Celestial Mage

Chapter 361 The First Islands Development Conference (23)

In the blink of an eye, it has been ten days since Rosen took over Beluga Island and became the earl bestowed by God.

In the past ten days, Rosen has not been idle for a moment. He read the detailed information of Beluga Island in the Governor's Mansion, and got the real situation of Beluga Island.

The population is much larger than expected, close to 100 million.

The reason is simple, because the Duke of Storms collects taxes according to the number of islanders, referred to as poll tax.

50 people pay 36 crowns, while 100 million people have to pay 72 crowns.

Beluga Island is far away overseas, and the Duke is not strict in checking, and anyone with a little brain knows to conceal the number of people.

All in all, this is excellent news.

In terms of the productivity level of this era, an island with 80 Rabang, which is about the size of Hainan Island, has 100 million people living, which is actually a bit crowded.

When the place is crowded, the competition for resources will be fierce. Without the constraints from the outside world, the Matthew effect is bound to be exerted to the extreme.

In other words, most of the wealth will be concentrated in the hands of the six major families, while the common people only have resources that are barely enough to make ends meet.

Then there are the fields on the island, which are a little less than recorded in the data.

Because Beluga Island has many mountains and hills, and the seaside has many saline lands.

Therefore, the currently owned fields are only about 8 labangs.

Statistics show that about 2 rams of land can produce food to feed one person, 1 labang is 30 rams, and 8 is 240 million rams of land. If it is full, it can only feed 120 million people.

But it is impossible for people to eat all the food, and livestock must also eat it, and there are still wastes such as storage, transportation, and rodent infestation. Therefore, the number of people has reached the limit of land output.

Good years will be tight, and bad years will be disasters on earth.

Fortunately, this is an island.

Through fishing in the sea, a lot of food can be replenished every year, which has slightly alleviated the food crisis, but the population has really increased to the limit.

"There are few resources and a large population. Everyone is suffering~~ Yes, it just happens to be industrialized for me."

There is no problem with the lack of local food production. He can go to the inland of the golden land to buy it. After the sea murloc strategy is completed, he can also use fisheries to supplement it.

With enough food and so many people, and opening a few large workshops to pay wages, why don't the islanders work for him batch by batch?
Just as Rosen was seriously reading the materials in the governor's study, Archmage Fan Ganning came back.

After only seeing each other for ten days, the middle-aged great mage changed from his previous bitterness and hatred, and became more energetic and his voice was much louder.

When Rosen saw his condition, he knew he was doing well.

After calling the attendant to hand him a cup of fragrant tea, and signaling the other party to sit down, he smiled and said: "It seems that the master has brought me good news."

Fan Ganning took a sip of his fragrant tea, sighed in satisfaction, and began to report.

"Lord, all the properties of the six major families have been confiscated. The total amount of cash confiscated is 312 million crowns, the total value of various properties is 1242 million crowns, and various lands are 50 labangs."

According to the Matthew Effect, this money should account for more than [-]% of the total wealth of Beluga Island.

Especially the land, which used to belong to the six major families, is now all in the hands of Luo Sen, who can do whatever he wants.

In other words, almost all the wealth of the entire island was gathered in Rosen's hands.

In this case, it does not matter whether the tax is collected or not for the next three years.

Rosen was very happy: "Very good. Continue."

"The children of the six major families and those who have a close interest relationship with their families total 8132, including 4423 males and 4709 females."

"At present, all personal belongings have been stripped away, and power has been abolished. He has become an ordinary person who cannot cultivate. He can be exiled to Jiaxi Island at any time."

"This is a detailed list of extremely brief biographical information."

Among this group of people, some were only implicated, and belonged to the vague area of ​​whether they could be exiled or not, but mistakes were inevitable, and Fan Ganning added them all.

Among them were four or five unlucky ones, old enemies who had humiliated him before.This time, he also wrote it all down, which made him let out a big mouthful of resentment.

While speaking, he handed a stack of thick manuscripts to Rosen.

Rosen took the manuscript and flipped through it quickly, and felt that the number of people was much more than he expected.

It's a huge waste to keep them locked up on a deserted island like this.

My heart moved: "Why don't you come to a labor camp? After ten years of labor reform, if you behave well, you will be restored to freedom. At least it will give people hope."

More than 8000 people used to be members of the upper-class society on Beluga Island. They all knew how to read and were reformed. They are also high-quality talents.

So he said: "Since there is no power left, then I won't send the island away."

Fan Ganning was startled: "Ah? Did you kill them all?"

Rosen frowned when he heard this, thinking that this guy was still stuck in the barbaric era of the archipelago.

"Fan Ganning, you have to change your thinking, don't kill people at every turn, and play the role of human beings as much as possible."

Fan Ganning felt a little wronged in his heart, and muttered to himself, "Aren't you the one who killed the most people? Now you are kinder."

But he didn't dare to say this, and immediately put on a respectful gesture: "Lord, what do you mean?"

Rosen explained in detail.

"Find a few remote manors, raise these people in captivity, and separate men and women."

"Let them weave cloth every day, and we must weave a certain amount in a day before giving them food. Let them weave for five years first."

"If they are husband and wife, they will also live apart, but according to their performance, they will be given one day or two days a week to get together."

"If you're not married yet, organize a blind date urgently so that all the young people can get married."

Fan Ganning was puzzled: "Why do young people get married?"

Rosen explained: "When you get married, your heart will be at peace, lest they think about messy things every day."

"The great lord is wise."

Rosen continued: "If a woman is pregnant, let her work less, or not work, and wait until the child is born."

"The great lord is merciful."

"Tell everyone again that after five years, there will be an annual ideological assessment. Whoever thinks noble and thinks it is an honor to work with his hands to support himself will be able to regain his freedom, understand?"

Fan Ganning felt weird, but he still obeyed: "The great lord, the great lord."

I don't know how to praise this, so I held back for a long time before saying: "The great lord is wise."

In Luo Sen's mind, this group of people weaves first for the time being, and when the workshop opens, they will go to the workshop to work for him.

"Okay, let's do it."

Van Ganning immediately flattered.

"The lord is really kind and wise. In this way, not only can they be punished, but also the cost of detention can be saved. It can also make them tired and have no time to think about it. It really kills three birds with one stone!"

Rosen smiled lightly, feeling no complacency in his heart, because this method has been played badly on Earth.

"Fan Ganning, I think you are a good talent, and you are also diligent in doing things. If you do a good job, I will use you a lot."

Fan Ganning was delighted: "I will do my best."

Rosen continued: "But there is one thing you have to keep in mind. I don't like subordinates who can only speak beautiful words. No matter how beautiful the words are, if things are not done well, then I will not take a second look."

Fan Ganning was startled, and immediately said: "Yes, Lord, I have written it down."

Rosen nodded, and continued: "At one o'clock in the afternoon, the first development meeting of the archipelago will be held. You should come to participate, and an important position will be arranged for you then."

At this point, Fan Ganning has offended the local islanders to death, and the only way to have a good future is to stand by his side.

So, it can be of great use.

Fan Ganning didn't know what Luo Sen was thinking, he was a little happy but also a little apprehensive, he just bowed his head respectfully.

"Yes, lord."

After he withdrew, Rosen read the information for a while, and the attendant came to call for lunch.

Arriving at the restaurant, eating the unique delicacies of Beluga Whale Island, Rosen asked Heya Jiali: "Are you still used to it?"

He Yajiali was cutting a piece of crystal salmon, and smiled when she heard this.

"I was just about to ask my brother about this. The taste of the food on the island is very different from that of Raging Waves City, but it is quite different from that of the northern border."

Rosen was peeling a sea crab. After peeling off the crystal clear white meat, he wrapped it with a salty and crispy vegetable leaf.

He smiled and said, "Carrie, don't worry about me, everything I eat tastes delicious."

"Then Carrie can rest assured."

After eating for a while, Rosen asked, "Carrie, do you want to do something?"

He Yajiali's eyes lit up: "Of course, I've been idle these few days, but I'm bored."

In the past, my father forced me to learn spells, and I racked my brains to learn them every day.

Now that I don’t need to study, the days are relaxed and fast, but I feel bored and feel that time passes very slowly.

"Well, what does Carrie like to do?"

He Yajiali thought about it carefully, and said: "I like it, it seems that there is nothing I like in particular. Flying an airplane is quite interesting, but after a few days of driving, the feeling is just so-so."

Rosen sighed in his heart: "Duke, this is all your fault."

I really didn't expect that in another world, I would meet a girl whose joy in life was ruined by high-pressure education.

Since she couldn't figure it out by herself, Rosen said, "There is a meeting this afternoon, let's join together and see what field you like to do first."

"it is good."

After a quick lunch and a short rest, the two went to the conference hall side by side.

After arriving at the meeting hall, as the earl and countess, they naturally sat in the main seats, one on the left and one on the right, and there were already many people sitting on both sides of the long table.

These people are divided into two batches.

The first batch came from the New Moon Territory, including Harrick, Lydia, Hal, and Anglo.

The other group was locals from Moby Dick Island, headed by Fan Ganning.

In addition to the other twenty or so, they are the original government officials and some famous people of the White Whale Island Governor's Mansion.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Rosen coughed lightly and began to talk about the topic of the meeting.

"The purpose of this meeting is to determine the new government structure of Beluga Island."

"Presumably everyone knows the slogan I said earlier, 'one lord, one government, one army'. What I'm going to say next is the specific implementation method of this slogan."

When he said this, Rosen looked at everyone, and found that everyone was a little bit disapproving, including people from the New Moon Collar.

The reason is very simple. Being promoted to a title, obtaining land and becoming a lord is the ultimate pursuit of ordinary people in this era.

When Rosen did this, he faintly lost his ultimate pursuit.

For this, Rosen was already mentally prepared, and continued: "Everyone must want to know whether I will be knighted in the future, right?"

Everyone nodded.

Luo Sen laughed and said, "Of course it will be conferred. Political achievements will be conferred, and military merits will also be conferred. But after conferring titles, instead of rewarding the land, they will reward the shares with annual dividends."

Seeing the doubts in everyone's eyes, Rosen continued to explain his idea.

"I intend to open a bank in my domain called the Development Bank of the Islands."

"This bank will be responsible for managing all the income from the current Beluga Island and the future Flying Fish Islands."

"These benefits include taxes and profits from major workshops."

"Of course, because of the tax exemption, there has been no tax in the last three years, so the main income is the workshop profit."

"My idea is that, in addition to receiving extra respect every day, those who have been awarded the honorary title will also be given a part of the shares of Flying Fish Bank, and there will be a generous dividend at the end of each year to highlight the honor of the title."

"The knighthood is also graded. For the time being, it is planned to be divided into three levels, namely lifetime knighthood, honorary knighthood, and the highest hereditary knighthood. The corresponding annual dividends are temporarily no less than 500 crowns, 1000 crowns, and 3000 crowns. "

"Among them, the lifelong knight only follows me, and the honorary knight follows the three generations. The hereditary knight will follow my earldom. As long as my earlship is not lost, the hereditary knight will always be protected by my family."

Everyone understood, and Fan Ganning immediately nodded in agreement.

"Lord, I approve of your new title system."

"Because the land on the island really can't make much money, it's better to receive money from the bank every year than to toss some agricultural products on the land for a few hundred crowns all year round."

The others thought about it carefully and felt that this was indeed the case, so they all nodded their heads in support.

When Heya Jiali heard this, her eyes lit up suddenly, and she used her spiritual voice to Rosen.

"Brother~ I like to manage money, will you let me manage money?"

Rosen suddenly remembered Mona's evaluation of Heya Jiali, and he said, "Okay, then you will be the first president of the Development Bank of the Islands."

Anyway, Heya Jiali is just a name, if she wants to do it, she will keep doing it.If she doesn't want to do it anymore, she will find a competent subordinate to do it for her.Never go wrong.

However, Heya Jiali's eyes became bright, with a smug expression on her face.

Later, Rosen continued to explain the content of the meeting.

"As for me, I plan to set up five departments."

"The first one is the Ministry of People's Livelihood. This department is in charge of the daily life of the island residents, such as life, old age, sickness and death. It will follow the island tradition and will not change in any way."

"The minister of the Ministry of People's Livelihood is temporarily held by Sir Harrick. The first term is one year, and he is in charge of the original government officials of the island."

This was all agreed upon, and Ser Harrick got up at once.

"Thank you Lord for your trust."

Rosen continued: "Then the Ministry of Construction and Transportation."

"This is a brand new department. The construction uses the latest petrochemical construction technology. The transportation uses the suspension vehicle that will be pushed forward on a large scale."

"Its minister is Mage Hal, who is responsible for commanding all kinds of new logic mages and completing various construction and transportation businesses."

Hal was very happy. He was the second son of the mayor of Furnace Ash Town. He had no hope of inheriting the title, and his talents in magic arts were limited. At most, he would become a high-level mage in this life.

Now he has become a minister under the leadership of a god-given earl, and he has a very bright future.

"Thank you for the Lord's trust. I will definitely receive more business and make more money, haha."

And speaking of this, the faces of the aboriginals on the island are already a bit unhappy.

Because the island is closed, xenophobic thinking is more serious. Now the two departments are all foreigners from the island, so I feel very uncomfortable.

If it weren't for the amazing force of the new earl, someone would definitely choke this time.

Rosen naturally felt this.

He followed with the announcement of a third appointment.

"The third department, which is the most important magic department, is responsible for managing the promotion of mages on the island, and also serves as the president of the mages' guild."

"The minister of this department is temporarily held by Master Fan Ganning, also for a period of one year."

Hearing this, the tense faces of the aborigines on the island suddenly relaxed a lot, and their mood immediately became more balanced.

Although Fan Ganning is not a thing, he is a native of the island after all.

Rosen looked at Lydia again.

"Because the spells in my Northern Crescent Territory are all purely logical spells, and Master Fan Ganning is a great mage of nature. Therefore, middle-level mage Lydia, you are the deputy head of the magic department and assist Master Fan Ganning in his work."

For such an important department as the magic department, he would not completely hand it over to newcomers, and the consideration of magic is also true.

Master Lydia was also very happy, so she stood up: "Yes, Lord."

Fan Ganning had nothing to say about this, because he knew almost nothing about logic spells, especially logic spells driven by flow numbers.

In the battle a few days ago, he deeply realized the powerful power of the new spell.

I also deeply feel that I need to learn Liushu. At this time, it is very good to have an assistant who is proficient in Liushu.

Rosen continued to announce: "Next is the Precision Refining Department."

"This department is very important. It will be the main source of income for the island in the next few years. I will be in charge of it for the time being."

Originally it was Gendroni's job, but Gendroni was about to give birth in three months, so naturally she couldn't be called over.

Naturally, everyone has no objection to this, because only Rosen has this ability.

Rosen looked at Anglo again.

"Angelo, you are the Minister of the Military Department. Starting today, expand the army first and recruit 500 people from 5000."

Anglo's heart was filled with blood, he got up immediately, and shouted: "Yes, Lord!"

Rosen added another patch: "There are 1000 people, one legion chief and two deputy legion chiefs. The appointment of the legion chief must be approved by me personally. Below the legion chief, you can decide on your own."

"Yes, lord."

After speaking, Rosen announced the last division.

"Finally, there is a very, very important department, which is the Ministry of Education."

"I hope that as many island residents as possible can understand characters, numbers, and even complete basic magic enlightenment."

He looked at an old man in his early 50s among the island's natives, and the other party was a level 1 civilian archmage, and a completely neutral archmage who never got involved in any disputes.

"Master Safali, I heard that you have more than a hundred apprentices, all of whom have achieved good results. I think you must be a very patient and discerning master of spell education."

"So, I hope you can serve as the Minister of Education and help as many children as possible become talents, how?"

These words are right on the heart of Master Safali.

A trace of uncontrollable excitement flashed across his face, and he immediately stood up and saluted Rosen.

"Lord, I am honored to be invited by you, but I want to get answers to a few questions before I can confirm whether to accept your invitation."

"You ask."

"Does the lord intend to teach only a group of bright children, or to teach as many as possible, or even all children?"

Rosen said: "I hope that every child, even teenagers, and even adults can have the opportunity to learn."

Safari's eyes lit up, and he asked again: "But this is obviously impossible, because it is impossible for so many people to afford this tuition fee."

"If you really want to achieve this, you must pay for it."

"I intend to post money. In fact, I have already done so in the Crescent Territory, and have trained a lot of talents for me."

Safari's eyes brightened: "How much is the lord going to pay for a year?"

Rosen didn't hide anything: "I can't say for sure, but now there are about 30 underage children on the island. If each person posted 2 crowns a year, it should cost 1 crowns a year."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the northern border didn't feel much, because everyone knew the importance of talents.

Everyone on the island, including Fan Ganning, disagreed.

Fan Ganning remembered Rosen's previous words, and immediately expressed his thoughts.

"Lord, I think there are many children who are very dull, suitable for farming in the countryside, not for education."

Before Rosen could speak, Safari retorted loudly.

"Master Fan Ganning, you are too hasty."

"You may not know that there are many children in this world who look dull on the outside, but are extremely smart on the inside. As long as you give him a chance, he will immediately bloom with dazzling brilliance!"

"There are also some children who are dull on one hand and great geniuses on the other. If they can be educated specifically, they can become very good talents!"

When he said this, Fan Ganning thought about it carefully, then nodded: "Okay, you convinced me."

Rosen was very satisfied with this Safari master, and felt that he was indeed an excellent educator.

"Master, are you willing to accept my appointment now?"

Master Safari bowed deeply to Rosen.

"I am very honored to be the Minister of Education of the lord, and thank the lord for countless children born in ignorance, thank you for giving them a chance to wash away their ignorance!"

Rosen was very happy: "Thank you very much for your support, Master."

Speaking of this, he made a final summary.

"Then, there will be proper ministers for education, magic, military, refining, people's livelihood, construction, and transportation. To build these departments, not only talents are needed, but money is also needed."

Rosen said: "The inheritance value of the six rebellious families is extremely high, and I also brought some cash."

"Now, I will pour all the money into the Development Bank of the Islands to provide funding for your work."

"And the president of the Development Bank of the Islands is my beautiful wife, Ms. Carrie."

They are only called Jiali, not their real names, and Jiali is a female name that is too common.

Rosen continued to introduce.

"She has great talent in financial management and has a great vision for strategic investment. She is also a powerful high-level peak mage. I believe she will soon get the banking business on the right track."

He Yajiali immediately stood up with a smile on her face.

"Thank you Lord for your trust in my ability. I will definitely support the Lord's career development with all my strength and help the Lord develop the Beluga Islands into a rich, powerful and civilized god-given territory!"

Heya Jiali is extremely beautiful and graceful. She is a powerful mage and the wife of the lord.

She became the president of the Development Bank of the Islands, helping the lord's husband to manage the money, which was a matter of course, and no one had anything to say.

'Wow~~'

Everyone applauded in support.

Thus, the first Islands Development Conference ended in such a simple and rude manner.

So far, the main framework of the archipelago has been built, but there is still a hidden part that needs to be developed, that is, intelligence and supervision.

Without this department as his eyes, Rosen, who focused on magic, might end up in the same fate as the Duke of Storms.

But this department is annoying, so there is no need to say it publicly, just a low-key establishment.

After thinking about it, Rosen decided to place this department under the Military Department.

Appears to be a subordinate of the Ministry of Military Affairs, but has the right to act independently and is directly responsible to him.

Well, the name is called 'Islands Security Bureau'.

(End of this chapter)