Gawain couldn't explain his plans and long-term plans to others—even the most trustworthy people like Rebecca and Hetty, he couldn't explain to them exactly what he was thinking, so all he could do was Take apart your grand plans, break them down into stages and details, and then slowly build them up.
What he did today can be said to be the most basic part of it, and even the construction of this territory is just the foundation.
As for Rebecca and Hetty, Gawain let them see the unbelievable side of those commoners and serfs.
They have never seen that civilians and serfs can work with such high enthusiasm, and can complete the jobs that they were absolutely unable to do well in the past quickly and well.
They thought it was Gawain's promise of "you can eat meat at night" to motivate these people, and it was true.
It is still too early to build the so-called upsurge of people's self-confidence and labor glory. Using a meal of meat to stimulate the enthusiasm of the labor force is the simplest and most effective way.
Back in the tent in the center of the camp, Gawain found a pen and paper and began to record some things. At the same time, he ordered the Knight Byron who followed: "Send two people to cook the meat and prepare a portion for ten people. In addition , As long as they are involved in labor, they will be fed with vegetable soup and black bread, and we still have plenty of food. In the early days of the territory's construction, no one should fall ill due to cold and hunger."
"Do you really want to prepare meat for ten people?" Byron asked a little surprised.
Gao Wen answered as it should: "Of course, I must fulfill my promise. Is there any problem?"
"I thought you were just going to make a pot of broth," Byron explained, "just a few pieces of meat the size of a walnut, add vegetables, make a big pot of soup, and those people will be grateful."
"Do as I say," Gao Wen waved his hand, "I won't allow any discount on the promise I made. By the way, let the cook set up a big pot in the most conspicuous place of the camp, and I want everyone to see the stew. The sight of the meat, and at the same time let the soldiers maintain order by the side, and no one is allowed to loot."
Knight Byron bowed with a slightly strange expression, and left after taking orders.
Gao Wen noticed the sight from the side, he turned his head and found that Amber was staring at him without blinking.
"What are you looking at?" He moved his neck uncomfortably, "Is there something on my face?"
"I wonder if you were possessed by something that affects your mind when you were in the treasury, but it doesn't look like it," Amber said seriously, "I've never heard of a nobleman who would take the initiative to cut Own wealth of…”
Gao Wen felt a little funny: "Do you think my actions are reducing my wealth?"
"Otherwise?" Amber spread her hands, "Turning serfs into free people means that in the future, they only need to give you a part of the food they grow, and you have to pay wages to free people, which is even more out of your own pocket. Paying for money... Can nobles do this?"
"If I asked you to help me paint the walls, how much can you do in a day with no money but orders?"
Amber thought for a while: "I'll steal a few coins from your pocket, hire a boy from the utility room and ask him to do it for me, and use the rest of the money for wine!"
Gao Wen: "...I'm full to reason with you, the shame of all things!"
Amber: "Why am I a shame on all things!"
At this time Hetty walked into the tent and interrupted Amber's eruption, the lady still had an expression of disbelief on her face: "Ancestor, it's simply incredible, they have never worked so hard—especially those serfs, They don't even need an overseer and they get things done..."
"Because they were only working for the lord before, but now their work is closely related to their food," Gao Wen said without any surprise, "This is just the first step, as you can already see, it takes more than we For what we paid for food and wages, we got much more."
"I also thought about motivating them to work, but I didn't do it to this extent," Hetty shook her head, "I don't dare to think about what the future of the territory will be if these systems are really continued. Sample."
Gao Wen laughed: "It will definitely develop in a good direction, you just have to trust me. And what I did today is just the first step, come and take a look..."
He has been writing and drawing on a few pieces of paper since just now. Amber leaned over to look at it before and got bored and stopped paying attention, but now Hetty came over obediently after hearing Gawain's order: " What's this?"
The paper was full of sentences she couldn't understand, and it looked more like a pile of strange nouns, such as working groups, such as competition and contracting, such as assessment methods and efficiency statistics, and on the other several sheets were written The words of the mid-term plan, which are general education, magic talent census, talent introduction, etc., seem even more puzzling.
"These are all things I've come up with during this period of time, but I haven't had the time to implement them before. Now that the construction of the territory has started, those things should be included in the agenda," Gao Wen pointed to the top one. Paper, "These things may be difficult for many commoners and serfs to understand, so I will tell you first, and then you will tell them to the Knights of Byron and the people in charge of the work, and then repeat these to everyone— By the way, where is Rebecca?"
"She... is helping to burn the weeds and bushes on the south side of the river beach," Hetty said, "This is also one of the ways she usually practices magic."
The corner of Gao Wen's mouth twitched: "Let her come too, it's the same any time you practice the big fireball."
Soon Rebecca was called in. The Viscountess's face was dark and her body smelled of smoke and fire. Rather than saying that she went to practice magic, it was more like she just got out of the kitchen—no wonder Up to now, it will be a big fireball.
"Let me tell you about the working shift system in the camp." Gawain spread out his schedule and explained in detail, "First of all, the working group—I ask all the labor force to be divided into groups of five to ten people, and then The team assigns work content and shift breaks to the unit...
"All groups must report to their supervisors before starting work, and also report when they finish work. The supervisors are responsible for counting the work of each group. In addition, each group has a team leader who is responsible for assigning work within the group...
"The team leader asked them to choose by themselves, and told them that the team leader is not fixed. If a team leader affects work efficiency, or deceives the supervisor and the lord, he will be replaced immediately.
"Assess the effectiveness of the work according to the group as a unit, the whole group rewards, the whole group punishment, the reward and punishment system and the competition mechanism, I will talk about it later...
"As for the scoring system I mentioned earlier, considering that most people can't read or write, let Heidi record the completion status of each team first. Let's discuss the specific contribution counts later...
"Also we're going to have a discussion about how each group will record the collection and return of tools."
Gawain said a lot of things in one breath, not only Rebecca, but even Hetty became dizzy. The latter stared blankly at Gawain while talking and continued to write and draw on the paper. Previously, there was only a noun Soon there were some scribbled shorthand content under the entry, and she couldn't help being a little confused: "Ancestor, making a simple job so complicated, won't it reduce...efficiency instead?"
"These systems only look complicated, but at the end of the system, that is, the commoners and serfs, they only need to work quickly and well to get benefits. After they taste the sweetness, they will naturally abide by it seriously. When they start to comply, you will see more amazing efficiency than pitching a tent today. Of course, it may be difficult to implement at the beginning, so you have to keep preaching them and explaining them. Besides, It has to be enforced, enforced, no why — just tell them this is Cecil's new law."
At this time, Gao Wen couldn't help but be grateful for this backward era. The people's wisdom is not yet developed. Both the free people and the slave class take obedience to orders for granted. The words of the lord are absolute, and the so-called "untouchables" have no There is no room for resistance. In this case, many of his ideas can be implemented without much explanation...
However, this is not the situation that Gawain wants. His purpose is to break this environment, so that every "untouchable" in Cecil's territory is no longer a untouchable, but a living person.
He needs people, lots of people.
Because what he wants to do, it is impossible to accomplish it with his own strength.
That's why he asked Hetty to continue to preach these systems to the people while forcing them to be promoted. It doesn't matter if the common people don't understand now, they will understand one day.
Hetty is not stupid, she has enough wisdom, and her insights are already far ahead of the contemporary aristocratic class, so after Gawain explained and she thought for a while, she has already fainted Understanding the meaning of doing so, he nodded and agreed.
"Then what about me?" Seeing that Aunt Hetty already had a mission, Rebecca couldn't help coming up excitedly, "What am I doing?"
The viscountess, who was the lord of Lord Cecil not long ago, had completely put herself in the position of Gawain's assistant at this time.
"Take some people to investigate the soil quality tomorrow, and confirm the difficulty of opening up wasteland and the scope of opening up wasteland in the initial stage. Don't run too far."
While talking, Gao Wen quickly sketched a rough map on a piece of white paper next to him. It was a large area centered on the river beach, and he also marked the distance numbers of various places on it, even though it was just a sketch It wasn't even a contour line, but Rebecca was taken aback for a moment.
"You just go according to this range—don't worry about the places outside the range."
Rebecca took the "map" in a daze: "Oh... oh..."
Amber next to him looked at Gao Wen as if he was looking at a monster: "You...were all the guys who did the second pioneering work back then monsters?"
Gao Wen thought about it, and felt that other old guys from seven hundred years ago would not jump out of their graves to beat him, so he said nonsense: "That's right, it's us who draw a topographic map of half the kingdom with our eyes closed. The standard configuration of generations."
Amber: "…"