PFC Chapter 193 Klein prepares for a meeting
Chapter 193 Klein prepares for a meeting
Initially, Klein intended to maintain the north-south border by disbanding Loatzin itself, whose walls were already broken and would require a large budget to repair.
Therefore, he planned to build a city jointly planned by the two countries near Loajin, separate and relocate the residents to achieve the goal of building a city in the future.
However, Ye Kai raised an objection. He believed that the northern part of Old Treba was more advantageous. Generally speaking, it was hard to see any advantages in the dense forest area and related dangerous areas that occupied about one-third of the northern part.
Although there are mining mountains in the north, Holzlein is not short of mineral resources, so the north does not have an advantage.
"Why do you recommend the north?" Klein asked Ye Kai after explaining various factors.
“What does Holzlein need most now?”
“…Talent?” Klein answered after careful consideration.
Overproduction in the food production system caused concern. The domestic consumption of magic batteries and Monlicote made the economy prosperous, and foreign trade gradually showed a large surplus.
However, the number of craftsmen and technical researchers required to manufacture magic batteries for magic accumulators is quite large. Monlicote has allocated senior cooking technicians to the production, and has also invested a lot of human resources in the construction of material processing plants and production plants.
Despite this, supply is completely unable to meet demand and only what is needed for production can be consumed, making it impossible to secure stocks or find solutions.
In addition, with the increase in political officers in circulation and export procedures, financial processing and management, they have been transferring personnel from other departments to fill the vacancies.
In short, the training of the required personnel by various departments is also completely lagging behind. The recruitment of leaders required for this training has already shown a state of mutual competition. It seems that it will take decades to resolve the situation.
Ye Kai also learned about these situations, mainly through Klein's information. Although he did not feel sorry for the impact he had brought, regret would not help. Therefore, it might be more constructive to find a solution.
“It takes time and money to develop talent, right?”
“Everyone at the palace understands that at this point.”
“So the north is the solution.”
“I don’t understand it at all.”
Klein's explanation was too brief, so Ye Kai began to explain.
“The South has great potential as a grain warehouse area, and it is indeed able to achieve quite good results. However, the South produces only agricultural products mainly grains, and the residents there are people who specialize in grain production. They may have patience, but they lack diversity.”
“That is undoubtedly true.”
“In contrast, the warmer north produces a wide variety of crops.”
The climate in the northern part of the continent, located in the southern hemisphere, is warmer. The climate in the north ranges from temperate to almost subtropical. There, heat-resistant cereals are less favored. Even for the same type of cereals, pulses are better. In the south, farmers cannot survive on a single crop production, and usually produce a variety of crops.
“This requires creativity and improvement. On the same piece of land, some crops can be planted continuously, while others cannot. Therefore, crop rotation must be considered.”
“Are they really doing this!?”
“Yes. Also, planting different crops in adjacent fields may result in good crops and bad crops. If they are planted next to each other, they may have a positive impact on each other, or they may harm each other. Therefore, the layout of the planting also needs to be considered.”
“Is it necessary to consider so much!?”
For Klein, who was not in the professional field, this was beyond his imagination. Although it might be due to lack of knowledge, everyone had a limited amount of knowledge. This was also the reason why ministers of various departments existed.
“Yes. If you want to grow a new crop, you need to start from scratch. Of course, there may be a certain degree of knowledge accumulation, but considering the relationship with the nature of the soil, I don’t think all conditions have been covered.”
“I can imagine there could be a ton of patterns.”
“They solve these problems with creative methods under the sun. Beyond that there are mining areas and livestock farming and probably all kinds of professionals.”
"I see."
This part should be easy to understand.
“So, people who are used to thinking and people who are not used to thinking. If we were to carry out the same training, which one do you think has more prospects?”
"Obviously it's the former. So you mean to say that people in the north spend less time on training?"
"Yes. In fact, I once protected a young boy in the north who was very smart. Although he may not have learned arithmetic and other knowledge, he can easily do mental arithmetic. Although his magic power is not particularly strong, his magical calculation field is very advanced. I was very surprised that he could achieve these just by thinking."
"Well, very interesting indeed. Worth pondering. I will discuss this with His Majesty."
Afterwards, Klein discussed ideas with Albert again and asked for his opinion on the general direction. The direction proposed by Albert was very bold.
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Viscount Masfitin, the deputy political officer of the Phrygian Ministry of Foreign Affairs who attended the border negotiations, first asked about Holzlein's request in order to consider Crown Prince Klein of Holzlein in front of him.
His mission was to reduce the territory south of the former Treba territory as much as possible, thinking that starting from the central line was not a big problem. Although he also considered the strategy of demanding the south hard at the beginning and then making concessions, considering the future negotiations with Holzlein, it was not wise to be tough from the beginning.
Yet when Klein spoke, he and the people of Phrygia were surprised.
“I want to take the 50 rutzes (60km) north of Loazin, including the densely forested area at the northern end.”
It was Ye Kai's idea to mention the dense forest area. Holzlein's target was the northern residents, but they used the dense forest to divert attention.
In this way, Frigia would speculate presumptuously. Did Holzlein already know that there was something in the forest at the northern end of Treba? That's why he thought so.
"…Is there any special reason for this?"
In fact, Viscount Masfitin did not completely hide his hesitation. In the negotiations, he did not behave like an experienced diplomatic negotiator, which Klein thought was good.