Chapter 361: First Plenary Meeting

In the small snow flying all over the sky, Grant walked on the ridges of the Jin Hui Farm wearing a fur hat, checking the growth of the wheat ears.

More than half a year had passed since the first Northwest Barley No. 1 was planted.

Looking at it, the wheat fields, whether green, yellow, or green-yellow, were connected into one piece, and the edge could not be seen at all, like an ocean.

Compared to ordinary barley, Northwest Barley No. 1 also had an extremely superior point, that is, what it needs for growth is only extreme cold and low temperature, and ice elements replace sunshine, becoming a necessity for its growth.

And in the Northern Realm, whether it is extreme cold or ice elements, they are long-term existences.

This means that any day of the four seasons and three hundred and sixty days can be used to plant Northwest Barley No. 1.

This is a unique advantage.

Therefore, the planting area of Jin Hui Farm expanded extremely fast.

Grant walked to a golden wheat field, which was the wheat field planted early and about to mature and harvest.

He squatted down to check the barley in the field. The wheat ears were thick and full, with a large number, and even the size was a bit larger than the barley he had seen in the past.

There was no need to harvest and weigh it at all; Grant knew that this piece of wheat field would inevitably usher in a bumper harvest.

These were all the credit of Minister Fuluola.

Under her efforts, the iteration of Northwest Barley No. 1 had been continuous and high-speed, and now the yield per mu had been increased to 160-180 kilograms.

Compared to the beginning, this yield per mu had almost tripled.

The area of land reclaimed by Jin Hui Farm had reached thirty thousand mu.

Although many fields were only reclaimed and not yet sown, it was only a matter of time.

And before My King ascended the throne, the only land in Phoenix, that piece of volcanic land, produced food that was not enough for the ice-born magic users in the tribe to eat.

Such a big change, and only eight months had passed in between.

Thinking of this, Grant felt as if it were a dream, exaggerated and somewhat unreal.

Between this drifting of mind, he suddenly heard a burst of noise and quarreling.

Grant stood up in surprise and looked toward the source of the sound.

Then, he saw a familiar but long-absent figure, riding on his beast pet snow wolf, heading toward the city, accompanied by Elder Gaien.

Grant was stunned for a moment, then turned to joy.

My King is back!

Phoenix, City Hall.

The first thing Gao De did after returning was to hold the first plenary meeting of the Enduring Zhenbing tribe's high-level officials here.

Saying it was all high-level officials, the number of people was actually not many.

War Mother Su Su Su Nai Fa, two ministers of the Ministry of Agriculture, two deputy directors of the Public Security Bureau, three fourth-rank elders of the Enduring Zhenbing tribe, plus a Damon.

Damon was not a high-level official.

But as the Ministry of Education, one of the only three municipal departments in Phoenix, and also under the situation where Gao De personally served as the minister, it was indeed necessary for someone to attend and report on the specific teaching situation of the First Middle School during the two and a half months Gao De was away.

The sunlight of the snowy day passed through the window and sprinkled into the conference room.

Gao De and Su Su Su Nai Fa sat in the main seat. He swept across the audience, frowned slightly, and his biggest feeling in his heart was "really lacking people"!

With just these few people, not to mention that it was far from the appearance that a qualified city hall should have in Gao De's expectation, it was not even a makeshift team.

A makeshift team, at least it was a team.

To make the city hall have an initial shape, the most important thing was the education work of the Ministry of Education.

This was also the reason why Gao De laid out the Ministry of Education early.

"Everyone, report on the recent situation of each department," seeing that everyone had arrived, Gao De said slowly: "Start from Damon."

"Yes, Your Highness." Guardian Damon hurriedly stood up and saluted, his expression still somewhat cautious and constrained.

After all, in terms of status and position, he actually couldn't squeeze into this meeting at all, just because he caught the light of the Ministry of Education's real lack of talent.

He spread out the paper roll he had prepared, which had become somewhat brittle and hard due to the cold of the Northern Realm. He carefully unfolded it and reported earnestly:

"Phoenix First Middle School currently has 39 second-level teachers, offering three basic courses: General Language Reading and Writing, Aisi Language Reading and Writing, and Elementary Mathematics, with a total of 3569 students."

"Two school campuses have been completed and put into use, enough to accommodate more than eight thousand students, and new campuses are also under construction."

"The most major problem of the First Middle School at present is the serious shortage of teachers. It is roughly estimated that there are more than fifty thousand school-age children in Phoenix, but with only 39 teachers, the current number of students has basically reached the upper limit, and if the number of students increases, the teaching quality cannot be guaranteed."

"Another thing is the General Language Reading and Writing course, which currently only I am teaching, and even the needs of existing students cannot be met."

"However, I have organized other second-level teachers to learn General Language with me at night, because everyone has mastered 【Tongxiao Language】, so the learning progress is fast, and it is expected that in one or two months, they will have teaching ability," Damon added.

Limited by teacher resources and the quality of the teachers themselves, the courses currently offered by Phoenix First Middle School are mainly general education.

General Language Reading and Writing and Aisi Language Reading and Writing need not be said; they are the most basic literacy courses, the foundation of education.

As for elementary mathematics, it is a textbook compiled by Gao De himself, including the recognition of basic weights and measures, as well as Arabic mathematics reading and writing and simple calculation.

The content is very simple, because if it were difficult, the teacher wouldn't know it...

Gao De thought for a moment, his fingers tapped on the table, making a crisp sound, and he said slowly:

"The construction of the new campus will continue, temporarily aiming to accommodate one hundred thousand students, ensuring that as long as there are enough teachers, students of school age can be organized to enroll immediately."

"As for the teacher problem, I will find a way. In addition, Damon's organization of other teachers to learn General Language independently is good and worthy of affirmation," he nodded slightly, not stingy with his praise for Damon.

To tell the truth, the teacher-student ratio of Phoenix First Middle School has been seriously unbalanced.

39 teachers bear 3569 students, the teacher-student ratio is close to one to one hundred, but the current course load is relatively small, and the teaching content is relatively single, so it can barely make do.

But this is definitely only temporary. The next magic user education and skill education must be put on the agenda.

Before that, the teacher problem must be solved as soon as possible.

Lacking people... lacking people...

Gao De sighed again.

The initial stage of construction is like this, lacking available people everywhere.

After reporting the situation of Phoenix First Middle School, Damon consciously withdrew.

Next is the real high-level meeting.

"How is the situation in the Ministry of Agriculture?" Gao De glanced at the little person floating in mid-air, sitting cross-legged in the air, and smiled slightly.

"My King, the situation of the Ministry of Agriculture will be reported by me."

Grant looked at Fuluola, consciously stood up and volunteered—although Fuluola is the backbone of the Ministry of Agriculture, she can't remember those complicated numbers.

"The land reclaimed by Jin Hui Farm has reached 310,000 mu, and the yield per mu has been increased to 160 kilograms to 180 jin under the efforts of Minister Fuluola."

Hearing Grant mention her name, Fuluola remained as calm as ever on the surface, her exquisite little face had no change, but the small and exquisite wings behind her seemed to be out of control, opening slightly...

Not only Gao De, but everyone present noticed Fuluola's joy, but everyone also tacitly saw through it without saying it, and continued to sit upright.

"With such a high yield per mu, the current number of fields can fully meet the food needs of all the people in the tribe, but nearly 150,000 mu of the 310,000 mu of fields have not been planted."

"Because the number of farmers in Jin Hui Farm is only 20,000, which is not enough to cover such a planting area."

"However, with the support of the War Mother, we are continuing to expand the scale of the number of people, and it is expected that within two months, the number of people can be expanded to 40,000."

"Currently, the amount of barley consumed by the Enduring Zhenbing tribe in one day is about 250,000 kilograms, and the current daily average barley production of Jin Hui Farm is about 210,000 kilograms, and it should soon be possible to start having surplus food."

Grant's speaking speed was not fast, and every word was clear and powerful.

"In addition, according to your requirements, we are also expanding the area of Jin Hui Farm, as a reserve for the tribe's future food trade and expansion."

"My King, I don't know if it is necessary to arrange a fallow plan?"

"Very good, the yield per mu has doubled compared to the beginning, thank you, Minister Fuluola," Gao De first praised Fuluola fiercely, and then entered the topic:

"Northwest Barley No. 1 can be planted in all seasons. What needs to be done now is to continuously expand the planting area. There is no need to arrange a fallow plan for the time being. The snowfield land has never been planted with crops, and the fertility is enough. There is no need to worry about this problem for the first few years."

"In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture has two more tasks."

Gao De paused and continued: "One is to build grain warehouses to store food, and the other is to build mills. The taste of barley is relatively rough, so it still needs to be ground into flour. The Northern Realm is windy all year round, which is just suitable for building windmill mills."

"My King..."

Deputy Minister Grant hesitated, a look of embarrassment appeared on his face, and he still raised his question: "There is no one in the tribe who has the craftsmanship to build windmill mills, and the wood needed for the construction of windmill mills is also temporarily unavailable in the Northern Realm."

"I know," Gao De nodded and said slowly: "You choose the site first. The craftsmen and wood needed to build the windmill mills will be solved by me, and the warehouses can start to be built."

"Good." Since Gao De said so, Grant naturally had no other objections.

The next report was Catherine.

She stood up, her figure straight, and her eyes revealed a sense of determination and capability.

"Your Highness, since Northwest Barley No. 1 spread, there have been more and more mice in Phoenix and around Jin Hui Farm."

"According to what you said, we mobilized the power of the masses to help us conduct investigations together, and indeed caught many mice, but limited by limited manpower and the need to take care of too many places, there are still fish that slip through the net."

"Another thing is that six small tribes have merged into our Enduring Zhenbing tribe in the past half month. These foreign tribe people have had several conflicts with our Enduring Zhenbing tribe people."

"Although we arrived in time to stop the conflict from expanding and punished both sides of the conflict, it was ultimately treating the symptoms but not the root cause."

Gao De narrowed his eyes slightly.

This was within expectations.

One is that different tribes have different cultures, customs, and traditions. Like a university dormitory, roommates from all over the world will have various contradictions because of different habits, not to mention between tribes?

The second is the issue of identity recognition. The indigenous people of the Enduring Zhenbing tribe will instinctively have a certain sense of superiority when facing these newly joined small tribes, and at the same time, they will feel that these outsiders have divided the tribe's resources for nothing, and they are dissatisfied with them.

And the outsiders lack a sense of belonging, leading to the generation of gaps.

However, the problem is not difficult to solve. Gao De thought for a moment and made a decision: "In the Ministry of Agriculture, when expanding the scale of the farm, give priority to recruiting young and strong people from these newly joined small tribes and let them participate in labor."

After growing food, they will naturally have a sense of belonging, and the people of our Enduring Zhenbing tribe will not feel that they are coming to eat and drink for nothing.

As for the issue of cultural customs, after the teacher problem is solved, it can naturally be solved.

At that time, children from different tribes will go to school together, and the relationship will naturally begin to merge.

"Are there any other things to report?" Gao De noticed that Catherine did not sit down.

"The current establishment of the Public Security Bureau is only fifty people, which is far from enough," Catherine hesitated, and finally said: "If possible, I would like to apply to expand the establishment of the Public Security Bureau to two hundred people."

"Yes." Gao De did not hesitate and directly approved Catherine's application.

He was even somewhat happy in his heart, at least someone had begun to put forward their own ideas based on the actual situation at work and improve the municipal system, rather than blindly waiting for his orders: "You first submit an application, and then discuss the specific plan with the War Mother."

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Catherine said happily, and then saluted again, "My report is finished."

"Well done, thank you for your hard work." Gao De patted his palms twice to show encouragement.

This former saint of the Snowfield Guardian seemed to have fully adapted to her new identity and began to devote herself to the construction of Phoenix.

This is an excellent example.

"My King," the work of the three departments currently in the City Hall has been reported, Su Su Su Nai Fa thought for a moment and said: "Since the signal of willingness to accept the joining of other tribes was released half a month ago, six small tribes have been absorbed. At this moment in the city, there are envoys from three small tribes and one medium tribe, expressing their intention to merge into our Enduring Zhenbing tribe."

This is obviously good news, but Su Su Su Nai Fa is somewhat worried, "My King, do you really intend to gather all the Aisi people who are willing to join the Enduring Zhenbing tribe?"

"Why not? The pressure of food will soon be solved," Gao De smiled.

"The pressure of food can indeed be solved, but there are really too many tribes large and small in the Northern Realm. If this continues, it is expected that by the end of this year, the number of people in Phoenix will soon increase by two or three hundred thousand... This has seriously exceeded Phoenix's current load capacity."

"Not afraid of many people, just afraid that people won't come," Gao De was not worried at all, and continued: "And, I am preparing to re-plan and build Phoenix in the next step."

"Release the news that before the end of this year, all tribes expecting to obtain stable food and shelter can report to the Enduring Zhenbing tribe and apply for joining. Specifically emphasize this time node of this year," he thought for a moment and added.

The reason for adding a time node is not really to set restrictions, but to make the whole thing more credible through this point and make people feel urgent.

Just like a pie falling from the sky might not be eaten by many people, fearing that there is a trap, but if you need to get up early to queue for a pie, it will be full of people.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 362 =====