Chapter 876 (1/2)
Roland shrugged, it see overtaken by his own subordinates was never so to be proud of
Thankfully, Redwater City was now back to nor filtered nobles, 70 percent had decided to continue doing their previous jobs while the rest wanted to try their luck at the City Hall even though the basic requirement to apply for the administration exam ”literacy of sentences” was easy for them Roland still believed that after the final tests, these people would not have too much of a chance to become official members
After all, it was hard for nobles to change their habits
But certainly, beco your head
There were even three nobles anted to join the First Ar observed by Nightingale, they did not conceal any evil thoughts However, he still stood by his original decision and refused their applications
Having solved the issue of the feudal power, the work efficiency of Redwater City and the surrounding areas had greatly improved In just over a week, more than 20,000 people had boarded the shi+ps for Neverwinter, whilst more and lance, abandoning the ses seemed to decrease the amount of land they could control, but in fact, it drastically increased his capability to control the City Hall
In such an age where even roads were scarce, the iovern he could only drea a few leaders within the course of a year was rather doable, but asking the the decrees was quite difficult Barov had asked hi people to Neverwinter, instead of unifying the kingdo as it was He had never fully answered him
It was because the City Hall Director could not iine how many people could actually be absorbed by the compounded industry of coal and iron, nor understand how y and time it actually took to build such an industry
And the most important part was that those remote territories could not operate effectively and thus, fro them would just be a waste
Thus, it was ather the population in several major cities with convenient transportation
It was from that moment of land reform that Roland finally acquired jurisdiction of the Redwater area
As for his next target, that was Silver City
Co's city district was inally a common city, not 's city However, its existence became more special when the first silver mine was discovered there Asexcavated, the city became busier and busier, and eventually reached its current size
Considering the great importance of Silver City's output to Graycastle's economy, the latest Lords were only appointed by the faood old man” as loyal to the Wimbledons In addition, their poas also restricted and in the next couple of years, the city was almost never allocated to other nobles
In other words, as long as the lord of the city declared it, Silver City would always be a thing
Roland believed that ”persuading” the other side was not a difficult task, considering he was the descendant of King Wimbledon III and the most suitable heir to the throne
However, he was somewhat concerned about the fact that the city, which was built on ale's hometown
Every tiet the same answer ”I have cut my ties with the Gilen Fas” He still felt Nightingale was hiding soovernment affairs, he did not have much time to think about it so he could only leave this be for now
Four days after receiving Iron Axe's secret letter, the First Army of the Eastern Front Arh the canal
It was almost the same with the trip to Redwater City Earl Williareeting, he followed up with a dinner invitation The difference was that in Redwater City, they elcomed by the city's nobles while in the oldtheir old acquaintance Hogg
That evening, the Earl's opening speech set the tone for the feast He illing to hand over his feudal power and fully supportive to His Majesty Roland's new govern and the latter sed back the words that he had prepared to say
And through Hogg's efforts, the feast became a business fair