However, the two of them stopped this topic in a tacit understanding. Luther pulled out a chair from under the desk and sat down, then asked: "How is the situation in Pompeii now?"
"Can't you see the situation in Pompeii? How many pedestrians are there on the street?" Lelouch couldn't help but rolled his eyes.
This is the biggest and most fundamental reason.
There are no residents.
You are blind.
As close friends, only Lelouch and a few others would be so critical of Luther now.
"Of course I can see it." Luther also rolled his eyes, and then said: "But I want to understand the work of the city hall in detail."
Lelouch sighed and sat down in his mayor's seat again. He crossed his hands on the desk and said in a helpless tone: "I have also done a lot of work to recruit residents. For example, with Pang
Low housing prices attract residents to move in. It doesn’t matter if the houses are sold at a low price. As long as residents are attracted to live there, they can earn back through taxation. But the problem is that in the past few months, we have only recruited a dozen households.
Residents, most residents are not willing to come."
Luther generally understood and guessed the reason why the residents were unwilling to come, but he still asked, "Why no one came."
"1." Lelouch held out a finger and said: "Pompei is a knightly territory, and it will be questioned by the residents. What's more, Pompeii is close to the forest and faces the threat of monsters. A knight lord,
How much force is there to defend the territory? Residents question whether their property and lives will be threatened."
Luther nodded, this is indeed a Achilles heel.
Knight Lords are generally equal to weak.
And this is different from Luther attracting farmers. The farmers in the Marquis of Parker's territory have lost their land and are homeless. They can only take risks.
And residents clearly don't want to take the chance.
"Two." Lelouch held out two fingers at this time, and then said: "Pompei is a newly built city. There is no other output in the territory except agriculture. And the residents obviously need to work, weaving,
Logging, mining, even catering, etc. What will the residents do after they come? This is also what they are confused about."
Luther also sighed. The first was a matter of reputation, and the second was a very helpless reason. It was a newly built city and the industry surrounding it was small.
How to attract residents?
Using low housing prices as a bargaining chip is obviously not enough.
A city requires many, many positions.
For example, a family has parents, wife, and children.
The father can be an intellectual, work in a school in the city, and earn public money.
The mother can be a handicraftsman and do some work within her ability.
The wife can be employed and help with cleaning.
You can be a senior manager of a factory or workshop. Your son or daughter is still in school.
For residents, Pompeii primarily provided these jobs.
At present, the public positions in Pompeii are monopolized by the knights and scholars recruited by Luther. As for the school, there is no trace of them.
There are various factories, such as Pompeii wine estates, ranches, etc., but the scale is not large, and they are currently recruited from the Pompeii aborigines.
What do the residents do when they come?
"The second problem is very complicated. I'll come up with some ideas, but it will take time. Let's solve the first problem first."
Luther rubbed his temples and said helplessly.
"I think so too." A mysterious smile appeared on Lelouch's face, then he took out a few documents on the desk, took out one and handed it to Luther, and said: "I think our
The idea should be the same."
Luther took the document and looked at it, and he was immediately happy.
The two people really had the same idea.
This document records the list of bandits and bandits currently active throughout the Orange Province.
The world is very complicated, and the Kingdom of Prussia is not stable either.
First of all, there are the palace aristocrats with the King of Prussia as the core, and the king's vassals in name, with the real aristocrats as the core. These are two forces that are vaguely in conflict with each other.
Among them, there is also the "New Party" that advocates for people to enjoy rights and hopes to overthrow aristocratic rule. The power of the New Party cannot be ignored.
Even though Orange is relatively stable now, the new party's power may have penetrated into many places, such as recruiting knights and disguising themselves as thieves.
What's more, there are many thieves in Orange.
This is the reason why there are twenty or thirty hereditary lords and nobles in a province. Although each lord has his own armed force, there will be places where he has no control over the jurisdiction.
These places are prone to breed bandits and bandits.
These bandits, the milder ones will make a living by collecting protection fees from passing caravans. The more severe ones will rob caravans and even attack towns.
The places they occupied were often very dangerous places that were difficult to capture. And the lords did not want to waste their knight power in dealing with these bandits.
This leads to the proliferation of evil.
Some groups of thieves are on the wanted list in the Orange Province, and they are very vicious.
Not to mention lone thieves, Kurd, a thief from Pompeii, is one of the best. There are really many such robbers in the entire Orange.
The purpose of Luther and Lelouch was to attack these bandits and lone thieves to show off their strength.
Since the residents were afraid that Pompeii was too weak to protect their property and safety, they showed force to reassure the residents.
Moreover, after killing the bandits and bandits, you can also go to the provincial consul and the Count of Libya to receive the reward, which is more cost-effective than trading.
"Pa." Lelouch clapped his palms, then showed a happy smile on his face, and said: "The problem now is that except for the lone bandits, none of these bandits can be dealt with by us."
Luther looked at the list on the document, shrugged, and then put it on the table.
It is true as Lelouch said, those powerful thieves are not something Luther can deal with.
Damn it.
The size of these thieves groups is very large. Not counting Little Luoluo, there are at least thirty or forty light knights, and the proportion of intermediate knights and even senior knights is not low.
There was no way. If it weren't for their outstanding combat power, these thieves would have been wiped out by the lords long ago. Those who survived were all strong.
And it will get stronger and stronger.
Just like lords running their territories, thieves rely on robbery to not only survive, but occasionally they can steal countless gold coins and buy magic potions to improve their strength. Isn't that fun?
Robbery is also a promising career.
By wiping out these gangs of thieves to show off your force, these gangs of thieves may teach you how to behave in seconds.