Roland held the first high-level plenary meeting of Border Town in the castle reception room.
Compared to the scenes that were originally supported by Barov and his more than a dozen apprentices, the city hall has now grown to a huge group of nearly 100 people, among whom are down-and-out nobles, captured knights and entourages, and indigenous people who have completed primary education and obtained diplomas.
Thanks to the population growth, various departments have taken shape one after another, which has finally made the city hall look like a little prince is looking forward to.
He no longer had to do everything himself like before. Now, as long as he explains some simple policies and plans, this newly-formed city hall can dismantle the tasks to various departments to complete, which makes Roland feel very pleased.
The participants of the first high-level meeting were all the highest leaders of the department, namely Minister of Agriculture Senidali, Minister of Education Books, Minister of Chemical Industry Kemospier (temporary), Minister of Construction Karl Vanbert, Army Head Iron Axe, and City Hall Chief Manager Barovmons.
The Ministry of Industry is still Roland personally managed by him. After all, no one except him knows what industrialization is like.
There was a bucket of ice water around everyone, and the ice cubes placed in the bucket were enchanted by candlelight and soaked in the water for at least one morning.
Even though the sun was scorching outside, the castle hall still maintained a cool temperature.
Then each department reported on the recent situation. Roland took out the kettle from the barrel and poured himself a glass of ice water. Let's start with the Ministry of Agriculture.
Yes, Your Highness.Seni stood up and bowed, then spread out the pre-prepared paper rolls. The grain handed over this time was about 17,000 hu. This amount alone could meet the grain needs of all townspeople in the coming summer. In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture purchased the remaining grain at the market price as you request, but this amount was far less than the payout ratio, and it is currently only 4,500 hu.
The so-called hukou is a wheat weighing container commonly used by people, a basket made of bamboo slices, so this number is enough to listen to it. He doesn't know how to convert it into kilograms or increase it. Fortunately, these are not important. The key is that he knows that the collected grain can feed the villagers.
The key is the second point. If calculated based on the method of collecting 70% and keeping 30% of the self-owned food, the purchased grain should be about 7,000 hu. The part that is kept as grain and seeds for the next year will not be used so much.
In other words, some serfs did not sell the remaining 30% of the grain to the city hall, but chose to stockpile it privately in wooden sheds.
Although he had foreseen such a situation early in the morning, he still sighed softly when it actually happened.
The purpose of hoarding grain is very obvious, which is to speculate and resell. If there is insufficient grain supply in the town or natural disasters, their batch of grain can be sold at a much higher price than the market price, and it is not impossible to increase by more than ten times.
This is also why Roland sets grain transactions as a town hall franchise and buyers must present their ID cards.
The food problem is related to the most basic stability of Bianfeng Town. In the early days when the grain was not surplus, if it was open to restrict sales, it would be easy to be purchased by people and hoarded, which eventually led to an increase in grain prices.
Only by purchasing quantitative grain through real-name products and banning other sales channels can the grain prices be maintained at a stable line.
Your Highness, why don’t you forcefully purchase wheat from serfs?Seni asked in confusion, "The law does not allow them to sell to others anyway."
Because it is their private property, and how to deal with it is their freedom, Roland replied, "I have no regulations that serfs shall not keep their own food."You can also understand that as long as it is not prohibited in explicit text, it is allowed.
Seni looked a little confused and seemed to know how to understand this sentence.Not only him, most of them frowned, only Barov showed a thoughtful look.
Are there any other things to report?Roland took a sip of ice water. This concept of emphasizing rules and procedures in everything can only be considered a qualified official in the new era if they slowly understand it, or if they understand it.
Of course, this arrangement is also easy to go to another extreme, leading to the emergence of bureaucracy, but bureaucracy is better than disorderly or arbitrary actions.
Uh...yes, Senidali shook his head. Now that the fields have been harvested, I wonder how to arrange the fallow plan for the next year?
No, these lands are not fallow, and wheat continues to be planted next year. Roland waves his hand, and the manure piled up by the fields is prepared for the fertile land.Next, you instruct the serfs to shovel them into the field, mix them thoroughly with the soil, and continue to stack new feces in the empty space.It takes only two months to make it rot, but it takes about four months in winter.
By the beginning of the spring of the next year, not only will the soil quality be improved by the first batch of compost, but it also has a new batch of compost that can be added as base fertilizer, and there is no need to fallow at all.
Not to mention high-end chemical fertilizers, just applying human and animal fertilizers to agricultural production is a great improvement.
OK, if that's what you ask for.He touched his head, and... Your Highness, so much wheat is probably impossible to grind with one or two stone mills. I want to apply for a mill next to the Chishui River, preferably powered by steam engines.
Yes, Roland nodded. This is another new breakthrough. In addition to himself, someone has finally begun to try to use this new motivation. You first propose a plan to Barov, and then formulate a detailed plan with the Ministry of Construction after obtaining the grant.
OK, Your Highness, Seni responded, the last thing is the promotion of free people. This time, a total of 516 people were qualified for promotion. Because it was strictly divided on the spot according to the amount of wheat handed over, no one raised any objection. I have reported the list to Lord Barov.Then he stood up again to salute, and my report was over.
It was a good job, Roland patted his palms twice to show encouragement.
This young knight from the former Benlang family seems to have adapted to the life of the town and is doing well in the city hall. With a little packaging, it is an excellent publicity role model and will play a significant role in attracting down-and-out nobles and knights in the fortress in the future.
The second person to give the report was Shushu. Her long hair was tied behind her head, wearing a clean and tidy white shirt, and a pure black long skirt without any embellishment or lace, looked mature and capable.
It is hard to imagine that half a year ago, she was an exiled witch who had to hide from Tibet in order to avoid the church.
Currently, there are two batches of people who have completed primary education, totaling eighty-five, most of whom have studied at the college run by Mr. Carl.Her ability is unforgettable, so there is no need to make any preparations when reporting data, which made Roland envious. Forty-six of them chose to work in the city hall, twenty-one decided to go to the bicycle factory, and thirteen people applied to join the First Army. She paused and five others signed up for the chemistry laboratory position.
Five people?
Roland couldn't help looking at Kemostrier, whose face was obviously not very good-looking.
It seems that the publicity effect of the awarding ceremony is far less than as good as I expected. In this way, some of the three newly built laboratories will probably be idle for a while.
Fortunately, the employment rate was at least 100%, he comforted himself.
Compared to the scenes that were originally supported by Barov and his more than a dozen apprentices, the city hall has now grown to a huge group of nearly 100 people, among whom are down-and-out nobles, captured knights and entourages, and indigenous people who have completed primary education and obtained diplomas.
Thanks to the population growth, various departments have taken shape one after another, which has finally made the city hall look like a little prince is looking forward to.
He no longer had to do everything himself like before. Now, as long as he explains some simple policies and plans, this newly-formed city hall can dismantle the tasks to various departments to complete, which makes Roland feel very pleased.
The participants of the first high-level meeting were all the highest leaders of the department, namely Minister of Agriculture Senidali, Minister of Education Books, Minister of Chemical Industry Kemospier (temporary), Minister of Construction Karl Vanbert, Army Head Iron Axe, and City Hall Chief Manager Barovmons.
The Ministry of Industry is still Roland personally managed by him. After all, no one except him knows what industrialization is like.
There was a bucket of ice water around everyone, and the ice cubes placed in the bucket were enchanted by candlelight and soaked in the water for at least one morning.
Even though the sun was scorching outside, the castle hall still maintained a cool temperature.
Then each department reported on the recent situation. Roland took out the kettle from the barrel and poured himself a glass of ice water. Let's start with the Ministry of Agriculture.
Yes, Your Highness.Seni stood up and bowed, then spread out the pre-prepared paper rolls. The grain handed over this time was about 17,000 hu. This amount alone could meet the grain needs of all townspeople in the coming summer. In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture purchased the remaining grain at the market price as you request, but this amount was far less than the payout ratio, and it is currently only 4,500 hu.
The so-called hukou is a wheat weighing container commonly used by people, a basket made of bamboo slices, so this number is enough to listen to it. He doesn't know how to convert it into kilograms or increase it. Fortunately, these are not important. The key is that he knows that the collected grain can feed the villagers.
The key is the second point. If calculated based on the method of collecting 70% and keeping 30% of the self-owned food, the purchased grain should be about 7,000 hu. The part that is kept as grain and seeds for the next year will not be used so much.
In other words, some serfs did not sell the remaining 30% of the grain to the city hall, but chose to stockpile it privately in wooden sheds.
Although he had foreseen such a situation early in the morning, he still sighed softly when it actually happened.
The purpose of hoarding grain is very obvious, which is to speculate and resell. If there is insufficient grain supply in the town or natural disasters, their batch of grain can be sold at a much higher price than the market price, and it is not impossible to increase by more than ten times.
This is also why Roland sets grain transactions as a town hall franchise and buyers must present their ID cards.
The food problem is related to the most basic stability of Bianfeng Town. In the early days when the grain was not surplus, if it was open to restrict sales, it would be easy to be purchased by people and hoarded, which eventually led to an increase in grain prices.
Only by purchasing quantitative grain through real-name products and banning other sales channels can the grain prices be maintained at a stable line.
Your Highness, why don’t you forcefully purchase wheat from serfs?Seni asked in confusion, "The law does not allow them to sell to others anyway."
Because it is their private property, and how to deal with it is their freedom, Roland replied, "I have no regulations that serfs shall not keep their own food."You can also understand that as long as it is not prohibited in explicit text, it is allowed.
Seni looked a little confused and seemed to know how to understand this sentence.Not only him, most of them frowned, only Barov showed a thoughtful look.
Are there any other things to report?Roland took a sip of ice water. This concept of emphasizing rules and procedures in everything can only be considered a qualified official in the new era if they slowly understand it, or if they understand it.
Of course, this arrangement is also easy to go to another extreme, leading to the emergence of bureaucracy, but bureaucracy is better than disorderly or arbitrary actions.
Uh...yes, Senidali shook his head. Now that the fields have been harvested, I wonder how to arrange the fallow plan for the next year?
No, these lands are not fallow, and wheat continues to be planted next year. Roland waves his hand, and the manure piled up by the fields is prepared for the fertile land.Next, you instruct the serfs to shovel them into the field, mix them thoroughly with the soil, and continue to stack new feces in the empty space.It takes only two months to make it rot, but it takes about four months in winter.
By the beginning of the spring of the next year, not only will the soil quality be improved by the first batch of compost, but it also has a new batch of compost that can be added as base fertilizer, and there is no need to fallow at all.
Not to mention high-end chemical fertilizers, just applying human and animal fertilizers to agricultural production is a great improvement.
OK, if that's what you ask for.He touched his head, and... Your Highness, so much wheat is probably impossible to grind with one or two stone mills. I want to apply for a mill next to the Chishui River, preferably powered by steam engines.
Yes, Roland nodded. This is another new breakthrough. In addition to himself, someone has finally begun to try to use this new motivation. You first propose a plan to Barov, and then formulate a detailed plan with the Ministry of Construction after obtaining the grant.
OK, Your Highness, Seni responded, the last thing is the promotion of free people. This time, a total of 516 people were qualified for promotion. Because it was strictly divided on the spot according to the amount of wheat handed over, no one raised any objection. I have reported the list to Lord Barov.Then he stood up again to salute, and my report was over.
It was a good job, Roland patted his palms twice to show encouragement.
This young knight from the former Benlang family seems to have adapted to the life of the town and is doing well in the city hall. With a little packaging, it is an excellent publicity role model and will play a significant role in attracting down-and-out nobles and knights in the fortress in the future.
The second person to give the report was Shushu. Her long hair was tied behind her head, wearing a clean and tidy white shirt, and a pure black long skirt without any embellishment or lace, looked mature and capable.
It is hard to imagine that half a year ago, she was an exiled witch who had to hide from Tibet in order to avoid the church.
Currently, there are two batches of people who have completed primary education, totaling eighty-five, most of whom have studied at the college run by Mr. Carl.Her ability is unforgettable, so there is no need to make any preparations when reporting data, which made Roland envious. Forty-six of them chose to work in the city hall, twenty-one decided to go to the bicycle factory, and thirteen people applied to join the First Army. She paused and five others signed up for the chemistry laboratory position.
Five people?
Roland couldn't help looking at Kemostrier, whose face was obviously not very good-looking.
It seems that the publicity effect of the awarding ceremony is far less than as good as I expected. In this way, some of the three newly built laboratories will probably be idle for a while.
Fortunately, the employment rate was at least 100%, he comforted himself.