Chapter 2796: The Four Secretaries, The Mist Reappears

In the end, Xia Duo succeeded, and in the process of trying, he discovered that all his approaches were actually correct; it was merely a matter of efficiency.

Among them, the most efficient was, of course, to reverse the cycle of the Order Force, while the worst was to split the types of Order Force; the latter had almost no effect, but if combined with the reverse-pushing of the Order Force, it could produce a very obvious auxiliary effect.

Now, the Order Force that Xia Duo mastered had once again returned to its initial, discrete, and elusive state like Cloud Qi, and at the same time, due to the collapse of the Order Cycle, the direct control he had previously gained over the Order Force by establishing the Order Cycle was also weakened to the extreme.

It was almost equivalent to a newcomer who had never come into contact with the Order Force before.

But wasn't this exactly what he wanted?

To thoroughly cast off his inherent understanding of the Order Force and treat it the way one treats Yuan Shi Zhi Li—only in this way was it possible to discover the first primitive, and in fact, classic, Order Force spell.

……

That morning, Xia Duo walked out of the Laboratory, preparing to head to the Territory to understand the latest construction progress of Linshui Town, when he suddenly remembered that around the Midwinter Festival, the four secretaries recommended to him by the Progress Society's Five-Member Committee had already reported for duty.

It was just that he had been busy with Order Force research recently and hadn't even met those four secretaries; he had only granted them brand-new Tower of Time Permission Levels through the Tower Spirit.

"It is time to meet them!"

Thinking this, Xia Duo headed toward the Xiu Xi Shi while initiating a summons for the four secretaries; a moment later, a series of footsteps came from outside the Xiu Xi Shi, finally stopping outside the door.

The door to the Xiu Xi Shi was not closed, and Xia Duo could see the four young people, whose faces still carried traces of excitement. "Why are you all standing outside? Come in and speak."

Soon, the four young people stood before Xia Duo. He looked up and scrutinized the four faces that still appeared slightly green, while secretly and carefully distinguishing their specific identities:

"Setiyesi?"

"Yes, Chairman, it is me!"

"Si Kan De?"

"Yes."

Xia Duo did not misidentify the remaining Teshiusi and Ou Ke either, and then he asked the four of them, "Are you already familiar with the specific content of the secretary job?"

"Yes, we are already familiar with it, but since we have just started, if there is anything that needs improvement, please give us your guidance, Chairman."

"Mm."

Xia Duo nodded with satisfaction, then turned his gaze to Ou Ke among the four. "You are responsible for information collection and organization regarding the Territory, so tell me about the recent construction situation in Linshui Town."

"Yes, Chairman. Linshui Town has currently completed the preliminary construction of the School and Canteen according to the existing plan, and is now building the Hospital. In addition, several major factories in the Industrial Zone to the east have also completed their expansions one after another; among them, it is especially worth mentioning the Magic Glue Product Factory, which has now begun mass production of Magic Rubber Shoes."

"And the Village Primary School?"

"Regarding the Village Primary School, Administrator Laidun has compiled a list of children from each village and decided to temporarily use vacant civilian houses as temporary classrooms. Afterward, each village will organize the construction, while the Territory will be responsible for investment and acceptance. As for teachers, the Territory Culture and Education Department is already conducting unified training."

"So, the Village Primary School can open soon?"

"Yes, because it is Compulsory Education, compiling the list of children is actually equivalent to confirming the enrollment list, and even the class arrangements have been completed. It is only because teacher training still requires some time that it has not opened immediately."

"Very good. You tell Laidun not to wait until the Melting Snow Month; open it immediately once the conditions for opening are met. We cannot waste the children's precious time."

Speaking of this, Xia Duo remembered the school in Linshui Town, so he turned his gaze to another secretary. "Teshiusi, has the construction of the magic infrastructure for the Linshui Town Junior High School begun?"

Teshiusi was responsible for organizing information on the Tower of Time's external affairs, and the magic infrastructure for the Linshui Town school was built by the Tower of Time Magic Technician Office, which fell under the Tower of Time's external affairs.

Regarding this, Teshiusi was well-prepared. "The Magic Technician Office sent people over two days ago, but the Tower of Time has now opened Intermediate courses, and many people are preparing for classes. This has had a great impact on the Magic Technician Office, and it is expected that the completion deadline for the Linshui Town school's infrastructure will be delayed."

"In your judgment, when can it be completed? Can it be completed before the Melting Snow Month?"

"It can certainly be completed before the Melting Snow Month. I estimate it will take at most a month and a half from now to complete."

"Very good. If it is completed ahead of schedule, this year's Snow Melting Recruitment will start early. In addition, for this year's Locomotive Design Competition, the competition format needs to be improved; it will be divided into two units: racing and load-bearing. At the same time, limit the total weight of the locomotives. You can release the news in advance to give everyone more preparation time. If there are no major changes, this format will continue next year."

"Yes."

……

Next, Xia Duo returned to the previous flow, asking Ou Ke about the production capacity of Magic Rubber Shoes at the Territory's Magic Glue Product Factory, to which Ou Ke also gave very specific numbers—

"Currently, the Magic Glue Product Factory can produce 400 pairs of Magic Rubber Shoes per day, but the factory is still undergoing expansion. It is expected to reach its peak next month, at about 4,000 pairs per day.

"We will not consider increasing the scale of the factory in the short term, but will instead shift to improvements in production methods and craftsmanship. As far as I know, the Magic Glue Research Center is already researching a Magic Glue Rapid Molding Technology; once successful, the production capacity will at least double."

"Regarding the pricing of Magic Rubber Shoes, does Laidun have a plan?" Xia Duo asked again.

"Currently, it is tentatively set at 5 gold per pair, with a Territory subsidy of 3 gold, so the residents actually need to pay 2 gold per pair."

"This price is a bit low. Set it to at least ten gold or more, and increase the Territory subsidy so that the actual payment by the residents remains at the standard of about 2 gold!"

Although this approach currently looks like just a numbers game on paper, when Magic Rubber Shoes are exported in the future, there will be a basis for it, and it will never be lower than ten gold per pair.

When it comes to harvesting leeks, it is, of course, better to harvest those from the outside.

An actual price of ten gold is not an impossibly high price for the current residents of Daxia Territory; they can earn it back after working hard for a few days, so this subsidy will only be maintained for a short initial period.

Let all residents be able to buy at least one or two pairs of Magic Rubber Shoes of their own at a cheap price, and there will be no major impact even if the subsidy is canceled afterward.

……

In addition to issues related to the Territory, Xia Duo also asked the secretaries about many issues within the Tower of Time, such as recent news from the Independent Research Lab, research progress at the Plane Exploration Center, and so on.

With secretaries to summarize information and transmit orders for him, Xia Duo could save more time to devote to his own research projects. Of course, he did not expect to be able to fully grasp every movement of the Territory and the Tower of Time just by relying on four secretaries.

Next, he would still regularly listen to direct reports from relevant personnel of the Tower of Time and the Territory, and even personally inspect the Territory and various departments of the Tower of Time.

……

And on the other side, inside the city of Evereska.

Xia Duo had just finished signing the Spirit Thought Network outsourcing agreement with the Northland Alliance regarding the Time-Related Magic Research Laboratory when he received some rather explosive news—

A Mist Region had also been discovered within the territory of Siluwende!

Unlike Yierlan, Siluwende could not refuse the intervention of the Northland Alliance. In other words, the newly established Time-Related Magic Research Laboratory of the Northland Alliance was about to have an important research subject!