Above the mage

Chapter 384 The Awareness a Transmigrator Should Have

After watching Gao De and Sunefa leave, Elsa closed the door.

"Sister, you're going to have to do chores for Brother Gaode!" Anna excitedly waved her little fist. After that, her sister would be busy and wouldn't have time to "teach" her.

Great!

"What nonsense are you talking about? I haven't agreed yet. I need to think about it some more." Elsa rubbed her temples with her fingers, feeling a slight headache.

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

Elsa was taken aback for a moment, then blushed slightly, feeling embarrassed that her secret thoughts had been exposed.

She raised an eyebrow and said seriously, "The lesson isn't over yet, continue!"

"Do you think she'll agree to be Phoenix's chief of staff?" Sunefa asked softly as they walked down the street for a while.

"Probably," Gao De said uncertainly.

"You really need her, don't you?" Sunafa's lips curled into a very faint, mocking smile.

"Of course," Gao De pursed his lips, "to put it bluntly, we're essentially taking giant strides and starting to build a nation directly from a primitive tribe in the Stone Age. Everything is basically starting from scratch."

"Elsa has experience in governance. How many people like her can you find across the entire continent? Not to mention that I was able to lure her to the North to work for us."

"Rulers with prior governing experience often have fixed mindsets and are unable to easily accept other systems. But she is different. She is genuinely willing to accept new things, and that is what I value most about her."

"With her knowledge and abilities, she will definitely be able to stand on her own after adapting to the new system in Phoenix for a year or two."

"The North desperately needs management talent like her."

"At the current rate of development, Phoenix's history as the only city in the North will soon be a thing of the past... If she does well, the position of Chief of Staff will only be the beginning of her rule in the North."

"You really think highly of her," Sunefa said softly.

Gaode Maps used so many sentences, but the central theme was all about being optimistic about Elsa.

"Don't worry, she'll agree," Sunefa added.

"Hmm?" Gao Deyi.

"If she hadn't been intentionally observing Phoenix's situation, she wouldn't have been able to answer your questions so fluently. The fact that she did this proves that she is not a 'well-behaved' person."

"She embraces challenges, proves her abilities in those challenges, and gains a sense of accomplishment—that's the kind of person she is," Sunefa affirmed.

Upon hearing Sunefa say this, Gao De couldn't help but turn to his side.

Everyone has their own talents, and Sunefa is widely recognized as a person with exceptional talent.

But besides her talent as a mage, she also has amazing talent in management and judging people.

She was a born leader.

"However, Sunefa..." God thought for a moment, then said seriously, "First I appointed Caitlin, who is not a member of the True Ice Tribe, as the deputy director of the Sheriff's Office, and now I want to appoint Elsa, who is not even a Northerner, as the chief of staff. These are important positions. Don't you have any thoughts on this?"

"Change brings progress, doesn't it?" Sunefa said with a faint smile. "Besides, everything has been getting better since you arrived."

"Our people deeply admire you, and they have absolute trust in your decisions and wisdom..." Sunefa paused, then slowly added, "Including me."

"Some people do have the talent to make history and create miracles, and you are one of them."

Personality cults are unacceptable... Gao De helplessly spread his hands and said, "You don't have to be so polite to me all the time."

"Yes, Your Majesty," Sunefa replied politely.

Just as Anna and Sunefa said, Elsa had already accepted God's recruitment in her heart.

She wasn't a "well-behaved" person, and the thought of spending the rest of her life "ordinarily" in Phoenix made her...

Elsa felt some resistance.

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

However, Gaode presented her with such a challenge.

Although the current Phoenix team can be described as a complete makeshift team.

But it is precisely because of this that she, an outsider with no connections, was directly appointed as the head of a department.

If the system and regulations envisioned by Gaode have been fully established, this kind of thing would simply not be possible.

If you want to become a minister, the only way is to honestly enter the city hall, start as a junior civil servant, and rise step by step through competition based on your outstanding performance.

This is actually the best opportunity for Elsa.

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

Compared to managing a mature city or country, participating in the construction of a completely new system is undoubtedly something that excites Elsa more.

Not to mention, the theories proposed by Gaode may sound unorthodox, but many of them actually coincide with her own ideas, and many of them are ideas that she has vaguely in the direction of but cannot yet systematize.

Take, for example, the emphasis on education: "Education for all"—what a bold idea.

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

She immediately got up to find Gao De.

Gao De was willing to trust her and entrust her with important responsibilities. If she continued to hesitate, procrastinate, and adopt a wait-and-see attitude,

That would be too insincere.

Phoenix has finally created a new department, following its existing departments of Agriculture, Police, and Education:

office.

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

Although the newly appointed office manager, Elsa, doesn't yet understand why Gaode chose such a strange name for the office.

But she didn't have the chance to think about these things anymore.

Because he had just taken office, a whole host of tasks had already piled up without any hesitation.

In the office right now, she's the only one there.

Elsa's first task was to conduct the first civil service selection for God in Phoenix, recruiting a large number of managers into the city hall, while also expanding the staff of her office.

"Your Highness, this is my draft selection plan." After working overtime to complete the preliminary civil servant selection plan,

Elsa hurriedly went to Gaode.

Like Caitlyn, Elsa, being a non-True Ice Tribe native, addresses Goddard as "Your Highness" rather than "My King".

Gao De took the proposal written by Elsa and began to read it carefully.

After reading it all, he put the parchment down and looked up at Elsa, saying:

"I won't offer any opinions on the specific procedures and details of the selection process; you're the expert in that area."

To be honest, without Elsa, Gaode really wouldn't have been able to handle this matter smoothly.

He possesses exceptional talent in certain areas and has access to a more comprehensive set of experiences from another world, but he is ultimately not an omniscient and omnipotent god.

It's impossible to say that a "mathematics major" who hasn't even graduated yet can somehow perfectly transplant a superior system from another world into this one.

While groundbreaking ideas are important, the people who can bring those ideas to life are even more important.

Just because you know the strategy of "encircling the cities from the countryside" doesn't mean you can replicate the actions of a great man.

Obviously impossible.

In this respect, Gaode is actually quite aware of the importance of this.

He knew he was different from the people of this world.

Because he possesses verified knowledge that doesn't exist in this world, he also harbors the ambition to use this knowledge to change the North in light of its realities.

But Gao De knew even better that this was something he couldn't accomplish alone.

Just like the Northwest Barley No. 1, which is currently the most important crop in the North, it is said to be a miracle created by him, but how could it have been completed without Flora?

Never overestimate your abilities, and never underestimate the wisdom of the people in this world.

What's so great about time travelers? In the end, they're just ordinary people with a bit more knowledge.

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

I'll just mention two points.

"First of all, in the future, literacy and arithmetic will inevitably be basic skills that every civil servant must possess. If they do not meet this threshold, they will not even be qualified to participate in the selection process."

"But special circumstances require special treatment. Phoenix is ​​currently in dire need of management personnel, and universal education has not yet been launched. Considering this reality, we can recruit talent without being bound by convention at this stage."

"This selection process is open to candidates who are illiterate and lack management experience, but who possess rich practical experience. They can still be recruited into the city hall."

In Elsa's draft selection plan, literacy was listed as a requirement, but in the current situation in the North, who else besides the Iceborn mages would have this ability?

"As I said before, even ordinary citizens can become civil servants."

Elsa was silent for a moment, then slowly nodded. "I understand. I was still stuck in my old ways of thinking."

"Another point is that the total population of Phoenix is ​​currently around one million. Apart from the more than 500,000 Zhenbing tribe people, the remaining 500,000 come from various tribes, each with different cultural traditions and lifestyles..."

"Next, I will also set up a new department, tentatively named the Construction Department, to be responsible for overseeing the upcoming expansion of Phoenix and the initial construction of the Valar Bay port, as well as the construction of the road between the two places... We will try our best to recruit at least one person from each tribe into the Construction Department."

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

"I want these newcomers to Phoenix, and even those who join later, to start building their own future houses..."

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"When they first join Phoenix and haven't yet developed a sense of belonging and identity with the city, they won't put their heart and soul into everything else, but when it comes to building their own houses, they will naturally give their all without any supervision."

"After fully immersing themselves in the construction of Phoenix, they gradually developed a sense of belonging to the city, after all, they also contributed to its development."

"Recruiting at least one person from each tribe into the construction department is for the convenience of commanding the construction process."

"Okay," Elsa nodded after a moment's thought.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing I need to trouble you with." Gao De smiled and pushed a roll of parchment towards him.

"What is this?" Elsa asked curiously.

"Besides being the office director, you also serve as the Vice Minister of Education, you haven't forgotten that, have you?" Gao De's smile widened.

"Kindness" has been established.

"This is the current situation regarding the number of school-age children and educational resources in Phoenix. It's clear that the biggest problem is the extreme shortage of teachers," he said slowly, seeing that Elsa had already picked up the parchment and was looking through it.

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

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

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Gao De asked with feigned concern.

"So many children, and you want every single one of them to receive an education..." Elsa stared wide-eyed at Godd, "Even in the Duchy of Westminster, we couldn't gather enough teachers. You expect me to conjure up so many teachers in the North?"

"..." After being rebuffed by Elsa, Gao De, knowing he was in the wrong, was too embarrassed to say anything more. He could only try to make amends by saying, "Don't worry, I just asked you to think of a way as much as possible. I didn't ask you to solve the problem. Right now, your most important task is to complete Phoenix's first civil servant selection."

"Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness." Elsa gave an elegant noble bow before retreating.

Shortly after Elsa left, Sunefa reappeared.

"My king, what you need has been prepared for you."

The things Sunafa was referring to were the things that Gaode was preparing to bring back to the Plantagenet dynasty.

The biggest expense is definitely the various magical materials. Gaode is counting on the Northern-exclusive magical materials to make Walmart's magical material store famous.

Then comes the high-level blood food prepared for the dumplings.

The blood food we brought back last time had already been completely devoured by Tuanzi.

The effect is also very significant.

Normally, it would take at least ten years for the dumpling to grow to the next stage, but with the help of the flesh and blood of these high-level earth vein creatures containing a large amount of blood energy and magic, it is only one step away from breaking through, and its size has increased significantly.

Nothing much to say, just keep feeding.

As for the last thing.

"Here is the second-tier Ice Fiend you need." A bottle of ice crystals had already appeared in Sunaf's hand.

Ice Fiend, an essential item for enhancing and improving the quality of the Frozen Blade.

After incorporating the Snowfield Guardians, the Zhenbing tribe naturally inherited all the ice caves controlled by them.

There are four first-tier ice caves that produce first-tier ice energy, two second-tier ice caves, and one third-tier ice cave.

It takes five years for a second-tier ice cave to generate a second-tier ice aura, and the last time the Snowfield Guardian collected ice aura was two years ago.

In other words, under normal circumstances, Gaode would need to wait three years to obtain the final second-tier ice shard required for the advancement of the Frozen Blade.

Fortunately, there is still a third-tier ice cave.

It takes twenty years for a third-tier ice cave to produce one third-tier ice aura.

However, if you urgently need low-level ice energy, you can collect unformed high-level ice energy in advance.

For example, a level 3 ice cave can collect a level 1 ice aura in half a year, or a level 2 ice aura in two and a half years.

The second-tier ice demon that Sunafa handed over was taken from an unformed third-tier ice demon in a third-tier ice cave.

With this second-tier ice aura, Gao De's Frozen Blade will soon be upgraded to the second tier.

"By the way, how's the froststone preparation going? If it's almost ready, take it to Vallar Bay to load it onto the ship. The Columbus has been in port for quite a while now; it's time to send them back," Gao De mentioned.

Hunters from the Zhenbing tribe discovered a froststone vein at the junction of a glacial crevice and permafrost near Phoenix.

However, the Zhenbing tribe did not officially start mining this frost-patterned stone vein. At that time, they only marked it and collected some high-quality samples to bring back to the tribe.

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

While preparing to open the shipping route between the North and Lagos, Gode was thinking about what kind of cargo to use to transport the Columbus back to Lagos, which would bring in a considerable income, not be too abrupt, and be able to supply in large quantities and for a long time.

Soon, he remembered this frost-patterned stone vein.

“I already had the froststone transported to Valar Bay yesterday,” Sunefa replied. “I also sent Elder Finn to accompany him; he will be on the ship back to Lagos.”

This serves a supervisory function, preventing the crew from running away with the entire ship of froststone without supervision, and also acts as a form of protection.

There was no need for Gaode Maps to remind them of anything; Sunafa had already considered everything thoroughly.

As I said before, Sunefa's work is truly reassuring.