Chapter 1502: Step-by-Step Reporting

Baifeng put away his pleasant expression: "Since all the management of your Suiren Clan has come this year, you should not go back this Winter. Stay in Huaxia to receive training for about sixty days. During these sixty days, you must master reading and writing, basic arithmetic, official document writing, and office procedures."

Furthermore, you must study Huaxia's laws and some basic common knowledge. After completing your studies, you will take a final exam. If you pass the exam, you will be issued an Official Seal and an Establishment System position this year, and you will be paid a fixed salary on a thirty-day basis.

If you do not pass, you will have no Establishment System position. Afterward, if you want to be an official again, there will not be such a good opportunity here in Huaxia, unless you are willing to endure more hardship or make a significant contribution, only then can you have a new opportunity to come and study and take the exam again. If you fail, don't even think about being an official in this lifetime.

All officials in Huaxia go through such an assessment process, and because your study time is short, the assessment content is relatively simple, the difficulty is lower, and the score requirements are lower.

If you were to follow Huaxia's standard assessment method, you would have to study diligently for at least three years.

This is an opportunity Huaxia is giving you, and I am taking this opportunity to make it clear: you must seize it.

If you do not seize this opportunity well and fail the exam, do not come looking for me, and do not hold any grudges; it is entirely your own problem. Regardless of your previous status, if you want to be an official in Huaxia, this step cannot be skipped. If you fail, just honestly take the benefits Huaxia gives you and enjoy life; Nobles can take land and grain, and you won't starve even if you don't work.

As for the small Leaders, just go plow the fields. If you work a little harder, you can also become a rich person, with no worries about food or clothing, and you can live better."

Baoxi's expression gradually changed: "King, then must I also go to study and take the exam?"

Now that all the main figures of the Suiren Clan have been brought to Huaxia, Baifeng can be said to have no concerns: "Of course you must. You are the City Lord of Suiren City; you manage so many people and have to handle so many matters, so you must go. You cannot be given preferential treatment just because your Nobility is high. In Huaxia, Nobility and power are separate."

"What if I don't pass the exam?"

Baifeng's tone was exceptionally firm: "If you don't pass, you keep taking it until you pass or until you don't want to take it anymore. You are a City Lord, so I am giving you special treatment. They only have this one chance, and it is very difficult to get a second one, but you will always have it; you can keep taking the exam and keep studying. How about that?"

Since Baifeng had spoken to this extent, Baoxi could not say much else and could only silently shut his mouth. His report had ended, so he would not look for trouble for himself anymore.

After Baoxi, it was the others' turn to report. Baoxi now also began to listen carefully. He already had enough understanding of Huaxia, so he could basically understand what everyone was saying. However, it was this very meeting that made him truly realize how large a scale Huaxia had spread out, and just how wealthy and powerful it was.

The ones who handed in the best report card this year were, of course, the Industrial Department. In addition to successfully completing this year's task indicators, they also discovered two extremely important minerals: Alum and Magnet.

When refining Alum on the spot, they felt that the amount of crystals produced was really too small, and there must be other ways to improve it, but there was no time, and they could not do more research, so they could only bring back the refined Alum first.

They kept a few dozen catties of Alum, preparing to try adding it to vermicelli to see, and almost all the rest was handed over to the Weaving Department. The people in the Weaving Department had been waiting for the Alum until their eyes were red, because those women had made their favorite flower-red color; the color of the dyed fabric was as vibrant as a blooming flower, and it was incredibly beautiful.

They all wanted to put that kind of fabric into large-scale production so that they could wear it themselves, but the Alum never being delivered was their biggest obstacle.

At the meeting, Miaoyin, as the person in charge of the Weaving Department, also displayed the fabric samples they had made. It can be said that the rich and colorful colors shocked everyone; the colorful appearance of Huaxia's future could already be foreseen.

As for that red color that women like most, the production was not complicated; it was the dye used to dye things purple, but the water used to dissolve the Alum was distilled water. After many attempts, Miaoyin discovered that water also had an effect on the final color, and upon asking Baifeng, the conclusion was that it might be related to the acidity and alkalinity of the water.

In any case, a vibrant begonia red had finally appeared in Huaxia. Now with enough Alum, there would soon be a group of Noble women wearing vibrant red clothes, going out to show off and flaunt.

As for the Magnet, those people from the Suiren Clan had not expected it to be so important. Besides saying that he would also equip the Suiren Clan with some Compasses, Baifeng also assigned them a task: they must also go collect Iron Sand. Since they had many rivers there, there must be a large amount of Iron Sand. With many children and women, he told them to look for Iron Sand in their spare time to exchange for more support from Huaxia.

As long as the quantity of Iron Sand increases, Huaxia can also produce more Ironware. The number of Artisans in the Iron-smelting Workshop is small, and some fine objects, as well as Weapons, can only be hammered out one by one. However, farm tools like axes, hoes, and Plows can be cast directly. Huaxia's molds have long been sufficient; as long as there is enough Iron Sand, these farm tools can also be manufactured in large batches in a short time, which is, of course, of great help to Huaxia's agricultural development.

The other departments did not have much to talk about. People were increasingly unable to understand the content reported by the Ministry of Revenue, especially regarding the operation of the Gold Bank and the issuance of bills. They were now discussing things like commercial foresight—completely incomprehensible terms—so everyone was unwilling to chat much with the people from the Ministry of Revenue. Once they started talking about the current situation, they would insist on dragging in things like supply, market, demand, etc., which were completely unintelligible; only the people from the Ministry of Revenue themselves could understand.

As for Public Security and the Court, they just reported this year's crime rate and punishment situation. Baoxi and the others were stunned listening to it, not expecting that things they were accustomed to were actually not allowed in Huaxia. What would they do in the future? They felt not free at all.

The Ministry of Rites still just went through the motions. The Ministry of Rites had absolutely nothing to report, repeating the same things year after year. Therefore, the Ministry of Rites is the department with the lowest power content in Huaxia, and the number of people is also the smallest, but because they are responsible for sacrifices, everyone cannot look down on them.

The report from Lema City was still the highlight. Listening to Yu's report, everyone even had the feeling that Lema City was about to surpass Huaxia City.