Mariana shook her head and said:
"Are you crazy? There are so many people in this world, how can you record their life stories one by one!"
Paul refuted her and said : "Please don't exaggerate my words, just keep records of the people under my rule."
Mariana: "You can't even know how many people are in your territory!"
Paul chuckled, "You are wrong. As of December last year, there were 536,873 people in Alda, including men..."
He explained clearly the population situation of Arda according to different dimensions, and Mariana's eyes widened in surprise.
"You...could it be that everyone in the general's territory..."
The population figures accurate to single digits really surprised Mariana.
"Yes, I have checked it all out and documented it."
Paul replied with a very proud tone.
The establishment of household registration system is an important task of the previously established Survey and Statistics Committee, but now this task has been handed over to the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Government Affairs Council.
He can guarantee that no other lord in the world can have such a detailed understanding of the people under his rule like him.
Now Mariana doesn’t understand why Paul goes to such trouble. Does her son have an almost perverted desire for control?
She sighed.
“No one has ever done this before, so there must be a lot of mistakes.”
Paul said with a decisive look: "No system is perfect at the beginning. Someone has to take the first step."
This is when Chief Justice Thomas, who has been silent, said: "My lord, Establishing a set of files for everyone is a huge project, which will definitely increase a lot of administrative costs."
"What?" Paul looked at him, "Isn't this good? Our school cultivates it. Having recruited so many literate people and recruited so many officials through examinations, we have to find something to do for them."
"And I feel that compared to the relatives of the traitors, those who are educated but cannot find the same people. People whose knowledge matches their work are in greater danger.”
Thomas could not find a reason to refute Paul, so he had to say:
"I will re-draw the execution list according to your wishes. I hope your choice is correct, Count."
"Paul!" Mariana's voice was a little high. "You know? I came to you to say goodbye."
"Oh? Have you finally abandoned me again?" Paul said in a joking tone.
But Mariana frowned, "But now I have changed my mind. I have to stay with you for a while longer to observe whether you are qualified as a lord!"
"Not only for your safety, but also for the Grayman family! Your father has passed away, and I think I have a guardianship obligation to you!"
"When necessary, I will use some special means to correct you. I swear I will do what I say!"
There was a hint of severity in her tone, the kind of attitude a mother would have in teaching her son, even if it is Paul never denied her or the cause of the Mysteries in this way.
Paul shook his head in distress, his eyes lingering on the faces of Mariana and Thomas.
"You seem to be worried that I am a good person who doesn't care about the importance. Really, I don't understand why you think of me like this. Well, I understand, and it's my fault that I didn't explain it clearly."
“Here comes someone!”
Paul called his chief secretary and ordered him to hang a map on the wall.
“This is?”
Marianna and Thomas both looked surprised when they saw the map.
Paul introduced to them: "This is the vast area beyond the mountains to the north." "I only talk about the coastal area. From south to north, there are the Quiet Liaoyuan, the Lucky Forest, and the Black Sea. Water basin.”
Paul pointed at the map and read the names of each place one by one.
“The area of this land can even reach one-third the size of the Aldo Kingdom, but it is a strange area, a virgin land.”
Thomas: “You What does it mean?”
“Yes!” Paul said loudly, patting the map: “I will follow the ancient tradition of the border lords of the kingdom and expand the territory of the Graiman family to this vast area. Develop this place, run it, and make it as prosperous as the Northwest Bay."
"This is indeed breathtaking!" the chief judge commented.
"Of course, this requires a large number of manpower, and the population of our northwest bay, especially Arda, is not large to begin with, so it is a serious waste to execute such a large number of people who are not directly involved in the rebellion!"
"I understand what you mean!" Thomas nodded, "You want to exile these people who should be executed there as labor force."
"Dear Thomas, you are right!" Paul smiled a cruel smile, making himself look evil.
“Exiling people who live in civilized societies to these barbaric places is undoubtedly a very cruel punishment. Although it is still a little lighter than the death penalty, the value they create can make up for it. "
The expression on Paul's face when he said this made him look like a vicious lord who wanted to squeeze the prisoners to death, but the experienced Mariana also saw at a glance his son's deliberate behavior. So cold, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.
"This vast land has great potential! I heard that there is a vast black soil there, and you can squeeze out oil and water with a handful of it. It must be very suitable for the growth of crops."
"I plan to turn this place into a plant first. It will become an agricultural base, a major food production area developed entirely on a large farm model!”
When Paul said this, his face lost its coldness and turned into a look of excitement.
"I'm sure that if it is fully developed, the food produced here will be more than enough to support the entire Aldo Kingdom."
He talked freely about his plan to the two people opposite.
"Further east in this area is the orc grassland. If those arrogant barbarians really dare to invade Aldo, then this area will become a bridgehead into the grassland!"
"We are in the northwest There is no need to go around the bay through the Nerodan Corridor. Our army can transfer here by ship and use the food produced here as supplies to expedition to the orc prairie. "
...
Mariana was very surprised by Paul's words.
Is your son already planning a counterattack?
But the orc attack hasn't even begun yet!
However, just as she had this idea, Bernard entered the room again, looking panicked.
Paul looked at him, "You seem to be in a hurry?"
"Yes, Lord Graiman, something big has happened!"
Bernard handed a piece of paper presented to Paul.
"The Watcher Fortress has fallen, and the orc army has entered the northeastern region of the kingdom."
"And Her Highness Catherine's army is retreating westward!"