Roland took a sip of tea and continued: "In addition, I plan to carry out basic education in the Changge Fortress, which is also an assessment item for whether you can continue to manage the Changge Fortress." ”

Hearing the word assessment, Pei Luo's ears immediately stood up, "Basic education?"

"That's right," he smiled and nodded. Now that the church has been destroyed, the high priest has been killed, and the power of the church in this place has been weakened by half, it is a good time to fight for the ideological position. He doesn't expect to transform all believers into potentially qualified workers, just to further eliminate the influence of the church. If the Holy City wanted to get their hands on the Fortress of Long Song again, Roland had many ways to keep them out, let alone build a new church.

"Basic education is open to all inhabitants of the fortress under the age of forty, regardless of gender, and includes the reading and writing of the written language, simple calculations, the popularization of natural knowledge, and ideological education. Roland waved his hand, suppressing the other party's question, "Rest assured, this fee will be deducted from the taxes paid to the border towns." Starting this month, you'll only need to pay 20% of the tax, and the remaining 10% will be used for education - you can recruit a few scholars from the royal capital, or hire local knights and nobles, but these people don't cost much. The tax amount of Yicheng is at least nearly 1,000 gold dragons, so you have to do much more than that. ”

Pei Luo thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness, you mean that you want to use this money to motivate residents to get educated?"

Roland smiled, "That's right, except for children, most people have jobs to do during the day, so their education should start at night." But after a busy day, it's finally time to rest, and no one wants to listen to other people's nagging, let alone use their brains to learn literacy. ”

"So you can use some means to lure them to study, such as offering dinner with meat, for example, you can get monetary rewards for learning quickly, etc., and of course bright and spacious classrooms are also essential. He paused, "In short, you must do everything you can to make this work accessible to all the inhabitants of the fortress. As I said, this is also a test for you: a year later, I will require more than fifty percent of the people in the fortress to be literate. ”

"But Your Highness......," said Pero hesitantly, "neither scholars nor nobles have any experience in teaching people to read and write, let alone the popularization of natural knowledge and ideological education," he pronounced out the awkward terms, "and in fact I do not understand them very well. With these people, I'm afraid you won't be able to achieve the effect you want. ”

"I've taken that into account," Roland reassured, "don't worry, I'll send a group of city hall officials to assist you in this matter, and all the books you need for education will be provided by the border towns." They are experienced enough to teach and train the people you recruit before educating the residents. When the time comes, you will understand that they can handle the specific matters. ”

In this way, as long as he wants to continue to be in charge of the fortress, he will inevitably use this group of people, the prince thought, and through the installation of cronies by officials from the Ministry of Education, the news of the Changge Fortress can also be transmitted back to the border town as soon as possible.

Seeing that Perro did not object, Roland began to give the last order: "Third, I plan to build a road between the fortress of Changge and the border town, so as to shorten the time for pedestrians and caravans to travel between the two places. ”

"Your Highness, there is already a road between the two places?" said Perot in surprise.

A dirt path trodden by a man can also be considered a road, less than two meters wide, and when it rains, it is full of mud, and the road is full of potholes, which is not suitable for horse-drawn carriages at high speeds. Roland shook his head and said, "The road I want to build can accommodate at least two carriages side by side, the road surface is smooth and straight, and it will not produce water when it rains, just like the streets of a border town." ”

"Do you mean gravel roads?" the acting lord looked a little surprised, "this kind of road is not cheap, it needs to be cut by stonemasons to cut the gravel and select the right size of stones to mix together before it can be used. Building a gravel road from the fortress to the Frontier Town would cost at least 5,000 gold dragons. Your Highness, with all due respect, if the Changge Fortress does not raise taxes, I am afraid that it will not be able to come up with so much money. ”

"The fortress only needs to provide manpower. The prince said bluntly, "You have issued recruitment announcements to all territories in the western realm, not only the Changge Fortress, but also the major family territories, with a salary of six silver wolves per month and a construction period of one year, I believe that many people will apply." ”

"For handymen, six silver wolves are considered a relatively high salary," Pei Luo nodded, "I don't know how many people you want to recruit?"

"At least two thousand," Roland replied.

In this way, the cost of hiring handymen alone is a large amount of money per month, and with the addition of stonemasons and stone crushers, it is definitely a high cost in the eyes of others, and few lords are willing to use their own money to build such a seemingly unrewarding thing, which can be seen from the other party's expression. However, now that the border town has been able to sell steam engines, income and expenditure can basically maintain a balance, Roland has never planned to store the golden dragon in the warehouse, the so-called want to get rich first to build roads, and it is undoubtedly the best choice to invest the rest of the money in infrastructure.

The construction of a high-quality road connecting the fortress and the border town was of great significance, not only to facilitate future trade and contact between the two places, but also to prerequisite the rapid deployment of the army. If the transportation is inconvenient, even if you receive the news that the fortress has been attacked, and wait until three days later, I am afraid that the enemy's flag will fly at the head of the city.

"I see. Perro commanded.

"That's all you have to do for the time being, I'll be back to the border town in a moment, and I'll do a good job, Mr. Ambassador, don't let me down again. ”

When Perro retired, he suddenly remembered something, stopped and asked, "Your Highness, what should be done with those who are imprisoned in prison?"

Roland's first answer was not so pleasant, and he was silent for a moment before he spoke, "Raise them, they won't live long." ”

......

Boarding the town, the prince set out on his way home.

"You don't seem to be in a good mood?" asked Nightingale, tilting her head, "Is it because of the civilians?"

"They were all forced by Tifeco," Roland sighed, "If they hadn't taken the pill and been manipulated, they wouldn't have acted as each other's minions and died in this strange land." ”

"It's not your fault. The nightingale reached out and took his arm.

"Of course not," Roland said without hesitation, "if I can't stop them, the town will fall victim to Tifeco's lust for power." Of course, the church that makes the pill is also one of the culprits. ”

"So you're going to destroy the church, put an end to strife, and people won't have to kill each other for such a senseless reason again, right?" asked the nightingale with a smile, "whether it's a common person or a witch, they can live happily under your rule." ”

"......" Roland looked into the other party's shining eyes and nodded slightly, "Well, I promise." (To be continued.) )