Chapter 77: Language Advisor and Semaphore Communications
Paul was discussing the sale of harvesters at the farm machinery factory with old Ford, Ansel and other administrative officials, laughing from time to time.
Although the scene where everyone rushed to order did not appear as I expected, it is not bad to have received an order of tens of thousands of silver coins within a few days. So it seems that there are quite a lot of rich people in my territory, I have to find a way to "move" the money in their hands.
The leaders of the Government Council were all overjoyed. Apart from the increase in the territory's finances, another important reason was that most of them were landlords themselves, and they had more or less land in their families. Paul promised that they could Buy a Harvester from the Farm Machinery Factory.
Old Ford reported to Paul that the integration of cultivated land was progressing steadily, and the scattered small pieces of cultivated land in the previous landowners' homes were being integrated into large-scale farms in the next step promoted by the local farmers' association. The four-field crop rotation method has also been widely publicized, and many people have indicated that they will start to try out this new type of farming technology next year. There is also the construction of water conservancy facilities. The peasant associations in various places have collected corvee in the name of the lord. So far, a total of 5 kilometers of irrigation canals have been repaired and newly built. This number will continue to grow. After completing the construction of farmers' associations in Bairding, the Ministry of Agriculture intends to extend the above measures to Bairding for implementation.
In the past, General Manager Ford was personally responsible for the agricultural affairs. Now that Hansel is the director of the Ministry of Agriculture, his burden can be lightened in the future.
Paul is somewhat uncomfortable with the way of using people's power without compensation, such as expropriation of corvee, but this is the only way to do it under the current situation of low fiscal revenue.
In the end, he concluded: "Then, please work harder in the future to double the agricultural output of our Alda and Bairding several times as soon as possible."
Everyone took orders one after another, and went back to continue their work.
Paul turned to the "secretary" sitting beside him and asked, "Bernard, do you have any other arrangements for today?"
Bernard Francis, an old friend Hansel dug from the capital, used to be a librarian at Wang Li Jingyao College. Years of copying career have given him a great amount of knowledge, and he has also cultivated an insatiable memory. technology. The articles written are full of flowers, all kinds of allusions are easy to come by, and the character is rigorous. After all, when copying books in the academy, they use parchment, and copying a wrong word can make people feel distressed for a long time.
After coming to Huxin Town, Manager Ford felt that his characteristics were very suitable for helping the Earl with tasks such as handling paperwork and arranging schedules, so he recommended him to Paul. Paul felt very satisfied after the "interview" and specially set up the post of "secretary" for Berner.
After hearing Paul's question, Berner opened his notebook and quickly said: "You need to conduct an interview this afternoon. The notice posted not long ago for recruiting linguistics talents finally got someone to apply for it yesterday." Berner proposed to Paul. All kinds of new terms are adapted quickly.
"Okay, let me see who it is."
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Before two o'clock in the afternoon, Paul came to the office first. Nowadays, with the increase of affairs in the territory, it is obviously inappropriate to continue to stay in the study for office work, so he asked Philip butler to find another room in the lord's mansion as a special office space, and the original study room was only for storing his work. Some private collections.
At two o'clock, there was a knock on the door, and after calling "Come in," Bernard led a girl in.
Um? This girl looks so familiar.
The girl saluted him and said hello: "Count Greiman, long time no see."
haven't seen you for a long time? Oh, by the way, isn't this the girl who was rescued on the way back to Huxin Town from Fulan Port? It seems to be from the Gabela Empire, and her surname is Dias. Later, Paul found out that Dias was an important surname in the Gabela Empire, and the current Queen of the Aldo Kingdom came from this Dias family. No wonder she was wearing the kind of clothes that only the rich and powerful would wear at that time. However, it may also happen to have the same surname as the Dias family, after all, there are so many people in the world.
He motioned the girl to sit down, and asked, "Miss Dias, are you here to apply for a linguistics expert?" Isn't this girl a little young, how much can she have in her stomach?
The girl nodded and replied: "Yes, I have some experience in language and characters. I can read and write basically the languages that circulate on the mainland, and I have also studied some rare languages and ancient characters."
It's really awesome, if this girl is not bragging, she is simply a humanoid translator.
He asked Berner to find some foreign language contrast dictionaries for himself, and he had to test them out. There are no other language talents, so the test can only be done by looking through the dictionary.
Unexpectedly, Berner recommended himself: "My lord, I also know a few other languages, can you let me try."
"What, you still have this ability, why didn't you say it earlier?"
Berna smiled shyly: "Students of Wang Li Jingyao College have to master several languages, and Hansel is the same."
Irene was nervous when she heard it. There are still people from Jingyao Academy in this small town? Fortunately, the other party didn't seem to know her, so she gradually felt relieved.
Paul stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation to Berna: "Then you can test her."
After a translation test on the girl, Bernard said to Paul, "My lord, she is really very good. I can't beat her."
Irene raised her head and said quite proudly: "Earl Greiman, being able to speak a certain language and studying a certain language are two different things, maybe you can try other aspects, such as the shape of a certain language, system, origin, evolution and development."
Paul looked at Bernard, who shrugged and said he couldn't do anything.
Well, let's decide it's her.
"Miss Dias, congratulations on your appointment as my Linguistics Consultant."
"What do I do as a consultant? Translate when you communicate with people from different countries?" asked Erin, who had expected herself to be a tutor or something.
Paul replied: "Uh... there may be such a job in the future." Considering the increase in future trading partners, the scene the girl said is really possible.
"But there is a special task for you right now - to create a new semaphore system for my army."
"New semaphore?"
"Yes, the use of flags to communicate certain command orders."
Irene was very puzzled: "As far as I know, the technology of using flags to command troops in the armies of various countries is already very mature. Why do you want to reinvent the wheel?"
Paul explained: "Now the semaphore technology can carry too little information, I need a semaphore that can transmit very complex commands."
After two battles, Paul deeply felt how inconvenient it is to command the army in this age when communications basically depended on shouting. Every time he had an order, he had to rely on the messenger to convey it.
He asked Chief of Staff Schroeder to learn about the world's battlefield command methods. To his disappointment, although there were horns and semaphores, they could only convey some simple orders, such as advance, charge, and retreat. Before the start of the fight~www.readwn.com~how the generals of both sides arrange their troops has already decided nearly half of the outcome.
Arda's army is unique in this world. Not only is it organized differently, but it also has new technological weapons such as muskets and cannons. Many orders cannot be expressed through the existing semaphore, such as where the artillery fires and which troops to support. Still use shotgun.
Thinking a little further, the semaphore system that the navy that is still under construction needs to fight at sea is more complicated, so it must be prepared in advance.
He said to Irene: "My officers will explain the specific needs to you in detail."
Miss "Dias" nodded if she was looking for an enemy: "I see."
"Then let's talk about the treatment. How about 1 silver coin per month? If you perform well, the treatment will give you a promotion."
This is 1,000 copper coins. After all, in the Northwest area, this Miss Dias is also a high-end talent, so the salary is naturally higher.
"Yes." Irene agreed straight away. After living in the center of the lake for a while, she knew that one silver coin was considered a high salary in terms of local prices.
Paul was very satisfied and asked Bernard to lead Miss "Dias" to sign the employment agreement.
In addition to the semaphore of the army, he has bigger plans in the future. In order to speed up the progress of the reform, he must achieve strong control over every village and town in the territory and build a strong grassroots regime. In order to achieve this goal, he needs a long-distance communication system that can quickly convey his will to various places and obtain local information in a timely manner.
With the current technology, the invention of the telegraph is too whimsical, but it can still be realized by other means, such as the flag-raising relay system similar to the French "Semaphoreline"?
