Lord of Arcane

Chapter 901
Soon, the time came to the next day, and the debriefing meeting of the directors of the various ministries in the territory, which was temporarily canceled yesterday, resumed today.

And compared to Xia Duo's sudden arrival and temporary convening yesterday, today everyone received the news in advance, arranged the work at hand early, and waited in the conference room.

When Xia Duo arrived, he was already the last one present. From the moment he entered the door, he saw everyone in the conference room bowing and saluting.

Xia Duo waved his hand, gesturing for everyone to sit down without courtesy, and then he went straight to the innermost part of the meeting room, which belonged to his own more delicate high-back chair.

After sitting down, he scanned the people in the conference room. When he saw the two clerks in the corner who were listening with pens and papers in their hands, Xia Duo nodded with satisfaction.

Of course, this is not the only place he is satisfied with. A long conference table has been placed in the middle of the conference room, and the heads of the various departments of the territory sit on the left and right sides of the conference table.

Only Layton, as consul, sat on Chateau's left.

Of course, those two clerks are not qualified to sit at the conference table, they can only shrink in the corner, and they can have a seat only because of the special nature of their work.

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"Leyton Consul, let's begin!"

"Yes, Lord!"

Layton got up and bowed slightly to Xia Duo, then turned to face the conference table, and announced loudly: "The sixth meeting of the regular meeting of the heads of the various ministries of the Great Xia Leaders begins now!"

After finishing speaking, Layton sat down, his voice lowered a little, but still very powerful, "Everyone, the content of today's meeting is mainly to report to the lord the status of the territory in the past month, and of course we also need to review the work for the whole year. Make a summary. According to the usual practice, let's start with the development department!"

Although Jeff, the head of the development department, is far inferior to his slave-born deputy Clark in terms of managing specific development affairs, he is much better than his deputy in reporting and summarizing work.

Hearing that Layton called him first, he didn't panic at all. He got up immediately, first saluted the lord, then saluted all his colleagues, and finally began to report:
"My lord, in the past month, due to the arrival of new citizens, the development department has successively added more than 500 people and added 32 new working groups.

"Currently, the development department has a total of 204 large and small working groups, with a total of more than 3100 people. According to the actual development needs, it is divided into five parts: logging, cutting, transporting, burning, and leveling, all of which are rotated.

"In the last month, that is, in November, the development department has developed a total of nearly 50 meters, and the developed area has increased by nearly half compared to October!"

Then, Jeff began to introduce the specific work process and work plan of the development department, as well as the number of fields that have been cleared and leveled and can be used for sowing.

While listening, Xia Duo compared the meeting minutes and the copies of the territorial documents he saw yesterday. He found that the numbers Jeff said were slightly improved compared to the numbers on paper. The progress of the day is counted in it.

After Jeff, there is Jaco from the Civil Resettlement Department.

The work of the Resident Resettlement Department does not require much physical strength, but it is quite cumbersome. It is mainly responsible for the identity registration, housing resettlement, department assignment, information update, file preservation, etc. related to the residents.

Similar to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but not as comprehensive.

There is no discrepancy between the information reported by Jia Ke and what Xia Duo learned yesterday. It can be seen that the relevant work should have been completed before yesterday. As long as there are no major changes in the territory, the Resettlement Department of the Territory will be relatively idle.

Of course, Xia Duo didn't think it would be a waste of time to listen to the already known information again, after all, what he knew before was based on the cold documents.

Now, however, a living person is reporting to him, and a lot can be heard from the tone of voice alone, and the subtle attitudes of the various supervisors in the territory towards their work can also be seen.

These are not comparable to cold and impersonal paperwork.

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After Jia Ke, the logistics department also began to report. The director of the logistics department, Cade, was originally just a farmer, but because of his outstanding performance, he was assigned to the first wooden house on the territory.

Afterwards, even if "Jane is in the emperor's heart", Xia Duo easily thought of Cade when he appointed the head of the wooden house processing workshop in the territory.

Afterwards, the territory was reorganized and the logistics department was established, and Cade was promoted smoothly.

In fact, no matter whether it is Cade or Jaco, Xia Duo is appointed very casually, mainly because the foundation of the people themselves is not very good.

Either landless peasants, small bankrupt traders, or so-called barbarians or slaves, they couldn't find any professionals they wanted to find.

However, Xia Duo believes that experience comes from practice. Put Jia Ke and Cade in that position first, and the environment will allow them to grow up. After all, it is not a very professional job.

Of course, Xia Duo's appointment of these people is not entirely random, it must be that they have something outstanding that can attract Xia Duo's eyes. This is already a screening process in itself, but it is relatively sloppy.

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Cade's report was as plain as ever, but well-organized, but even though it was the sixth meeting, Cade was still a little nervous when speaking, and his voice was trembling.

In this regard, Xia Duo can't say anything about him. After all, Cade can be said to be the one with the worst foundation among the people present. It is very gratifying to be able to grow to this level.

He gave Cade an encouraging tone and signaled him to sit down, and then Xia Duo interrupted the meeting process for the first time: "Elder Atwood, you can only talk about the situation of the territory's agriculture, and you don't need to talk about other things in the meeting room in the future." explain!"

After all, the new nature concept is a bit sensitive. There is a big difference between doing it alone and bringing it to the territory meeting in a grand manner.

Hearing what Xia Duo said, Atwood also quickly understood, and immediately got up and replied: "My lord, at present, the Great Xia Territory has opened up a total of about 1200 acres of land that can be planted.

"Limited by factors such as the number of seeds, the difficulty of cultivation, and the number of planters, only 400 acres have been sown in autumn, and other lands are only scattered with some vegetables.

"In addition, raising seedlings has become a necessary process in Daxia's agriculture, and it has already been implemented in the actual agricultural production process."

After listening to Xia Duo, he nodded slightly. In fact, he already knew these things yesterday, but now he listened to it again, and he still felt more.

Whether it is the tradition of "Food is the most important thing for the people" brought from his hometown, or the "self-sufficiency" requirement put forward by the Severton Council, they all drive him to attach importance to agriculture and agricultural practitioners.

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(End of this chapter)