Chapter 379 Two Missions
Roland still had some opinions about the situation where various departments tried to skip the process and go directly to the last step for Roland to review.

Although Roland also knew that his current position in the War Council was similar to that of a dictator, it did not mean that all the rules Roland had set were bullshit, and the Executive Committee was not just for show.

Therefore, Roland also planned to give them a good scolding.

However, Roland thought about it and couldn't think of a suitable reprimand. The main reason was that Roland didn't understand these things very well. When he scolded someone, he either attacked the household registration book directly or used sarcastic words, which was still a little bit aggressive.

Although the various departments did not perform well this time, except for this time, they did a pretty good job other than this, so they don't deserve such harsh criticism.

It wouldn't be too harsh to scold him, but it would be useless if he scolded him too lightly. Roland couldn't find the right balance.

Moreover, as the chairman of the war committee, Roland also had some idol baggage, so even if he wanted to reprimand them, Roland had to think carefully about his words.

Therefore, in order to facilitate the modification, Roland also took out a blank piece of paper to record.

After deleting the scolding words for a while, Roland looked at the words that were mostly deleted and only a few were left on the white paper, and then he turned to look at Hela.

Hela placed a cup of liquid wisdom on the table. When she met Roland's gaze, she blinked.

Seeing Roland's pleading eyes, Hela looked at the white paper on the table again and immediately understood what Roland meant.

Hela thought for a moment and then spoke.

"Well Roland, I have an idea."

"Tell me more about your idea."

Hearing Hela's words, Roland's eyes lit up and he asked.

"How about letting them write their own self-review?"

Hela spoke her mind.

Since Roland himself couldn't control the degree, it would be better to give them a hint, let them reflect on themselves, and write a self-criticism.

Listening to Hela's words, Roland nodded thoughtfully.

good idea.

Roland accepted Hela's suggestion very obediently.

It wasn't his fault, so why should he torture himself? Just let them write their own self-criticisms. If they weren't good, Roland could ask them to rewrite them.

Well, then I’ll write a 3,000-word reflection first.

Roland clapped his hands, thinking that Hela's idea was simply a genius one. Instead of thinking about how to reprimand them and at the same time finding the right measure, it would be better to let them think about what they did wrong.

But how did Hela come up with this idea?

Roland looked at Hela strangely. Before Roland could ask, Hela noticed Roland's gaze and smiled softly, saying.

"Have you forgotten, Roland? In the past, every time you tested me, you would ask me to write a summary report. I must have written this dozens of times."

As she spoke, Hela took out her own magic book and displayed the summary report recorded inside.

These were the summary reports that Roland had asked Hela to write before, filled with Hela's self-evaluation and reflection on her studies during each period of time.

When Roland made Hela's next study plan, in addition to tracking Hela's learning progress himself, he would also refer to these summary reports.

After entering Donnar, Roland no longer had as much energy to focus on Hela, so he hadn't asked Hela to write these things for a long time.

However, Roland remembered that he asked Hela to write these summary reports when he entered the Tower of Truth and was preparing to formulate a plan for Hela to advance to the fourth ring.

At that time, Roland still had a lot of wealth from the Kes Mountains and was relatively wealthy. Therefore, when Hela wrote the summary report, she used the ordinary white paper sold by the Tower of Truth directly, and did not let Hela write directly on the magic book.

So, why did Hela move these things to the Grimoire?

Roland pursed his lips and changed the subject. He picked up the slashed white paper on the table. Flames spread from his palms and quickly burned the paper to ashes. While burning the paper, he spoke.

"Let's do as you say. However, you should give them the order to write the reflections using my order. If they have any questions, you can explain it to them briefly."

Roland paused and continued.

"If you ask me the specific reason and my attitude, I will just say that I am very dissatisfied with their behavior of trampling on the rules and ignoring the process to report directly."

Hela nodded, closed the magic book and put it away again, then issued orders to everyone to write reflections and self-examinations.

Three thousand words, reflect on your own behavior carefully, tomorrow, everyone will have to read their own review publicly in the conference room.

"Forget about the public reading. Just hand it in. However, if the first one is not good and I return it, the next one will be a public reading."

Roland pointed to the request that was publicly read out on Hela's communication device and continued.

"Also, let's postpone the report submission and meeting time by one day."

Hearing Roland's request for modification, Hela nodded and modified the message that was about to be sent to the group according to Roland's request.

While Hela was modifying and sending the order, Roland turned his attention back to government affairs.

Just as expected by various departments, Roland didn't like to pile up money in the warehouse; it had to be spent.

Although the two plans of opening workshops, growing sugar beets and developing sugar-making technology required a lot of funds and manpower, they could not use up all the idle funds in the treasury.

After taking a quick look at the amazing wisdom of each department, Roland reopened the Rainbow Project, ready to see if it would work.

The strange equipment research project is quite suitable for the current situation of the committee. As the green tide recedes, the War Committee's demand for strange equipment has shifted from military needs to civilian needs.

It would be a waste for the committee's top artificers like Siqi to be put into artifice production. As for making artifices, the cost of making artificers is too high, and the cost-effectiveness and efficiency are not as good as those of knights and spellcasters. It would be better to let them do scientific research. Moreover, scientific research mainly costs money, but the consumption of manpower is not that high, which is just right for the committee's current labor shortage.

Therefore, Roland planned to put the Rainbow Project on the shortlist first. If he couldn't find a better project, the remaining funds would be invested in the Rainbow Project.

While Roland was reading the detailed report of the Rainbow Project, representatives from various departments in Apocalypse City also received orders from Hela.

"Review?"

Tula looked at the information on the communication device with a puzzled tone.

She put down the military book in her hand and scratched her cheek in confusion.

As the war commander of the General Staff, she had the least to do during the stage of the committee's construction and development. After the end of the Southern Expedition, Tula was completely idle.

On weekdays, important military affairs of the military were handled by either Roland or Odin. She only needed to take a look occasionally, and routine military affairs were also handled by the officers under her, so she was not needed at all.

Therefore, once there was no war and she was no longer needed as a war commander, Tula had nothing to do, so she had been staying in the residence assigned to her by Apocalypse, reading and studying peacefully.

Although Tula has strong military command skills, they are only developed on the battlefield. He is an iron-blooded practitioner and has never learned any military theories.

Therefore, after he had some free time, Tula began to make up for his shortcomings by reading various military theories and absorbing and integrating them into his own system.

However, although Tula rarely went out after the end of the southern expedition, as the commander of the military, Tula's absence from going out does not mean that she is unaware of the situation of the military.

Therefore, Tula, who had cooperated with Roland in fishing before, keenly realized that someone in the military seemed to be trying to stir up trouble, and decisively chose to join forces with Odin.

Under the guidance of Tula and Odin, the military only proposed two conventional ideas: expanding the army and fighting the green tide. However, the amazing ideas from the military, such as expanding the army by one million, bringing the city defense army under the direct leadership of the military, and fully militarizing the committee, were suppressed by the two of them tacitly.

Although Tula knew that Roland would most likely not agree to any of the proposals put forward by various departments including the military, Tula thought that he would just give them a warning at most.

But what is this self-review? Why do I have to write 3,000 words?

Tula looked at the message sent by Shanghaila through the communication device and was a little confused.

While Tula was thinking, Hela also sent a new message. She briefly explained what the review should include, including why they ignored the degree and went directly to Roland, what they did wrong, what mistakes they made, the reasons for the mistakes, and future corrective measures or plans.

Why ignore the degree? Huh? Didn’t the proposal submitted by the military go through the procedures?
Looking at the new message sent by Hela, Tula fell into deep thought. Then she stood up, sorted out her military books, put on her coat, and prepared to go out.

She needed to talk to Odin about this review.

Tula was still an illiterate a few years ago. Even after literacy and military education, Tula's cultural level was not high. She could write battle reports during battles, but she really couldn't write something as unfamiliar as a self-criticism.

In addition to Tula, everyone in Apocalypse City who received the news also took action.

There are not many senior people in the committee who are proficient in clerical work. More than half of them are in the same situation as Tula. They are good at their own work, but they are not good at something unfamiliar like writing self-criticisms.

But Roland's order had come down and it was due the day after tomorrow, and they had no choice but to find someone to negotiate with.

While they were pondering and thinking about the review issue, at noon the next day, Roland also announced within the committee the flow of idle funds that were being monitored by various departments.

The two projects from the Ministry of Law and the Qiji Industrial Zone that followed the normal process and were fully approved passed Roland's final review and officially became one of the committee's execution projects.

However, the project of the Ministry of Law was made public, but the Rainbow Project of the Qiji Industrial Zone had no public content and did not even have a name.

After seeing this scene, before everyone who was still thinking about how to write the review could react, Roland also submitted to the Executive Committee the commercial tax reform, the foreign trade version of the Alchemy Workshop, and the sugar production plan that he had extracted and revised from the Ministry of Finance.

Although these plans were all proposed by Roland, Roland did not rely on his position which was actually higher than the Executive Committee to ignore the Executive Committee and directly implement his own plans. Instead, he chose to follow the process honestly.

After half a day of review by the Executive Committee, Roland's three plans officially became the committee's implementation projects.

After knowing this, everyone who was thinking and reflecting finally realized where their problem lay.

Even Roland has to go through the process and pass the review, so why do they ignore all the procedures?
Combined with the order and rules that Roland had repeatedly emphasized since the establishment of the committee, they finally knew what to write in the review.

Just when they finally started writing their self-criticism, Roland also received a message from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Although the political struggle within the Silver Empire can be said to have completely torn apart the relationship, the Silver Emperor and the six major Silver families are only one layer away from an open break. The two sides have begun to compete for control of the Silver Empire and are constantly fighting over power.

Although the Silver Emperor was relatively weak, he was not quickly defeated by the Silver Family as Roland remembered. On the contrary, although he was still at a disadvantage, he actually held on and fought back and forth with the Silver Family.

According to investigation, the Silver Emperor seemed to have received some unknown assistance.

The political infighting within the Silver Empire also affected their approach to the committee.

Because the Silver Empire's diplomats on the committee's side had suddenly withdrawn, but the Silver Empire and the War Committee must have diplomats stationed on each other's side, the Silver Empire sent diplomats again.

This is certainly a good thing, as it facilitates diplomatic exchanges between the Silver Empire and the War Council, but what gives the Ministry of Foreign Affairs a headache is that they received two diplomatic notifications.

The Silver Emperor and the six major Silver Families each sent out an envoy, and each claimed that they were the only envoy representing the Silver Empire.

Naturally, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not dare to make a hasty judgment on this situation. After receiving the two diplomatic notifications, it immediately handed the news over to Roland.

Looking at the two diplomatic notices in front of him, Roland seemed to be thinking about something.

Judging from Sinar's situation, there are too many forces that will help the Silver Emperor fight against the six silver families.

The Pantheon, the vassal states, the Tower of Truth, and even other national forces in Sinar, they may all support the Silver Emperor.

After all, in this life, Kan'ozu was killed by Roland, and the Green Tide was intercepted by the War Council. Sinnar no longer needed the Silver Empire to concentrate its forces to fight against the Green Tide.

In the absence of external pressure, all parties would probably be happy to see civil strife in the Silver Empire.

There were too many forces that could interfere, and Roland couldn't guess who was supporting the Silver Emperor.

(End of this chapter)