Looking at Allen with a smile on his face, Jamila fell into memories for a short time, and then she immediately reacted
Now is not the time to be distracted. Jamila quickly gathered her thoughts, looked at Allen and said: "The other problem is food. In recent years, we have more and more residents, and the output in the fields has also increased.
The higher it is, this is a good thing and will greatly increase the amount of food we actually harvest."
Then Jamila helplessly held her forehead, looked at Allen again and said: "But you also know that our taxes on the people are not very heavy to begin with. Although we have saved some food over the years, we have also been taxed.
This war has cost a lot, and now we have to reduce taxes and raise those children. According to our existing food reserves, we probably won’t be able to support it for too long.”
Allen, who had already considered this issue, said to Jamila with great confidence: "I have considered this issue a long time ago. This is the second thing I am going to say today."
Allen turned to the dwarf Tire and said, "Tyr, when will the statue in the cemetery be completed?"
The dwarf Tyr was sitting on the human table, which was extremely awkward. Even though Jamila had made a wooden chair for him, he still twisted and adjusted his sitting position on the chair.
After hearing Allen's inquiry, Tire immediately replied: "Sir Allen, that statue is very simple. My companions and I can complete the prototype within five days, and the entire statue within half a month.
Of course, if you have other instructions, I don't have to participate in this work, my companions are enough."
"Okay, then in a day or two, I need you to go with me to the old dense forest road. I hope to reopen it and establish a stronghold between the old dense forest road and the rushing river. I need your help for this part of the project.
help."
Dwarf Tyr nodded and agreed directly. He had also heard of that road. It was occupied by elves a long time ago and has been abandoned for a long time.
Later, Allen told Jamila his solution to the food shortage.
"Jamila, don't worry about the food problem. We can buy it. We can use silver and gold to buy the excess food in the hands of residents. If they stay in their hands, it will just rot. I heard that many villagers keep the new food and don't eat it.
, switching to the old food, this is not a good habit."
Then, Allen gently knocked on the table twice and continued: "As long as we open up the old jungle road and open the high pass, Eriardo, the merchants in the eastern Rovanian region, can come to Wilderness Town and rely on the dazzling array of products.
If we use the goods to consume the wealth in the hands of the people and improve their quality of life, there won’t be much of a problem.”
"After that, we can also complete part of the fund recovery by collecting taxes. We can collect these taxes heavier. In addition."
As he spoke, Allen looked at Stephen, stretched out his arm and introduced everyone: "Let me introduce to you, this is my newly hired financial consultant, Mr. Stephen."
Stephen, who was wearing a velvet hat and was quite gorgeously dressed, stood up. He looked cheerful and elegantly took off his hat to everyone at the table.
Sitting down again, Stephen knew whether he could live happily under Allen. These people may be colleagues who need his attention. For the time being, he couldn't afford to offend anyone.
Military personnel such as Fatis, Desaivi, and Allen are not interested in this at all. They follow orders most of the time. Unless there is an order from Allen, they will not interact with the financial adviser.
What happens at the intersection of consultants.
Jamila stared at Stephen for a while, wondering in her mind what tasks the financial consultant was responsible for and what rights she needed to hand over to this guy with a big red nose.
Allen's words quickly dispelled Jamila's doubts.
"Jamila, regarding the business part, I hope to get Stephen to cooperate with you. He was also the mayor of Changhu Town before. Of course, he is not as good as you, but he has a lot of experience in business.
, now, he is your subordinate."
Allen suddenly looked at Stephen and said loudly: "Say a few words, my financial advisor."
After hearing Allen's call, Stephen stood up in confusion, calmed his mind, and then quietly glanced at his future boss. At this time, he was thinking about this young and beautiful blonde girl, and what his lord was.
relation.
"Lord Allen, don't worry, I will definitely cooperate with Mayor Jamila and I will never let up."
"okay."
Allen nodded, waved his hand for Stephen to sit down, and continued to talk about his plan: "In addition to relying on business taxes, I hope to build some inns in my name across the town to entertain those who may come in the future.
of outsiders.”
Then Allen knocked his head again and said: "I remembered, we can actually launch some products, Kress!
Don't doze there, ask Beorn to come over tomorrow, oh, by the way, I forgot to ask, is Marianne alive?"
Kress, who was dozing off in his chair, suddenly stood up when he heard his name. Maybe he stood up too hard, and his body hit the conference table directly.
The little girl hissed, took a breath of cold air, endured the pain, and said loudly: "Sir, I understand, I will go and invite you tomorrow morning. Marianne has given birth to a little sister. Her name is Rebecca."
, or the name given by James."
Allen looked at Kress with a distorted expression and laughed. Then he looked at James who was smiling at him. He knew that mother and son should be safe. It seemed that he had to prepare some gifts and take the time to see his beloved.
My eldest niece.
"Jamila, tomorrow you can discuss with Beorn the production of honey, cheese, and mead. We need to produce it in large quantities, and then sell these things as commodities to the merchants who will come in the future. The specifics are
You can ask Stephen to cooperate with you."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Okay, sir."
Jamila nodded and wrote it down.
In fact, Allen didn't think that he could break even through these things. It didn't matter if he lost some money. Even if he spent half of it, Allen still had a lot of gold, no, a lot of gold.
Allen is also guarding the dwarf allies in Lonely Mountain, and there will be no shortage of skilled craftsmen in the future. This aspect can also increase the diversity of goods and bring the prosperity of Wilderness Town's business to a higher level.
Moreover, Allen is not without other benefits, especially Allen's Long Lake Town, which connects the Running River, Woodland King and the upper Lone Mountain and River Valley City. It is conceivable that the benefits there must be very high.
That's why Allen sent Fatis to manage it there.
If there is still not enough food, Allen plans to buy it from the east of Rovanian, or attract more people from there to live in Wilderness Town.
Two months ago, when Allen was chasing Polger, he saw a large number of farms around the rushing river. This was only the section from Changhu Town to the old dense forest road. There should be some in the fertile plains further away.
There are a lot of people living in the north.
Continuing south along the Running River is Dovinion, which is extremely close to the territory of the Dongyi people. Allen does not want to provoke those dark believers living in the east for the time being, but he can start transactions with Dovinion through the Running River.
In this way, Wilderness Town is no longer a lonely town. It can connect to Eriador through the high pass to the west, and is connected with Rivendell, Shire, Blue Mountains, Linton and even part of Gondor.
You can go east through the old dense forest road and go straight to the Running River, where you can start trade with Changhu Town, River Valley City, Lonely Mountain Kingdom, Woodland Kingdom and even Iron Hills.
With these conditions, Wilderness Town will develop into a prosperous city sooner or later.
Of course, the premise is that Allen must be able to suppress the dark power of the orcs and Dol Guldur in the Misty Mountains.
Of course, in the short term, Allen doesn't need to worry about this.
In this meeting, in addition to encouraging business and opening up trade routes, Allen also wanted to say something else.
In the past four or five years, Allen himself also knew that the management form of Wilderness Town was very complex, without a particularly clear title.
But Allen doesn't feel confused, because each of his subordinates has been given some rights by Allen, either explicitly or implicitly, to handle part of the affairs of Wilderness Town.
Jamila, who is nominally the mayor, manages the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the entire Wilderness Town. All material deployment and personnel arrangements must be approved by Jamila. This is the right that Allen gave Jamila from the beginning.
Now Jamila has many people under her command, with a large number of people serving her to manage nearly 10,000 people in Wilderness Town.
In Wilderness Town, in terms of power, this young girl is the number one person under Allen, and Jamila, who is only twenty-three years old, is doing quite well.
Another person with equal power to Jamila is Fatis, who is sitting there silently. This is a young man with excellent talents and a very deep friendship with Allen.
He is only about thirty years old this year. He is Allen's deputy. Out of recognition of Allen, he serves Allen dutifully.
When Allen is not stationed in Wilderness Town, Fatis is the nominal highest military commander and has the right to recruit all soldiers.
Fatis's men were also numerous, and the troops directly belonging to him were more than 300 cavalry troops after the war. They were the most powerful force in Allen's hands.
Bandak, Allen's retainer, is a taciturn middle-aged man. After Allen helped him solve all the troubles, he became Allen's retainer. He managed the shooter troops in Wilderness Town during the war. On a daily basis, he
Responsible for the security management of Wilderness Town.
Another of Allen's retainers, De Sevi, who hated gangsters and longed for a stable life, was saved by Allen from the gangsters.
Not only that, Allen also led his team to help De Sevi complete her revenge.
Now she manages dozens of Allen's mounted archers, and is responsible for daily reconnaissance work around Wilderness Town, while guarding the trade routes between Wilderness Town and the Woodland Kingdom.
Alleyn, who followed Allen out of home to work hard at a young age, is in a different situation.
He is the eldest son of a nobleman. His mother died young. He received a lot of looks from his stepmother, and his upright character was not liked by his father.
Alleyn knew that he no longer had much hope of inheriting the family business and had been looking for other opportunities.
By chance, he saw Allen helping his father in the battle. The figure who was killing all the enemies made Allen shocked.
After much hard work, he became Allen's attendant, responsible for managing the infantry team in Wilderness Town during the war, and responsible for the training of soldiers in his spare time.
At this time, Artiman, who was far away in River Valley City, was previously responsible for all the construction work in Wilderness Town. Whether it was mills, blacksmith shops, waterwheels, roads, city walls, or houses, he almost did it all by himself.
It's just that now the dwarf Tyr is competing with him for the title of First Engineer. Allen is not optimistic about Artiman, but Artiman is Allen's subordinate, and Tyr is just the person Dyne lent to Allen.
Allen's good friend and full-time doctor James is kind and kind-hearted. He is responsible for managing the only hospital in Wilderness Town. He has many apprentices and is also the principal of the school. Who makes him the most idle person.
No, the most idle person is actually Kress. This little girl is not yet twenty years old. Her combat ability is actually very high, but she has almost no specific responsibilities under Allen.
It's because Allen doesn't want her to take too big risks, so Kress is usually responsible for giving Jamila a hand and keeping in touch with the skin-changers and the eagles. Maybe simple and kind-hearted people are more susceptible to them.
Like it.
The above people, plus Carl, Doris, Tire, Frey, Touju, etc., Allen's friends or Allen's subordinates, are responsible for maintaining the normal operation of Wilderness Town.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the past, Allen's mind was full of how to deal with the harassment of orcs, how to get closer to dwarves and elves, and how to fight with the giants of Middle-earth when he was weak.
The elders tightened their relationship to ensure that their power could survive in this dangerous place, without giving too much thought to their administrative team.
Now, after the Battle of Five Armies, Allen, who was feeling relaxed, finally remembered these things. He decided to form his own cabinet and give his friends, subordinates, and retainers a clear identity and better treatment.
Allen first looked at his men and stood up with a smile on his face. Jamila and the others felt strange and stood up with Allen. Allen waved his hand and asked them to sit down again.
"Everyone, in addition to encouraging population and opening up commerce, I actually have some good news to announce. Everyone, I am going to become a king."
Allen felt that this sentence was very embarrassing for him to say, but most of the people here were friends he had known for seven or eight years. Under his subordinates, Allen felt that that was it, just let it be awkward.
Most of Allen's subordinates quickly recovered from their surprise. Facing the news, each of them had their own thoughts.
But for Allen to become king, they generally believe that this is a matter of course.
After arriving in Middle-earth, there was no difference between Allen and the king. It was just a question of the size of the territory and a title.
Allen didn't know what his subordinates were thinking about writing. He was actually a little excited, King.
"After going out this time, Bard, the lord of River Valley City, became my vassal. In the future, I will rebuild a town near the original location of Changhu Town. After the construction of this town is completed, I will
Wilderness Town ascended the throne and became the king of the Rovanian city-state, directly under the jurisdiction of Wilderness Town, Long Lake Town, and Ruler of River Valley City, so in order to facilitate future management, I am preparing to form a cabinet."
Everyone here except Kress can understand what the cabinet means. It must be the center of power in the Rovanian city-state, and whether you have a place in this cabinet also represents whether you have entered the core of power in the entire country.
.
Even if it is not for power, there is still a matter of face. For example, James, although he is kind and kind, is still a good friend of Allen, and is not as eager for power as ordinary people, but the friends who come together have them.
If you don’t have it yourself, then what does that mean? You won’t be laughed to death by Artiman in the future?
Not to mention a businessman like Stephen who is keen on fame and fortune. For a moment, everyone looked at Allen, and their eyes contained a variety of emotions such as inquiry, desire, enthusiasm, and determination.
Allen looked at the expressions of his subordinates and expressed his idea calmly: "There are three different titles in the cabinet. One is Warrior, which is given to the retainers who are loyal to me; the other is Scholar, which is given to those who help me.
Many masters; once these two titles are given, they will be held for life. The last title is three ministers, and is also the person with the most power in the cabinet. But when necessary, I will change personnel, so next, I
Different titles will be given to everyone present one by one."
Then, Allen turned to look at Jamila and said, "Jamila, write down what I said."
Jamila pulled out a piece of parchment, took out a quill, dipped it in ink, and waited for Allen.
Seeing that Jamila was ready, Allen cleared his throat and said loudly:
“On October 4, 2941, in the Third Era, in the conference room of the lord’s house in Wilderness Town.
The future King of Rhovanion, the current lord of Wilderness Town, friend of the elves, dwarves, and dragon slayer Alan hereby declares:
I will give Desaiwei, Bandak, Alleyn, Fatis, Chris, Jamila, Horimion the title of brave, and wish them to be invincible and attack all in the battlefield of justice in the future.
Gram, defeat the evil enemy.
I will give James, Artiman, the dwarf Frey, and the dwarf Tyr the titles of scholars, and wish them to be enlightened, more skilled in their skills, and create more beautiful things in their future work.
I will give Fatis the title of Military Minister.
I will give Jamila the title of Lord Privy Seal, no, I don't like this name, change it to, I will give Jamila the title of Hand of the King.
The title of Chancellor of the Exchequer will remain vacant until he finds a suitable candidate."
After speaking, Allen watched Jamila write a new copy and said again: "Give it to me."
Jamila blew gently on the paper and handed it to Allen, and then handed the ink and pen to Allen as well.
Allen started to make notes on the paper using his own not very good handwriting.
Hand of the King: Chief Minister of the Cabinet. The person wearing this title will have the power to control the kingdom's subjects, supplies, and wealth. Any decision related to these three matters requires the approval of the Hand of the King while wearing this title.
People who have an unshirkable responsibility for the country's agriculture, construction, and the people of the country can arrange corresponding administrative positions for their subordinates according to their own needs with the consent of the king.
Military Minister: Cabinet minister, the person wearing this title, as the king's deputy, has the right to command the kingdom's army under the king's order. With the king's consent, he can arrange corresponding administrative positions for himself according to his own needs.
's subordinates.
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Cabinet minister. The person wearing this title is responsible for the taxation and commercial activities of the kingdom. With the consent of the king, he can arrange corresponding administrative positions for his subordinates according to his own needs.
Warrior: A brave man recognized by the king who assists the king in completing various military tasks. Once awarded, he will own it for life.
Scholar: A wise man recognized by the king. He assists the king in completing various related matters. Once awarded, he will own it for life.
After finishing writing, Allen looked at it carefully and added another sentence. The king has the final right to interpret and change all the above content.
Afterwards, Allen wrote down his name and handed it to Jamila, "Go and promulgate it."
As for the benefits and wages that should be awarded to these titles, Allen did not write them down. No one knows what the price of goods will be in the future. Just give them enough wealth to live a superior life according to their titles.
In addition, Allen also designed badges representing their identities, which will be issued to them in the future, but that is a story for another day.
After announcing the appointment, Allen arranged a task for each of Desaiwe and James, and then ended the meeting.