Chapter 91: Rebuilding Lester Kingdom (3) (2/2)
As the population grows, it is important to be able to support the, and shelter wereelse
“My Lord, how ees will arrive from the Capital?”
“It’s estiees”
“300,000…”
For a moment, Max looked tired Currently, Forrest territory had about 130,000 people
It was no wonder he would be tired when it would be burdensome to instantly add more than three times the current population
To be honest, this was a lot less than the original number When the Republicans had invaded the Capital, there were 1million citizens who had followed Princess Leila and evacuated That number included both the elderly and the children But 100,000 people could not handle the harsh life as a refugee and had died And once the as over, about half of the refugees had stayed behind to rebuild the Capital And half of those re men, had applied to become soldiers and serve in the North With this war, many of them had realized how terrible it was for a nation to have no power during a war and had volunteered to become soldiers And after it had been cut down many times, the final number of people that Forrest Estate had to accoe nuovernment, My Lord?”
“Princess Leila said that for the ti, she would use her personal accounts to support this She has also promised tax exemption for the next three years”
“I see”
As though thankful, Max sighed in relief
“The refugees will be arriving in the next ten days For a while, they’ll pitch tents and live like refugees but they can’t live like that forever Sophia”
“Yes, My Lord?”
“The ht if it’s temporary, but make an environht for a bit before responding
“It’ll be i for everyone one at a time Even if it’s a bit inconvenient, I think it’ll be best if we built a co facility that could accommodate more than 100 people at once”
“I’ll leave that up to you”
Because Milton knew very hat Sophia could do as an architect, he gave full authority to do as she wished
“And Max”
“Yes, My Lord?”
“I’ you from the Administrator position”
For a second, Max looked as though his entire world had collapsed, but his face brightened as Milton continued to speak
“Since the territory has gotten bigger, we need to create separate ad you the position of Chief Ad you with full authority over the administration personnel”
This basicallythe entire territory’s internal affairs to Max In the past, Milton couldn’t reappoint hih Max was highly skilled, his Loyalty was low But now that his Loyalty had reached 95, Milton had zero hesitations with giving Max the reins
“I’ll never let you down, My Lord”
“Mm, I trust you”
With those words, Max’s Loyalty instantly shot up to 98
‘Why’s it going up so quickly… ah! Wasn’t that one of ain allies’ trust and eneiven, your subjects’ loyalty can be greatly increased
Thanks to this special trait, the subordinates’ loyalties could increase a lot according to the rewards and punishments But that didn’t mean you could randomly reward people It was an ability that was only effective if appropriate rewards were given to the right person at the right time It seemed to have been the perfect , ‘When fortune knocks upon the door, open it widely[1]’ and ‘strike when the iron is hot’’[2]
As the refugees flocked to Forrest estate, the administrators of the territory were so busy they didn’t have a ister their citizenshi+p, please do it here”
“To speed up the process, please register together if you cah food and blankets over here”
“The B-2 residence is full”
Max hired people in hoards to fill the adees They registered each incoees’ citizenshi+p and divided up the residential districts for even distribution aees
As ordered by Milton, Sophia had started the construction of the co facilities
Even in the process of accepting the excessive influx of 300,000 people at once, Forrest territory was still able to continue developing Hoas this possible? Was it because Max was co hard? Undoubtedly so But, even though the administrator was competent, there was another reason for the territory to be running this smoothly
That reason was money It costs money just to stay alive And the amount of money 300,000 people needed was ridiculous But the reason Forrest Territory was able to comfortably accept that many people was because Princess Leila was a tremendous sponsor
Even Milton had been astonished by Princess Leila’s fundings The amount of money she had when she was previously the head of Charlotte Merchant Co out of her, like water out of a well
But…
“At the rate it’s going, it’ll only last about a year”
Eventually all wells will draw out
Milton was surprised by this
“It’ll only last a year?”
“Let’s talk straight Thea year because it’s ht now, Marquis?”
Milton gave a wry laugh In fact, he had also been wondering if it was alright for hi to say
“It’s not like I’ and only spending it where weto be as econo to bla out the reality of our situation”
Princess Leila sighed before she continued to speak
“Whatever we do, I can only last a year with our current expenditures So all I’ is that we need to stabilize the situation before then”
“That’s a difficult issue”
“It always is when you’re trying to stabilize a country”
This wasto defeat an ene immediately ca easy Should you ascend the throne first, Your Highness? I thought quite a few people hining about that?”
Princess Leila grinned at hi at me, Marquis?”
Recently, a lot of people had been reco Princess Leila to ascend the throne Currently, Princess Leila’s authority was no different fro to stabilize a country wasn’t a good idea However, there was a reason Princess Leila hadn’t given in to the people’s wishes and still hesitated
“If I knehether my father was alive or dead, then I'd make my decision”
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1 노는 물이 들어왔을 때 저어야 한다 is an idiom Literal translation of it would be that you should roater is coo out and fish) but I’ve used a similar idiom in replacement
2 쇠뿔은 단 김에 뽑아야 한다 is another idiom 쇠뿔 is a ox horn that apparently can be pulled out/shaped when you heat it up So if the horn is heated up, you should take the opportunity and either shape or pull it since it’s already been heated up for you