industrial lord

Chapter 319 How to rule
In the cultural circle of the Kingdom of Sardinia, the New Year is not lively, the market is very calm, and all the warmth is at home.

People who worked hard outside could go back home, where the father prepared some nagging, and the mother set up a good meal.The troubles of life and work matters are all poured out in warmth.

In the living room, Frederick sometimes thumped Mafia's back and sometimes rubbed her shoulders, surrounded by old men and old ladies full of envy.

These old people were all servants or subordinates of Mafia's former family. When the family collapsed, they were implicated to some extent. When they came back, they returned to his side without hesitation. The juniors like Frederick had to call grandpa and grandma.

Every New Year, Mafia invites them to chat about family affairs and gossip.

This year is a bit different. Everyone gathers around a charcoal stove with a layer of barbed wire on it. There is a teapot on the net to heat tea, and some fruits, snacks and meat are roasted around it.

According to today's medical theory, elderly people should not eat cold food, which will easily cause stomach upset. Diarrhea can kill the elderly more than catching a cold.

Now, everyone gathers together and eats hot food, no matter the age, without worrying about spoiling the stomach.

After lunch, Maffia sent off the old people, put on a fiery red fox fur shawl, and took Frederick for a walk by the sea.

"The royal family agreed with me to become a court nobleman, and gave me the title of Earl of Sirridge, who has full authority to manage this Citrus Island."

Frederick was a little surprised that Mafia broke the news out of nowhere.

Frederick has recently gained some understanding of the political model here. From now on, apart from land ownership, the island will still belong to the royal family, and everything else will belong to his mistress.

After thinking for a moment, he asked, "What's the price?"

Mafia replied: "The tax is a tax package, which is ten times the average tax in the past five years."

"Set up a mercenary army of 1000 people to send to the royal family, and all the expenses will be paid by me."

"Robert will marry a princess of the royal family in the future. It has been decided. She is the youngest daughter of Princess Lola. She is three years old this year."

"Monica will marry the prince's youngest grandson in the future, and it's not his turn to be on the throne."

Frederick nodded, these conditions are quite satisfactory.

For the royal family, the only meaning of this island is to make money. If someone can provide more money, a title of nobility without land is not out of the question.

Mafia looked at the sea, sighed deeply, and said, "I used to think that I could manage this island well, but when I really started to rule, I realized that it is different from ruling a family."

Frederick nodded.

In his previous life, he saw someone on the Internet saying that a gangster is no different from a country when it grows bigger, and he understood it after he became a ruler. People who said this probably didn't even serve as the group leader for homework in school.

Coercive rule maintained by force seems effective, but the cost of rule is extremely high.

Don't expect any good birds from the grassroots personnel under this political model. The faces in the territory will be red every minute, and riots will happen at any time.

When the force as the foundation is slightly weakened, it will become the first domino to fall. Not only the internal foundation is damaged, but the foreign enemies have long been waiting to raise the butcher knife to the fattened pigs, and they are very likely to appear as saviors .

If it doesn't work, Mafia will become the "devil king", and a lot of "braves" will appear in the village. God knows what those guys with the script of the protagonist will do.

Frederick couldn't help thinking that maybe the royal family dared to do this because they thought that a gangster like Mafia would not rule the territory.

In the future, when Mafia makes Citrus Island aroused public dissatisfaction, and the royal family comes back with Robert or Monica's descendants as mascots, the people will be grateful to the royal family.

Mafia turned her head and said to Frederick: "I heard that you have a school for government officials. I want to send some people there to study."

Frederick couldn't help frowning when he heard this. His wife was talking about the Wesson Professional Technical College for Public Servants, and he was the principal.

This college has been in operation for less than three years. Those who pass the entrance examination for public servants will come here to study for three to six months. The promoted staff and officials will come to study for one month. Each period is five days of study.

The problem is that the teaching mode and content of this college are in line with the Wesson state government. For example, before eating every day, we recite the quotations of Duke Wesson collectively. Whether the people trained here can adapt to the situation of Citrus Island has to be a few kilometers old. question mark.

Frederick scratched his head and said, "The citrus grown here is very sweet, and the ones grown in Wessen state don't even eat rats. I'm worried that the situation in the two places will be different, and there will be big problems."

"Well, I'll ask the college to send someone over here to build a college that suits the local customs and customs, and you will manage it yourself."

"I suggest the same goes for military academies."

Mafia thought for a moment after hearing this, and finally nodded in agreement.

There is a deep concept here that masters and apprentices are like father and son. If the officials and military officers on the island are their own children, it will greatly help strengthen the rule.

Frederick continued: "The so-called politics is nothing more than making more friends and fewer enemies. It is easier to do things when you have more friends."

Mafia nodded, they did not physically make the enemy less difficult.

Frederick went on to say: "Your foundation is not stable, and you need to attract the most people on the island, such as farmers, sailors, and workers."

"The Talon gang has a huge advantage here, it can be transformed into a guild-like organization."

"The function of this organization is not only to engage in violent activities, but more importantly, to provide appropriate help to those vulnerable groups."

"For example, if a family member of a worker fails to get his wages, the Black Claw Gang will come forward to help him file a lawsuit and help him get back what he deserves."

"If a family member who runs a business encounters an unexpected incident and finds it difficult to continue, the Black Claw Gang can lend a helping hand appropriately."

Mafia stood on the beach like a stone statue until the sun gradually sank into the sea, and only then did she fully understand what Frederick said.

At that time, I will hold the officials with my left hand and the civilians with my right hand. The whole territory will be tougher than Richard Nall. Who would dare to fight with me?

"Thank you." Mafia raised her hand and touched Frederick's head, with a kind smile on her face, "I thought you would teach me how to make money, but I didn't expect you to teach me so many secret recipes that I have no place to learn. "

Frederick laughed. These days, there is a practice of masters leaving key "secret recipes" when teaching apprentices. Richard Nall gave all the secret recipes to Frederick and Thalhov, but he wrote them all into poems. Let these two guys understand it by themselves, but they didn't understand it.

In Psyche's words, Frederick suffered from being too educated, and Thalhov suffered from being uneducated. They had to be at the same level of education as Richard Nall to understand what those things meant.

"The matter of making money is easy." Frederick continued with a smile and concentrated, "As long as a tolerant, fair, and just stage is built, the merchants will come to dance on the stage by themselves."

"I think the geographical environment and tradition here are good. It is surrounded by an area with developed textile industry, which can develop the garment industry."

"I invented a fan that doesn't use magic when I was in the Kush Kingdom. Now I don't know how the home is optimized. If it is done, I plan to build an assembly factory here."

According to his idea, the development of light industry here is promising.

(End of this chapter)