Above the mage!

Chapter 301: Public Security Bureau and Ministry of Education
What Gao De said is also true.

Phoenix is ​​indeed short of people everywhere now, and the abilities of hunters like Caitlyn are indeed very useful in his next construction plan for Phoenix.

But if they are not willing to stay in Phoenix from the bottom of their hearts, Godard would rather not use them.

Keeping someone who is capable but has evil intentions around you is like raising a tiger to harm you.

Caitlin was silent for a moment, thinking again and again, and then she asked cautiously: "May I ask, what are you planning to do for us by letting us stay in Phoenix?"

"Even if you don't ask, I'm ready to tell you." Gao De said with a smile.

How can you recruit employees without explaining their job responsibilities in advance?

"The Ministry of Agriculture is on the right track. In another month, the first batch of naturally grown Northwest Barley No. 1 will be harvested."

Gold suddenly realized that Caitlin had just returned to Phoenix and might not know what Northwest Barley No. 1 was, so he explained, "It's the wheat seedlings planted in the fields outside the city."

The natural growth cycle of Northwest Barley No. 1, from sowing to harvesting, is four months.

Ideally, there would be three harvests a year.

"Once the first batch of barley is harvested, the food problem of the Zhenbing tribe will be greatly alleviated, and then some manpower and resources will be freed up to do other things."

Gao De revealed a small part of his plan, "So, next I plan to set up two new departments in the city hall."

Grant, who was listening silently on the side, his eyes lit up instantly when he heard this.

So far, the Ministry of Agriculture is the only one in the City Hall.

But just their Ministry of Agriculture has brought about earth-shaking changes to the Zhenbing Tribe.

Now Gaode is going to set up two new departments, which is obviously another big move.

He pricked up his ears subconsciously, and at the same time felt curious and expectant.

"The first one is the Public Security Bureau," Goder knocked on the table, "Phoenix is ​​the only city in the North. In addition to the 500,000 Zhenbing people, there are more than 200,000 or 300,000 foreigners living in the city. It is already a mixed bag."

“Among these three or three hundred thousand foreigners and even outsiders, there are many who have evil intentions.”

"Especially after Phoenix sent troops to the Icefield Temple and Northwest Barley No. 1 was planted, these people with ill intentions could no longer hold back and started to make some small moves."

"In addition, Phoenix is ​​a city with a population of 800,000. In the foreseeable future, it will inevitably expand and absorb foreigners. The population composition will become more complicated, and conflicts and even crimes will only increase."

"There has to be a department in place that is responsible for preventing, deterring and detecting these crimes."

Phoenix still does not have a strict law enforcement team.

All illegal and criminal activities in the city are usually solved by hunters sent by the Zhenbing tribe after they are discovered. Murderers who have already escaped will be captured by issuing a bounty order.

Such a public security system was indeed formed due to the situation in Phoenix and has its reasons for existence, but the drawbacks of slowness and inefficiency in actual operation are inevitable.

For those evil people, such a public security system cannot pose much of a deterrent. They can often escape thousands of miles away after committing a crime, and only a few of them are unlucky enough to be caught and brought to justice.

For the general public, such security conditions do not provide much sense of security.

Sunaifa was not unaware of this problem.

The problem is that the Zhenbing Tribe couldn’t even afford to support “professional soldiers” before, so how could it have the resources to support a law enforcement force?
The scarcity of resources makes the improvement of the public security system a luxury.

But now, the conditions for establishing a public security system are ripe.

The emergence of Northwest Barley No. 1 has greatly alleviated the food pressure of the tribe, allowing the Zhenbing tribe to no longer need to work hard to obtain food as before - under the farming system, one farmer can feed dozens of people.

Another thing is that it is impossible to wait until the situation becomes bad before trying to remedy the situation.

If you want to expand and grow, you must plan ahead and make all preparations in advance.

"The Public Security Bureau is the department I plan to use to do this. Its main responsibilities are to maintain the stability of Phoenix, eliminate threats and hidden dangers, arrest and punish criminals according to the rules, and handle some common civil disputes."

Gaode does not plan to set up a complex organization similar to the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs in the past, which would not only require a large number of manpower and increase the difficulty of management, but would also make it easy for people to shirk responsibility, resulting in half the effort with twice the results.

The overall architecture is still close to that of the primitive tribe Phoenix, and is not suitable for such a complex system, otherwise it will only be counterproductive, and taking too big a step will only lead to disaster.

The most important thing is that the power of "law" should be in your own hands.

Therefore, the simpler the system, the more suitable it is for Phoenix’s current situation.

A police department, existing as an independent department, directly under his and Sunaifa's jurisdiction, is enough.

"If you are willing to stay and be loyal to me and work for me, I would like you to serve as the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau. Of course, the position of director is temporarily vacant. If you perform well during your tenure as deputy director of the Public Security Bureau, it is not impossible for you to become the director in the future."

Gaode put forward his own conditions and did not forget to draw a picture to explain the prospects.

Caitlyn is not from the True Ice tribe, but from the Snowfield Guardian who was destroyed by the True Ice tribe.

From this perspective, Caitlyn may harbor hatred towards the True Ice Tribe.

Therefore, even if Caitlin is in great need of talent now, no matter how capable she is, Godard would not directly give her the position of chief of the Public Security Bureau - in other words, she has not passed the "political review", so she needs more time to prove her ability and loyalty.

"Deputy Chief of Sheriff's Bureau? Me?" Caitlin blinked, with undisguised shock on her face.

Although she did not fully understand what Gao De said, she could understand the general idea. Therefore, she understood the power of the Public Security Bureau and understood that the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau was an important position.

And Gao De would actually give such power to an outsider like her?
This is really an incredible thing.

"Yes, it's you. Your abilities are just right for this position. Why can't it be you?"

Gao De affirmed: "Not only you, but other hunters, if they are willing to be loyal to me, will also have their place in the Public Security Bureau. Of course, their positions will be team members."

"However, in addition to you, there will be another deputy director in the Public Security Bureau." Gao De also wanted to explain this in advance.

He had already considered the candidate:

A former conservative, a loyal supporter of Sunaifa, and Elder Lanwen, one of the four fourth-ringed ice wizards in the tribe.

"What do you think?" Goder asked.

Caitlin did not answer Gode's question directly. She stood there in silence for a while, but Gode was not in a hurry and waited quietly for her to make a decision.

Finally, Caitlin took a deep breath, knelt on one knee in front of Goder with a thump, put her hand on her chest, and lowered her head slightly. This was the standard etiquette for swearing allegiance to a superior.

"Respected King of the True Ice Tribe, I swear to you in the name of Caitlin Hernandez," she said in a firm voice, "As long as you can bring food, peace and prosperity to the North, I am willing to be loyal to you!"

So that's what's going on. Goder looked at Caitlin deeply.

The doctrine of the Snowfield Guardians is to protect the snowfield. Although Holy Inquisitor Ryan, the leader of the hunters, has abandoned this doctrine, it does not mean that no one among the Snowfield Guardians abides by this doctrine.

And Caitlin seemed to still adhere to the doctrine.

The Guardian of the Snowfields is gone, and she knows that she is the one predicted, and she has seen the miracle of Northwest Barley No. 1 with her own eyes, so it is natural for her to regard herself as the savior of the North and Phoenix as the new "Guardian of the Snowfields".

Godard stood up, drew the North Wind according to the etiquette he had learned in the Academy of Ceres, and tapped Catelyn's shoulder with the back of the sword.

"I accept your allegiance."

Then, Godard stretched out his hands again and lifted up Caitlin who was kneeling on one knee.

"The Public Security Bureau's office will also be set up in the City Hall first, but it will definitely be made independent in the future."

"As for the composition of the Public Security Bureau, I am currently planning to set a staff of fifty members. You should first convey my intentions to those hunters who have regained their freedom and see how many are willing to stay and pledge their allegiance to me."

"That's the first thing," Gao Dema continued without stopping, "In addition, there is another thing I need you to do."

"Please give your orders, my king." Catelyn had already adapted to the change of address.

"You, the Snowfield Guardians, have thirteen branches in the North, which are used to take in orphans and train the next generation of members of the sect. Considering the food problem, I kept these thirteen branches, but now the conditions are ripe, and it is time to dispose of these branches."

Godard took a sip of water from the cup, glanced at Caitlin's unconsciously raised brows, and then continued: "I plan to absorb all the personnel in these thirteen branches, from the instructors to the orphans, into Phoenix."

"However, these thirteen branches are distributed in various locations in the snowfield, and they are not far from Phoenix. The journey is long and it is easy to encounter danger, so we need to send someone to pick up those children. In order to avoid conflicts, this task will be handed over to you."

"Especially those teachings, they are very important for another department I am going to set up."

Caitlin then realized that what Gode had said before was "setting up two new departments."

"My king, what is the other department?" she couldn't help but ask.

"Ministry of Education," Gao De said with a smile, "I will be in charge of this department."

"Ministry of Education?" Caitlin and Grant asked the same question.

"It's the department responsible for cultural training. Well, actually it should be more than just cultural training, but the conditions are like this now. Later on, more other knowledge will be imparted." Gao De explained briefly.

"Cultural training." Grant was stunned. It was obvious that he had never thought about this before. "Does it mean learning to read and write?"

"For now."

"But [Language Proficiency] is a spell that Iceborn mages can awaken on their own?" Grant looked shocked.

So, what is the significance of cultural training?
Gao De shook his head. "Deputy Minister Grant, you misunderstood. The cultural training I mentioned is for everyone."

"You mean, we need to teach non-Ice People to read and write?" Deputy Minister Grant was shocked. "Their daily work is just manual labor. Learning to read is useless and a waste of time."

"In any world and at any time, universal education is absolutely the most effective means to promote the development of civilization. This is historical experience." Gao De said lightly and stopped abruptly.

He was not prepared to explain too much in detail to Grant. First, given the other party's current understanding of the world, Grant would not be able to understand even if he explained it.

The facts will tell him everything.

Secondly, given Gaode’s social status, he doesn’t need too many reasons to make decisions.

"Now we are short of teachers and teaching materials. Once these problems are solved, I will implement compulsory education in Phoenix. The goal is to enable everyone to master basic reading and writing skills. The teachers in the Snowfield Guardian branch will be the first batch of teachers in Phoenix."

After seeing Grant and Caitlin off, Godd stood up, stretched, and left the city hall, finishing his work for the day.

——Given the current situation in Phoenix, although there are not many available manpower, there are actually fewer things that need to be dealt with.

After returning home, Gao De first began his daily practice of the Qingmu Changsheng Sutra.

After receiving the feedback from Yugath-Shira and breaking through the bottleneck of his mental strength to 150, his practice efficiency increased a little bit.

In the past two months, with the assistance of the fourth-level spiritual land, Gaode not only condensed the 22nd drop of liquid mana, but the 23rd drop of liquid mana is now close to taking shape.

This progress, no matter where he is, can be regarded as a wizard genius.

After two hours of practice.

Gaode took out the three bottles of Ice Evil that he had prepared, and summoned the ice crystal fragment hidden in his ear, which was called the Frozen Blade but was actually the Frozen Needle.

[Frozen Blade+] still retains the ability to increase spell damage by improving the quality of ice crystal fragments.

Previously, he was busy with planting trees and farming, and had not had time to study the specific details of the Frozen Blade.

Now that he has some free time, Gaode took some time during the day to learn how to strengthen the Frozen Blade.

"I only have two bottles of the second-level Ice Evil, which is not enough to strengthen it. But I don't have many opportunities to take action now, so I'm not in a hurry."

Gao De whispered to himself as he went over the strengthening method in his mind again.

Then he opened the bottle containing Bingsha.

In an instant, a blue airflow suddenly rose up, but it did not condense and disperse.

The air current was incredibly cold and also mixed with a sharp feeling.

If Gaode didn't have a body protected by intermediate ice, he would have been frostbitten if he was not fully prepared.

"It's amazing that a first-level Ice Evil can have such an effect."

Gao De sighed, then placed the ice needle on the upward gushing ice evil airflow, then closed his eyes, and probed his mental power over to perform some operation.

After a moment, wisps of blue light emerged from the icy airflow and floated into the ice needles like willow catkins.

As the blue light threads continued to merge, the magical power contained in the ice needles began to increase slowly.

(End of this chapter)