Seven days.

Seven days.

Officials from all over Sarin waited for seven days in Blackwater City in a manner similar to house arrest, anxiously awaiting the arrival of the new lord Richard.

In the past seven days, they had no idea what Richard had investigated all over the sarin, and they didn't even know if Richard had launched an investigation before this, after all, after the carriage from Char drifted and stopped, what came out of it was a strange Bibi, not Richard. Almost no one knew exactly when Richard left the carriage and left Bibi to drive alone, perhaps from the moment Char came out, and the two were separated.

Regardless, the day had come to announce the results, and seven days later, Richard officially arrived in Blackwater to convene a meeting of all the officials.

The officials waited for this moment, their eyes were red, their bags were swollen like eggs, and they rushed to the venue impatiently after listening to the notice. They had expected it to be a more common oath-taking ceremony, where they would declare their allegiance to the new lord and discuss the taxes to be paid in the various jurisdictions that followed. But when I arrived at the venue, I realized that it didn't seem to be so simple.

......

Seven days later, a hall inside the Blackwater City Theater.

It had been hastily cleaned up and set up as a meeting place, and after the officials of the various levels of Sarin had taken their seats, Richard stepped in and walked to a wooden table on the drama stage.

The sarin officials subconsciously got up and skimmed around with their eyes, guessing whether they were saluting the new lord or doing something else? After all, they really hadn't participated in a similar scene. They thought that Richard would sit alone, and they took the oath in turn, but the result was completely different from what they imagined.

Richard noticed the performance of the sarin official, waved his hand quickly, and said simply: "You don't need to salute, just sit." I know you've been waiting for me for days, and you're in a bit of a hurry, so let's not waste time and try to end this meeting as soon as possible. You can rest assured that I have time to do what I want to do. ”

The sarin officials had different expressions, but when they heard Richard say this, they couldn't disobey the order and sat back in their seats.

Glancing at the venue, seeing that most of the people were ready, Richard flipped over it and took out a scroll and unfolded it on the table, revealing a full list of names written on it.

"Next, I will call names, and the people who call them will answer. Richard spoke, not giving the crowd time to react, having already pronounced the first name, "Gustav John." ”

"Huh?" A middle-aged man with a gray beard quickly stood up, his expression slightly flustered, and he really didn't know how to respond.

Answer? Just shout "to the word"? No?

The middle-aged man's eyes flickered, sometimes looking at Richard, sometimes at the person next to him, hoping to get some hints. There was no response, but for a few seconds, I was already drenched in sweat.

Fortunately, at this time, Richard glanced over, pressed his hand down, and said, "Just sit down." ”

"Yes. Gustav John let out a long breath as if his strength had been withdrawn from his body, and quickly sat down in his seat.

At this time, Richard began to pronounce the name of the second person: "Neil Ivan." ”

"Brush!"

A white man in his thirties stood up, looked at Richard, and asked tentatively, "Arrived?"

"Hmm. Richard nodded and motioned to sit down, and Neil Ivan sat down quickly.

After the rest of the people in the audience saw it, their eyes lit up slightly, and they felt that they had received some important signal.

Next, the answering process starts to flow smoothly.

"Addison Thomas?"

"To. ”

"Barron Adolphus?"

"To. ”

With the people in front as role models, the people behind are becoming more and more calm, and some people will even do some proper performances.

Like what......

"Mel Grover?" Richard began.

"Yes, sir. A man with a bowler hat stood up, bent slightly, and greeted Richard respectfully, "Maier from the west of Sarin, greets you and declares allegiance, and wishes you, my lord, a long and healthy life forever." ”

"Hmm. Richard nodded, waved for the other to sit down, and read out the next name.

"Simon Tien?"

"Hello, Dear Lord Richard. A man in a bright red coat stood up and said in a similar manner, "Simon from the east of Sarin greets you and declares his allegiance, wishing you eternal youth and peace." ”

"Hmm. Richard also nodded and motioned for the other party to sit down, without much nonsense.

"Lynn Kate?" Richard said another name.

A middle-aged man in his fifties stood up, his face was full of vicissitudes, his hair was half white, and there was a twisted centipede-like scar on his left cheek.

However, the other party was capable, shouted "arrive" in his mouth, and sat down without doing the rest of the performance.

Richard ignored this and pronounced the following names without any change in his tone.

A few minutes later, in the hall of the former drama theater, the voices of roll calls and answers came one after another, full of a sense of disobedience, and those who didn't know thought they were on a university campus on earth.

In this regard, Richard did not have much disgust, although it was against the peace, but it could be used, at least let him successfully match the names on the list with every sarin official in reality.

Then it's time for the real meeting.

After a few minutes, after reading the name, Richard put down the scroll, his eyes swept over the audience, and said slowly: "You have been waiting for all these days, I think you must know very well that I am your new lord Richard." Next, I want everyone to cooperate and do one thing for sarin.

As you know, sarin is similar to the rest of the fiefdoms, with a large area divided into several small areas, which you manage separately, which can reduce the workload of my lordship, but some of the corresponding orders cannot be conveyed smoothly in a timely manner. ”

Richard didn't tell a lie, most of the current fiefdoms in the main continent are in a similar situation. A large fiefdom, divided into many small fiefdoms on multiple levels, managed separately by his subordinates. The advantage of this is that the lord only needs to manage his own direct jurisdiction, and the officials of the rest of the jurisdiction will deal with the affairs of the area of responsibility according to the situation, and pay the taxes on time.

However, Richard was not prepared for this, after all, in this case, the logic of "my vassals are vassals, not my vassals" makes it difficult for his orders to reach the bottom. Although he can easily collect money, he is not short of money, he came to sarin because he wanted to successfully transform sarin in a relatively short period of time, and burst out with strong potential to feed his research.

So......

Richard paused, looked at the audience and said, "Next, I want to set up a new Institutional Efficiency Department. ”