"Developnt planning?"
Having heard the young girl’s words, Baron Betel was montarily stunned.
He had envisioned Count Castel trying to sway him, as well as other nobles waiting aloofly for his pledge of allegiance. He also considered that Count Castel might first choose to rebuke him, this troublemaker from the Northern Land, or perhaps suggest under other nobles’ pressure that he hand over his domain and rank to beco a landless aristocrat...
But he never anticipated that upon eting, the other party would just hand him a stack of docunts.
Developnt planning?
For Baron Betel Territory?
Baron Betel picked up the scroll with a look of confusion and began to read, baffled. But after just one glance, he couldn’t look away anymore.
The reason was simple, the content of this developnt plan was too captivating.
The entire set of scrolls was roughly estimated to consist of thirty to forty pages, with a construction period set for twenty years. This period was further divided into four stages, each lasting five years.
The docunts covered everything from the significance and necessity of the developnt in Baron Betel Territory, to the current situation and basic conditions of the domain, to its existing problems, described in trendous clarity — even more comprehensively and thoroughly than he, the lord of the lands, understood.
Following this, regarding the various issues analyzed, the plan from aspects like infrastructure construction, fortification enhancents, territorial security, comrcial trade developnt, farmland improvent, and sustainable forest managent, spread voluminously through dozens of pages of asures and suggestions. These were interlinked, comprehensive, and flawless.
So suggestions and asures illuminated the mind of him, the local lord, and even matched so of his long-held ideas perfectly. The analyses concerning the current developntal challenges of the Baron Territory, in particular, enlightened him, who had long worried about the state of his lands.
Especially regarding undead clearance in security construction and road building in infrastructure construction, he had long harbored thoughts on these.
Baron Betel was situated centrally amongst the Roman, Violet, and Castel domains, a crucial trade route through the three territories. Yet, despite decades, it had not only failed to develop, but had also beco increasingly run-down. The biggest reasons were the lingering undead from the Star Moon War, along with decrepit roads and loss of population.
Additionally, for easier reader comprehension, the scrolls were magically imprinted with nurous diagrams and charts, an innovative format.
After gazing through it a few tis, Baron Betel was thoroughly captivated by the developnt plan.
Unconsciously, he beca imrsed, continually assessing its feasibility as he read. By the ti he reluctantly closed the entire scroll, he realized nearly an hour had passed.
Baron Betel quickly snapped back to reality and hastily closed the scroll, soon hearing Charlotte’s slightly amused voice from behind his desk:
"How is it, Baron? What do you think of this developnt report?"
"Brilliant! Truly brilliant! Since I’ve been ennobled, I’ve never seen such a detailed and abundant plan with clear objectives and coherent organization! It’s visionary and valuable!"
"Especially the format of planning by years, and the inventive charts and tables, even soone completely ignorant could grasp it all at a glance!"
Baron Betel expressed his admiration.
After speaking, he couldn’t help but comnt further:
"Of course, perhaps because the person who wrote it didn’t deeply understand the Betel Territory, so suggestions still have flaws and difficulties, but on the whole, even if only a third of the planned proposals in this docunt were completed, the entire Baron Betel Territory would likely be transford!"
Saying this, he sighed and then inquired:
"Co... Count, who exactly wrote this developnt plan? Undoubtedly, whoever wrote this plan is imnsely talented!"
Charlotte smiled and answered:
"It was written collectively by several ministers from the cabinet, their nas are attached at the end of the scroll."
"The cabinet ministers did it together?"
Baron Betel displayed surprise, then couldn’t help but sigh:
"No wonder the Castel Domain is developing better and better, having such a professional cabinet there. It’s no surprise that it has surpassed those decaying noble domains."
Speaking of which, he flipped to the end of the parchnt scroll, wanting to see which Castel nobles had authored this report, perhaps planning to visit them for advice when he had the ti.
However, when Baron Betel turned to the last page of the parchnt scroll, he paused in surprise at the first na he saw:
"Charlotte de Castel?"
He couldn’t help but raise his head and look toward the young lady, and Charlotte smiled and said:
"I only provided the frawork and direction, designed the outline and chart requirents; the details, including the recomndations, were mostly drawn up by the cabinet."
"They are the main contributors; I just did a small part."
A small part?
No! The frawork and direction are the most important, aren’t they?
These opinions and suggestions, any one of them listed individually, any experienced nobles could think of based on the actual conditions, but the hardest thing is actually putting these elents together into a whole.
Or more accurately, being able to lay out the overall frawork, to create a design for twenty years, to set a direction for long-term planning, that is the most difficult and crucial part.
Not to ntion the charts.
In Baron Betel’s view, what caught his eye the most were these straightforward charts; he could almost imagine, this intuitive form of expression could be applied almost anywhere in domain governance.
These charts can concisely summarize problems, greatly facilitating comparative analysis, helping one discover connections between data and reality.
rely through the comparison of charts, he suddenly was able to clarify so previous doubts about the developnt of his domain, feeling a profound sense of enlightennt.
Thinking of this, Baron Betel couldn’t help but look towards the young girl behind the desk, his expression increasingly amazed.
A transcendent prodigy not yet seventeen years old, with a Transcendent Aura so powerful that even he, a seasoned Starry Knight, felt oppressed...
A young leader who, in less than a year, had integrated her domain and defeated two Duchy Alliance Armies...
A visionary lord who could casually design such a clear developnt plan, thoroughly considering issues and valuing domain developnt...
Divine Lord above, what kind of monster has the Castel family produced!
Baron Betel’s feelings were incredibly complex.
"Baron, you ntioned that there are so flaws in this plan; could you elaborate?"
Charlotte then said.
Baron Betel paused for a mont and then mused:
"Yes, so aspects of the details still require careful consideration. So plans and asures, although theoretically feasible and sound, could be difficult to implent and do not fully match the actual situation..."
"For example, the Undead, previously Violet did not fail to attempt to clear Betel’s Undead, but the pollution in the Baron Betel Territory was more severe than imagined, and without the Blazing Sun stepping in, it would be hard to resolve everything, the costs too high..."
Listening to Baron Betel’s words, Charlotte nodded and smiled:
"So, could you propose so modifications to this plan?"
"Of course, I would be willing."
Baron Betel almost blurted out instinctively.
Then, he picked up the parchnt scroll again and began discussing various doubts about the plan with the young Count Lord.
For a ti, he even forgot that he had actually been forcefully brought to et the lord, to accept "disposition"...
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