260 6.54 Stepping Stones For Fukushima

Townsend Harris and the ship's mates had returned to Niigata since there were no other negotiations to be made with the ship's crews on pertaining matters on seafaring matters in the near future but the intention is clear. To deliver a message to all foreigners involved in the migration process about the importance of contributing to the economic, not just by adding numbers.

The Ladies from the cosmetics department had long departed using Fasuto Japan Airways and the new merchants were overjoyed at such services rendered. Everyone will send in their letter of request for such services in case they wanted to come to Kitakata again in the next following weeks.

Production in the Realm of Mind for the Refined Steel Plates and the bricks had been continuous and steady. What we need to do was to dump in the items and let it churn out automatically, and as for the Refined Steel Plates, we all need to remove the slag and other impurities and everything is set.

It was a daily routine for both Hiko-sama and me to dump in the base ingredients for both of the mass-produced items.

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Another 5 days had passed and the ballots were picked. The 6 Mechs hadn't had a chance to be balloted and they have to wait till the warehouse is ready and production commences.

The new immigrants that had arrived were all situated inside the longhouses since it had been vacated by the earlier residents/employees. Their faces beamed with joy when they received the new homes that gave them a sense of privacy and security in life.

During that time, the revised treaty had been made in according to the requirements that had been omitted inside and there were proposals of the following contents:

A separate piece stating the annexe part of the article where the original article was stated in opening up the ports. It was elaborately explained for its purpose and also a business proposal for opening up its ports for the trade between the Americans and Japan.

A separate agreement of the annexe part whereby Shimoda port would be closed and be used to make a residence for the new inmigrants was also prepared and it was agreed by the Governor of Shimoda without the acknowledgement of Tokugawa Iemochi. How impudent. I showed it to His Majesty and he just shook his head.

"I should have removed him from having such power and authority. Now it seems he is over our heads and taking responsibility into his own hands. Do you think it would affect my shogunate?"

"It will, but rather insignificantly. Don't you worry... You would have other supports and Shimoda is considered a small part of Japan. Its geographical location is good for the Americans to land since its a beeline journey from San Francisco."

"Other than that, always remember...you alone cannot achieve the full control of Japan unless you do have the influence from them. Come, Fukushima would be the first... Once it's done, the next few Prefecture would also be influenced."

"In politics, you win some, you lose some. Nothing is going to perfect. Even governing a small country of a few hundred miles per square also would have some unrest, and this is Japan we are talking about. We need to meet more Mayors and Governors from other Prefecture if you want to succeed."

"We would be needing the full deployment of the Fasuto Japan Airways in order to achieve this. We will plan later with you, okay? Not to worry so much, I've got your back and you've got mine."

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A few more days later, sales had been trickling in, the 4 Execom members were meeting new merchants and repeat order ones and a scheduled pick up flight had been arranged for the repeat clients. It was a busy part of scheduling and there had been an addition of the number of Tanukis serving as 'pilots'. From the previous number of 70+ pilots, we now have almost 100+ pilots.

The pilots would be taking a rotational long haul and short-haul trips and in between, they were given a rest. All in all, they only serve 15 days a month and their accumulated wealth was better than the rest of the employees, considering the fact of the risks involved.

We had clients coming in every day by carriages and return by Fasuto Japan Airways. Soon they scheduled with us the dates and the frequency on when they would return in a month and gave it to the 4 Execom to be compiled and scheduled. Everything seems to be in clockwork and orderly.

We had arranged for the mayors and Governor of Niigata, Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Yamagata and Miyagi to be invited over between Mondays to Saturdays by using the Fasuto Japan Airways services to pick and ferry them back.

At first, they were all filled with scepticism, since they were wondering what kind of witchcraft I had implanted on His Majesty, to actually make me into a Mayor and a Governor. After they had stayed a few days in the Fukushima Prefecture, they soon realised the practicality of the new changes in the legislative and administrative proceedings.

They soon discovered that removing the redundancy and excess manpower within the administrative and governmental areas helped to gain better economic stature in the prefecture and was surprised that the restricting helped them save at least 150,000 gold coins monthly in salaries and maintenance.

Fukushima's other mayors helped to chip in some strong encouragement words and saying that it was the good for the people of Japan. His Majesty played on the safe side and issued a Decree to follow Fukushima's model in restructuring and soon everyone followed.

A week later, the report statistics based on the restructuring had been completed. A report on old and new changes had been made with the number of downsized manpower needed for the administrative duties.

Every other day, we were meeting the mayors and governors of Iwate, Akita and Aomori on a Monday. Followed by Saitama, Tokyo and Kanagawa on a Wednesday and Yamanashi, Nagano and Toyama on a Friday. Sunday meeting would be a followup from Hokkaido, Sapporo and Ishikawa while following Tuesday was for Gifu, Fukui, Shizuoka.

Thursday was Nagoya, Shita, Kyoto. Saturday was Mie, Nara, Osaka. Next following Monday was Wakayama, Hyogo, Tottori. Wednesday was Okayama, Kagawa, Tokushima. Friday was for Shimane, Hiroshima, Ehime. Sunday was Kochi, Yamaguchi, Kitakyushu.

Following Tuesday was Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Oita. And finally, Thursday was Saga, Nagasaki, Miyazaki, Kagoshima.

Finally... After 3 weeks of continuously grilling and educating all the Mayors and Governors, we had finally covered nearly 95% of Japan in terms of legislative and administrative reforms. Decrees had been sent out. Reports of existing manpower and structure had been made and reformed structure had been proposed and implemented.

It took some time for all the Prefecture to settle down since the Mayors of the rest of the municipalities were also involved. It was a major reform that took place and His Majesty was simply drained after all the meetings and repeating basically nearly the same matters.

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If not for Fukushima strong support from the 7 mayors that took time to spend 3 weeks over to convince of the benefits, these Mayors from other municipalities would not give a hoot.

A single person governing the whole reformed structure would simply be impossible. Luckily with Fasuto Japan Airways and also a great place for the Mayors to see the changes in New Kitakata Town and make comparisons to their own towns, we don't think any of these is possible.

We would expect some unrest in the distance Prefecture but these unrest were temporary and just like pimples popping on our faces. It's there and it's gone and some wild appear on the same spot and leave a scar. Other than that, a good facial scrub was all it needs daily.

Its an ongoing everyday thing for all the Mayors concerned. They noticed the restructuring had saved them quite a bit in the long run. Once they had performed the restructuring, they discovered that what the mayors of Fukushima were telling were all true indeed.

If Fukushima alone could save 150,000 gold coins monthly from their revenue due to the restructuring, the whole 29 or more Prefecture would have saved at least 4.5 million gold coins per month...!!