Chapter 413 Institutional Reform

Harland Territory established six provinces, and Richard, the governor of the Central Bank Province, appointed Rogge. At the same time, Rogge also served as the prime minister of the Harland Territory Cabinet. The first reason why Richard let Rogge monopolize power was that there were no senior officials available. The second reason was that Rogge's professional level was very low and his own strength was not strong.

In the extraordinary world, it is difficult to pose a threat to the lord if one's own strength is insufficient.

Moreover, Rogge is Sofia's brother. Strengthening Rogge's power is a kind of protection for Margaret and Philip. Rogge's position as the prime minister of the cabinet and the governor of the Central Bank Province can convey to the outside world Richard's reliance on the Stob Family and avoid internal challenges to the status of Margaret and Philip. After all, the extraordinary power that Undine has is far superior to Sofia.

In the second most important Black River Province, Governor Richard appointed his second uncle Powell. In the civil service system of Harland, Powell is the second most important person after Roger. He is also Richard's uncle, and his position is very important, which can influence Richard's decision to a considerable extent.

Powell's professional level is also not high. He has been a civil servant for many years. When William was just conferred the title, Powell managed the fiefdom with Richard. At that time, he was mainly responsible for the city construction. The earliest buildings and city defense fortifications of William Castle were all supervised by Powell himself.

Richard, the governor of the Vera Province, appointed his brother Hayden. Hayden was originally the chief inspector of Harland and was responsible for discipline inspection. However, he was a kind-hearted person. Although he had worked in intelligence and discipline inspection, his methods were relatively loose. He was loose here, and the officials below were a little lawless.

Richard was not very satisfied with Hayden's management of the inspection department, but on the one hand, there was no better candidate, and on the other hand, Hayden was his brother from the same mother, so he was embarrassed to reprimand him severely. This time, he simply changed Hayden's position and let him serve as the governor of the province. If Hayden still cannot satisfy him, Richard will have to give him an honorary title and arrange for him to retire to the second line.

Richard's opinion has been passed on to Hayden through his sister Wendy. If he continues to be lenient to the officials below, don't blame Richard for being ruthless.

Richard, the governor of the Eagle Province, appointed Bolian, who is also an old man in the Harland Territory and has served the territory for 20 years. This person is the earliest soldier in the Harland Territory. He retired from the front line due to combat injuries. Bolian has a studious personality. After retiring from the regular army, he joined the city defense army and was responsible for commanding the catapult troops to fight. A few years later, he transferred to the agricultural system. With the rapid development of the Harland Territory, he gradually became a more important official in the agricultural system.

After Richard's cousin Tang En was dismissed for dereliction of duty, Bolian replaced Tang En and became a senior official in charge of agriculture in the Harland Territory. Over the years, Bolian has been conscientious and the agricultural department he manages has never been in trouble. This time Richard transferred him from the agricultural system to serve as the governor of the Eagle Province.

Compared with the position of Minister of Agriculture, the power of the provincial governor is more important.

Richard, the governor of Grotta Province, appointed Rooney, who is also an experienced official in the Duke of Harland. Rooney was born as a freeman in Black River Castle and went to church school when he was young. It may be because of this factor that the young Rooney was valued and recruited by Mrs. Ola.

When William became a hereditary noble, Rooney had served the Harland family for about three or four years.

When Richard was running the territory, he saw that Rooney had management experience, so he appointed him as the director of the brick kiln factory. Because he did a good job in the brick kiln factory, Rooney left the factory and mine system and became the first civil servant of Sophia Castle.

After the reform of the civil service system in Harland, Rooney successively served as the county magistrate of the eastern county of the canyon and the county magistrate of the southern foot of the Eagle Mountains. Rooney also grew from an ordinary clerk to a heavyweight civil servant in Harland.

On the contrary, Bobby, Rooney's partner in the brick kiln factory, although he has a higher IQ and obtained some shares in the brick kiln factory, has made a lot of money with the development of the Haaland Territory in recent years, but his social status is far different from Rooney.

Soros is temporarily serving as the governor of the East Sea Province. This province has not been developed yet, and the departments at all levels of the province have not been established.

In the system of the Haaland Territory, the status of the provincial governor is very important and is a natural member of the cabinet. It's just that the provincial governor is in charge of the local area and cannot often attend cabinet meetings. He is not a standing member of the cabinet.

The standing members of the cabinet are basically ministers of the central government's subordinate departments, such as Intelligence Minister Noel, Health Minister Adrian, Education Minister Flora, Textile Minister Scott, Industry Minister Layton, Coal Minister Chavison, and Transportation Minister Gavin. In this government agency reform, Richard also established the Ministry of Public Security and transferred the public security army to this department.

Richard, the Minister of Public Security, did not choose a civil official. In a supernatural world like the Dawn Plane, civil officials are always vassals of the supernaturals who control the violent machine. It is not feasible to engage in civil politics and control the military with civil officials from the bottom logic. The supernaturals simply cannot accept this. Forced pressure can only make the supernaturals rebel.

Because the supernatural power is in the hands of individuals, the logic of this world is very simple. All power is directly in the hands of gods, demigods, and legendary professionals.

In the social rules where power determines everything, the most suitable system is the feudal system, which gives power to the classes that control different powers.

Especially after the gods fell asleep, the royal era has been running for more than 3,200 years and is still very stable, which is enough to prove this. It is much more difficult to establish a capitalist system in this world than in Richard's previous life.

Richard, the Minister of Public Security, selected Martin, who had retired for several years, from among the hereditary vassals.

The military, city defense, intelligence and other violent agencies were directly managed by Richard, and the cabinet had no power to intervene. The chief justice of the Harland Territory was still held by Sofia's brother Otto.

In addition, Richard also established the Noble Council Department during this political institutional adjustment.

The president of the Harland Noble Council appointed Sutton.

Sutton was the highest-ranking vassal in the Duchy of Harland. Although he had not been in Harland for a long time, he played a key role in several battles and had great prestige among the hereditary nobles. His mother, Sylph, was also a legend, and her external threat increased greatly.

With this institutional adjustment, the Duchy of Harland had established a government department that was small but complete.

It was March, the students had already gone to school, and the territory had begun spring ploughing.

In December last year, Richard's wife, Undine, was already pregnant. The pregnancy period of half-elves was slightly longer than that of humans. According to the experience recorded by predecessors, Richard's third child might be born in April next year.

Undine has half elf blood and her life span is about 200 years old. She drank a portion of water of life, which increased her life span by 20 years. Undine is less than 50 years old. Although the speed of half-elf advancement is slower than that of humans, there is enough time to advance to the legendary realm.

Legendary magicians have a variety of spells to extend their lifespans. The first is the life sharing spell. Secondly, there are various life extension potions and alchemy methods. At the end, they can also transform into liches and become undead creatures. They can also be conscious and immortal.

But every life has a beginning and an end. Even rule wizards, undead lords, and multi-dimensional gods will die and disappear one day.

In this world, it is impossible to jump out of the rules of the universe and gain eternal life. The universe has a cycle, and intelligent life will eventually end.

In March, spring plowing began. Richard took his eldest son Philip and prepared to inspect for a period of time. Starting this year, Richard has prepared to let Philip follow him to contact political affairs, get to know the officials of the territory, and see the world by observing how his father handles government affairs.

After a period of time, Philip was already familiar with the rules of government affairs. Under Richard's guidance, he also met many officials of different levels. There were not only senior officials, but also many minor officials serving the court. In addition, Richard also made him meet many military officers and hereditary nobles, including Levin and Sox, the rising stars of Harland, and other aristocratic officers with great prospects.

After a period of training, Richard decided to take Philip to the people.

Philip was not born in the deep palace and raised by women. Although he lived in the aristocratic court since he was a child, he also had certain life experience. Because he was educated in school since he was a child, Philip came into contact with a large number of classmates of ordinary origin. With this experience, he certainly had a certain understanding of society and the market.

But by the time of Philip's next generation, it was already difficult to go to school through ordinary schools.

When Philip was just receiving education, Richard was only an earl. Because of the special position of Harland, there were not many enemies, and the security measures of Sofia and Philip were relatively simple.

But now, although Harland is powerful, it has also made enemies with many forces, such as the Linus family who used to control the Grand Duchy of Stannic.

Another example is the Venus family, the former owner of the Grant Kingdom. This family has been silent for more than ten years. With the recovery of the legendary wizard Elena's injuries, it began to appear in the Grant Kingdom again. Some time ago, someone from the Venus family assassinated the earl of the Grant royal court and issued a death threat to the Roger Kingdom.

For example, the great nobles of the East Coast United Kingdom, the great nobles of the Delong Kingdom, the Pirosa family of the Stark Kingdom, and the orc forces hated him even more.

These enemies can't do anything to Richard and Sofia, and may attack their children to hit their will. So in recent years, Philip's security measures have become more and more stringent, seriously interfering with the elementary school where he studies.

Even Richard's sister Flora has repeatedly approached Richard to discuss and asked Philip to drop out of school and receive private education in the palace. After all, if Philip is attacked at school, no one can bear the consequences.

In a supernatural world like the Dawn Plane, if a professional wants to hide and cause damage, it will be very troublesome to deal with.

The management department of Harland Territory cannot keep every professional out.

When it comes to Richard's grandchildren, they will also be born in the deep palace and raised by women. In order to let the children understand the society and be familiar with the rules of grassroots operation, Richard must also set an example and often take the children to inspect and contact the people.

Today Richard is going to take Philip to see Fort William.

After 20 years of development, the population near Fort William has expanded to nearly 300,000.

When Fort William was established, it was chosen in a dangerous place. There are relatively few flat areas nearby, which is not suitable for the reproduction of a large population.

In recent years, Fort William has been somewhat overwhelmed, and houses, streets, villas, and hotels have long been built on the nearby farmland.

Even the factories built in the past have mostly moved in the past one or two years.

Richard took a few of his followers and went to the suburbs of Fort William with Philip to take a look, and happened to see a flour factory moving. Richard waved his hand, asked several followers to disperse, controlled the security guards at the factory gate, and then took Philip into the factory to take a look.

As soon as they entered the factory, they heard the factory owner Odaye complaining to several of his companions.

"It is too expensive to run a factory in Fort William. Not only is the labor cost high in this city, but it is also very difficult to obtain industrial land indicators. Under fierce market competition, it is becoming increasingly difficult to develop. The most critical point is that the workers employed in Fort William are very difficult to deal with. Many people have messy relationships and do not obey the factory management system. Because of various relationships, it is particularly troublesome to deal with them.

Last year, I handed in a profit of 6,000 gold coins, but I did not get any respect here. I decided to move the factory away and develop in Graveson, a major wheat producing area.

Grayfordson now has only one flour mill. The local government is very willing for us to invest and promised to reduce taxes for us. If we go there, the labor cost can be reduced by half.

I think the respected Duke should relax the policy of using slaves, promote the further development of free trade, make slave trade legal, and enter all walks of life."

"Okay, keep your voice down and don't let outsiders hear it." One person turned his head and saw the stranger, and immediately waved his hand to stop Odaye.

The main reason why Odaye is outspoken is that he has deep political and business connections. He is not only a life-long friend with Sura, but also a partner with interests. They are the first batch of soldiers in Harland Territory, and the relationship network in the territory is intricate.

This group of people is also the staunch supporter of Harland Territory. If they have not committed a serious crime, Richard will also give them a smile.

After twenty years of hard struggle, Odaye has grown into the first generation of factory owners and capitalists in Harland Territory. Now his assets are close to 100,000 gold coins, which is richer than many hereditary nobles.

Although Odaye is already very rich, his social status in the Duke of Harland Territory is far inferior to that of old comrades such as Jennings and Sura. He is just a vine that needs to be tied to big trees such as Sura and Jennings for development.

Odaye is not very satisfied with this point, and sometimes his emotions are filled with resentment. But the rules of power operation in the Dawn Plane cannot be changed by his will.

In this world, the supernatural power owns everything. Only when you master the supernatural power can you have money, beauty and the power to dominate others. If there is no protection from old comrades such as Sura and Jennings, although Odaye is very rich, it is estimated that he can't stop others from spying like wolves and tigers. Although Richard has made some social reforms, the foundation of the operation of the supernatural world society can never be changed.

Although very depressed, Odaye also clearly realized this.

Since he became rich, he has found many lovers and gave birth to more than a dozen children, obviously wanting to invest in the next generation. When the next generation of children become professionals and gain a foothold in the violent agency, the Odaye family can stabilize and form a small interest group rooted in the territory of Harland.

When Odaye heard someone approaching, he immediately turned around and saw Richard and Philip, his face suddenly changed.