Mage with knife

At present, it seems that Persia City has sent three high-level warriors, which is a lot. After all, the focus is still on Trust City. It will still take time for Persia City to develop.

What's more, there are still high-level practitioners in Persia City. Let's see if we can win over one or two. In this case, we will get more help. If we don't win over the locals, the work will not be easy to carry out.

Of course, Dick is also going. As the city lord, he must first understand the situation and solve many specific problems.

As for the presence of Betty, Mahan and Giggs in Trust City, Dick was relieved. The cavalry brigade at the foot of the snow-capped mountains had long been disbanded, and Zhang Huan had no specific duties, so he was left to take charge in Bay City by Dick.

Campbell warmly received Dick and other visitors. Of course, Campbell was very familiar with Dick, who was famous. However, Dick was not familiar with Campbell. Most of them heard from Zhang Liao. After all, Zhang Liao and Campbell had been getting along for several years.

Campbell, a native of Persia City, is an eighth-level warrior. He has no natural artistic conception. He seems to be not too old, and he is not yet ready to eat and wait for death.

According to Campbell, the biggest dilemma of the Persian city is that it cannot recruit people. Many areas in many outer cities are deserted and uncultivated. Without farming, where will the tax revenue and benefits come from?

It seems that the population of the Snow tribe in the outer jungle is also limited. Of course, Trust City has developed relatively early and has a leading advantage in the competition for population. The total population of the outer city of Trust City has exceeded two million.

It's not that there are no Snow tribes in the further areas, but it's too far away. Wouldn't it be convenient for people to join other big cities nearby? Why do we have to go all the way to your Persian city?

The Persian city plus ten outer cities have a total population of just over 200,000, which is quite pitiful.

Dick assessed the situation. Since the population is insufficient, why create so many outer cities? Downsizing, the establishment of the four coastal outer cities has been included in the newly organized Xishuiwan Province, and has been compressed into three coastal outer cities. The easternmost one

The No. 4 coastal outer city was abandoned, and the population of the No. 4 outer city was dispersed to the other three coastal outer cities.

Roddick and Campbell made urgent calculations. In this case, the approximate population of the three outer cities along the coast would be good and they would no longer be empty. Wouldn't the management distance be shortened by abandoning the fourth city in the east?

The six inland outer cities were downsized into two outer cities, which also shortened the management area and facilitated nearby management.

As a result, the population is relatively concentrated, and the establishment is reduced by half. It also saves a large number of administrative staff. Campbell has no objection to Dick's decision. As long as it is not so empty, it won't be disturbing to look at, right?

Campbell was convinced that Dick emphasized the convenience of nearby management. After all, the riots in Persia City also caused a lot of psychological shadow on Campbell. Dick further emphasized security work, downsizing and nearby management to facilitate the further development of security work.

If the area is too large, the City Lord's Mansion will indeed be unable to cope with its needs. Is what Dick said makes sense? Campbell certainly agrees.

"Campbell, in this Persian city, how many intermediate magicians can you organize who are willing to work for the city lord's palace?"

"A magician? Is the city lord planning to form inner guards and secret guards?"

"Yes, mid-level magicians are relatively resistant to mental control. Campbell, you probably have a general understanding of the control methods of the Dark Knife organization."

"That's it. My subordinates roughly estimate that the City Lord's Mansion can hire four intermediate magicians."

There were only four of them. Dick really understood the embarrassment of Persia City. There was no money and no people. The last large-scale riot caused Persia City to suffer heavy losses, including the loss of personnel.

"That's a lot of four. If you recruit them all, I'll give them twice the salary of an assistant in the City Lord's Mansion."

"Twice? Lord City Lord, the finances of the City Lord's Mansion are tight. The salary of a magician is already more than half of that of a warrior. How can it be..." Campbell looked miserable.

"Persia City doesn't have it, but Trust City has it. Everyone eats from the same pot, so why should we share it with each other? It's not just the four of them, including you, Campbell. You, the great butler, have a great responsibility. Do your job well, and I will give you two high-ranking guest posts.

salary."

"Thank you, Lord City Lord!" Everyone is happy to get a salary increase. It is true that Campbell has not yet reached the time to wait for death, and he also needs resources to practice. Elder Keqing's salary is too tempting.

"Campbell, you're welcome. As long as you are talented and willing to do things, the city lord's palace will not be stingy with rewards. You are the chief steward of Persia City, and you should usually cooperate with old Peter's work."

"Don't worry, City Lord, Campbell will do his best for the development of Persia City."

Developing this thing does not happen overnight. Downsizing the Persian City is just the first step to facilitate management. As for the next step, Dick needs to further observe and investigate. During this time, Dick must try his best to discover as much as possible about the Persian City.

With local talents and local management, many things will be much more convenient.

As for the initial investment in Persian City, Dick didn't care.

No matter how bad the city of Persia is, the magic gold mine is still good. Not only does it produce intermediate magic gold, but it also produces high-level magic gold. This thing is the most practical. In theory, with the output of high-level magic gold here,

Do high-level cultivation resources hardly need subsidies from the Trust City?

It's just that Campbell has a double salary to support him. With Zhang Liao in charge of the magic gold mine, Dick can rest assured. At present, it seems that this magic gold mine is the largest source of income for Persia City.

It reduces the number of outer cities in Persia City and saves the salary of Persian City's intermediate training resources. It also increases the salary of several intermediate magicians. In theory, there is not much extra expenditure.

To increase revenue and reduce expenditure, Dick starts with reducing expenditure.

As for who was retained and who was not, Dick presided over it and Old Peter and Campbell reviewed it. Soon, the five outer city lords were dismissed. As for whether these five outer city lords could be used in other places, Campbell understood.

Anyway, the number of administrative staff in the outer city is fixed. If Campbell can't arrange the abolished city lord's assistants and the like, he will basically be dismissed.

Does this save a lot of administrative expenses?

Dick made it very clear to the remaining city lords from the outer cities: If you work hard, if you don't do well, I will transfer people from Trust City to replace you.

The vigorous restructuring of Persia City has begun. With old Peter and Campbell here, Dick actually doesn't have to worry about much. The most important thing for a leader is to employ people. Not to mention Campbell's ability, his work enthusiasm is very good.

That’s pretty good.

As for the formation of the inner guards and secret guards of Persian City, Hiddink and Magath from Trust City are in charge. They are the deputy commanders of the inner guards and secret guards promoted by Dick in Trust City and are intermediate magicians.

As for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Persia City does not have such a staff for the time being. The responsibilities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are managed by Giggs of Trust City. To put it bluntly, Persia City and Trust City are already one, so there is no need for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to be divided into two.

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