Roland took a sip of tea, then said: "In addition, I intend to carry out basic education in Longsong Stronghold, this is also the test to determine whether you can continue to manage Longsong Stronghold."
Hearing the word "test", Pérot's ears immediately stood up, "Basic education?"
"That's right," Roland nodded with a smile. Now that the church had been destroyed and the high priest had been killed, the Church's power had been weakened by more than half, it was a good time to fight for the ideological position. He didn't expect to transform all believers into potential qualified workers, he just wanted to further eliminate the influence of the Church. If the Holy City wanted to encroach on Longsong Stronghold again, Roland had many ways to keep them out, and building a new church was out of the question.
"Basic education is open to all residents under the age of forty, regardless of gender, including reading and writing, simple calculation, the popularization of natural knowledge and ideological education." Roland waved his hand, suppressing the other's doubts, "Rest assured, this cost will be deducted from the tax paid to Border Town. From this month onwards, you only need to pay 20% of the tax, and the remaining 10% will be used as a special education fund – you can recruit several scholars from King's City, or hire local Knight squires and fallen nobles, but these people won't cost much money. 10% of the tax is at least close to a thousand Golden Dragon, so you have to do much more than that. "
Pérot thought for a moment, then said: "Your Highness, do you mean to use this money to encourage the residents to receive education?"
This guy's reaction was really sharp, Roland laughed, "Yes, except for children, most people have to make a living during the day, so their education should be carried out at night. But after a busy day, it's finally time to rest, no one wants to listen to other people's nagging, not to mention learning to read also needs to use their brains. "
"So you can use some means to entice them to learn, such as providing a dinner with meat, or learning fast can get a monetary reward, and so on, of course, a bright and spacious classroom is also indispensable." He paused, "In short, you have to do everything possible to spread this work to all residents of Longsong Stronghold. As I said, this is also a test for you. One year later, I want the number of people in the stronghold to exceed 50%. "
"But your Highness …" said Pérot, hesitating. "Neither scholars nor nobles have any experience in teaching people to read, let alone to popularize natural knowledge or to educate them." He read out the difficult words. "In fact, I don't quite understand them myself. If you use these people, I'm afraid you won't be able to achieve the results you want. "
"I have also considered this point," Roland comforted her. "Don't worry, I will send a group of City Hall officials to assist you in carrying out this matter. At the same time, all the books you need for education will be provided by Border Town. They have a lot of experience, so they can teach and train the people you recruit first before educating the residents. When the time comes, you'll understand after talking to them in detail. They can handle the specific matters. "
In this way, as long as I want to continue to be in charge of Longsong Stronghold, I will inevitably use this group of people, the prince thought. And through the Ministry of Education's officials, the news of Longsong Stronghold can also be sent back to Border Town in the first place.
Seeing that Pérot did not express any objection, Roland began to give his last order: "The third thing, I plan to build a road between Longsong Stronghold and Border Town, so that pedestrians and caravans can travel between the two places."
"Your Highness, there is already a road between the two places?" Pérot asked in surprise.
Can a muddy path created by people be considered a road? It is less than two meters wide, and when it rains, it will be full of mud, and the road is full of potholes, it is not suitable for carriages to travel at high speed. Roland shook his head, "I want to build a road that can at least accommodate two carriages side by side. The road will be flat and straight, and there will be no water when it rains, just like the streets of Border Town."
"Do you mean a gravel road?" The acting Lord looked a little surprised, "The cost of this kind of road is not low, it requires a stonemason to cut the gravel, and then select the appropriate size of the stones to match together before it can be used. To build a gravel road from Longsong Stronghold to Border Town, it will cost at least five thousand Golden Dragons or more. Your Highness, with all due respect, if Longsong Stronghold does not increase taxes, I am afraid that we will not be able to come up with so much money. "
"The stronghold only needs to provide manpower." The prince bluntly said, "You will issue a recruitment notice to all the territories in the Western Region, not only Longsong Stronghold, but also the territories of all the great families. The salary will be six silver royals per month, and the construction period will be one year. I believe that there should be many people who will apply."
"For handymen, six silver royals is a relatively high salary," Pérot nodded, "I do not know how many people you want to recruit?"
"At least two thousand people," Roland replied.
The monthly cost of hiring handymen was not a small amount, in addition to stonemasons and gravel workers, in the eyes of others, it was definitely a high cost. Very few lords were willing to use their own money to build something that seemed to have no return, this could be seen from the other side's expression. However, now that Border Town could sell steam engines, income and expenditure could basically maintain a balance, Roland had never intended to store the Golden Dragon in the warehouse, as the saying goes, if you want to be rich, you must first build a road. Investing the remaining money in the infrastructure was undoubtedly the best choice.
Building a high-quality road connecting Longsong Stronghold and Border Town was of great significance, not only to facilitate the future trade and communication between the two places, but also the prerequisite for the rapid deployment of the army. If the traffic was inconvenient, even if they received the news that Longsong Stronghold had been attacked, they would have to wait for three days before rushing over, I am afraid that the enemy's flag would already be flying over the city walls.
"I understand," Pérot said.
"For the time being, you have to do so much, I will immediately return to Border Town, do a good job, Mr." Ambassador ", do not let me down again."
When Pérot was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something, stopped and asked, "Your Royal Highness, what should we do with those people imprisoned in the prison?"
For the first time, Roland didn't answer so happily, he was silent for a moment before saying, "Keep them, they won't live for long."
…
After boarding Little Town, the Prince set foot on his way back.
"You don't seem to be in a good mood?" Nightingale appeared, tilted her head and asked, "Is it because of those civilians?"
"They were all forced by Timothy," Roland sighed, "If they hadn't taken the pill and been manipulated, they wouldn't have become his minions and died in this strange land."
"It's not your fault," Nightingale reached out and held his arm.
"Of course not," Roland said without hesitation, "If I hadn't been able to stop them, Border Town would have become a victim of Timothy's power. Of course, the Church that made the pill is also one of the main culprits. "
"So you will destroy the Church, end the dispute, and make people no longer have to kill each other for such senseless reasons, right?" Nightingale asked with a smile, "Whether it is an ordinary person or a witch, they can all live happily under your rule."
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