It was five days before Luo Lan rushed back to Phuket City from the central part of Phuket Island, and Bina, who had gone to the mainland, had not yet returned, which made Luo Lan anxious.

It was early autumn, with cool breezes and golden wheat fields swaying in the northern plains, as the ecstatic farmers began their harvest.

At this time, the soldiers of the lords would drive the peasants to harvest the wheat and then hand over 60 percent of the harvest, and the peasants were so miserable that almost everyone wanted to flee.

Today, however, the system of dividing the land into households has not yet been put in place, but the peasants, under the leadership of the old farmers, have consciously begun to distribute the wheat.

Laughter filled the air, and for the first time, the rustic and impoverished peasants felt the superiority of Prince Roland's decree.

The peasants who were close to the city of Phuket even brought the first wave of wheat from the harvest to the city of Phuket to be presented to the prince as a token of gratitude.

Therefore, Buji City is also very lively, full of peasants who enter the city to offer wheat, and Luo Lan's palace is surrounded by water.

Luo Lan was still very happy about this, but she couldn't accept the wheat.

He deliberately took the time to go up to the city wall and held a meeting with the peasants, and made it clear that within three years, the peasants would not have to give even a single piece of wheat to the prince, and all of them would belong to him.

Although the farmers voluntarily offered wheat, and it was understandable for the prince to accept it, the prince resolutely refused to accept it, and supported the decree promulgated by himself with practical actions, making the decree of "three-year tax exemption" more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Sometimes, a small thing can change the direction of reform, Luo Lan resolutely refused to accept the farmers' wheat offerings, so that the farmers really put their minds at ease and trusted Luo Lan. This incident was later recorded in history, and it was known as the "Buji City Wheat Offering Incident".

After the farmers were fully engaged in the autumn harvest, Luo Lan also began to think about the next step.

Since returning from the southern expedition, Luo Lan's passion has also burned, the more he knows about Phuket Island, the more he has a sense of belonging, this is his own island, and he has the responsibility to make it prosperous.

"Gandalf, how's your situation going over there?"

In the evening, Luo Lan excitedly found Gandalf who was working. Gandalf has been very busy these days, because he is the only Chancellor of the Exchequer, and finance is the top priority.

"My Highness, you have to exhaust the old ministers, I have to check the territory left by the lords, and I have to count the gold coins handed in by the lords, I am really busy."

Gandalf got up to greet Luo Lan, his legs were shaking, he had been sitting for a day and a night.

Luo Lan hurriedly helped him sit down, and naturally pinched his shoulder, which frightened Gandalf, and quickly knelt on the ground, "Your Highness, don't be so eclectic"!

"Oh, today you and I are not monarchs, but friends, you have followed me for more than ten years, and you are the elders I respect the most, what is it to pinch your shoulders."

Luo Lan domineeringly pulled the white-bearded old man up and forcibly massaged him.

Gandalf's eyes were red, and it took half a sound to subside.

"Your Highness, the lords have gone completely, and there are currently 65,300 gold coins from the treasury, which are ready for you to use."

Gandalf reported solemnly, he no longer hated Luo Lan now, but admired it incomparably, and he was waiting for Luo Lan's decree.

Luo Lan nodded, now that the feudal forces have been eradicated, and some of the money is in place, he can take a big step.

Luo Lan took out a piece of straw paper from his bosom, on which was drawn a rough map of Phuket Island and various lines.

This was made by Luo Lan in three nights when he was camping outside, and it almost made his fingers cramp from exhaustion.

Gandalf took the straw paper and looked at it, puzzled: "Your Highness, this is a map of the island, what are you doing with so many lines drawn on it?" There are also thick and fine. ”

Luo Lan exhaled a breath of turbid breath and said with a smile: "I redivided my territory, a total of eight large pieces, two hundred and twenty small pieces, and subdivided the territory on the basis of the original four states. ”

Gandalf blinked, looked down at the map, and sure enough, it was eight large pieces, as well as many smaller pieces. The prince's fiefdom had been divided into hundreds of smaller fiefdoms.

Gandalf couldn't help but be shocked, frowned, and said, "Your Highness, what do you mean by this?" It's hard to get rid of the lord, Phuket Island should be managed by you, you divide so many small territories, do you want to reward others? Isn't that a return to the old system? ”

Gandalf was limited by the times, and when he saw the division of small territories, he immediately thought of the feudal manor system, and he even felt that the prince was not mentally strong, and he still had to rely on the small lord.

Luo Lan couldn't help but be happy when he saw him worried, and then poked the map with his hand, "This is not a feudal manor system, but a provincial system, I don't want to appoint lords, but to appoint governors, mayors, town heads, and village heads, which is progressive, and the final power is concentrated on the royal power."

The provincial system, as early as the Qin Dynasty in China, had a model, is a sharp weapon of centralized power, the local government no longer has too much power, everything follows the central government.

This is also the so-called power politics, which crushes a country's internal strife as much as possible, and then develops with one heart and one mind, which can explode with huge energy in a short period of time.

In the past, Phuket Island relied on feudal lords to manage the island, and the feudal lords did not listen to the prince, and the sand was scattered, which was the biggest obstacle to economic development.

Gandalf listened to Luo Lan explain the provincial system to him in a daze, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty after half a sound, "Your Highness, how did you come up with that?" It's too ...... It's ......"

Gandalf didn't know how to describe Luo Lan's provincial system, he couldn't find the words, Luo Lan smiled, "It's too advanced." ”

"That's right! Advanced, too advanced! ”

Gandalf jumped up excitedly, the provincial system, the new system of the previous ownership, not only has the function of the feudal manor system, but also can retract local power, because the local officials serve the prince, no right to tax, no right to support the army, if they want to be promoted, the only way is to govern the land under their jurisdiction, and if the governance is not good, the prince can be removed at any time.

Unlike Gandalf, who was excited, Luo Lan only smiled slightly, he was far from being excited.

"Gandalf, don't get excited, this is a big project, not only will it require a lot of manpower and money, but it will also need another system to assist."

"Another system?"

Gandalf was excited again, and Luo Lan snorted, "The household registration system, after the implementation of the provincial system, the people below the eight provinces must have household registration, which is convenient for future statistics, from the province to the village, all the people must be recorded in the book." If we don't even know the situation of our own people, let alone development."

"Okay, your highness, rest assured, we have money now, we can do big things, give me half a year, I promise to complete the task!"

Half a year is actually a long time, but there is no way, in this place where traffic information is extremely blocked, it is not an overnight thing to count 200,000 people, not to mention that everything has just started, and everyone has no experience, so they can only cross the river by feeling the stones.

However, it is a waste of time to follow the step-by-step process, and the autumn planting after the autumn harvest waits for no one.

"Gandalf, first appoint the governors of the eight states and they will form our administration. Then start directly from the grassroots level and put the distribution of fields to households in the first place. ”

Luo Lan thought that if he went step by step, he would miss this year's autumn planting, and this year's autumn planting is related to tomorrow's spring harvest, which is a major problem of people's livelihood and must be solved first.

Gandalf scratched his messy hair, "If we divide the fields first, then won't our upper echelons be in chaos?" Let's implement the provincial system first."

Gandalf had a bit of a hard eye and knew that the superstructure couldn't be messed up. Luo Lan shrugged, "It's still messy now, because it's not solid, let it be messy, and we'll pick people in the mess." In this way, the villages are counted first, the village chief is appointed, and then the village chief allocates the land. In the coming year, whichever village has the best harvest, its village chief can become the mayor of the town, and so that the provincial governor will have the opportunity to do it."

This is a farming reward system, and farmers will not only fight for their families, but also for promotion.

Gandalf was taken aback again, and he was even a little panicked.

"Your Highness, if I understand correctly, are you going to give the commoner nobility?"

Luo Lan was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that he was too accustomed to using socialism, and there was no distinction between commoners and nobles in his concept.

But in this world, commoners and nobles are separated by a moat, and the boundary between the two is very clear, and in the entire Norlan Continent, commoners cannot obtain any titles.

Commoners have been commoners all their lives, and now Luo Lan's provincial system can give commoners the opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune, which is to grant commoners nobility in disguise, which is unprecedented in precedent.

So Gandalf was so shocked and frightened, and it involved the emancipation of the mind.

Luo Lan knew what it meant to grant commoner nobility, but he still hadn't changed his mind. The so-called reform is to abandon all harmful thoughts, if he doesn't even dare to promote the provincial system, he Luo Lan is not worthy of the dream of transforming Phuket Island.

"Yes, to give commoners the opportunity to obtain knighthoods. Don't worry, it's going to be fine, if it's on land, I still have some concerns, but on the island, the foundation for all reforms is there, and it's a big deal to start over, there's nothing to be afraid of. ”