Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 764 - 716: Unified Measurement Standards
The reforms implemented by Perfikot have brought about considerable positive effects, naturally elevating her reputation throughout the Empire.
However, this elevation did not lead to limitless flattery of Perfikot, even though she is now the Regent of the Empire, and in a sense, akin to a dictator, wielding unquestioned authority over the Empire.
This is not to say others did not want to praise her or flatter her.
Although Perfikot doesn't claim to be the 'Benevolent Monarch of the Motherland', she still appreciates hearing good things about herself.
The reason why those who praise her have not taken it to an unlimited level is mainly because the previous praise for her was already very high. With the current literary and artistic standards of the Victor Empire, they couldn't conceive of higher praises.
Phrases like 'Without the Regent, the Empire would have been in eternal darkness' are still too advanced for the Victor Empire's media.
After all, Perfikot was previously hailed as the genius maiden of Langton's Pearl, a world-class master of alchemy, the sole holder of the Philosopher's Stone, inventor of Imaginary Alchemy, pioneering and building the Northern Territory from scratch in three years, saving the Empire in the end-times winter, a brave hero who slew gods and dragons…
In a way, Perfikot is already the top legendary figure of her time, and even a small fragment of her life and achievements would be entirely out of reach for ordinary people.
But Perfikot accomplished all these things in just three short years, doing countless things that ordinary people might strive their entire lives without completing even one; it's truly beyond belief.
Perfikot herself is even astonished at the achievements she's made in these short three years.
If these were not her own achievements, she'd almost suspect she was reading a wish-fulfillment novel, despite how few feel-good elements there might be.
Sometimes Perfikot wonders how she managed to accomplish it all, given that even though she is a perfect life form, this 'perfection' doesn't mean she has an extra head or something.
In alchemy, perfection means achieving a most stable and harmonious state, not multiplying intelligence by nine or strength by ten.
Perfikot is indeed smarter than others, but not to an inhuman degree.
Her physical qualities are similar; while she could easily surpass human limits to become an Extraordinary Knight if she wished, Perfikot's basic physical attributes aren't excessively exaggerated.
To be precise, Perfikot, as a 'perfect life form', can achieve proficiency in everything within the category of 'human'.
What she hasn't achieved isn't because she's incapable, but because she hasn't attempted it.
Similarly, whenever Perfikot decides to do something, her talents ensure she can achieve the best results.
Particularly since her soul is that of a Transmigrator, possessing knowledge two hundred years ahead of her time.
From this perspective, Perfikot is delivering a true dimensional blow to the people of this era.
It also makes the geniuses of this era marvel at their fortune to share the same era with her, yet equally makes them feel unfortunate for the same reason.
However, as the airship project unfolded and the five-year economic development plan of the Empire was implemented, people suddenly realized Perfikot seemed more formidable and terrifying than they originally imagined.
The Empire has already fully acknowledged Perfikot's genius.
Yet, when Perfikot threw out a proposal at a cabinet meeting demanding the establishment of a unified measurement system nationwide, people still felt it was hard to keep up with her genius thinking.
"Regent, is this proposal really necessary?" A cabinet official flipped through Perfikot's proposal, showing a puzzled expression.
This cabinet official was recently elevated to fill a Royalist Party vacancy, but clearly, he didn't understand why Perfikot crafted such a proposal.
This was also the attitude of quite a few cabinet members towards Perfikot's proposal; they saw it as entirely unnecessary.
Many even considered it a trivial matter, not worth bringing to a cabinet meeting for discussion.
"Necessary? It seems you utterly fail to recognize what a unified system of measurement means for the Empire." Perfikot faced the puzzled cabinet member with an indescribable expression.
Perfikot had somewhat anticipated the cabinet members' inability to see the significance of building a unified production standard.
After all, it's understandable for members of this era's cabinet to lack such recognition, something Perfikot had fully accounted for when drafting this proposal.
In fact, even if Perfikot posed the same question to 19th-century Europeans in the original world, their answer would probably mirror that of the Victor Empire's cabinet members: is it really necessary?
The reasoning behind such seemingly counterintuitive perceptions and questions is because Europe in the original world only unified its measurement units in the 19th century.
Even when the French established international metric units at that time, the British were still opposing it by using imperial units.
