Warm Dragon

"The duties of the clerk are... the duties of the sheriff are... the duties of the court president are... blah blah..."

Compared to Russell's conciseness, Charles, the first clerk of the Black Snake Manor, seemed to speak too much.

Fortunately, he was also meaningful and did not deviate from the topic.

"Blah blah... So next, we will nominate several territorial officials under the jurisdiction of the clerk, namely the tax officer, the agricultural and animal husbandry officer, the education officer, the diplomat and the health officer... By the way, the three officers can also hold the above positions concurrently."

Wait for Charles to finish.

Russell saw the serf technician in the crowd, who was also the head of the magic potion village, Red Nose Rudy, and suddenly thought of something, and said: "Charles, add another technical officer to be responsible for the research and development and promotion of the cultivation technology of magic potions and magic materials."

"As you wish." Charles responded readily.

Next, the nomination began. Charles, as the clerk, first nominated a candidate, and then the sheriff Eric and the court president Old Hans nominated one candidate in turn.

And everyone sitting in the small market, including the serf representatives, can raise their hands to nominate candidates, or recommend themselves.

The final candidate will be determined by a show of hands.

Of course.

If Russell has a suitable candidate, he only needs one sentence to be the final result - because Russell's words are the law of the territory.

The lively nomination process lasted for a whole hour, and finally the officials under the clerks were selected.

Tax officer Katie, agricultural and animal husbandry officer Old Hans concurrently, education officer Charles concurrently, diplomat Charles also concurrently, health officer Catherine, technical officer Red Nose Rudy. The list was approved by Russell, and the officials took office immediately.

Then began to nominate officials under the sheriff, that is, the chief (knight chief) and deputy (knight deputy) candidates of the knight team, ranger team, and patrol team.

Half an hour later, it was determined that Eric would concurrently serve as the knight chief of the manor knight team, and Katie would concurrently serve as the ranger chief of the cave ranger team.

A security patrol team was set up under the Manor Knights, with Tom, Russell's Knight Squire, as the captain and deputy knight; a cave patrol team was set up under the Cave Rangers, with Catherine as the captain and deputy knight.

Finally, officials under the court president were nominated, with only three official positions.

Old Hans served as the judge, and Russell designated Ranger Halls as the defense officer, which was a way to win over the free people of the cave. Russell's Knight Squire John served as the escort officer.

"Sir, all the officials in the territory have been nominated. There are three chiefs and six ordinary officials, a total of nine officials." Charles reported to Russell after summarizing the candidates, and also announced them to all serfs in the territory.

Charles, Eric, Old Hans, Katie, Catherine, Red Nose Rudy, Knight Squire Tom, Knight Squire John, Ranger Halls.

There are not many people, and most of the positions are part-time, but this is enough.

The Black-waisted Snake Manor is so small and has so few people. Nine officials are enough to manage all the affairs of the territory in detail.

"Let's start the next process, Charles." Russell said.

"Of course."

This is a comprehensive and far-reaching manor meeting. The process that follows is the adjustment of the village chief and the serf manager, and the selection of 20 clerks - after all, officials need subordinates to run errands.

Currently, there are seven villages in the Black-waisted Snake Manor.

"Rename the Bean and Wheat Village to the Market Village." Russell changed the name of a village to welcome the new atmosphere.

So the seven villages are the Market Village, the Magic Potion Village, the Cave Village, the Barley Village, the Wheat Village, the Clover Village and the Lentil Village.

"There are currently 854 people and 143 farmers in Jishitun, divided into 14 ridges. The former village chief is Iron Arm Dunn, the owner of the blacksmith shop." Charles looked at Dunn in the crowd and asked, "Dunn, will you continue to run for the position of village chief of Jishitun?"

Dunn is about 50 years old, with a thick beard, and he works as a blacksmith all year round. His arms are thicker than normal people's thighs.

"Of course, sir." Dunn stood up and said in a muffled voice, "I still want to continue to serve the master."

"Okay, Dunn is running for election, who else wants to run for village chief?"

"I, I want to run." The owner of the bakery stood up, "Master, all the lords, please allow me to introduce myself. I am the owner of the bakery. Everyone calls me Tall Hat Percy. I think I am more suitable to be the village chief of Jishitun than Iron Arm Dunn."

Following him, several serfs in Jishitun stood up and expressed their desire to run for the position of village chief.

Although the village chief is not an official, he does not receive salary compensation.

But compared with ordinary serfs, the village chief can pay less tax, and this alone is enough to make the serfs enthusiastically run for election.

The serfs of the market village have gathered on the street.

Under the chairmanship of Charles, the group of serfs voted enthusiastically. After several rounds of noisy voting, Iron Arm Dunn successfully defended his position as the village chief and continued to serve as the village chief of the market village.

"Dunn, when you go back, you must organize the farmers in the fourteen ridges of the village as soon as possible to elect a new serf manager."

"Don't worry, Mr. Clerk, I promise to complete it!" Iron Arm Dunn used his thigh-thick arms to beat his chest continuously, making a loud bang.

Russell doubted whether he would beat himself to death if he beat a few more times.

"Next is the Magic Potion Village. Although it is newly established, the farmers have been fully staffed, with a total of 581 people and 97 households, divided into eight ridges. The original village chief was Red Nose Rudy, a serf technician who grows fluorescent mushrooms. He has rich work experience and is now a technical officer."

After Charles' introduction, Red Nose Rudy said that he would continue to run for the position of village chief, and then only two serf technicians with the same identity expressed their intention to participate in the election.

The result was not surprising, Red Nose Rudy was elected with a high vote.

"Now it is the newly established Diku Village. After adjustments, there are 358 people and 121 households. One household has a small population, so it is planned to be divided into only six ridges. There is no village chief yet, and the serf manager has not been assigned. The farmers in Diku Village can actively participate in the election."

The serfs in the Youguang Valley live in family units, and basically one household has six people.

But in the environment of the Xiangshui River Cave, the population is sparse, and there may be only a couple in one household, so there are many households but few people.

After a campaign, Drucker, one of the three original cave rangers, won by a narrow margin over the other two rangers, Halls and Barr.

This made Halls look a little dark, because he had previously been supported by Russell and elected as the defense officer under the chief judge. He thought he could successfully serve as the chief of the cave village with the appreciation of the lord, but he didn't expect to be defeated by Drucker.

"If I can't stay here, I will stay somewhere else!"

For a while, Halls had a lot of dissatisfaction and had planned to learn from the wildcat sisters, leave the cave village, and settle in other villages.

"It's the turn of the barley village, 612 people and 105 households, divided into nine ridges. The original chief was Black Pete..." Charles said, while taking out the pocket watch in his arms and looking at it, "Well, it's already twelve o'clock in the afternoon, so the manor meeting will come to an end first, everyone will go back to eat, and continue at one o'clock in the afternoon."

This time, Russell, as the lord, did not provide food.

After all, there were 3,500 people, and the kitchen in the manor villa was too busy to handle it, so the serfs could only go back to their homes and find their mothers.

However, the newly elected officials were invited by Russell to the manor villa to enjoy a sumptuous lunch.

"Cheers, I wish you all to make excellent achievements in your new positions." Russell raised his red wine glass.

The officials responded one after another: "Serve you wholeheartedly!"