Chapter 1173 I Want Them All

"I only mention the framework and basic requirements here. The specific implementation is up to you to negotiate and deploy. The general person in charge is Barov Mons."

"As ordered." The steward quickly said, stroking his chest.

Roland nodded with satisfaction. After years of experience, Barov had developed the habit of obeying orders and doing his best to implement them as long as he made up his mind, no matter how unreasonable they sounded.

The interconnected structure of the Executive Office is also sufficient to support the resources needed to "concentrate efforts to do big things."

"Then listen up." Roland gestured to Nightingale to paste the white cloth prepared in advance on the blackboard, "First of all, it is about the reciprocal migration within the Kingdom of Graycastle..."

"Oh..." Everyone's eyes lit up when they saw the content on the cloth.

I saw Baibu explaining several features of the policy in the form of pictures and texts. The words were concise and clear, and the priorities were clear. This was the original manual version of the ppt demonstration, and it was Soraya who provided technical support. . As a drawing dog who once worked in a design institute, making ppt to fool client is just a basic skill. Compared with empty talk that easily loses key information and is boring, this way of explanation is obviously more attractive.

The population distribution of Graycastle has obvious characteristics of the times. After the big nobles become lords, they will gradually build a city, and the surrounding land will be entrusted to the lower nobles, and so on. With the growth of population and accumulation of wealth, the consumption of big cities will become higher and higher, so that they can no longer maintain the supply, thus passing on this burden to surrounding villages and towns, eventually forming a situation where the majority of people support a small number of people. .

This situation not only limited the size of the city, but also basically solidified class mobility. Those big cities seem to be very populous and lively, but they are just compared with individual small towns. In fact, the total population of the surrounding towns and villages is much larger than the city it supports.

However, Roland also knew that this backwardness had nothing to do with right or wrong, and was purely caused by low productivity. When the production level cannot meet the requirements of reform, the vast majority of the labor force is firmly tied to the land and can only enjoy a small amount of their own output throughout their lives. The rest of the harvest is turned over to the nobility to maintain their livelihood. A decent life for Yi Nu Ma.

When recruiting refugees in the past few years, the Administrative Office also paid attention to the local population changes and made a rough estimate. The final conclusion was that the population of Graycastle should be between two million and four million - during the second period The battle between the prince and the three princesses, as well as the plague launched by the church, caused the loss 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 throughout Graycastle, and only a small number flow into the Western Territory.

And he was not going to let this situation continue anymore.

The results of the distribution and planting of Golden No. 2 wheat seeds will be visible in another month, or in other words, the arrival of a bumper harvest can already be predicted. High-yield cotton has also been fully rolled out in Bishui Port. It will not be long before sufficient amounts of fabric can be transported 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 its nominal unification. The power of various regions has returned to the central government. The fiefdom is no longer the country of the lord, but a lower-level administrative agency that obeys his orders.

It can be said that the software and hardware for forced migration are now available, and it is the best time to implement it.

The so-called reciprocal relocation simply means giving immigrants equal conditions to reduce the dissatisfaction caused by forced relocation.

For example, if the relocatee owns a residence and two acres of land in the village, then after arriving in Neverwinter City, the administrative office will allocate the same resources to him in the newly developed territory. This will not only speed up the development of the northwest plains, but also effectively alleviate Neverwinter's shortage of manpower.

Of course, no matter how nice it sounds, Roland knows that "force" is its true nature - whether you are willing or not, you must leave your familiar homeland and go to an unfamiliar city with confusion and uneasiness. This process is destined not to be so... mild.

Driving people off the land and letting them go into cities and work in factories is by no means as simple as "freeing them from their shackles." This period of change in history can be described as extremely bloody. First, the land cultivated by the villagers was annexed through repossession, occupation and eviction, leaving them with nothing but themselves, and then whips and regulations were used to restrict their whereabouts. Some countries have even issued laws allowing the execution of refugees who have not worked for a long time to force them to join large-scale production.

Although Roland felt that he could not do this and planned to compensate him after the move, the original intention of coercion would not change.

He knew exactly what he was doing.

As for the second cross-border recruitment, it is an exotic version of forced relocation.

Unlike Chenxi, who was least affected, both Everwinter and Wolf Heart fell in the church's raids, losing their de jure rulers of the kingdom one after another. According to the intelligence collected by Hill, the two kingdoms have not yet returned to normal. There are many princes in various places. Every powerful lord claims that he has found the illegitimate bloodline left by the previous king. It seems that no one accepts the division. state.

In this case, the agent king plan like Chen Xi's plan will obviously not work.

"You mean... to dispatch the first army?" Barov was slightly startled when he saw the newly replaced white cloth.

"Do you think those nobles will sit back and watch us 'take away' their property?" Roland took a sip of tea and said matter-of-factly, "I think they don't care about anything except power, wealth and a wider territory - no matter Is it the devil, or is it a battle of divine will. Of course, the truth still needs to be explained, but whether they listen or not is another matter."

"I will make them listen, Your Majesty." Tie Ax said seriously.

There is no doubt that cross-border recruitment will be much more naked than domestic migration - without Golden Number Two to ensure food production, after a large number of people from the outside world are relocated, the urban ecosystem will collapse due to insufficient supplies. This behavior is no different from war, the only difference is that plunder is much less costly than occupation.

The First Army is the strongest guarantee that the plan can be implemented.

The combined population of Everwinter and Wolfheart is about three million. Excluding those unfortunates who died in the Church War, at least one and a half million fresh laborers can be injected into Neverwinter City. This large-scale migration may take several years to complete, but it is the most direct part of the improvement. It is precisely because he has the energy to extend his hands abroad that Barov sets the goal of doubling his business within a year, or even half a year.

"Your Majesty, do you have any specific requirements for these people to be recruited?" the steward asked, "for example, craftsmen, farmers, or literate people..."

There were indeed similar screenings in the past, but at that time it was a helpless move due to lack of money, but now the situation is completely different.

"No," Roland stretched out his palms and clenched them into fists, "I want them all."

"I... understand." Barov wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Next is the last item," he asked Nightingale to put on the last white cloth ppt. "The Executive Office should encourage the residents to have children through publicity, tax reductions, incentives and other means. Although it is difficult to do so compared to the first two policies. Seeing results in the short term is the most important part of the entire plan.”

At this point, he paused and looked at everyone with a smile, "Regarding this, I hope everyone here can start from themselves." ()

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