Chapter 331
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Chapter 331: No, I’m Serious
“Establishing schools in other cities?”
Luo Ji was currently reading a petition submitted jointly by several city lords under his command.
The content was basically a request for him to establish schools in their respective cities.
Some might find it strange why these city lords were so enthusiastic about establishing schools.
The reason was simple, they all wanted educated talent.
A city lord has many responsibilities, neither too few nor too many.
Within a city, besides a few special positions, most other large and small roles generally had to be arranged by the city lord.
But here came the problem, many of these positions required literacy.
At the very least, those in charge had to be literate.
Otherwise, if you couldn’t read a single word, could you manage affairs? Could you write reports? Could you understand the work assignments issued?
This made things difficult for the city lords.
They couldn’t just assign anyone to the job.
If the assigned person messed things up, who would take the blame? Wouldn’t they ultimately have to clean up the mess themselves?
Thus, this joint petition came about.
Of course, these guys were all clever.
They certainly didn’t expect a school that hadn’t even been built yet to supply them with talent.
Therefore, applying to establish schools in their respective cities was merely a secondary objective.
Their primary purpose was to inform Luo Ji that they were short on usable personnel.
As for why they needed to tell Luo Ji, it was because, after several months of study, the adult class students at Mirror City’s school would be graduating soon.
These students could actively apply for job assignments, and where they were assigned was generally up to Luo Ji.
To put it bluntly, it was like saying, “Your Majesty! We’re short-handed, and life is getting hard! Have pity on your humble servants. Please send more of this batch of Mirror School graduates our way!”
Luo Ji, who saw through this little scheme, was amused and exasperated.
However, this matter did remind him that it was indeed time to establish schools in large cities that had already reached a certain scale, such as West Plains City, Giant Wood City, White River City, Shangyuan City, Great Zhou City, and Iron Wall City.
At the same time, once schools became widespread, the division of grades and courses would also need to be gradually prepared.
These graduating adult class students were, after all, only receiving temporary education.
It wasn’t feasible to have them study for several years, by then, opportunities would be lost.
Luo Ji planned to implement systems like 3 year, 6 year, and 9 year education for the current generation of children, but not for these adults.
Of course, once Luo Ji introduced various grades and courses, these adult students could also voluntarily apply for further study.
Whether they wanted to learn would be entirely up to them.
For now, it was definitely better to assign them to work first, the civilization needs them!
In any case, the establishment of schools in various cities needed to be put on the agenda first.
As Luo Ji was sifting through his development plan schedule, a piece of paper suddenly fell out.
Luo Ji’s expression froze for 2 seconds as he looked at the paper, then he slapped his forehead.
“Damn it! I completely forgot about this!”
Luo Ji had intended to trade the two captured siege crossbows to Ye Qingxuan for disposal, but the battle hadn’t fully ended yet, so they couldn’t send messages to each other.
He had noted it down on paper, planning to deal with it after the battle officially concluded.
As time passed, even the paper went missing, and he forgot about the matter.
Now, seeing this paper, which had been tucked away somewhere, he finally remembered it.
Just as he was about to send a message to Ye Qingxuan, she unexpectedly sent him one first.
“Are you there? The new batch of jade artifacts and ornaments are ready~”
“Yes, I was just about to message you. I got two more siege crossbows from the previous battle, and another batch of farm horses. I’ll trade them to you later.”
No unnecessary small talk was needed.
After the two quickly completed a round of trading, a subsequent message from Ye Qingxuan startled Luo Ji.
“I’m about to enter the Bronze Age.”
“That fast?”
Luo Ji was immediately shocked to see this message.
Calculating the time, he had only been in the Bronze rank for a few months, and Ye Qingxuan was already about to ascend.
Her development speed was truly astonishing.
However, on second thought, Ye Qingxuan had a special civilization, a commercial empire.
She probably made a fortune through trade alone in the unranked period.
With abundant resources, her development speed likely couldn’t even slow down if she wanted to.
Moreover, once the basic requirements for entering the Bronze Age were met, the system would issue a final ultimatum, forcibly promoting you to the Bronze rank when the deadline arrived, giving you no chance to linger in the unranked tier.
“Are you prepared? Once you ascend, you might also face attacks from the ‘Zongheng Tianxia’ alliance. There seem to be many Bronze-rank players in that alliance.”
“Won’t that just help you share some of the firepower?”
At the end of her message, Ye Qingxuan even sent a playful emoji.
‘Besides, don’t underestimate me! I’m not who I used to be. I’m currently ranked first among unranked players! Hehehe~”
It had to be said that Ye Qingxuan’s current ranking truly surprised Luo Ji.
While for the top few players, the difference in ranking was already largely insignificant, it couldn’t be denied that reaching the top rank was indeed a way to prove one’s strength.
However, he still needed to bring her back to reality.
“Don’t get complacent. Bronze-rank players are far more troublesome than unranked ones.”
“You must have earned a lot of Civilization Points before, right? Use Civilization Points to adjust the time difference for as long as possible.”
“Then, quickly build stone city walls and expand your military. If conditions allow, expand your forces as much as possible.”
“Later, I’ll give you a few more triple-bow bed crossbows and tell you more about the situation in the Bronze rank.”
“Be careful then, and you should be able to handle it.”
Feeling Luo Ji’s earnest advice, Ye Qingxuan, who was in another world, chuckled helplessly.
“Got it, worrywart Luo Ji~”
Then, after sending one message, she immediately sent another.
“How about I adjust the time difference to 1:100 first?”
“!!!!!!!!!”
Luo Ji replied directly with a string of exclamation marks.
“Are you already that rich, Boss Ye?!”
“Of course~”
Ye Qingxuan ended her message with a mischievous smile, then changed the subject.
“I was just joking!”
“Anyway, let’s adjust it to 1:50 first.”
Luo Ji’s eyelids twitched again seeing that message.
“…”
After sending a string of ellipses, he added.
“So, you’re joking again?”
“No, I’m serious.”
“…”
