Release that Witch - Chapter 269

[Chapter 268 The First Plenary Meeting (Part 1)]

Roland held the first high-level plenary meeting of Border Town in the castle reception room.

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Compared with Barov and his dozen or so apprentices at the beginning, the city hall has now grown to a huge group of nearly a hundred people—some of them are desperate Nobles, captured knights and retinues, and aborigines who have completed primary education and obtained diplomas.

Thanks to the growth of the population, various departments have also been formed one after another, so that the city hall finally has a little look that the prince expected.

He no longer has to do everything by himself as before. Now, as long as he explains some simple policies and plans, this fledgling city hall can dismantle tasks to various departments to complete. This makes Roland feel satisfied It is gratifying.

The participants of the first high-level meeting were all the top leaders of the department, namely, the Minister of Agriculture Seni Dali, the Minister of Education Shujuan, the head of the Ministry of Chemical Industry Kemo Struer (interim), and the Minister of Construction Carl Van Burt, Iron Ax, the head of the army, and Barov Mons, the head of the city hall.

The Ministry of Industry is still managed by Roland himself. After all, except for him, no one knows what industrialization looks like.

There is a bucket of ice water next to everyone, emitting bursts of cool air – the ice cubes placed in the bucket have been enchanted by candlelight, and soaking in the water can last at least a morning.

Even though it was scorching hot outside, the temperature in the castle hall was still cool.

“Then each department will report on the recent situation.” Roland took out the kettle from the bucket and poured himself a glass of ice water. “Let’s start with the Ministry of Agriculture.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Saini got up and saluted , and then spread out the paper roll prepared in advance, “The grain handed in this time is about 17,000 hu, and this amount alone can meet the food needs of all the townspeople in the coming summer. According to your request, the Ministry of Agriculture will purchase the remaining grain at the market price, but this amount is far less than the handed-in ratio, currently only 4,500 hu.”

The so-called “Dhu” is a commonly used weighing container for wheat, a basket made of bamboo slices, so this number is just a matter of hearing, and he doesn’t know how to convert it into kilograms or liters—fortunately, these are not The important thing is that he knows that the food collected is enough to feed the townspeople.

The key lies in the second point. If calculated according to the method of confiscating 70% and retaining 30%, the purchased grain should be about 7,000 hu, and the portion reserved for grain and seeds for the next year will not be used that much at all.

In other words, some serfs did not sell the remaining 30% of the grain to the city hall, but chose to hoard it privately in wooden sheds.

Although he had foreseen such a situation early in the morning, he still let out a soft sigh when it actually happened.

The purpose of hoarding grain is obvious, it is to speculate and resell – if the town’s raw food supply is insufficient, or a natural disaster strikes, they can sell this batch of grain at a price much higher than the market price, even if it is more than ten times no way.

This is also the reason why Roland made the food transaction an exclusive project of the city hall, and the buyer must show his ID card.

The food problem is related to the most basic stability of Border Town. In the early days when the food was not abundant, if the sale was open and restricted, it would be easy for people to buy it and hoard it, eventually causing the price of food to rise.

Only by purchasing rationed grains under the real-name system and prohibiting other sales channels can the price of grains be maintained at a stable level.

“Your Highness, why don’t you force the purchase of the wheat from the serfs?” Seni asked suspiciously, “Anyway, the law doesn’t allow them to sell it to others.”

“Because it belongs to their private property, and how to dispose of it is their freedom .”

” Roland replied, “I didn’t stipulate that serfs are not allowed to keep food for themselves. You can also understand that as long as there is no express prohibition, it is allowed.”

Saini looked a little confused, as if he didn’t know how to understand this sentence.

Not only him, most of the people frowned, only Barov showed a thoughtful expression.

“Is there anything else to report?” Roland took a sip of ice water. This kind of concept of emphasizing rules and procedures in everything can only be regarded as a new era’s employee after they slowly understand, or in other words, understand this. qualified official.

Of course, this method is also easy to go to the other extreme, leading to bureaucracy, but bureaucracy is better than chaos or wanton behavior.

“Uh…yes,” Seni Dali shook his head, “Now that the fields have been harvested, I wonder how to arrange the fallow plan for the next year?”

“No, these lands will not be fallow, and wheat will continue to be planted next year. Roland waved his hand, “Those dung piled up on the edge of the field are prepared for fertilizing the land. Next, you instruct the serfs to shovel them into the field, mix them with the soil, and continue to pile up new dung in the vacated space.” The hot and humid weather in summer can make it rotten in only two months, while it takes about four months in winter.

By the beginning of next spring, not only the soil quality has been improved by batches of compost, but he also has a new batch of compost that can be added as a base fertilizer, so there is no need to fallow at all.

Not to mention high-end chemical fertilizers, the application of human and animal fertilizers to agricultural production is already a great improvement.

“Okay, if that’s your request.” He rubbed his head, “Also…Your Highness, I’m afraid I can’t grind so much wheat with one or two stone mills. I would like to apply to build a mill beside the Chishui River , preferably powered by a steam engine.”

“Yes,” Roland nodded, this is another new breakthrough—someone other than himself has finally begun to try to use this new power, “You first propose to Barov Make a plan, and work out a detailed plan with the Ministry of Construction after you get the funding.”

“Okay, Your Highness,” Saini replied, “The last thing is the promotion of freedmen, and a total of 516 people have been promoted this time. Qualifications are strictly divided according to the amount of wheat turned in on the spot, so no one raised any objections, and I have reported the list to Lord Barov.” Then he got up again and saluted, “My report is over.”

“Good job, “Roland clapped his palms twice to show encouragement.

UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com This young knight from the wolf family seems to have adapted to life in a small town now, and he is still doing well in the city hall. With a little packaging, he is an excellent example of publicity. It can play a big role in attracting downcast nobles and knights in the fortress.

The second person to give the report was Shujuan, with her long hair coiled behind her head, wearing a neat white shirt and a pure black long skirt without any decoration or lace, she looked mature and capable.

It’s hard to imagine that half a year ago, she was still an exiled witch who had to hide in order to avoid the church.

“At present, there are two batches of personnel who have completed primary education, a total of 85 people. Most of them have studied in the college run by Mr. Carl.” Her ability is to remember, so there is no need for any preparation when reporting data. One point made Roland very envious, “Forty-six of them chose to work in the city hall, 21 decided to go to the bicycle factory, and thirteen applied to join the First Army.” She paused at this point, “There are still five people signed up for chemistry lab positions.”

Five people?

Roland couldn’t help but look at Kyle Struer, and the latter’s face was obviously a little ugly.

It seems that the publicity effect of the award ceremony is not as good as I expected. As a result, some of the three newly built laboratories may be idle for a while.

Fortunately, the employment rate is at least 100%, he comforted himself.

(To be continued.)

[End of this Chapter]