimei? I have never seen this spelling."

"You are an expert in this area. You are responsible for translation and modification."

Roland smiled and delegated power to the Minister of Education.

The Minister of Education was very grateful. It is certainly not difficult to make modifications, but what made him even more excited was Roland's trust.

The Governor always fully trusts technicians. Even if he has more knowledge, he will fully respect technicians.

He is worthy of being the best leader.

The Minister of Education took the full set of textbooks that Roland took out of the bookcase and left happily.

He was happy, and Roland was even happier.

He didn't have to do anything. Others worked overtime desperately, and he could get the corresponding inheritor badge by sitting quietly and drinking coffee.

Every additional badge will make the golden light of the soul card more dazzling.

The disadvantage of the knowledgeable star path is that it is not easy to get promoted, and the advantage is huge potential.

Normal people don't have the opportunity to promote knowledge on a large scale like Roland. It's lucky to upgrade the bottom of the card to gold.

Roland doesn't want gold, he wants more dazzling colorful cards.

Macbeth, the old shaman, is still waiting for him. If he doesn't have enough strength, the day of his promotion will be his death.

Just after sending away the Minister of Education, the Minister in charge of industry also hurried over.

"Governor, I heard from others that you have a lot of books here. I wonder if I can borrow some?"

"Of course."

Roland had already sorted out the relevant information for him.

In addition to various technical books related to steam engines, he also secretly stuffed some 19th-century science fiction works in.

Imagination is combat power, and these science fiction works are also very important.

Although Roland has many classics, he is not a professional after all.

He understands the principles of steam engines, but it is difficult for him to rub a steam locomotive that can run at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour.

He chooses to believe in professionalism!

Those popular science books are his selfishness. He hopes to use this way of opening up ideas to provide professionals with sparks of inspiration.

As for how to partially replace the internal combustion engine with the steam engine and gradually transition to the electric age, that is the scientist's job.

He is only responsible for inheritance, not specific research.

The director of the Industry Department flipped through it briefly and almost jumped out of joy.

This is exactly the ancient book he needs.

"Submersibles that can dive underwater, ships that can sail on the sea without relying on wind power!"

The director of the Industry Department muttered to himself: "It is worthy of the wisdom from the ancient era!"

Roland didn't bother to correct his misunderstanding and just nodded.

People in this era understand technology through archeology.

That's fine, it saves him the trouble of trying to cover it up.

In the future, various classics can be taken out freely, and it will be an archaeological discovery.

As for where the archaeological excavation came from, of course no one would be stupid enough to ask him directly.

Looking at the ecstatic expression of the Minister of Industry, Roland knew that it wouldn't be long before he would have a new badge.

Just after seeing off the Minister of Industry, the Minister of Agriculture came in sweating profusely.

"Sir Governor, I have observed that the weather conditions this year are very abnormal, and there are many more reports of pests and diseases than in previous years. How should we respond?"

"Please call me principal here. This is the "Wheat Pest and Disease Control Manual", which is a classic found in archeology. The medicines you don't recognize are lost, but there are some methods that can be used. Please give it a try."

Roland said calmly: "The production of agricultural products in the central and western plains of Rodinia will definitely decrease significantly this year. We must prepare in advance. Do you know any high-quality grain-producing areas?"

"If there is a problem in the central and western parts of the Rodinia continent, then we can only import food from the Kingdom of Wallachia or even the distant southern continent. There are famous large granaries there, and the price of food is not high. In fact, the same is true for the Vladimir Empire grain-producing countries, but it’s not easy to buy grain from them.”

The price is indeed not high now, but it will be high when all countries are short of food.

Roland tapped his fingertips on the table, and after a moment of silence, he motioned for the Minister of Agriculture to leave.

Buying food is no small matter.

Buying in small quantities is naturally not a problem, but buying in large quantities can easily cause alarm.

What is the purpose of hoarding food?

With Roland's notoriety, others would probably think that he was preparing for war.

It was a huge injustice. He really had no intention of starting a war this year.

At least there is no plan to start a large-scale war.

Unless someone takes the initiative to provoke him or it is profitable.

Roland thought for a moment and sent his secretary to find someone.

Not long after, the mysterious royally authorized businessman Stanley appeared.

It was not surprising that Roland summoned him, but what surprised him was the reason for asking him.

He originally thought that Roland wanted to know the progress of the [Hunting Plan], but he didn't expect that Roland would ask about food imports as soon as he opened his mouth.

International grain trade was uncommon in this era.

Transportation costs are too high and food is easily lost along the way.

The thieves who committed various robberies came second, mainly because the feudal lords in various places charged too high fees for setting up cards.

Stanley thought for a moment and objected, "My Lord Governor, the cost of importing a ton of grain from Wallachia is more than three times the price of local grain, and it is even more expensive from Nubia and other countries. This can only be reduced by importing from several neighboring countries. cost."

"We can't import from neighboring countries, and we can't even let them know how much food we import."

Roland thought for a moment and said softly: "Let's go by sea. The cost of sea shipping is low."

Since Roland said so, Stanley would naturally not object.

His position is very upright, he never asks things he shouldn't ask, and he doesn't talk too much.

Just now he was just giving advice from the perspective of business costs.

Since Roland insisted, there must be a reason for his insistence, and Stanley certainly would not be stubborn.

Knowing how to be flexible is the basic quality of a businessman.

He thought for a moment, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"We can entrust Samaritan merchants to purchase. From what I know about them, these moths will definitely play tricks on them, which will give them another reason to deal with them."

Stanley snorted, his tone full of disgust, "These greedy fools won't realize how fat they are until they get on the grill."

Seeing the hatred and anger flashing in Stanley's eyes, Roland knew that he had found the right person to put Stanley in charge of this matter.

He was just a little worried that Stanley would be dazzled by hatred, so he quickly reminded:

"I know you want to catch them all, but don't worry, wait until they lose their vigilance before taking action."

"I understand." Stanley nodded, his expression gradually calming down.

After calming down, he quickly formulated a plan of action.

He knows very well which merchants to sign contracts with and where to import grain from.

He also made a very vicious suggestion.

"I suggest Her Majesty Sylph sign a contract with them in the name of the royal family. Since it is royal trade, these idiots will not miss the opportunity to make money."

"Infringing on the emperor's interests is a capital crime, and none of them can escape. And we only need to pay a small deposit, which can also save money."

Roland's eyes lit up.

What is professional? This is called professional.

Stanley is not only very familiar with international trade, but also knows Samaritan merchants well. How to set up traps and close the net are all within his calculations.

After getting Roland's approval, Stanley left quickly.

His eyes were flashing with anger, and his nails dug into his clenched palms, almost drawing blood.

He did have a personal vendetta to avenge, so he proposed to entrust the Samaritans to buy grain.

The hunt was about to begin and he didn't have to hold back much longer.

After handling the government affairs, Roland looked at the course schedule. In the afternoon, he would accompany Sif to teach new students at the military academy.

The content of this class is mainly patriotic education.

It is necessary to put politics first before military action.

These selected short-term training courses are all future junior officers and non-commissioned officers. They come from different countries and ethnic groups, and they must be brainwashed from the beginning.

Let them know who they are fighting for.

He would not shout the slogan "If you want to get promoted and make money, please go somewhere else."

This is 1792.

He also wants to let the students know that if you want to get promoted and make money, you have come to the right place.

After taking a break in the office, Sif came.

Looking at Sif's slightly dark circles, Roland felt a little distressed.

"You have worked hard these days."

"I work for you, and you work for me. We are all hard." Sif responded with a smile.

She sat down on the sofa casually, closed her eyes and enjoyed a moment of peace.

Roland did not disturb Sif, because Sif actually fell asleep on the sofa.

For her, this kind of sofa is no different from sitting on a stone.

She was really tired and fell asleep on the stone.

After all, he is the governor. If he is not too busy, he should indeed perform the duties of the governor.

Now is the critical period for the governor's jurisdiction to lay a good foundation, and he cannot slack off.

Anthony did bring a lot of gold, but compared with the huge construction plan, this money is still stretched.

The Magic Association does not have much gold reserves, and their most valuable assets are various magic materials and equipment.

Before these three magic crystal veins were discovered, the magic crystals in the world were used less and less, and the price was driven higher and higher.

As the magic crystal veins in the Golden Valley are mined, the Magic Association's return to Roland will gradually increase.

This is a long process, and the most urgent task is to make money.

Roland urgently needs high-quality leeks.

He does not intend to squeeze the farmers and workers out of their bones. The main purpose of making them pay taxes is to have a sense of belonging and know whose people they are.

He does not intend to take advantage of the poor, whoever has money he will take advantage of.

Merchants in this era are almost equated with evil people, and this is even more true for the Samaritan business circle.

He can't wait.

When the food returns to the country, there will be reserves to deal with this year's food crisis.

When the countries in the central and western parts of the continent are generally short of food, the food reserves he has in his hands are incredible.

He will seize the opportunity to attack the northern coastal neighbor, the Kingdom of Oden.

The Kingdom of Oden has a good geographical location, and its ancestors were also rich, with a good naval tradition.

They were defeated by the Sussex Empire 120 years ago and lost most of their warships.

The Oden royal family regarded this as a great humiliation and planted a large-scale arbor forest in the country that was enough to build hundreds of warships.

One hundred and twenty years later, this batch of arbor trees has matured and can be used to build warships.

Since last year, the Oden Kingdom has been cutting down oak trees in preparation for shipbuilding.

My neighbor has trees and I have guns, and the trees are mine.

Considering that the two countries have fought a war, it is self-evident who the Oden Kingdom is targeting with its large-scale shipbuilding.

Although the Oden Kingdom's navy is not weak, it is no match for the Sussex people. Instead of waiting for them to build warships and then send them a wave, it is better to help them solve the problem from the source.

If you can't build warships, you won't fail in the naval battle, let alone send tens of thousands of navy.

This is not a dispute, but to eliminate the hidden dangers of war.

Roland didn't even plan to annex territory, he just wanted to get some wood.

Just as he was looking forward to using his neighbor's trees to build his own ship, Sif slowly woke up.

She sat up nervously, looking at the wall clock blankly, and finally felt relieved after confirming that nothing had happened.

However, she became even more flustered after seeing Roland's concerned eyes.

What should I do? Roland must have seen her naked face while she was sleeping on the sofa!

"Roland, was I ugly just now?"

Roland was stunned.

The word ugly has nothing to do with Sif anyway.

Although he wanted to complain, he still smiled and said, "Of course not, even if you are asleep, you are still Sleeping Beauty."

"Sleeping Beauty?" Sif's curiosity was aroused, and she smelled the taste of a story.

Seeing that it was still early, Roland did not act pretentiously. He sat down opposite Sif, cleared his throat, and started today's story.

It was another love story between a prince and a princess.

Sif loved listening to Roland's story.

But she suddenly realized that what she liked now seemed to be the fact that Roland told stories, rather than the obviously made-up stories.

Only the prince can wake up the princess with a kiss?

A romantic story, but not realistic.

If the princess who was cursed by witchcraft could be awakened so easily by the prince, she even suspected that the prince and the wizard were in cahoots.