In order to accommodate the newly arrived population, Hilo sent slaves to clear a large area of forest and build wooden houses.
The city's population has reached more than 1,300 people, and it is not easy to arrange these people properly.
The demand for external expansion is also increasing. It is hoped that the beasts on the island have basically been hunted by everyone, and now a piece of animal meat is so expensive that it can be exchanged for several large and delicious fish.
The class system that Shiloh has been planning to rebuild can finally take the stage at this moment.
The 750 people who originally came with Hilo, after several battles, dozens of them were lost, and now they are just over 700.
These people are considered the private property of Herod, just like a company. Except for the knights and sailors who are regular employees and must be paid regular salaries, the others are not even temporary workers and can only sell their efforts to earn money for their stuttering.
The fields they cultivated and the ores they dug belonged to Hilo, and there was basically no private property.
To put it simply, they all eat from a big pot.
Hilo is very aware of the advantages and disadvantages of this production method. This method may be suitable for the construction of Stormwind City at the beginning, but as time goes by, it will become a huge limitation.
Now that more than 600 people have joined the company, the need to change the production structure is urgent.
Now he has 120,000 gold coins to back him up, and he has a lot of money. If he takes some of it out and establishes a salary system, it can greatly promote the development of productivity and allow Stormwind City to develop even faster.
Herod's first step was to give them the status of official residents of Stormwind City.
Suddenly, except for those desert mercenaries, everyone else suddenly transformed and immediately became the first citizens of Stormwind City.
Of course, considering the mainstream feudal concepts in the world, Hilo was worried that inculcating the concept of equality for everyone at once would cause unrest and take too big a step, so he cleverly referred to the system of the Roman Republic on Earth.
, divides the residents of Stormwind City into four levels.
First class noble.
Second class citizen.
Third-class freemen.
Fourth class slave.
The so-called nobility naturally refers to the knight class such as Shiloh and Connor.
Second-class citizens refer to sailors who defend the territory and craftsmen with special skills.
Third-class freemen refer to ordinary farmers.
Fourth-class slaves naturally refer to slaves who are engaged in hard physical activities.
Each level has different powers and has different responsibilities.
The remuneration package is naturally different.
Depending on the position, nobles can get 10 to 30 gold coins every month, citizens can get 1 to 3 gold coins, free people can get 50 to 80 silver coins, and slaves can get 10 to 15 silver coins.
Of course, classes can also change each other. Slaves can join the army and perform meritorious service and become free people. Free people can be promoted to citizens by mastering a skill, while citizens can be promoted to nobles based on their contribution.
If you hinder the development of Stormwind City, you will naturally be lowered in status.
"Humph, I don't believe they have done this. They haven't racked their brains to figure out how to make contributions and climb up the ranks."
Shiloh is quite satisfied with his idea. This set is just like in the game, after the first-level operator, there will be the second-level operator, and after the second-level operator, there will be the third-level and fourth-level operator. It has the same purpose but the same purpose.
No one wants to stay in one class forever.
The promulgation of the new law immediately shook Stormwind City. Everyone was gearing up and working hard to go further.
Gold coin island, mine.
Belle is a new slave who joined Hope Island.
He was originally a farmer, living peacefully with his family in a small village.
Because he was dissatisfied with the noble lord's land expropriation, Bell injured the tax official, so he was arrested by the noble lord in anger and branded as a slave.
Even his family members sat there one by one.
It is almost wishful thinking to want to regain freedom after becoming a slave.
Bell was also desperate. He wanted to resist, but how could he defeat the fully armed soldiers with his bare hands? In the end, he changed hands several times and was sold to Hope Island.
When Herod's new decree came, Bell was so happy that he couldn't sleep all night.
"His Royal Highness Hilo is really different from other nobles. I never thought that being a slave would earn silver coins, and that I could join the army and perform meritorious service to get rid of my slave status."
"You are also lucky. You encountered such a good thing just a few days after arriving on the island."
In the slave shed, Bell tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, so he started chatting with an old slave.
"Uncle Bren, weren't you one of the first people to come to the island with His Highness Hilo? Isn't this how slaves were treated before?"
"There was no such good thing before, but it's different now... Hey, when I save enough 1 gold coin, I will redeem the slave contract for myself, and I will be a free man by then."
"When the time comes, marry a wife, have a baby, and live a comfortable life!"
Bell secretly clenched his fists as he listened to the old slave's inner thoughts.
He must get rid of his status as a slave, become a free man, even a citizen, and return to Pontos to find his family.
That night, I don’t know how many people stayed awake all night.
The next day, Bell found little Jack and signed up to join the army.
Without raising his head, little Jack pointed to the place where a large group of slaves were surrounded.
"Go and leave your name and fingerprints."
The number of slaves who signed up was completely beyond Herod's imagination.
When the registration booklet was sent to Helo, nearly two-thirds of the slaves participated in Stormwind City's first conscription.
"So many people?" He frowned.
"Your Highness, the status of slaves has been very low since ancient times, even worse than a dog raised by a noble."
"Now that they know that they can get rid of their slave status, everyone is naturally ecstatic, lest they fall behind others."
"There were even slaves waiting at the recruiting office in the middle of the night."
Shiloh thought for a while and said: "Connor, you must personally control the recruitment. I don't need to select the ones with the best physical fitness among these slaves, but they must be the most obedient and disciplined.
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Connor gave a military salute and immediately started to take care of the matter.
In addition to Bell, more residents in Stormwind City began to have their minds active.
There are farmers who know carpentry, craftsmen who are good at crafts, hunters who can tame wild animals, and some teachers who have read a few books... Everyone is gearing up and looking forward to using their skills to seek more.
interests.
At this time, everyone in Stormwind City was very busy, but the initiator of all this, Shiloh, locked himself in the room.
"The Gulfstream island chain is vast, and I don't know how many enemies are hiding in the dark and watching."
"We must support a large army to take charge of security."
Shiloh walked around the study with his hands behind his back.
However, supporting the army requires a large amount of food and grass. The first batch of crops planted on Hope Island have just sprouted and are far from enough to support the entire Stormwind City.
Conscription will require more food and fodder.
The top priority now is to increase crop yields.
"However, agricultural development has just begun, so we can't just throw it aside immediately... It's a headache, a headache..."
"I have to think of a way."
Shiloh walked around the study with his hands behind his back.
Suddenly his eyes lit up and he banged the table excitedly.
"Yeah, how could I forget this?"
Shiloh walked quickly to his desk, picked up the quill, and wrote two words seriously.