The Knight's Journey to the Empire

White Bear Territory, Baron Soran’s residence, conference room.

The day after Soran returned to the White Bear Territory, he summoned the main staff of the territory to prepare for a meeting.

The theme of this meeting is not only to discuss cooperation plans on sea salt refining and purification technology, but also the main staff of each territory will report on their recent work progress.

Then Soren will make some important arrangements for future work.

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First, the territorial government affairs were reported by Lord Woolf, the territorial government officer and legal officer:

"Report to the Baron, the important tasks of the government in the near future are mainly four:

The first is the construction of Barrett’s Avenue of Wealth!

It has now been fully completed and put into use, and management and maintenance will be strengthened in the future!

The second is to urge all the people in the territory to complete the autumn harvest task as soon as possible!

This work is currently in progress!

The third is the construction of the territory commercial district!

At present, the site of the commercial area has been planned and leveled, and some major buildings have been completed; the rest are being built as soon as possible, and it is expected that all construction will be completed before winter!

Fourth, organize the people to build water conservancy facilities and improve the territory’s farmland irrigation system!

At present, the construction of the project has been explored and will start directly after the autumn harvest is over for the people in the territory!"

"and many more!"

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Next was the territory's business, with the territory's business officer, Adam Knight, standing up to report:

"Reporting to the Baron, in terms of business development, the sea salt refining and purification workshop in the territory has been opened to maximum efficiency. The amount of snowflake sea salt produced every day has also reached the maximum production capacity! And the profit per month can reach about 10,000 gold coins!"

"But the development of the snowflake sea salt business has reached a bottleneck period, and there may not be much development in the future! This is mainly due to the limited production capacity and insufficient territory influence!"

"Although the territory's commercial district has not yet been completed, some businesses have already officially moved in! The only problem is that the number of businesses that have moved in is relatively small, so the tax revenue they can provide to the territory is also relatively small!"

"But judging from the services we can provide, we can basically meet the daily needs of the people in our territory!"

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Next came the territory's military affairs, with the territory's military officer, Knight Martin, standing up to report:

"Reporting to the Baron, the current development of the territory guard is going smoothly. Training, patrolling, guarding, garrisoning and other tasks can be carried out in an orderly manner!"

"However, Lord Baron, with the recent increase in the number of guards at the sea salt refining and purification workshop, the current standing force of the territory guard is already stretched to its limits!"

"Moreover, with the soldiers' training and several battles, the weapons and equipment of the territory guards are now mostly damaged!"

"So I suggest that you continue to recruit soldiers for the Territory Guard! Increase the purchase and storage of equipment for the Territory Guard!"

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Then came the territory's finances. The territory's treasurer and tribune, Knight Gubellini, stood up and spoke:

"Reporting to the Baron, the current financial revenue and expenditure of the territory is normal, and there is a surplus every month!"

"But the current revenue of the territory's finances mainly comes from the sale of snowflake sea salt, and the source of income is relatively single! This is a relatively fatal weakness for us! So I hope that there will be some changes in the future!"

"At present, the lives of the people in the territory are getting better and better, and there are fewer and fewer cases of people coming to seek justice from the tribunes! The people in the territory are full of gratitude for the various preferential policies formulated by the Baron!"

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Finally, the director of the territory's refugee resettlement center, Knight Cottonbas, stood up and spoke:

"Reporting to the Baron, the refugee resettlement center has currently received 872 refugees seeking to settle down. Among them, 517 people have officially moved out of the refugee resettlement center and settled in various villages in White Bear Territory! The remaining 355 people are still living in the refugee resettlement center, waiting for resettlement!"

"But at present, they have a very high recognition of White Bear Territory, and they will definitely settle down in White Bear Territory in the future!"

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As everyone finished their reports one by one, it was time for Sauron to give instructions and deployment.

First, government affairs:

"Woolf, the autumn harvest is the top priority, and we must not slack off! You must supervise it well in the government affairs office, and it doesn't matter if we put other work aside!"

"As for the commercial district, we can temporarily postpone its construction. If the commercial development of the territory changes in the future, the development of the commercial district will also be affected!"

"Finally, build multiple reserve granaries to store at least enough food for all the people in the territory to use for half a year! Reserve grain can be purchased from the people first, and the price can be slightly higher than the average market price. The remaining part can be purchased from merchants outside!"

Next is business work:

"Adam, the sea salt refining and purification workshop only needs to maintain its current production capacity. There is no need to expand the scale! I have something important to announce about this later, and we will discuss the details in detail!"

"Then there is the development of the commercial district. We need to retain the existing businesses and continue to recruit those that are no longer in business! Even offering some preferential policies is fine! The power is given to you, but you need to decide how to do it yourself!"

"Also, hurry up and contact the merchant who sells war horses. Buy a batch of at least thirty war horses first. The more the better! I want to form the first knight group in White Bear Territory!"

Then there is the military work:

"Martin, the Territory Guard will expand by two squadrons again. You will be responsible for formulating and implementing the specific recruitment work!"

"As for weapons and equipment, first purchase them according to the organization of a brigade. You can discuss the details among yourselves, and then give me a plan!"

"Also, I will organize an assessment. I will select 20 more people to join the Knight Guard and form a Knight Order! And you will help purchase the weapons and equipment that the Knight Order will need!"

Then comes the territory finance work:

"Gubellini, you have an important task next, which is to collect agricultural taxes from the territory! You will be in charge of it personally and collect taxes according to the tax rate I set. Tax evasion, tax avoidance, and under-collection or over-collection are strictly prohibited! If there is any problem, I will hold you responsible!"

"As for the single source of tax revenue for the territory, this cannot be changed in a short period of time! But you must do a good job of unifying the revenue and expenditure of the territory's finances and keep enough financial reserves to prevent emergencies!"

Finally, civil affairs work:

"Cottonbass, you should communicate more with Wolfe, Adam and the others to see if there are any better ways to attract more people to settle in the territory! We need as many people as possible in our territory!"

"Yes, Baron!" everyone responded in unison.

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Why is the number of readers dropping so fast recently? (t▽t)