"Seeing that you've returned with the Holy Lady, I knew that it wasn't over yet."
Fiona sighed and looked at Tang En. "Tell me, what's the situation over there?"
"It's not too bad, is it?"
Tang En shrugged. "Almost two hundred demons were killed, but at present, we estimate that a batch of demons has left the great rift, so we split up and continued the pursuit."
"I hope nothing goes wrong."
"Let's not talk about that for now."
Tang En changed the topic and said, "The research institute's miniature magic array replication technology has been conquered. Next, we need to adjust the production structure."
"What is it?"
Fiona immediately picked up a pen and paper and began to take notes.
"The most important thing is the production of special bullets. According to the existing improved magic arrays, we need to design at least six production lines for special bullets, which may not be enough."
According to the current production efficiency, if the materials were complete, the alchemy puppets could complete the engraving work of one bullet per second. However, even if a production line produced continuously for a day, it could only produce about a hundred thousand bullets. At present, the bullets consumed in a battle were in the hundreds of thousands. If Ellington had more time to produce, the situation would be much better.
"Then expand the production capacity and increase the production lines."
Fiona said decisively, "The addition of artificial souls and alchemy puppets can greatly reduce the demand for human resources. We can optimize the human resources in this regard and adjust the proportion of workers."
The artificial souls brought by Histisa maximized the effect of the alchemy puppets. Many jobs could be replaced by alchemy puppets, which gave Ellington, who was short of manpower, the possibility of expanding the production capacity.
"Oh? You already have an idea? "
Fiona took out a notebook from the side and handed it to Tang En. "Angus came back a few days ago, and now he's gone back again, but this time, Mr. Jean went back with him. It's said that they found something interesting in Hohnheim's library, but they left these files and plans before they left."
Tang En opened it and looked at it. He couldn't help but be surprised.
What Angus had written was a proposal to use alchemy puppets to completely replace the workers. Since alchemy puppets would not be tired, hungry, or have any complaints, they could completely obey orders, and they would only consume some magic crystals. When the cost was spread out, it was even more expensive than hiring humans. Therefore, he suggested that Tang En use alchemy puppets to completely replace the human workers.
Tang En smiled. "You should know very well that we can only use alchemy puppets partially. It's impossible to completely replace the human workers."
Fiona nodded. "That's true. Master Angus seems to be thinking too simply."
As a ruler, what Tang En had to consider was not only the problem of industrial costs, but also the problem of jobs.
Although the cost of hiring human workers was relatively high, the large number of jobs provided gave people work to do and a stable income. This gave them a sense of belonging, and they would work hard to protect Ellington.
More importantly, it was because they all had jobs and income that Ellington's public security was so good.
Fortunately, this was the Prandal, which was vast and sparsely populated. Tang En had a headache because of the lack of manpower.
If it was on Earth, there wouldn't be such a problem. A large amount of cheap labor could completely meet his needs.
At present, the working population of Ellington had officially exceeded 200,000, and it was rapidly increasing by nearly 10,000 people every month. This city had completely changed from a small town to a small city. By Prandal standards, having 200,000 permanent workers could already be considered a medium-sized city.
It was worth mentioning that with the support of Tang En's policy to encourage childbirth, as of the first day of midsummer, more than 50,000 newborns were born among the residents of Ellington. This ratio was quite astonishing.
This meant that at least 50,000 couples had completely taken root in Ellington. The ratio of the remaining single men and women was quite a headache. Due to the special environment of Prandal, the death rate of men was quite high. Therefore, the number of men was very small. Except for the 100,000 married men and women, the remaining single young adults were only 30,000 men of marriageable age, and 70,000 women of marriageable age.
This problem gave Fiona a headache. She had to continue to implement various attractive policies to attract young men to Ellington.
For example, every unmarried young man who migrated to Ellington could not only be exempted from farm labor, but also enjoy education and training. They could receive a living allowance every day until they finished their training and arranged a job. In addition, they could live in Ellington with a certain amount of tax relief. They could also enjoy special benefits when they got married and had children in Ellington …
But the effects of these policies could not be seen at the moment.
In fact, if the newborns and the elderly were included, the population of Ellington was about to exceed 300,000. The larger the population, the stronger the attraction to other people. Just like a rolling snowball, the population would increase faster and faster, and the labor shortage would decrease until it reached saturation.
"In fact, our population is not increasing slowly. It's just that the increase in the labor force can't keep up with the speed of our expansion. We can use the alchemy puppets to temporarily meet our production needs."
Fiona put away the book and helplessly said, "After all, it takes time to rush here from other places. Not everyone can sit in a carriage. Many people who have nowhere else to go will probably walk all the way here, and a large number of people will even die on the way."
Tang En frowned when he heard that. "I seem to have forgotten about that."
Transportation in Prandal was a problem. Before the invention of motorcycles, it had always been carriages. But what was more troublesome was that the Prandal planet was larger than Earth. With such a large area, how long would it take for a carriage to travel?
Even if the poor people at the bottom of the hierarchy were tempted and set off after promoting Ellington in Alinx, whether they could reach Ellington or not was still a question mark.
Tang En pondered for a moment and suddenly asked, "Where is the construction of the highway from Bein to Alinx?"
"When I met Jiarian two days ago, he said that the construction was more than half done and would be completed in half a month. In fact, the laying of the highway network in the empire was carried out at the same time. It would be completed in half a month."
Fiona said with a strange expression, "It is said that Reeves has finished training the staff at the toll booth and can't wait to start collecting fees."
"Half a month …"
Tang En muttered to himself, and an idea popped up in his mind. "It's about time, it should be feasible!"
Fiona was startled. "What are you going to do?"
"In half a month, I'm going to start a driving school training."
Tang En narrowed his eyes and said, "I think it's time to open public transportation, including intercity public transportation."
"Public transportation?"
Fiona was stunned. "What's that?"
"You'll understand soon."
Tang En pondered for a moment and said, "The special warhead production line will be designed according to twelve lines. The missing manpower will be replaced by alchemy puppets. The production line will be set up in the Black Stone Cave. This matter will be arranged as soon as possible. Then, select a group of men and women between 30 and 50 years old for me. They must be healthy, have normal vision, and have normal IQ. They don't need to be Apocalyptics, ordinary people will do."
"Between 30 and 50 years old … It's a bit troublesome."
Fiona frowned. "Those who have some ability to work are either working in the factory or farming their own land. There aren't many people who have free time."
"Then choose from the newcomers."
"The point is, what do you want these people to do? The newcomers aren't necessarily trustworthy. "
Tang En smiled. "It's nothing. I just need to train a group of qualified drivers."
Because Prandal's previous travel relied on carriages, and only the rich nobles could afford to use flying magic beasts. Moreover, flying magic beasts were very uncomfortable, so travel here was very slow, and the radius of activity was limited to the vicinity of the towns where they lived. Some people had never even left their villages in their lives, and the only way to learn about the outside world was through the oral narration of the traveling merchants or bards.
There was too little communication between the cities, which led to the slow development of society as a whole.
Perhaps in the beginning, people didn't have much demand for transportation between cities, but as the flow of people became more frequent, people gradually became aware of the need in this regard.
And Tang En had already started to plan for intercity public transportation. On one hand, it was to deal with this demand in advance, and on the other hand, it was to solve the problem that Fiona had just mentioned.
Those immigrants who walked to Ellington.
Perhaps in the beginning, no passengers would take the intercity public transportation, but those immigrants would become the first batch of passengers.
Tang En could first build a batch of buses by hand. After the driving school trained the first batch of drivers, Ellington would also be able to produce buses. These buses would be brought to Alinx, and then people who wanted to settle down in Ellington would be picked up in Alinx, and then return to Ellington via the highway.
Not only would it attract immigrants along the way, but it would also make the Datang Chamber of Commerce famous, and let others see the convenience of buses.
After the highway network in the Irus Empire was completed, people's demand for high-speed transportation would gradually appear. At this time, whether it was taking a bus or buying Mana Sedan, it was a very good choice.
"Drivers? I don't understand. "
"You don't need to understand now. I'll work overtime tonight to prepare a document. Tomorrow, you need to arrange it as soon as possible … No, not just you, but also Aurelia."
Not only did he need to train the drivers, but more importantly, he needed to introduce the corresponding traffic laws, traffic signal lights, and establish traffic patrol officers as soon as possible …
Although it might not be used in the beginning, it was always better to prepare in advance than to fix the pen after the sheep were lost.
Fortunately, even though he couldn't remember the professional theoretical knowledge, he still remembered some of the basic traffic laws quite clearly.
It was time to let the people of Prandal feel the fear of being controlled by a ticket!
Fiona looked at the muttering Tang En and was confused.
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