Chapter 160 - Gustav Iron

"Good Morning Sire. How was your sleep?" Asked Seer, the personal assistant of King Zar. 

"Yes yes. I was a bit anxious though, I lost a bit of sleep over it. We will finally be able to start this project and I just urge for everything to go right." The messenger arrived yesterday with the Contract signed. While today, they make their way to start this amazing task. "If only we could of gotten enough Governors." Getting governors at such short notice became a tricky task of course, but it didn't go entirely downhill.

"Sire. We have enough Governors to deal with the Current new income there. As for the rest, we will train some apprentices here as fast as we can and encourage Guard Commander Delrus Aze to scope out Craftsmen with Managing potential and allow the Governors to train them to a deserved position." Expressed Seer. Getting Governors has been a big hassle. Because appropriate Governors would be considered those who have enough qualifications, enough experience to host one specific task primarily. Most of which have to do with crafting, however the higher positions have to do with gold.

The good thing is, Seer was able to find a fairly qualified Business Governor. A business governor's responsibility, is to bundle up several people of any craft, appoint a manager on them and convert the work that bundle of people put in, into a profit. So since it isn't nearly easy to find a manager, he first will have to deal with craftsmen of different fields. Later on when finding managers will be an easier task to tackle, he will be only dealing with managers.

Who did King Zar trust with such an important position? An oldish man of course! Wait, that didn't come out right. What I mean is, he trusts a retired man with the job. A retired businessman who recently rented a house here in Pameres Kingdom for temporary purposes. Apparently, this ill.u.s.tratian man wants a house in the Clear Lands. To live the rest of his life, away from the crowd, away from Kingdoms and the people in it. This man will have to live in the clear lands alone, for quite a long time. He is only 45 years old.

Gustav Iron is what this man is known as. And although the name recommends, this man isn't a Blacksmith or a Warrior. He doesn't have any Iron body parts either. His last name doesn't link to any personal trait or to his business. He is a farmer, coming from the Capital of Meridionali Ignis. Perhaps "A farmer" isn't the best word to describe his past years of experience. But that's how he started. He started as a farmer, and ended up owning his own farm, holding a hundred employees. He started his business at 32, and ended up making enough to retire at 45.

He didn't even close down the farm after he retired. He appointed a skilled manager there, and after every harvest season, the profit of which the farm obtains, will be sent to him and of course the expenses required for next year's planting season will be held back by the manager. He still makes a tremendous profit each year though.

Now I might of goten you confused, a retired ill.u.s.tratio man agreeing to help a small town of Ignites? How? When King Zar asked why he chose Pameres Kingdom out of so many domains, Gustav's reply was simple. "I don't fancy the ill.u.s.tratian Alliance. I chose to stand with what faction I see having better intends." He insisted on buying a piece of land a couple of kilometers away from Pameres Kingdom. And he did, although the land wasn't too big, it did stretch a hundred meters long and wide. Specifically, it cost him 10,000 Gold Coins. But owning a business who has over 100 Employees, made that price look like a small bag of coins.

His sympathy for the Ignites, didn't end there. His form of patriotism? He made a big donation. Well more like another investment. But also a donation. A bit confusing, but since he noticed that other domains might take up to 30% of Bale Town's budget when combined, he only asked for 5% of the future profits. 5 out of 100? It isn't too big, but it isn't too small either. Compared to the investment he made, its something small to ask. In a town of which holds 250 locals, he invested 150,000 Gold Coins. 150,000! He solved most of the town's problems with that donation and relieved a lot of burden from King Zar too. But on the other hand, he added different burdens.

Now since there will be a budget to work with, the Governing party needs the rest of the Governing team. Because everything will happen under a month. Profit might even occur after that month.

The governing team currently only has four people. The Business Governor(Gustav Iron), One Business Manager that specializes in Blacksmithery, one Business Manager that specializes in Stonemasonry and one Business Manager that specializes in Building Construction.

These three Business Managers were easy to find since they are considered low rank in the governing game. They even worked on Pameres Kingdom until now. Zar chose the best of the best for this task. However to fill the employee gap in this crisis, he immediately hired a few more inexperienced people. Zar can't wait a year for these three Employees to return, and since they have the freedom of choice, they might decide to live there after the project. Which can be understandable. But if they chose to return, their positions are there for them to take and use, and of course the experienceless won't be fired.

Salary Managers and Budget Managers however, are too hard to find. Seer has a couple in training but they aren't quite ready yet. So King Zar has to start this task with the group of Four Governors, because with only a year on their hands, there is no time to waste.