Above the mage!

Chapter 384 The Awareness That Travelers Should Have
After watching Gode and Sunaifa leave, Aisha closed the door.

"Sister, you have to work for Brother God!" Anna waved her fist excitedly.
My sister will be busy in the future and won’t have time to give her “lessons”.

Great!
"Nonsense, I haven't agreed yet. I need to think about it again." Elsa rubbed her temples with her fingers, feeling a slight headache.

"You've already agreed in your heart, haven't you, sister?" Anna tilted her head and looked at Elsa, saying seriously.

Elsa was stunned for a moment when she heard that, then her face turned slightly red, showing the embarrassment of having her thoughts exposed.

She raised her eyebrows and said seriously, "The class just now is not over yet, continue!"

"Do you think she will agree to serve as Phoenix's office director?" Sunaifa asked softly after the two walked on the street for a while.

"Probably." Gao De said uncertainly.

"You really need her to join you, right?" Sunaifa's lips curled up with a very faint hint of teasing.

"Of course," Gao De curled his lips, "To put it bluntly, we are now taking a big step and building a country directly from the primitive tribes of the Stone Age. Basically, everything is starting from scratch."

"Elsa has experience in governing. Looking across the entire continent, how many people like her can we find? Not to mention that I can lure them to the North to work for us."

"Rulers with experience in governing usually have fixed mindsets and cannot easily accept other systems. But she is different. She is willing to accept new things from the bottom of her heart. This is what I value most about her.

"With her own knowledge and ability, as long as she adapts to the new system of Phoenix for a year or six months, she will definitely be able to stand on her own."

"The North Territory really needs management talents like her,"

"At the current rate of development, Phoenix's history as the only city in the North will soon become a thing of the past. If she does a good job, the office director will only be the starting point of her rule in the North."

"You really have high hopes for her." Sunaifa said softly.

Gaode used so many sentences, and the core of them all revolved around his optimistic view of Elsa.

"Don't worry, she will agree." Sunaifa said again.

"Huh?" Gao De was surprised.

"If she hadn't been observing Phoenix's situation intentionally, she wouldn't have been able to answer your question so fluently. Since she did this, it proves that she is not a person who is content with what she has."

"She is the kind of person who welcomes challenges, proves her abilities through them and gains a sense of accomplishment," Sunaifa affirmed.

Hearing Sunaifa say this, Gaode couldn't help but look sideways.

Everyone has his or her own talents, and Sunaifa is recognized as a person of outstanding talent.

But in addition to her talent as a mage, she is also incredibly talented in management and judging people.

She is a natural born leader.

"But, Sunaifa." Goder thought for a moment and said seriously, "First, I let Caitlin, who is not from the True Ice Tribe, take the position of deputy director of the Public Security Bureau. Now I want to let Aisha, who is not even from the North, take the position of office director. These are important positions. Don't you have any ideas in your mind?"

"Change can bring progress, right?" Sunaifa said with a faint smile on his face. "Besides, since you came, everything has been getting better."

"All of our tribe members admire you very much, and have absolute trust in your decisions and wisdom." Sunaifa paused and said slowly, "Including me."

“Some people are truly gifted with the ability to make history and create miracles, and you are one of them.”

Personal worship is not good. Gao De spread his hands helplessly and said, "You don't have to be so polite to me all the time."

"Yes, my king." Sunaifa replied politely.

Just as Anna and Sunaifah said, Elsa had actually already agreed to Goder's recruitment in her heart.

She is not a "law-abiding" person. When Elsa thought about living the rest of her life in Phoenix in such an "ordinary" way, she felt a little resistant.

But she was rational and knew that life was more important, so Elsa forced herself to accept it all.

However, Gao De put such a challenge in front of her.

Although the current Phoenix can be said to be a completely makeshift team.

But it was precisely because of this that she, an outsider with no background, was able to directly take the position of head of a department.

If the system and institutions envisioned by Gaode had been fully established, this kind of thing would never have been possible.

If you want to become a minister, you have to honestly work in the city hall, start as a small civil servant, and rely on your outstanding performance to rise step by step through repeated competitions.

This is actually the best opportunity for Elsa.

Another point is that she was very interested in the ideas and plans that Gaode put forward.

Compared to managing a mature city or country, participating in the construction of a brand new system with her own hands is undoubtedly something that makes Elsa more excited.

Not to mention, the theories proposed by Gao De sounded a bit unorthodox, but many of them actually coincided with her ideas. Many of them were even ideas that she had a vague idea of ​​but could not form a system for the time being.

For example, the emphasis on education. “Education for all”, what a bold idea.

"Then accept it." After teaching Anna the rest of the lessons for the day, Elsa had already made up her mind.

She immediately got up and went to find Gao De.

Gao De was willing to trust her and entrust her with an important task. If she continued to hesitate, procrastinate, and act as if she was waiting for a good price, it would be too insincere of her.

After the Department of Agriculture, the Sheriff's Bureau, and the Department of Education, Phoenix finally established a new department:

office.

The person in charge is Princess Elsa from the Principality of Xidian.

Although the newly appointed office director Aisha does not understand yet why Gaode gave the office such a strange name.

But she didn't have the chance to think about it.

Because I had just taken office, a lot of things had already been piled up on me without any hesitation.

She is actually the only one in the office right now.

The first thing Elsa has to do is to launch the first civil service selection for Gold in Phoenix, recruiting a large number of managers into the city hall, and also expand the staff for her office.

"Your Highness, this is the selection plan I drafted." After working overtime to draft the preliminary civil servant selection plan, Elsa hurriedly found Gao De.

Like Caitlyn, as a non-native of the True Ice Tribe, Elsa addresses Goddard as "Your Highness" instead of "My King".

Gao De took the plan written by Aisha and read it carefully.

After reading it all, he put the parchment down, then looked up at Elsa and said:
"I won't give any opinions on the specific process and details of the selection plan. You are the professional in this area."

To be honest, if it weren't for Elsa, Gode really wouldn't be able to handle this matter smoothly.

He is extremely talented in some aspects and has relatively complete experience references from another world, but he is not an omniscient and omnipotent God after all.

It is impossible to say that as a "mathematics college student" who has not yet graduated, you can perfectly copy the superior system of another world to this world as if you were a cheat.

Groundbreaking ideas are important, but people who can implement these ideas are more important.

Just like you know the strategy of “surrounding the cities from the countryside”, and you can replicate the great man’s deeds?

Obviously impossible.

In this regard, Gao De is actually very aware. He knows that he is different from the people in this world.

Because his head is filled with some verified knowledge that does not exist in this world, he also has the ambition to use this knowledge combined with the actual situation in the North to change the North.

But Gao De knew that such a thing could not be accomplished by him alone.

Just like the Northwest Barley No. 1, which is currently the most important to the North, it is said to be a miracle created by him, but how could it be completed without Flora?
Never overestimate your abilities, and never underestimate the wisdom of people in this world.

What's so great about time travelers? In the final analysis, they are just ordinary people with a little more knowledge.

What he has to do is to point out which way to go.

"I'll just mention two points."

"First of all, in the future, reading, writing and arithmetic must be the basic abilities that every civil servant must possess. If you don't meet this threshold, you won't even be eligible to participate in the selection."

"But special cases require special treatment. Phoenix is ​​in urgent need of management personnel, and universal education has not yet been launched. Considering this actual situation, we can recruit talents in a flexible manner at this stage."

"In this selection, even if you are illiterate and don't have much management experience, as long as you have rich practical experience, you can still be recruited into the city hall."

In the selection plan drafted by Elsa, reading and writing skills were listed as the threshold. However, under the current circumstances in the North, apart from the Iceborn Mage, who else would have this ability?

“Again, even civilians can serve as civil servants.”

Elsa was silent for a moment, then nodded slowly, "I understand. I am still trapped in my previous thoughts."

"Another point is that the total population of Phoenix is ​​about one million. In addition to the more than 500,000 people from the Zhenbing tribe, the remaining 500,000 people are from various tribes. They have different cultural traditions and living habits."

"Next, I will set up a new department, tentatively named the Construction Department, which will be responsible for the upcoming expansion of Phoenix and the preliminary construction of the port of Valar Bay, as well as the construction of the highway between the two places. I will try my best to recruit at least one person from each tribe to join the Construction Department."

"Why is that?" Compared to the first point, Elsa couldn't immediately understand Gode's intention on this point.

"I want these new members of Phoenix, and even those who join Phoenix later, to start building their future houses first."

"When they first join Phoenix and have not yet developed a sense of belonging and identity with Phoenix, they will not put their heart and soul into other things, but when it comes to building a house for themselves, they will naturally put their heart and soul into it without any supervision."

"After devoting themselves to the construction of Phoenix, they gradually developed a sense of belonging to Phoenix. After all, they also contributed to the construction of this city."

"Recruiting at least one person from each tribe to the Construction Department will facilitate the command during the construction process."

"Okay." Elsa thought for a moment and nodded.

"By the way, there is one more thing I need to trouble you with." Goder smiled and pushed a roll of parchment over.

"What is this?" Elsa asked curiously.

"In addition to being the office director, you also serve as the deputy minister of the Ministry of Education. You haven't forgotten this, right?" Gao De's smile became even more "kind".

"This is the current situation of the number of school-age children and educational resources in Phoenix. Obviously, the biggest problem is the extreme shortage of teachers." Seeing that Elsa had picked up the parchment and was flipping through it, he said slowly.

"See if you can think of any way to fill this gap."

Elsa silently read the parchment in her hand, then took a deep breath and did not reply.

"What's wrong? Is there any problem?" Gao De asked "concernedly".

"With so many children, if we want every child to receive an education," Elsa said, staring at Gode with eyes wide open, "Even in the Principality of Xidian, there won't be enough teachers. Do you want me to conjure up so many teachers in the North?"

"." After being choked by Aisha, Gao De, knowing that he was in the wrong, was too embarrassed to say anything more, so he could only make up for it: "Don't worry, I just asked you to try your best to think of a solution, but I didn't ask you to solve this problem. Your most important task at the moment is to complete Phoenix's first civil servant selection."

"Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness." Elsa performed an elegant aristocratic salute and then retreated.

Soon after Aisha left, Sunaifa appeared again.

"My king, I have ordered people to prepare the things you need for you."

The thing Sunaifah was talking about was what Gode was going to bring back to the Plantagenet dynasty.

The biggest item is definitely various kinds of magic materials. Gaode is counting on the special magic materials supplied from the North to make Walmart's magic materials store famous.

Then there is the high-level blood food prepared for Tuanzi.

The blood food I brought back last time had already been eaten up by Tuanzi.

The effect is also very significant.

Under normal circumstances, it would take Tuanzi at least ten years to grow to the next stage. However, with the help of the flesh and blood of these high-level earth vein creatures containing a large amount of blood, energy and magic power, he is only one step away from a breakthrough, and his body has even grown a lot bigger.

Nothing more to say, just keep feeding.

As for the last thing.

"This is the second-level Ice Evil you need." An ice crystal bottle appeared in Sunaifa's hand.

Ice Evil is a necessary item to strengthen and improve the quality of the Frozen Blade.

After incorporating the Snowfield Guardian, the Zhenbing Tribe naturally inherited all the ice caves controlled by the Snowfield Guardian:
Four first-level ice caves that produce first-level ice evil, two second-level ice caves, and one third-level ice cave.

It takes five years for a second-level ice cave to generate a second-level ice evil, and the last time the Snowfield Guardian retrieved the ice evil was two years ago.

That is to say, under normal circumstances, Gaode needs to wait for three years to obtain the last second-level ice evil required for the advancement of the Frozen Blade.

But fortunately, there is still a third-level ice cave.

It takes twenty years for a third-level ice cave to produce a third-level ice evil.

However, if you urgently need low-level Ice Evil, you can collect the unformed high-level Ice Evil in advance.

For example, a third-level ice cave can collect a first-level ice evil in half a year, or a second-level ice evil in two and a half years.

The second-level ice evil that Sunaifa handed over was the unformed third-level ice evil taken from the third-level ice cave.

With this second-level ice evil, Gaode's Frozen Blade can be upgraded to the second level immediately.

"By the way, how is the preparation of the frost stone going? If it is almost ready, let's take it to Varar Bay to load it on the ship. The Columbus has been staying in the port for a long time, and it's time for them to return." Gode mentioned.

Hunters from the Zhenbing tribe discovered a frost-grained stone vein at the junction of a glacier crevice and permafrost near Phoenix.

However, the Zhenbing Tribe did not officially mine this frost-veined stone vein. They only marked it and collected some high-quality samples and brought them back to the tribe.

These samples were later brought from the North by Godard to Dorne for sale.

When preparing to open the route between the North and Lagos, Gode had been thinking about what cargo to transport back to Lagos on the Columbus, which would bring in considerable income without being too obtrusive and could be supplied in large quantities over a long period of time.

Soon, he remembered this frost-veined stone vein.

"I had someone transport the Froststone to Valar Bay yesterday," Sunaifa replied. "I sent Elder Finn along with him. He will take the ship back to Lagos."

This serves as a supervisory function to prevent the crew from running away with a whole shipload of frost-grained stone without supervision, and it also serves as an escort.

There was no need for Gaode to remind him of anything, as Sunaifa had already considered everything.

As I said, Sunaifa's work really makes people feel at ease.

(End of this chapter)