Akaland's happy agreement made Wren feel strange.

The Soul Eye also saw that Akalande's emotions were far more intense than they seemed on the surface, and he was extremely excited and high-pitched, as if his long-cherished wish had finally been fulfilled, as if it was a supreme honor to be able to participate in the construction of the Duchy of Augustus.

"What's the situation?"

Wren muttered in his heart, and said in surprise: "You can call the shots for the mechanical union? This is not a trivial matter." ”

What he meant was that Akalander should at least go back and report to the mysterious president.

Akalande was stunned for a moment, as if to hide something, and explained: "If you give the mechanical union such a big deal, the elder will definitely not refuse, and I promised you in advance that there is no problem." ”

Sure enough, there was a problem!

Wren's heart was like a mirror, but his face was impassive, "You'd better communicate with Your Excellency the President before giving me a clear answer." ”

"Okay!" Akalande nodded.

However, the Soul Eye could still see it clearly, and even though Akaran seemed to have calmed down, he was actually very excited, and he was eager to leave and return to the Empire immediately.

Next, Wren roughly talked about his plan.

First of all, the first item is to build roads.

If you want to get rich, you must first build roads! This is a well-known wise saying in China in the previous life, and how many people have relied on these six words to get rid of poverty, and the economic benefits produced have stimulated the development of the entire region.

Wren is ready to give the seven cities under the Duchy's rule the highest standard, all of which will be connected to each other by the highest standard roads. The streets inside the city will also be replanned and centralized, and new urban areas will be developed outside the city to accommodate more people.

A railroad through the Dragon's Forest will also be built to the port docks of Kingsland.

The second is universal education and training for workers.

This requires working with the school factory to liberate the labor force from the land, improve the productivity of the individual, and fully tap the human resources.

The third is the establishment of a new governance system.

The Duchy of Augustus was no longer the kind of backward feudal state, except for Wren himself, there were no more real nobles, and all the land was owned by Wren personally. He will appoint a mayor to each city, establish a town hall, and take overall responsibility for the construction of a city.

The mayor does not look at his background, but only his talent, and will inspect the mayor's achievements every year.

Wren already has a set of ideas in his head, roughly copying the municipal management system of the previous life, with finance, education, industry and commerce, health, public security, justice, etc., the initial idea is to have more than a dozen bureaus, and the mayor only has the right to nominate candidates for these key positions, and the final appointment power is in his own hands.

Every director, like the mayor, has to go through the screening of the soul eye, and those who are not qualified will be replaced immediately.

The human heart is unpredictable, and it is especially complex in politics.

In the previous life, even the wisest ruler would inevitably be deceived, and moths appeared under his command, corroding the hearts of the team, and finally ending up in a tragic end.

But unlike in Erenus, no mortal can resist the transcendent.

The eye of the soul can penetrate people's hearts and easily distinguish between the faithful and the treacherous.

Wren is confident that there will not be too many mistakes, and no small action can escape his own scrutiny.

In addition, in the future, he will select a group of the most loyal Ultramarines as the backbone, and then replenish the manpower from the spear-winged knights, and form a "court" that only obeys his orders, patrolling the entire territory of the principality, cleaning up the degenerate and monsters, and at the same time has the power of the supervision officer, uncovering the outlaws hidden among the nobles and commoners, and if necessary, he can kill them first.

Wren's goal was to build a strong industrial state, not a capitalist who frantically squeezed surplus value.

Most of the profits produced by the people of the principality will be returned to them as welfare, and the ownership of the newly built factories, schools, hospitals, and public facilities will be attributed to the Duke of Augustus, that is, Wren himself, but in fact it is a bit like the state-owned enterprises in the previous life, and the benefits are distributed uniformly.

A stable and orderly country with a relatively happy people, even with only a few million people, can provide a tremendous force of faith that goes far beyond the free-range missionary model.

Rennes will also benefit a lot.

One is wealth, and the other is population, which is necessary to build a large army.

The Knights of the Spear Wing will be greatly expanded, and the main source of troops in the future will come from the Duchy of Augustus, and the most talented group will be selected from millions of people to become one of their most solid backing, second only to the Extreme Warband.

There is also a third benefit.

Augustus' model of development is like a testing ground, and if the results are gratifying, and the goddess is approving it, and she decides to expand it, then ......

The corners of Wren's mouth went up, and there seemed to be a flash of light in his eyes.

Akalander listened to his plan, and the more he listened, the more surprised he became, but the more he listened, the more excited he became, and he couldn't wait to say: "Wren, I'll go back and contact the elder now, you wait for my good news." ”

Wren had already seen that he couldn't sit still, so he nodded.

Personally sending Akaland into the teleportation array, Wren turned and entered the main hall of Dragonspine Castle, where many people had been waiting for a long time.

"Meet the Duke. ”

Wren sat on the main seat of the hall, and the group of people below saluted in a dark manner.

These people were all the upper echelons of Dragonspine City, nobles, merchants, and transcendents, as well as representatives of all walks of life, all of whom were famous people in the city. During this time, there was no power in Dragonspine City, and it was they who jointly organized a transcendent guard to maintain order in the city.

Of course, taking advantage of the good opportunity to control the city, these people did not forget to work on their own advantages.

They were suddenly summoned by the Lance Wing Knight, and they didn't know what the new duke's plans were, and they were all unsure and worried.

Wren's gaze swept over everyone, looked at the thoughts of more than a hundred people, and said lightly:

"No need to be polite, you all sit down. ”

After a commotion, Wren continued, "I invite you to Dragonspine Fort today, because I have a few things to announce. ”

The people below are all in good spirits, knowing that the next words will be related to their future.

"The first piece. ”

Wren held out a finger, "Dragonspine will be the capital of the Duchy of Augustus," he held out a second finger, "The Duchy of Augustus will no longer have a real lord other than me." ”

As soon as the words ended, a sound of surprise sounded in the hall.

Dragonspine City was originally the domain of Viscount Felton, and this family has been uprooted, but there are still several vassal lords alive under Felton, a total of six people, each with a knight's domain, and the population is no more than one town, which belongs to the lowest level of small nobles.

However, even a knight's domain is a land that countless people dream of but cannot obtain.

Those six lords reacted the most violently, they were all transcendental, and they were also the only true nobles in Dragonspine City at the moment. They had been loyal to Viscount Felton, but did not follow Viscount Felton when he abandoned the city and fled, nor did they participate in the usurpation war that year, so they escaped Emilys's revenge purge.

One of the lords was just about to speak out against it, but Wren's eyes looked over, and he suddenly seemed to have been splashed with a basin of ice water on his head, his face turned pale, and he couldn't say a word.

The other five noble lords were also trembling.

"Your lordship and the castle where your family lives, I allow you to keep. Wren said in an unquestioning tone: "In addition, all land ownership, tax collection and law enforcement rights in the territory will be confiscated by the Augustus family." ”

"After the fiefdom is deprived, your family private army must be disbanded on the spot, and no more than ten extraordinary guards can be recruited on a family basis. ”

"Whoever disagrees, can now be raised. ”

Wren's every word was like a knife, inserted into the hearts of the six noble lords, this was to deprive them of their fiefdom and glory, without land, how could the family survive?

However, in the face of a transcendent at the pinnacle of legend, the monarch killer who killed Marker with his own hands, there are two teams of Ultramarines around him, and no one dares to say it even if there is more opposition.

Everyone was silent, and the hall was silent for half a minute.

In the end, no one dared to stand up against it.

"Good. Wren smiled and said to the six noble lords, "I will give you three days to surrender the jurisdiction within the territory. ”

Then, he held out a third finger, "Dragonspine City will appoint a mayor to run the city for me." There is no restriction on the origin, age or gender of the mayor, as long as you are confident that you are qualified for the position, you can apply. ”

"If I have a good performance evaluation during my time as mayor, I can consider giving me a title of nobility. ”

"There are also more than a dozen positions second only to mayors, each responsible for one aspect and with different rights and benefits. ”

Many's eyes lit up.

They were unfamiliar with the name mayor, and only a few had heard of a mayor in many cities in the Empire. Although according to the meaning of the duke, the mayor is only a position and does not have a fief, but the power in his hands is no less than that of the city lord.

Managing the hundreds of thousands of people in and around Dragonspine City is no easy task.

But what is this compared to the power that can be obtained?

Immediately, someone got up and asked, "Lord Duke, are there any requirements for being mayoral?

That's what everyone wants to ask.

Wren took out a stack of materials and sent it down, which was the process he had written before, and said, "Each of you can take a copy and go back and read it, and I will also have people put up notices in the city, and everyone will have the same chance." After a week, everyone who registers will be assigned an exam, and the content of the exam will be determined by me. ”

"The content of the exam varies from position to position, and each person can only apply for one position. ”

"Ranked in the top five and qualified for the second interview. I will select the final winner from among these five people and take up the corresponding position. ”

"Oh, yes. Wren smiled at the crowd below, "All interpretations of this process and the results of the appointment belong to me." ”

Everyone in the hall looked at each other.

Examination?

They had lived most of their lives and had never heard of this method of recruiting officials, and Congartro did not even have a decent school, let alone exams.

This novel pattern made some people secretly shake their heads, thinking that the new Duke was simply fooling around.

But there are also people who are eager to try, as if they see the hope of getting ahead.

Wren didn't have the patience to explain more, so everyone disbanded and went home.

In less than half a day, it was spread all over Dragonspine City, and almost everyone heard that the Duke was going to appoint a mayor through an examination to be responsible for managing the entire Dragonspine City.

All of a sudden, both the upper nobles and the lower commoners were talking.

There were people discussing it everywhere in the streets, taverns and inns, and the notice boards in the city were crowded with people.

And Wren, the initiator of all this, has already taken Borch and the Ultramarines to Stream City. It took him three days to travel through the Duchy of Augustus, repeating the same process seven times, stripping the remaining nobles of their fiefs and announcing his policy plans.

Under the suppression of great strength, no one dared to object.

At the same time, Wren screened loyal men with the Eye of the Soul in each city, recruiting a group of transcendents to form a temporary security team to enforce his will.

Two of the seven territories in the Duchy are in the northern part of the Dragon's Forest, namely Dragonspine and Streamstream.

These two territories are the most populous, accounting for two-thirds of the entire principality, and the terrain is flat, which will become the economic center of gravity of the principality in the future.

The five territories south of the Dragon's Forest, originally part of the Duchy of Lauberdir, are rugged, mostly hilly and mountainous, and have a scattered population that is not easy to manage, despite being larger. However, the area is rich in mineral resources, including a number of ash coal mines and iron ore mines, which can provide a large amount of industrial raw materials as long as the transportation problem is solved.

Wren gradually had a blueprint for development in his heart.

Returning to Dragonspine on the fourth day, and stepping back into the teleportation array back to Glamorgan, Akalander brought back the good news that the president of the mechanical guild had agreed to cooperate and gave a preliminary plan.

Wren looked through the plans of the mechanical union, manpower, material resources, machinery and equipment, and all aspects of preparation, the amount was huge, most of them were transported from the empire to the Duchy of Augustus by ships and airships, and even prepared to set up a long-distance teleportation array at the airship landing field in Glamorgan.

This large-scale gesture shows the unsparing support of the mechanical union.

Wren groaned for a long time, the Soul Eye observing Akalander from time to time, discerning some clues in his eagerness.

It seems that the mechanical union is more concerned about building the principality than itself.

This is somewhat unusual.

He hesitated for a moment and asked, "I wonder if I will have the honor of meeting with His Excellency the President?"

"I'm sorry. Akalande smiled bitterly, "The Elder's whereabouts are uncertain, and it was not easy for me to get in touch, and he asked me to tell the Duke that the Mechanical Guild has no ill intentions, on the contrary, the Mechanical Guild is willing to reach a more in-depth and comprehensive cooperation with the Duke." ”

In order to show the sincerity of the mechanical union, the three million gold invested in the motorcycle factory were paid by the union, and the Duke still owned a 10% stake. ”

The Elder also said that when the time was right, he would meet with the Duke. ”

Wren was even more curious.

The Soul Eye confirmed that Akaland was not lying, and the terms offered by the mechanical union were unbelievably good, and they sent money and goods to people. There is no such thing as a free lunch, and it is obvious that the mysterious president either has a request for himself or has other plans, and I am afraid that this great favor will not be good in the future.

But it's hard to refuse.

Not to mention, the mechanical union is a huge force in the empire, especially in terms of financial resources, no one can match, and it needs their support itself.

Wren pondered for a long time, and finally nodded: "Thank you, Your Excellency, President, for me, and wish us a happy cooperation." ”