Release that Witch

268. Chapter 268, the first plenary meeting (on)

    Roland held the first high-level plenary session of Border Town in the castle parlour.

    Compared to Barov and his more than a dozen apprentices, City Hall has now grown to a large group of nearly a hundred people – among them there are noble, captured Knight and squire, and completed primary education and obtained a diploma. Aboriginal people.

    Thanks to the growth of the population, various departments have also taken shape, so that City Hall finally has a little prince expectation. He doesn’t have to do everything himself as before. Now, with some simple policies and plans, as soon as he confesses, this rudimentary City Hall can disassemble the task to various departments, which makes Roland feel full. It is gratifying.

    The participants of the first high-level meeting were all the top leaders of the department, namely, Minister of Agriculture Seney Darley, Minister of Education Scroll, Ministry of Chemistry, Cam Schuire (temporary), Minister of Construction Karl van Bate, and the army. Iron Axe and City Hall Premier Minister Barov Mons. The Ministry of Industry is still managed by Roland personally. After all, no one but him knows what industrialization is like.

    Everyone has a bucket of ice water around them, which gives off a burst of cool air – the ice in the bucket is covered by the Candlelight attachment magic, which can last for at least one morning. Even if the sun is burning outside, the castle hall still maintains a cool temperature.

    “Therefore each department reports on the recent situation,” Roland took the kettle out of the bucket and gave himself a pour a cup of ice water. “Start with the Ministry of Agriculture.”

    “Yes, Your Highness.”Seney up a ritual, and then spread out the prepared paper roll, “this turn over the grain in 17,000 hu around, just this number will be able to meet all the town to the next linked when the food needs, in addition, Ministry of Agriculture according to your request, Buy surplus food at market price, but this number is far less than the rate of surrender, currently only 4,500 Hu. ”

    The so-called “斛” is a commonly used wheat weighing container, a scorpion made of bamboo, so this number is also listening to then it will be alright, he does not know how to convert it into kilograms or liters – good In these is not important, the key is that he knows that the food collected can support the townspeople.

    The key lies in the second point. If the calculation is based on 70% of the retention of 70%, the grain purchased should be around 7,000, and the portion reserved for food and seeds for the next year will not be used as much. In other words, some serfs did not sell the remaining 30% of the food to City Hall, but chose to hoard it in the wooden shed.

    Although this situation was foreseen early in the morning, he actually sighed when he actually happened. The purpose of the grain is obvious, that is, it is intended to speculatively sell–if small towns have insufficient food supply, or natural disasters, they can sell much higher prices than the market price, and it is not a dozen times. may.

    This is why Roland has set the food deal as a City Hall franchise and the purchaser must present the ID card. The food issue is related to the most basic stability of Border Town. In the case of early surplus food, if it is open to restrictions on sale, it is easy to be hoarded by people’s purchases, and finally the food price rises. The real-name system purchases quantitative food, while prohibiting other sales channels, in order to maintain the grain price on a stable line.

    “His Highness, why don’t you force the acquisition of wheat in the hands of the serfs?”Seney asked in confusion, “The law is not allowed to sell to others.”

    “Because that is their private property, how to deal with them is their freedom,” Roland replied. “I did not stipulate that serfs should not keep their own food. You can also understand that as long as the plain text is not prohibited, it is allowed. ”

    Seney seems a bit confused and doesn’t seem to know how to understand this sentence. Not only him, most people frowned, only Barov showed a thoughtful look.

    “Is there anything else to report?”Roland drank a sip of water, and the idea of ​​emphasizing rules and procedures is only waiting for them to slowly comprehend, or to understand, to be a qualified official in a new era. Of course, this set is also easy to go to the other extreme, leading to the emergence of bureaucracy, but how bureaucratization is better than chaos or chaos.

    UhYes,” Seney Darley said. “Now farmland has been harvested. I don’t know how to arrange the fallow plan for the next year? ”

    “No, these land are not ploughed, and the wheat will continue to grow in the coming year,” Roland waved. “The scum that piled up on the edge of the field was prepared for fertile land. Next, you instruct the serfs to shovel them into the field, mix them thoroughly with the soil, and continue to pile up new manure in the vacant position. ”The hot and humid weather in summer can be used to make it ripe in just two months, while in winter it takes about four months. When the spring of the year comes, not only has the soil quality been improved by the first batch of compost, but he also has a new batch of compost that can be added as a base fertilizer, and there is no need to fallow.

    Not to mention the fertilizer on the tall, it is a great improvement to apply human and livestock fertilizer to agricultural production.

    “Well, if this is what you ask for.”He touched his head, “other…My Royal Highness, so many wheats may not be able to be ground by one or two stone mills. I would like to apply for a mill next to the Scarlet Water River, preferably powered by Steam Engine. ”

    “Yes,” Roland nodded. This was another new breakthrough – in addition to himself, someone finally began to try to use this new power. “You plan to Barov first, then get funding and then develop with Ministry of Construction. Detailed plan.”

    “Okay, Your Highness,” Seney said. “The last thing is free person promotion. This time, a total of 516 people have been promoted because they are strictly divided according to the amount of wheat paid, so no one. I filed an objection and I have already reported the list to Barov.”Then he got up again and saluted. “My report is over.”

    “Good job,” Roland took two palms to encourage. The young Wolf of the original Wolf Family now seems to have adapted to the small town life, and still has a good model in the City Hall. It is a great publicity model in a little package. In the future, when recruiting stronghold and noble and Knight Can play a small role.

    The second one to report was Scroll, her long hair in the back, wearing a clean and tidy white shirt, with a pure black dress without any decoration and lace, mature and capable. It is hard to imagine that six months ago, she was still an exile witch who had to hide from Tibet in order to avoid Church.

    “There are currently two batches of people completing primary education, a total of eighty-five people, most of whom have studied in the school that Mr. Karl started.”Her ability is unforgettable, so there is no need to prepare for the data, which makes Roland very envious. “Forty-six of them chose to work in City Hall, and twenty-one decided to go to Bicycle Factory, 13 people. Applying for Joining First Army,” she said paused here, “there are five people who have signed up for a chemical lab position.”

    Five people? Roland couldn’t help but look at Cam Schuire, and the latter’s face was obviously not very good-looking. It seems that the publicity effect of the awarding ceremony is far less good than what one expected. As a result, some of the three newly built laboratories may have to be idle for some time.

    Fortunately, the employment rate is at least 100%, he comforted himself.