Things from Another World

"I saw that you were returning with Her Majesty's Crown, and I knew it was not over."

Fiona sighed and looked at Tang En. "Say, what's the situation over there?"

"Not too bad."

Tang En shrugged: "Almost two hundred demons have been killed, but at present we estimate that a group of demons have left the Great Rift Valley area, so the soldiers continued to pursue in two ways."

"I hope nothing happens."

"Stop talking about this."

Tang En shifted the topic, saying: "The Academy's miniature magic array engraving technology has been conquered, and the production structure needs to be adjusted next."

"You said."

Fiona immediately picked up the pen and paper and started recording.

"First of all, the most important point is the production of special warheads. According to the existing improved magic array, we need to design at least six production lines for special warheads. This capacity may not be enough."

According to the current production efficiency, if the materials are complete, the alchemy can complete the engraving of a bullet in one second, but even if a production line is a non-stop production, it is only about 100,000, and now it takes a battle to consume Hundreds of thousands of bullets are calculated. If you give Ellington production time, the situation will be much better.

"Then expand capacity and increase production lines."

Fiona said decisively: "The addition of artificial souls and alchemists can greatly reduce the demand for human resources. We can optimize human resources in this regard and adjust the proportion of workers' structure."

The artificial soul brought by Yustysa brought the effects of Alchemy 傀儡 to the fullest, and many jobs can be replaced with Alchemy 傀儡, thus bringing the possibility of expanding production capacity to the scarce Ellington.

"Oh? Already have an idea?"

Fiona took a book from the side and handed it to Tang En: "Angus came back a few days ago, and now he is back, but this time His Excellency Gene also returned with him, said to be in Hohenheim Something interesting was found in the library, but they left it with the materials and plans before leaving. "

Tang En opened it and looked around, a little surprised.

Angus wrote a plan for the alchemist to completely replace the workers. In view of the fact that the alchemist will not be tired, hungry or complained, they can fully obey orders, and they consume only some magic crystals, which are spread evenly. The cost is even more elegant than hiring humans, so he suggested that Tang En completely replace human employees with alchemy tincture.

Tang En smiled: "You should know very well that we can only use alchemical tinctures in part and cannot completely replace human employees."

Fiona nodded: "It's true, Master Angus seems to think too simple."

As a ruler, Tang En should consider not only the issue of industrial costs, but also the issue of jobs.

Although the cost of hiring human employees is relatively high, the large number of jobs provided can allow people to do their jobs and have a stable income, which gives them a sense of belonging and will work to protect Ellington.

What's more, Ellington's law and order is so good because they both have work and income.

Thanks to the fact that here is the wide and sparse population of Prandall, Tang En will have a headache and expansion due to lack of people.

If it were on Earth, there would be no such trouble, and a lot of cheap labor can fully meet his needs.

At present, the working population of Ellington has officially exceeded 200,000, and it is growing rapidly with the number of nearly 10,000 people per month. The city has completely changed from a small town in the beginning to a small city. In terms of standards, a city with 200,000 permanent residents can already be regarded as a medium-sized city.

It is worth mentioning that under the support of Tang En's policy of encouraging fertility, as of the first day of mid-summer, more than 50,000 newborns have been born among residents of Ellington, which is quite an amazing proportion.

This means that at least 50,000 couples are now fully rooted in Ellington, and the remaining single men and women are a headache. Given the special circumstances of Prendall, the death rate of men is quite high. The number is very small. In addition to the 100,000 married men and women, among the remaining single young adults, there are only 30,000 suitable men and 70,000 are suitable women.

This problem caused Fiona a headache and had to continue to pursue various attractive policies to attract young men to join Ellington.

For example, after each unmarried young man moves to Ellington, he can not only be exempted from agricultural service, but also be able to enjoy education and training. He can receive a minimum living allowance every day until he receives training and arranges work, as well as a certain tax relief for living in Ellington Negative, getting married and having children in Ellington can enjoy special benefits and so on ...

However, the effect is not yet visible.

In fact, counting newborns and elderly people, Ellington's population is about to exceed 300,000. When the population is larger, the more attractive it is to others, just like snowballing, the population is increasing. The speed will become faster and faster, and the labor gap here will be less and less until it finally reaches saturation.

"In fact, the rate of population growth here is not slow, but the rate of labor increase cannot keep up with our expansion rate. The use of alchemy can temporarily meet our production needs."

Fiona retracted the book and said helplessly: "After all, it takes time to get over from other places. Not everyone can get in a carriage. Many people who have no idea are walking all the way, and even a large number of people will Die on the road. "

Tang En frowned, "I seem to have forgotten this."

Prandall's traffic is very problematic. Before the birth of motorcycles, horse carriages were always used. However, what hurts is that Prandall's planet is larger than the earth. How long does a horse carriage run for such a large area?

Even if it was propagated how good Ellington was in Alinks, even if the poor people at the bottom had moved their hearts and set off, whether they could get to Ellington was still a question mark.

Tang En groaned for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Where has the highway from Bayne to Yalinks been repaired?"

"When I met Garian the other day, he said that the progress of the project was over half and it would be completed in another half a month-in fact, the laying of the highway network within the empire was synchronized, half a month After that, almost everything was completed. "

Fiona said with a strange look: "It is said that Rivyz has already trained the staff at the toll booth and can't wait to be charged.

"Half a month ..."

Tang En murmured to himself, an irresistible thought came out in his mind: "It's almost time, it should work!"

Fiona stunned: "What are you going to do?"

"In these half months, driving school training is offered."

Tang En narrowed his eyes and said, "I think it's time to open buses, including intercity buses."

"bus?"

Fiona froze. "What's that?"

"Soon you will understand."

After a moment of groaning, Tang En said, "The production line for special warheads is designed according to twelve, and the missing manpower is topped by the alchemist, and the production line is set up in the Black Stone Cave. This matter will be arranged as soon as possible, and then you will choose a batch of thirty Men and women between the age of 50 require good health, normal vision, normal IQ, and do not need apocalypse, ordinary people can do it. "

"Between thirty and fifty ... somewhat troublesome."

Fiona frowned. "Everyone with a little labor ability has gone to work in the factory, or he is just cultivating his own land. There are really not many people in his spare time."

"Then choose from the new immigrants."

"The point is what do you want these people to do? Newcomers are not necessarily trustworthy."

Tang En smiled: "It's nothing, it just needs to train a group of qualified old drivers."

Because Prandall's previous trips were all based on horse-drawn carriages, only wealthy nobles could afford to fly Warcraft, and flying Warcraft was still uncomfortable, so the trip here was very slow, and the radius of activity was limited to the neighborhood of the town. Some People haven't even gone out to their villages all their lives, and the only way to know the outside world is through the dictation of those traders or bards.

Too few exchanges between cities have led to the slow development of the society as a whole.

Perhaps at the beginning, people did n’t have much demand for transportation between cities, but as people flow more and more frequently, people will gradually realize this demand.

Tang En is now planning for intercity buses, on the one hand to respond to this demand in advance, and on the other hand to solve the trouble Fiona just said.

Those migrants on foot to Ellington.

There may be no passengers on intercity buses at first, but those immigrants will be the first passengers.

Tang En can first build a number of buses by hand. After the first batch of drivers are trained at the driving school, Ellington can produce buses. Take these buses to Yalinks and then in Yalink Those who intend to settle in Ellington, return to Ellington via the highway.

Not only can you gather immigrants along the way, but you can also raise the profile of the Datang Chamber of Commerce and let others see the convenience of buses.

After the highway network in the Illus Empire is completely laid, people's demand for high-speed transportation will gradually appear. At this time, whether it is by bus or rich locals to buy magic cars Are very good choices.

"Driver? I don't understand."

"You don't need to understand now. I will work overtime to get a copy of the information. Tomorrow you need to arrange it as soon as possible ... No, not only you, but also Aurelia."

Not only is the driving school training for crashes, it is more important that the corresponding traffic regulations, traffic lights, and traffic police be established as soon as possible ...

Although it may not be used at first, it is better to prepare in advance than to make up for it.

Fortunately, although the highly specialized theoretical knowledge is not well remembered, he still remembers some basic traffic regulations quite well.

It's time to let the people of Prendall feel the fear of being dominated by a ticket!

Fiona's face looked blank as she murmured.