Start with Island Lord

Afternoon.

On the parapet of Crescent Castle, Rosen once again stopped on it, and this time Selena also came.

The two stood side by side, looking at the river valley plain to the west of Crescent City.

There is a transportation team with no end in sight.

First, there was smuggling from businessman Aji from Gaoshan County, and now there was a large amount of maritime supplies from Muladi, with a total of fifteen thousand tons of grain shipped.

There are only over 66,000 people on the island.

Even if the island itself does not grow food, based on an estimated annual consumption of 200 kilograms per person, this batch of food is enough to feed the entire island's residents for more than a year.

Not to mention that the island itself also produces food.

The miscellaneous winter wheat grown in the fields, fish, seaweed, shells caught in the rivers and offshore, wild beasts in the mountains and forests, and various local products grown sporadically can barely feed the islanders.

Food is the most important thing for the people.

If you are not hungry, your mind will be stable. If your mind is stable, no matter how hard Rosen tries, nothing big will happen to the island.

In addition to grain, there are also more than 4,000 tons of other various materials.

Not only did it greatly make up for the previous consumption, but it also provided an additional batch of materials for building the navy.

An island without a navy is like a man without a toy in his crotch. It is absolutely impossible.

We must have a navy, and it must be established as early as possible. It must be as strong as possible. In the short term, it must at least be able to deny offshore waters.

Otherwise, all the wealth accumulated on the island will be nothing more than a wallet temporarily stored by the strong.

Of course, this is very, very difficult and especially expensive.

As far as Rosen knows, the top-level iron-armored rune battleship in the Wit continent, also known as the dreadnought battleship, weighs 2,000 tons and costs at least 500,000 Oggs.

This is just a boat.

Not even the Earl of Shire County would dare to think of such a precious thing, let alone the current Rosen.

But as high as the sky is and the earth is flat, no matter how difficult it is, we will find a way to build a navy.

The two of them watched for a while on the parapet, and Selena said softly: "The Island Conference will be held tomorrow. A group of brave knights will probably be a little disappointed when they hear that you no longer canonize the town lord."

There are five towns on the island, and the lords of the five towns and their core knights are all trapped by the Hanshui River.

But according to the tradition of the island, the five towns always need lords, so the Crescent Knights with high status and sufficient qualifications are naturally concerned about being knighted.

Now that Rosen says he won't be canonized, the good-tempered one feels disappointed, while the bad-tempered one will scold her in secret.

This is human nature.

But the knights will not resist.

Because it is just the failure of expectations rather than the deprivation of what is already there, the intensity of resistance caused by the former is far less than that of the latter.

Rosen could hear the worry in Selena's words.

Because she grew up in a traditional feudal system, although she supported Rosen's New Deal, the sudden change made her feel insecure.

People always feel comfortable in familiar things and environments, while subconsciously resisting completely unfamiliar things.

This is human nature.

He smiled and said: "Thank you madam for reminding me, I will pay great attention to it."

He has not been idle these days. He has summoned every knight with high reputation, high qualifications, and high ability to talk to each other one by one. He has already taken control of the situation.

Seeing that his face was as indifferent as ever, Selena found a familiar sense of security in him and felt relieved.

Amidst the bustle of contentment and joy, the island spent the night quietly.

Early the next morning, the island's new policy promulgation meeting was officially held!

The meeting takes place at Crescent Castle.

The main meeting place was in the lord's longhouse, and the attendees were all prominent people from Paddlefish Island. There were more than 300 people, and they almost filled the entire second level of the hall.

This group of people includes the Crescent Knights, the mages from the Magic Center, the famous squires on the island, the elders of the Yigo tribe, etc.

The commander of the Flame Chapter, Jopp, and several deputy commanders were also there.

There were only four people in total, and they were very inconspicuous. From their own perspective, they were just pretending to be in accordance with the employment contract.

The first level of the hall, connected to the open space outside the house, is the civilian auditorium.

Those invited are civilians with outstanding abilities from all walks of life on Paddlefish Island.

Including honest small businessmen, craftsmen with outstanding skills, farmers with outstanding farming skills, etc., anyway, people with some influence in the countryside.

There are 1,000 people in this group.

This is the first time they have received an invitation to such a conference.

Although they were only spectators, everyone who was invited felt extremely excited to observe the operation of the island's highest power at such a close distance.

In the corner of the open space outside the hall door, Muladi, Maxim and his attendants were also there.

All three of them wore hats and casual clothes and looked low-key.

Looking at the surging crowd in front of him, Maxim said softly: "If the open space were not wide enough, I suspect that the baron would invite everyone from the entire island."

Mulady shrugged: "It's really possible for the Baron to do such a thing, because he always has many fantastic ideas."

Maxim chuckled: "It is indeed a wonderful idea, but I am afraid that it will not end in the end."

The attendant beside him also said: "The young master is right. Look at these civilians. Most of them are not here to attend the meeting at all, but to see something strange."

At this moment, a clear but solemn young female voice came from the hall.

"Lord Rosen and his wife, Princess Chenxi, please take your seats."

The broad door of the longhouse was open, and a large number of magic lamps were lit inside the house, illuminating the hall like daylight. Through the densely packed backs of their heads, the three of Mulady could clearly see the baron and baroness who were walking up to their seats.

After taking a look, Muladi said softly: "He looks much more majestic now."

A month ago, he was just a tall and outstanding young man, but now looking over, Mulady feels his heart is heavy and he feels a pressure that cannot be ignored.

This is a trait only possessed by those lords who have strong control over their territories.

Because in this territory, he is the only master, and his will can easily determine the fate of anyone on this land.

Sir Maxim also felt it, and he said softly: "The Lion King looks a bit like Aaron, oh no, it has more elegance of a mage and less brutality of a warrior than Lion King. It seems to be deeper. "

The Lion King is the nickname of King Dange. No matter how everyone criticizes his bad habits, Dange is indeed the most powerful king in the natural alliance.

Attendant Ade grinned and said: "Master, this is just a small island baron with tens of thousands of people. How can he compare with the king who has over 100 million people?"

Maxim smiled slightly: "If you can compare it, you will know by looking at the content of the new policies he promulgated later."

Ade was startled: "A small island is still a small island no matter how hard you try. The New Deal is not an oracle, how can you still put a crown on it?"

Besides, even the oracle is not easy to use these days.

Maxim said softly: "The big trees in the sky grow from small seeds. The baron was originally just the seeds of a small shrub, but he married the princess."

Having said this, he remained silent and raised his hand to stop the attendant from talking: "Go on and look down, Ade."

At this time, the tall female warrior beside the baron shouted again.

"With the honor bestowed by the lord, I declare that the first citizens' meeting of Paddlefish Island is officially opened."

"The first step of the conference is to promulgate the New Deal!"

The voice of the female warrior is very young, but also very loud and clear, and with the blessing of spiritual magic, it can be clearly heard in the ears of every participant.

"The Island New Deal, the full name is "Island Citizen Participation System"."

“A citizen is every individual whose legal status is recognized by the lord and who lives in Paddlefish Island, St. Ann Island, Hank Island and the triangular waters within the connection between the three islands.”

These words sound a bit complicated, but the meaning is clear. The main complexity lies in a series of place names.

There are many more places than Paddlefish Island.

Having said this, the female warrior looked around the audience and spoke loudly again.

"Every island citizen will have five basic rights."

“For the right to life, property, protection, education, and most importantly, the right to participate!”

This statement aroused a lot of feedback, but because suffrage was not explained in detail, although people were very concerned about it, they didn’t know where to start.

The female warrior continued.

"Every citizen also has four basic obligations."

"Respectively, they are paying taxes, observing laws, safeguarding the public interests of the island, and performing military service."

Because it directly involves everyone's vital interests, the island residents who participated in the meeting listened carefully and discussed in low voices.

"It seems like there are no special changes from before?"

"There is one more right than duty. The lord is so kind."

“Don’t you know how big the suffrage is?”

The female warrior waited for a while, emphasized her tone, and said loudly: "Now, I would like to invite the lord to speak."

Rosen, who had been sitting, stood up.

All the people on the island subconsciously pricked up their ears.

After Rosen looked around the audience, he said in a deep and majestic tone:

"I know that everyone here is very curious and confused about suffrage, and they don't know what these three words mean."

"I'll explain it to you later, but first, I'm going to tell you something."

After everyone concentrated, Rosen spoke again.

"I want to tell you that the world we live in is moving forward very fast, and the power of the countries outside the island is rising at a jaw-dropping speed."

"To meet this challenge, we must make profound changes and improve our capabilities to fend off powerful enemies trying to invade the island."

"Otherwise, the next person who lands on the island will not be me, the son of the old lord who came back from Dawn City, but the barbaric bandits who came to enslave the island or even destroy it!"

As soon as these words came out, the knowledgeable people on the island felt cold all over.

Yes, the one who landed this time was the son of the old baron. Although he had great power that could destroy everything, he always maintained the greatest restraint.

But that's because Rosen is everyone's lord.

But what if it wasn't?

The island will be completely destroyed, and everyone will become slaves of the invaders and be enslaved to death!

For a time, cold sweat broke out on many people's backs.

From the expressions on everyone's faces, Rosen knew that his words had reached everyone's hearts.

"Change has to happen, change has to happen fast, and everyone has to change!"

"You need to change!"

"As a lord, I also want to change!"

"The so-called suffrage of island citizens means that the many military, political, business and many new fields that will appear on the island will all be open to island citizens!"

"As long as any island citizen shows sufficient ability, no matter where you are from, whether you are a man or a woman, you will be able to get positions with corresponding abilities."

"Even if this position is the chief administrative officer, the chief of the Crescent Knights, or even the mayor of the town!"

After the last sentence appeared, all the island residents present were instantly shocked.

The first two are fine, they are ministers serving the lord. As long as they work hard and have some luck, ordinary people can barely get it.

But the five major towns were originally the lords of the knights, and they were hereditary from generation to generation, and had nothing to do with ordinary people at all. Now they are put out for all the island residents to compete for!

The value of the citizen's right to participate in the government has risen to an astonishing level.

This change is indeed astonishingly large, even shocking.

If it were in the past, the island knights would definitely fight back and quickly help the lord correct this outrageous mistake.

But the knights of the white sturgeon island were all killed.

Some interest groups that depended on the knights were also purged.

And because of the harsh living environment, the island residents have a stronger "the capable are the king" mentality than people in other regions.

Because you have no ability, you will really die.

Therefore, Rosen's suggestion that the capable person should be the mayor is in line with the islanders' ideas.

If the capable person does not rush to the front and lead the crowd forward, who will lead?

Should it be led by stupid scoundrels like Mbahat and Ales? !

Therefore, whether it is the Crescent Knights, the elites from all walks of life, or even the forest elves who came out of the mountains, after careful consideration, they all think that the lord's idea is quite reliable.

This is what the lord of the white sturgeon island should do!

So, the crowd cheered violently, and the ordinary people who were listening outside the house were the most excited.

The cheers were so loud that they almost overturned the roof of the lord's longhouse.

Of course, there were also calm bystanders.

The attendant Ade whispered: "I thought it was some amazing new policy, isn't this just a replica of our national reform."

The Levender National Reform began ten years ago.

Muradi shook his head slightly: "No, it's not quite the same."

Sir Maxim also nodded: "It's indeed different."

"What's different?"

Maxim said: "He increased the right to education. In addition, all the upper nobles on the island were killed. So, this may be the most thorough reform implemented in the entire Witt continent."

Levender's national reform did have some results.

The problem is that the aristocracy still firmly controls the lifeline and upward channel of the kingdom, so the so-called national reform is nothing more than a gorgeous firework.

Speaking of which, he is also an aristocrat, even an upper class among the aristocracy. He has seen many national ills, but unfortunately~~~~

Ade muttered: "It's not completely thorough, the baron's family is still there."

Maxim's ears are sharp, and he smiled softly when he heard this.

"It is impossible to pursue the most thorough perfection in the real world. The Baron is the most indispensable leader of the island. Without him, everything else exists. Without him, this is just a marginal island."

The attendant Ade was convinced: "The young master is right."

At this time, the Baron spoke again: "After many days of discussion, a new island management system of "Three Treasurys, Six Departments and Twelve Towns" was launched."

"Next, the appointment of the heads of the new departments of the island will begin."