"The special recruitment of mechanics can be postponed for now," said a senior official. "We had better take a good look at the caliber of this trainee, Shen Yurou. If we invest blindly, the loss may outweigh the gain."
Ever since the Great Xia Empire nearly fell apart due to the blight of wild boar skins, several empires in the Sea of Realms had expended a lot of resources. They wanted to aid the newly born Great Xia Empire in developing some technology-side skills, but the results were negligible.
Moreover, because of the good deeds done by wild boar skins, it was unknown how many traitors were lurking within the nascent Great Xia Empire, leading to many technology-side items from the Sea of Realms being stolen by the Coalition of Nations.