Chapter 74： Establishment of the Government Council

Within a week after negotiating with Myron Ganard, Arda's army attacked everywhere and turned the territories of the four vassals involved in the conspiracy upside down. Angelo and others had already taken their families away. But all the castles and manors they left behind were seized, and all the money that was too late to take away was confiscated. Mellon also offered to donate to Paul the property that the traitors did not take away.

After the situation in Bairding basically stabilized, Paul left an infantry battalion stationed in Butuya, and he and Mellon led the other troops back to Huxin Town. "Yes, then the decree was issued from Huxin Town, and it would be better for Melon to stay there.

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"Congratulations, Lord Earl!"

After Paul told Old Ford, Hansel and others about the fact that Mellon had adopted his suggestion and that Lake Town would take charge of Bairding, they congratulated Paul repeatedly. You know, Bairdin is a genuine earldom, with an area and population larger than Arda, and there are cities like Butuya, although they are a bit smaller, they are still cities.

Under Hansel's suggestion, the three quickly had a detailed talk with Macron.

Under the old Ford and Hansel's "persistence and persuasion", the conversation reached the following result: as the lord of Bairding, Myron Gardner will be permanently stationed in Huxin Town, and Huxin Town will serve as the two towns of Arda and Bairding. The common capital of two Earldoms, unified management of the two places; Mellon will participate in the decision-making of various affairs in Lake Town as an important member, and his opinions have the most weight in matters related to Bairding.

After the conversation, Hansel approached Paul privately to find out how McLone had initially agreed to Paul's proposal.

"Master Greiman, I think Earl Garnard had a similar idea long ago, so when you proposed it, he agreed."

Hansel said with a look of "I can't hide it from me".

Paul looked puzzled: "Impossible? How do you know?"

Hansel said: "I talked to Earl Gardner before, and his mentality is very bad now, doubting himself, doubting others, and even doubting the world."

Paul expressed his understanding, and he also saw a little bit in Butuya Lord's Mansion that day.

"The sudden estrangement of the father and the plotting of the vassals may put him in a kind of..."

Hansel paused and thought about how to describe it, "In a state of persecution delusion."

Paul nodded: "Well... this is also possible, and then?"

Hansel said: "With all due respect, he may also have doubts when facing you."

Paul didn't understand very much: "Why is this happening?"

Hansel explained: "Thinking about it from his point of view, my father suddenly ignored me, my vassals wanted to plot against me, and my housekeeper wanted to plot against me. These people I usually trust If you have bad intentions for me, why should my allies be special?"

"Earl Gardner is probably ready for a hemorrhage. His relatives have passed away, his cronies are rebelling, and the army directly under him is fighting in the south, and he still doesn't know if he is loyal. If you have plans for him, he has violated your wishes. ..."

"Especially now that your army has already controlled Bairdin, and his fate is already in your hands, I suspect that the rhetoric of becoming a monk is also intentional, deliberately luring you to reveal your intentions. "

Paul did have a bit of "something else going on," but he didn't want the whole of Bairding.

He shook his head and said, "McLone would not be so scheming. Hansel, you are still talking about others, aren't you looking at things with conspiracy theories?"

Paul patted Hansel on the shoulder, "Look aside, this world is still very beautiful."

Hansel's face flushed slightly, and he cleared his throat to hide his embarrassment: "Anyway, congratulations on winning a complete county, which will be of great benefit to your future plans."

Paul looked him in the eyes and said, "It's also good for your career."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Indeed, regardless of McLone's sincerity, controlling Bairding has brought Paul huge benefits, not only in the future, but also in the present.

After Paul ordered the affairs officer to conduct a census of the territory, he got such data: the entire Earl of Arda has a total of about 60,000 people, distributed in 10 large towns including Huxin Town and Fulan Port, and more than 50 people. in a natural village. With the current army size of more than 1,300 people, basically 40 to 50 civilians support a professional soldier. If it is an ordinary soldier of this era, it is fine, but for the new type of army established by Paul, it is very reluctant with the productivity level of this era. up.

After controlling Bairding, this pressure will disappear. It is roughly estimated that the population of the Earl of Bairding can be around 80,000 to 90,000.

In order to be able to manage the affairs of the two territories as a whole, Paul decided to set up an administrative organization called the "Government Council".

After discussing with everyone, the Government Council will be temporarily divided into seven departments: the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Fisheries, the Ministry of Forestry, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of Intelligence, with Old Ford as the head of the Council.

The head of the Ministry of Finance is concurrently held by the old Ford.

Hansel was invited to be the director of the Ministry of Agriculture, and now he is the one who cares most about food issues in Huxin Town. When he got Paul's invitation, he immediately agreed.

Cecil will no longer be in charge of forestry affairs, and will be the head of the intelligence department full-time. Although the intelligence department belongs to the State Council, it is directly responsible to Paul himself.

The head of the forestry department will be Cecil's former deputy in forestryThe head of the fisheries department will be the tax collector who was originally responsible for collecting taxes from fishermen.

The head of the Department of Public Safety is Ruth Hayden, platoon leader of the 2nd Platoon of the Internal Guards, who will be responsible for forming a force named "Police".

The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Education will be temporarily in charge of Paul himself, and he is not at ease in handing over these two departments to anyone.

In the past, the directors of various affairs in the territory basically worked in their own homes, and only went to the lord's mansion when they had something to do or needed a meeting. With the establishment of the Government Affairs Council, the improvement of various departments, and the increase in the need for confidentiality, it is obviously no longer appropriate to continue this kind of office.

As a result, a group of private houses near the Lord's Mansion were requisitioned for a fee, and after being repaired, they will be used as fixed office places for various departments.

Paul also formulated the attendance system for the clerical officer. In the future, people in various departments will have to live a hard life of signing in and commuting every day, and they will be punished for being late or leaving early without reason.

In order to test the teaching effect of the "Wess Academy" established not long ago, and to find a batch of ducks that can catch up to the shelves to fill the gaps of various departmental affairs officers, Paul decided to hold an exam in Huxin Town. The exam is very simple:

One is writing ability, being able to write a self-introduction that can be understood by others, typos will not be considered for the time being;

The second is reading ability, able to read out more than 80% of the words in a long paragraph, and be able to express the meaning of the word in a precise manner;

The third is calculation ability, can add and subtract numbers within 100, multiplication and division are not required;

Fourth, you must not spell your own name wrong.

If all the above four items are up to standard, very good, from now on you will be a glorious government affairs officer, and you can receive a fixed salary every month to support your family.

After the news was released, people who signed up came one after another.