Chapter 483

Akalande agreed so happily, which made Ren feel strange.

The eyes of the soul also saw that Akalande's emotions were far more intense than they appeared on the surface, extremely excited and high-pitched, as if a long-cherished wish that had been unattainable for many years had finally been fulfilled, as if being able to participate in the construction of the Principality of Augustus was a Supreme glory.

"what's the situation?"

Ren murmured in his heart, and said in surprise: "Can you make the decision for the Mechanics Union? This is not a trivial matter."

What he meant was that Akalande should at least go back and report to the mysterious president.

Akalande froze for a moment, as if trying to cover up something, he explained: "If you offer such a big business to the mechanic union, the chairman will definitely not refuse it. I promise you in advance that there is no problem."

Sure enough, there is a problem!

Ren's heart is like a mirror, but his face is calm, "You'd better communicate with the president, and then give me a clear answer."

"Okay!" Akalande nodded repeatedly.

However, the eyes of the soul still saw very clearly. Although Akalande seemed to have calmed down, he was actually very excited, wishing to leave immediately and return to the empire.

Next, Ryan roughly talked about his plan.

First of all, the first thing is to build roads.

To get rich, build roads first! This is a well-known saying in the previous life. Many people got rid of poverty by relying on these six words, and the economic benefits generated have stimulated the development of the entire region.

Rennes plans to use the highest standards to build the highest standard roads for the seven cities under the Principality's rule to connect them with each other. The streets in the city will also be re-planned and managed centrally, and new urban areas will be developed outside the city to accommodate more people.

At the same time, a railway will be built through the dragon forest to the port terminal of Kingsland.

The second is universal education and worker training.

This requires cooperation with schools and factories to liberate labor from the land, improve personal productivity, and fully tap human resources.

The third is to establish a new governance system.

The Principality of Augustus is no longer a backward feudal country. Except for Ren himself, there are no real nobles anymore, and all the land belongs to Ren himself. He will appoint the best and the best, appoint a mayor to each city, establish a city hall, and be fully responsible for the construction of a city.

The mayor does not look at his background, only his talent, and will inspect the mayor's performance every year.

Ren already has a set of ideas in his mind, roughly copying the municipal management system of his previous life, with finance, education, industry and commerce, health, public security, justice, etc., the initial concept has more than a dozen bureaus, the candidates for these key positions, the mayor only The right to nominate and ultimately appoint is in their own hands.

Every bureau chief, like the mayor, has to go through the screening of the eyes of the soul, and those who are unqualified will be replaced immediately.

People's hearts are unpredictable, especially in politics.

In the previous life, even the wisest ruler would inevitably be deceived by others, moths appeared under his command, corrupting the hearts of the team, and finally ended in a tragic end.

But it was different in Elenas, no matter how clever a mortal could be against a superhuman.

The eyes of the soul can penetrate people's hearts and easily distinguish loyalty from traitors.

Ren is confident that there will be no major mistakes, and no small actions can escape his own scrutiny.

Moreover, in the future, he will select a group of the most loyal Ultramarines as the backbone, and then replenish manpower from the Spearwing Knights, form a "trial court" that only obeys his own orders, patrol the entire territory of the Principality, clean up the fallen and monsters, and have surveillance The power of officials is to find out the outlaws hidden among the nobles and commoners, and when necessary, they can kill them first and then act later.

Wren's goal is to build a powerful industrial country, not capitalists who frantically squeeze surplus value.

Most of the profits produced by the people of the Principality will be turned into welfare and fed back to them. The ownership of the newly built factories, schools, hospitals and public facilities belongs to the Duke of Augustus, that is, Ren himself. In fact, it is a bit like the state-owned enterprises in the previous life. unit, uniform distribution of benefits.

A stable and orderly country with relatively happy people's lives, even if there are only a few million people, can provide extremely considerable power of faith, far exceeding that of the free-range missionary model.

Rennes stands to benefit massively from this, too.

One is wealth, and the other is population, which are essential elements for building a huge army.

The Spear Wing Knights will be greatly expanded. In the future, the main source of troops will come from the Principality of Augustus, and the most talented group will be selected from millions of people to become one of their most solid backings, second only to the Extreme Battle Group.

There is also a third benefit.

The development model of Augustus is like an experimental field. If the results are gratifying and the goddess approves, and He decides to expand the scale, then...

The corner of Ren's mouth was raised, and there seemed to be a flash of light in his eyes.

Akland became more surprised when he heard his plan, but he also became more excited when he heard it. He couldn't wait to say: "Ren, I'll go back and contact the president right now. You wait for my good news."

Ren had already seen that he couldn't sit still, so he nodded.

After personally sending Akalande into the teleportation array, Ren turned and entered the main hall of Dragon's Back Fort, where many people had been waiting for a long time.

"Meet Your Excellency the Duke."

Ren took the main seat in the hall, and a group of people below saluted in black.

These people are the upper echelons of Longji City, nobles, businessmen, superhumans, and representatives of all walks of life, all of whom are famous and prestigious people in the city. During this period of time, the power in Longji City was empty, and they jointly organized an extraordinary guard to maintain order in the city.

Of course, taking advantage of the good opportunity to control the city, these people did not forget to use their hands to reap benefits for themselves.

They were suddenly summoned by the Spear Wing Knight, and they didn't know what the new Duke had planned, so they were all uncertain and anxious.

Ren's eyes swept over everyone, and he read the thoughts of these more than a hundred people, and said softly:

"You don't need to be too polite, everyone sit down."

After a clattering sound, Ren continued: "I invite you to Dragon's Back Fort today. I have a few things to announce."

The people below are all refreshed, knowing that the next words will affect their future.

"The first piece."

Ren held up a finger, "Dragon's Back City will become the capital of the Principality of Augustus," he stretched out a second finger, "The Principality of Augustus will not have any real lords except me. .”

As soon as the words fell, there was a sound of astonishment in the hall.

Dragon's Back City was originally the domain of Viscount Felton. This family has been uprooted, but there are still a few vassals and lords alive under Felton. There are six people in total, each with a knight's land, and the area and population do not exceed A town that belongs to the lowest class of little nobles.

However, even a knight's land is a land that countless people dream of but cannot get.

Those six lords reacted the most intensely. They are all extraordinary people, and they are also the only real nobles in Longji City. They used to be loyal to Viscount Felton, and they did not follow Viscount Felton when he fled the city, nor did they participate in the war of usurping the throne that year, so they escaped Emily's revenge and purge.

Just as one of the lords was about to object, Ren looked over, as if a basin of ice water had been poured on his head, his face turned pale, and he couldn't say a word.

The other five noble lords were also trembling.

"I allow you to keep your titles of lords and the castle where your family lives." Ren said in an unquestionable tone: "Besides, all land ownership, tax collection rights and law enforcement rights in the territory will be transferred to Austria. Gustus family."

"After deprivation of the fiefdom, your family's private army must be disbanded on the spot. With the family as a unit, no more than ten extraordinary guards can be recruited at most."

"Whoever has a different opinion can raise it now."

Every word of Rennes is like a knife, piercing the hearts of the six noble lords. This is depriving them of their fief and glory. Without the land, how can the family survive?

However, in the face of an extraordinary person at the pinnacle of legend who personally killed Mark's King Slayer, and there were two teams of Ultramarines staring at him, no matter how many objections there were, no one dared to speak out.

Everyone was silent, and the hall was silent for half a minute.

In the end, no one dared to stand up against it.

"Very good." Ren smiled and said to the six noble lords: "I will give you three days to hand over the jurisdiction in the territory."

Then, he stretched out his third finger, "Dragon's Back City will appoint a mayor to manage this city for me. There is no limit to the mayor's background, age, or gender, as long as he has the confidence to be qualified for the position, Anyone can sign up."

"If the performance appraisal is excellent during the mayor period, I can consider granting the title of nobility."

"There are also more than a dozen positions second only to the mayor, each responsible for one aspect, with different rights and benefits."

Many people's eyes lit up.

They are very unfamiliar with the name mayor, and only a few people have heard that many cities in the empire have a mayor. Although according to the Lord Duke, the mayor is only a position and does not have a fiefdom, but the power in his hands is no less than that of the city lord.

Managing hundreds of thousands of people inside and outside Longji City is by no means an easy task.

But compared to the power that can be obtained, what is this?

Immediately, someone stood up and asked, "Your Excellency, what are the requirements for being the mayor? What is the criterion for being excellent in the assessment?"

This is what everyone wants to ask.

Ren took out a stack of materials and sent them out. This is the process he had written before, and said: "Everyone of you take a copy and go back and read it. I will also have people post notices in the city. Everyone has the same opportunity. One week later, those who participated in the registration will be arranged for an exam, and the content of the exam will be determined by me."

"Different positions have different examination contents, and each person can only apply for one position."

"The top five scores will qualify for the second interview. I will select the final winner from among the five and take up the corresponding position."

"Oh, that's right." Ren smiled at the crowd below, "I have all the right to explain this process and the results of the appointment."

Everyone in the hall looked at each other.

take an exam?

They had never heard of this method of recruiting officials for most of their lives, and Congatro didn't even have a decent school, let alone an exam.

This novel mode caused some people to shake their heads secretly, thinking that the new Lord Duke was just messing around.

But there are also people who are eager to try, as if they see the hope of getting ahead.

Ren didn't have the patience to explain more and asked everyone to dismiss and go home.

In less than half a day, the news spread throughout Longji City. Almost everyone heard that the Duke would pass an exam to appoint a mayor, who would be in charge of managing the entire Longji City.

All of a sudden, both the upper class nobles and the lower class civilians were talking about it.

There were people discussing it in the streets and alleys, in taverns and hotels, and the bulletin boards in the city were even more crowded with people, packed to the brim.

And the instigator of all this, Ren, has already taken Borch and the Ultramarines to Stream City. He spent three days traveling all over the Principality of Augustus, repeating the same process seven times, depriving the fiefs of the remaining nobles, and announcing his own policy plan.

Under the powerful suppression, no one dared to object.

At the same time, Ren used the eyes of the soul to screen loyal people in each city, and recruited a group of extraordinary people to form a temporary security team to carry out his will.

Of the seven territories in the Principality, two are in the northern part of the Dragon Forest, namely Dragon's Back City and Stream City.

These two territories have the largest population, occupying two-thirds of the entire principality. The terrain is flat and will become the economic center of the principality in the future.

The five territories south of the Dragon Forest originally belonged to the Principality of Lauberdil. Although the area is larger, the terrain is rugged, dominated by hills and mountains, and the population is scattered and difficult to manage. However, this area is rich in mineral resources, including many ash coal mines and iron mines. As long as the transportation problem is solved, it can provide a large amount of industrial raw materials.

Ren gradually had a blueprint for development in his mind.

After returning to Dragon's Back City on the fourth day, and returning to Glamorgan on the teleportation array, Akalande brought back good news. The president of the Mechanical Union had agreed to cooperate and gave a preliminary plan.

Ren looked through the plan of the Mechanical Union, manpower and material resources, mechanical equipment and various preparations. The amount was huge. Most of them were transported from the empire to the Principality of Augustus by ships and airships, and even prepared to take off and land at the airship landing site in Glamorgan. Build a long-distance teleportation array.

This generosity shows that the Mechanical Trade Union has spared no effort to support it.

Ren pondered for a long time, and the eyes of the soul observed Akalande from time to time, and noticed some clues from his urgent attitude.

It seems that the Mechanical Union is more concerned about building the principality than itself.

This is somewhat unusual.

He hesitated for a moment, then asked: "I wonder if I can have the honor to meet the President?"

"I'm sorry." Akalande smiled wryly, "The president's whereabouts are uncertain, and I managed to get in touch with him. He asked me to tell the Lord Duke that the Mechanics Union has no malicious intentions. On the contrary, the Mechanics Union is willing to reach a closer agreement with the Duke. In-depth and comprehensive cooperation."

"In order to show the sincerity of the mechanical union, the three million gold shields invested in the motorcycle factory are provided by the union, and His Excellency the Duke still owns 10% of the shares."

"The chairman also said that when the time is right, he will meet with the Duke."

Ren was even more curious.

The eyes of the soul confirmed that Akalande was not lying, and the conditions offered by the Mechanics Union were unbelievably good, giving away money, goods and people. There is no free lunch in the world. Obviously, the mysterious president either wants something from himself or has other plans. I am afraid that this huge favor will not be repaid in the future.

But it's not easy to refuse.

Not to mention, the Mechanics Union is a huge force in the empire, especially in terms of financial resources, it is unmatched, and I also need their support.

Ren thought for a long time, finally nodded and said: "Thank you, President, for me, and wish us a happy cooperation."