In spring, Blackhammer Castle ushered in its long-awaited rainy day. The patter of rain beat on the rocks of the castle and on the glass windows of the office, making a ticking sound, which was quite a bit like returning to my childhood.
In the small streets and alleys, on the bluestone roads, rainwater falls along the eaves, splashing little bits of water on the uneven roads.
Rhodes opened the window and let the smell of soil and rain drift in, which was a rare breath of life in the north. Looking down at the people coming and going in the town, Rhodes knew that the farmers of Erlengrad had probably started.
Sown.
Walking to the familiar desk, Rhodes picked up the quill and began to plan and build the administrative management system of Blackhammer Castle. The previous situation where the castle lord handled all affairs alone must be changed. Rhodes knew that he was not a god.
, after all, the Chosen One is not a god, and cannot handle so many things at the same time. Before, Blackhammer Castle was just a small castle with a few hundred people, but now, the people in the territory have reached four to five thousand.
If you rely on yourself to deal with daily affairs little by little, it will collapse sooner or later.
The new system must be introduced as soon as possible to adapt to the increasing management needs. It will be difficult to wait until everything is formed before changing it.
According to some conventional methods, Rhodes divided the management of Blackhammer Castle into several departments: Ministry of Agriculture, Price Bureau, Education Bureau, Industry and Commerce Bureau, Health Bureau, Forestry Bureau, Ministry of Urban Construction, Ministry of Civil Affairs, Justice Bureau, Security Bureau, and Finance Bureau.
Bureau, Economic and Trade Bureau, etc. After the general framework is set, the specific branch jurisdiction and staffing will be subdivided. For example, the Department of Agricultural Training is under the Ministry of Agriculture, while the Medical College is under the Bureau of Education, the logging team is under the jurisdiction of the Forestry Bureau, etc.
wait.
Of course, there are still many vacancies in this framework. For example, the Education Bureau will not only be responsible for a medical school in the future. If Black Hammer Fort has the opportunity to develop in the future, there will also be a School of Finance and Economics, a Forestry University, an Agricultural University, etc.
These universities will be built on the same model as the medical school and will be unified under the jurisdiction of the education department. All matters related to education will be in charge of a dedicated person, without having to blame everything on his own side.
Therefore, the construction of a talent team is so important, even urgent. Through observation during this period, Rhodes has been looking for talents for his administrative system. Nobles or commoners?
This is a difficult problem. Civilians have simple minds. If you promote them from the bottom to hold important positions, make them knights, etc., they will be grateful to you and work hard. But there is a problem. This is the medieval world, and civilians are generally illiterate.
Illiterate. It would kill these people to sit in an office and deal with documents.
Although they can master writing and various aspects of knowledge through teaching, this takes time, and it may take three to five years. In fact, it was also a problem for the nobility and the nobles in the medieval world to make the people illiterate and deaf to what was going on outside the window.
The upper-class rulers did this deliberately. Without learning and literacy, they cannot read. If they cannot read, they have no ideas. People without ideas are the best to rule. The knights and lords can say whatever they say, and there is no room for debate.
Going back to the topic just now, if the nobles are promoted to be the leaders of these departments, then the problem will be even greater. The nobles are originally in this industry. Although they are familiar with governance and management, they can easily lead to corruption and concealment.
It is very common to accept benefits for convenience. Greed in human nature is uncontrollable. The only difference is that some people are stronger and some people are not so strong about greed. But the greed that is rooted in nature
Greed cannot be eradicated.
Nobles are good at strategizing and official skills, and Rhodes is not at ease when entrusting important positions to them. Although civilians may master these unspoken rules after a period of "learning", it will take a while for them to corrode. During this period,
It's completely discoverable.
After thinking for a long time, Rhodes came up with another idea - to introduce divine power into the entire management system. The power of religion is terrifying. It can make people become paranoid and mentally ill, but at the same time, if used properly, they can also become paranoid and mentally ill.
It is a powerful force that restrains people's behavior. For example, everyone believes that killing and stealing will result in divine punishment, so no one dares to do so. As a result, social security is stabilized...
Many kings and lords do not want to make the power of religion too conspicuous. In fact, they are afraid that this power will get out of control. Once the number of believers reaches a certain size, religious leaders will have enough capital to confront those in power. In other words, the people are more willing to
Believe what the high priest said and no longer obey the orders of the lord. The so-called royal power and divine power are incompatible. This is true. But this does not exist in Rhodes. On the contrary, royal power and divine power are inadvertently highly
Unified, because Rhodes himself is the Chosen One... The chosen son of God represents God's will. This is simply not a simple truth. Therefore, the problem that causes headaches for all lords and kings, on his side,
Became the most beneficial tool...
Thinking of this, Rhodes couldn't help but have an idea. Just like handing over the medical school to Lyanna, the priestess is both the head priestess of Salak Monastery and the dean of the medical school. She has no worries about the risk of being corrupted.
Unless one day her faith becomes unsteady and she begins to imitate the corruption and enjoyment of others. But this is almost impossible for a believer like Lyanna. She can risk her life to treat people in border areas.
This firmness of faith cannot be shaken in a day or two.
There was a drizzle of rain outside the window, and inside the house, the quill in Rhodes' hand was writing back and forth quickly on the inspiration that flashed through his mind.
Lyanna, Dean of the School of Medicine;
Yeskovich, chief priest of the Temple of Esun;
Virgil, Director of Security;
Roberts, Ministry of Foreign Trade...
Roberts... Rhodes' pen stopped. This person... seemed to need to think carefully about whether he wanted to use it or not.
Just as he was thinking about it, there were familiar knocks on the door. Rhodes asked his servant to open the door. What caught his eye was the little dwarf Alves. Behind him, there were three well-dressed and polite people.
of guests.
"Lord Rhodes, please allow me to introduce our new guests - Quareara, Skargard, and Clive."
Alves said, deliberately making a respectful appearance in front of Rhodes. Although on weekdays, this little guy actually treated him like an old friend.