Great time travel

Chapter 94, The Vision of the Empress of the Empire

Fantastic world, Farmat continent, imperial capital Ula Bianca city

With a bright morning glow quietly jumping out of the sky, the bright sun rises again as usual, bringing the warmth of spring to the world.

The imperial palace stood as usual on a high and precipitous hill, overlooking the vast and storm-beaten plain below.

Ula Bianca, the imperial capital, is located in the south-central part of the Farmat continent, about [-] to [-] kilometers away from the coast. It can not only enjoy convenient sea transportation and rich seafood, but also avoid being pirated like a port city. Direct surprise attack.Although the climate here is relatively hot, and the sunshine in summer and autumn is very strong, it is generally quite comfortable relying on the cool wind flowing down from the ice and snow mountains in the north.

The imperial palace of the empire is located on the easternmost side of the five hills in the city, on a hill named Satyrai.Among them, the palace on the easternmost side of the city wall was the residence assigned by His Majesty the late Emperor Molt when Ping Na was still a princess.Because the ventilation here is quite good, the aroma of cypress wood in the forest outside the city is always wafting in the wind.Ping Na really likes this kind of breath that can restore clarity of thinking, so even after she was promoted from princess to empress, she didn't move out of this old bedroom, but continued to use it.

At this moment, the refreshing morning breeze is slowly blowing into the bedroom, and the calico curtains behind the floor-to-ceiling windows flutter, heralding the beginning of a new day.

The bright sunlight shone in, shining brightly on the hall, causing Empress Ping Na to slowly wake up from a night of sound sleep.

"... um... so dazzling..."

Under the bright morning light, Empress Pinna, who was half awake and half dreaming, muttered so much on the bed, turned over in a daze, and planned to continue sleeping.But because of this, the brocade quilt that was originally covering her body slipped from her body to the outside of the bed, making Empress Ping Na's fair neck, smooth jade back, plump buttocks, round fragrant shoulders, and the beauty on her chest. A pair of heavy twin peaks were all exposed to the morning breeze...

——In the early days of civilization when the textile industry was not developed enough, as long as the temperature conditions allowed, they would not get sick from the cold, and most people were used to sleeping naked.

The ensuing chill instantly drove away the remaining tiredness in the queen's mind, made her completely awake at once, and sat up abruptly.

"...Your Majesty, you went to bed too late last night, didn't you? If this continues, your body will not be able to take it anymore."

Reaching out to grab the slipped quilt, wrapping her delicate body again, through still hazy sleepy eyes, Empress Pinna saw Hamilton, her personal female clerk, instructing the maids to open the windows of the bedroom one by one, while worrying So sighed to himself.

"...Hey, there is no way, the country is in a difficult situation! There are bad news of famines and wars everywhere, how can people sleep well?"

Empress Ping Na rubbed her eyes disapprovingly and replied, then scratched her disheveled long hair, and stretched completely in the sun, feeling much refreshed immediately.Next, she looked around the bedroom that doubles as an office, and saw that it was the same as when she fell asleep last night, with all kinds of documents piled up on the table, plus a large number of letterheads sent by local nobles , making the palace even more chaotic.

——Since the group of outsiders from Arnus Hill arrived in the Farmat continent, the cheap paper they made from plant fibers has quickly replaced the expensive parchment, becoming the cheapest paper on the Farmat continent. One of the best-selling alien items.

Next, relying on the technical support of people from other worlds, the royal family and many princes and lords also successively owned their own small papermaking workshops, and even small movable type printing factories.The cost of producing each sheet quickly dropped to one-hundredth of that of parchment of the same size, making it affordable even for the poorest of the poor.Although this change has greatly reduced the price of paper and books, more people have been able to afford paper and pens and have learned to read and write.But it also brought about a bad consequence—because the price of paper is no longer expensive, and there is no need to save and streamline words, the clerk's writing will soon become more and more nagging and long-winded, making it necessary to review a large number of memorials every day. Queen Pinna, who wrote newspapers and letters, felt increasingly troubled by this.In fact, just the piles of unsightly documents and files in the bedroom gave Empress Pingna a headache and became extremely irritable.

——In the fantasy world of Falmat, there is no standard format for official documents, and they are all freely developed by a small number of intellectuals.In the past, because the price of parchment paper was too high, only twelve sheets of parchment paper could be made from the skin of a sheep, and the process lasted for two to three months, these literati had to streamline their sentences and be forced to be concise... Now that the price of paper has suddenly plummeted, those clerks who originally wanted to calculate the length of each letter by letter naturally broke out like wild dogs running wild all of a sudden, competing with each other to pile up rhetoric, quote classics, and make long speeches. They have to use one page after they finish writing, as if they would not be able to show their literary talent if they don't waste it like this.

It's just that Princess Pingna, who suffers from a surge in reading because of this, feels dizzy every day, no matter how much she reprimands her, it has little effect.

Hey, when did the imperial court of the empire use "computers" for daily government work like the outsiders on Mount Arnus?

In fact, she had actually discussed this issue with diplomats from outsiders.But after thinking about it, the other party came to the conclusion that it is not difficult to develop an input system using the imperial language. It is not difficult to organize a group of imperial civil servants to learn how to use computers. Well, if they are willing to work hard, they should be able to can do it.But to build an internet system throughout the entire empire, even if it is just a local area network within the imperial capital, is an almost impossible project—there is no technical problem, but the cost is absolutely unaffordable for Queen Pinna .

In addition, there are problems of power supply and daily maintenance, which cannot be solved by the imperial subjects themselves.

What's more, if computers are really used to achieve paperless office, wouldn't the cost of official documents be reduced again? Wouldn't it be more lengthy?

Empress Pina obviously has no intention of asking for trouble, so up to now, only the empress herself and a few dignitaries in the entire imperial capital have privately collected a few tablet computers from other worlds. Solar or hand crank charger to recharge...

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Just as Empress Pinna was sitting on the bed with her quilt in her arms, thinking so wildly, another gust of chilly morning wind blew towards her from the window, causing her to tremble slightly, and goose skin appeared on her fair skin all over her body. Pimple, "...Ah Choo!"

"...Your Majesty, although it is spring now, the wind in the morning is still very cool, put on your clothes quickly!"

Two middle-aged maids with kind faces came over, lifted Queen Pinna off the bed from left to right, then helped her put on a white cotton petticoat, and poured hot water into the enamel washbasin , helped her to wash up briefly.Then, facing the rising red sun outside the window, she slightly narrowed her eyes, as if she was thinking, or just in a daze.

"...Her Majesty, seeing that you are not in good spirits, do you want to take a bath before breakfast?"

While helping her tidy up the documents scattered on the table and the floor, Hamilton asked, "...this will help her wake up a little bit."

"...You are right, let's do it like this!"

Ping Na listened carefully to the advice of her subordinates, and was immediately surrounded by the maids and pushed into the bathroom, took a careless shower, then tied her red hair back up, combed it into a loose bun, put on light makeup, and put on a coat. shirts and skirts.It wasn't until an hour later that the refreshed Pingna returned to the bedroom and sat down at the small dining table on the terrace—judging from the daily grooming process of most noble ladies, this is already quite fast.

The breakfast at this time has not been served yet, but the maid has already placed a cup of coffee from another world on the table.Pina took a deep breath of the unique aroma of this refreshing drink, and then with a small sense of pleasure and satisfaction, she stood by the railing of the terrace with a coffee in her hand, overlooking the entire city below her, trying to keep her mind and body exhausted. Looking for a little bit of relaxation in the tiring life.

——The throne of the empire has never been a position that can be enjoyed easily, but requires amazing hard work and struggle...

At this time, Ula Bianca City, the imperial capital, is shrouded in a bright and bright spring, like a golden city bathed in holy light.

But if you look closely, you will see a large number of dilapidated abandoned houses, dirty alleys filled with garbage, deserted streets with few pedestrians and horses under this layer of bright sunlight... Collapsed palace ruins, overgrown gardens, and dilapidated statues and murals can be seen everywhere inside the imperial palace.Outside the city walls of the imperial capital, there are also few people and barren fields. Those abandoned manors in the turmoil have become a paradise for weeds, shrubs and wild animals. Many once fertile cultivated lands are still covered with a layer of white flowers. salt cream.

Obviously, even three years after Empress Pinna ascended the throne, the once-prosperous imperial capital of Ula Bianca failed to recover from the double catastrophe of the "Flood of the Foreign World" and the civil war of the empire.And the empire that was once extremely powerful is still struggling with decline.

"... Alas, how difficult the country's affairs are!" Looking at the imperial capital in decline, Empress Ping Na couldn't help but sighed again.

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PS: The Fukuyama who wrote "The End of History" recently said: It is not my "End of History" that is wrong, it is the world that is wrong-as expected of a Japanese, are you a sophomore or a Showa staff officer?However, he compares the current chaos in the Middle East to the 30-year war in Europe, and believes that after the 30-year war ended, that is, after two-thirds of the population died, religious superstition should be effectively broken, which is a bit reasonable.

Then, a colleague came back from playing in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Osaka, Japan, and said that the most impressive thing was that there was a myrtle in the women's restroom that was always scary—wouldn't it scare tourists to pee their pants or skirts?And what's it like working part-time as Myrtle in the women's restroom?