Lord of Industrialization

The Ministry of Agriculture has been very busy recently, and none of the tasks assigned by Frederick are easy, the most important of which is the training of agricultural technicians.

It's just that there is very little research on crops these days, far less than the research on medicinal plants. Matthias and his students can only study while working, using the feelings of other plants as a reference for crops.

In addition, there are pesticides. Current pesticides are boiled water from poisonous plants and then sprayed on crops affected by diseases and insect pests.

It’s just that this method is limited by the origin of the plant. For example, castor seeds from the southern continent are easily available in Constantbul. Grinding them and boiling them with a little soap can eliminate some pests. Matthias often used them when he was there. It can be used, but it is difficult to buy it in Wesson, so we can only collect prescriptions everywhere.

Frederick had no idea. He only remembered Bordeaux mixture and a lime-sulfur mixture that boiled 1 part quicklime, 2 parts sulfur, and 10 parts hot water over a high fire until it turned the color of soy sauce. The effect was OK, but it only affected the pests on the roots and stems. The little slime will be finished too.

Now Frederick's standard for rough agricultural technicians is to teach farmers not to apply too much fertilizer, not to use too strong pesticides, and to help collect data at the same time. There is no way to ask for too much at the same time.

Mathias reported on this year's training plan to train two hundred rough agricultural technicians and the preparations for improved seeds for summer and autumn sowing this year. The former has completed enrollment, while the latter is a bit difficult. The territory has increased too much and the reserves of improved seeds are insufficient.

Frederick said: "Work with the Executive Yuan to publicize and promote improved seeds, fertilizers, and livestock and poultry breeding in the new territories. The improved varieties will only be exported if they are sufficient within the territories."

"By the way, how about the new fertilizer developed by BASF?"

Frederick remembered that last year BASF discovered that the water left after cooking slime glue in a pressure cooker and spraying weeds can promote the growth of weeds, so he asked him to contact Matthias to conduct research.

Mathias immediately replied: "It is a kind of compound fertilizer, especially suitable for vegetables and fruit trees. Now the plan is to make it into a concentrated liquid for sale."

Frederick thought this was not bad, and then said: "This winter I plan to make a new plowing machine. You can find some farmers who are good at using plows to help, and agree in advance what they are going to do. "

You need to agree on what you are going to do with someone in advance, otherwise it will be bad like last year when rumors spread.

"Here at the Medical Department," Frederick turned to ask Frank, "what's the current progress of writing the "Treatment Manual of Common Diseases"?"

Frank turned over his notebook and answered: "There are currently 19 outstanding doctors and pharmacists who have come to Wesenland to help write this book, and more than 200 doctors and pharmacists have helped us through letters. Currently, the disease catalog and diagnostic methods have been The final draft is now being selected and the prescription is currently being selected, and it is expected to be finalized by the end of next year.”

"Sir, I have something to discuss with you. One of my teachers wrote to ask if they can build a medical school here?"

Frederick immediately replied: "That must be no problem."

Frank hesitated and said somewhat cautiously: "Teacher, they... have... some pagans."

Frederick replied nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter. Recently, more and more pagans have come here to do business, and there are also some who open shops. As long as they don't preach, it will be fine."

"Well, if they want to come, let them go to the city of Nuremberg, where there are many pagan merchants from the north and west."

"Father Arms, that's okay."

There was a priest in the conference room, the Minister of Education, Father Arms, who was a relatively enlightened person and nodded silently.

"The pagans are not without their merits," Father Arms said. "In medicine, our surgical techniques are far inferior to those of the southern continent."

Frank breathed a sigh of relief, nodded in agreement, and then said he was done.

At this time, it was the turn of the Ministry of Education. Father Arms said: "Your Excellency, there is only one most important thing in the field of education at present. The promotion of education in the new territory may have to be delayed for a while, because we do not have enough qualified teachers. Education. The Ministry of Education proposes to expand the original teacher training courses into specialized universities for training teachers.”

Frederick naturally agreed without thinking. He had never been stingy in investing in education.

It's just that the newly appointed Finance Minister had a toothache. He scratched his bald head and said, "Sir, building a new university requires a lot of investment. Do you want to think about it again?"

In Erhard's view, building a school does not seem to be a very important matter, because there are no public schools in Nuremberg, but private schools with limited income.

Frederick didn't blame him. After all, he was new here and didn't know much about his own policies.

"Father Arms," ​​Frederick did not answer Erhard directly, "please introduce the Wesson District plan to the Minister of Finance."

Father Arms nodded and replied: "Okay, that's what I want to say later."

"According to the plan of His Excellency the Duke and the Ministry of Education, Wesson District will build public primary schools in towns and cities at a standard of one for about five thousand residents, with free tuition for local students; and build public comprehensive technical schools and middle schools based on a standard of one for 10,000 residents."

"As for the university, Weissenburg University will build additional teaching buildings, student dormitories and professors' residential areas on the original site to meet the needs of the increasing number of students and professors."

Erhard opened his mouth after hearing this, and finally said: "This will cost a lot of money."

Frederick nodded and replied: "Yes, my plan is to spend at least five points of the territory's annual financial expenditure on education, and then increase it to between ten and eight points year by year."

Erhard thought about it in his mind and finally sighed: "If this is the case, in twenty years all young people in Wesson will have gone to school."

"That's what we want." Omet answered him, "Currently, a large amount of Wesson State's wealth comes from emerging industries. The basis of industrial production is qualified workers. It is more difficult to train a qualified worker than a qualified soldier."

Frederick continued what he said: "Erhard, when you have time, you can go to the factory with Ogilvy to have a look and understand the operation of the factory."

Erhard agreed. At this time, he realized that Wesson State was different from the territory he was familiar with.

"At the Ministry of Industry," Frederick looked at Ogilvy, "how is the progress of standardization?"

Ogilvy opened his notebook and replied: "Currently, the Ministry of Industry is building a mechanics laboratory, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year."

"When the laboratory is put into use, mechanical experiments on screws, nuts and bearings will first be carried out, and relevant standards will be determined after obtaining the data."

Frederick nodded and said: "We need to do it steadily at the beginning, and there will be many standards to be set in the future."

During this war, it turned out that peashooter parts from different factories and different batches could not be interchanged. Magazines and bayonets could not be installed securely. The barrel lengths differed by almost 1 centimeter, and the caliber of the barrels was also off. If the bullet is too small, the bullet will fall out when the muzzle is pointed down.

Frederick couldn't ask too much for this batch of rush-work products. Now that he had time, he had to straighten things out, starting with rough industrial standardization.

He asked again: "Are there enough people?"

"Definitely not enough." All Might replied without hesitation, "There is a shortage of people everywhere now."

Frederick had no choice. He couldn't summon a bunch of intellectuals, so he could only say: "Wesson Daily is being sold to many places now. Let's recruit workers on the advertising page. Write down the job description and salary. I hope Someone can come."

Basically, nothing happened at today's meeting. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is still a framework. Christian is recruiting people everywhere, but there is a shortage of people everywhere. Frederick can only give verbal encouragement.

After the meeting, Frederick and All Might went to his office, and then "robbed" a calculator and went back to study.