The gentle evening breeze floated in from the window with the faint fragrance of flowers. Under the flickering candlelight, Alves crossed his legs and hummed a tune, in a good mood. In the past two days, the chamber of commerce and trade union bill he drafted has been almost completed.
All you have to do is hand the draft to Rhodes and it will be implemented.
Blackhammer Castle has just experienced a round of economic reshuffle, and now is a good time to implement a new system and a new order. The new nobles have not yet established a firm foothold, and their grasp of many things is far less than that of the lords. Alves knows,
This is the best time to establish a new order. The establishment of chambers of commerce and trade unions is an important part of this new order.
After the fall of Laheim, the largest aristocratic force in Blackhammer Castle is the three new Kisli ladies. They already had good economic strength. After annexing part of Laheim's assets, their strength became even greater.
Well, it would be fine if the three of them had a dispute, but if they were united, it would be difficult for people to feel reassured.
Thus, under Alves' writing, a management system integrating government, business, and industry was formed.
Officials represent the ruling group headed by Rhodes. They are the top decision-makers of Blackhammer Castle and control the army and food. They are a symbol of authority.
The Chamber of Commerce represents the rich, that is, the powerful class composed of nobles and big businessmen. They are few in number, but they control a large amount of resources and wealth. Sometimes when a city develops to a certain stage, the consortium formed by these people will even
This has an impact on city managers. After all, money can do so many things.
The trade unions represent the lower class civilians. This group has a large number of people, but they have little say. They can only work silently, receive the minimum remuneration, and barely make ends meet.
Alves drafted the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce and the Labor Union, ostensibly to better promote the standardized development of Blackhammer Castle. In fact, the deeper purpose is to coordinate and balance the three parties. The market is like a piece of cake, with only so many interests, the nobles
They will try their best to embezzle these benefits, so the conflicts with the civilians cannot be eradicated.
Over time, the two sides will always form a hostile relationship. However, based on past experience, civilians are usually suppressed because they do not have a unified organization and team and cannot form an effective force to confront the nobles. The nobles control money and are few in number, making it easy to
Reach a consensus and put pressure on civilians. So even if there are a large number of civilians, they always suffer.
What Alves has to do is to support the weak and weaken the strong. Keep the strong and weak together within a stable and controllable range. That day, the balancing technique he and Rahim said was not wrong, but it was not
I don’t want to support Rahim.
What Alves wants to support is the civilian forces in Blackhammer Fort. This is the purpose of establishing the union. The union represents the civilian class. He will stand up for the civilians and speak for the civilians. Therefore, the union representatives are selected from civilians.
With official support, trade unions enjoy the same powers as chambers of commerce.
In other words, the nobles must obtain the consent of the union before doing anything, such as announcing salary cuts, announcing layoffs, etc. They must discuss with the union representatives and implement them only after approval. At the same time, the union must also accept the supervision of the chamber of commerce.
You cannot abuse the power in your hands. The two are both cooperative and rivals.
If there is a situation where communication is really impossible, the authorities will step in, that is, Alves himself will step in to mediate. For example, let the nobles and civilian representatives take a step back or something.
Of course, Alves knew that this measure was actually more favorable to the common people. The emerging nobles led by Quareara would definitely oppose it. But this is not a big problem. Blackhammer Castle is located on the northern border, and there is not much to begin with.
The nobles are willing to settle here. They rely on the strength of the common people. Therefore, it is better to offend the nobles than to offend the common people. Unlike the city of Kislev or the previous Erengrad, those large cities are fully developed and the nobles are powerful, so they cannot offend the common people.
It's different here. With the current situation, Blackhammer Castle can still develop without nobles, but without civilians, development is a ghost... There are not even people to farm.
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Rhodes returned to Black Hammer Castle three days later. During these three days, he had been inspecting the upper reaches of the Winter Spring River, leading a group of engineers and geography experts to inspect the terrain and study hydrology. He had just returned to Black Hammer Castle.
Alves came to the door on the back foot.
"Can you let me rest for a while? My butt is not hot yet."
Sitting on the office chair, Rod was joking. After a few days, Alves' beard has grown again. He always advised him to shave regularly, but it seemed that Alves didn't care about himself very much.
appearance. Anyway, I have been a dwarf since I was a child, so I don’t rely on appearance to do things.
"No, this matter is not trivial. Only by implementing it as soon as possible can I feel at ease."
Alves answered seriously. It was rare for Rhodes to see such a serious attitude from this little man. It must be something important that made him so impatient. He could only let him finish his words. It would be great if Caroline was by his side at this time.
He was rubbing his shoulders and wiping his sweat, but his beautiful wife was busy with her affairs in another castle at the moment. After all, Heidelberg was not peaceful every day.
After Alves finished speaking, he handed the parchment in his arms to Rhodes. It took him a full month to conceive of this manuscript, another two days to complete the first draft, and the last three days to perfect and write it down.
It was already a finished product in Rhode's hands. It described in detail the specific operating model of the industrial and commercial associations, how to establish them, and how to maintain them.
"Trade union representatives are elected by civilians and are replaced every two years. Unless there are special circumstances, they may not be re-elected?"
Rhodes read according to the original text of the manuscript.
"Yes. In order to ensure that there will be no new corruption. The union is also a department of power. Over time, there is no guarantee that the civilian representatives will not change their minds and collude with the nobles. Therefore, it needs to be changed every two years to prevent power corruption.
.”
Alves walked to Rhodes' table, picked up the water glass, took a sip of tea, and continued -
"As for why it is two years, not one or three years. I think so. One year is too short. Sometimes newly elected civilian representatives have to leave before they are familiar with the specific work of the union. This is
It is a waste for the position of a trade union representative. There are many things that ordinary people are not familiar with at the beginning. It will take him at least half a year to truly argue for the interests of the ordinary people. And it would be unavoidable to resign after only half a year.
It's a bit of a waste. If it's three years, it's too long. It's hard to guarantee that in the third year, the union representatives will become familiar with the leaders of the chamber of commerce, and they will get together on certain things and harm the common people together. After all, it is difficult to control people's hearts.
"
"That makes sense. Have you chosen the first representatives of the labor union and chamber of commerce?"
Rod asked.
"That's natural. For the Chamber of Commerce, if nothing else, Quareara was elected. He is the most powerful among the three. As for the trade union, I think we can let Darrok Hammer take over first. He is
The earliest aboriginal in Blackhammer Castle, because he often stood up for his fellow workers, he enjoyed a high status and reputation in the Deep Pit Mine. Let him serve as the first union president first, and we will talk about the rest later. In two years, you can first
Let the people become familiar with this system.”
Alves returns.
Rhodes continued reading and found that the entire manuscript was well-written, the plan was detailed to the individual, and every detail was considered. He had to sigh that he had picked up a treasure. Alves was less than 1.3 meters tall, but his abilities were far beyond those in the castle.
All managers.
Rhodes has planned to hand over all the previous work of Muros to him.
"I understand what you mean. You want me to step aside and let them fight on their own to achieve a new balance. If there are differences, you can step in to mediate, right?"
After Rhodes finished reading, he laid the parchment flat on the table and looked at Alves with a smile.
"Well, that's more or less what it means. You are the Earl of Blackhammer Castle, the Lord of White Bear, the Chosen One of Ersun and Thor, and a war hero. This series of titles is very precious and important. And once involved and involved
Managing a town will always cause chaos. Therefore, the best way is to retreat behind the scenes and concentrate on leading the army and taking charge of big projects. Let me handle these miscellaneous things. Someone has to be the bad guy, so let me
Come on. Anyway, Alves is just a dwarf in the eyes of others. It's better for me to do bad things than for you to do them."