Otherworldly Companions: Every Handsome Man is Extraordinary

Only after starting to handle the affairs of the manor and territory with Fan Qingyin did Jiang Yu realize how much hard work and energy Fan Qingyin had put in during that time.

This is simply a mountain of miscellaneous tasks: personnel arrangements and transfers, fiscal revenue and expenditure, the development trend of the territory's economy, population structure, personnel mobility, the demands of the common people, the overall planning and arrangements within the manor, and so on. The major sections alone could fill a huge table, not to mention the countless smaller branches under these major sections. Jiang Yu was already overwhelmed before he even started reading.

Following her wishes, Fan Qingyin assigned her the details of pearl and transparent coral mining, income, trade, personnel input, and costs within the territory's waters. To make things clearer for her, he also compiled the information in as much detail as possible beforehand.

However, because Hollande has long relied on pearl and coral harvesting as its economic pillars, there are still many old debts and problems left over from the past.

Fan Qingyin hadn't had time to start dealing with it yet, but he had almost finished out the arrangements and plans for this year, because Hollande County had a new master this year, and it was necessary to let everyone know the new master's wishes and plans.

Therefore, Jiang Yu needed to carefully review the previous ledgers and records, identify problems, make corrections and solutions, list out the measures, and fundamentally rectify the situation. Jiang Yu already felt that this task alone was a huge undertaking, so she greatly admired Fan Qingyin.

It's easy to imagine how rigorous Fan Qingyin's family, the aristocratic families of this world, are in raising their children. This reminded Jiang Yu of the effort that ancient noble families put into raising empresses. Fan Qingyin is not only capable of being an empress, but she could probably be a prime minister or an emperor. However, in this world, even the most outstanding men are restricted.

Fan Qingyin's plans and arrangements were very thorough. Because pearl divers are hereditary technicians, skilled pearl divers only pass on their skills to their descendants and do not teach others. Therefore, they belong to a rather special group among servants, and such people can only be found in the pearl-producing seas of the Ocean Empire.

Pearl divers are ranked in ability and skill, and only the most skilled pearl divers can mine transparent coral. In the past, the mining of transparent coral relied on luck. Fan Qingyin has set up high rewards specifically for pearl divers who mine transparent coral and pearls of rare quality. This will encourage excellent pearl divers to focus more on finding transparent coral and fine pearls, thereby increasing the mining volume of both.

As for ordinary pearl divers, they can also receive a generous reward as long as they collect a certain number of pearls. This will greatly improve the previous situation where pearl divers received a stable salary from the empire but were passive and unmotivated in their work.

However, Fan Qingyin did not want the increase in mining to lead to a decline in the market prices of pearls and transparent corals, so he also formulated a policy to restrict trade, register the mined pearls and transparent corals into a warehouse, and then release a fixed amount into the market each year to control price stability.

He also believed that although these are renewable resources, mining them year-round as before would greatly harm the ecology and lead to resource scarcity. Therefore, he established a system of mining for six months and resting for six months.

Pearl divers can work efficiently for six months and then have six months of rest to take on safer and less demanding jobs. In this way, their income actually increases significantly.

Finally, because pearl diving is a high-risk industry, resulting in countless deaths and injuries every year, Fan Qingyin added extra compensation to the empire's promised amount. However, these were just the general guidelines Fan Qingyin hastily formulated; the specific details and implementation methods still need further refinement.

Because Jiang Yu had no prior experience, she needed to consult Fan Qingyin on many things, but Fan Qingyin also had many other matters to attend to, making things even more complicated.

Although Fan Qingyin was always very patient and always responsive to Jiang Yu's requests and questions, Jiang Yu did not want to take up too much of his time. Therefore, he would always arrive at Fan Qingyin's study early to check books and accounts, organize old accounts one by one, and try to verify any unclear points based on the remaining materials. Before finishing his work each day, he would mark the problematic parts he had organized and discuss them with Fan Qingyin.

Fan Qingyin was quite surprised. He was surprised by Jiang Yu's down-to-earth and serious attitude. After all, he initially thought that Jiang Yu might just be interested in the beautiful decorations such as pearls and corals and thus had the idea of ​​managing the accounts. He almost thought that she was just playing around and that her interest would only last for three minutes. He was also prepared to indulge her playfulness.

But to everyone's surprise, Jiang Yu was working very diligently and planned her work progress very reasonably every day. Although she did seem to be a novice and her speed was relatively slow, the quality was remarkably high. Therefore, Fan Qingyin's opinion of Jiang Yu changed slightly.

Just as Fan Qingyin said, Jiang Yu did not go out of her way to explain anything to Lin Yi. Lin Yi seemed to have figured things out on his own. Although he still frequently expressed his feelings, he no longer showed the same strong dissatisfaction as he had at dinner last time.

Lin Yi is a military general. Although his work seems to be less than Fan Qingyin's, mainly responsible for training guards and attendants, it is only just beginning. He often goes out early and returns late, personally leading his men to patrol the territory.

He is a young general under the Ocean Empire. After the wedding banquet, he will be away from home for a long time. He must quickly train an ironclad guard army to protect Hollandpur and his wife Jiang Yu when he is away.

Thinking about this, Lin Yi always felt a sense of urgency. After all, he was not like Fan Qingyin, who could spend a long time by Jiang Yu's side and cultivate feelings for her. He was a soldier and was destined to put the honor of the empire first. If he could not win Jiang Yu's favor before leaving, he would be in a very passive situation.

Jiang Yu will have other partners in the future, and her family background and personal qualities determine that her husbands will inevitably be extremely outstanding. If he cannot become the one Jiang Yu likes the most, and if he wants to have his own offspring, he can only become the strongest among them.

Becoming the strongest is extremely difficult. Even if he tries his best, his chances of winning against Fan Qingyin are slim. The overall strength assessed in the imperial examination, apart from personal ability and merit, also depends heavily on the family's influence.

His family was only on par with the Jiang family, which paled in comparison to Fan Qingyin's noble and transcendent family, which had even produced a pope. Worst of all, he sensed that Jiang Yu preferred Fan Qingyin more.