Chapter 329 Three-Year Plan to Encourage Birth

Chapter 329 Three-Year Plan - Encourage Birth

To formulate a development plan, you must first understand the local situation. If you don't know the situation, you naturally have no right to speak.

The promised territory development meeting inevitably turned into a special show for local leaders.

The development plans of all people can be summed up in two words - conservative.

Almost all plans are conventional. Those who grow potatoes grow potatoes, and those who grow rye grow rye. Almost all of them dig for food in the fields.

Even if they proposed raising livestock, it was to meet the needs of arable land and solve the meat needs of the people in the territory.

Those who have a little economic sense only proposed to grow flax themselves. This thing is very popular. Flax seeds are used to extract vegetable oil, and flax stalks can be used to draw silk and weave cloth.

Developing the economy is an issue that cities need to consider. It is enough for rural towns to do a good job in agricultural production, and at most maintain and repair roads.

The development plans of the only two cities, or three cities, are also quite conservative. Copying a decree from a neighbor and strictly implementing it is considered a measure.

Everything is in line with the rules, without any innovation. There are no highlights, and no major problems.

Without experience in urban governance, the best way is to copy the neighbors. If you want to develop, everyone will develop together, and if you want to be rotten, everyone will be rotten together. As long as you pull it to the same level, you will not fall behind.

Hudson did not rush to comment on the content of the decree. These are the governance experiences summarized by good neighbors. Perhaps there is an even more eccentric story behind the seemingly bizarre decree.

Copying it may not necessarily achieve brilliant results, but at least it can ensure that the territory will not be messed up.

Compared with being unique and directly establishing a new political system, Hudson prefers to improve the original political system.

"Earl, this is the summarized territory development plan, please take a look!"

While speaking, Kane has handed over the sorted documents. On the homepage is the "Draft of the Three-Year Territory Development Plan".

The time period can be extended for three years, which is obviously not an enclave. From the time it is determined to change the land, the development requirements for the enclave are: quick benefits, stability overrides everything.

Reform does not exist. After the territory exchange transaction is completed, a big move will be carried out. The original social structure has been completely disrupted, and everything has to start from scratch.

Going to reform at this moment is purely a waste of administrative resources.

If the people in the territory were not basically composed of serfs, without many free people, this scale of relocation would definitely cause a big mess.

The three-year plan is very simple, and it is only recorded on one page, which means there will be no specific plan.

In general, it can be divided into two major modules: economy and military.

As for the highly anticipated politics, it is not something that these subordinates are qualified to get involved in.

To put it bluntly, Hudson himself is just following others, and there are really not many political issues to consider.

In the political system of the entire kingdom, his voice is actually not high. Except for the military field, he basically has nothing to do.

Political diplomacy is something that the ministers in the capital need to consider. Everyone plays their own economy, and the lords of various places have sufficient autonomy.

Although the king can collect some taxes from the local areas, the tax rates and types are fixed, and most places still use the ancient tax farming system.

If you want to collect an extra copper coin, you must obtain approval from the noble parliament. Unless it is a war, it will basically not be passed.

In the military: continue to improve the reserve system and gradually reduce the size of the standing army to less than 3,000 people.

Establish a 500-man crossbow unit within three years, mainly equipped with magic crossbows; establish a 1,000-man knight group to lay the foundation for the future establishment of the Warcraft Knight Group.

There is no doubt that in terms of military development, the mountain territory has also taken a similar path to a group of kingdom nobles.

With the decline of the Orc Empire, the war mode of large legions and piles of people is unlikely to appear again.

Looking around the Alpha Kingdom, there is no large alien force at all. For a long time in the future, if there is a conflict with the outside world, it will be a human civil war.

Aristocratic wars have a lot of constraints. There are rarely large-scale massacres, and we cannot expect that everyone can fight the enemy to the end in a civil war.

The era when serfs could go to the battlefield and fight to death by issuing weapons to them will never come back.

Under the new war mode, if serfs continue to go to the battlefield, there is a high probability that "three kinds of bravery" will appear.

After all, in aristocratic wars, serfs are still serfs no matter who wins or loses.

Even if they win, at most they will be rewarded with a few meals of wine and meat; if they meet a stingy lord, they may have to continue to eat black bread that can hit people.

In this environment, Hudson dare not make a big move. The most important thing is that serf soldiers really can't beat the extraordinary troops, no matter how well-trained they are, they will suffer.

If the extraordinary troops have not yet been established, he is ready to cancel the national reserve system and only select people with cultivation talents to train from an early age.

It is mainly due to the limitation of productivity that magic crossbows cannot be equipped on a large scale. Otherwise, even an army composed of ordinary people can cause certain casualties to the Knights.

Of course, this is in a city defense war. If an encounter occurs in the wild, with the current power of magic crossbows, it is still impossible to stop the charge of the Knights.

Economically, the development plan of the Mountain Territory is simpler. It can be summed up in one sentence: "Open up wasteland, dig canals, and develop industrial economy."

There is no specific content. The first two are very straightforward, and you can understand what they are doing at a glance. The development of industrial economy in the latter part can only be explored slowly.

Up to now, the pillar industry of the Mountain Territory is still steel. Whether it is the pots and pans produced, or the swords and guns, they are all related to steel.

The oil industry that Hudson developed earlier was eventually used for self-use due to the large increase in population.

Extending the industrial chain is also based on the self-sufficient lord economic system.

Developing commerce is pure nonsense. The largest group in the territory is serfs, followed by orc slaves.

Free people and nobles, a total of only a few thousand people. This little purchasing power has limited potential for development.

The current trading subjects are still nobles. Unless the serf system is broken, it will be difficult for industry and commerce to develop.

Although there are organizations similar to the July Society that shout slogans such as "overthrow the nobles and liberate the serfs", they have all been infiltrated into cult groups.

As a member of the aristocratic group, Hudson will naturally not be stupid enough to jump out and revolutionize himself. Even if political reforms are to be carried out, that is a matter for the future.

Not to mention his subordinates, they are all traditionally educated and are all firm supporters of the current system.

"Not enough!"

After a rough look, Hudson said lightly.

Everyone was surprised to hear such an answer. All the plans were discussed by them together, covering almost all major affairs of the territory's development.

It is not easy to come up with an outline in such a short time, and no one can come up with the specific implementation details so quickly.

"Please show me, Earl!"

Kane said nervously.

As workers, they also have different statuses. Kane, who has become the head of the staff, has to be the first to speak out at this moment.

"The development of the territory is inseparable from the population. You should know how high the land limit of the earldom is.

After reclaiming the swamps and Salam, the total area of ​​the territory will definitely exceed 40,000 square kilometers. Even if half of the land is used as arable land, it can feed millions of people.

How many people do we have now?

You should know how big the gap is. Why is there no policy to encourage childbirth?"

Hudson said dissatisfiedly.

In the feudal lord era, if you want to increase the population, it mainly depends on the attitude of the lord.

As long as the noble lord is willing to spend money and food to support it, everyone can have children with confidence.

In this era without entertainment and contraceptive facilities, making people at night is the eternal mainstream.

Marriage rate, what is that?

If you don't get married at the age, the officials of the lord's mansion will directly assign you a partner. Serfs don't even have the right to personal freedom, so naturally they don't have the power to refuse.

As for freemen, there are not many in the territory, so it doesn't matter whether they are willing to have children.

"Count, we have already issued a notice to relax childbirth. There is no need to reiterate it, right?"

Kane responded with a stiff face.

"Encourage childbirth", this is the first time he has heard of this term. According to tradition, when the lord needs to increase the population, he will issue an announcement to relax childbirth.

After that, as long as a newborn is born, the lord's mansion will increase the corresponding material rations.

Currently, the Mountain Territory also does this, using the traditional material rationing system.

The difference is that in order to encourage land reclamation, Hudson took out part of the land income and shared it with the people in the territory.

The people who got up early now have more or less extra income as long as they are honest and hardworking, and they are considered wealthy households among the serfs.

As for the relaxation of childbirth, it seems that since Hudson moved into the Mountain Territory, he has never restricted everyone from having children.

If it were on the earth in the previous life, the population fertility rate of the Mountain Territory would be the king.

Unfortunately, due to medical conditions, while the fertility rate is high, the population mortality rate is also high.

"That's not enough. If we just rely on natural population growth, the rate is too slow.

We must come up with more active population incentive policies, such as providing better medical facilities for the people, or offering some physical rewards.

How can we meet the medical resource needs of the territory by relying on just a few priests?

The training cycle of priests is too long, and it is impossible to train a large number of them in a short period of time.

The best choice is to train pharmacists. They don't need to be too proficient in alchemy. As long as they understand pharmacology and can match some herbs, they can deal with some daily minor ailments. That's enough."

Hudson's words fell into the ears of everyone, no less than a thunderbolt.

Pharmacists are not welcome in the continent of Aslant. In the prosperous era of the Church, they were even classified as heretics and would be sent to the stake if caught.

Even after the decline of the Church, under the influence of traditional concepts, pharmacists are also a niche profession.

It is mainly the nobles who are high above, and they don't need pharmacists to serve them. There are priests for injuries and illnesses, and even if they don't want to receive magic treatment, there are more advanced magic potions.

There is no way, it is just so clear. The magic potions used by the bigwigs are orthodox, but ordinary pharmacists are heretics.

In Hudson's view, all this is caused by profit. In order to monopolize medical resources, the priest deliberately discredits and suppresses competitors.

If it were in a place where the power of the Church was strong, Hudson would never dare to do such a heretical thing. But this is the Alpha Kingdom, a place where priests have to look at the eyes of the nobles.

The priests in the territory may be dissatisfied, but they will never cause a big mess. Even if they don't want to do it, the family behind them will make them behave.

The right to speak is only for the great priests. Those who are in Hudson's territory are all a group of low-level priests.

If they don't want to do it, there are still a lot of people waiting to replace their positions. It doesn't really take many people to just meet the medical needs of the nobles.

Moreover, although this change has some impact on the status of priests, the overall impact is not great.

The declining pharmacists, even if they are revived in the mountain territory, can only provide medical services for serfs for a long time in the future.

The nobles can't trust these guys, and their current competitors are still the magicians who are proficient in alchemy.

In general, as long as there is no war. The nobles do not have much demand for medical resources, and the knights are all in good health.

If they have health problems, it is in their old age. Usually, when old diseases relapse, it is time to die.

Anyway, the healing skills that the priests use to stimulate the potential of life are a death warrant for the nobles in their old age.

If they are not treated, they can live a few more days, but if they are treated, they will most likely die directly.

"Count, there are not many good people among these side pharmacists. Letting them in may cause trouble. Especially their reputation, which may even attract..."

Before the political officer Jacob finished speaking, Hudson interrupted and said, "Whether they are good people or not, I just need them to train more pharmacists for the territory.

If you are worried about their problems, then send more people to keep an eye on them. What you need is to help me solve the problem, not just raise questions.

As for the storms in the outside world, I, the count, will be in the front, so you don't need to bear them!"

Compared with the benefits, Hudson felt that some risks were completely borne.

The church in the kingdom was in disarray and had long been torn apart by the nobles. The bishop of the mountain territory was appointed by Hudson himself, and was purely a decoration in politics.

This caused dissatisfaction with the Holy See, so let them be dissatisfied. The bosses in the family were all heretics in the eyes of the Holy See, and it was completely okay for the younger brother to follow.

Originally, Hudson made his fortune by killing the Holy See cavalry and taking advantage of political correctness. He didn't mind making the anti-Holy See stigma on him deeper.

…

After finishing a day's work, Hudson returned to the gentle land again. I have to admit that Isabel, who is proficient in singing, dancing, chess, calligraphy and painting, is indeed very attractive. He has been staying here recently.

As time went by, Hudson also felt a sense of crisis in his heart. Especially the letter from his fiancée, which made him feel even more headache.

At the beginning, he swore to Melissa that he had no relationship with Isabel. In this situation now, he has no way to explain.

In this regard, he admired his father-in-law. The red flag at home was not falling, and the colorful flags outside were fluttering. There was even one time when Hudson found that Oran brought his lover home to play with his wife.

Hudson could not guarantee that he could do the same thing. At least he was not as good as his father-in-law in the ability to coax women.

The only thing that could attract women was what Maxim brought. The identity of the dragon knight was born with an aura.

Perhaps she felt something, and Isabel, who was lying in his arms, suddenly turned around, stared at Hudson and asked: "Hudson, what are you worried about?

Is there anything that can stump you, the dragon knight?"

"It's nothing big, just a little trouble in the development of the territory.

I plan to train a group of pharmacists to provide better medical care for the people in the territory. Now I am worried about the collective opposition of the priests in the territory."

Hudson fooled as much as he could.

It's impossible to tell the truth. If you overturn the jar of jealousy, it will be difficult to get this top enjoyment.

Isabel had been serving him too comfortably recently, and Hudson did not want to destroy the current relationship between the two.

"If you don't consider the outside influence, and it's just the priests who are against it, you send someone to communicate with them privately, and I think everyone should give you, the Earl, face!"

From the suspicious eyes, it can be seen that Isabel did not believe the reasons given by Hudson. However, as a smart person, she did not expose it directly, but took it as a real help to make plans.

Realizing this, Hudson secretly complained. Deep in his heart, he couldn't help but think that it was better for women to be a little stupid. Too smart women are really not easy to fool!

It seems that Isabel is very virtuous, but is this what a lover should have? Obviously, this is a pretense for him to see, in order to magnify his inner guilt.

If they really have the same status and position, and play tricks, it is estimated that ten Melissas are not her opponents.

It's a pity that there are not so many ifs. Some things are born with them, and if they are not born, they will not be there.

In the continent of Aslant, men still have the opportunity to change their fate on the battlefield and complete the leap of social status.

If women want to make a leap, they can only select potential stocks and invest in advance before men become successful.

For example: A potential stock like Hudson could only marry a singer before he got the title, or when he was penniless just after getting the title.

However, Hudson at that time could never catch Isabel's eye. The little nobles who were fascinated by her could line up from here to the capital.

The marriage with the Hollisel family was also the result of Orlan, who was still a viscount, having a unique vision and making investments in advance.

You should know that when the two sides began to contact, Hudson was still a small baron, and at most his military strength was stronger than that of ordinary barons.

Facing the olive branch thrown by an old and noble family, the Koslo family, who didn't know that Hudson could rise quickly, couldn't think of refusing at all.

After everything was settled, Hudson started the real road to rise. It can be said to be a classic case of perfectly grasping the opportunity and betting on potential stocks in advance.

"Well! This is a good idea, I will arrange it later!"

While speaking, Hudson had already kissed him...

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