Above the mage

Chapter 387 All Matters Concluded

Gao De had just stepped out when he bumped into Flora.

Flora has just returned from planting trees in Vallar Bay.

"Master, Lady Flora is back!" The little boy's eyes sparkled.

"Have all the trees been planted?" Gao De asked.

"It's planted," Flora said crisply, puffing out her chest, practically beaming with pride.

"Truly remarkable, only Lady Flora could manage such a wide variety of tree species," Gao De exclaimed.

Even ordinary tree species have various requirements for taking root, sprouting, and growing strong, let alone magical tree species.

Within the spiritual land opened up by Yugathira, there are nearly a hundred species of trees, including many demonic tree species.

To this day, all the trees have been able to grow normally and healthily, which is naturally due to Flora's care.

"Lady Flora is both capable and hardworking; I admire people like that the most."

"Next time, I will definitely bring back more magic tree seeds for Lady Flora," God promised.

"The Demon Tree Seed!"

"Yes."

"What's that in your hand?" Flora suddenly noticed the newly completed standard rune literature textbook in Gaode's hand.

"The teaching materials prepared for Anna," Gao De said frankly, "She's very smart and has the makings of this."

"Oh~"

"Oh~" Seeing that Gaode didn't react, Flora said "Oh" again.

"Of course, Lady Flora is more intelligent, but it's not suitable for her, so I won't teach her," God said after a moment's thought.

It's not that Lady Flora is unsuitable for it, but rather that Lady Flora is unsuitable for it.

"oh!"

"I'm going to find Anna. Would Lady Flora like to come along?" God asked.

Flora moved faster than she spoke, landing on God's shoulder first, sitting down, swinging her legs, and then cheerfully saying, "Together!"

"Then let's do it together."

When I met Anna, the little girl was looking down at a piece of parchment, muttering something while shaking her head.

"What is Anna doing?"

Upon hearing Gao De's voice, Anna immediately shifted her attention from the parchment to Gao De, exclaiming excitedly, "Brother Gao De!"

"They're learning the Ace language." Gao De leaned closer and saw that the parchment contained the basic introductory Ace language "Hundred Sounds Table".

The little girl was just muttering something along with the Hundred Sounds Chart.

"My sister said that we'll be settling down in the North from now on, so we need to master the local language as soon as possible," Anna pouted.

She thought that since her sister had been "recruited" by Gaode to work and wouldn't have time to "teach" her, she would be free.

As it turns out, Elsa has plenty of tricks up her sleeve.

If I'm too busy during the day, I'll work overtime at night to tutor Anna. If I don't have that much time to tutor Anna, I'll give her more homework.

"That makes sense." On this point, God agreed with Elsa, since he had worked hard to master the language of Ace after arriving in the North.

"But besides Ace language, my sister also wants me to continue learning music, painting, and literature."

Anna started counting on her fingers, her little mouth chattering away like a clapperboard: "This isn't Xidian, so there's no need to learn these things here, right?"

"My sister said she'll send me to a school in Phoenix someday."

Gao De patted Anna's head and said with a smile, "What you said makes some sense."

Music, painting, and literature are certainly useful, but they are not essential subjects.

The best way to learn these things is to do them if you are genuinely interested in them.

"Brother Gaode, did you come to see me?" After complaining, Anna looked up at Gaode with hope in her eyes.

"Yes," Gao De nodded without hesitation, "I prepared a gift especially for you."

"A gift?" Anna's eyes lit up even more.

"Ta-da~" Gao De pulled out the still-warm new edition of Standard Runebook from his pocket.

"What is this?" the little girl asked, her eyes wide.

"I just wrote a textbook on runic literature," God said, seeing Anna's face about to fall, and having satisfied his wicked sense of humor, "you'll learn this. I'll talk to Elsa about it, and you won't need to learn music, painting, or anything like that anymore."

"how?"

"Really?!" Anna's eyes widened.

Runeology is one course, but there are several others, and several courses can be combined into one. Anna is good at math, so she naturally knows which is more cost-effective.

Moreover, if it's all about studying, she would naturally prefer to study this.

Because it's simple!

It's so much simpler than drawing or anything like that!

"Then it's a deal," Gao De said cheerfully. "Now I'll teach you the Six Laws of He west first, because I won't be in the North for a few days, so we need to make the most of the time. As for the basic runes, you'll have to learn them on your own."

"Okay," Anna replied obediently.

Gao De gestured for Anna to sit down at the table again, then opened "The New Standard Symbol Literature".

Following his preconceived notions, Gao De patiently recounted the story of Professor Hosey to Anna before delving into the "Six Laws of Hosey."

Throughout the entire process, Flora flapped her little wings and flew around the two of them, her eyes full of curiosity and exploration.

She would sometimes sit on Gaode's shoulder, sharing the same perspective as him, looking at that bunch of strange symbols and numbers that she recognized but which looked weird no matter how she looked at them;

Sometimes he would look at Anna's serious expression and wonder if she really understood, and how she did understand.

Time flies by unnoticed.

The little one has changed positions countless times.

Seeing that the two were focused on their own world and had no time to pay attention to her, she flapped her little wings and flew outside to play by herself.

After playing for a while, I got bored, so I flew back to listen to it. After listening for a while, I got bored again, so I flew out to play again.

This went on for a long time until she was exhausted. She sat on Gaode's shoulder, listening to their conversation, and with her eyelids drooping, she dozed off amidst the scratching of the pen on the parchment.

It wasn't until Gao De suddenly got up that Flora was awakened.

"Is it over?"

"It's over." Gao De responded to Flora first, then instructed Anna: "The Six Laws of Hosey are not complicated in essence, and can even be said to be very simple and clear. But that doesn't mean they are not brilliant. On the contrary, great theorems and formulas are often extremely simple. In addition, you need to practice these basic runes to master them. These are the basics, and you can't be lazy."

"I will check your homework next time I come back."

As he gave his instructions, he was also reflecting on his own feelings.

Although he already knew that Ana had a great talent for calculation and runes, it was only after he actually started "teaching" her that he discovered that Ana's talent in calculation was even greater than he had imagined.

A little girl who had never been exposed to multiplication, division, or Arabic numerals was able to mentally perform robust value verifications that were not simple, after her first encounter with Arabic numerals and mathematical symbols.

It's just unknown whether Ana also possesses this unexpected talent in runes.

Say goodbye to Anna and leave the room.

Gao De glanced at the little figure still sitting on his shoulder.

"Master, what's wrong?"

"Nothing much," Gao De replied, then thought for a moment and asked, "Was Lady Flora listening to me give Anna a lesson the whole time?"

"It wasn't always like that."

Most of the time, I'm just doing my own thing.

"Do you understand?"

Upon hearing the question, the little one's eyes widened alertly as she looked at Gao De and asked, "Did she understand?"

It refers to Anna.

"I think so?" Gao De said.

"Lady Flora understood a little bit too!"

"It's because you didn't listen continuously that you only understood a little bit. Otherwise, with Lady Flora's wisdom, you would definitely understand as much as you listened to."

"That's right!"

"It's really not suitable for Lady Flora, is it?" God laughed.

"Not suitable!" Flora nodded repeatedly in agreement.

"If you're not interested, why does Lady Flora keep accompanying me?" Gao De asked seriously.

She had just fallen asleep listening to it.

"Because I'm accompanying the monk."

"I see." Gao De paused for a moment, then laughed.

He thought it was an excellent answer.

He said he would leave the North in a few days, but Gaudí ended up staying in Phoenix for almost ten more days.

With two major issues looming, even though he, as the King of Zhenbing, had already set the direction for these two matters, they were still related to Phoenix's development for a long time to come, and he still needed to personally participate to feel at ease.

First, there was the first selection of civil servants in Phoenix.

Because of the current special circumstances, there is no written test for this civil servant selection process; candidates will proceed directly to the interview.

Gao De instructed Elsa to issue a selection notice throughout Phoenix, and after a three-day warm-up period, the formal interviews began.

The interview process lasted for another three days before it ended.

As the saying goes, a large forest has all kinds of birds.

Phoenix now has a population of nearly one million. While it's true that it's hard to find the kind of elite talent that people usually think of, it certainly has plenty of "talented people."

Those who dare to come and participate in the selection process are all quite capable, to varying degrees.

In this world's culture, most people are quite practical and rarely have the idea that they would never try their luck.

Among them were seven or eight "experts" in their respective tribes who were in charge of building construction, each specializing in different types of housing construction. Undoubtedly, these people were directly recruited into the construction department.

In addition, many tribal chiefs also came to participate in the selection.

They had never heard of the term "civil servant," but in the announcement, Elsa clearly explained the rights of civil servants, which they naturally equated with "elders."

To a certain extent, they are actually quite similar.

After joining Phoenix, as outsiders, they felt neither a sense of belonging nor a sense of security.

Only by becoming an "elder" can one truly be considered a Phoenix person.

With this in mind, almost all of the dozens of clan chiefs, both large and small, participated in this first civil servant selection.

Becoming a chieftain under such harsh conditions in the North is no easy task.

These chieftains generally possessed extremely rich life experience and had a profound and intuitive understanding of the climate, geography, and resource distribution of the North.

They knew which areas had stable snow cover suitable for building houses, and how to effectively utilize limited resources for logistical support.

This kind of life experience, accumulated through long-term practice, can play a role in urban infrastructure construction, resource development and utilization planning, and response to natural disasters.

In addition, their long-term experience in leading the tribe has also endowed these tribal chiefs with excellent management and coordination skills.

Within the tribe, they need to rationally allocate limited resources, arrange for tribesmen to engage in various activities such as hunting, gathering, and construction, mediate conflicts and disputes among tribesmen, and ensure the normal operation of the tribe.

This ability can be extended to the daily work of civil servants, especially in organizing large-scale construction projects, allocating human resources, and coordinating the interests of different districts or groups.

In addition, these tribal chiefs have extremely high prestige in their respective tribes. If they become civil servants, they can use this prestige to promote the implementation of various policies and tasks.

Of course, the disadvantages are also quite prominent.

Because these tribal chiefs have long held a dominant position in the tribe, they often develop a rather stubborn personality, are used to acting according to their own experience and judgment, and are not easily accepting new ideas and methods.

They often prioritize the interests of their own tribe, and in urban management decisions, they may overemphasize their own tribe's needs, "bending the law for personal gain," and neglecting the overall interests of the city...

How to maximize strengths and minimize weaknesses depends on Elsa's organizational skills.

The second thing is "education for all" which Gaode values ​​most.

After three or four days of observation, the chief of Quentin had not made any suspicious moves.

Aside from getting up early the day before, going out once, and bringing back a freshly hunted animal, he never left Phoenix again.

He usually just wanders around the city, like he's doing field research.

Whether this was done for Gord and Sunifa, or Quentin was just doing it this way all along.

In any case, the photo stone is extremely important to Phoenix. With this in mind, Gao De did not continue to observe and directly finalized the "immigrant introduction plan".

—This is the name that Gaode gave to this small tribe that actively recruited them to join the Phoenix operation.

However, out of caution, for this first mission, Sunafa sent out a fourth-ring elder from her tribe with a group of men to accompany Quentin to the Tuwu tribe.

The Tuwu tribe is extremely far from Phoenix, and it takes a considerable amount of time to travel there and back, so it will be a long time before you can obtain a large number of image stones.

However, Quentin happened to have three or four memory stones on him, so Gao De took them all.

Then, he organized the teachers of Phoenix No. 1 High School as "actors," with himself as the "director," and the Deputy Secretary of Education, Elsa, observing and learning. They spent half a day directing Phoenix's first "film lesson": "Introduction to Common Language - 01."

Yes, in the end, Gaode named this type of course "Movie Course" instead of the online course it was initially called: it has neither cause nor feature, so calling it an online course is somewhat inaccurate.

"Shadow Lesson" is extremely vivid and descriptive, firstly because it takes its name from the character "shadow" in "shadow stone," and secondly because its form itself is a record of light and shadow.

In this process, Gaode Maps has clearly defined the format, specifications, and details that need attention for "movie lessons".

After that, you can record the "video lesson" according to this standard.

This is very necessary. "Movie Classes" is something that Gaode is very familiar with, and it is not complicated in essence.

But for the people of this world, this is a completely new concept, a completely new thing.

Neither teachers nor students could imagine what this thing looked like.

No matter how much Gaode explains the concepts, without an example, it's difficult for them to understand how to do it.

Therefore, Gaode Maps needs to set an example for them first.

After these two major events concluded, Gao De recalled another matter: his One-Circle Source had entered a state of deficit.

He immediately issued another order for the tribe's hunters to capture different kinds of ley line creatures.

After doing all this, God, carrying the many supplies that Sunafa had prepared for him, prepared to head to Valar Bay and use the astral teleportation to return to the Plantagenet Dynasty.

Just as he was about to leave, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind, as if by some strange twist of fate.

(End of this chapter)