At the beginning of the second month of winter, Barov walked into Roland's office with a stack of notebooks.
As soon as he reached the desk, his gaze was drawn to a large color print on the desk. "This is... a map of the entire Western Region?"
"Not just the Western Region," Roland smiled, "It also includes part of the wilderness and the Misty Forest, especially this open space," he pointed to the area north of the Impassable Mountain Range, which Agatha called the Fertile Plains. "The area currently explored is nearly three times the size of the Western Region. If it can be reclaimed and utilized, it will be enough to support tens of thousands of people."
In order to completely eliminate the threat of the demon camp, he had Lightning and Maggie sweep the area, and they had drawn a map – since Maggie could now directly carry Soraya for mapping work, the resulting map was even more accurate. Although the mystery of the disappearance of the demon camp remained unsolved, the good news was that there were no signs of a second enemy camp within two hundred kilometers of Border Town.
"But the wilderness not only has evil beasts, but also the... terrible enemies you mentioned," Barov hesitated, "Isn't it too dangerous to reclaim to the northwest?"
"By then, the First Army should also have the strength to fight demons," Roland's finger moved slowly across the plains, "If we can't defeat these enemies, it doesn't matter where the territory is built."
Ever since demon scouts appeared in the Misty Forest, he realized that this news should no longer be concealed. In order to avoid the panic caused by sudden exposure, the Prince revealed the existence of demons to a small number of high-level officials. From the current acceptance situation, everyone's reaction was normal – of course, he also slightly suppressed the strength of the enemy, claiming that these enemies were basically equivalent to hybrid evil beasts, and did not reveal the history of the first two Battles of Divine Will.
Roland knew that he couldn't stay on the edge of the continent forever. Compared to the Four Kingdoms, the wilderness... or rather, the Fertile Plains, was where he should be operating. The area that had been explored so far was only a corner of the entire plain. One could imagine how vast the area occupied by humans was during the Second Battle of Divine Will.
He withdrew his finger, rolled up the map, and put it aside. "What do you have to report?"
"Yes, Your Highness," Barov nodded, and spread the notebook under his arm in front of the Prince, "I have drafted the expansion plan for the City Hall according to your requirements."
"Oh? Let me see."
In order to cope with the rapidly growing territory after the construction of the city, Roland formulated a new framework for future management organizations according to the functional departments of later generations' governments. In general, the entire upper department is divided into four major blocks: City Hall, Army, Security Bureau, and Witch Union.
According to the expansion plan, the new City Hall will assume the role of a cabinet or state council, and will also be the core institution of the entire territory. At that time, the number of personnel will increase to about five hundred, with six major departments under its jurisdiction: Finance, Diplomacy, Education, Agriculture, Industry, and Justice, and new departments can be added at any time according to needs. In addition, after unifying Graycastle, other cities can also follow suit and set up corresponding subordinate institutions, and hand them over to the City Hall for management.
In addition to combat personnel, the army also has independent production and medical departments as logistical support. Each army is assigned a commander-in-chief, who is responsible for specific combat matters, and the supreme power of the entire army rests with himself.
The Security Bureau is a secret organization hidden in the dark. Its funding does not go through the City Hall, and its members are not recorded in the archives. Its main function is to monitor internal security and corruption issues within the territory.
Finally, the Witch Union... Roland considered this organization for a long time, and finally decided to regard it as an independent department, rather than dispersing it and integrating the witches into other departments.
The reason is that the abilities of some witches differ greatly before and after evolution, and they can work across multiple departments – for example, Anna and Soraya can play an important role in everything from industry to agriculture to national defense and education.
Another point is that some witches who have not been assigned work for the time being do not necessarily mean that this will always be the case. Classifying them as a single category can effectively avoid dampening their enthusiasm, which is also what Wendy and Scroll have mentioned to him.
He hopes that in the future, the Witch Union will be able to operate on its own, including accepting witches, checking abilities,
and assigning work, all of which will be handled by themselves.
"Can you recruit so many literate people?" Roland asked, looking up after reading the plan of the Chief of City Hall. An institution of five hundred people is definitely huge in this era, and it requires everyone to be able to read and understand writing, which is almost impossible to achieve in other territories. The royal cities of various countries may be able to find so many literate people, but arrogant nobles will definitely not be willing to serve as apprentices.
"Adding the new batch of graduates, it should be no problem," Barov replied, "From the feedback from the recruitment announcements, the positions in the City Hall are the most popular."
It seems that civil servant fever is the same in every world... Roland couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth, "In that case, recruit people according to the above plan. The last task is to formulate laws."
"As long as you give me the main articles you mentioned last time, I will gather apprentices to complete the rest as soon as possible," the Chief of City Hall said with great interest.
"That's called the Basic Law," Roland smiled. It seemed that the workaholic was not only found among the witches – this was a good phenomenon for a new regime.
"By the way, Your Highness," Barov said, "If the City Hall is expanded according to the plan, the current building may not be able to accommodate so many people. Can we..."
"Build a new City Hall?" The Prince nodded, "Of course. I will arrange for Karl to implement it." In the eyes of the people, this is equivalent to the face of the Lord – they rarely have the opportunity to step into the castle, but they often go to the City Hall to do business. A certain degree of luxury and grandeur is still necessary. Too simple and accessible will reduce the people's trust in me.
After Barov took his leave, Roland had the guard call Priesthood. Disa, the knight from the Elk family.
He had obviously gained weight in the six months since they had last met. His face was plumper and his cheeks were flushed, indicating that he was living a good life.
"Recently, there have been many more eggs and poultry in the convenience market. This is all thanks to you," Roland smiled. "It seems you really have a way with raising chickens and ducks."
"Hehe..." he said a little embarrassedly, "I wouldn't be able to do this without your initial support."
The road to farming was not smooth sailing. At first, there was also chicken plague, which led to the death of a large number of chickens. With the idea of paying tuition, Roland did not throw him into the mine, but continued to buy chicks from the fortress and give them to him to raise. Now Priesthood. can be regarded as one of the irreplaceable talents in the town.
"I plan to let you work in the City Hall, under the Department of Agriculture. Are you willing?"
"Your Highness, you... won't let me continue to raise chickens and ducks?" Priesthood. was slightly stunned.
"Of course not. You've done a great job, so I hope you can encourage more people to get involved in this industry," Roland encouraged. "Next, I plan to expand the scale of breeding dozens of times. You and your family definitely won't be able to take care of it all. After joining the City Hall, you can pass on your experience to more people and guide them on how to raise them."
With Lily's ability to sterilize and prevent epidemics, the most difficult hurdle in animal husbandry no longer exists. Not only chickens and ducks, but also the breeding of large livestock such as cattle and sheep are obviously within the Prince's expansion plan.
"This is undoubtedly a great job, no less than the honor brought by the identity of a knight," the Prince paused, and then said, "One day, eggs and poultry will be served on the table of every household in the Western Region, and when they see these delicious foods, everyone will remember your name. What do you think?"
"I... am willing to serve you." Priesthood. Disa clenched his fist to his chest excitedly and responded with a bow.
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