Chapter 473 Step 3 of City Building

After two weeks of study and exploration, at the end of the first month of the new spring, the City Hall Manager Barov held the first enlarged meeting of the City Hall in the castle parlor at the request of His Royal Highness the Prince. In addition to the heads of various departments at the first plenary session, this enlarged meeting also included some fortress nobles, with the number of participants reaching sixty-five.

The learning process itself is an assessment. After Barov took charge of the City Hall for a year, it was easy to distinguish which nobles were suitable for such jobs and which nobles had no training value - so in this level alone, nearly half of the Nobles were excluded.

According to His Highness, he has given these young nobles the opportunity to catch the express train. If they miss it, there is nothing they can do. Those who cannot keep up with the times will only be eliminated by the times. Barov felt the same way. Regardless of whether His Highness was a devil or a god, his territory had already taken on a completely different atmosphere from the rest of the kingdom - if this was a new era, he would be happy to go with His Highness.

The main content of today's meeting is to make the final vote on the unified law after the city is founded, and at the same time let the fortress nobles know the content of the law in advance. Barov has been preparing for this for a long time, and now it is finally time to lift the curtain.

A thin hard-cover book was placed in front of everyone, with a series of large golden characters printed on the cover - the "Basic Law of the Kingdom". This was also the core law drafted by His Highness the Prince himself and modified by himself. Just from the name, we knew that His Highness had far-reaching plans, and he also believed that His Highness's power should not only work in the Western Region.

"Let's begin," His Highness Roland, who was sitting at the head of the long table, nodded.

"Yes," Barov cleared his throat, "Everyone in the city hall must have heard about the news that a new city is about to be established in the Western Territory, and the law in front of you is the general law that will be implemented in His Highness' territory after it is completed. You can You can read it yourself, or you can listen to my explanation. If you have any questions, you can ask them on the spot and His Highness will answer them."

There was a sound of flipping through books, and he opened the heavy cover, revealing the first page written on fine parchment underneath.

"The first thing you see is the general outline, which mentions the structure and system of the new territory..."

Article 1: All the territories under the rule of Roland Wimbledon belong to Roland Wimbledon.

Article 2: The City Hall is the highest authority in the territory. Under the leadership of Roland Wimbledon, it handles all matters related to the governance of the territory.

Article 3: The incoming population within the territory can be promoted to official citizens through multiple channels, and the city hall should maintain at least three or more promotion channels.

Article 4: After becoming a formal citizen, there is no longer the distinction between freemen, farmhands, servants, and slaves as in the past, and there is no distinction between men and women. Citizens are protected by law and have all the protections and benefits of the territory. They also have the obligation to pay taxes, serve, and defend against enemies.

Article 5: Nobles are also members of the official citizens. The title no longer has corresponding rights and can be inherited as an honorary title in accordance with the law.

Article 6: The personal safety and legal property of citizens are protected by Roland Wimbledon and are inviolable.

Article 7: Citizens should have the right to education, the right to freely choose a job, and the right to marry freely.

Article 8: The Territory encourages lawful business practices and free trade.

Article 9,…

Barov stroked the pages of the book and recounted them one by one. The laws enacted by the nobles rarely involve the people. Even the free people in the city are just objects of exploitation and recruitment in the eyes of the great nobles. The rule of law is mentioned repeatedly in the system like His Royal Highness. It is rare for the people to live in the countryside. Perhaps he truly believes that only by relying on the power of the people can we fight the coming doomsday war.

Barov doesn't care whether His Highness relies on the nobility or the people. He just wants to do everything possible to complete the things His Highness has given him so that he can hold these powers tightly in his hands. When he was in the Royal Capital, he transferred from the Astrologers Association to serve as an assistant to the Minister of Finance. He thought he would soon be able to reach the top of the Kingdom of Graycastle. Unexpectedly, he had to wait for more than ten years, and his excitement gradually turned into numbness and desolation. The reason why he agreed to Wimbledon III's request and followed the fourth prince to Border Town was not only an illusory promise, but also a feeling of breaking the law. Unexpectedly, now he has realized his expectations in another way.

Barov has never seen a real devil, but he knows well the power of those armored knights. His Royal Highness can easily deal with them, and naturally he can also wipe out the resistance in the entire kingdom. Sooner or later, His Highness will be crowned king and rule the world, and he will also become the powerful hand of the king. If the Minister of Finance is still alive by then, who knows what expression he will use when meeting him?

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Since most of the contents of the general outline have been publicized to the people in a relatively popular way, the heads of various departments were not surprised. Only when it mentioned the prohibition of human trafficking and the abolition of slavery, it aroused whispers among the nobles in the audience. The rest of the regulations No one even asked questions.

As for the transformation of the nobility, these small nobles have not enjoyed the benefits of many territories on weekdays. Most of their territories are in desolate places, so naturally they don't care much about losing the so-called enfeoffment and legal rights. Coupled with the study in the past two weeks, many nobles have planned to sell their territories to the city hall, and then use the money to open a new business such as a mechanical processing plant or chemical plant in Changsong Fortress.

In this way, the law was explained one by one, and the enlarged meeting lasted from morning to afternoon. During the banquet, the attendants directly brought the food to the table, and everyone watched while eating. Barov's water glass was also changed several times. Although his throat felt sore, he still enjoyed it.

Finally, the meeting entered the last topic, which was also the only regulation in the "Kingdom Basic Law" that allowed everyone to discuss and decide: determining the flag and name of the new city.

Everyone's discussion suddenly became noisy.

So Barov first asked everyone to give a name and the ideal image in their mind, and then put them on the table for participants to judge and decide the final answer.

After several rounds of voting and elimination, the flag and name of the new city were finally selected.

The former is based on the emblem of the Royal Family of Graycastle. The bottom pattern is still a high tower spear, with a new five-pointed star above the tower and three small stars under the tower. The big star symbolizes Lord Roland Wimbledon, while The little stars represent City Hall, First Army, and the Witches' Union.

The latter was established as the city of Neverwinter. (To be continued.)