When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 954: Saint Lady Holds a Small Meeting
When Horn handled political affairs, it was always the saints who held small meetings, the cardinals who held medium meetings, and the representatives who held large meetings.

All four saints are here today. As the saying goes, it is better to do it today than to wait for a day. So we can just invite them to have a small meeting together.

It was definitely not because the atmosphere was too awkward that Horn suggested this in order to ease the awkwardness.

Absolutely not.

Sitting at the rectangular table in front of his desk, the entire office was silent except for the sound of Horn pouring coffee.

In the office, the four saints were sitting upright.

Carrie took off her coat and untied the V-neck of her shirt.

With her hands clasped across her chest, she formed an arc. The sunlight shining on the flesh-colored curves actually gave off an amber luster.

Jeanne, who was sitting opposite her, untied her short cape, revealing a cool off-shoulder camisole and her smooth, white shoulders with a hint of red.

Shilov sat with her back to the crowd, wearing the latest white dress with puff sleeves and ruffles from the Holy See. Under the soft hem of the dress, two brass artificial legs were placed on the footrests of the wheelchair.

Catherine changed into Fran's latest style of inverted V-neck skirt, which was short in front and long in the back, and her plump thighs were wrapped in spider silk stockings.

Standing in front of the long table with a coffee pot and five cups of coffee on a tray, Horn couldn't help but admire it.

At the same time, he was somewhat impressed with himself for being able to hold back.

Witches are dangerous, but their appearance is different from that of ordinary people.

To be precise, ordinary people have some minor physical defects to a greater or lesser extent, such as crooked teeth, hair loss, large nostrils, etc.

The witches' innate large facial structure is almost impossible to change, but they will not have these small defects. All minor illnesses and injuries can be repaired, and even their skin is abnormally white.

It’s not that every witch is absolutely beautiful, but her lower limit is much higher than that of ordinary people.

Suppressing the restlessness in his heart, Horn sat back on the cushioned chair: "Ahaha, coffee is here."

None of the four saints paid any attention to him.

Horn had no choice but to continue speaking: "Don't you know what this central meeting is about?"

"The coachman of the Holy League has to stop for repairs."

"Well, almost. Not only do we need to repair it, but we also need to change the horseshoe and the route." Horn spread his hands, "I can't do this alone."

Horn looked at the four saints with great sincerity: "I need you."

But the four saints were used to it and paid no attention to it.

Clearing his throat, Horn pretended that the four saints had heard him, and said, "The next goal of the Holy Alliance is nothing more than to improve the economy, which requires efforts from both inside and outside.

That’s why I set up the adjudication tribunal and the performance evaluation system.”

"Tribunal, what is that?" Carrie felt something was wrong.

Jeanna showed a smug smile on her face: "This is a new department that my brother set up for me. It is not only responsible for enforcing discipline, but also for combating speculation and profiteering."

Carrie, who had no discipline, and Catherine, who often engaged in profiteering, both became serious.

Carrie asked Horn in disbelief, "You asked her to share my power?"

"This is not decentralization. You don't have this power. This is a new department. I would have established it even without Jeanne."

This is not Horn fooling Carrie, it is the truth.

Thereafter, a small assessment will be conducted in the county every two years, and a large assessment every four years.

The content of the assessment is the indicators broken down by Horn's strategy, or the tasks assigned by the Holy Alliance to the local government.

For example, Horn believed that the economy needed to be developed, while the advisors of the Holy See felt that economic development required building roads.

Well, every time the Central Conference begins, Horn will take out the estimated total mileage required, and the presidents of the monasteries in each county will claim a portion of it.

The superior of the order will then break it down into small tasks and assign them to the local religious orders and priestly orders under him.

It is equivalent to outsourcing layer by layer, but Horn cannot personally see what the results of the outsourcing are.

At this time, the arbitration tribunal needs to organize an inspection team to examine the results one by one.

Currently, most of the religious orders in the Holy Alliance have more or less relations with the military.

Apart from Horn, they most recognized Jeanne as their "big sister" and "saint sister", and Horn could absolutely trust Jeanne.

However, whether Jeanna is competent for the job also needs to be assessed.

"Don't laugh yet. If Todd's affairs are not arranged well, I will delay the establishment or let someone else go up."

Jeanne said seriously, "I will deal with Todd soon." "After dealing with Todd, you will start to clean up the gendarmerie and set up the tribunal."

Horn looked at Catherine and said, "In the next four years, we will gradually move up from agricultural and sideline products to basic processing industries.

We will build a large number of lathes and steel workshops. Of course, this is a task that will take 40 to 50 years, and I do not expect it to be completed overnight.

But a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step, and that first step is to subdue the Steel Guild."

After bringing steel into the monopoly system of Shenglian and then integrating it, several key industries have become solid economic pillars.

With these pillars in place, Horn began experimenting with issuing paper money.

The gold pound is a physical currency after all, and not a sovereign currency.

Once paper money becomes popular, Horn will be able to gain a huge advantage in international trade, which has little foreign exchange thinking.

"I'll take care of the Steel Guild," Carrie said. "They don't dare to disobey me."

"No, let me do it." Catherine pinched Carrie's shoulders and head, "I will lead them in the future, and I will have to subdue them."

"Okay, you want to steal my Steel Guild?" Carrie smiled and tickled Catherine.

While dodging, Catherine said, "But a good cook cannot cook without rice. Where is my bargaining chip to subdue them?"

Everyone's eyes were focused on Shilov. Shilov closed the book in her hand and said, "Before the end of the year, you will see the first Lightning Furnace put into operation."

Horn nodded. He had no doubt about that.

During these four years, the locations of six weak points in the star realm had been calculated with the help of the Clockwork Difference Engine.

Together with the previous two, a total of nearly twenty ether diversions can be performed each month.

Although he couldn't produce hundreds of tons in one furnace like the steel mills in his previous life, at least he could smelt steel in large quantities.

It would be great if the dwarf craftsmen could crack the white crystal steel, but unfortunately, with the current progress, it cannot be cracked for the time being.

"What about me?" Carrie pointed at herself and asked when Horn finished talking to the other three and they didn't turn to her.

"You are in a hidden position, so report separately."

"Okay." Carrie agreed immediately, but when she looked around, she saw that none of the three saints got up and left.

Horn had no choice but to speak: "Come here and whisper in my ear...Don't lick my ear!"

The two of them whispered for a while, and Horn let out a breath of foul air: "Then you will be responsible for arresting these spies. It will be a good opportunity to test the Cheka."

After taking the weakened version of the demon hunter potion that can remove poison, Zhongsi Cheka has already carried out many tasks in the chaotic New Five Counties.

After exercising for so long, it’s time to test it out.

If they perform well, Horn will send them to the frontier of Cape Griffin in France.

It was the place where the Franks transported refugees. The Frankish royal family enclosed a large amount of land and planted cash crops, forcing a large number of farmers to become refugees.

This eventually led to the Great Famine and the Blood Winter Rebellion, and the royal family finally chose to send the refugees to the frontier, under the pretext of relaxing freedom.

Although the Holy League and the Kingdom of France are now on good terms, they are still enemies in the final analysis.

From this perspective, the frontier of Griffin Point is almost a natural ally.

Horn was even prepared to secretly support its independence.

"Okay, I'm done." Horn looked around, "If everything is fine, let's go have dinner."

"Is there a dinner party tonight?"

"It seems that the representatives, the abbots of the religious orders who are away, and the cardinals will all be here?"

After a light cough, Jeanna looked at Horn: "Do you need me to be there early and wait?"

The four saints looked at Horn at the same time, and Horn smiled slightly, as he was already familiar with this kind of thing.

"I will need someone to help me host the event, and I will notify you in advance."

The four saints nodded with satisfaction and left the office.

That night, the banquet was arranged by Sissi, who arrived early.

The four saints all attended in their best attire.

Horn didn't come, and said yes because of stomachache.

(End of this chapter)