Although no one could understand Sui Xiong's concern about the world's economic order, and no one could understand why he often felt distressed when looking at the piles of gold and silver in the underground treasury, his orders were still well executed.
First, he was very prestigious, and his prestige was so high that he could even make decisions on national affairs. Second, it was spending his money anyway, and he did not have to pay for it himself. Moreover, it could increase employment, so why would anyone object?
With the efforts of a large number of propagandists, every policy of the Republic of Northwest could be quickly conveyed to the local areas. Not to mention the prosperous Void City, even the more remote villages could receive the news within a few days. As for the implementation, although the Republic of Northwest was short of manpower, it was never stingy in administration. Whether it was manpower or material resources, it would not hesitate to invest them. Therefore, there had never been a situation where the policy was delayed for a long time.
With this alone, it had left the other countries on the Main Plane far behind.
For example, this policy of naming a citizen's surname would take at least three to four months from the policy announcement to the start of full registration in other countries. From the start to the end of the first stage of registration, it could take half a year. Perhaps the registration started when the policy was announced in the capital, but after two or three years, the first stage of registration in the border areas had not yet been completed. As for the second and third stages of registration, it might not be completed even after a few decades.
This was the difference between the administrative efficiency of a country, and also the difference between a feudal dynasty and a modern country.
Although Sui Xiong's historical knowledge was very average, many of the systems of the Republic of Northwest were borrowed from modern countries. Due to the lack of conditions, it could not reach the modern level, but at least it was much better than most modern countries. At the very least, the country's decrees could be carried out to the lowest level and implemented on every citizen. This was already very shocking.
The citizens of the Republic of Northwest were very happy and enthusiastic about being able to give themselves a surname. The propagandists had just announced the policy on the streets, and many people had already dropped what they were doing and hurriedly ran to the various street offices of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Soon, there was a long line in front of the various street offices. Everyone waited patiently while thinking about what kind of surname they should give themselves.
First of all, the surname must be loud. Things like "dog's tail" or "cat's ears" were absolutely not allowed. Otherwise, future generations would definitely be laughed at and most would blame their ancestors for being uncultured.
Secondly, the surname could not be too difficult to pronounce. If it was awkward to pronounce, it would be inconvenient. For example, if his surname was Ba Bo Bi or something like that, then it wouldn't work. Before Sui Xiong traveled to this world, he had never understood why the names of some countries and ethnic groups were so strange and hard to pronounce.
Finally, the surname could not be too long. What do you mean by Galamrinevsky? Hey! How long are you going to write your name?
Speaking of which, there was a joke. In the traditional elven culture, in order to reflect the inheritance, the names usually had to include the important deeds of the ancestors. As a result, the names became longer and longer. At a certain point, even the elves themselves would not be able to bear it.
For example, Madame Teague was a descendant of the Moon Elves. According to her family's inherited name, if her entire name was written in the common language, it would probably take up a whole piece of paper, and the font couldn't be too big.
Even Madame Teague herself couldn't remember such a name, let alone others.
This content would be reminded at every registration office, urging everyone not to be muddle-headed and leave behind a strange or funny surname for their descendants.
While waiting in line, people were also chatting. Of course, they were talking about this matter.
"George, what's your surname?"
"My father's name is Johnny. I'm going to use my father's name as my family's surname."
"That's a good idea! I'll do the same. "
"What's your father's name?"
"… His name is George."
So this was a little awkward, and awkward silence was inevitable.
"Watson, aren't you a noble? Why are you also registering your surname?"
"I'm going to change my surname. After all, I've lost contact with the Edward family for a long time. They don't even recognize me as a relative. Why should I join them?"
"So what's your surname?"
"Sherlock Holmes is not bad."
"… Why does this sound familiar?"
"Last time when the opera 'Watson and Holmes' was performed, we went to see it together …"
"Yes! You're using the name of the character in the opera as your surname? "
"What's wrong with that?"
"Of course not. You're a genius! You inspired me. I've decided to use 'Lancelot' as my surname, so that when my descendants watch 'The Adventures of the Perfect Knight', they will feel very proud. "
"… I think maybe they'll be a little embarrassed."
"So be it. This is also a precious legacy that I, their ancestor, left to them. Hahahaha!"
There were also some more ordinary ones.
"Ron, what's your surname?"
"Just Ron, can't I?"
"So your name will become Ron Ron?"
"It sounds a little strange … What do you think?"
"How about your surname is House, and mine is Ron?"
"Doesn't that mean we'll exchange names?"
"Yes, we're such good friends, closer than blood brothers. Isn't it very appropriate to exchange names?"
"You're right. Let's do that!"
Because there were still many illiterate people in each village, the first stage of surname registration was delayed for about a month. After that, the sorting work did not take much time. There were clergymen from the Church of the Void Mask at every registration point. Every registration would be reported to Sui Xiong through prayer. Then Sui Xiong stored all the information in the "central mainframe" of the God Kingdom. After the statistics were done, it only took a short two hours to sort out the situation of the duplicate names.
In the "sanctuary" of the God Kingdom, there was a strange-looking mainframe computer. It was originally a clone of Sui Xiong. Later, as Sui Xiong's skills improved, some modifications were made, and now it was almost semi-independent. Usually, this "mainframe" was used for the game projects of the Church of the Void Mask, especially to provide server support for the spiritual experience game "Infinite Horror." In fact, this was nothing compared to its performance. Most of its functions were idle and had no place to use them.
Normally, Sui Xiong could also use it for deduction work. However, Sui Xiong's programming ability was very poor, and his reasoning ability was also very average. He did not have the ability to deduce anything, let alone design a program that could be used for deduction.
Therefore, the functions of the "mainframe" that were idle could really be put to use until now.
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