Roland held the first high-level plenary meeting of the frontier town in the castle hall. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Compared to Barov and his dozen apprentices, the town hall has grown to a large group of nearly 100 people, including down-and-out nobles, captured knights and servants, and natives who have completed their primary education and obtained their diplomas.

Thanks to the growth of the population, various departments have also taken shape, so that the town hall finally has the slightest appearance that the prince expected. He no longer has to do everything by himself like before, and now some simple policies and programs, as long as he explains, this embryonic city hall can disassemble the task to be completed by various departments, which makes Roland feel full of satisfaction.

The first high-level meeting was attended by all the top heads of the ministries, namely the Minister of Agriculture, Seni Dalí, the Minister of Education, the Minister of Chemicals, Kaimo Strill (interim), the Minister of Construction, Carl Van Burt, the head of the army, Iron Axe, and the head of the town hall, Barov Mons. The Ministry of Industry is still managed by Roland himself, after all, no one knows what industrialization is like except him.

Beside each of them was a bucket of ice water, emitting a cool air - the ice cubes placed in the bucket were enchanted by candle flames, and soaked in water for at least a morning. Even though the sun was blazing outside, the castle hall was still cool.

"Then each department will report on the recent situation," Roland took out the kettle from the bucket and poured himself a glass of ice water, "Let's start with the Ministry of Agriculture." ”

"Yes, Your Highness. Seni stood up and saluted, then spread out the paper roll he had prepared in advance, "The amount of grain handed over this time is about 17,000 hundred, and this amount alone will meet the food needs of all the townspeople in the coming season, in addition to that, the Ministry of Agriculture will purchase the surplus grain at the market price according to your request, but this amount is far less than the proportion handed over, only 4,500 hundred. ”

The so-called Hu was a common wheat weighing container, a basket made of bamboo chips, so this number was also a matter of listening, and he had no idea how to convert it into kilograms or liters - fortunately, it didn't matter, the point was that he knew that the collected grain would feed the townspeople.

The key lies in the second point, if we calculate according to the method of collecting 70 percent and keeping 30 percent, the grain purchased should be about 7,000 hundreds, and the part that is reserved for grain and seeds for the next year will not be used that much at all. In other words, some serfs did not sell the remaining 30% of the grain to the town hall, but chose to hoard it in wooden sheds without permission.

Although he had foreseen such a situation early on, he still sighed softly when it actually happened. The purpose of hoarding grain is obvious, that is, it intends to speculate and resell -- if there is a shortage of grain in the town, or if there is a natural or man-made disaster, they can sell this batch of grain at a much higher price than the market price, and it is not impossible to increase it by more than ten times.

That's why Roland made the grain trade a town hall franchise and that buyers had to show an ID card. The grain problem is related to the most basic stability of the border towns; in the early days, when there was no surplus of grain, if the grain was opened to the open and restricted for sale, it was easy for a large number of people to buy it and hoard it, and finally cause the price of grain to rise. Only by purchasing rations under the real-name system and banning other sales channels can grain prices be kept at a stable level.

"Your Highness, why don't you force the purchase of wheat from the serfs?" asked Seni suspiciously, "and the law does not allow them to sell to others anyway. ”

"Because it is their private property, it is their freedom to do with it," replied Roland, "and I have not stipulated that serfs shall not keep their own grain." You can also understand that as long as it is not expressly prohibited, it is allowed. ”

Saini looked confused, as if he didn't know how to make sense of the sentence. Not only him, but most of them frowned, and Barov was the only one with a thoughtful expression.

"Is there anything else you want to report?" Roland took a sip of ice water, this concept of emphasizing rules and procedures in everything can only be regarded as a qualified official in the new era if they slowly comprehend it later, or rather, understand it. Of course, this is also easy to go to the other extreme, leading to bureaucracy, but bureaucracy is better than chaos or recklessness.

"Uh...... Yes," said Saini Dali, shaking his head, "now that the fields have been harvested, I wonder what the fallow plan will be for next year?"

"No, these fields are not fallow, and wheat will continue to be grown next year," Roland waved his hand, "and the manure that accumulates on the edge of the fields is prepared for the purpose of fertilizing the land." Next, you instruct the serfs to shovel them into the field, mix them well with the soil, and continue to pile up new manure in the vacated area. "It takes only two months for the hot and humid weather to rot in the summer, and about four months in the winter. By the beginning of spring, not only had the soil quality improved by the first batch of compost, but he also had a new batch of compost that could be used as base fertilizer, without the need for fallow.

Not to mention the tall chemical fertilizer, just the application of human and animal fertilizer to agricultural production has been a great improvement.

"Well, if that's what you're asking for. He touched his head, "Besides...... Your Highness, I am afraid that so much wheat cannot be milled by one or two stone mills, and I would like to apply for the construction of a mill by the Chishui River, preferably powered by a steam engine. ”

"Yes," Roland nodded, this was another new breakthrough - someone but himself had finally begun to try to use this new dynamic, "you first propose a plan to Barov, and then work out a detailed plan with the Ministry of Construction after receiving the grant." ”

"Yes, Your Highness," replied Seni, "the last thing is the promotion of the freemen, this time a total of five hundred and sixteen people have been eligible for promotion, and since it is divided on the spot according to the amount of wheat surrendered, no one has raised any objections, and I have reported the list to Lord Barov. Then he stood up and saluted again, "My report is over." ”

"Good job," Roland clapped his hands twice in encouragement. The young knight of the former Wolf House now seems to have adapted to the life of the town, and is still doing a good job in the town hall, which is an excellent example of propaganda when slightly packaged, and can play a significant role in attracting the nobles and knights of the fortress in the future.

The second speaker was Shujuan, with her long hair coiled back and a neat white shirt with a long pure black dress without any trim or lace, looking mature and capable. It's hard to imagine that half a year ago, she was an exiled witch who had to hide in Tibet in order to escape the church.

"At present, there are two batches of eighty-five persons who have completed primary education, most of whom have studied at the college run by Mr. Carr. "Forty-six of them chose to work at the town hall, twenty-one decided to go to the bicycle factory, and thirteen applied to join the First Army," she paused, "and five more signed up for positions in the chemistry lab." ”

Five people?Roland couldn't help but look at Camo Strour, whose face was obviously a little unpleasant. It seems that the publicity effect of the award ceremony is far from as good as I expected, so I am afraid that some of the three newly built laboratories will be idle for a while.

Fortunately, the employment rate is at least 100 percent, he reassured himself. (To be continued.) )