The riding and chopping simulator of the Lord of the Rings

Chapter 74 Grain Business Cabinet
Looking at Alan with a smile on his face, Jamila fell into the memory briefly, and then she reacted immediately

Now is not the time to be distracted, Jamila quickly collected her thoughts, looked at Allen and said: "The other is the problem of food. Over the years, we have more and more people, and the output in the fields is also increasing. The higher it is, this is a good thing, and it also greatly increases the grain we actually harvest.”

Then Jamila helped her forehead a little helplessly, looked at Allen again and said, "But you also know that our taxes on the citizens are not very heavy. Although we have saved some food over the years, it has also been paid This war has cost a lot, and now we have to reduce taxes and raise those children, based on our current food reserves, it may not last long."

Allen, who had considered this issue a long time ago, said to Jamila with great confidence: "I have considered this issue a long time ago, and this is the second thing I am going to say today."

Allen turned to the dwarf Tyre and said, "Tyre, when will the statue in the cemetery be completed?"

The dwarf Tyr sat on the human table, extremely awkward, even though Jamila had made a wooden chair for him, he still twisted and adjusted his sitting posture on the chair.

After hearing Alan's question, Till immediately replied: "Master Alan, that statue is very simple. My companion and I can complete the prototype within five days, and complete the whole within half a month. Of course Now, if you have other orders, I don't have to participate in this work, my companions are enough."

"Okay, then in a day or two, I need you to go with me to the Old Jungle Road. I hope to reopen there and establish a stronghold between the Old Jungle Road and the River Run. I need your help for this part of the project." help."

The dwarf Tyr nodded and agreed directly. He had also heard of that road. It was occupied by elves a long time ago, and it has been abandoned for a long time now.

Afterwards, Allen told Jamila his solution to the food shortage

"Yamira, don't worry about the food. We can buy it. Use silver and gold to buy the surplus food in the hands of the residents. They will just rot if they keep it in their hands. I heard that many villagers keep the new food and don't eat it. , It’s not a good habit to switch to old food.”

Afterwards, Allen tapped the table twice and continued: "As long as we open up the old dense forest road and the high pass, Eriador and the merchants from the eastern region of Rovanian can come to Wilderness Town and rely on a wide range of goods. Commodities, consume the wealth in the hands of the people, improve their quality of life, there will be no big problem."

"After that, we can also complete part of the fund recovery by collecting taxes. We can collect heavier taxes. In addition."

Alan looked at Stephen while talking, stretched out his arm and introduced to everyone: "Let me introduce to you, this is my newly hired financial consultant, Mr. Stephen."

Wearing a velvet hat, Stephen, who was dressed quite gorgeously, stood up, with a happy expression, and gracefully took off his hat to everyone at the table.

Sitting down again, Stephen knew whether he could live happily under Allen. These people may be colleagues who need his attention. For the time being, he can't afford to provoke anyone alone.

For financial advisors, military personnel such as Fatis, Desaiwei, and Allen are not interested in this at all. They follow orders most of the time, and unless there is an order from Allen, they will not cooperate with this financial advisor. What happens to advisors at the intersection.

Jamila stared at Stephen for a while, guessing in her mind what kind of work this financial advisor was responsible for, and what rights she needed to hand over to this guy with a big red nose.

And Allen's words quickly dispelled Jamila's doubts.

"Yamila, regarding the commercial work, I hope that Stephen can cooperate with you. He was also the mayor of Changhu Town before. Of course, he is not as good as you, but he has a lot of experience in business. , now, he is your subordinate."

Allen suddenly looked at Stephen, and said loudly, "Say a few words, my financial advisor."

Hearing Allen's summoning, Stephen stood up in confusion, stabilized his mind, and then quietly glanced at his future boss. At this time, he was thinking about this young and beautiful blonde girl and what his lord was. relation.

"Lord Alan, don't worry, I will definitely cooperate with Mayor Jamila, and I will never let up."

"okay."

Allen nodded, waved Stephen to sit down, and continued to talk about his plan: "In addition to relying on commercial taxes, I hope to build some inns in my name in various parts of the town. The entertainment may come in the future." foreigners."

Then Alan tapped his head again and said: "I remembered, we can actually launch some products, Kress!! Don't doze there, you ask Beorn to come over tomorrow, oh, yes , I forgot to ask, is Marianne alive?"

Kress, who was dozing off on the chair, stood up abruptly when he heard his name, maybe because he got up too fast, and his body hit the conference table directly.

The little girl hissed, took a deep breath, endured the pain, and said loudly: "My lord, I understand, I will go to invite you tomorrow morning, Marianne gave birth to a little sister, named Rebecca , or the name James gave it."

Allen looked at Kress with a distorted expression, laughed, and then looked at James who was smiling at him, and knew that the mother and child should be safe. It seems that he should prepare some gifts and take time to look at his Great niece.

"Yamila, tomorrow you can discuss with Beorn about the production of honey, cheese, and mead. We need to produce them in large quantities, and then sell these items as commodities to the merchants who will come in the future. Specifically You can ask Stephen to cooperate with you."

"Okay, my lord."

Jamila nodded and wrote it down.

In fact, Alan didn't think that he could achieve a balance of payments through these things, and it doesn't matter if he loses some. Even if he spends half of it, Alan has a lot of gold, no, a lot.

Allen is still guarding the dwarven allies of Lonely Mountain, and there will be no shortage of skilled craftsmen in the future. This aspect can also increase the diversity of goods and make the business prosperity of Wilderness Town to a higher level.

Moreover, Allen is not without other benefits, especially Allen's Long Lake Town, which connects the River Run, King Woodland and the upper Lone Mountain and River Valley City. It is conceivable that the benefits there must be very high. That's why Allen sent Fatis to manage there.

If the food is still not enough, Allen plans to buy it from the east of Rovanian, or attract more people from there to live here in Wilderness Town.

Two months ago, when Allen was chasing Borger, he saw a large number of farms around the Running River. This was just the section from Changhu Town to Old Jungle Road. There should be more fertile plains farther away. Many northern humans live there.

And continue south along the rushing river, which is Dowinian, which is very close to the territory of the Dongyi people. Allen doesn't want to provoke those dark believers living in the east for the time being, but he can start a deal with Dowinian through the rushing river.

In this way, Wilderness Town is no longer a lonely town. It passes through the high pass westward, can connect to Eriador, and connect with Glen, Shire, Blue Mountains, Linton and even part of Gondor.

To the east, you can pass the old dense forest road and go directly to the river running, where you can trade with Long Lake Town, Dale City, Lonely Mountain Kingdom, Woodland Kingdom and even Iron Hills.

With these conditions, Wilderness Town will develop into a prosperous city sooner or later.

Of course, the premise is that Allen must be able to suppress the orcs in the Misty Mountains and the dark power of Dol Guldur.

Of course, in the short term, Allen doesn't need to worry about this.

In this meeting, in addition to encouraging childbirth and opening up business routes, Allen wanted to talk about other things.

In the past four or five years, Allen himself knew that the management of Wilderness Town was very complicated, without a particularly clear title.

But Allen didn't feel confused, because each of his subordinates was given some rights by Allen, either explicitly or subtly, to handle part of the affairs of Wilderness Town.

Jamila, who is the mayor in name, manages the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the entire wilderness town. All material deployment and personnel arrangements must be approved by Jamila. This is the right that Allen gave Jamila from the beginning.

Now Jamila has many subordinates, and there are a large number of people serving her to manage nearly [-] people in Wilderness Town.

In Wilderness Town, from the perspective of power, this young girl is No. 1 under Allen, and Jamila, who is only 23 years old, has done a pretty good job.

Another person who has the same power as Jamila is Fatis who sits there without saying a word. This is a young man with outstanding talents, and he has a very deep friendship with Allen.

He is only about 30 years old this year. He is Alan's deputy. Out of his recognition of Alan, he serves Alan with due diligence.

When Allen was not stationed in Wilderness Town, Fatis was the supreme military officer in name and had the right to recruit all soldiers.

Fatis also has many subordinates, and the troops directly under him are more than [-] cavalry troops after the war, which is the most powerful force in Allen's hands.

Bundak, Alan's vassal, a taciturn middle-aged man, became Alan's vassal after Alan helped him solve all the troubles, and managed the shooter troops in Wilderness Town during the war. Responsible for the security management of Wilderness Town.

And another of Allen's retainers, Desaiwei who hated the bandits and longed for a stable life, was rescued by Allen from the bandits.

Not only that, Alan also led his team to help Desaiwei complete her revenge.

Now she manages dozens of Ellen's mounted archers, and is in charge of daily investigations around Wilderness Town, while guarding the commercial roads of Wilderness Town and Woodland Kingdom.

As for Allen, who came out of home to fight with Allen at a young age, it was a different situation.

He is the eldest son of a nobleman, his mother died early, he received a lot of stares from his stepmother, and his straightforward character was not liked by his father.

Allen knew that he no longer had much hope of inheriting the family business, and had been looking for other opportunities.

By accident, he saw Allen who was helping his father in the battle. The figure that killed the Quartet among the enemy troops made Allen startled.

No matter how hard he worked, he became Alan's attendant, responsible for managing the infantry team in Wilderness Town during the war, and responsible for the training of soldiers in his free time.

At this time, Yatiman, who was far away in River Valley City, was in charge of managing all the construction work in Wilderness Town, whether it was mills, blacksmiths, waterwheels, roads, city walls, and houses, he was almost all in charge of it.

It's just that now the dwarf Tire is competing with him for the title of the first engineer. Alan is not optimistic about Yatiman, but Yatiman is Alan's subordinate, and Tire is just a person loaned to Alan by Dyne.

Alan's good friend and full-time physician James, who is benevolent and kind, is responsible for managing the only hospital in Wilderness Town. He has many apprentices and is also the principal of the school. Who makes him the most idle person?

No, the one with the most leisure time is actually Kress. This little girl who is not yet 20 years old has a very high combat effectiveness, but she hardly has any specific responsibilities under Allen.

It's Ellen who doesn't want her to take too much risk, so Kress is usually responsible for helping Yamila, and contacting the skin changers and big eagles. Maybe pure and kind people are more likely to be attracted by them. I like it.

The above people, together with Carl, Doris, Till, Frey, Tuoju, etc. Allen's friends or allen's subordinates, are responsible for maintaining the normal operation of Wilderness Town.

In the past, Allen was full of thoughts on how to deal with the harassment of the orcs, how to get closer to the dwarves and elves, how to get closer to the bosses of Middle-earth when he was weak, and ensure that his power can survive in this dangerous place. After coming down, I didn't think too much about my administrative team.

Now, after the Battle of the Five Armies, Allen, who was relieved, finally heard about these things. He decided to form his own cabinet to give his friends, subordinates, and retainers a clear identity and better treatment.

Allen first looked at his subordinates, and stood up with a smile on his face. Jamila and the others felt very strange, and followed Allen to stand up. Allen waved his hand and asked them to sit down again.

"Everyone, in addition to encouraging population and opening up business, I actually have another good news to announce. Everyone, I am going to become a king."

Allen felt that it was very embarrassing for him to say this sentence, but most of the people present here were friends and subordinates whom he had known for seven or eight years.

And most of Allen's subordinates quickly reacted from the surprise. Facing the news, each of them had their own ideas.

But for Allen to become the king, they generally think that this is a matter of course.

After coming to Middle-earth, there is no difference between Alan and the king, it is nothing more than the size of the territory and a title.

Allen didn't know what his subordinates were thinking, he was actually a little excited, king.

"After going out this time, Bard, the lord of River Valley City, became my vassal. In the future, I will rebuild a town near the original location of Changhu Town. Wilderness Town ascended the throne and became the king of the Rovanian city-state, directly governing Wilderness Town, Long Lake Town, and River Valley City, so in order to facilitate future management, I plan to form a cabinet."

What does the cabinet mean? Everyone here except Kress can understand that it must be the center of the power of the Rovanian city-state, and whether you have a place in the cabinet also represents whether you have entered the core of the power of the entire country. .

Even if it is not for rights, there is a problem of face. For example, James, although he is kind and kind, is still a good friend of Allen. He is not as eager for rights as ordinary people, but there are friends who come together. I don't have one, so what is it?In the future, he must not be laughed to death by Yatiman?
Not to mention a businessman like Stephen who is keen on fame and fortune. For a while, everyone's eyes turned to Allen, and the eyes contained various emotions such as inquiry, desire, enthusiasm, and determination.

Allen looked at the expressions of his subordinates, and said his idea calmly: "The cabinet has three different titles, one is a warrior, which is given to my loyal retainers; the other is a scholar, which is given to those who help me. There are many masters; once these two titles are granted, they will be held for life. The last title is the three ministers and the person with the most power in the cabinet, but when necessary, I will change personnel, so next, I Different titles will be given to everyone here one by one."

Afterwards, Allen turned to look at Jamila and said, "Jamila, write down what I said."

Jamila pulled out a piece of parchment, took out a quill, dipped it in ink, and waited for Alan.

Seeing that Jamila was ready, Alan cleared his throat and said loudly:

"October 2941, 10, third era, in the meeting room of the lord's house in Wilderness Town.

The future King of Rovanian, the current lord of Wilderness Town, friend of elves and dwarves, Dragon Slayer Alan promulgates here:
I will bestow the titles of braves on Desaiwei, Bundak, Elaine, Fatis, Chris, Jamila, and Horimion, and wish them invincible and invincible in the battlefield of justice in the future. Gram, defeat the evil enemy.

I will bestow the titles of scholars on James, Yatiman, Frey the Dwarf, and Tyr the Dwarf, and wish them a flash of inspiration in their future work, more sophisticated skills, and more wonderful things to create.

I will bestow upon Fatis the title of Minister of War.

I will bestow on Jamila the title of Lord Seal, no, I don't like the name, instead, I will bestow on Jamila the title of King's Hand.

The title of Chancellor of the Exchequer will remain vacant until he finds a suitable candidate. "

After finishing speaking, Alan watched Jamila write a new copy, and said again: "Give it to me."

Jamila gently blew on the paper, handed it to Alan, and then handed the ink and pen to Alan as well.

Allen began to make notes on paper with his not-so-pretty handwriting.

Hand of the King: The chief minister of the cabinet, who wears this title, will have the right to control the people, materials, and wealth of the kingdom. Any decision related to these three matters requires the consent of the Hand of the King, and wears this title at the same time People who are responsible for the country's agriculture, construction, and people have unshirkable responsibilities. After the king's consent, they can arrange corresponding administrative positions for their subordinates according to their own needs.

Minister of Military Affairs: Minister of the Cabinet, the person wearing this title, as the king's deputy, has the right to command the kingdom's army under the king's order. After the king's consent, he can arrange corresponding administrative positions for himself according to his own needs of the men.

Minister of Finance: The cabinet minister, the person who wears this title, is responsible for the taxation and commercial activities of the kingdom. With the consent of the king, he can arrange corresponding administrative positions for his subordinates according to his own needs.

Warrior: A brave man recognized by the king, who assists the king in completing various military tasks, is awarded for life.

Scholar: A wise person recognized by the king, who assists the king in completing various related matters, and once awarded, it will be owned for life.

After finishing writing, Allen looked at it carefully and added another sentence, the king has the final right to interpret and change all the above content.

Afterwards, Allen wrote down his name and handed it to Jamila, "Go and announce it."

As for the benefits and wages that these titles should be awarded, Allen did not write them down. No one knows what the future price will be, so just award them enough wealth to live a superior life according to the title.

In addition, Allen also designed badges representing their identities, which will be distributed to them in the future, but that's a later story.

After announcing the appointment, Allen arranged a task for Desaiwei and James, and then ended the meeting.

(End of this chapter)