People in Terra, governing a weird little country

Because love is also a kind of piety, no less pious than any fanatic.

Yaer paused and changed the subject:

"Enya is chanting. Are you here to look for her? Do you need me to call her for you?"

"No, I really came here to pray." Ernst shook his head and said, "It is said that Manzhuyuan is the closest place to the great god Yelagund. If I pray here, he may be able to hear me more clearly."

Yaer raised her eyebrows and reminded with a smile: "There is no such thing as age for gods."

Ernst shrugged, took out the sacred stone from his arms, and placed it on the altar in front of Yaer. He also took out a piece of Orange Storm bought in Colombia, a pack of rose seeds bought in Victoria, and a souvenir of the Order of the Knight bought in Casimir, and placed them on the altar together.

Ya'er, who was standing by, was stunned as she watched Ernst supply her with goods as if he was replenishing them. She was a little confused:

"What are you going to pray to me...Reverend Yelagund?"

Ernst replied seriously:

"Please pray that He learns about fluid mechanics."

Yaer: “……..?”

Putting aside what fluid mechanics is, is it necessary for Yelagund to learn it? What's the point of learning it?

Without even a moment to answer Yaer's questions, Ernst clasped his hands together and began to pray.

"Lord Yelagund, are you there?"

"Not here." Yelagund's voice came back instantly as if he was blocking the door next door.

Ernst was stunned and a little amused. You're replying when I'm not here? What, gods have automatic replies?

"Then I'll come back later?"

Yelagund was silent for a while, then his voice softened and he asked, "...if you have anything to say, tell me."

"I want to ask, you can change the weather in Kjerag, right?"

Ernst asked straight to the point.

"Then if I ask you to create a zone of stable airflow over Kjerag, is that possible?"

Although Ernst boasted to Nastie, he was not sure whether the flying vehicle method was actually feasible.

Because this involves a very important issue - the sky of Terra is different from the sky of the Earth.

On Earth, aircraft can rise to the stratosphere of the atmosphere, where the atmosphere is dominated by horizontal motion and lacks water vapor. There are no factors such as wind, clouds, rain, and snow to affect the flight of aircraft. The temperature is low, and the relatively stable atmospheric environment is also conducive to the stable navigation of aircraft.

Theoretically, Terra should also have a stratosphere, and considering that the ecological environment of Terra is not much different from that of the Earth, the structure of the atmosphere should not be too different.

There's just one small problem.

That is the stratosphere, which is 10 kilometers above the earth, while the sky limit of Terra is only 6 kilometers.

Six thousand meters above the sky of Terra, there is something called an isolation layer that is hard to fathom. It seems to have existed since ancient times and has many nicknames, such as "star pod" and "sky cover". In the isolation layer, electromagnetic signals and Originium creations will be affected, either out of control or crashed. It's not that there are no pioneers of the Terrans who have tried to study the isolation layer, but how it works is still a blank to the Terrans.

There are many guesses, but none of them can make sense, let alone break through.

If we fail to reach the stratosphere of 10,000 meters, the limits of aircraft as a means of transportation are almost locked - under the influence of complex weather conditions and turbulent high-altitude air currents, it is difficult for aircraft to achieve stable operation.

The risk was too great, so the parents of General Christen taught the entire Terra a lesson with the fireworks of their own lives.

Even Ernst found it difficult to figure out this.

But the inability to break through the star pod layer that covers the entire Terra sky does not mean that Ernst cannot find another way and create a "pseudo-stratosphere" directly under the star pod.

This sounds incredible, but it is not completely impossible, because Kjerag's first citizen clearly has the ability to control the weather in Kjerag.

If Yelagund could do it, even if he couldn't solve the aircraft problem on the entire Terra, at least in this corner of Kjerag, putting aircraft into use would no longer be a dream.

By then, the material transportation problem that has plagued the Kjerag people for thousands of years will also be solved!

After listening to Ernst's story, Yelagund fell silent.

Ernst was a little unsure of Yelagund's intention. He was not afraid of denial or affirmation, but was afraid of silence. You know, building an airport and purchasing aircraft would also cost a lot of money. Even if Ernst could reach a cooperation with Rhine and trade Kjerag as a test flight field for a cheap and advanced test aircraft, the construction of supporting facilities alone would not be a small amount of money.

He couldn't help but ask:

"How is it, Lord Yelagund?"

After a while, Yelagund finally responded:

"I will give you an answer through the divine stone in a few days regarding this matter."

Ernst opened his mouth, thought about it, and decided to nod without saying anything more.

It was a request for help, so there was no reason to rush. Yelagunda's mother was very kind to help.

Opening his eyes and coming out of meditation, Ernst looked at the altar. The rose seeds, orange storm and knight's medal on it had disappeared without him noticing. Yaer, who had been waiting in the room, was also nowhere to be seen.

He frowned slightly, and the guess in his mind was gradually confirmed.

In Kjerag, Yelagund has countless clones, and also has the power that "as long as I don't want others to realize that I am Yelagund, it will be difficult for them to realize that I am Yelagund."

But Ernst always felt Yelagund's presence.

Now it seems that his guess was correct. Yelagund must have an avatar hidden in Manzhu Courtyard, perhaps an elder, perhaps a maid, or perhaps Yaer...

Well......

Ernst shook his head.

Never mind, it doesn’t really matter who Yelagund’s incarnation is on earth, does it?

God has been silently watching us. Why should we spend energy to uncover His identity? Is there any other purpose other than satisfying our own vanity as a great detective?

I feel it would be better to give God some local specialties like this, which would make her happier.

Thinking of this, Ernst stood up and walked out of Manzhu Courtyard.

.............

At the same time, Kjerag, Tukarim, and Kjerag government office buildings (I wouldn’t be surprised if they are labeled as dangerous buildings one day).

Yaer, dressed in a traditional Manzhuyuan dress, appeared out of nowhere in the corridor as if no one was around. The people praying and Rhine employees coming and going around her did not react to her sudden appearance.

It was as if no one noticed her at all, and as if she was supposed to be here, blending in with the environment here, completely natural and without any sense of incongruity.

She raised her head and looked at the house numbers of several rooms in the bungalow, searching one by one, and finally stopped in front of the gate of the engineering department. The biting cold wind blew, and the door was opened for her obediently.

In the room were Nasti and Lola.

Noticing that the door was opened, Nasti and Lola, who were discussing the location of the airport, raised their heads and looked towards the door at the same time.

As a local, Lola recognized Yaer's outfit at a glance: "A master from Manzhuyuan?"

Nasti frowned slightly: "Manzhuyuan, isn't that your religious institution? What is she doing here?"

The suspicion and vigilance just arose in her heart, but were dispelled by Yaer's soothing voice:

"Don't worry, I'm just here to ask you a few questions."

"Does anyone here know anything about... fluid mechanics?"

It was her studious mother, Yelagunde, who immediately rushed to the engineering department without even a moment’s mourning over her low level of education!

PS: The fourth update is complete! Brothers, please subscribe more.

Each one has over 3000 words, and today’s update has 12000 words.

If it were a standard 2000-word chapter, I would have updated 6 chapters today. I have been writing from last night to today.

PS: Next we will enter the stage of governing a peculiar small country. First we need to deal with the three major families within the country, and then write novels and build airports, and let the small country rise vigorously!

Chapter 54: Let some people be enlightened first, and the first enlightenment will lead the later enlightenment

When the 10 billion subsidy from the Dukedom of Windermere was transferred to the account that Kjerag had just opened in Magnus Bank, Kjerag's entire infrastructure campaign began.

First, the basic building materials were transported into Tukarim through the Tukarim railway line built by Kalan Trade. Due to the limitation of the length of the railway line, after entering Kjerag, these building materials needed to be transported by traditional snow mountain pack animals, crossing mountain roads to reach the territory of the Shivaash family.

The purpose of this batch of building materials was also undisputed: they were used to build the first primary school in Kjerag, which Ernst had planned for a long time.

In fact, Ernst also hesitated between giving priority to infrastructure construction or education, because this is a contradictory issue in Kjerag itself.

If infrastructure construction is to be given priority, where will the workers come from? You can't expect a group of old farmers and hunters who have been dealing with land and beasts all their lives to suddenly become enlightened and know how to build roads, how to control the proportion of cement, and how to safely use those Originium machines that are difficult to operate, right?

They can't even glue it.

If they wanted to hire all the staff from outside, or simply spend a lot of money to invite those large construction companies to come in, it would be a bit troublesome. The biggest issue is of course the cost. In addition to the cost, the xenophobic sentiment of the Kjerag people is there, and it is hard to say whether they will not make trouble and surround the construction site again like they did to the people of Magnus Bank.

That would really be a waste of time.

But if we start with education, although it is not difficult to build one or two houses, whether the people are willing to come to study is a problem. Ernst can call for or even force people to study in the name of the government, but it is a long journey for the people in the Perlochi family's territory to come to the Shivaash territory, and they need to spend several hours or even more than ten hours on the rugged mountain road. When they come all the way here, it's dark, and they haven't learned anything. They have to risk walking at night to go back?

Isn't this pure torture? If this happens once or twice, even if the Kjerag people don't rebel, Ernst himself will scold himself for being such a piece of shit.

After weighing the pros and cons, Ernst accepted the advice given by Enthiotis.

"It is unrealistic to expect Kjerag to rise completely in a short period of time."

“Even though you have great prestige among the people of Kjerag now, and even Perlochi and Brontao have to obey you, you should also remember that they only obey you as a person, not your Kjerag government.”

"The Three Clans Council has never been truly disbanded."

Enchiodis said pointedly:

"For any politician, the most important thing is to stabilize their base first. Only when the base is stable can they expand their influence outward."

Enthiotis's words were rather tactful, but Ernst could still understand what he meant.

Regardless of whether he wants to build infrastructure or develop education first, he should start from Tukarim, which has a relatively high level of civilization and openness, and gradually spread it to the entire territory of the Shivaash family, so that the people in the Shivaash family's territory can taste the benefits of development and progress and become staunch loyalists, and then consider radiating and driving the territories of Perlochi and Blantao.

In other words, let some people get rich first, and then the rich will drive the rest to get rich.

It's a fantastic and bold proposal.

But Ernst couldn't think of any other way. He couldn't rely on Yelagund to win people's hearts, otherwise it would be like now, people only obey Yelagund and Ernst, not the government. As long as they disappeared, the entire government would only be a name, without any credibility.

"Then let's start with education in Tukarim."

Ernst said slowly,

"The transportation conditions in Tukarim are pretty good. Although there is no proper asphalt road, at least it doesn't turn into mud when it rains. In addition, the population that has moved to Tukarim is also increasing rapidly. I think, how about giving priority to building a night school?"

The so-called night school, as the name suggests, is a night school. It is a stopgap measure that emerged during the period of rapid development of the country due to the lack of talent.

Workers work in factories during the day and learn some basic knowledge in night schools at night. The knowledge is not profound, but it can satisfy their transformation from a simple laborer to a skilled worker. During this period, their children can also go to school, which not only solves the problem of children being left unattended at home and wandering around on the streets, but also slowly improves the quality of the next generation of population.

Of course, because night schools are not full-time schools, the knowledge taught is often to meet the technical gaps in factories, and there is not even a specific subject classification. Therefore, such schools are ultimately just "temporary", only suitable for mass production of technical workers, and cannot cultivate real talents.

"But that's enough."

Enthiotis affirmed.

Ernst also nodded:

"The role of one or two geniuses is overestimated. It is the huge number of basic technicians who truly support Kjerag's development."

It's a very simple truth. Even if there were ten or a hundred geniuses like Lola, a Columbia PhD, they would not be able to pave the bricks and stones for a snowy mountain road or dig a tunnel through the mountain.

Perhaps the first road in Kjerag will be named after them when it is built, but Ernst will always know who built them.

The Great Wall is named after Ying and Zhu, and the Forbidden City is named after Zhu and Aisin-Gioro, but no one has ever commemorated them. The only thing worth commemorating is the Monument to the People's Heroes!

"So, what is the name of this night school?"

"Hmm..." Ernst hesitated for a moment and replied, "Xinghuo Night School."

It is the faint light that illuminates the road at night, the spark that lights the first lamp that turns Kjerag from ignorance to enlightenment, and the first spark that is destined to spread like wildfire in the future and spread the fire of civilization and wisdom all over the snowy land.

Its existence as a night school is temporary, but the spark remains.

............

Shelagh, Manzhuyuan.

This was the first time that Horhaja had climbed this legendary holy mountain since arriving in Kjerag.

There is no doubt that the Kjerag people are pious and reverent to the Holy Mountain. Now, after Yelagund's apparition in the Holy Stone Square, there is an endless stream of worshippers on the Holy Mountain every day, so much so that even Horhayya sighs that the winding mountain road is like a smooth path for devout believers.

But her purpose in going up the mountain was not to pray to the god of the Kjerag people.

She was fulfilling her purpose, searching for her past.