Chapter 684 The Snow of Early Winter

Three days later, that is, the second day after winter, Barov brought news of the successful signing of the joint chamber of commerce contract.

The final result of the negotiation was that Margaery was in charge of the sales in the interior of Graycastle, Sunset Island and Shallow Water City supplied the main island, Eternal Winter and Wolfheart respectively, and Crescent Moon Bay took over the other islands in the fjords, plus the Kingdom of Dawn.

To Roland's surprise, he also saw an arithmetic equation on the contract, to the effect that several main sharing conditions were set as unknown numbers, and filled in according to the specific situation, he could get the year's share of income.

"Who wrote this?" he asked curiously.

"My disciple," Barov stroked his beard and said with a smile, "when summarizing, he found that instead of making a complicated schedule, it would be more appropriate to use this formula, and all three parties agreed on its accuracy. "

"I don't remember that being taught in general education."

"Didn't you set up an intermediate class? I bought a set of mathematics textbooks for each of my disciples, and asked them to listen to Mr. Shujuan's lectures whenever they have time." He sighed, "I am old, and the speed of learning I can’t keep up with this group of lads, so I have no choice but to take advantage of them. If I were ten years younger, Your Majesty, I would definitely bring these things with you every day to read.”

This horse shot made Roland feel comfortable, and he realized that mathematics knowledge is helpful for financial and administrative management. The Minister in charge has a good vision.

"Where is Edith? How is she doing in this meeting?"

"Barely." Barov coughed twice, "Although she fascinated those businessmen, she is obviously inexperienced when it comes to specific business terms. I guess she rarely talks to Hai After all, the business in the Northland is not developed, unlike the old capital, the Minister of Finance summoned the visiting Fjord merchants almost every day. Back then—"

"I see." Seeing that the other party was about to enter memory mode, Roland quickly interrupted, "In that case, you should teach her more."

The manager's face froze, "Uh, this...Your Majesty, she actually..."

"That's it," he gloated. According to the frequency of Nightingale pinching his shoulder from behind, the credibility of these words was not high. It's just that he doesn't want to pay attention to this kind of snitch-like competition, as long as he doesn't mess things up, "By the way, how many people have been added to Neverwinter City this year, has it achieved the expected goal?"

Although there is still about a month before the end of the year, with the arrival of winter, the immigrant missions will continue to return to Neverwinter, and the number of migrants will inevitably decrease significantly. The number at this time can basically determine whether the goal has been achieved.

As soon as this was mentioned, Barov's face immediately burst into a smile, the wrinkles on his forehead were squeezed into gullies, and the embarrassment just disappeared, "Your Majesty, the city hall has already counted, and the people who moved from all over There are basically more than 80,000 residents, and 50% of them came here voluntarily. Including the aborigines from the Border Region and Changge District, the total population of Neverwinter City has reached 110,000 people!"

"Oh?" Roland was overjoyed, "Half of them came voluntarily?"

"Most of them come from the central part of the kingdom and the eastern region. It is not obvious in spring and summer. In autumn, the proportion begins to increase. If this continues, those rebels who support Timothy next year may not be able to sit still. gone."

It should be the effect of Tasa spreading the news of the church's defeat to the East Region, but Roland still hopes that the nobles will persist for a while, so that he can have an excuse to eradicate them all, and restore stability to the people of the East Region. Orderly New Kingdom.

"Have you prepared for winter yet?"

"The city hall was ready two months ago," Barov replied confidently, "The Ministry of Construction entrusted Ms. Lian to build a new batch of cave dwellings between the Impassable Mountain Range and the Chishui River to replace those leaky cave dwellings." Shacks. We stock up on charcoal so that everyone gets a basket.”

After Roland's repeated nurturing, the city hall is now finally used to using it as an administrative goal and implementing it into various government orders and measures.

He nodded in relief, "Very well, tell Scroll for me, don't forget about education in winter."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"In addition, I plan to start a small-scale war without affecting the normal operation of Neverwinter. The target is the extreme south. Wait until Iron Ax makes a specific battle plan, and then cooperate with him to mobilize various supplies." Looking at Barov who hesitated to speak, Roland walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry, I have my own measure."

...

After the manager left, Nightingale appeared and asked puzzledly, "Is this okay? When he talked about Edith, it was obviously not in line with the actual situation. Even if he didn't use his ability, he could tell from his expression."

"If I reprimand him for this, he might not dare to suppress Edith head-on," Roland spread his hands, "In order to maintain the balance of the city hall, someone must restrain the Pearl of the North. At present, only Ba Rove can do that."

"But why restrict her? If she has enough ability to manage the city hall, it won't do you any harm."

"Because..." Roland opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.

Yes, why restrict Edith?

Worried about her dominating the family?

This possibility is very slim, as long as he is still the king, he can replace her with one sentence. What's more, the city hall is not allowed to interfere with the army, even if it controls all the administrative departments, it cannot pose a threat to the throne.

In fact, when the city hall clerks are selected according to the recruitment announcement and paid by the treasury, the impact of removing a manager has been minimized.

Worrying about her deceiving others and tampering with government orders?

At least it is impossible in Neverwinter, the effect of any decree will be heard in Roland's ears, and the city is so big, the transmission of news is almost real-time.

Before coming to this world, what he hated the most was the way of checks and balances, especially in the workplace, when his boss regarded it as a kingly way, he even sneered at it. He didn't expect that after becoming the person in power, he also thought of this subconsciously... If it wasn't for Nightingale's reminder, he might not have realized that he was gradually becoming the kind of person he hated.

Power does need checks and balances, but it is not a power game played by another person or a few people, but should be constrained by policies, institutions and laws. As long as these frameworks are not violated, it is the right thing to do to let people make full use of their talents.

Roland heaved a sigh of relief, he pursed his lips, and when he was about to say thank you to Nightingale, he found that her gaze had been completely focused outside the window.

"Look, it's snowing." She said softly.

Roland turned around, and found countless white spots quietly appearing in the gray sky, like light elves slowly falling.

The Demon Moon has come. 8