Arcane Lord

Early the next morning, before dawn, Xia Duo woke up early, and hurriedly came outside the villa before he could even apply the permanent status spells to himself.

In the northwest sky, the scarlet star that kept flashing still existed. Although it had only passed one night, Xia Duo knew that this thing would not disappear in a short time.

After thinking about it, Xia Duo took out the communication weapon and sent an inquiry message to Niya. She should have returned to Severton by now, and there may have been a conclusion there.

After that, Xia Duo stopped waiting with the communication device. In fact, he also knew that if there was new news from Niya, he would be notified.

Since he didn't, he couldn't find anything out if he asked again.

…

"Leiden, come to my study."

After sending the message to Leiden, Shado walked back while blessing himself with permanent status spells, such as [Evasion of Detection], [Magic Alarm Clock], [Delayed Teleportation], [Long-lasting Armor] and the like.

Of course, the duration of these spells is very long, all exceeding 24 hours. At this moment, Xia Duo seems to have refreshed the duration of these spells to maintain the best condition.

After he returned to the study, he made himself a cup of hot elf drink. Layton arrived just at this time, carrying a thick volume with him.

"Sir!" Leiden bowed slightly and saluted.

Sha Duo pointed to a chair not far from the desk and said to Leiden: "Sit down first!"

And he himself was rummaging through the paperwork neatly arranged on his desk. The territory currently did not have the conditions to produce documents with specific marks. When they were stacked together, it was indeed a bit troublesome to find them.

But fortunately, Xia Duo often read this information. Even though he was in the Tower of Time some time ago, he still quickly found the target——

A list of those responsible for territory-related affairs.

This includes supervisors, work group leaders, and those being inspected.

In addition, this list also includes these people's brief resumes, family status, merit points, etc.

Xia Duo has not written down all the names of these people yet, mainly because it is not necessary. For example, the leader of a certain working group may have been just a casual appointment at first, but later on the appointment of the leader of the working group, he has delegated it to the various subordinates. In the hands of the supervisor.

Opening the case file, Xia Duo saw the marks he had made before. After flipping through it a few times, he had a rough idea, so he put down the case file and said to Leiden:

"I called you here mainly to talk about the adjustment of the territorial system."

"Sir, please speak."

"Because the territory is still in the development stage, it will be different from other territories." This was the tone. At this point, Shado paused. Seeing that Leiden had no objection to this, he continued:

“I plan to set up a core department, which I call the [Development Department], to be responsible for coordinating development affairs, including logging, cutting, moving, land clearing, etc.

“As for the canteen, brick kiln, wooden house manufacturing workshop, etc., I collectively refer to them as ‘logistics’, so a [logistics department] is also needed to be responsible for these.

“Finally, there is a [Resettlement Department], which is responsible for receiving new residents, allocating houses to them, providing them with basic living materials, and assigning allocations to various working groups under the [Development Department] according to the needs of the [Development Department]. Team members.”

It is roughly the three major parts of a general factory on earth: production, logistics, and personnel. Territory development is similar to a factory. As the number of territorial citizens increases, some organizational structure must also be needed to maximize the use of human resources.

Of course, as a lord, this can save a lot of trouble. As long as Xia Duo helps the people clearly distinguish their rights and responsibilities, they can do their best.

After Chateau finished speaking, he looked at Leiden, perhaps with a new understanding of doctrine. Now Leiden is not just his yes man. If his decision is inappropriate, Leiden will also put forward his own opinions.

After that, they convinced each other. This was also a part of Xia Duo's favorite part. After all, he had known for a long time that "communication makes people progress" and "the truth becomes clearer with more debate."

As long as what Layton said made sense, he was happy to accept it. In the final analysis, this was his own territory.

…

"Sir, I have no objection!"

"very good!"

Xia Duo was not surprised. Although there was no clear division of departments before, it actually came in this direction. Leiden had followed him since the territory was developed, so he should have understood it a long time ago.

"Who do you think is the competent director of these three departments?"

Although Sha Duo already has goals in mind, these are just judgments based on the personnel information compiled by Leiden. For first-hand knowledge, it is better to listen to Leiden's own opinions.

"Sir, I think the current manager of the brick kiln, Jia Ke, can serve as the director of the [Resettlement Department]. He is a smooth man, but he also sticks to his duties. He should be able to adapt to the new job well; [Logistics Department], I I think that the current manager of the wooden house workshop, Cade, can take over. He is practical and has no shortage of tact; as for the [Development Department]——"

When Leiden mentioned [Development Department], he hesitated slightly, as if he didn't know how to speak. Looking at his expression, Xia Duo could probably guess that this must be related to doctrine again.

Otherwise, Leiden wouldn’t be so hesitant.

Xia Duo doesn't care about doctrine, it's just to facilitate his rule. He also has a good solution to Leiden's hesitation and has long been proficient in it. "I want you to name the name that you think is most in line with the interests of the territory. Don’t worry about anything else.”

Using doctrine against doctrine, "Holy Proverbs" repeatedly warns believers and priests to "obey the orders of the superiors." In a sense, this doctrine can even allow the lord's orders to break the provisions of doctrine.

After all, if you don't obey, you are directly violating the teachings. If you obey, there is still this rule to protect you, so you will not break the precepts.

Sure enough, after listening to Shado's order, Leiden no longer hesitated and directly said the man's name, "Clark!"

"Clark?" Shado repeated the name softly.

He knew very well that there was no such person named "Clark" on the list of relevant persons in charge of the territory, so he asked Layton, "Who is Clark? What special talents does he have?"

"Clark is a slave. His current achievements are not enough to get rid of his status as a slave, but he is indeed very experienced in overall planning and coordination and is very suitable for the [Development Department], so I-"

Leiden didn't say the next words, but Sha Duo already understood, but the question came, "Then how do you know that he is very experienced."

"Jeff, the supervisor who is now responsible for coordinating various working groups on the front line of development, often asks Clark for advice. Of course, this can be converted into merit, but there is still a long way to go to achieve the merit required to get rid of slave status."

Layton said with some regret.