"Lilia serves as the general manager of the family and is fully responsible for the internal affairs and finance of the territory. When I am not in the territory, Lilia exercises the authority of the lord on my behalf and takes charge of all the affairs of the family. The annual salary is 500 gold soles."

Victor first established Lilia's unique status. While everyone at the meeting breathed a sigh of relief, they also quietly observed the expressions of Alina sisters. These two beautiful ladies have strong backgrounds and noble births, and they are definitely not what Lilia can do.

In comparison, both emotionally and in their own interests, the Nelsons and several village chiefs were a little worried that they would challenge Lilia's status. Now it seems that they were overly worried, and Sister Alina looked calm

, seems not to care about Lilia's position.

On the contrary, Lilia was quite happy at first, but when she heard that the annual salary was 500 gold soles, her face changed drastically and she looked like she was gnashing her teeth. Based on her understanding of Victor, everyone here will have an annual salary, and

Definitely no less!

How much does this cost?!

Sure enough, Victor smiled at Lilia and continued: "Alice serves as the family liaison officer and is responsible for the family's foreign trade and diplomatic affairs with other families. Her annual salary is 300 gold soles."

It will be Alice's turn to be unhappy. She doesn't care about the power in Lilia's hands, nor does she care about the position of liaison officer. In fact, Sister Alina has received a noble education since she was a child, serving her husband and educating her children.

Managing castles and manors, holding various banquets and celebrations is the noble lady life they pursue.

Alice looked down upon the power in Lilia's hands. In her opinion, Lilia was Victor's personal maid in name just like the two sisters, but in fact she was the housekeeper of the Randall family.

A lady's responsibility is to propagate the family bloodline, educate the family's heirs, and enjoy a comfortable and comfortable life. How can she do the work of a housekeeper?

If it weren't for the purpose of pleasing Victor, Alice wouldn't even want to be a liaison officer. She was very envious of her sister who managed Silver Moon Manor. But Lilia's annual salary was 200 gold soles more than hers, which shocked Alice deeply.

I think this means that I am not as important as Lilia in Victor's mind.

that's the truth.

Alice did not dare to be mean to Victor, so she looked at Lilia angrily until her sister Alina quietly kicked her under the table.

Victor didn't care that his woman was jealous of Hai Shengbo, and continued: "Alina is responsible for managing Silver Moon Manor and the family castle. In addition, children between 7 and 15 years old from vassal families must accept Alina's attendants.

Education. Alina’s annual salary is 300 gold soles.”

Nobles select outstanding heirs from vassal families and let them serve as the family's maids. They teach them fighting and hunting skills, learn rich social etiquette, educate and cultivate their good living habits, and a sense of honor for loyalty and bravery. This is

Attendant education. Only the children of vassals who have received attendant education can be considered truly superior people. They are often favored by their lords, so vassal families call attendant education aristocratic education.

Isn't what the vassals strive for most to become a noble?

The village elders were in awe, and even Linda showed a flattering smile to Alina, just like a parent trying to please a teacher.

Alina's authority is not high, but her influence is very great. She decides on the selection and training of family servants. The vassals of the Randall family will try their best to please this lady. This will promote the integration of Alina sisters into the Randall family.

And the more than two hundred vassal families are no longer monolithic, which invisibly reduces the influence of the Nelson family among the vassals. The small collective consciousness that tightly clings to each other will be pried open a crack until it falls apart.

The corner of Victor's mouth turned up slightly and he said: "Nelson will serve as the captain of my escort team, commanding the family's bodyguards, and concurrently serving as the city defense commander of Randall Territory, commanding the city defense captains of each village and town, with an annual salary of 2,000 gold soles."

"No! 2,000 gold sols is too much! I can only give you 1,000 gold sols."

Lilia jumped out and objected loudly. Linda, who was smiling happily, immediately rolled her eyes at her. Lilia also stared back unceremoniously, and then stared at her brother fiercely. Nelson was used to doting on his sister, and he

He said weakly: "Then 1,000..."

Victor said angrily: "Do you think this is a grocery store? Can you bargain? Just 2,000 gold soles!"

"The salary paid to the knights by the Royal Guards is 8,000 gold soles per year. The knights of the York family also have an annual salary of 4,000 gold soles. With your current strength, you should be able to get 4,000 gold soles. However, we Lan

The Del family is not rich yet, so we can only give you 2,000 gold soles first."

"Thank you for your generosity, sir." Nelson touched his head sheepishly and asked: "Sir, I have heard of city defense officers, but what does the city defense captain who leads each village do?"

"We will discuss this matter later." Victor signaled Nelson to calm down and said, "Barit serves as the family's military officer, responsible for the training of the family's soldiers and militia, as well as the management of military supplies. The annual salary is 200 gold cables.

you."

"Barrett, I will order people to build a training camp and a military supplies warehouse. From now on, the military training and military supplies of Randall's territory will be independent from the internal affairs system of Pinghu Town, and you will be fully responsible for it."

The old mercenary Barrit stood up and saluted Victor, "I obey, my lord!"

Victor nodded, turned to Linda and said: "Linda will no longer serve as the Sheriff. She will take over the position of Territory Inspector. The annual salary is 200 gold soles."

"The Ombudsman is my newly created position. Her duties are to listen to the voices of the people, inspect the political affairs of each village and town, and supervise the work of the village chief, town chief, and peace officer. The village chief and the peace officer must not obstruct the Ombudsman in any way.

inspections and inquiries, and the Ombudsman has no right to interfere in government affairs.”

"Do you have any questions?" Victor glanced at the embarrassed village chief and the monkey.

Mo Lin raised his hand and asked: "Sir, is the inspector just like the original deputy team leader?"

"That's right."

At the beginning, in order to prevent the village group leaders from using their power to engage in malpractice and bully their subordinates, Victor let members of each group take turns to serve as deputy group leaders and supervise the words and deeds of the group leaders. Today, members of the work-point system have deep friendships, and no one can count on them anymore.

It was inappropriate for them to supervise each other. At this time, it was very necessary to establish an independent supervision system. It happened that Victor wanted to replace the Sheriff, so he simply appointed Linda as the Supervisor, which could not only appease Nelson, but also make people feel better.

The censor and the peace officer check each other.

The village chiefs are used to being supervised by the deputy team leader. Now they just have personal supervision. They don't think there is anything wrong.

"Mangk, my newly appointed peace officer." Victor pointed at the monkey and said, "He is responsible for the security of the territory, and the security officers of each village and town are also under his jurisdiction. The annual salary is 100 gold soles."

Everyone's eyes focused on the monkey. He quickly stood up and bowed and said: "Sir, I will do a good job!"

Victor smiled and said: "The appointments of the village chiefs remain unchanged. You are responsible for leading the villagers to complete the labor arranged by Lilia, paying the free laborers, and arranging their lives. In addition, because Randall's territory is vast and sparsely populated,

, there are no dangerous beasts and monsters in the wild. I have increased the actual control area of ​​each village from 300 square kilometers to 400 square kilometers. You must control the collection of natural resources."

"The village chief's annual salary is 100 gold soles." Victor paused and then said: "In the future, when you become the mayor, the annual salary will be increased to 200 gold soles."

"Sir, you are so generous." George, the mayor of the second village, said excitedly: "This is the first time we have heard that the village chief also has a salary."

"There is no salary!" Lilia puffed up her cheeks and said coldly: "No village chief in other territories has a salary! Only the village chief led by Randall has an annual salary, and he is given so much!"

Victor pays a salary of 4,200 gold soles to the family's top leaders every year. Including the expenses for hiring stewards and soldiers, there is still an annual expenditure of 6,000 gold soles. Lilia thinks that the land has been divided, and there is no need to pay more to the family.

They paid salaries, but little did she know that this expenditure was at the heart of Victor's institutional reforms.

Victor didn't explain it to Lilia, and even if he did, no one would understand.

"This money is not so easy to get." Victor knocked on the table, stood up and said: "You have to do things after you take the money. If any of you can't fulfill your duties, then I will remove him from his position and let others

Instead, do you understand?"

The village chiefs were shocked and said in unison: "I understand."

Victor nodded slightly and said: "Nelson, Barritt, you each allocate manpower and arrange three guards in each village. They serve as city defense captains and militia instructors respectively. They are responsible for commanding the militia in each village and protecting the security of the villages and towns.

."

"Mang Ke, you can allocate manpower from the public security station and assign three security soldiers to each village to be responsible for the security of the village and town."

"From now on, professional matters will be left to professional people. Each village head is only responsible for internal affairs and production. He can coordinate but cannot directly interfere with the village's security and security work."

The village chiefs were confused. Mo Lin raised his hand and asked, "Sir, how can we coordinate?"

"In peacetime, we focus on production and construction, and when encountering invasion by foreign enemies, we focus on defensive combat." Victor explained: "I divide the security of the territory into three levels. Green represents security, the village chief is in charge of the overall situation, and city defense is

The captain and the security guard cooperate with the village chief’s work. However, the monthly militia training shall not be less than 5 days.”

"Yellow represents alert, indicating that monsters or bandits have appeared in the wild. At this time, the village chief must cooperate with the city's security work and lead the villagers to go out to work while ensuring safety."

"Red represents danger. Village chiefs and sheriffs must unconditionally obey the orders of the city defense captain, cooperate with the army to resist foreign enemies, mobilize supplies, defend villages and towns, and evacuate people!"

As soon as Victor finished speaking, the village chiefs began to whisper among themselves, "This is a good method!"

"Your Excellency is wise!"

"I'm relieved!"

Seeing this situation, Victor couldn't help but laugh. He didn't expect that the system reform would go so smoothly. The village chief didn't realize what they had gained and what they had lost.

As early as when designing the water conservancy project, Victor began to study a new system. This was not because he was disgusted with the vassal system, but because he had no vassals at all.

The vassal system is based on such an objective reality: the ruler is beyond the reach of the local area, and expands the ruled area through layers of vassals, forming a political pattern in which many stars support the moon. But Victor did not have such a problem, Randall occupied 9,000 square meters

It is 121 kilometers long from south to north and 75 kilometers wide from west to east. There are 7 villages and towns in the territory distributed along the Heihe River. The farthest village from Pinghu Town only takes three days to walk. If you are riding a horse, it only takes one day.

, Victor's orders can be conveyed to any part of the territory, not to mention he also has the Alchemy Crow.

Victor sits in an alchemy tower, has thousands of alchemical creatures under his command, and has the ability to completely control the territory. Since he does not have loyal and capable vassals, and the vassal system itself is an inefficient political system, then simply implement centralization

system!

If the centralized system is about the iron-clad yamen and the smooth flow of officials, then the vassal system is about the iron-clad yamen and the iron-clad officials.

Although lords have the right to appoint and remove their village chiefs and town chiefs, few lords will interfere with the affairs of villages and towns. The position of village chief is almost passed down from generation to generation by the vassal family, and they are the real emperors of the country.

Victor first separated the military power, political power, and legal power of each village and town, and then concentrated it in his own hands, and then changed the government military system to a recruitment system.

Vassal soldiers do not need military pay, are loyal and have outstanding abilities. Not only does it cost a lot for Victor to recruit soldiers, their loyalty is also difficult to guarantee, and their combat effectiveness is even worse. But the problem comes back, Victor has no vassals

!He has no other choice but to hire soldiers.

In fact, recruiting soldiers among the free people was just to deal with the current situation. Victor's real source of soldiers came from the mountain mercenaries. Let them go through actual combat to eliminate the weak and retain the strong, and then select loyal and brave backbones to form an army.

The choice to recruit soldiers was forced out of necessity, but it shook the foundation of the vassal system. Since you can spend money to recruit soldiers and talents, why should you completely hand over your rights?

At this point, the new system designed by Victor has taken shape. It is a centralized system disguised as a vassal system. Victor calls it the lease-employment system.

The lease employment system has the characteristics of both vassalism and centralization. It is a combination of the vassal system and the employment system of subjects. Victor abandoned the concepts of vassals, subjects, and free people, and promoted supporters, assistants, and supporters.

The core of this system is to transform refugees into supporters, select talents among supporters, and make them assistants through employment. After a period of inspection, outstanding and loyal assistants will be awarded land by canonization.
To be continued...