Chapter 1271: Clerk

These selected Large Team leaders already possessed prestige, and everyone was willing to listen to them; it was not like the person named Fu whom Baifeng had chosen at random, whom no one recognized.

Although the power of these Large Team leaders would terminate the moment they arrived at the Xuanyuan Tribe, it was believed that, given Xuanyuan's way of thinking, he would certainly put these people who had already learned techniques in Huaxia to important use.

In Huaxia, they had not only nourished their bodies well but also learned Huaxia's construction techniques; the technique of road building alone was enough to build the Xuanyuan Tribe even better.

It was just a pity that the road roller invented by Huaxia would certainly be learned by the Xuanyuan Tribe in its original form; this was unavoidable, and one could not hide away one's own good things and not use them just to guard against the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe.

If the road roller were hidden for two years, the matters delayed would be no small affair; however, for the Xuanyuan Tribe, wanting to chisel out a road roller would not be an easy task, as they lacked such good tools, and chiseling would be quite time-consuming.

Huaxia could not only chisel out stone road rollers but could also cast them with Cement, and during the casting, sand could be added to adjust the weight to achieve better results; manufacturing a road roller would not take much time, and having several road rollers working together was the true way to save time and effort.

Even if the Xuanyuan Tribe had many people, they could not gather many Stonemasons; just chiseling out one road roller would take over ten days, or perhaps even longer, as they had not yet learned about pulleys, and wanting to transport a large stone back was not an easy task.

These Large Team leaders also listened to Huaxia, and upon receiving the requirements from Zhu, they immediately passed the statistical requirements down to the Small Team leaders; these Small Team leaders, after conducting simple inquiries and statistics, could know exactly what kind of road needed to be chosen.

After arranging the matters for the Xuanyuan Tribe Laborers, Zhu hurried back; if it were not for the fact that this matter was relatively important and required someone of a certain status to come forward to resolve it, he would have directly handed it over to these Clerks. They were in the Ministry of Works but did not know any operational techniques; they were responsible for organizing documents and handling some complex document work, while also being able to serve the role of conveying government decrees.

However, Huaxia could not have a situation where the layman directs the expert; all Clerks served an auxiliary role, but because of the nature of their work, they could be transferred between various different departments. For them, departments like the Ministry of Works did not have much room for advancement, so after having a certain foundation and experience, they would certainly think about transferring to other departments.

Clerk was just a convenient term for everyone; the written term should be "Li". Of course, the Li here was different from the Li in history; Huaxia's officials and Clerks were all considered to be on the Establishment System, only the status of the Clerk was lower, the position was lower, and they belonged to the executive personnel of government decrees, not the formulators.

It was equivalent to the later ordinary staff members; they did not have an Official Seal and could only sign their names or stamp their own private seals. Their private seals were carved out of wood, but this was not carved uniformly because it was not something restricted; as long as someone was literate, they were willing to carve a seal for themselves.

Plus, people in Huaxia had gradually started trying to carve seals; wood seals and pottery seals were not difficult tasks for them, and those carved well could even become a means for them to increase their income.

However, as Clerks, their private seals needed to be filed, which meant having them imprinted and saved in their own department and the Ministry of Personnel, so that if a document had a problem and was investigated, if the Clerk said it was not their seal, evidence could still be found.

At the same time, if a seal was damaged, lost, or replaced, it had to be filed again. Compared to pressing a fingerprint, using a seal appeared more formal and orderly; after all, anyone could press a fingerprint, and it did not reflect high status. Furthermore, if a Clerk had to stamp many seals in a day, their fingers would be red all the time, which was not good, and the documents would get dirty upon touch.

Once these Clerks were promoted and needed to be responsible for a certain aspect of affairs, having decision-making power and disposal power, they would become officials and could be issued an Official Seal, which was considered the completion of their identity transformation. As for being called Clerks, it was purely because it was easy to say.

Changle was also in this team, and he had of course arrived at Huaxia City. The first thing he and Ayuduo did upon returning was certainly to see his father, which counted as reporting on the mission and was also a necessary etiquette.

Ayuduo held no official position in Huaxia, but she was also assisting and helping Changle, so she could also follow Changle. Later, a position would certainly have to be given to Ayuduo; after all, Ayuduo was also considered a talent and could not be wasted.

Because the matters he needed to report were relatively private, after receiving permission, he and Ayuduo entered Baifeng's small office first to rest and warm up, while Baifeng was outside listening to the Engineering Team report on their work.

Xiaobao was sleeping inside Changle's robe and was unwilling to come out or make a sound, so no one noticed; it was only after entering the office, which was relatively warm, that Xiaobao was willing to poke its head out to get some air.

The Engineering Team did not have much to report; their project was completed very well. Although the work finished a little late this year, they had finished the work planned for three years in just one year, so how could they be punished? Only rewards awaited them, so everyone was smiling.

Baifeng would not put on a sour face toward these people who had been busy for a year; their work was indeed completed excellently, so throughout the entire process of listening to the report, his face was full of smiles, and whatever questions he asked, he asked them in a friendly manner.

The mission was completed very well, and everyone had rewards. Baifeng was only making verbal promises for now, because the process of formulating rewards was relatively troublesome and would take a long time to be perfected, but they would certainly not be short-changed; it was expected that they would be commended and rewarded together at the year-end assembly.

After all, the team that Xiong led on the expedition was also coming back soon, and all Soldiers must have rewards. To prevent the Soldiers from feeling that the rewards they received were too ordinary, Baifeng still had to think of something else, such as making a batch of commemorative medals for them, and for those with outstanding performance, giving them a title like "Combat Warrior" and issuing it alongside the Third Class Merit, so as not to let the rewards depreciate.

Furthermore, for Zao, who invented the road roller, he must be rewarded. Such an invention of his had great significance for Huaxia; although Baifeng also participated, he did not need to snatch the credit from Zao, so he would just give it all to him.