Chapter 59 Management Issues

Gawain is very clear that Norris actually has no idea what the "position" he means, nor what the new system will be implemented in this land. In the joy of being about to become a "decent person", but in fact, even the decent people who live in towns and cities usually live, this old farmer may not be able to imagine.

But it doesn't matter, because what Gawain wants to establish in this world is an order and situation that has never existed before, not only Norris can imagine, even Heidi and Rebecca can't imagine.

He knew that he had to act cautiously and let all this go on smoothly and under control, so as to prevent being too impatient and suffering the rebound of this era, but he had to do it - the alarm from the satellite monitoring station a few days ago still In the ear, if the magic tide is really unavoidable, it is better to do a little effort than to do nothing.

After Norris left, Hetty finally couldn't help uttering his own question: "Ancestor, do you really want him to manage your fields?"

Gao Wen had long known that Heidi would have doubts, so there was no surprise on his face, he just looked at her with a smile: "Is there something wrong?"

"Although he can read, he..." Hetty wanted to say that he was poor, but after thinking about it, he still put it another way, "I am afraid that he has insufficient knowledge and does not understand the rules of high society, so let him be your land manager. I'm worried he's going to screw it up - and he'll be punished for nothing."

Gawain just looked at Heidi quietly, and when the other party was a little uncomfortable, he suddenly asked, "Where is the upper class you speak of?"

Heidi was taken aback.

Gawain smiled, raised his hand and pointed around: "Look, this piece of land with nothing - there is no high society here, and there are no noble customs and pariah rules, throw all those pedantic things into the old The scorched earth of Cecil's territory will go up! In this land, everything will start from scratch, and all the rules, laws, and guidelines will be brand new!"

Hetty stared blankly at the wasteland that was being reclaimed, and the camp that had begun to appear in the distance. Here, she could not see the towering castle, nor the dwellings of the poor. The camp strictly followed Gawain's plan. It is built on the four principles of "tidy, hygienic, efficient, and reserved space for development". Those "untouchable houses should not face the castle", "noble areas should be separated from slums by more than one street", "serfs should not live in the middle and inside Rules like "layers" are simply not seen here.

She vaguely understood what Gawain meant.

Gawain looked at Hetty. He knew that the other party did not have deep-rooted traditional concepts of aristocracy. As a poor nobleman, the embarrassment of life was the best factor to motivate him to think actively. Excluded from the core aristocratic circle, so they will become more and more "unlike aristocrats", like Heidi, she will even go to the construction site to help with work, so the flexibility of her thinking is absolutely no problem - it's just The habitual and social constraints brought about by the status of "aristocrat" are difficult things to deal with, and she will subconsciously think that a farmer from a poor peasant household is not qualified to help Gao Wen manage the territory even if he can read and count. - and also manage the most important food issue.

Seeing the change in the descendant's expression, Gawain knew that she already had an idea, but she needed to push it again, so he continued: "As for whether a poor farmer can be the chief manager - do you know Dong What did the ancestors of the Franklin family do?"

"The Duke of the West?" Hetty was stunned for a moment. "I remember in the history books that Franklin's ancestor was in charge of steel and was the 'iron general' of the expeditionary army..."

"Yes, he is a blacksmith, but he has a monster-like strength, and he has enough talent and luck to grow up during the Northern Expedition," Gao Wen smiled, "Guess what I did in the first place?"

Hetty has been shocked by the truth of the first Duke of the West.

At this time, I didn't dare to say it with such certainty: "I remember the history books... it seems to say that you are a knight among knights, and you are the starting point of all model knights..."

"Yes, I'm a knight apprentice. I finally learned to master my first martial arts when I was fifteen years old, but before my mentor could write a letter of recommendation to my lord, he got drunk and fell into the river and drowned. I couldn't help it. , I wrote a letter of recommendation and stamped it with my mentor to find the lord, but halfway through, the magic tide broke out, and the lord died. Then I met Charlie, who led a group of people to escape. He said that the south was in chaos. It became a pot of porridge, and going south would be a dead end. I said to him: 'I still have to be made a knight. I studied for several years and finally passed it', and Charlie told me a famous saying in front of everyone: "

Gawain paused deliberately, and Heidi couldn't help but ask, "What is the most sensible saying?"

"We're called knights--the gentlemen of the South are dead anyway."

Hetty: "... Known as?! That's okay too?!"

"However, this is the truth," Gawain put away his smile and looked into Hetty's eyes, "a middle-school so-called leader of the Northern Army, leading a group of blacksmiths, carpenters, apprentices and homeless people known as the Pioneering Knights. Being able to traverse the entire wasteland and build a kingdom here, do you think it's because we have some natural noble blood? Or are we all blessed by God?"

Hetty: "..."

"There were no nobles on the earth, but the people who stood up at first held their belongings in their hands in advance, so they became nobles," Gawain pressed Hetty's shoulder (this age is relatively old, can't be with Rui Becca slaps her head all day), "And apart from this difference, Ansu is just a kingdom built by a bunch of mud legs. And the land in front of us now is the beginning of Ansu's founding. situation, and I'm ready to impose some new rules on this land."

Heidi frowned slightly, a vague unease made her hesitate, but she didn't know what was wrong: "I... I can't imagine what the future will be like if I really do this... …”

"Yeah, it's a little early for me to tell you this," Gawain nodded slightly, "but I believe you will be on my side."

"Of course!" Heidi replied without hesitation, "You are the only pillar of this land! It is also the sole pillar of me and Rebecca..."

"Then I promise you one thing - all I do is to bring prosperity and civilization to this land, as long as you follow in my footsteps, both you and Rebecca will meet an unprecedentedly powerful Sisi The Er family," Gawain said seriously, "Do you accept this promise?"

Hetty nodded vigorously.

"Then let's go back to the management issue," Gawain laughed, "about the plan to involve the so-called 'commoners' and even the 'poor' in territorial management affairs."

"Have you prepared more 'jobs'?" Hetty had already guessed what Gawain wanted to do from the previous conversation, "Although I already feel that this is not wrong, is it really necessary? "

Gawain glanced at Heidi up and down. This beautiful and elegant lady has been overworked in recent days, and even her face has become a lot haggard. At this time, let alone elegance, she didn't even bother to wash her face today.

Almost alone is responsible for the internal affairs of the entire camp. At this time, she is still wearing an air of immortality. She has not yet realized the problem of the lack of a management team...

"Do you think you can handle all the internal affairs alone?" Gao Wen said slowly.

"It is indeed a little tired now, but after all, it is the beginning period, waiting for the territory to be on the right track..."

"You can't manage to get on the right track, because you have never had 'management' before," Gao Wen squinted at each other, "Have you done demographic statistics? Have you done production statistics? Have you done economic statistics? Have you done the deposit and development plan for the next year? Don't say any of these - have you ever grasped how much gold coins flow in and how much gold coins flow out of the entire territory in a year?"

Heidi's two-eyed mosquito coil: "...Ah?"

"At the end of each year, send someone to the granary to see how much grain is left, and when collecting grain, count how many people still owe rent. This can't be regarded as internal affairs management," Gao Wen smiled, "I let You and Rebecca counted the names, ages, occupations, and family situations of those 800 people, to be honest, what do you think of those tables?"

Hetty was convinced: "It's really convenient to use - for the first time I know that I can use such a simple method to find out how many people from all walks of life are in the territory, and when arranging production, I can directly refer to the records on the form. , instead of sending someone to find out where the various craftsmen are..."

"One day there will be 8,000 or even 80,000 people in the territory. Do you and Rebecca plan to count the two in person? One day the territory will expand to the south of the Dark Mountains. Do you still plan to go over the mountains to knock on the door one by one to ask about the family situation? ?"

Hetty: "..."

"If you want to continue to be so convenient, you must have a 'management team'," Gao Wen spread his hands, "and if we want to establish such an organization, we must involve the territorial people."

Heidi thought for a while, then frowned again: "But most people in the territory can't even write their own names, so what..."

"So that's my next plan," Gawain said with a smile, "to make them literate."

Hetty: "..."

She is probably aphasia due to shock today more than half her life before.

Gawain gave Hetty some time to think and react, while he himself looked at the people who were reporting the progress of the work to the supervisor not far away.

Things don't happen overnight.

It takes time to build a system, it is even more difficult to build a society on the basis of this system, and to build a kingdom on the basis of the latter... I am afraid it will be many years later.

Now the population of the territory is only 800 people. It is true that Heidi can manage it with her own efforts. At most, Rebecca, who adds half a bottle of vinegar, will put a big fireball to add to the fun... burn the wasteland or something, but if you want to In the long run, some foundations will be built step by step from now on.