My Pokémon Player

"What does bungee jumping mean?" Williams asked curiously.

"It's nothing, just a form of entertainment for visitors from the God Realm." Ryan evaded the question casually.

Williams couldn't help but sigh when he heard this: "As expected of a visitor from the God Realm, he actually uses the Skyfall Punishment as a form of entertainment."

"Well, there is a difference between the two. Bungee jumping is protected by a safety rope," Ryan explained.

Williams wondered, "Can't visitors from the divine realm be resurrected from the dead? Why do they need safety protection? Can't they just jump down?"

Ryan shook his head: "They can only be resurrected from the dead in our world. Besides, resurrection also requires a price."

“I see.” Williams said with some regret, “I was just thinking about opening up the Skyfall Punishment to visitors from the God Realm, so that Feiyu Town can have another way to make money.”

When Ryan heard this, he looked at Williams in surprise:

"The punishment has been transformed into entertainment? You are quite good at it, old man!"

Williams smiled and responded, "Didn't you ask us to explore some special industries to attract visitors from the divine world and drive the development of the town?"

"Very good. I'm glad you have this idea. Feiyu Town will surely rise under your leadership."

In Ryan's opinion, Williams is a true noble lord who always cares about the territory.

Williams himself must be aware that as Ryan continues to expand, more and more towns will be occupied, and it is impossible for Ryan to take care of every town.

If the town wants to stand out from the many towns and get Ryan's attention and support, it depends on the town managers themselves to find a way.

That is why Williams tried every possible means to attract visitors from the divine world, because he knew that visitors from the divine world were the key to the development of the town.

Old ginger is still spicy!

Ryan sighed in his heart that among the town managers, only Williams realized the importance of players to the development of the town.

Even if he doesn't like the players' style of behavior, he will cater to the players' preferences and even encourage his grandchildren to have more contact with the players.

Although other managers also attach great importance to players, they mostly regard players as useful thugs and never think of actively attracting players. At most, they would sell out their looks.

For example, a certain Knight Commander of Noz who wishes to remain anonymous.

But this is normal. They are supposed to be combat talents. Asking them to manage the town is simply forcing them to do something they are not good at.

It seems that professionals should be allowed to do professional things. However, the problem is that there is a shortage of political talents under his command. Even after capturing many towns, he could not find a few outstanding political talents.

After all, in this era, the power of the territory is held by the lord, and even the secretary only plays a supporting role.

After all, there were only a few lords who handed over all government affairs to the clerks like his father did. Therefore, the town clerks did not need much ability and did not have much experience in handling government affairs. Naturally, they were not considered talents.

So even if he captured the enemy's clerks, he didn't want these people to manage the town.

Noz and others at least know the players' secrets and can provide convenience to the players. These clerks know nothing and will only bring a bad gaming experience to the players.

Ryan thought that he would be able to recruit a lot of talents after conquering Guanhai City, but it turned out that Guanhai City was a paradise for businessmen. They were good at doing business, but it was a bit difficult for them to handle government affairs.

This can be seen from Director Locke. He is already a leader among businessmen, but he still looks ahead and behind when dealing with some things and still has a businessman's mindset.

Although Locke is smart enough to correct these shortcomings quickly, other businessmen are not as smart as him, and Ryan will not give them the opportunity to handle government affairs and accumulate experience.

Locke alone is completely unable to meet Ryan's demand for political talents.

As for slowly training talents, Ryan is already doing it and the school is already under construction. However, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst, and Ryan still has no talents available.

While Ryan was fretting over the talent shortage, Williams was describing his thoughts on players.

"In fact, I was able to have this idea because I was influenced by the visitors from the divine world. After spending the past few days with them, I found that in addition to being brave and good at fighting and not fearing death, they also have many advantages."

"Although these visitors from the God Realm act recklessly and like to meddle in other people's affairs, they ask everyone if they need help and sneak into people's houses at any time, causing complaints from the residents of Guanhai City. The situation did not improve until you issued them the task of post-war reconstruction."

"But we have to admit that they are very efficient, very active, and very willing to spend. They are at least half responsible for the rapid recovery of Guanhai City's commercial district."

"It would be better if they could respect the hierarchy a little bit. You don't know that they only address me as Baron Williams respectfully when they need something from me."

"Usually they call me Old Man Williams, and some even call me Father-in-law. This is outrageous!"

"Not only that, they also pointed fingers at me, saying that I was useless as a lord and that if they could manage the town, they would definitely do a better job than me. It's just..."

"Wait!" Ryan suddenly interrupted Williams, raised his head and asked, "What did you just say?"

Williams was stunned for a moment, then replied blankly, "I think it would be better if they could respect the hierarchy."

Ryan shook his head: "Not this one, but the next one."

"So someone calls me father-in-law?"

"Not this one either, the next one."

Williams: “.”

Isn't that the last sentence? Why are you still asking?

Of course, Williams still answered honestly on the surface:

"The visitors from the divine world said that if they could manage the town, they would definitely do a better job than me."

Ryan's eyes lit up: "Yes! That's right! What they said makes sense!"

Williams: “???”

No, you were praising me just now? Now you think the visitor from the divine world is better than me?

This face-changing skill is exactly the same as that in the divine world!

As if he noticed that Williams's expression was not right, Ryan quickly explained:

"I mean we can select some visitors from the divine world and have them help manage the town."

Williams' expression eased slightly after hearing this, then he frowned again and said:

"That's inappropriate. I admit that they have impressive combat capabilities, and I also think they have a certain level of cultural literacy."

"But government affairs concern the stability and development of cities and towns, and are not something that ordinary people can handle."

"Besides, you know their nature. If we leave the town to them, there will probably be a big mess!"

Ryan nodded slightly: "Of course I know their personalities, so I will select them, and I will not hand over the town to them to manage completely, I will just let them assist the town's managers."

"You mean to let them serve as clerks and assist the town managers?" Williams asked.

"No, the duties of the clerk are too vague and not very helpful to the administrators, and the power of the noble lords in the past was too great, so I plan to divide the power into several departments," Ryan replied.

From the very beginning, he disliked the system of aristocratic feudalism. This system was not only not conducive to governance, but also made the future of the town depend entirely on the lord.

If the lord is excellent, the town will naturally rise and develop quickly.

On the contrary, if the lord is a waste, then Rose Town is a lesson for us.

Therefore, after Ryan conquered other towns, he did not appoint a lord with real power, but only let his knight commander temporarily manage them.

However, this is not a long-term solution. After all, it is better to separate the military and government affairs.

Even though Noz and others are loyal to him and the probability of betrayal is extremely low, Ryan does not want to concentrate all power in the hands of the town's managers.

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Whether it is the experience of previous lives or the lessons of frequent wars between nobles in this era, they all show the importance of decentralization.

Only by separating the power of local towns can the rule be consolidated, the pressure on managers be reduced, and the development of towns be promoted.

In fact, Ryan had this idea before, but due to the scarcity of talent, he had never been able to implement it.

He couldn't even find a few talented people to serve as clerks, let alone meet the greater demand for talent after the division of power.

Ryan had also thought about letting players handle some things, such as setting up a police department.

However, because the players act lawless, their imagination and destructive power are extremely strong.

Ryan was uneasy about handing over power to them and eventually gave up the idea.

The reason why he had this idea again now was because he really had no other choice.

Since there are no talented people among the natives, why not let the players give it a try?

In any case, they have at least all received nine years of compulsory education, and their cultural literacy and knowledge levels are far higher than those of the vast majority of indigenous people.

As long as we carry out strict selection and divide the power more finely so that they can check and balance each other, there shouldn't be any problems.

The most important thing is that Ryan has the power to block accounts. Even if problems arise, he can discover and stop them in time without worrying about too much chaos.

The more Ryan thought about it, the more he felt that the player was suitable. The beta test players he selected were all elites. After multiple rounds of selection, they were definitely capable of managing the town and would not betray him, the protagonist of the game.

Moreover, these powers and positions can also be regarded as an incentive, which can guide players to build and develop their territories more proactively. After all, civil servants are quite attractive to the people of Xia.

Once they get a position, they will develop a sense of belonging to the town they manage. They will not even be busy maintaining the town, so how can they cause damage to it?

Well, it’s decided. I’ll add a new content to the update announcement later.

Don’t players like to play politics on keyboards all day long? Especially male players, when they get together to chat, they can always talk about national affairs, and they can talk about anything and everything with great eloquence.

If anyone secretly recorded the video, they would be taken to the shooting range and shot collectively.

Since they like government affairs so much, let's give the power to them and try.

I want to see if all their abilities are used in typing.

"Divide the power? This can avoid some risks. I'm just afraid that other nobles will unite to oppose after learning the news." Williams said with some concern.

He didn't care about his power being weakened. As long as Feiyu Town could develop better, he would be willing to hand over all the power.

He preferred fishing to the hard work of running a town.

However, other nobles do not have such leisure and elegance, and they will not give up the power in their hands easily.

Therefore, once Ryan's move was leaked, it would definitely cause rejection and targeting from the aristocratic circle.

"So what if they object?" Ryan said disdainfully, "Times have changed. It's no longer the time when wars were like playing house and power could be retained even if defeated."

"The current situation is one of survival of the fittest, the strong preying on the weak, and only the victors have the power to make the rules. The protests of the weak are just the barking of dogs."

"In the past, I was not strong enough, so I might have considered the opinions of other nobles. But now, I have the visitors from the God Realm in my left hand, and the Dragonite tribe in my right hand. I also have your support behind me, so why should I care about their opinions?"

"If they have any objections, they can come to me in person and raise them. If they don't dare to come, I can also bring my troops to their territory to ask if I can share power!"

Looking at Ryan, who was full of vigor and had a wanton smile on his face, Williams was also infected by his heroic spirit and laughed and said:

"Hahahahahaha, I really wasn't wrong about you. Being loyal to you was definitely the best decision I ever made in my life!"

"You are right. The nobles' alliance is no longer useful now. Only strength is the basis for making rules!"

Ryan waved his hand and said, "Alright, stop complimenting me. You didn't come to me just for the visitor from the God Realm, did you? Is there anything else?"

"Oh yeah! I almost forgot something!" Williams slapped his forehead and said seriously, "I came to you to report the information about the Shadow Church."

"Shadow Church?" Ryan suddenly became interested.

Even though he had killed a deacon and a number of idioms a few days ago, Hanhan Long's moves were too powerful and no one was left alive, so he was naturally unable to interrogate them for intelligence from the Shadow Church.

Ryan thought the clue was lost again, but Williams gave him a surprise.

So he couldn't wait to ask: "What information?"

Williams replied: "When I was sorting out and taking over the news channels of the Chamber of Commerce, I found the latest intelligence from the sea."

"The intelligence says Deacon Dick of the Shadow Church purchased information about the location of a powerful fire-attributed monster from a merchant ship."

Ryan muttered quietly when he heard this: "A powerful fire-attributed monster? It seems that they haven't found any trace of the Moltres yet."

"Where is the location?" Ryan asked.

Williams replied: "The location is Sunflower Island."

"Sunflower Island." Ryan's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he whispered:

"Dick, I finally caught you!" (End of this chapter)