A luxurious wooden boat that originally belonged to Duke Eddie slowly arrived and docked at the pier. Kouros Youm and a group of city hall officials stepped off the boat.

The docks in Bianzhu Town are clean and orderly, and are no less busy than the docks in Dongsheng Fortress.

Seeing this scene, a nobleman behind could not help showing a surprised face.

"Is this really a border town? When I came here five years ago, this was still a stinking, dilapidated little wharf."

"That was before. Don't stay in the past impression of the decline of Border Guard Town."

Kuros, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and turned around to remind: "Under the governance of Marquis Aisen, Border Guard Town is rising at an unimaginable speed. It is not unreasonable to be able to defeat Duke Eddie and put down the rebellious nobles. You

Be careful what you say in the future."

"Lord Koros Yum taught you a lesson." The noble quickly lowered his head and admitted his mistake.

Having said that, Kuros himself was actually shocked. Compared with the last time he visited Owen, the appearance of Border Guard Town had changed drastically.

"Welcome to Border Guard Town."

At this moment, a civilian employee from the Bianshu Town Hall came over with three police officers.

"According to the order of the lord, I am here to receive all the adults from Dongsheng Fortress."

"Sorry to trouble you." Kuros nodded.

"My lords, please follow me."

Later, the civil servant took Kouros and his party to the arranged residence and sent someone to accommodate them.

Since the enlarged meeting will not officially be held until tomorrow, Clive arranged for someone to lead Kuros and his party to inspect Border Guard Town this afternoon, especially the factories built in the north.

After the inspection, the nobles of Dongsheng Fortress gained a lot of knowledge and became more convinced that Border Guard Town had created a fiscal revenue of 50,000 gold coins in the past year. They were no longer full of fear of the changes brought about by the new system, but had some expectations.

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The next morning, the enlarged meeting was held in the conference room of the city hall.

The table was filled with nobles and officials from Border Guard Town, Dongsheng Fortress and Laifeng Port. The seats were packed and there were a few people sitting on chairs outside.

Seeing everyone sitting almost side by side at the conference table, Owen thought to himself that he would have to ask Vilu to build a new place for meetings. This conference room was too small.

The number of officials will inevitably increase in the future, and by then this conference room will no longer be able to accommodate people.

"Ahem."

After confirming that everyone was present, Irving, who was sitting in the main seat, gave a fake cough to attract the attention of everyone present.

"Let the meeting begin." Owen nodded to Clive.

"Hmm."

Clive deliberately cleared his throat and said: "Please open the book in front of you. This is the new law that must be implemented in the territory under the jurisdiction of Lord Owen Eisen. Now I will read the above law.

After each part of the article is read, you will be given time to ask questions, which will then be answered by me or Lord Erwin Eisen."

A finely crafted book was placed in front of everyone's desk (someone placed it on a chair), with the words "New Kingdom Laws" printed on the cover.

After listening to Clive's words, everyone picked up the law book on the table and opened the first page.

"The first part is the general outline..." Clive immediately began to read out the above content.

Some of the people present were listening to Clive's statement, while others were minding their own business and carefully reading the contents of the law.

When they encountered any doubts, they picked up the pencils on the table to mark them, and waited for Clive to finish reading this part before raising their own questions.

Different from the old laws of the kingdom, the new laws formulated by Owen mentioned the people many times and protected the basic rights and interests of the people.

For example, it is determined that people have the right and obligation to receive education.

In other words, civilian schools will be established in Dongsheng Fortress and Laifeng Port in the future to ensure that children under the age of fourteen can go to school with free tuition.

Bianshu Town already has successful experience in running schools, and Irving will ask officials from the Ministry of Education to assist in the establishment of schools in both places.

The purpose of expanding education is to cultivate and reserve future talents, and it is worth spending any amount of money on it.

Some nobles thought this rule was incredible. It was such a waste to invest so much money in teaching the common people how to read. They might as well use the money to build more factories and create more fiscal revenue.

Owen didn't bother to pay attention to the arrogant ideas of those people, and demanded that this legal provision must be implemented in a tough manner.

In addition, the new law also mentions that the city hall must monopolize some extremely important resource transactions, such as the staple food wheat.

It is stipulated that the purchase and sale of staple grains can only be carried out by the city hall, and other units and individuals are prohibited from participating to ensure the stability of grain prices.

Food is the most important thing for the people, and this is done to ensure that the people can buy food from the city hall at the right price and fill their stomachs.

If food is over-marketed, it will be fine during a good harvest and the price will be relatively low. But if there is a bad harvest, evil merchants will definitely hoard food and drive up food prices wantonly, leading to the tragic situation of starvation all over the country.

It is already tragic enough to encounter natural disasters, but man-made disasters are added to the mix, making people's lives even more miserable. This situation must not be allowed to happen.

Of course, in order to ensure the income of farmers, the Ministry of Agriculture of the city hall should take the initiative to guide farmers to farm and ensure their harvests. They should also evaluate the annual harvest and then announce a reasonable purchase price and sales price.

As for the nobility, although the new law clearly states that they can retain the title of knighthood as an honor, the rights and obligations they enjoy are the same as those of formal citizens.

All in all, in the face of this new set of laws, there is no difference between nobles and commoners, and everyone is equal in the true sense.

Because the new law contained a lot of content, the enlarged meeting lasted three days to finish teaching the "Laws of the New Kingdom."

“…Since no one asked questions, that’s the end of the new law.”

Closing the law in his hand, Clive let out a breath, then picked up the water glass next to him and took a sip of water to moisten his throat.

For the past three days, he has been talking non-stop, and the muscles on both sides of his mouth are sore.

"Next, Lord Erwin Eisen, Margrave, wants to announce something to everyone."

Clive had completed his task and then handed the meeting over to Owen.

Hearing this, everyone present turned to look at Irving, waiting for his words.

After sitting upright for a moment, Owen glanced at everyone and said slowly: "I announce that starting from next spring, Bianzhu Town will be officially established and renamed Dawn City."

Border Guard Town was finally upgraded to a city.

As soon as he finished speaking, the officials from the former Bianzhu Town City Hall immediately clapped vigorously to express their congratulations, and the people from Lai Feng Port and Dongsheng Fortress also clapped a little slower.

The applause gradually stopped, and a noble asked carefully: "Um...border garrison, uh no, has the population of Dawn City exceeded 30,000?"

Generally speaking, a city with a population of 30,000 is eligible to be declared a city and is considered a small city.

If the population reaches more than 100,000, it is a large city. There are only a handful of cities of this level on this continent.

"That's right."

It was Clive who answered, his face full of pride.
Chapter completed!