Douluo: The Adventures of King Skin

"A man carves a basket and then cooks it; he carves an egg and then destroys it. The accumulated treasure is scattered among all things."

——Zhou Rongzixia

Thessaly had never established such a civil service system before. One reason was that everyone was local autonomous. The so-called rule of the Tagus and the Macedonians was based on unilateral demands for tribute and soldiers. Lord, occasionally playing the role of mediating disputes;

The two are because people did not have the luxury to use paper in the past. Except for the more expensive and difficult-to-obtain papyrus, wax tablets and clay tablets can be reused but cannot be stored for a long time, or wooden boards and amber tablets can be used. Long-term storage but very wasteful carriers lack objective conditions.

It has been nearly a year since last year's Flower Festival. Pyrrhus' time in Thessaly has been numbered, and his backlog of official duties has piled up.

Looking at the time stamps on the documents, basically with the gradual expansion of paper production and the updating and iteration of writing tools such as pens and inks, more and more official documents are sent every month.

It seems that civil servants everywhere are gradually getting used to this new way of working.

The expenses for maintaining the operation of councils at all levels come from the income of state-owned workshops, but this money also needs to repay the national debt, and the rest is only enough to pay the basic salary of "civil servants".

If the council wants to carry out a major project, such as repairing roads or improving river channels, it will have to hold a regional meeting to raise funds on the spot.

In addition, the office paper used by councils at all levels is not free. The current paper is only slightly cheaper than papyrus paper, but it is better because of the large quantity, so they at least have to pay the cost price to the workshop.Judging from the growth rate of their paper consumption, haha, the office expenses are definitely not enough, let them find a way.

There is an advantage here. Government affairs work is done by councils at all levels, so Pyrrhus does not have to worry about headaches. As Tagus, he only plays a review and supervision role.

Because of this, he had been wandering outside for a year and had accumulated so much official work. The government affairs part actually didn't matter. Even if there were problems, it would be too late to settle the accounts later.

As for his job, one is judicial and the other is military affairs.

According to the current judicial system in Thessaly, misdemeanors and ordinary civil disputes are resolved by each locality. Major crimes, difficult cases, difficult-to-adjudicate disputes, and cases such as *complaints* will go to the Tagui of each region. After their trial, it was submitted to Pyrrhus for review.

Some people may want to ask, is it too late for Pyrrhus to come back for a review after a whole year?

There must be enough time. In ancient China, murderers were very particular about killing after death. Moreover, not even a single murder occurred during this year. They were all trivial neighborhood disputes or petty thefts. The most severe was three months of hard labor.

On the one hand, this is because Thessaly is currently in a period of economic upturn, and everyone is busy doing business. On the other hand, the nobles, patriarchs, and tribal leaders in various places are responsible for a considerable amount of public security. And judicial functions, many things can't be brought to Tagus at all.

There was also very little military affairs.

Since the end of the war at the end of the previous year, the level of alert between Macedonia and Thessaly has gradually decreased. Later, the two sides agreed to send observers to each other and evacuate the defenders simultaneously at the border to reduce unnecessary consumption.

According to the plan to be implemented, Thessaly will maintain a standing army of about four thousand.

Except for Demetrias, there is no need to garrison troops. Perhybia on Macedonia, Magnesia and Philae on the sea each station a large force of 600 men, and Larissa, Pharsalus, and Titan in the inland areas. There are half a brigade of 300 people stationed in Nus each. Lamia is close to the border on three sides and is the location of the military academy. A teaching brigade of more than 1000 people is stationed in Nus. In addition, there are more than 300 people from the navy. However, the sailors on the ship are all hired. Those who come are not counted, and ordinary infantry can also board the ship to fight.

About half of them are voluntary service and half are compulsory service. In addition, there are about 1+ reserve personnel and 10,000+ mobilization personnel as potential soldiers.

The volunteers are mainly technical arms such as cavalry and engineers, and will rotate with the reserves within three to five years according to different levels; the reserves are mostly nobles or quasi-nobles, and they train for one month each in winter and summer, and only in these two Monthly allowance.

The compulsory service is basically all kinds of light and heavy infantry, but this group is more complicated. Their actual number is double the number of people in the battalion. They are divided into two groups and take turns to take up posts every month. Generally speaking, it is a three-year period, and three parts are rotated every year. One; the mobilization service is the people who are to be rotated with the compulsory service. They are young people who meet the requirements of the full-color Salisbury inspection. These two groups of people do not need to pay, but are divided into proportions and divided into each region to bear the responsibility. Every year, there will be Training with the reserves, but only for ten days at a time.

Three to five years after the implementation of this plan, most of the soldiers will have been trained to a certain extent, and Thessaly's mobilization power will be horribly improved.Not to mention overseas operations, it is impossible to meet the logistics requirements of 10,000+ people, but local defense can definitely reach the level of an iron wall everywhere.

As for peacetime, more than 4000 people are enough. Pyrrhus is not a tyrant. There is no need to maintain an army of 3 people like Jason for a long time to guard against some bandits, pirates and the like, as well as those organized by each place. The garrison is basically composed of reserve and mobilization personnel.

In addition, military officers are not included in these 4000 people.

Officers here refer to command personnel of at least the Centurion and Fifty-Old Battleship levels. There are now more than 300 standing officers. In addition, there are many in reserve. It is more than enough to manage 4000 people.

There are about 60 people at the centurion level and above. These people do not need to rotate with the reserves, but they all receive rotational training at the military academy.

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After finishing his business, Pyrrhus began to study his own small ledger.

The "Bright Eyes Times" newspaper basically had very little profit. Sometimes Pyrrhus or Demo Charles had to spend their own money to do more printing if they wanted to promote or argue with each other, but they were happy to spend the money.

It’s just that business in this era was still not active enough. Basically, bulk trade had fixed channels. Therefore, the advertising industry boom that Pyrrhus had envisioned did not appear, which was a bit disappointing.

On the contrary, there are various literati who pay money to "submit articles" in order to promote their doctrines or to oppose the critics. Alas, a small difference is soothing.

The bronze mirror workshop in Athens was originally a good business, but after the initial round of killing the goose to lay eggs, it was a pity that they did not enjoy the huge profits from the monopoly. And now, copycat products are gradually appearing on the market, but the name has already been established. , it is said that it has been sold as far as India, and the market demand is still huge.

Moreover, bronze mirrors will oxidize over time. Malibus promptly launched a trade-in business for those big users who are more particular about it. They took back the mirrors that had become blurred, reprocessed them, and sold new ones at a low price. Generally speaking, It is said that there is still some profit, and it is still a rising industry.

The papermaking workshop has been impacted by the Thessaly state-run workshop in the international market, and its performance is not ideal. However, the demand of the Athenians themselves is not small, which is better than nothing.

However, because the printing workshop is close to the central market, there is still a lot of room for growth in performance.

After obtaining the consent of the two major shareholders, Malibus packaged the two workshops and expanded their shares, ruthlessly cashing in and expanding the scale.

Although this wave of quick money only amounted to a few dozen talents, it still saved Pyrrhus' life.

Although Lamia Construction Group successfully won two major projects, the Wonders of Rhode Island and the Great Library of Alexandria, relying on the reputation of Mr. De, the money earned from engineering is slow money, and it is the money of tens of thousands of workers. The salary was comparable to that of an army of the same number, and Pyrrhus almost didn't survive the two months in between.

Fortunately, the market in Lamia has gradually prospered over the past year. The rents of shops and port warehouses in the city have been rising steadily, and the bonds previously paid to Pyrrhus have also gradually appreciated in value.

The worst was over, and Pyrrhus would be getting looser money for at least a few years.

The craze caused by Lamia Academy has not passed yet, and almost half of the Mediterranean's philanthropic men and women still send donations, and the books are still relatively rich.

Moreover, the academy began to organize students to be self-reliant and engage in agricultural work that combines knowledge and action.

The place behind Lamia Hill, between the North Castle and the West Castle, is the remnant of Mount Othrys. It was originally a rugged wasteland and is now called the Academy Back Mountain. Students, faculty, staff and volunteers Under the leadership of the villagers, they cultivated terraced fields, dug fish ponds, raised animals, or planted some economic crops such as medicinal materials.

It's a pity that in the Mediterranean climate, there is no need to produce greenhouse vegetables. Even if Stratton and the others one day produce large-scale glass, which means some tropical fruits, greenhouse mushrooms can be put into use.

The bottomless pit-like investment in the Experimental Park can be regarded as a return of money.

A department store association was established under the Experimental Park. In addition to windsurfing, there are also mechanically polished magnifying glasses, myopia glasses, and fire glasses that will soon be put on the shelves. Telescopes are also available, but this is still a military secret. Pyrrhus himself kept it hidden. Plan to take it out.

The glass manufacturing technology that the Phoenicians secretly hide now cannot produce transparent glass, so these things are actually luxury goods made of crystal. The raw materials are limited, and the production is also limited, not to mention the best batch. Stratton kept it for his own use without conscience.

Due to the success of windsurfing, the shipyard suddenly received a large number of orders. Even the Egyptians and Carthaginians came to order schooners. Pythias suddenly became wealthy.

Pyrrhus had no intention of hiding anything.

In the long run, overall progress in navigation technology will be of great benefit to him as a time traveler.

Moreover, the bigger the ship, the longer the construction period. By the time the technology really spreads, the battle between the successors will already be over.

But that doesn't stop him from selling the monkey version to others.