Chapter 473: The Third Step of City Building

After two weeks of study and exploration, at the end of the first month of the spring of the new year, the head of the town hall, Barov, at the request of His Royal Highness the Prince, held the first enlarged meeting of the town hall in the castle hall. In addition to the heads of various departments of the first plenum, this enlarged meeting also included a number www.biquge.info of fortress nobles, and the number of participants reached 65.

The learning process itself was an examination, and after a year at the helm of the town hall, it was already easy to discern which nobles were suitable for such jobs and which were not of training value - so that nearly half of the nobles were excluded from this level alone.

According to His Royal Highness, he has already given these little nobles the opportunity to catch the fast train, and since he missed it, there is no way, those who can't keep up with the times will only be eliminated by the times. Barov felt the same way, and whether His Highness was a devil or a god, his realm had taken on a very different atmosphere from the rest of the kingdom - and if this was the new era, he would gladly go with him.

The main content of today's meeting was to make a final vote on the unified law after the construction of the city, and at the same time let the nobles of the fortress know the content of the law in advance, and Barov had been preparing for this for a long time, and now it was finally time to unveil the opening of the law.

In front of them was a thin hardcover book, with a string of large golden letters printed on the cover - "The Basic Law of the Kingdom", which was also the core law drafted by His Royal Highness the Prince himself and embellished by himself. Judging from the name alone, he knew that His Highness had a lot of plans, and he also believed that His Highness's power should not only work in the West.

"Let's begin," His Highness Roland, who sat at the head of the long table, nodded.

"Yes," Barov cleared his throat, "I think everyone in the town hall has already heard the news that a new city is about to be established in the West, and this law in front of you is the general law that will be implemented in His Highness's domain after it is completed. You can read it for yourself, or you can listen to my statement, and if you have any questions, you can ask them on the spot, and Your Highness will answer them. ”

There was a sound of a book flipping through the room, and he lifted the heavy cover, revealing the first page written in fine parchment underneath.

"The first thing you see is the general outline, which mentions the structure and institutional structure of the new territory......"

First, all rights in the territories under Roland Wimbledon shall be vested in Roland Wimbleton.

Secondly, the town hall is the supreme authority of the territory, and under the leadership of Roland Wimbledon, it handles all matters relating to the governance of the territory.

Article 3 The inflow of people in the territory can be promoted to full citizenship in a variety of ways, and the city hall shall maintain at least three or more ways of promotion.

Fourthly, after becoming a full-fledged citizen, there shall be no distinction between freedmen, hired peasants, servants, and slaves, and there shall be no distinction between men and women. The citizens were protected by the law, and had all the security and benefits of the territory, as well as the duty to pay taxes, serve in the army, and defend against enemies.

Article 5: The nobility is also a member of the official citizenry, and the title no longer has the corresponding power, but can be inherited as an honorary title according to law.

Article 6: The personal safety and lawful property of citizens shall be protected by Roland Wimbledon and shall be inviolable.

Article 7 Citizens shall have the right to education, the right to freely choose their work, and the right to marry freely.

Article 8: The Territory encourages lawful commercial practices and free trade.

Article 9,......

Barovmo tipped through the pages, one by one. The laws made by the nobles rarely touched the people, and even the freedmen of the city, in the eyes of the great nobles, were only objects of exploitation and conscription, and it was rare for His Royal Highness the Prince to repeatedly mention the people under his rule in the system. Presumably, he really believed that only by relying on the strength of the people could he fight the coming apocalyptic war.

Barov didn't care whether His Highness relied on the nobles or the people, he just wanted to do as much as possible what His Highness had to do, so that he could hold these powers tightly in his hands. When he was in the royal capital, he was transferred from the Astrologers' Association to the assistant of the Minister of Finance, and he thought that he would soon be able to set foot at the top of the Grey Castle Kingdom, but he did not expect that he would wait for more than ten years, and his agitated mood gradually became numb and desolate. The reason why he agreed to Wimbleton III's request and followed the fourth prince to the border town was that in addition to an ethereal promise, there was also the emotion of breaking the jar and breaking it. Unexpectedly, now he has achieved his expectations in another way.

Barov had never seen the real devil, but he knew very well the strength of those ironclad knights, and if His Royal Highness could easily deal with them, he could naturally wipe out the resistance of the entire kingdom. Sooner or later, His Royal Highness will be crowned king and reign over the world, and he will become the hand of the king in power, and if the Chancellor of the Exchequer is still alive at that time, I don't know what expression he will use to meet him?

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Since most of the contents of the general program had been publicized to the people in a relatively popular way, it was not surprising that the heads of the departments were not surprised that only the mention of the prohibition of human trafficking and the abolition of slavery provoked a whispered discussion among the nobles, and no one even questioned the rest of the regulations.

As for the aristocratic reform part, these small nobles have not enjoyed much of the benefits of territory on weekdays, and most of their territories are divided into deserted places, so they naturally don't care much about losing the so-called feudal and legal power. After nearly two weeks of study, many nobles were already planning to sell their domains to the town hall, and then use the money to open a new business such as a mechanical processing factory or a chemical factory in the fortress of Changge.

In this way, the law was explained one by one, and the enlarged meeting lasted from morning to afternoon, and the banquet in the middle was attended by attendants who brought the food directly to the table, and everyone watched while eating. Barov's water glass was also changed several times. Despite feeling a sore throat, he still enjoyed it.

Finally, the meeting moved on to the final item, which was the only rule in the Basic Law of the Kingdom that was for everyone to decide on: the determination of the flag and name of the new city.

Everyone's discussion instantly became noisy.

So Barov asked everyone to come up with a name and an ideal design, and then put it on the table for the participants to judge and decide the final answer.

After several votes and eliminations, the flag and name of the new city were finally chosen.

The former is based on the royal emblem of the Grey Keep, with the tower spear on the underside, a new five-pointed star above the tower, and three small stars under the tower, the large star symbolizing Lord Roland Wimbton, and the small stars representing the town hall, the army, and the League of Witches.

The latter, on the other hand, was established as Neverwinter. (To be continued.) )