A week later, Roland returned to the border area from Changsong Fortress.
As soon as he entered the castle, he received two pieces of good news, the first one was brought by Barov, "Your Majesty, the astrologers from the old capital have arrived in Neverwinter three days ago, together with craftsmen, apprentices and their families. Together, there are 312 people in total. I placed all nine astrologers in the diplomatic building, and the others were temporarily arranged in the reception area."
This group of people finally came. Roland pondered for a while and then ordered, "We will hold a welcome banquet in the square in the evening. I want to let all the people know that Neverwinter City has another sage's learning."
Like alchemy, astrology has a high reputation among the people, and generally only the capital will have both organizations at the same time. Now that the astrological associations have all rushed to the West, the name of Neverwinter's new capital is more easily accepted by everyone.
But Roland doesn't need this astrological divination. What he really likes is the computing power of astrologers. For the mathematics of this era, they are definitely at the forefront. Whether calculating the calendar or estimating the orbits of the stars, a lot of calculations are required. With the relevant knowledge of middle and advanced mathematics, they can undoubtedly go further on the original basis.
He intends to set up a mathematics academy, so that these people can devote their time to computing, except for occasionally watching the star of the world. Whether it is laying rails, building large ships in the future, or installing fortress guns on mountains, or writing shooting manuals, they will need their assistance.
"Yes, Your Majesty," Barov nodded, then asked, "I don't know if your trip to the long song..."
"There are a lot of problems," Roland didn't need to hide from the city hall manager, "Changge's second-level city hall has already experienced malfeasance and abuse, and a lot of forged accounts have been found in the book, even from the border area. Among the officials who were transferred, two people who were greedy for ink were caught."
Hearing this sentence, Barov couldn't help swallowing, "Is it my disciple?"
Roland was amused by the other party's cautious appearance, and he shook his head helplessly, "Even if they are your disciples, I won't blame you, don't worry."
"Your Majesty is wise," Barov said hurriedly, "then it was the resident of the original town?"
"Well, the second batch of graduates will enter the city hall after passing the assessment, and then they will be transferred to the Changge District with the entire team," Roland sighed. "As of today, it has only been less than a year."
At present, the city hall has cultivated a group of semi-leading groups, one is Changge District, which is almost completely copied according to the model of Border Town, plus the local honeysuckle Peiro, Elk Rain, and some minor nobles. Below this side, the rest is readily available.
The other half was the group that went to the Falling Dragon Territory. There were not many people. In addition to assisting Earl Speer to maintain the political situation, the secondary task was to try to establish the framework of a second-level city hall.
With the Northland bachelor brought back by Edith Kant participating in the city hall's governance study, perhaps in a short period of time, Roland will be able to make up another half.
He has already reserved this group of people to the extreme south.
In terms of what talent is the most scarce, it is undoubtedly these local officials who can implement their own will.
Without them as the foundation, even if Roland built the entire Graycastle, he would not be able to quickly concentrate the kingdom's resources. Local government is an important part of centralization. He can use witches to quickly advance the level of technology, but he can't conjure a large number of medium, Lower-level officials come.
Those enfeoffed nobles would never obey his orders obediently. In the eyes of the feudalists, the only important thing was the one-third of the land they occupied.
Therefore, every person with administrative experience is a rare treasure. Now that he has lost several people at once, Roland is naturally a little gloomy. Although the corruption of the organization was inevitable, he thought it would last for more than ten years, but he did not expect such a problem to occur in just one year. And the two Mo greedy people are all from commoners, which also proves from a certain aspect that once they have power, they may be more likely to lose their way than the nobles.
"Those who break the law..."
"I've dealt with it seriously," Roland said, spreading his hands, "in order to set an example for others."
This should be able to maintain the ability to use Nightingale and Scroll for a few years, and it is not a problem to maintain the integrity of the organization for the time being, but he also knows that this cannot continue forever, otherwise the witch will easily be pushed to the forefront again, and the next time the enemy will come from within.
"Let everyone in the city hall gather in the castle hall tomorrow. I will hold a short meeting for them myself to talk about the importance of discipline and responsibility."
Of course, there are rewards and punishments. In the face of the high pressure and broad prospects of the Battle of Divine Will, they should know how to choose.
"Yes, Your Majesty," Barov bowed.
Looking at the back of the old manager leaving, Roland took a sip of tea with satisfaction.
He knows that the other party serves his own purpose, pursues power and enjoys the satisfaction brought by power itself, and at the same time can use power better. Barov is undoubtedly a person who is very suitable for the new regime. Perhaps in the future city hall, only he can compete with Edith's edge.
The second piece of good news comes from Wendy.
"Evelynn's abilities have evolved?" Roland was slightly taken aback when he heard the news.
In his impression, Evelyn's various magic power indicators are very balanced, and they don't seem to be outstanding. He didn't expect that she would become the first evolved witch on Sleeping Island, which really surprised him.
"Yes... Agatha has confirmed this, but..." Wendy smiled bitterly, "The ability after evolution is too weird, I don't know how to describe it."
"Bring her to the office to meet me," he said with interest.
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When Evelyn walked into the third floor of the castle, she was carrying several glass bottles.
Roland noticed that each bottle contained liquids of different shades.
"Her magic looks like a gray ball..." Nightingale's voice came from her ear, "but the shape is not fixed."
"What about the total amount of magic power?"
"The growth rate is good, and it is currently between Ye Ye and Agatha."
Roland nodded and looked at Evelyn, "What's in here?"
"The drinks I've created with my abilities these days," her tone seemed to be a little low, "they taste different, and I have absolutely no control over the final result... The only thing in common is that they all drink."
"Drinks?"
Roland's curiosity flooded into his heart uncontrollably.
He found a few cups and poured himself a cup of each.
When he took the first sip of the light blue drink, he tasted an indescribable deliciousness, like a mixture of various juices, with a hint of refreshing coldness.
Heck, just drink it? It's delicious too!
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