Chapter 127: The Ruler of a Country
Thousands of miles of ice and snow.
Looking towards the city of Einwidden outside the fortress, the whole world was covered in a solemn white snow. People were coming and going on the streets, and the bustling market seemed to be unaffected by the cold at all.
Olivia sat in the fort's study, drinking a cup of cinnamon hot cocoa while opening the latest military newspaper sent home.
The army of the United Principality has arrived at the capital, and is crushing the border with unstoppable force. In a month or so, the entire Walius County and the capital will fall into her hands.
As for the second-in-command, Marquis Desiso and Count Antonova, they had already written letters to join the federation of the principality to avoid war.
The reason these two people are still alive today is entirely due to their ability to surrender quickly.
Olivia was too busy to do anything now, so she naturally agreed to their request. Besides, it was better to have one more friend than one more enemy. If war could be avoided, she still hoped not to fight.
The population lost in the war is not just population, but also the labor force that can be used after the war, which is the cornerstone of building a great country.
After the army entered the royal capital, some people below suggested that she and Caesar be crowned kings.
But Olivia knew that if she opened the champagne halfway, she would die quickly, so she did not choose to become king first. Instead, she planned with Caesar to get the original map of the entire Alta Kingdom in one go and truly rule it first. Status was the least important thing now.
From the Anne River in the south to the coastline in the east, from the border with the neighboring country in the west to the Hobbs border in the north, this large piece of land already covers more than one million hectares.
If this were a game, she would have won by this point.
But Olivia knew that this was her life now. The country was just being built and everything was in ruins, and there was still farming to do!
When the coalition forces of the southern nobles came out in full force to the north, Caesar saw the opportunity and marched south with the main force from the north and the rebellious knights.
Now, they are slaughtering the royal capital with blood, purging the entire south of the southern nobles who are closely related to the royal family, slaughtering their forces, and not giving them any chance to breathe or seek revenge.
Olivia had no problem with what Caesar did.
They have rebelled. How can she sleep well if she doesn't eliminate all the political enemies now and in the future, along with the monkeys in these families?
Olivia thought from behind the study window that all the wars would be over before spring.
She was thinking when she suddenly heard brisk footsteps behind her.
When she turned around, it was Christina. She happily jumped out of the maid's arms and ran behind Olivia, shouting loudly.
"Mom! Mom! Mom!"
Christina held the toy in her hand and handed it to Olivia with a smile.
She can now talk and walk, becoming a thriving primary human being.
Olivia reached out and touched Christina's head, picked her up and played with her for a while, then handed her to the maid.
Christina admired her mother very much and left reluctantly. Although her little head didn't understand anything, it was full of admiration for her mother's power.
A tiny seed sprouted in her heart.
Olivia planned to summon the directors of Einweiton and hold a short meeting with these confidants to discuss how to arrange the organizational structure after the war.
Her map has been upgraded to the entire continent mode. It can be seen that she owns a large corner of the northern continent. Although this corner is poor and weak, it is not richer than the southern continent at all.
But who doesn’t start with a bowl?
The first thing Olivia had to do was to abolish the land aristocracy system, separate the title from the land, only give the nobility fiefs and not the army, and implement the county system, establish a military department, and strengthen centralization.
Under the current circumstances, no one opposes this policy. After all, the current chaotic situation is indeed the best opportunity to implement new policies.
If society were a little more stable, the resistance to reform would be unimaginably great.
A large number of knights who are the backbone of the army are most willing to see such a policy implemented.
For them, it is almost impossible to be promoted from a soldier to an earl or marquis. No matter how hard they try, it is difficult to get a nomination for promotion.
Unless one is a monster like Lord Caesar, ordinary people have no chance of catching the eyes of the great lord.
But now that the earl and marquis no longer command the troops, these knights are no longer bound by any constraints.
It is directly under the management of the military. According to the above statement, the future promotion of knights will not be based on a recommendation system, but a performance appraisal system.
The knight and his subordinates' soldiers with the greatest achievements in actual combat and on the training ground will be promoted.
The supreme lord can see it directly, their achievements are not easily taken away, and they can get more real power.
The proposal was first discussed in Olivia's cabinet, and the people below made additions and revisions to it. After it became a complete charter, it was brought to the House for a vote.
The parliament, composed of a group of northern nobles who were the first to be brought in, was all pale in the face of such a reform system.
How could they vote? Would they agree to send all their knights away and start a new one?
But if they don't vote, they all know that the situation is set and they can't change it. They will lose their lives. So they might as well sign. At least they can still enjoy the fiefdom that comes with the title.
For the aristocracy, this was a soft landing without any bloodshed.
For grassroots troops, this is a reform that concerns glory.
This is also a good thing for the staff of the Nine Departments who are in charge of internal affairs. This way, they don’t have to worry about offending any nobles and being obstructed when implementing policies in the future.
It is also a good thing for ordinary people and businessmen.
Although the great lords still existed, they still had to pay taxes and provide labor for their support.
But now the burden is much lighter, the nobles have a fixed amount of fiefs, and the knights are not responsible for the land.
It is no longer like before when a small knight could control the birth, aging, sickness and death of all the people in a manor.
With the reforms of the nobility and the army completed, Olivia looked at the newly drawn map of the principality and counted them carefully.
According to the plan of the Ministry of Land Affairs, the territories that have been recovered and those to be recovered are divided into a total of fourteen counties.
There are forty towns of all sizes, three thousand six hundred and fifty-eight hundred villages, including five thousand workshops.
The total population is 350,000, the cultivated land area is about 200,000 hectares, the livestock land area is 300,000 hectares, and there are two rivers.
She excitedly received the rewards for the main quest and dungeon quest, and received rice, mulberry leaves and silkworms.
After receiving the task, a banner appeared on the screen.
"Congratulations on reaching the finale: Ruler of a Nation!"
The ending? Olivia refreshed the interface again. The game still had no exit button. She shrugged indifferently, treating the system like a navigation app and continued to work on her policy reform plan.
In another month, Caesar will be going home.
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