Chapter 186 Development Plan

"My lord, I have a question...... "Steward Hansk, who is the head of the statistics department, stood up: "To build a city wall of more than 20 miles and a long causeway along the river of nearly 100 miles as you said, as well as to build a harbor and clean up the demonic beasts in the black mud swamp on this side of the family territory, it will be a huge and time-consuming engineering project." So how much manpower and material resources does the family decide to invest, and how do they allocate resources?"

Lorist nodded at Steward Hansk, and tapped the map of the black mud swamp hanging with a small wooden stick: "This is still the family's strategic plan for the future, and it will take everyone's unremitting efforts to achieve this goal. But this plan is related to the long-term stability and prosperity of the family in the next hundred years, once it is achieved, then the family territory will no longer be a remote northern borderland, but will become a frontier base for human exploration of the barbarian plains and unknown regions.

This plan has a far-reaching impact on the development and growth of the family, and the family is very determined to invest various resources, human and material resources. We will devote all its support to the development and construction regardless of the cost. No matter how long it takes, we will complete this strategic deployment. Now please Master Siroba and Mr. Sammoto stand up for a moment......"

At the back of the hall, Master Sirobah and the dark-skinned Sambon stood up.

Maybe it's because things are busy, or maybe it's because Miss Theresti took pity on Master Siroba, and found him two maids, because of the proper care, Master Siroba looked good, and he didn't feel panicked when he first saw Lorlist, although he was still a little cramped, but at least he was calm in the face of many curious eyes in the hall.

As for Sanmoto. This talent was promoted by Miss Theresti from the first slave labor of the Kenmest family, of two thousand. It has been trusted by Lorist in the construction of a series of fortifications and walled residential areas in the villages and central towns of Fengleyuan. It was the first time he and Master Sirobah had attended a Norton family meeting, so he was a little embarrassed to be under the gaze of everyone in the hall.

"We have to thank Master Sirobah and Mr. Sammoto, who, under the escort of the guard battalion, spent more than half a year carefully surveying the black mud swamps and the mouth of the Blade Mountains on this side of their family domain, and encountered several threats to their lives during this time. But their efforts have given us steps and ways to achieve the family's future strategic plan.

From today, we will set up an engineering and construction department with Master Siropa in charge and Mr. Sammoto as his deputy. In charge of all the construction projects in this sea access plan, all the departments of the family have to cooperate with their construction plans. Lorist waved for Master Siroba and Sambon to sit down, and now that everyone in the hall knew them, there was no need to stand there all the time.

Lorist pointed to the map again with a small wooden stick: "We are ready to spend five years mastering this black mud swamp and laying a solid foundation for the implementation of this strategic goal." This year, we're going to take a three-way approach. You see, the first road is from Woniugang to Guishan, and the focus of this road is to complete the preliminary construction of the Woniugang fortress and castle, and do a good job of the foundation of the city wall of more than 20 miles to Guishan, and clean up the area around Guishan. Set up a well-guarded camp.

The second road is in the middle of this black mud swamp, and we will use the method of paving the road and filling the rocks. Build a road to the highland hills by the sea.

The third way is here, the Blade Mountains, where we will quarry and dig the earth, fill in the ravines and swamps between the highlands and hills from the Blade Mountains to the mouth of the Lancang River, fill in the reef area of dozens of meters by the sea, and connect with the big bay, which will be the anchor place for our family fleet across the sea. ”

Lorist shook his head and smiled bitterly: "This plan requires countless manpower, material resources and various resources of the family, but as long as we take the first step and move forward unswervingly, there will always be a day when it will be realized." Whether it is ten years or twenty years, we must complete this strategic goal, as long as we have this outlet to the sea, we will have a brilliant tomorrow!"

"Daddy Balek, you have a very heavy task this year, not only do you have to gather all the carpenters with experience in shipbuilding to design and discuss the construction of large ships, but you also have to go to the Black Forest to collect wood suitable for shipbuilding, and dry it in the shade in advance. Once we've connected the Blade Mountains to the highland hills at the mouth of the sea, you'll have to find the right terrain to build a shipyard and dockyard. I hope that by next year we will be able to use the Great Bay to train seafaring sailors and family soldiers. ”

Father Balek stood up and said categorically: "Please rest assured, I will definitely complete the mission, and I also look forward to seeing the family fleet flying the angry bear flag sailing out to sea as soon as possible......"

Lorist laughed: "Things are man-made, there will be such a day, as long as we work hard, there is no goal that cannot be achieved." ”

Lorist's gaze turned back to the map: "Everyone is clear about the family's future strategy, and everyone also understands the plan to develop this black mud swamp in three ways. In terms of security, the chariot battalion will serve as the main force of the Warcraft Iron Spine Bay crocodile that sweeps the black mud swamp, while the rest of the family forces will draw all the swordsmen and family knights with silver-rank fighting strength and divide them into groups to escort the chariot battalion.

As for the manpower arrangement for these three roads, now that the road in Fengle Yuan in the family territory has been basically completed, I have decided to devote the more than 30,000 captives, excluding the part of mining and workmanship, to the development of the black mud swamp......"

"Wait, my lord, here's a key thing you forgot. Steward Kodan, who was in charge of personnel, stood up.

"What's wrong?" asked Lorlist.

"My lord, you told these 30,000 captives that you would be free after three years of hard labor, and that the three-year period of hard labor for these captives will come in May of this year, and we will have to release them...... said Steward Kodan.

"Uh......" Lorist clapped his forehead, "Sorry, I forgot, thank you for the reminder." So these captives are only two months of hard labor?"

"Yes, my lord, or we will extend it for another year or two...... said Steward Kodan.

"No need, the promise we said must be fulfilled, which is related to the honor of a nobleman and the integrity of the family. Words cannot be left unbelieved. Let the more than 30,000 captives clean up the road they were responsible for. The rest of the time, let them relax a little more. Lorist said.

"But my lord. Some of the captives have relatives who have been relocated here, and some of the captives have expressed their desire to stay in our family territory, and they even wish to take their own families with them. Some of these powerful captives who have awakened their fighting spirit also hope to join our clan forces. Steward Codan said.

"In this way, let those who are willing to stay, let them stay, let their families go home, and if you want to pick up your relatives, you are responsible for registering their information and seeing if you can help them with this. Now that Feng Le Yuan has settled, we will treat these captives equally. Give them a place to live where they should be accommodated, give them a place where they should be allocated, help them find work if they have a craft to work, and we can give them a loan if they want to open a shop or a workshop, and we cannot look down on them because they have been our captives. Got it?" Lorist decided.

"My lord, what about those who want to join our family's arm?"

"As long as we meet the age standards of our conscription, we will accept those who awaken their fighting spirit, and those whose strength is in the black iron rank can be assigned to different branches of the army after three months of training in the recruit camp according to their strengths......"

"My lord, I was just about to report to you that from last year to now, more than 5,000 soldiers in the recruit camp who were eliminated because they had not awakened their fighting spirit had awakened their fighting spirit after more than half a year of cultivation. They are now asking to join the active forces......" Beronek stood up.

Lorist knew that although he required every active family soldier to have a fighting rank should be black iron strength. But three-quarters of the nearly 50,000 people in the sixteen battalions did not meet this standard, and the most were bronze. Therefore, in addition to asking the commanders of various units to organize and arrange for these bronze rank soldiers to have regular cultivation training every day, in order to be promoted to the black iron rank as soon as possible.

When the family armed forces were first reorganized, more than 10,000 family soldiers who were about 20 years old and had not awakened their fighting spirit were eliminated, and they were all arranged to carry out training in the new barracks for the awakening of fighting spirit.

After thinking about it, Lorist felt that it was not interesting to let these soldiers who had awakened their fighting spirit stay in the new barracks any longer, and it was better to arrange them to the troops.

"In this way," said Lorlist, "the development of the Black Mud Swamp Chariot Battalion is more useful, and two more chariot battalions will be added, for a total of five chariot battalions of fifteen thousand men, and a chariot regiment will be formed." Mons Malek, the Golden Knight, you will be entrusted with the affairs of the patrol squadron in the seven central towns of Fengle Original, and you will be the commander of the chariot regiment, with Dores as your deputy. ”

Expressionless Malek stood up: "Yes, my lord. ”

Dores also stood up, he knew that he was only a silver three-star rank, and now the three chariot battalions were a little unable to suppress some of the old oilmen in the battalion, and he was proud of his achievements, and he would not be less than he would be able to complain about strange things or something, and two more chariot battalions would be even more unbearable for himself. Lorist transferred the so-called iron-faced Marek to serve as the commander of the corps, and it is likely that he discovered these signs and wanted to clean up the military discipline of the chariot battalion.

Therefore, Dorus did not feel any sense of loss, but said sincerely: "My lord, I will do my best to assist Knight Marek in taking charge of the chariot corps." ”

Loris nodded: "This is the first regular regiment of the family's armed forces, and I have high hopes for you. ”

"Please rest assured. "Malek and Dorus saluted.

Lorist turned to Bérunek: "If the number of soldiers recruited from those captives reaches two battalions, one battalion will be assigned to each of the ironclad lancers and hoplites, but they will be assigned to the active forces after three months of basic training in the new barracks, and after they have learned the rules and discipline of our family's armed forces. ”

"Yes, sir. Belunik replied.

Bodfinger and Rose also stood up: "Thank you, sir. ”

"You two, don't be idle, send a group of veterans from the army to the recruit camp as instructors to assist the Belunek knights in completing the training of recruits. Especially Borg, your hoplite is now training your 10-man squad coordinated attack combination training very effectively, and I'm satisfied. However, more training is needed to identify deficiencies and then improve them. ”

"Yes, my lord, we will try. Boderfinger replied.

"Well, let's get down to business, since we can't use the manpower of those 30,000 captives. Then we will explore the potential within the family. I command all the families to be armed. Rotational work is carried out for three months per year when not on duty. As the main force in the development of black mud swamps. Whether it is a regular family armed force or a territorial garrison, it is necessary to rotate the labor. The garrisons of each cantonment village and central town were divided into two groups and rotated to the black mud swamp to participate in the large-scale development. As a regular family arm, they must also devote themselves to this journey that is related to the future and destiny of the family. Lorist said.

"My lord, why don't you recruit labor from the people of Fengle Yuan, we can easily recruit 100,000 free labor labor from the 500,000 people, we only need to feed them......" Telman stood up. He felt that it would be a shame to have the members of his Order participate in such development work.

Lorlist's face became gloomy, and he looked around at the people in the hall, and then focused his gaze on Telman: "I hope everyone understands a truth, in the Norton family, our armed forces are not accomplices of the lord's oppression of the lords, nor are they superior lords. They should be the guardians of the territory, the trusters of the people, and the builders of the territory, they are the most precious and reliable power in the hands of the lord, whether it is a sword mountain or a sea of fire. Or charge, they should all be the most determined executors.

Is it disgraceful to let you work and contribute to the prosperity of your family domain? At this moment, I hope that whether it is a family knight or an ordinary family soldier, it is the builder of the territory, and in a few decades, you can proudly point to the lively city and the rich countryside to tell your children and grandchildren that it is you who have turned a barren land into what it is now, and it is you who have paid your blood and sweat to build the black mud swamp into a paradise on earth......

As your lord, I will stand at the forefront of you, and I will work like an ordinary family soldier to contribute to the future of our family......"

"My lord, don't say it, I was wrong, I will be the best territory builder. Telman sat down in shame.

"Actually, Telman is right, many people think so, why don't you conscript the people to serve in labor?" Lorist was silent and said, "It's not that we don't recruit the people, but the people who have just settled down in Fengle Yuan can't withstand such a toss. We Norton family can't just look at the present, everyone knows that we have just eliminated the Demon Beast Tide, and the next step is to divide the land and reclaim the wasteland, and turn Fengle Yuan into the family's granary and material supply place.

Next year we will collect taxes on these settled lords, so this year we would rather suffer a little more ourselves than give these lords who have followed us to the family territory a peaceful life. In addition, except for criminals and captives, the Norton family will not conscript the subjects to serve in labor, and we can use the slack time to pay for the people to come and join the development, and we will never use the name of labor to consume the hearts and resources of the family territory. This is my insistence as a lord......"

There was silence in the hall for a while, and suddenly there was a burst of applause.

"Thank you, sir, for your kindness. Some of the knights of the commoner family, like Bodfinger, stood up and saluted Lorlist.

"Okay, the general policy has been decided, so let me talk about some personnel arrangements for the family. In addition to the seven central towns of Fengle Yuan, administrative departments will be established and these administrative departments will be placed under the jurisdiction of the newly formed family Executive Yuan, with the head of the Executive Yuan being Knight Schrader and the deputy head being the butler Boris. ”

"Mr. Camorra, please stand up. Lorist said.

The former Baron Camorra, now the deputy head of the personnel department, stood up.

"I will appoint Mr. Camorra as head of the family's armaments department. From this day forward, the civil affairs of the family will be separated from the armament. All the weapons and equipment, food and grass materials, and even the salaries and salaries of soldiers will be stored and distributed by the armaments department. Everyone knows that Master Sid has made a steel armor that is better than the standard equipment of the White Lion Legion, so Mr. Camorra's first priority when he takes over the armaments department is to modify the equipment of the family's armed battalions, please be patient, it will be your turn soon. Lorist said with a smile.

"Now that the meeting is adjourned, the heads of departments and the commanders of the battalions will stay for a while. Everyone will have a day off tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow will go to the black mud swamp for large-scale development. I hope that everyone can work together in the process of developing and building the family domain and make new contributions to the family. ”

"Yes, sir!" ......

...... (To be continued.) )