After Transmigrating to Become the Daughter of a Duke, I Just Want to Pursue a Career

For this question, Chris gave his own answer...  

"Everyone, move fast, work harder, the time is running out, we can't let people from other teams overtake us!"

"Listen well, for winning the first place in this round, each person will be rewarded with three silver coins—!"

Half a month later, on a Chris construction site, the foreman in charge of the project was constantly yelling at the workers who were working hard, and every time he shouted, the efficiency of the workers could be slightly improved. It's not because his voice has any magical power, but because the reward of the three silver coins he promised is really tempting.

Because the initial industrialization of Chris Port has been completed, the productivity has been greatly improved, followed by the rapid growth of the import and export of goods, and the rise of the incidental financial industry.

This series of changes has made the purchasing power of the silver coins minted by Chris quite considerable. For a worker, three silver coins are very attractive, especially when these three silver coins are rewards other than wages. The workers have a strong enthusiasm for production.

However, although the workers had worked very hard at this time, the foreman in charge of the project still seemed a little dissatisfied.

However, this cannot be blamed on the foreman, he has nothing to do, since he learned that the army of Burros Kingdom is about to invade, under the call of the Grand Duchess Katerina, Chris has declared a state of war.

Today, everyone in the entire city has been mobilized in an all-round way. In order to maximize production efficiency in a short period of time, Chris's top executives spared no expense, invested a lot of money in various departments, and paid attention to the related management. The perpetrators promised huge profits, and at the same time, relevant punishment mechanisms were also formulated.

For example, the current foreman, if he successfully completes the tasks assigned by his superiors and wins the competition with his colleagues, then he will get a chance to be promoted to the social class!

This kind of thing is unimaginable in normal times. Although the city of Chris is already moving towards industrialization, people's thinking is still in the feudal period.

In this regard, Katerina once worked hard, hoping to let the residents under her command break through the cage of thought, thereby promoting social progress, but she soon discovered that this kind of thing was simply unrealistic in a short period of time.

Although Chris's productivity has made a qualitative leap at present, due to the lack of a reform movement to break the old social class, social consciousness has not kept up with the speed of productivity development.

Relying on the insight and vision of her previous life, Katerina knew what the problem was, but she couldn't solve it, because the base of her power was the nobles of the Chris Group, and these people were essentially the beneficiaries of the old order By.

If Katerina wants to maintain the stability of her own ruling power, she cannot do without the support of these people. Under such circumstances, the girl has no way to force these people to accept the loss of core interests. If this problem cannot be solved, social awareness There is no way to talk about the progress.

It wasn't until the outbreak of this war that Katerina discovered the opportunity to change. The girl drew a big cake for the nobles that "the nobles and the king rule the country together". Coupled with the imminent huge crisis, the dual forces Under the circumstances, the old ideology of the aristocracy finally showed cracks, giving the long-solidified social class a chance to flow.

Then, the change of social class brought great vitality to the society and released unimaginable power at the same time.

The foreman in front of him is just a microcosm. In order to change his social class, he will naturally drive the workers under him to work hard and increase the enthusiasm for production in the field under his jurisdiction. Similar things are happening in Chris's various industries today. happened.It is entirely conceivable that in this state, how terrifying the productivity of Chris, a city that is transforming into a war machine, is.

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At the same time, at the militia training camp in Chris, the militiamen who had just joined the army for additional training were holding wooden spears in their forehand, and stabbing the humanoid target opposite them. At the same time, in accordance with the rhythm of the stabbing, these militiamen Like a ferocious beast, constantly roaring loudly,

"Kill one, ten silver coins!"

"Kill two, twenty silver!"

"Kill ten, advance to soldier rank!"

"If you die in battle, you will have no worries at home!"

These simple and easy-to-understand words seem to have some kind of mysterious power at this time. With each shout, it can make the stabbing of the militiamen more powerful. Nodding again and again.

Needless to say, this weird training method was created by Katerina. A long time ago, the girl thought about what kind of army she needed.

According to the memories of previous lives, if an army wants to have a strong combat effectiveness, it must understand why it is fighting.

In Katerina's memory, the two most powerful armies in the world, one is fighting for the red faith, and the other is fighting for pure interests, and both sides have shown strong combat effectiveness.

If possible, Katerina would be very happy to see that the army under her command is an army fighting for the faith, but unfortunately, the position the girl stands in is destined to make it impossible for her to train such an army, so the girl finally Another army was chosen as the direction of development.

Although such an army has many problems, it also has an obvious advantage... As long as the money is sufficient, it will have combat effectiveness.

The current training mode for the militia is based on this point. Katerina does not intend to play tricks with the militia. She just wants to imprint the concept of "war economy" in the minds of the militia in the simplest and most direct way. Thereby rapidly enhancing the fighting will of the militiamen.

As for Chris's regular army, their training method is an enhanced version of the militia training method. While strengthening various military skills, it is supplemented with certain ideological education, such as national interests and nationalism. Training a modern army, and when such an army is equipped with weapons of the industrial age, it is enough to bring a huge shock to the whole world.

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Finally, turn your attention to bars, hotels, markets and other places with a large flow of people, a planned and organized wave of public opinion is being promoted......

"Hey, have you heard? There is a smart guy who has just been exempted from business tax for the next year by the Grand Duchess!"

At this moment, a man dressed as a businessman is telling the story of a certain lucky man vividly to the people surrounding him. After listening to the story, someone asked suspiciously,

"Are you kidding me? A year of business taxes? How did he do that?!"

"Who's joking!" As if being insulted, the businessman who released the "private" message suddenly increased his volume,

"My uncle's son works in the Dock Audit Office, that's what he told me."

"I remember very clearly that he said that there was a very smart guy who sold all of his goods to Chris's business department at cost price, and then he was interviewed by His Majesty the Grand Duchess."

"And after meeting the Grand Duchess, the guy said that he would provide Chris with cheap goods worth more than 5000 gold coins at a cost price during the war, so he got a promise from the Grand Duchess to exempt from taxes for one year."

"Wait, what are you talking about? 5000 gold coins!" After hearing what the businessman said, someone immediately said sarcastically,

"How can this be smart? I think he is a fool at all!"

"Everyone knows what's going on in the market now. Even grain can be sold for [-]% more than usual, and it will definitely be sold. Is there such a good thing in normal times?"

"At the cost of 5000 gold coins not making money, to exchange for a year of tax exemption... This is definitely a big loss."

"Hey, don't you understand?" Facing the oncoming sarcasm, the businessman was not angry, but after glancing at the crowd, he responded with a smile,

"I tell you, you can't just look at the present, but also look at the future~"

"Think about it, after this war is over, the grand duke and daughter will establish a country, but how much goods will be consumed to establish a country?"

"With a one-year tax exemption right, and being favored by Your Excellency, are you afraid that you won't be able to earn it back?"

At this moment, after listening to what the businessman said, the crowd was suddenly stunned, and many businessmen's eyes were already showing excitement, but at this moment, someone suddenly asked,

"How do you know that Chris will definitely win? This time, the opponent is not an ordinary lord, but the Burros people. Those pirates are not easy to deal with, just in case..."

"Heh!" The next moment, before the other party finished speaking, he heard the businessman sneer,

"Do you think Chris will lose? Just relying on the group of pirates? It's not like you haven't seen the skills of the Grand Duchess, do you really think that the pirates of Burrose can defeat the Grand Duchess?"

"Besides, invest in Chris, get tax-free rights, and once the war is won, you can make a lot of money."

"Even if we take [-] steps back, it's really not good for the war. At best, we'll just run for nothing and not make any money. Where can we find such a deal in this world?"

This time, after listening to the businessman's answer, the crowd was completely silent, and no one questioned it anymore. As the news spread rapidly among the crowd, more and more businessmen showed eagerness in their eyes, and a small number of people were even anxious. Impatiently, he left here, and then went straight to Chris's office hall.

What no one noticed was that the businessman who conveyed the news to the crowd quietly left the crowd at this time, and he just disappeared, and he was no longer seen.

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"Miss Avril, this is the document delivered today."

Hearing the call from her ear, Avril Lavigne, who seemed a little tired from working for a long time, cheered up at this moment, and then carefully began to review the contents of the document.

At this time, it has been more than half a month since Avril joined Katerina's command. This woman who used to have a tendency to self-destruct now has no thoughts of committing suicide at all, mainly because of the heavy workload recently. , leaving her with no energy to think about other things.

To be honest, Avril Lavigne was a little dazed about the current situation she was facing. She had imagined many times what she would face when Katerina accepted her.

Because she is highly conscious of her sensitive identity, it is really difficult for Avril Lavigne to trust anyone, even for the well-known Katerina, Avril Lavigne always has a suspicion.

But now, all the doubts in Avril's heart have disappeared, and she has fully affirmed the fact that the girl who is nominally her lord absolutely trusts herself, after all......

This posture, like commanding an animal, cannot be faked no matter what.

Looking at the mountains of documents in front of her, Avril instinctively twitched her lips. She was a royal lady before, so she had never suffered such a "crime". own work.

At this moment, when she opened the document in her hand and looked at the content described in the document, the expression on Avril's face suddenly became serious. She picked up the pen in her hand and calculated the correctness of the numbers in the document. While silently guessing the thoughts behind the person who wrote this document in his heart.

After a long time, Avril closed the document, and then took a deep breath. At this time, she had confirmed the authenticity of the content of the document, and because of this, she was extremely shocked.

After taking over the job of Katerina's personal maid, although Avril's cognition has been shocked by everything about Chris many times, she still couldn't help being shocked again when faced with the contents of this document.

This is a document about steel production. The figures given on the document have reached a very exaggerated level. Avril had seen similar documents when she was serving King Nok, and the current document recorded The number is thousands of times that at that time!

If Avril had seen such a document appearing in front of her when she was a royal lady, she would definitely have thought that someone was joking with her, but now, she had to work hard to accept this reality.

After a while, Avril, who had adjusted her mentality, suddenly thought of the Burros who was about to attack. She was worried about the arrival of the other party before, but now there was only a trace of pity in her heart.

After using detailed data and personally experiencing the strength of an industrial city after its full mobilization, Avril Lavigne is very clear that this war was doomed from the very beginning. Those poor Burros people don't understand themselves What is it about to face.

After a sigh of emotion, Avril suppressed the distracting thoughts in her heart, and then flipped through the documents in her hand again. In order to keep the war machine of Chris running efficiently, there are still many things that need to be dealt with for a screw like her.

Chapter 130 126. Knight Celia

"Miss, your coffee~"

In the middle of the night, in a certain study in the mansion of Marquis Aaron, like many places in Chris City at this time, the lights here are also shining.

At this moment, looking at Katerina, who was still buried in the pile of documents, and Seria, who had just returned from Viscount Abt and changed into a maid outfit again, a trace of distress flashed in her eyes.

If it was normal, Celia would definitely advise the girl to take a good rest, but now, the only thing she can do is to put the coffee she made next to Katerina, and then silently stay by her side to accompany her.

No way, the entire city of Chris is currently in a state of full preparation for war. Many places in the city are working overtime, and even many nobles are working hard. In this case, as the ruler of the city Otherwise, how could Katerina allow a lot of work tasks to pile up.

"Thank you, Celia~"

After hearing Celia's call, Katerina, who had been buried in the pile of documents, raised her head and looked at the coffee beside her. After twisting her neck vigorously, the girl picked up the coffee and took a sip After that, she smiled tiredly at Celia,

"It's been a long time since you went to Abt's territory, I haven't had the coffee you made, I really miss it."

"I have to say, Celia, it's really time for you to come back this time."

"Really?" Celia's heart felt a little warmed by the girl's compliment, but she still couldn't see any expression on her face. She just replied in a calm tone, as if pointing something,

"It turns out that the lady still likes my coffee. I thought the lady didn't need me anymore."

As for Celia's reply, Katerina was subconsciously stunned, and then she seemed to think of something, and the girl's face was stunned, and then, she said dumbfoundedly,

"Selia, are you jealous of Avril?"

"Don't be like this. Avril's situation is different from yours. Her identity is very complicated. I can't refuse Hill's plea. In addition, only I can keep her in this world, so I keep her by my side."

"Don't worry, Celia, no matter who it is, it is impossible to take your place. In my heart, you are the most important."

"Is the most important..." At this moment, Celia didn't know what to think of when she heard Katerina's words, and her face was suddenly in a trance, and then, the woman wearing The knight dressed as a maid suddenly looked deeply at the girl,

"But miss, I heard that you don't intend to let me stay with you any longer. Is this true?"

"Eh~" At this moment, Katerina was instinctively stunned when she heard the question raised by Celia. After trying to understand what the person in front of her meant, the girl sighed lightly, and then responded very seriously. road,

"So you already know~"

"I wanted to give you a surprise, but since you already know, I'll tell you......"

"I do intend to remove you from my side, as I do not think the position of maid is suitable for you."

"Selia, you should be a knight, a real knight!"