Chapter 456 Differences

After explaining the administrative integration plan, Roland picked up the tea cup and took a few sips slowly, waiting for everyone to digest it.

Maintaining the daily operations of an area requires a large number of manpower. Before the literacy rate improves, it is inevitable to involve nobles. After all, most of them have received primary education and have a little experience in management. If there are outstanding performers, he would not mind letting them out to manage a city or even a place on their behalf, similar to the mayors and governors of later generations.

After a few minutes, Roland started to answer the next question.

That's fighting crime.

In his "New Order" vision, there is no place for underworld organizations in the city, and everyone can find a job that is enough to support themselves without having to rob others. If it is a highly developed modern city, he is not sure that he can do this. The tens of millions of people and the saturation of low-level jobs will lead to a large number of unemployed; but in the Western Territory, including Changge Fortress and the entire suburban territory, there are only 60,000 to 70,000 people. People, the infrastructure is still blank. As long as you are willing to work, you don't have to worry about running out of work.

"What do you know about rats?"

"You mean... the street rats?" Ren Med coughed twice, "I have dealt with them before."

"What kind of relationship?" Roland asked with interest.

"Well..." Ren seemed a little embarrassed, "I used to be the leader of the Fire Gang, and I competed with several other rat gangs for territory."

"Pfft," several people at the scene couldn't help laughing.

Roland was also stunned for a moment. The second son of an earl could actually become a mouse? And the Fire Gang...this name is too out of style. He began to wonder, was this man really Count Med's biological child?

"Your Highness, the truth is this," Perrault began to explain. "A few years ago, the underworld forces in the dock area were very rampant. Civilians and foreign businessmen were killed almost every day, but the patrol turned a blind eye to this. Sir Renn really Unable to stand it any longer, he took his personal guards with him and went to the refugee area to win over a group of people and drive the rats out of the dock area. At that time, he also wrote a letter about the daily battle situation and sent it to people far away in the royal capital. Me. He said in the letter that this is a great battle, no less than fighting against evil beasts, so I think..."

"Pero, stop talking," Ren unexpectedly showed a shy look, "I was just bored at the time and looking for some fun to pass the time."

So, this is probably the "feat" performed by a noble who is keen on knight games in his second year of middle school. Roland thought, for the second son of Elk who has been fond of fighting since he was a child, there is nothing better than being followed by a group of subordinates who respond to everything. What's even more touching is that although they are not commanding thousands of troops, the momentum of two groups of people fighting is not bad at all.

"Now where is the gang?"

"Uh, I don't know," Ren touched the back of his head, "I haven't contacted that group of people since I joined the Hermes Defense Line to fight against the real evil beasts."

Roland nodded, "In fact, I plan to eradicate all rats operating in the fortress so that every civilian can have a stable life."

"Your Highness, with all due respect," Ren said hesitantly, "I'm afraid... I can't do this."

"Why?" He frowned, "I have the First Army in my hands. Are rats more difficult to deal with than noble knights?"

"That's not the case," the other party seemed to be choosing his words carefully, "They are weak and timid, lack weapons and armor, and do not know how to form a formation to fight. They are vulnerable to knights, but... if you follow the method of dealing with rebels , clean them up based on whether they have become rats, I’m afraid there won’t be many civilians left in the entire fortress.”

"you mean……"

"Rats and civilians are constantly changing, Your Highness," Ren replied respectfully. "When the harvest is not good and the evil month is long, many civilians have to do what rats do in order to survive. This is also the reason for the great evil. Most lords allow the underworld to exist for a better reason than to allow hungry people to riot and let them fight among themselves."

Roland's face darkened. He didn't expect the mouse to appear like this, "What about their organizer?"

"These people are habitual criminals. Some of them are supported by local nobles, and some are exiled criminals from other places."

"Very good, I don't think any of you are raising rats." The prince glanced around the long table with a cold face, and the nobles lowered their heads. "But it doesn't matter if you do, as long as you cooperate with my eradication from today on." If you take action, I can forget about it." He paused, then looked at Ren, "I have a task for you."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"In the next month, I will focus on cracking down on all criminal activities in the fortress, and you need to cooperate with the First Army to eliminate the leaders of the gangs in the underworld and completely disintegrate all rat organizations. As for the specific method, I will arrange people I told you."

"Your Highness, what about the members below? Without the food provided by the organization, it will be difficult for them to survive the Demonic Moon." Renn worriedly said, "In addition, this year's Demonic Month comes earlier, the number of these people may be greater than in previous years. .”

"I will let Pelor open the warehouse to store grain until the end of the evil month."

"Your Highness, this is not okay!"

"If you keep them, you will only make them worse!"

"Yes, by then I'm afraid everyone in the city will become beggars!"

Hearing these words, the nobles spoke to stop him one after another.

Roland knocked on the table hard, "I've decided, you don't need to say any more!"

He feels that the biggest difference between himself and the nobles is that they always assume the worst about the people, thinking that the other people are lazy, ignorant, incompetent, despicable, and very greedy in nature, which is hopeless. But he knows very well the power of the people. This group may seem stupid, but in fact they are the backbone of the world only if they are given correct guidance and set an example. If the people were as useless as the nobles thought, how could they change the whole world again and again?

In fact, spending energy on people is the most worthwhile investment. Even a small change can bring amazing returns.

"Finally, we need to publicize the decree as soon as possible," Roland looked at Pero, "You have experience in this, just continue to expand it. If the people in the territory can't understand the notice, you can find someone to read it. The content is ours Everything we talked about today.”

"Everything?" The latter was stunned, "Do you even want to reveal the plan to clean up the rats?"

"That's right, including the news about the opening of warehouses to release grain," he looked around at the crowd again, "I'm here to teach you a prerequisite for the operation of a qualified city hall, which is to inform the people of the policy in advance, answer their questions, and listen to their opinions. Feedback – so that the published policy does not become a dead letter.”

Transforming the nobility, unifying laws, unifying the administration, tightening public security, and finally political propaganda are Roland's preparations for establishing a new order. (To be continued.)