"I only mention the framework and basic requirements here. How to implement it is up to you to negotiate and deploy. The general person in charge is Barov Mons."
"As ordered." The chief patted his chest quickly.
Roland nodded with satisfaction. After years of experience, Barov had developed the habit of obeying and trying his best to implement no matter how unreasonable the order sounded.
The interconnected structure of the Executive Office is also sufficient to support the resources needed to "focus on big things."
"Then listen carefully." Roland motioned Nightingale to paste the white cloth prepared in advance on the blackboard, "First of all, it is for the equal migration within the Kingdom of Greycastle..."
"Oh..." Seeing the content on the cloth, everyone's eyes lit up.
I saw Bai Bu explained several features of the policy in the form of pictures and texts. The words were concise and comprehensive, and the priorities were clear. It can be called at a glance. This is the original manual version of the ppt demonstration, and it is Soraya who provides technical support. As a drawing dog who used to work in a design institute, doing ppt tricks is just a basic skill. Compared with the boring empty talk that is easy to lose key information, this kind of explanation is obviously more attractive.
The population distribution of Graycastle has obvious characteristics of the times. After the great nobles become the lords, they will gradually build a city, while the surrounding land will be assigned to the lower nobles, and so on. With the growth of the population and the accumulation of wealth, the consumption of big cities will become higher and higher, so that they can no longer maintain the supply, thus transferring this burden to the surrounding villages and towns, and finally forming a situation in which most people support a small number of people .
This situation not only limits the size of the city, but also basically solidifies class mobility. Those big cities seem to be very populous and lively, but they are just compared to individual small towns. In fact, the total population of the surrounding towns and villages is much larger than the cities it supports.
However, Roland also knew that this backwardness had nothing to do with right or wrong, and was purely caused by low productivity. Under the condition that the production level does not meet the requirements of reform, most of the labor force is firmly bound to the land, and they can only enjoy a small amount of their own output throughout their lives, and the rest of the harvest is turned over to the nobles to maintain their freshness. A decent life for a furious horse.
When recruiting refugees in the past few years, the Executive Office also paid attention to the changes in the local population, and made a rough estimate, and finally came to the conclusion that the population of Graycastle should be between 2 million and 4 million. The battle between the three princesses and the plague launched by the church caused losses of almost 500,000 to 600,000 people, and also turned the Eagle City in the south and the Golden Spike City in the east into ruins. Even so, there are still a large number of people scattered all over Greycastle, and only a handful of people have flowed into the western border.
And he wasn't going to let this go on any longer.
The distribution and planting of the Golden No. 2 wheat seed will see results in one month, or the arrival of a bumper harvest can now be predicted. High-yield cotton has also been rolled out in the port of Clear Water, and it will not be long before enough cloth can be delivered to all parts of the kingdom. Big cities no longer need ten times their own population to supply supplies. Now the output of one person is enough to equal the hard work of ten or even twenty people in the past.
In addition, Graycastle has also completed the nominal unification, and the powers of all regions have returned to the center.
Now it can be said that the software and hardware for the forced migration are already available, and it is the best time to implement it.
The so-called relocation of equals, in simple terms, is to give equal conditions to immigrants to reduce the dissatisfaction caused by forced relocation.
For example, if the relocated person owns a residence in the village with two acres of land, then after arriving in Neverwinter City, the Administrative Office will also allocate the same resources to him in the newly developed territory. This will not only speed up the development of the northwest plain, but also effectively alleviate Neverwinter's lack of manpower.
Of course, no matter how nice it sounds, Roland knows that "force" is what it really is. Whether he wants to or not, he must leave his familiar homeland and go to an unfamiliar city with daze and anxiety. This process is destined to not be so gentle.
Driving people out of the land and letting them enter the city and join the factory is by no means as simple as "unshackled". This period of change in history can be described as bloody. First, the land cultivated by the villagers was annexed through reclamation, occupation and expulsion, leaving them with nothing but themselves, and then the whip and regulations were used to restrict their whereabouts. Some countries even promulgated decrees that allow the execution of refugees who have not worked for a long time to force them to join large-scale production.
Although Roland asked himself that he couldn't do it to such an extent, and planned to compensate him after the relocation, the original intention of coercion would not change because of this.
He knew exactly what he was doing.
As for the second cross-border recruitment, it is an exotic version of forced migration.
Unlike Dawn, which was the least affected, both Yongdong and Langxin fell into the hands of the church and lost their de jure rulers of the kingdom one after another. According to the information collected by Hill, these two kingdoms have not yet returned to normal. There are many lords in various places, but all the powerful lords claim that they have found the illegitimate bloodline left by the previous king. state.
As a result, the plan of acting as a king like Chenxi obviously won't work.
"You mean... dispatch the First Army?" Barov was slightly startled when he saw the new white cloth.
"Do you think those nobles will sit back and watch us 'take' their property?" Roland took a sip of tea and said, "I think they don't care about anything other than power, wealth and wider territory, whether it's the devil. , or the battle of divine will. Of course, the truth still has to be told, as for whether they will listen or not, that is another matter."
"I'll let them listen, Your Majesty." Iron Axe said solemnly.
There is no doubt that cross-border recruitment will be much more than domestic migration**. There is no guarantee of food production by Golden No. 2. After a large number of outer people are relocated, the urban ecosystem will also collapse due to insufficient supply. This act is no different from war, the only difference is that plundering is much less expensive than occupation.
The First Army is the strongest guarantee that the plan can be implemented.
The combined population of Eternal Winter and Wolf Heart is about three million, excluding those unfortunate people who died in the church war, at least one and a half million fresh labor can be injected into Neverwinter City. This big migration may take several years to complete, but it is the most direct part of the promotion. It is because he has the spare energy to stretch his hands outside the country that he will set Barov the goal of doubling it within a year or even half a year.
"Your Majesty, do you have any specific requirements for these recruits?" asked the steward, "such as artisans, farmers, or literate people..."
There have been similar screenings in the past, but at that time it was a helpless move when the money was too small, and now the situation is completely different.
"No," Roland stretched out his palms and clenched them into fists, "I want them all."
"I... Understood." Barov wiped the fine sweat from his forehead.
"Next is the last item," he asked Nightingale to put on the last piece of white cloth ppt, "The Executive Office should encourage citizens to have children through propaganda, tax cuts, incentives and other means. Although compared with the first two policies, it is difficult to Seeing results in the short term is the most important part of the whole plan.”
Having said this, he paused and looked at everyone with a smile, "As for this, I hope everyone here can start from themselves."