industrial lord

Chapter 157
The Ministry of Agriculture has been very busy recently, and none of the tasks assigned by Frederick have been easy, the most important of which is the training of agricultural technicians.

It’s just that there are very few studies on crops these days, far less than the research on medicinal plants. Mathias and his students can only study while working, using the conditions of other plants as references on crops.

In addition, it is pesticides. The current pesticides are sprayed on the crops affected by diseases and insect pests after boiling water with poisonous plants.

It’s just that this method is limited by the origin of the plant. For example, Castor beans from the southern continent are easily available in Constantbul. Grinding them and boiling water with a little soap can kill some pests. Mathias often used them when he was there. It is used, but it is difficult to buy it in Wessen State, so we can only collect prescriptions everywhere.

Frederick did the same thing. I only remember the Bordeaux mixture and the lime-sulfur mixture that boiled 1 part of quicklime, 2 parts of sulfur, and 10 parts of hot water to the color of soy sauce. Small slimes will also be finished.

Now Frederick's standard for rough agricultural technicians is to teach farmers not to fertilize too much, not to use too much pesticide, and help collect data at the same time. There is no way to ask too much for a while.

Mathias reported on the training plan for training [-] rough agricultural technicians this year and the preparation of improved seeds for summer sowing and autumn sowing this year. The enrollment of the former has been completed, but the latter is a bit difficult. The territory has increased too much and the reserve of improved seeds is insufficient.

Frederick said: "Cooperate with the Executive Yuan to do a good job in the publicity and promotion of improved seeds, fertilizers, and livestock and poultry breeding in the new territory. The improved seeds will only be exported if they are sufficient in the territory."

"By the way, what about the new fertilizer from BASF?"

Frederick remembered that last year BASF discovered that the water left after the slime glue was boiled in the pressure cooker could promote the growth of weeds, so he asked him to contact Mathias for research.

Mathias immediately replied: "It is a compound fertilizer, especially suitable for vegetables and fruit trees, and now it is planned to be sold as a concentrate."

Frederick thought this was not bad, and then said: "This winter, I plan to build a new plowing machine. You can find some farmers who are good at plowing carts to help, and you have to agree in advance what it will be used for. "

What to do with someone has to be agreed in advance, otherwise rumors like last year would be bad.

"Here in the medical department," Frederick turned to Frank and asked, "How is the progress of the preparation of the Handbook for the Treatment of Common Diseases?"

Frank flipped through his notebook and replied: "At present, there are 19 excellent doctors and pharmacists who have come to Wesson to assist in the compilation of this book, and more than 200 doctors and pharmacists have helped us through letters. At present, the disease catalog and diagnostic methods have been finalized. The final draft is now being selected for prescriptions, and it is expected to be finalized by the end of next year."

"My lord, there is something I want to discuss with you. One of my teachers wrote to ask if they can build a medical school here?"

Frederick immediately replied: "It must be no problem."

Frank hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously: "Teacher, they... have... some heretics."

Frederick replied indifferently: "It doesn't matter. There have been more pagans coming here to do business recently, and there are also some shopkeepers. As long as they don't preach, they will be fine."

"Well, if they want to come, they can go to the city of Nuremberg. There are many pagan merchants from the north and west."

"Father Arms, is that all right?"

There was a priest in the conference room, and the minister of education, Father Ames, was one of the more enlightened people, and he nodded silently.

"Heretics are not without their merits," said Father Arms. "In terms of medicine, our surgical techniques are far inferior to those of the Southern Continent."

Frank breathed a sigh of relief, nodded in agreement with his statement, and then said that he was done.

At this time, it was the turn of the Ministry of Education. Father Ames said: "Your Excellency, there is only one thing that is most important in the field of education. I am afraid that the promotion of education in the new territories will be postponed for a while. We do not have enough qualified teachers. Education The ministry suggested that the original teacher training class be expanded into a university dedicated to training teachers."

Frederick naturally agreed without even thinking about it. He has never been stingy about investing in education.

It's just that the newly appointed Minister of Finance had a toothache, scratched his bald head, and said, "My lord, building a new university requires a lot of investment. Do you want to think about it again?"

In Erhard's view, building a school does not seem to be a very important matter, because there are no public schools in Nuremberg City, all of them are private schools with limited income, which is better than a long stream of water, which belongs to the guarantee of life left to the children and grandchildren.

Frederick didn't blame him. After all, he was new here and didn't know much about his policies.

"Father Arms," ​​Frederick did not answer Erhard directly, "please tell the Minister of Finance about the Wessen District plan."

Father Ames nodded and replied, "Okay, that's what I want to say later."

"According to the plan of His Excellency the Duke and the Ministry of Education, Wesson District will build public primary schools in towns with a standard of about 1 residents, and local students will be exempted from tuition; public comprehensive technical schools and middle schools will be built with a standard of [-] residents."

"In terms of universities, Weissburg University will build additional teaching buildings, student dormitories and professor residential areas on the original site to meet the increasing needs of students and professors."

Erhard opened his mouth after hearing this, and finally said: "In this way, the expenditure will be huge."

Frederick nodded and replied: "Yes, my plan is to spend at least five points of the territory's annual fiscal expenditure on education in the future, and increase it to between ten and eight points year by year."

Erhard thought about it in his mind, and finally sighed: "If this is the case, young people in the entire Wessen State will have gone to school in 20 years."

"That's what you want." Ogilvy answered him, "At present, a large amount of wealth in Wessen State comes from emerging industries. The basis of industrial production is qualified workers. It is more difficult to train a qualified worker than a qualified soldier."

Frederick followed his words and said: "Erhard, if you have time, you can go to the factory with Ogilvy to take a look around and learn about the operation of the factory."

Erhard agreed, and at this time he found that Wessen State was different from the territory he was familiar with.

"The Ministry of Industry," Frederick looked at Ogilvy, "how is the progress of standardization?"

Ogilvy opened the notebook and replied: "At present, the Ministry of Industry is building a mechanics laboratory, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year."

"When the laboratory is put into use, the mechanical experiments of screws, nuts and bearings will be carried out first, and the relevant standards will be determined after the data are obtained."

Frederick nodded and said: "At the beginning, we must do it well, and there will be many standards to be formulated in the future."

During this war, there were cases where the parts of pea guns from different factories and batches could not be interchanged. The magazines and bayonets could not be installed firmly. When the bullet is too small, the bullet will fall out by itself after running two steps when the muzzle is facing down.

Frederick couldn't ask too much for this batch of rush-for-work goods. Now that he has time, he needs to make a good rectification. Let's start with rough industrial standardization.

He asked again: "Are there enough people?"

"Definitely not enough." Ogilvy replied without thinking, "There is a shortage of people everywhere now."

Frederick had no choice but to summon a group of intellectuals, so he could only say: "Now that the Wesson Daily is being sold in many places, please recruit on the advertisement page, write down the job content and salary, hope Someone can come."

Today's meeting is basically nothing to do here. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is still a framework. Christian is recruiting everywhere, but there is a shortage of manpower everywhere. Frederick can only encourage him verbally.

After the meeting, Frederick and Ogilvy went to his office, "grabbed" a calculator and went back to study.

(End of this chapter)