"My lord, I have a question..." Steward Hanske, who is in charge of the statistics department, stood up: "As you said, we will build a city wall of more than 20 miles and a long embankment of nearly a hundred miles along the river, as well as build a seaport. Clearing up the monsters in the black mud swamp on the family territory will be a huge and time-consuming engineering project. So how much manpower and material resources will the family decide to invest, and how to allocate resources?"
Lorist nodded at Steward Hansk, and tapped the hanging map of the Black Mire Swamp with a small wooden stick: "This is still the family's future strategic vision, and it will take everyone's unremitting efforts to achieve this goal. But this plan has nothing to do with Once the family's long-term stability and prosperity in the next hundred years is achieved, the family territory will no longer be a remote northern border, but will become a frontier base for human beings to explore wild and unknown regions.
This estuary plan has a profound impact on the development and growth of the family. The family is very determined to invest in various resources, manpower and material resources. Regardless of the cost, we will devote all our support to the development and construction. No matter how long it takes, we have to complete this strategic deployment. Now Master Siropa and Mr. Sangben please stand up for a moment..."
At the back of the hall, Master Si Luoba and the dark-skinned Sang Ben stood up.
Maybe it was because of the busy schedule, or maybe it was Miss Teresy who felt sorry for Master Silobal, so she found two maids for him. Because of the proper care, Master Silobal looked good, and he didn't look as bad as he did when he first met Lorist. Feeling terrified and uneasy, although still a little cramped, at least he is calm and composed in the face of many curious eyes in the hall.
As for Sang Ben, the talent who was promoted by Miss Teresy from the first 2,000 slave laborers of the Kenmes family, has been in a series of Fengleyuan settlement villages and defensive facilities and walled houses in central towns. The construction of the district has gained the trust of Lorist. This is the first time he and Master Ciroba have participated in the Norton family meeting, so they are a little embarrassed under the gaze of everyone in the hall.
"We have to thank Master Siluoba and Mr. Sangben. Under the guard of the guard camp, they spent more than half a year carefully surveying the black mud swamp and the mouth of the Blade's Edge Mountains on the family territory. We have encountered several life-threatening situations. But their efforts have given us the steps and methods to realize the family’s future strategic plan.
From today, we will set up an engineering construction department, headed by Master Siluoba, and Mr. Sang Ben as his deputy, responsible for all engineering construction projects in this estuary plan, and all departments of the family must cooperate with their construction plans. Lorist waved his hand to signal Master Ciroba and Sang Ben to sit down. Now that everyone in the hall has known them, there is no need to keep standing there.
Lorist pointed at the map again with a small wooden stick: "We plan to spend five years mastering this black mud swamp to lay a solid foundation for the implementation of this strategic goal. This year, we will adopt a three-pronged approach. You see, the first road is from Woniugang to Guishan. The focus of this road is to complete the preliminary construction of the fortress castle of Woniugang, and to complete the foundation of the city wall for more than 20 miles to Guishan, and to clean up the surrounding areas of Guishan. In the area, build a guard camp.
The second road is the middle part of this black mud swamp. We will use the method of paving and filling with earth and rocks to build a road leading to the highland hills by the sea.
The third road is here, the Blade's Edge Mountains, where we will quarry and dig soil, fill up the gullies and swamps between the Blade's Edge Mountains and the estuary of the Lancang River, and fill up the hidden reefs tens of meters by the sea The area is connected with the Great Bay, and here will be the place where our family's fleet sails across the sea. "
Lorist shook his head and smiled wryly: "This plan requires countless manpower and material resources as well as various resources of the family, but as long as we take the first step and keep going unswervingly, one day it will come true. Whether it is In ten years or twenty years, we must complete this strategic goal, as long as we have this estuary, we will have a brilliant tomorrow!"
"Father Barek, you have a heavy task this year. Not only do you have to gather all the carpenters who have experience in shipbuilding to design and discuss the manufacture of large ships, but you also have to go to the Black Forest to collect wood suitable for shipbuilding and dry it in the shade in advance. .Once we connect the Blade's Edge Mountains to the high hills of the estuary, you'll have to find the right terrain to build the shipyards and shipyards. I hope by next year we'll be using the Great Bay to train seafaring sailors and family soldiers."
Papa Barek stood up and said decisively: "Please rest assured, my lord, I will definitely complete the task, and I also hope to see the family fleet flying the angry bear flag sailing to sea as soon as possible..."
Lorist laughed: "It depends on human effort, there will be such a day, as long as we work hard, there is no goal we cannot achieve."
Lorist turned his gaze back to the map: "Everyone is clear about the family's future strategy, and everyone understands the plan to develop this black mud swamp in three ways. In terms of safety, the chariot battalion will act as the team to clean up the black mud swamp. The main force of the Warcraft Iron Spine Crocodile, and the rest of the family's armed forces, will draw out all silver-ranked swordsmen and family knights, and divide them into groups to escort the chariot battalion.
As for the manpower arrangement for these three roads, the roads in Fengleyuan in the family territory have basically been built. I decided to put the more than 30,000 captives, except for the mining and workmanship, into the development of the black mud swamp... "
"Wait, my lord, you forgot a key thing here." Steward Kedan, who was in charge of personnel affairs, stood up.
"What's wrong?" Lorist asked.
"My lord, you told these thirty thousand captives that you would give them freedom after three years of hard labor. In May of this year, the three-year hard labor period for these prisoners will come. We have to release them..." Steward Kedan said.
"Uh..." Lorist patted his forehead, "Sorry, I forgot, thank you for reminding me. So these captives will only have two months of hard labor?"
"Yes, my lord, how about we extend it for another year or two..." said Steward Cordan.
"No need, the promise we made must be fulfilled. This is related to the honor of a nobleman and the integrity of the family. You can't go back on your word. Let these more than 30,000 captives clean up the end of the road they are responsible for building. Let them relax for the rest of the time." Lorist said.
"But my lord, some captives have their relatives moved here by us, and some captives have also expressed their desire to stay in our family territory. They even hope to take their own family members over. Some of them have awakened fighting spirit Captives with strength also hope to join our family’s armed forces,” said Steward Kedan.
"Well, let them stay if they are willing to stay, and let them go home if their family members are here. If you want to pick up relatives, you are responsible for registering their information and see if you can help them. Now Fengleyuan has An Ding, we treat these captives equally. Those who should arrange housing will be given their residences, those who should be allocated fields will be allocated fields, those who have crafts to do work will find jobs for them, and those who want to open shops and factories can be given loans. Because they were once our prisoners, we look down on them. Do you understand?" Lorist made a decision.
"My lord, what about those who want to join our family's armed forces?"
"As long as we meet the age standard for conscription and have awakened fighting spirit, we will accept them. Those whose strength is at the black iron level can go through three months of training in the new barracks and then be assigned to different arms according to their specialties..."
"My lord, I just want to report to you that from last year to now, more than 5,000 soldiers in the new barracks who were eliminated due to unawakened battle qi have awakened their battle qi after more than half a year of training, and they are now asking to join the active army... "Berunek stood up.
Lorist knew that although he required that every active family soldier should have black iron strength, three-quarters of the nearly 50,000 people in the sixteen battalions did not meet this standard, and the most were at the bronze rank. So in addition to asking the commanders of the various troops to arrange for these bronze rank soldiers to have fixed practice training every day, they can be promoted to the black iron rank as soon as possible.
When reorganizing the family's armed forces, more than 10,000 family soldiers in their twenties who had not awakened their fighting spirit were eliminated. They were all arranged to undergo training in the new barracks for awakening their fighting spirit. Unexpectedly, half a year later, so many soldiers awakened their fighting spirit.
After thinking about it, Lorist felt that it was meaningless to let these soldiers who had awakened their grudges stay in the new barracks, and it would be better to arrange them in the army.
"Let's do this," Lorist said, "The development of the Black Mire Marsh Tank Battalion will be more effective, so we will add two more Tank Battalions, making a total of five Tank Battalions with 15,000 people, and we will form a Tank Corps." .Golden Knight Mons Malek, you will hand over the affairs of the patrol squadrons in the seven central towns of Fengleyuan, and you will be the commander of the Chariot Corps, and Dolles will be your deputy."
Malek stood up with a blank face: "Yes, my lord."
Dolles also stood up. He knew that he was only a silver star, and now the three tank battalions could no longer hold back some veterans in the battalion. Two more tank battalions would be even more overwhelming. Lorist transferred the so-called iron-faced Malek to serve as the commander of the regiment. It is likely that he discovered these signs and wanted to clean up the military discipline of the Chariot Battalion.
So Dolles didn't feel any sense of loss. Instead, he said sincerely: "My lord, I will do my best to help the Malek knights take charge of the chariot corps."
Lorist nodded: "This is the first regular regiment armed by the family, and I have high hopes for you."
"Please rest assured, my lord." Malek and Dolles stood at attention and saluted.
Lorist turned to Berunek: "If the number of soldiers recruited from those captives reaches two battalions, each will be assigned to a battalion of armored lance cavalry and heavy armored infantry, but they will be trained in the new barracks for three months. Basic training, understand the various regulations and disciplines of our family's armed forces before they can be assigned to active-duty troops."
"Understood, my lord." Berunek replied.
Bodfinger and Rose also stood up: "Thank you, my lord."
"You two, don't be idle. Draw a group of veterans from the army to serve as instructors in the new barracks, and assist the Berunek knights to complete the training of new recruits. Especially Borg, your heavy armored infantry is now conducting The training of the ten-man team to coordinate the offensive combination is very effective, and I am very satisfied. But more training is needed to find out the deficiencies and make improvements.”
"Yes, my lord, we will try," replied Baldofinger.
"Okay, let's get down to business. Since we can't use the manpower of the 30,000 captives, we will tap the potential within the family. I ordered all the family armed forces to work in rotation for three months every year when they are not on duty. As a development The main force of the Black Mud Swamp. Whether it is a regular family armed force or a territory garrison team, they must work in rotation. The garrison teams in each reclamation village and central town are divided into two groups, and they rotate to the Black Mud Swamp to participate in the large-scale development. As a formal The family's armed forces should also be involved in this journey that concerns the future and destiny of the family." Lorist said.
"My lord, why don't you recruit laborers from the people of Fengleyuan? Among the 500,000 people, we can easily recruit 100,000 free laborers. We only need to feed them..." Terman stood up , he felt that it was a shame to let the members of the Knights under him participate in such development work.
Lorist's face became gloomy, he looked around at the people in the hall, and then focused his eyes on Terman: "I hope everyone understands one truth, in the Norton family, our armed forces are not oppressed by the lord. The accomplices of the lords are not high-ranking lords. They should be the guardians of the territory, the trustees of the lords, and even more the builders of the territory. They are the most precious and most reliable force in the hands of the lord. They should all be the most steadfast performers when they charge forward.
Does asking you to work and contribute to the prosperity of the family territory humiliate your identity? At this moment, I hope that no matter whether it is a family knight or an ordinary family soldier, they are the builders of the territory. After decades, you I can proudly point to the bustling city and the rich countryside and tell your children and grandchildren that it is you who turned the barrenness into what it is now, and it is you who have paid blood and sweat to build the black mud swamp into a paradise on earth...
As your lord, I will stand at the forefront of you, I will work like an ordinary family soldier, and make my own contribution to our family's tomorrow... "
"Sir, stop talking, I was wrong, I will become the best territory builder." Terman sat down in shame.
"Actually, what Terman said is correct. Many people think so. Why don't the locals be conscripted for labor?" Lorist said after a moment of silence, "It's not that we don't conscript the locals, but that in Feng The people of Leyuan who have just settled down can't stand such a toss. Our Norton family can't just focus on the present. Everyone knows that we have just wiped out the tide of monsters. Next, we need to divide the fields to reclaim wasteland and turn Fengleyuan into a family. Granary and supplies.
Next year we will collect taxes from these settlers, so this year we would rather suffer a little bit ourselves, and give these settlers who followed us to the family territory a peaceful life. In addition, except for criminals and captives, the Norton family will not conscript the leaders for labor. We can use money to hire the leaders to join the development during the slack season. We will never use the name of labor to consume the hearts and power of the family territory. This is my insistence as a lord... "
There was silence in the hall for a while, and then there was a sudden burst of applause.
"My lord, thank you for your kindness." Some family knights like Bodfinger who came from common people stood up and saluted Lorist.
"Okay, the general policy has been set, so let me talk about some of the family's personnel arrangements. The seven central towns of Fengleyuan will establish administrative departments, and these administrative departments will belong to the newly formed Family Executive Yuan. The president of the Executive Yuan Knight Shredder will serve as the deputy chief, butler Boris will serve as the deputy chief. Besides the seven central towns, Fenglin Villa and Panshi Houcheng are also under the jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan."
"Mr. Camorra, please stand up." Lorist said.
The former Baron Camorra, who is now the deputy director of the personnel department, stood up.
"I will appoint Mr. Camorra as the head of the family's armament department. From today, the family's civil affairs will be separated from the military. All the family's armed weapons and equipment, food and supplies, and even the treatment and salary of soldiers will be managed by the armament department. As we all know, Master Sid has produced a steel armor that is better than the standard equipment of the White Lions, so the first task for Mr. Camorra to take over the armament department is to arm the family with the equipment of each battalion. Please be patient, it will be your turn soon." Lorist said with a smile.
"The meeting is adjourned now, and the department heads and battalion leaders will stay here for a while. Everyone will have a day off tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow we will go to the Black Mud Swamp for major development. I hope that everyone can work together in the process of developing and constructing the family territory, and renew the family Make new achievements."
"Yes, my lord!"...
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