242 Occupation and Domination

The war over the budget was extremely fierce, because the new government had spread out a very large spread, because the new government wanted to rule rather than occupy.

Occupation, which only crushes the old armed forces in place, and then plunders worthy targets, such as monasteries and churches, as the northerners, or the barbarians who came to Neustria long ago when the ancient empires collapsed, are so easy that they do not need a government, and in fact, they do not even need to collect taxes.

If Luo Yi is satisfied with the occupation, then her troubles will definitely be reduced a lot, just the occupation, even if it is just a part of the occupation of Neustria, is enough for her to have hundreds or even thousands of beautiful silk clothes, eat with golden rice bowls and golden knives, and wear all kinds of exquisite and qualified jewelry on her head, so heavy that she can't raise her head, and she can beat the maids around her at will, in short, all kinds of luxury and enjoyment that can be obtained by the ancient wealthy housewives who are talked about by the women, just "occupy" can be done.

However, she thinks about domination.

It is to rule Neustria, not to occupy it.

As if she didn't think it was difficult enough, she ruled against a unified Neustria, a Neustria that hadn't been seen since the collapse of the ancient empire.

This new government, under the guidance of the Demon King of the Otherworld, had unparalleled ambitions, not only to make a few golden rice bowls to eat, a few beautiful silk clothes, and a few beautiful gems to adorn, which could easily be done by robbing a monastery - she tried to truly unite Neustria. That is, the abolition of feudal fiefdoms everywhere. The same laws were given to all nationals living in Neustrian territory, whether they were dukes, counts, barons, churches and monasteries. The construction of good standard roads connecting the regions, the repair of post roads and bridges from the ancient empire, the unification of the currency, and the illiteracy of the entire population - in the new Chinese script, of course.

At the same time, the government had to ensure peace in Neustria, which meant that she had to maintain law and order in the country, arrest outlaws and rebels, and fight against pirates from all walks of life. This requires the formation of militia joint defense organizations in various places, the construction of beacon towers, military intelligence stations......

However, this is not all the work of the new government.

Like Ponsstock, the inability or lack of care of the landlords caused the streams, rivers and lakes to be silted up, and large tracts of fertile land were turned into swamps, and there are many more in Neustria. Dredging rivers and draining the swamps is a difficult job, but it is a great opportunity to get fertilizer and fertile land, for the new government aspiring to feed the people of all Neustria. It's a must-do.

In addition to natural disasters, there are man-made disasters to be saved, and those farmhouses, mills, bread ovens and other facilities burned down during the invasion of the northerners must be rebuilt, and the lost livestock must be replaced. The dead were to be buried, and if the boats they had taken from the Aspath River had not been built or relocated from elsewhere, the nearby residents would not have even a small boat to cross the river. This is a great disruption to the surrounding agricultural production and commercial trade. A similar need arose in the territories of the aristocracy, which often fought civil wars with each other, and the new government sent personnel to help the peasants who had been taken captive from their homeland to return to their homeland and try to resettle them. Because some of the farmers have been taken away for more than 10 years, there is no one in the village who knows them anymore. There are also people who are used to living in their new environment. I want to take my original relatives over. In addition, when the nobles were stationed in the penal labor camps, like Baron Abron, their land and livestock were to be redistributed among the local farmers so that the land would not be left uncultivated, and their treasures had to be properly cared for to avoid the loss of public property, all of which required competent clerks.

Because the new government has such ambitions, whether it is the budget or the staff, it is extremely scarce, and it is also thanks to Luo Yi that before the unification of Neustria, he has been running the diocese of Turnest for several years and has trained a considerable number of clerks, otherwise the new policies of the new government will not only not be implemented, but will also fall apart because of inadequacy. Or qualified manpower.

This dilemma is further exacerbated by the erosion of new, higher social status and concentrated flowing wealth on the clerical staff, especially those who are indiscriminately filled by shortages.

The result is that now he has to personally take charge of calling his temporary assistant to get up, hoping that this assistant of his will not send him to prison or hospital in the new environment, and this unqualified temporary assistant of his was also an unqualified recruiter who was pulled into the people's army at the beginning, and one unqualified guide led the other to be unqualified, and the chain reaction.

Because of the shortage of manpower, the standards are lowered, and because the standards are lowered, as a result, more personnel need more personnel to fill the basket, ah, a real disaster!

And this is just one of the many problems that plague the new government.

Sometimes, when Her Majesty looks at the reports that fly like snowflakes from all over the world, a puzzled question pops up in her mind: "Why are we not finished doing such a bad job?" ”

Not only is it not finished, but the new country is growing like new grass after the rain, chaotic but vibrant.

Previously, Luo Yi told the bishop that the people transmitted information for them, reconnoitred the enemy, explored and led the way, and assisted in the arrest, these are by no means lies but facts, without the help of these locals who are familiar with geography to lead the way, the army that cleared the bandits could not complete the task so quickly, and even the logistics could not be guaranteed.

And when the new government issued the call, they gathered to do all kinds of road construction, bridge construction, waterway cleaning, road paving, stream clearing, and the abandoned land was improved little by little.

Although the chaos is unbelievable, everyone can see that Neustria is developing in a good direction, and the people's confidence in the future is more than that of the demon king himself. They even lamented that the pirates who had come and gone from north to south did not continue to come, and could not teach them a profound lesson and take more prisoners to parade through the streets by the way.

The Great Demon King thought about it again and again, and could only blame it on their original rule, which was so rotten that they were deeply satisfied with the way they were now.

If you are not afraid of being rotten, you are afraid of being worse than that.

As the less rotten of the two rotten apples, most Neustrians firmly support the less rotten one.

Of course, there are those who do not support, or even oppose, for example, Karl, the former large wool bag buyer of Tournest. (To be continued......)

PS: When discussing infantry during the Cold Weapon War, please don't use the battle during the Hot Weapon War as an example