industrial lord

Chapter 14

In the conference room of Wessenburg Castle, Frederick and Alfred who just came back from Nuremberg, Administrator Frick, tax collector Neuer, judge Otto, old knight Franz and other Wessen leaders And Richard Nall, Manuai and others sat around the round table with question marks all over their heads.

Manuai, the erudite sage of Constantbul, searched his guts for the adjectives he had mastered, and finally he could only ask Frederick directly: "Is your king... a fool?"

"Population is such an important resource, he actually said that he didn't want it, so he just sent it here?"

Frederick replied solemnly: "Your Excellency Manuai, this is a state secret of our country, please do not disclose it!"

After a burst of laughter, the administrator Frick said to Frederick: "My lord, I kind of understand what the king thinks."

"According to the information from the merchants, there are 6 to [-] refugees who are about to enter the Weisen Territory this time. This number of people is enough to cause our financial collapse."

The old knight Franz sneered and continued: "Our Majesty the King seems to have forgotten one thing, how much damage will be caused by these disaster victims walking all the way to Wessen Territory, and how long it will take."

Everyone laughed again. At the walking speed of the victims, it would take one to two months to walk from the disaster area to Wessen.

If these refugees went to Frederick tomorrow, they would die, and they would grit their teeth and persist in half a month. Now that there is so much time, they are enough to prepare.

Frederick laughed enough, and said to everyone: "Now let's continue to discuss the disaster victims."

"For a long time to come, food is the first problem we have to solve."

Afu said: "Master, Johnny has already negotiated with several big merchants in Mingxing City. Wesson syrup can be exchanged for 5 times the weight of wheat or oats, barley, rice and other grains equivalent to wheat."

Everyone already knows this news, and they also know that the cost of 1 kg of maltose is about 2 kg of wheat. This is their confidence in dealing with the victims.

Frederick said: "Let him continue to talk, as long as there is food, there will be Wesson syrup, and you can exchange for more cheap beans."

"By the way, don't forget the livestock and cloth. Winter is coming in a blink of an eye."

Ogilvy also came to a meeting from the blacksmith shop today, and said: "We have negotiated with suppliers, they provide raw materials such as coal, iron ore, and pig iron, and we pay with different specifications of steel ingots and elemental steel, which is faster than grabbing money. "

"It is imperative to expand the scale of the blacksmith shop. I suggest that the blacksmiths and carpenters among the victims should be concentrated."

"Recently, we have installed trial-produced bearings in two water mills, and the efficiency of flour milling has increased several times compared to before. I suggest that we focus on comprehensive upgrading of the mills in the territory."

Frederick nodded and said, "Next we have to feed a lot of people, and we need to save money."

"Ah Fu, the Weisen Sugar Factory is going to expand, and we will rely on it to survive."

"Tell Nina that the steam bakery will be expanded into a steam bread workshop and spread to other towns, and she will be in charge of the steam bread workshop in the entire territory in the future."

Steamed buns save fuel and time than bread, and coal can also be used as fuel, which is very important for maintaining the lives of disaster victims and saves money.

Frederick continued: "The blacksmith shop and the carpenter shop will focus on three things in the future. They will cooperate with the steam bread workshop to make tools, produce agricultural tools and produce bearings."

"Tomorrow I will go to the blacksmith's shop and get a coal-fired stove for the steam bread workshop."

The food problem has been solved, but there is still a big problem to be solved. Administrator Flick said: "Master, we will open up nearly two hundred villages in the future, which means we need so many village chiefs and sheriffs."

With the current village governance model, the management of a village is composed of the village head and elders, and the sheriff can also participate in part.

Among them, the village chief and the magistrate are appointed by the lord. The village chief is responsible for holding village meetings, publicizing laws and regulations, and collecting various taxes. The magistrate is responsible for organizing the militia to patrol day and night, defending the village and guarding prisoners.

The elders in the village are elected by the villagers themselves and are responsible for cooperating with the village chief and the magistrate.

Now that there are so many new people, there is also a huge gap in management personnel.

Frederick didn't have a good solution for this, and he didn't have a system to make people come out alive. Even if he had one, he would give priority to summoning Arturia Pendragon to dig canals and the like, which would save a lot of money.

There is no need to think about merging small villages into big villages. There are no motorcycles for you to ride to the fields these days. If the village is too big, some people can almost eat lunch when they walk to the field.

Frederick thought for a while, and said to Flick: "I have no good solution. I'm afraid not only the village chief, but even the town hall will be short of people."

"Well, let's recruit some people and teach them how to be village chiefs and sheriffs while I have time. When the time comes, I will send them to try to do it after passing the exam. If I do well, I will officially hire them."

"You also take advantage of the time to plan the location of each village. The principle is to follow the river and road, and the management scope of the town is also re-optimized."

"Wessenburg will keep the land by the river. I have decided that the expanded ironmaking workshop, blacksmith workshop, carpentry workshop and textile workshop to be built in the future will be arranged there."

"It is impossible to use all of our land to grow food. Some people should go to work in the workshop."

Frick took down Baron Wesson's instructions.

Faced with orderly instructions, no one treated Frederick as a child, and Manuai and the others were a little startled. Are the children of the Rhine Union all monsters?
At this time, Psyche, who was pulled over by Frederick, said, "How do you plan to arrange the orphans?"

Frederick slapped his forehead, this is a big problem.

These disaster victims must have been driven all the way, many of them were destroyed, their wives were separated, the adults were okay, but the orphans were in trouble.

"Build an orphanage to adopt them." Frederick sighed.

Manuai said at this time: "Let's build it near the university. We will send people to teach them to read some books. Those who are talented can continue to study, and they can help the territory in the future."

Everyone understood what he meant. These orphans could save their lives under Frederick's hands, and there was no need to question their loyalty in the future.

The old knight Franz immediately said, "It's time for the army to recruit people."

Frederick said to him: "Let's talk about the military affairs later, I have some new ideas, let's talk about it after careful consideration."

Frederick had some ideas about the army. He hated the old army full of corporal punishment and oppression. Transforming it into a people's army was harder than landing on the moon.

But the premise of all this is that the soldiers have enough food and clothing, and in the end they have to make money.

(End of this chapter)