Lord of Industrialization

The end of August and early September after the Civil Service Examination is the season when apples begin to ripen. There is a huge apple orchard outside the city of Hausen, northwest of Weissenburg, which was originally the property of Frederick's mother's family.

On the last rest day in August, Frederick brought everyone here to pick apples.

There are many people coming to play today, in addition to Maria, Lilu and Susan, there are also Frederick's senior sister Katie and her family, the "big three maids" in the castle, the head maid Carbo, the life secretary Tarot and the head chef Oxor, as well as senior government officials and the families of local wealthy businessmen and factory owners.

The adults and older children put on clothes that were more convenient for movement. Each of them carried a basket and searched for the reddest and largest apples among the fruit trees in groups of twos and threes.

When picking apples, everyone has to watch out for Dawn, who takes her little boyfriend and Maria's unicorn to pick out the fruits in other people's baskets.

Maria's three-headed dog followed it around, barked a few times, and at dawn picked up an apple and threw it at it.

The clear and melodious chirping of birds in the orchards is endless. Nowadays, it is popular to raise pet birds in Weisen. The birds with gorgeous feathers and beautiful calls from the forests in the south are so expensive that they can be sold for several gold coins. Today, these people are not short of money, and they bring them with them. The birds come and show off.

Psyche came too, but she was sitting at the table with the children, and was showing them the apple toss.

Ordinary artists can only toss three or five, but she is good at it. The apples she throws up are as high as three or four stories high, and there are more and more apples.

The wind changed direction and the aroma of barbecue filled the orchard.

Katie didn't go apple picking, saying that picking oranges since she was a child had a psychological impact on fruit picking, so she and a few older ladies made skewers there.

At the lake not far away, her father Richard Nall was taking his son fishing there.

At noon, everyone came back from picking fruits and started eating and drinking.

There is a long table by the lake, which was prepared for the fruit-picking workers. Now it is covered with tablecloth and filled with barbecue, bread, cakes, snacks and drinks.

Frederick sat down at the head of the table and called a group of people over.

The people who were called were five officials: Secretary of Commerce Adam, Governor Omet of Wesen State, Elder Franz, Governor of Putz State, Governor Matthias of Faya State, Governor Neuer of Lancini State, and Hof Mann, Leya and several other representatives of factory owners.

Everyone understood at a glance that Duke Wesson already knew some of the previous things and would have an informal exchange today.

After more than ten people were seated, they ate and drank as usual. When they were almost done eating, Frederick took a sip of the freshly squeezed apple juice and put down the cup with a little more force. The area around the table suddenly became quiet.

Frederick said: "I invite everyone here today to talk about something. Everyone knows everything, and those who don't know have no right to sit here."

"The people here today are friends from the Industrial Portal. First of all, I would like to tell you about something decided by the Educational Portal yesterday."

After everyone here cheered up, he continued: "Everyone knows that after ten years of development, Weisen State's education has achieved brilliant results. The basic education coverage rate is close to 100%. Next year's Education Law will be enacted by law. The form of six-year compulsory education has been determined, and extremely high achievements have been made in literacy education, secondary education, vocational education and higher education.”

"The Principality of Wesson will be established next year. The education level of the three newly added states, Faia, Lankni and Putz, is far less than that of Wesson, and there is a lot of room for improvement."

When he said this, he picked up the cup and took a sip of apple juice. At this time, Hoffman said: "I feel deeply about this... Oh, I have experienced it. In recent years, my factory has expanded its scale, and many relatives and friends from my hometown have come to join me. .”

"I have the heart to accept them, but under the rule of the Franken family, we serfs have no chance to learn. We are all illiterate, cannot understand safety regulations, and cannot understand work schedules. Some people have even seen Copper plate, don’t understand currency conversion.”

"To do this, I need to spend at least three months letting them go to literacy classes, let them memorize the factory's rules and regulations, and then learn to read various forms. It will take at least a year before they can become qualified workers."

Several other factory owners nodded in agreement and had encountered similar problems.

Frederick also nodded and said: "Now the Ministry of Education will formulate and implement the 'Tinder Plan' and strive to cover three states with basic education within the second five-year plan in three years."

"Starting from next year, the teacher qualification certificate examination and principal qualification certificate examination will be further opened, and schools at all stages and levels will be encouraged to open in the three states."

After he finished speaking, he picked up a skewer of barbecue and ate it while speaking to the others.

Everyone present had heard what Frederick meant, and Leia asked: "Sir, I plan to build a new Fuqiang powder processing plant in Xinzhou. Do you mean to encourage our behavior?"

Her Fuqiang powder received a large number of orders at the World Expo, so it needed to expand its production scale. However, like other factories that needed to expand its scale, it received invitations from several governors almost at the same time.

Expanding scale requires costs. She does not have the capital to open factories in all states, but she refuses not to give face to the other party and is afraid of being underestimated, which is troublesome.

Although the status of factory owners in Weisen has improved, in the past few years, they are still afraid of the noble master.

Frederick nodded and said while eating: "Let me first establish a principle. I support the establishment of factories in New South Wales. I suggest that the local government should also introduce policies and strengthen the construction of supporting facilities to support it."

"The current economic level of New South Wales is lagging behind in all aspects compared to Weissense. Investing there and building factories with local people's own funds will help improve local economic development, improve people's living standards, and increase tax revenue."

"but……"

As soon as he came out, several officials sat up straight.

Frederick continued: "Developing regional economies does not mean that the development of every place must be uniform and that egalitarianism cannot be practiced."

“Local officials cannot just focus on their own plates, they must have everything, and they must think about issues from a global perspective.”

After he finished speaking, he started to take a piece of bread, spread it with jam and eat it.

The four governors here are a little embarrassed. The leader criticized them just now.

None of them are idiots. All Might and Mathias are both Golden Durian Award winners. If Noelle was an idiot, he would not have become the Minister of Taxation before becoming governor. Old Franz was born as a knight and would have died on the battlefield without his brains. On.

However, no matter how smart your brain is, once your own vital interests are involved, your thinking ability and way of thinking will be affected.

Old Franz took a sip of wine, put down the glass and said in a deep voice: "I am here to conduct a self-examination. I did make the mistake you just mentioned."

He is the first elder of the Weisen Territory, a member of the Wesson State Assembly Speakers, and the chairman of the Football Association. He has the highest prestige among officials.

Although he also knew that he became the governor of Putz State not because of his political ability but his merits, and he initially planned to fish until he retired, but he could not give up the taste of power once he tasted it, and he had the ambition to prove that he was "both civil and military". Come.

He also knew that it was outrageous to move part of the heavy machinery plant to the mountainous and tree-covered Putz state, but the taxes from the machinery plant were enough to make officials lose their minds.

Now that you are being criticized, be the first to stand up and defend the lord's authority.

With old Franz taking the lead, Ogilvy admitted its mistake.

The label of "Executive Minister Candidate" made him a little dizzy. He lost his academic calmness in the past and secretly hindered those who wanted to invest in New South Wales out of safeguarding his own interests.

Frederick listened quietly to their self-examination and was very satisfied with their attitude.

But the current review cannot solve the problem. The economic development of a region is not only the personal interests of the governor, but also related to all aspects of the local area. If the fundamental problem is not solved, the actual work will return to the original track. superior.