Chapter 75 Establishing the Council
Within a week after the negotiation with Myron Garnard, the Arda army attacked in all directions and turned the territories of the four vassals involved in the conspiracy upside down.
Angelo and others had already taken their families and ran away, but all the castles and manors they left behind were sealed, and all the money they had not taken away with them was confiscated. Mailon also took the initiative to ask the rebels who did not take them with them. The walking property was gifted to Paul.
After the situation in Bairding basically stabilized, Paul left an infantry battalion to garrison Butua City, and he and Myron led other troops back to Lake Town.
Since Bairding will be "managed" by Alda's administrative team from now on, the decree will be sent from Lake Center Town, and it would be better for Mailon to stay there.
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"Congratulations, Earl!"
After Paul told Old Ford, Hansel and others that Myron adopted his suggestion and let Lake Town take care of Bailding. , they congratulated Paul repeatedly.
You must know that Bailding is a real earldom, with an area and population larger than Arda. There are also cities like Butua. Although the scale is a bit smaller, they are still cities.
At Hansel's suggestion, the three people quickly met with Myron for a detailed discussion.
Under the guidance of Old Ford and Hansel, the conversation reached the following results:
Myron Gardner will be the lord of Bailding and will be stationed in Lake Town, and Lake Town will serve as Al The common capital of the two Earldoms of Dalton and Bailding, unified management of the two places;
Myron will participate in the decision-making of various affairs in Lake Town as an important member, and his opinions will be used in relevant matters. Bairding's affairs are the most important.
After the conversation, Hansel found Paul privately and learned the details of how Myron first agreed to Paul's proposal.
"Lord Greyman, I think Earl Garnard has had a similar idea for a long time, so he agreed immediately when you proposed it."
Hansel said as if he couldn't hide it from me.
Paul looked puzzled: "It's impossible, right? How did you know?"
Hansel said: "I talked to Earl Garnard before about his current mentality. It’s very bad, doubting yourself, doubting others, and even doubting the world.”
Paul expressed his understanding, and he also saw a little bit of it in Lord Butua’s house that day.
"The sudden alienation of his father and the conspiracy of the vassals may have put him in a kind of..."
Hansel paused and thought about how to describe it, "In a state of persecutory delusion."
Paul nodded: "Well... this is also possible, then what?"
< br>Hansel said: "With all due respect, I'm afraid he also has doubts when facing you."
Paul didn't understand very much: "Why is this happening?"
Hansel explained: "Think about it from his perspective. My father suddenly ignored me, my vassals wanted to plot against me, and my steward also wanted to plot against me. These people I usually trust are all If you have no good intentions towards me, why are my allies special?”
"I guess Earl Garnard is ready for hemorrhage. A close relative has passed away, his close associates have rebelled, and the troops directly under him are fighting in the south. I don't know whether he is loyal or not. If you have some plans for him, he has disobeyed you. ..."
"Especially now that your army has taken control of Bailding, his fate is already in your hands. I suspect that the rhetoric about becoming a monk is also intentional. Deliberately tempting you to reveal your intentions."
Paul does have some "ulterior motives", but he doesn't want the whole Bailding.
He shook his head and said: "Myron would not be so scheming. Hansel, you are still talking about others, aren't you also looking at things with conspiracy theories?" Paul patted Hansel. shoulders, "Look around, the world is still very beautiful."
Hansel's face blushed slightly and he cleared his throat to hide his embarrassment: "In any case, congratulations on winning a complete earldom. It will be of great benefit to your future plans."
Paul Looking into his eyes, he said: "It will also be of great benefit to your career."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Indeed, regardless of Myron's sincerity, controlling Bailding has brought Paul huge benefits, not only in the future, but also in the present.
After Paul ordered the clerk to conduct a census of the territory, he got this data: the entire Earl of Alda has a total of about 60,000 people, distributed in 10 cities including Lake Town and Fulan Port. There are a large town and more than 50 natural villages.
With the current size of the army of more than 1,300 people, it is basically 40 to 50 civilians to support a professional soldier. It would be okay if it were an ordinary soldier of this era, but for the new army established by Paul, it is very reluctant with the productivity level of this era. .
After taking control of Bailding, this pressure will disappear. It is roughly estimated that the population of Bailding Earldom can be around 80,000 to 90,000.
In order to coordinate and manage the affairs of the two territories, Paul decided to establish an administrative agency called the "Government Council".
After discussions with everyone, the Government Affairs Council will be temporarily divided into seven departments: Finance, Agriculture, Industry, Education, Fisheries, Forestry, Public Security, and Intelligence. Old Ford will serve as the Government Affairs Council Steward.
The director of the Ministry of Finance is concurrently served by the old Ford.
Hansel was invited to serve as the director of the Ministry of Agriculture. Now he is the most concerned about food issues in Huxin Town. When he received Paul's invitation, he agreed immediately.
Cecil will no longer be responsible for forestry affairs and will serve as head of the Intelligence Department full-time. Although the Intelligence Department is under the Government Administration Council, it will be directly responsible to Paul himself.
The head of the Forestry Department will be Cecil's former deputy in forestry.
The director of the Fisheries Department was the tax collector who was originally responsible for collecting taxes from fishermen.
The head of the Department of Public Safety will be Ruth Hayden, platoon leader of the 2nd Platoon of the Interior Guards, who will be responsible for forming a unit named "Police".
The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Education will be temporarily in charge of Paul himself, and he is not sure who to hand over these two departments now.
In the past, the directors of various affairs in the territory basically worked at their own homes, and only went to the lord's mansion when there was something or a meeting. With the establishment of the Government Affairs Council, the improvement of various departments, and the increase in confidentiality requirements, it is obviously no longer appropriate to continue this way of working.
As a result, a group of private houses near the Lord's Mansion were expropriated for a fee, and after being repaired, they will be used as fixed office spaces for various departments.
Paul also formulated an attendance system for clerks. From now on, people in various departments will have to live a hard life of signing in and going to and from get off work every day. There will be penalties for being late or leaving early without reason.
In order to test the teaching effect of the recently established "Weiss College" and to find a group of ducks that can be put on the shelf to fill the gap of affairs officers in various departments, Paul decided to hold a meeting in Huxin Town The exam, the exam is very simple:
The first is writing ability, being able to write a self-introduction that people can understand, regardless of typos;
The second is reading ability, being able to read more than 80% of a long paragraph. words, and be able to explain the meaning accurately;
Three is calculation ability, you can add and subtract numbers within one hundred, but multiplication and division are not required;
Four is your own name You can’t write it wrong.
If all the above four items are met, great, you will be a glorious Affairs Officer of the Government Affairs Council from now on, and you can receive a fixed salary every month to support your family.
After the news was released, people signed up in droves.
(End of this chapter)