Chapter 119: One Hundred and Nineteen Area Arrangements
The newly acquired territory of Einweiden totaled 11,527 hectares, plus the current 3,000 hectares, it was exactly 15,000 hectares, five times the original map.
Among them, the town of Fantnih, across the Draulen River in the south of Einweiden, is the focus of development and reclamation.
Fantnich is a long town, facing the town of Caron to the west, and further west is Lavossen, and to the east is the sea. The coastline is one hundred hectares long and the depth is only forty hectares.
The coastline of this place has not been eroded by the Draulen River, forming a deep bay like the Port of Einwetten. There are too many charred rocks on the coastline and even sea cliffs, so it is not suitable for the location of a port.
However, this place has a long coastline and is rich in seafood and fish and shrimp. Most tenant farmers are fishermen because they can catch better varieties of fish and sell them to various monks and nuns who need to fast from red meat.
Therefore, most of the fishermen here live a decent life.
Most of the fishermen lived in dozens of knights' estates along the coast. There were more than a thousand self-employed farmers and tenant farmers in total. These ten knights still stayed where they were.
Fantnich Fortress is built on the seashore and is a dilapidated little town of only about ten hectares.
The city still has a population of over a thousand. There are dozens of menial soldiers left by the old lord to work at the border of the fortress, and the rest are merchants and poor people.
There are only forty or fifty factories in the city. In addition to meeting the needs of food, clothing, housing and transportation in the town, most of the factories are related to fisheries, forestry and agriculture.
There are five or six fish drying and salt drying workshops, and they are not very large.
Now the merger is carried out according to Einweiten's rules, and the hard-working drivers even follow the fishermen out to sea to see the products of the ocean.
The crew discovered that this sea was rich in sea cucumbers, sea urchins, scallops, and other things that the Marquise liked.
So he instructed the fishermen there to catch these strange-shaped creatures that no one eats. The clerk in the trading office directly gave him an order, asking him to catch these and sell them to Eindhoven to increase his income.
Olivia was very satisfied with this approach. As expected, the people she brought out were the most considerate to her.
She had read half of the information when she immediately called Fanxi in.
After Fanxi entered the room, she saw the Marquis and his wife looking through documents in the study. She felt a strong work atmosphere and each one was more serious than the other.
Olivia looked at her and said:
"I'm going to arrange the food expenses for the fortress. From now on, all big banquets will use seafood, and all the daily meals will be produced in Shanghai. You can tell others that I love to eat.
Also, call Jock and the others over. I want to discuss something with them regarding the regional protection of land products."
Fanxi looked at the information in the wife's hand, understood something, and nodded:
"I remember it."
Olivia watched her go out and continued to look through the information.
Now, Einweiten benefits from shipping and has accumulated a large number of wealthy capitalists.
She must dilute this wealth by creating demand through her own example.
Porcelain, clothing, and seafood are the best tools to dilute wealth.
Seafood is popular among the upper class in Eindhoven, and the rich will follow suit. Where there is a market, there is demand, and there will always be bosses who will do this import business.
Whether the knights in the Fantnich Knight Manor want to make money or the merchants in the city want to make money, they have to rely on seafood.
But they couldn't go out to sea and take risks themselves, so they could only hire a large number of tenant farmers and self-employed farmers, or purchase seafood from fishermen.
Under her policy, those who rely on catching fish themselves to make money can get a certain degree of rights protection.
They take risks, work hard with blood and sweat, and they can get the corresponding right to speak.
In today's society, productivity is low. Whether you are a noble or a serf, you have to sacrifice your own safety if you want to have a say.
Whoever sacrifices more will gain more status. Olivia has seen clearly the nature of power today.
If all civilians were docile lambs farming in safe areas, they would not be able to generate a force capable of resisting the administrative class.
These officials, the grassroots knights, hold substantial power, and they cannot do without some checks and balances.
If grassroots clerks engage in oppressive behavior, these people can use their own strength to fight back.
If the business becomes too big in the future and she cannot take into account the power scale of each employee, at least she still has this standard to help those who deviate from their power get back on track.
Now that the military and politics have been separated, the administration cannot mobilize the military, and it is very easy to control it.
Relative democracy, relative free trade.
Within the framework, relatively loyal administrative power.
The influence of the aristocracy can be used as a tool.
Absolute control over the military, religious beliefs, and the values they bring are also the most effective overt conspiracies.
These were her basic strategies for future territories.
Caesar was holding a detailed topographic map and a schematic diagram of the locations of several manors and fortresses in Fantnich, and was thinking about whether to adjust the location of the military garrison.
In Einweiden, the military garrison system was very effective. The knights were separated from the military and politics and only took care of military affairs. This was very effective in improving the overall quality of the soldiers. He planned to implement this model.
After looking through the archives of the town of Fantnich, Caesar also considered which officers to send to take over the town and which knight to invite to be made baron.
They both put down the documents in their hands and drank a glass of water.
After a while, Olivia left the study and went to the meeting room downstairs, and Caesar also left the study and went to the barracks.
The information for the other two towns is similar to that of Fantnich.
When Olivia arrived at the side hall, almost everyone inside was there.
She went up and sat down, indicating that she had finished reading all the information.
All the directors were shocked by the speed and intelligence of the lady in handling official business.
However, these officials are not there to sit there and do nothing. Each department has already drawn up planning plans for the new territories within their responsibilities.
During the meeting, Olivia indeed asked them about their plans for the new territory. She listened to their reports and found that there were many different opinions.
Some people want to turn Fantnighe into an economic hub like the second Eindhoven.
Since we cannot develop the coast, we can use the narrow territory to build a corridor and work with Lorki to build a through official road that can directly cut into the south.
South of Lorki Town is the core fiefdom of Marquis Desiso, separated by a mountain area.
If such a road is built, trade between the northern and central regions of Alta will have certain advantages.
However, perhaps Marquis De Ciso would consider this a warning to him.
Some people also want to propose that Fantnih be positioned as a large agricultural and pastoral region.
In Fantnih, except for a little flat farmland in the valley near the Draulen River, the terrain on the west side is mostly mountains and hills.
However, this small amount of fertile valley is enough to develop agriculture and animal husbandry.
Like Eindhoven, the waterway can be used to transport dairy products, meat products and grains to the port and out to sea.
Some were even bold enough to move industry from the port to this section of the river in Fantnich.
They want to adopt a strategy of putting all their eggs in different baskets. If the port is attacked on a large scale in the future, at least the industrial distribution still has depth and will not be completely shut down or affected.
Olivia listened to their respective reasons and understood the considerations of these employees before finally expressing her opinion.
She first formulated a series of regional business protection policies, which stipulated that the businesses of each town could not be monopolized by private individuals, and that people's livelihoods such as food, clothing, housing and transportation had to be under the direct management of the Nine Departments.
We also selectively adopted the opinions of the drivers, made additions and deletions, and made the purpose clear.
Ramvih is the northern border and a dangerous mountainous area. The strategy of this place is to develop transportation, build bridges and roads.
It can maintain the supply of materials on the border and ensure that large-scale troops can be mobilized at any time.
As for Fantnich, the focus of its development is on seafood, agriculture and waterway advantages. It is backed by Carron and is located in Dunfermline. There is no need to worry about any security issues, and it can develop production on a large scale and serve as the granary of the entire region.
Olivia also proposed to develop the mountainous area of Fantnih. If farming is not possible, artificial terraces should be built. If terraces cannot be built, the forest should be returned to pasture.
However, the agricultural areas here must be protected most strictly, while the other two towns can be more relaxed and leave some room for commercial development.
The Lorki corridor also had to be built, not only for connecting land transportation and trade with central Alta, but also for marching.
The peak area of Lorki is rich in minerals, and with good transportation routes, it can reduce Eindhoven's dependence on external mining.
After the meeting, it was time for dinner.
Nowadays, with the rapid development of communication, Dad still works remotely so that he can discuss with Olivia and Caesar at any time.
Old Renault believed that he was too old to be stubborn in matters of policy and military affairs.
Anyway, his fiefdom will belong to Olivia in the future, so it is better to hand it over to her in advance and let her manage it together with Einwidden.
As for him, he was responsible for passing on instructions and giving orders, and essentially just being a leisurely person.
Olivia knew what her father was thinking, so she had no choice but to do more work.
During the dinner, she also learned about the situation of Caron and Odoni.
Old Renault also established his own nine-department system, and these officials worked diligently and brought back all the data.
Odoni is a large area, about 4,000 hectares, located north of the town of Dunfermline and west of Ramvech, which is also on the border.
To the west of Odoni is the direct territory of Constant County, which has now been divided and given to several other small barons as territories.
The town of Caron in the south is familiar to everyone. It is adjacent to Lavosen, which has now been upgraded to a viscounty.
The southern part of Carron, the direct domain of Roslingay, was also broken up and given to viscounts and a host of new barons.
Olivia's strategy for Ordon and Caron is also to develop transportation efficiency.
These two places were buffer zones of Ainwidden County, directly facing the heart of the present kingdom.
Dad has handed over the arrangement of military affairs to Caesar, and he himself is still stationed in Einweiden.
Caesar roughly calculated that he could still recruit about one-tenth of the soldiers from these four or five towns within a distance of 10,000 to 20,000 miles.
He wanted to station all these soldiers in the form of garrisons on the southern border of Kalon to prevent unrest within the kingdom.
The military garrisons in the manors in various places are used for local garrisons, and the thousands of elite soldiers in the direct territories are used to expand the territory. Only when their responsibilities are clearly defined and the red lines of power are clearly drawn can they become handy weapons.
After dinner, the important matters of the region were almost discussed.
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