The military service in Wilderness Town has always been in a relatively primitive stage. It can be simply understood as conscription. The basic principle is based on the land as a link, Allen's leadership prestige as the basis, and the post-war honors and rewards as desires.
Driven by this, the young men under Allen's rule actively joined the army so that Allen could deal with the crisis encountered in the territory.
This method is undoubtedly excellent. Using land in exchange for combat power is a very worry-free and convenient method. Especially for Allen, a force that has been established for five or six years, it is really suitable.
Allen owns a vast land, and the population in the territory is not overcrowded. The current population saturation of Wilderness Town is due to the reproduction and development in the future. It does not mean that this land is already overcrowded now.
This situation is of course impossible. After all, this is a land of tens of thousands of square kilometers. Although there are a large number of areas that are not suitable for land reclamation, there are still many that are suitable for undeveloped land. However, under the stimulation of existing policies,
, the population of Wilderness Town will definitely increase a lot in a short period of time, and these residents cannot be moved out by then, so Allen temporarily designated the land as saturated, allowing subsequent residents to move to Yin, not far away.
Ovia settles down.
Moreover, the surrounding environment has gradually stabilized in the past few years of fighting. There are strong allies around, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, with the support of training and equipment, is enough to meet the needs of combat most of the time.
But after the conflict with the Dongyi people, the situation became a little different, because Allen expanded his territory too much. In the past, he only had to defend the base camp of Wilderness Town and the Muma Village.
Pasture is fine.
At that time, young adults serving as soldiers during wartime and working as farmers in their spare time were enough to cope with most battles, and the recruitment time was not long and it would not affect the daily lives of the people in the territory.
But the current situation is different. The defense of Heidelberg and the development of Steele Mining Town require soldiers to be stationed for a long time. For young adults who need to take care of their fields, military service is really too onerous.
Especially the first batch of soldiers who went to Heidelberg, they had been there for half a year.
This has a certain impact on their lives. Although Allen has adopted other methods to ensure the cultivation of their family's fields, this is not a long-term solution. Once people leave their hometown for too long, it is easy to have random thoughts.
, not to mention this era where it is extremely difficult to communicate information.
In Allen's memory, even medieval monarchs rarely allowed their vassals to carry out military operations for such a long time without paying for anything.
Although the soldiers stationed in Heidelberg have not yet received any dissatisfied feedback from Allen at this moment, they cannot take any chances in dealing with this kind of thing.
Allen heard about an interesting phenomenon in his previous hometown. Although the nature is different, the principle is the same. That is, if you see cockroaches in your home, it means that there are cockroaches in the dark corners.
It is unknown to what extent it has multiplied.
The same is true for the emotions of the soldiers. If some bad information can be directly transmitted to Allen's ears, it means that the dissatisfaction of the soldiers has accumulated to a certain extent. If it is not dealt with, there will probably be a big disaster.
question.
So after thinking about these things, Allen decided to use other methods to make up for the long-term garrison of the soldiers, reduce their dissatisfaction, and at the same time increase the number of available soldiers under his command.
There are many choices before Allen. After all, he is a person who is very interested in cold weapon warfare. Otherwise, why would he be interested in the game "Mount and Blade".
Allen has a large number of military service systems in his mind, such as the military system, the government military system, the garrison military system, the knight system, the citizen system and the recruitment system. As for the samurai system of a certain country, Allen thinks it is too bad, so he will not
Learned from.
Wilderness Town now adopts a system similar to that of the Guard Soldiers. The main payment is land, and equipment and training are provided. Unlike the Guard Soldiers, Allen does not require them to serve as soldiers for life and there is no hereditary requirement.
, and has a complete pension and reward system to ensure that after their injuries and sacrifices, their families can live a worry-free life.
The difference is that Allen will still require them to pay a quarter of the tax from their income. This is no problem for an emerging force because everyone is treated the same and all families are treated equally.
need to bear such taxes.
And in the process, Allen ensured that they and their families had food and clothing, and the living standards of these people improved year by year due to Allen's efforts. At the same time, he also gave them certain honors and financial rewards after the battle. This
This will prevent these young adults who have become soldiers from having too much dissatisfaction.
With the explosive increase in population and expansion of territory, the situation is different at this time. Among the thousands of newly added people, only the residents of Yin Ouweiya can still maintain a healthy family situation.
They provide a certain amount of help and they can become self-sufficient in a very short period of time.
As for the other residents who later joined Wilderness Town, most of the mainstays of their families were sacrificed or captured during the Dongyi people's resistance. This made it difficult for them to cultivate enough land to support them in a short period of time.
For Allen, their livelihood is a big problem.
Allen needs to find suitable jobs in their own territory to allow them to support themselves, rather than having the cabinet support them entirely. This is possible in a short period of time. After all, the tragic experience will make other residents feel pity for them.
Emotions, but after a long time it doesn't work.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It’s not that Allen doesn’t have enough supplies to feed them, but that after a long time, after that compassion is worn away, this kind of thing can easily cause these two
The antagonism between Bo residents, especially those families whose breadwinners are away at war.
Allen was able to think of this problem because he considered the problem of "not worrying about scarcity but worrying about inequality". Imagine that the original residents also worked in the fields, but their income relied on their own hands.
He earns nothing and has to pay taxes. The breadwinner of his family is still serving in the military outside.
Although these newcomers also participate in some work, their daily necessities are directly provided by their own lords, and they have no obligation to pay taxes or perform military service. At first glance, it must be paid by the original residents.
More, and these newcomers pay less.
In the long run, Allen cannot guarantee that there will be no management problems. The villagers are simple from a certain perspective. They all have an attitude of awe towards those in power, especially those like Allen who can provide them with
For the lords who lived a stable life and did not exploit them excessively.
When faced with Allen's requirements, they often choose to obey rather than resist, such as this time when they served for nearly half a year.
But in terms of their own interests, they will also consider a lot. Farmers are not stupid. Once they find that the two sides are treated differently, dissatisfaction will accumulate quickly. Of course, they do not have enough courage and awareness to turn this kind of
Dissatisfaction is directed directly at the officials who usually manage them, but the new villagers who join will naturally become a channel for them to vent their emotions.
Allen couldn't allow this to happen. When he was a child, he often heard about the fighting between villages due to resource distribution issues. Deaths often occurred. He did not want similar things to happen in his territory.
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Therefore, in order to avoid this situation, Allen plans to recruit his existing soldiers as full-time soldiers after selection, especially those veterans who have participated in many battles and have accumulated enough experience in the battle.
Regardless of combat literacy, morale and courage, they all meet Allen's requirements for full-time soldiers.
Allen will then pay them a certain amount of money as remuneration, and part of the distributed wages will allow these soldiers to hire these new residents to work for them to solve the problem of insufficient labor at home.
Although women in this era are indeed not as good as young and middle-aged men in physical labor, but if one is not good enough, hiring two can always make up for it, and the current prices in Wilderness Town are not high, as long as this part can be reasonably regulated
By providing remuneration and providing food prices within the acceptable range, most residents without farmland can rely on this method to solve their livelihood problems.
If it doesn't work, Allen plans to ask Jamila to organize an official organization to formulate corresponding detailed rules and fully intervene in the implementation of this part of the work. The main purpose is to ensure the survival of this group of people no matter what, and at the same time, it is not possible to
The original residents of Wilderness Town were very dissatisfied.
As the Dongyi people stopped attacking, River Valley City and Gushan have gradually stabilized. Then business will inevitably gradually prosper as the surrounding situation changes, and the role of gold and silver coins will also change.
It has to become important.
Allen believes that those merchants from Eriador will soon present a large number of goods that the residents of Wilderness Town have never seen before their eyes in a short period of time, such as more beautiful clothes and more gorgeous clothes.
Jewelry, more delicious condiments, more practical tools, etc., even difficult-to-carry goods such as cattle, horses, and furniture. As long as there is money and a market, there is nothing that merchants cannot get.
If you want to buy these goods, the general equivalent of gold and silver is an indispensable currency. Then, by then, the soldiers who can obtain more gold and silver from Allen will become a group of people with the best living conditions in Wilderness Town.
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Comparison is human nature. If you can live better at home than others, it will naturally offset the dissatisfaction of these soldiers who have been away fighting for a long time.
Of course, it does not mean that after the recruitment system, the assistance of citizen soldiers will not be needed. Allen's power is on the rise at this time, and he still has a large amount of land that can be cultivated. It is still very feasible to use land as a link to obtain combat effectiveness.
Way.
It just needs to change the current system. All registered citizen soldiers need to set a limit on their service time. Allen's initial idea is two months. After this time, Allen will pay slightly less than professional wages.
Soldiers' money is used as reward. After all, the combat effectiveness of these citizen soldiers is not as good as that of professional soldiers.
In fact, there is another way, which Allen has also considered, and that is the chivalry system. However, after thinking about it carefully, it is not suitable for Allen's current actual situation. Although Allen has a large amount of land that can be enfeoffed, he does not have enough.
The population came to help these knights manage the fields. At the same time, Allen was not willing to entrust the people who had surrendered to him as wealth to certain people.
Moreover, with the help of dwarf allies and simulators, Allen did not need the soldiers to prepare their own weapons and equipment. He could provide these things to his subordinates, so after thinking about it for a while, he decisively gave up on this
It's extremely worry-free but not particularly cost-effective.
However, Allen is still interested in establishing those knights who are active in various fields, but this is a more long-term plan.
Time passed little by little while Allen was recuperating. His men also traveled day and night and returned to Wilderness Town again. Allen came back very quickly. After all, Heidelberg is only a few hundred miles away from Wilderness Town.
The journey of 1000 kilometers, riding a fast horse on a flat road, takes no more than a few days.
Fatis' return was a little difficult. He first took a boat along the Running River to Heidelberg, and then recruited some horses there. A few days later, he returned to Wilderness Town in Alleyn.
After everyone arrived, the cabinet meeting that had not been held for a long time began again under the convocation of Allen. Allen always spoke concisely to his subordinates, telling all his thoughts at the beginning of the meeting.
Gave it to his subordinates.
He didn't learn from the ancient emperors, who didn't speak well and let his subordinates speculate on his thoughts. That kind of behavior may be useful in certain circumstances, but for Allen's current situation, it is really stupid.
Explaining your ideas and requirements clearly, and then asking your subordinates to find ways to do it, and being responsible for solving the difficulties encountered by your subordinates during execution, is what a leader should really do.
But after Allen finished speaking, the conference room fell into silence.
It's obvious that the cabinet members here either have their own ideas or they don't care about this matter at all. For example, Kress and Deserve, the two of them don't care much about military reforms. If Allen needs them
Where you need to contribute, just say so directly.
As for Jamila, Fatis, Alleyn, Bandak, Manid and Stephen, they are either in charge of government affairs or military-related work, while Manid and Stephen are related to business, which also involves
When it comes to the ideas proposed by Allen, in order to better realize the possibilities proposed by Allen, they naturally need some time to digest what Allen said and then come up with effective implementation methods.
Allen drank the black tea he got from Eriardo and looked at his silent men. He was actually not in a hurry. He knew that there was no need to rush this matter. He could only come up with the best solution by taking his time and thinking about it.