Steel, Guns, and the Industrial Party that Traveled to Another World

Within a week after reaching an agreement with Myron Garnard, the Alda army attacked everywhere and turned the territories of the four vassals involved in the conspiracy upside down.

Angelo and others had already fled with their families, but the castles and manors they left behind were all sealed, and the money that they did not have time to take away was confiscated. Myron also took the initiative to ask Paul to give the property that the traitors did not take away.

After the situation in Bayerding was basically stabilized, Paul left an infantry battalion to garrison Butuya City, and he and Myron led the other troops back to Lake Heart Town.

Since Bayerding will be "managed" by Alda's administrative team in the future, the decree will be issued from Lake Heart Town, and it is better for Myron to stay there.

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"Congratulations, Earl!"

After Paul told Old Ford, Hansel and others that Myron took his advice and let Lake Heart Town take over Bayerding, they congratulated Paul again and again.

You know, Bayerding is a genuine earldom, with a larger area and population than Arda, and there is a city like Butuya, although it is a little smaller, it is still a city.

At Hansel's suggestion, the three of them quickly found Mellon for a detailed discussion.

Under the "persuasion" of Old Ford and Hansel, the conversation reached the following results:

Mellon Garnard, as the lord of Bayerding, will be stationed in Lake Heart Town in the future, and Lake Heart Town will be the common capital of the two earls of Arda and Bayerding, and will be managed uniformly;

Mellon will participate in the decision-making of various affairs in Lake Heart Town as an important member, and his opinions are the most important in matters related to Bayerding.

After the conversation, Hansel found Paul privately and learned about the specific process when Mellon initially agreed to Paul's proposal.

"Lord Graman, I think Earl Garnard has had similar ideas for a long time, so when you proposed it, he agreed at once."

Hansel said with an expression of "I can't hide it from you".

Paul looked puzzled: "Impossible? How do you know?"

Hansel said: "I talked to Earl Garnard before. He is in a very bad state of mind now. He doubts himself, others, and even the world."

Paul expressed his understanding. He also saw a little bit in the Butuya Lord's Mansion that day.

"My father's sudden alienation and the conspiracy of the vassals may put him in a state of..."

Hansel paused and thought about how to describe it, "in a state of paranoia."

Paul nodded: "Well... this is also possible, then what?"

Hansel said: "Excuse me, when he faced you, he was probably also doubtful."

Paul didn't understand: "Why is this the case?"

Hansel explained: "Put yourself in his shoes. My father suddenly ignored me, my vassal wanted to plot against me, and my butler also wanted to plot against me. These people I usually trust... They all have bad intentions towards me, so why should my allies be special? "

"I guess Earl Garnard is ready to bleed heavily. His relatives have passed away, his confidants have rebelled, and his direct troops are fighting in the south. It is not known whether they are loyal. If you also have intentions towards him, he has disobeyed your wishes..."

"Especially when your army has already taken control of Bayerdin, his fate is in your hands. I suspect that the rhetoric of becoming a monk is also intentional, deliberately tempting you to reveal your intentions. "

Paul does have some "other intentions", but he doesn't want the whole Bayerdin.

He shook his head and said, "Mellon is not so scheming. Hansel, you are still talking about him. Aren't you also looking at things with conspiracy theories?"

Paul patted Hansel's shoulder, "Look at it, this world is still very beautiful."

Hansel's face flushed slightly, and he cleared his throat to hide his embarrassment: "Anyway, congratulations on taking over a complete earldom, which will be of great benefit to your future plans."

Paul looked into his eyes and said, "It will also be of great benefit to your career."

The two smiled at each other.

Indeed, no matter how sincere Mellon was, controlling Bayerdin brought Paul huge benefits, not only in the future, but also in the present.

After Paul ordered the affairs officer to conduct a census of the territory, he got this data: the entire Earldom of Alda has a total of about 60,000 people, distributed in 10 large towns including Huxin Town and Fulan Port and more than 50 natural villages.

With the current army size of more than 1,300 people, it is basically 40 to 50 civilians supporting one professional soldier. If it is an ordinary soldier of this era, it is fine, but for the new army established by Paul, it is very difficult with the productivity level of this era.

After controlling Bailding, this pressure is gone. It is roughly estimated that the population of the Earldom of Bailding can be around 80,000 to 90,000.

In order to coordinate the affairs of the two territories, Paul decided to establish an administrative agency called "Administrative Affairs Council".

After discussing with everyone, the Administrative Affairs Council will be temporarily divided into seven departments: Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Fisheries, Ministry of Forestry, Ministry of Public Security, and Ministry of Intelligence. Old Ford will serve as the head of the Administrative Affairs Council.

Old Ford will concurrently serve as the head of the Ministry of Finance.

No mistakes, one post, one content, one book, one bar!

Hansel was invited to serve as the head of the Ministry of Agriculture. Now he is the one who cares most about food issues in Lake Heart Town. When he received Paul's invitation, he agreed immediately.

Cecil will no longer be in charge of forestry affairs, but will be the full-time head of the Intelligence Department. Although the Intelligence Department belongs to the State Council, it is directly responsible to Paul.

The head of the Forestry Department will be Cecil's former deputy in forestry.

The head of the Fisheries Department will be the tax officer who was originally responsible for collecting taxes from fishermen.

The head of the Public Security Department will be Ruth Hayden, the platoon leader of the second platoon of the Internal Security Force, who will be responsible for forming a force named "Police".

The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Education will be temporarily in charge of Paul himself. Now he is not at ease with whoever is in charge of these two departments.

The original heads of various affairs in the territory basically work at home, and only go to the Lord's Mansion when there is something or a meeting. With the establishment of the State Council, the improvement of various departments, and the increase in confidentiality needs, it is obviously no longer appropriate to continue this way of working.

So a group of houses near the Lord's Mansion were requisitioned for a fee, and after being repaired, they will be used as fixed offices for various departments.

Paul also formulated an attendance system for clerks. From now on, people in various departments will have to live a hard life of signing in and out every day. Lateness or leaving early without reason will be punished.

In order to test the teaching effect of the "Weiss College" established not long ago, and to find a group of ducks that can be rushed to fill the gaps of clerks in various departments, Paul decided to hold an exam in Huxin Town. The exam is very simple:

First, writing ability, being able to write a self-introduction that people can understand, and typos are not considered for the time being;

Second, reading ability, being able to read more than 80% of the words in a long paragraph and being able to express the meaning almost accurately;

Third, calculation ability, being able to add and subtract numbers within 100, and multiplication and division are not required;

Fourth, your name cannot be written incorrectly.

If all the above four items are met, it's great. In the future, you will be a glorious clerk of the Administrative Council, and you can receive a fixed salary every month to support your family.

After the news was released, people who signed up came in droves.