jdhmnovel Chapter 48 is copied to each department.
Chapter 48 is copied to each department.
After seeing Anna off, who was about to become a semiconductor master, Alice opened the document. It was a thick stack of materials, all handwritten by Vera.
"Copying is not easy. I really should have brought a printer with me."
Alice nodded. The copying was done once a week. Sometimes Alice would do it herself, and Anna and Saines would often spend the whole day on that tablet. Charging was still a hassle. Considering the importance of the solar-powered power bank, Alice had to send soldiers to guard it.
"Ah... This document, 'On the Principles of Wired Telegraph and Cables,' is for the National Telecommunications Technology Department. Note: Please design and revise the section on cables together with Miss Anna."
Alice placed the document into a file bag beside her. She was currently at the National Development and Reform Commission of Amelansi, the office of the Trian Provisional Government, as an executive member. This department was responsible for the overall management and drafting of regulations and plans for national system reform and national industrialization.
"Hmm... 'On a Smokeless Propellant Based on Nitrocellulose,' this one is for the Trian Arms Factory. Oh, and this one, 'Metal-Fit Ammunition Configuration'? What a waste! And this one, 'Break-Bore Rifle Configuration Using Metal-Fit Ammunition'? 'Helical Locking Mechanism Principle?'"
Several documents were about weapon upgrades. Alice thought about it and realized that the current situation was undoubtedly sufficient. The 13mm Mini bullet replaced the 20mm Brown Bess bullet in just one year, and now there was another upgrade?
Alice decided to send it to the Trian Arsenal and the Trian Ordnance Bureau, but with a note: "Please consider the budgetary issues arising from the replacement of ordnance, and prohibit the production and service of new guns before the Planning Bureau's annual budget review results."
Alice stamped the document with the "Top Secret" seal and set it aside.
"Um, Your Highness."
The door was pushed open, and a civil servant from the Agriculture Bureau appeared. Alice could smell the earthy scent on her.
"You've come at the right time. Are you from the Agriculture Bureau?"
"Yes, Your Highness, Mr. Li wants to discuss the issue of introducing new species..."
"Approval? Why do you need to contact me for something like this?"
"Director Li believes that he needs to study the unknown new continent with the geological team."
"Don't your departments have direct communication channels? Your Director Li is also an executive member of the Agricultural Committee. Get that straight!"
"Yes......"
"Take this document to your Director Li."
Alice casually picked up a copy of "Agricultural Science" and handed it to the civil servant, then waved her away. There was so much to do in this office; as for the work on Alice's desk... who knew when she would ever finish it?
"Miss, you should have some tea..."
Raffis, Alice's "private administrative secretary," handed over a cup of tea and a sugar cube. When Alice saw the snow-white sugar cube, she thought of the truckload of sugar beets she had seen a few days ago—the planting had been successful. Although the first trial planting was not large, it was enough for them to invest in the sugar factory and industrialize the production of refined sugar.
"Thank you, Rafis, phew..."
"Miss, you are a princess, why go through all this trouble? Can't you just leave it to the civil officials?"
Raphis had never been exposed to Alice's secrets, so she naturally did not know the principles Alice was about to follow, nor did she understand how difficult this path was.
"Everyone needs a leader. None of us understand how to walk this path. Although we have references, we still have to walk the path ourselves."
"Your Highness! Commander!"
When soldiers came to visit, Alice stood up and exchanged military salutes with them. Alice then pointed to several seats in the office.
"Please sit down, gentlemen."
General Smedley nodded and sat down opposite Alice. The office was neither luxurious nor large, and even quite shabby for a princess, but it had everything she needed. He could tell that his princess was truly exceptional.
“Your Highness, I am here to discuss the racial issues within our army.”
The Amelanxi Vanguard Army employs mixed-race units, combining demons, humans, elves, and orcs without regard to race. The different customs of each race naturally caused some problems.
"Speak, Your Excellency Minister of Defense."
“Some soldiers have expressed that they do not want to mix with other races. Sometimes fights happen in the army. Every army, big or small, has some.”
"Several officers have requested the formation of an all-demon army. What do you think...?"
"General Smedley, my esteemed Minister of Defense, what is your opinion?"
Alice sat up straight. This was a very important problem. The route was very simple, but very difficult to implement.
"I believe that, in any case, our army must maintain the status quo of mixed racial composition. We cannot have an army of a single race. Otherwise, if we send the demon army to fight the invading elven kingdom, or send the orcs to fight the human army, then the nature of the situation will be different. The people will think that we discriminate against a certain race, and the army of that race will definitely fall into chaos."
"Then that's settled, isn't it? Your Excellency Smedley, racial incorporation is the general policy, and it cannot be shaken. You can see that! We must eliminate the barriers between them in the army. There is no such thing as race in war! The army defends the common interests of our nation's citizens, not the interests of any particular race!"
"Thank you, Your Highness. The Ministry of Defense will remain steadfast in this course."
"By the way, this is your Ministry of National Defense's 'Army Construction Plan of 653-654'. You can refer to it yourself, make some revisions and release it later."
After seeing Smedley off, Alice was finally able to have a sip of hot tea—Eastern tea, with an Eastern flavor, which Westerners also enjoyed.
"Wait a minute, could there be a new continent in this world?"
Alice suddenly realized something. She looked at the map, and it was indeed a map of only one continent. In this era, before the compass and the discovery of the New World, what was the New World?
"Academy of Sciences... Ah, Raffis, please go to the communications room downstairs for me. I'd like to speak with the Geographical Society of the National Academy of Sciences."
"Yes."
Industrialization requires a vast market, and the pursuit of markets drives the expansion of industrialized nations. Alice looked south, to the lands of rebels: Brittany, Burgundy, the Alps, the Royal Domains, and further south, the human papacy... to the desert people of the east, and the elven empire of the Far East.
That's all market space!