Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Meeting (1)
[Using a divine artifact consumes the wielder’s spirit, stamina, and every other attribute, strengthened by the faith of nine hundred people.]
With a divine artifact in hand, it would have been a lie to say he was not excited.
Mo Fangyuan’s current mood was like landing a perfect jackpot on the very first draw of a game and pulling the ultimate crystal in one shot.
Stroking the blood-red Imperial Blade, Mo Fangyuan wore a grin that belonged only to a hopeless fanatic, seemingly unconcerned that there was still an innocent little girl with a tuft of hair standing beside him.
Only this power could protect the Block People, and defend everything the Block People had built!
“Your Majesty is terrifying!”
Zhang Lingyun’s skin was crawling all over.
“With this sword, taking on elite monsters one-on-one is nothing.”
If the Ender Dragon was still that ridiculous creature from his previous life’s game, Mo Fangyuan felt he could beat it.
The Imperial Blade was more than enough to slaughter every monster that had once existed.
Most importantly, this sword could still be upgraded. In theory, as long as the Block Kingdom kept growing, Mo Fangyuan himself would only become stronger and stronger.
With people like Old Fu helping him shoulder the affairs of the kingdom, he did not need to worry about the inner administration piling up unfinished.
Thinking of this, Mo Fangyuan decided to go into the Black Forest tonight and challenge the hellish difficulty.
“Your Majesty...”
Aly looked at the fearsome Mo Fangyuan and hesitated as if she wanted to speak but did not dare.
“Haha! I feel fantastic right now!”
[Your life no longer belongs to you. It belongs to all the people who believe in you...]
Mo Fangyuan could sense some mysterious restraint, but he did not care in the least.
From the moment he resolved upon the grand ideal of rescuing the Block People from the claws of monsters, he had already given up on freedom and life itself.
And now that he could still gain power, how could that not be a splendid thing?
“Uh...”
After repeatedly confirming that the person before her really was His Majesty the king, Aly obediently shut her mouth.
She was afraid Mo Fangyuan would drag her into the woods and punish her the way he had Zhang Lingyun.
“Then let’s go to the meeting room!”
It was almost the fifth month since the onset of winter, and it was time to sort out the progress they had made during this period and plan the next stage of development.
With the Imperial Blade in hand, Mo Fangyuan gained a permanent speed increase II. Reaching the first floor from the third floor of the castle took only an instant.
The meeting room was as it always was: several chairs arranged around a large round office table.
Each chair was a different color, and the one in the center was gold, symbolizing the status of the person seated upon it.
“Is everyone here?”
Reluctantly putting away the Imperial Blade, Mo Fangyuan looked around and asked.
“Your Majesty, here!”
“Your Majesty, present!”
Zhang Lingyun, Lin Ye, Old Fu, Old Duan, Aly, and Fang Zhi all answered in turn.
Together with Mo Fangyuan, there were seven people in total.
These were the figures with the greatest influence in the Block Kingdom, the ones standing at its summit, every move of whom could affect the kingdom’s future.
“Then let the meeting begin!”
“Your Majesty, I believe our education is extremely incomplete and in urgent need of reform!”
Education is the foundation of a nation. Old Duan was the first to speak.
Seeing everyone’s attention turn to him, Old Duan cleared his throat, picked up the prepared documents on the table, and went straight to the point.
“At present, the schools only offer three subjects: language, mathematics, and vocational studies...”
“But these courses not only contain serious errors, they are also far too fragmented. Even our teachers sometimes stare blankly at the textbooks, let alone the students!”
Old Duan went on to give several examples of incorrect mathematical formulas before continuing.
“Although education has only just begun, there can be no delay whatsoever! These are things the children will need in the future. If we teach them wrong knowledge, we may cause them to form warped worldviews and values... Once such mistaken knowledge enters society, it could bring severe losses to social production and progress!”
“This must be solved! If it is not solved, then there is no need for the schools to exist at all! It would be better to let the children’s parents teach them instead; that would be more useful!”
What Old Duan said was very reasonable. What was a school?
In Mo Fangyuan’s understanding, it was a place to bring children into a correct understanding of the world, teach them specialized knowledge, and build a proper system of values.
If it could not do that, then what was the point of it?
“Besides that, I believe we should add another subject—patriotism studies!”
“Politics?”
Mo Fangyuan was slightly stunned, and decided to see what Old Duan was really thinking.
“Patriotism is extremely necessary. Only when a person loves the nation and loves the Block People will they contribute to society and become a useful person!”
“Patriotism is the spiritual core, the emerald that maintains the kingdom’s stability!”
“Everyone, do not underestimate patriotism. Right now, the Block People can love the Block Kingdom, but what about the future? A hundred years from now? Two hundred years from now?”
Old Duan posed the question.
“If a person no longer loves the kingdom, what will he do?”
At best, he would slack off and idle away the day. At worst, he would take revenge on society, betray his country... all of that was entirely possible!
Everyone present had, to one degree or another, heard Mo Fangyuan’s theory of human darkness.
“And the purpose of patriotism studies is to establish the correct values in people and provide the Block Kingdom with true, complete citizens!”
It had to be said that Old Duan was truly a great talent. From nothing more than a few casual remarks in conversation with Mo Fangyuan, he had managed to infer the fragmented essence of modern education.
So pain could be transferred!
Mo Fangyuan had spent three full years in middle school and one in high school, memorizing politics for four whole years. Those painful memories still haunted him to this day.
But the gains were obvious as well; he could recite almost all the theoretical knowledge in the politics textbooks backwards and forwards.
The core socialist values, rights and obligations, and all that.
Piece of cake!
The history of human development is the history of knockoffs.
The West copied the East to become hegemon, America copied Europe to become number one in the world, and China copied the world to achieve a great rise...
Mo Fangyuan did not mind bringing over the politics textbooks from his previous life and letting the flowers of the Block Kingdom be nourished by them.
“Educational reform cannot be delayed! I will participate personally!”
After stating his attitude toward reform, the meeting continued.
Zhang Lingyun said, “I have some good suggestions...”
Mo Fangyuan said, “Lin Ye, tell us what you think about resource management!”
“Uh...”
Lin Ye, whose dark circles had been forced into existence by compiling supply records, slowly began to speak.
“I think our Resource Management Bureau has major problems...”
Pointing to the dark circles under her eyes caused by the workload, Lin Ye spoke with grave seriousness.
“Whether it is compiling records or stockpiling supplies, the efficiency is very worrying...”
“I worked in the kingdom’s main warehouse for half a month and personally experienced a work speed slower than even an experience orb...”
“Even though the tasks were not especially heavy, they always dragged on until very late before being finished...”
“Of course, this is not because our people were being lazy. Everyone in the Resource Management Bureau works diligently. It is just that the work process is too cumbersome and bloated...”
“...This is my proposed plan. Please have a look.”
There were more than a dozen pages of records and proposals.
In truth, these so-called proposals had been copied by Lin Ye from that trial space. They could greatly improve resource management efficiency, so there was no reason not to use them.
[Inbound management: Assign boxes for supplies entering the warehouse, verify that the goods match, and make accurate records. Note that loading and unloading must follow proper standards, and stacking must meet regulations.
Inventory management: Regularly inspect supplies and containers, maintain the classification and safety of warehouse goods, and ensure all operations are standardized. Periodically count and summarize warehouse inventory to ensure accurate quantities.
Outbound management: The quantity of goods leaving the warehouse must be accurate, and all procedures must be complete. Loading and unloading must be standardized, stacking must meet requirements, and goods must be released according to the sequence of the shipping orders...]
“This is a method to improve the efficiency of warehouse administrators.”
Lin Ye was equally straightforward and laid out everything she remembered.
[Step one, inventory. Count all supplies against the actual stock and make a clear handover with the predecessor to define responsibility.
Step two, receiving. Accept goods according to the warehouse’s storage capacity and quantity. The goods must pass inspection before they are received.
Step three, classification. Sort the supplies into categories. If items have serial numbers, arrange them in proper order.
Step four, shipping. Ship out the required quantity accurately, hand over the inventory list, and have the receiving department sign to prove the goods have left the warehouse.
Step five, accounting. After compiling the reports on receiving, shipping, and returns, summarize them into data as quickly as possible for storage, and at the end of each week conduct an inventory count so that the records match the actual stock...]
“Good heavens!”
Old Fu and the others were stunned. Such a detailed reform plan—was she some kind of celestial being?
Mo Fangyuan said nothing.
After all, Lin Ye had been to a modern-era trial space. She counted as half a transmigrator, so having a little knowledge cheat like this was only to be expected.