Douluo Dalu 2: Sun-Moon Glory

Hearing Jing Hongchen's remark, Huo Yuhao almost dropped the pen he was twirling. 'What the heck? Did Master just notice the secret of me being a transmigrator?'

But one glance at Jing Hongchen's face—filled only with admiration—put his worries to rest. His master was clearly just praising him sincerely. Huo Yuhao put on his usual modest smile and said nothing more.

Jing Hongchen looked over the dozen or so design blueprints and smiled in satisfaction.

"These are all quite good. They're simple to understand and make for a perfect entry point for the reform. I'll handle the manufacturing and implementation arrangements. You won't need to trouble yourself with that, Yuhao."

Huo Yuhao breathed a sigh of relief and nodded. If he had to personally teach commoners how to use all those devices, it would be a nightmare. Mingde Hall was a major institution—they weren't going to dump every responsibility on him.

Pushing the blueprints aside, Jing Hongchen asked seriously:

"More importantly, do you have a detailed plan for implementing this education reform?"

Huo Yuhao nodded.

"For soul tool education specifically, I believe I don't need to elaborate, Master. But for the schools meant for ordinary people, I don't think we can follow the same academy model we use for soul engineers. It's too costly and the returns are too low. After all, they're not soul masters—allocating too many educational resources to them would be inefficient."

Jing Hongchen nodded slightly. He agreed with Huo Yuhao's reasoning.

"That's why, Master, I believe the schools we build for the common people should be called labor schools, not academies."

Jing Hongchen raised an eyebrow. "Labor schools?" What was that supposed to mean?

Huo Yuhao explained,

"The concept of labor schools is simple. They would allow ordinary citizens of different professions to work and study at the same time without interfering with either. For example, we can set up agricultural schools where we bring farmers in a region together. We train them to use machinery to plant and harvest efficiently, and then during their free time, we provide them with education in other fields.

"And here's the key—we identify those among them with natural talent for soul tools and promote them into soul engineer academies for further study.

"Naturally, those with the ability to research soul tools will be few. The labor schools would serve to provide practical knowledge to the majority, while granting a minority the chance to rise and study alongside soul engineers.

"As for minors, they wouldn't be required to work. Instead, they would study in labor schools and, after a set period, participate in standardized exams. Those who pass will be admitted into soul engineer academies for advanced learning. Those who don't can continue to study practical vocational knowledge related to labor."

After laying out this detailed proposal, Huo Yuhao let out a breath and observed his master's reaction.

In truth, the idea was straightforward. In modern terms, it was like having people attend technical colleges. Those with potential could pass exams to upgrade into university-level education, while the rest would remain in vocational tracks.

And for adult workers, they'd work under organized guidance at the labor schools while receiving part-time education. Honestly, this model felt suspiciously familiar to political systems from his past life.

Jing Hongchen furrowed his brow in deep thought. The plan was highly practical—perhaps even perfectly suited to the Sun Moon Empire's social conditions. Compared to unstructured individual labor, the work offered at labor schools would undoubtedly offer better pay and conditions. On top of that, the opportunity to advance into elite soul engineer academies would hugely incentivize public participation.

Thinking this through, Jing Hongchen couldn't help but slap the table in praise. The bait to lure out the dissatisfaction of the entrenched noble class—this was it!

"Excellent! Truly excellent! This plan is flawless, Yuhao. I'll immediately take it to the Crown Prince for discussion. You should rest for a few days."

Jing Hongchen didn't even feel the need to be surprised by Huo Yuhao's brilliance anymore. He was used to it by now.

"Very well, Master," Huo Yuhao replied with a faint smile. 'This nation... it's time to accelerate.'

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"Yuhao, let's go out and play!"

Huo Yuhao was sitting at his desk when he heard the cheerful call from Meng Hongchen, who had bounded up to his door with anticipation sparkling in her eyes.

Sighing, he put down his paper and pen, glancing over at her.

"I'm busy, Senior."

Meng Hongchen pouted and walked over to him, leaning over and wrapping her arms around his head, pulling it against her chest as she peered at the massive blueprint spread across his desk.

"Huh? Is this a... ship?"

"Mhm. A ship."

"A soul tool ship? Why are you designing a ship on a soul tool blueprint, Yuhao?"

Meng Hongchen tilted her head curiously. Honestly, you couldn't blame her for asking. In this world, ships were still mostly made with wooden keels and iron plating, using wind sails for movement. The continent's geography was far too neat and regular, and sea spirit beasts were such a major threat that naval development had always been stunted. At best, ships were fitted with a few mounted soul cannon arrays.

Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up with excitement.

"Heh heh. You just don't get it, Senior. The ship I'm designing isn't some wooden toy like what we have now. This is called a battleship—a massive, full-metal war machine. It'll be equipped with high-powered offensive and defensive systems—like fixed-mount soul cannons, concentrated energy beams, precision-guided torpedoes, and bio-sensors. With sealed milk bottles, we don't even need sails. The ship can be powered directly by soul energy. And trust me, it won't be slow."

As he described it, Meng Hongchen's eyes went wide in amazement. This sounded like some kind of sea-faring monster. If the navies of the three Douluo Kingdoms ever faced such a vessel, would they even have the ability to fight back?

"But, Yuhao... what about sea spirit beasts? Wouldn't a battleship still be vulnerable to them?"

She couldn't help asking. After all, sea spirit beasts had always posed a tremendous threat to ships—even a group of hundred-thousand-year beasts could easily wreck the most advanced warships of today.

(End of Chapter)

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