Power and Empire Chapter 1461: Showdown (2)
Volume 3, Overlord’s Mainland 1461 Showdown (2)
Had it not been taken by the guards himself, Hirtshals would not have believed that the mediocre young man in front of him had risen to the southwest of the mainland with the Falcon flag in just five years. The imperial war **** who has lost the five hundred years of chaos in Ikadiva.
"Hirtshals, can you do me a favor?" The fat man put the file on the upper right corner of the table, rubbed his somewhat swollen temples, and looked at Hirtshals, who was a little cramped at the door. Said in a calm tone
"Your Majesty... Just give your orders!" Hirtshals was startled, some at a loss do not know whether to stand upright like a soldier or bend down and salute like a nobleman
"I came to you just to ask you a question. You don't need to be so nervous!" The fat man saw Hirtshals' nervousness, smiled very easy-going, and gave him a sit-down gesture. "This time If I invite you in this way, I must be terrified!"
"I dare not, it was just some accident! "Hirtshals sat down on a leather sofa at the door, his face turned pale,
His Majesty Falcon looks so easy-going, but as long as he thinks that this person can crush a small character like himself 10,000 times with just a slight movement of his eyebrows, everyone will feel uncomfortable. This feeling is like an ant. The gap with giants "I heard that you are a bridge expert dedicated to the Swadian royal family!"
The fat man’s eyes are piercing, and he seems to be looking at him meaningfully." To be honest, a master craftsman like you also lives in Normandy. It really surprises us. If you are here for some unfair reason If you want, I might be able to help you!"
"No, your majesty, don't get me wrong"
Hirtshals’ eyes contained an excited response and said, "I came to Normandy because it is more capable of letting me use my strengths! Although I am also a master craftsman, I am different from others. My specialty is bridges. Road construction, the road construction of the empire has been very effective, the role I can play is really limited, so I decided to come here to try, and there is no unfair treatment, your majesty’s kindness. I understood "" It turns out that way. !"
Fatty looked a little disappointed, took out a document from the desk drawer and pushed it down in front of him. "Since you are an expert in roads and bridges, then help me see if you can tell me based on your experience, if it’s a month How much manpower and expenditure will it take to complete such a path?"
Hirtshals also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, that things were not what he thought, and the tension in his heart dissipated a lot. His Baron title was granted by the Swadian Royal Family. The Hirtshals family has been an official in charge of the construction of the Swahierdian Ministry of Internal Affairs for three consecutive generations, and is a true expert in the construction of bridges. As a professional, he looked at the received file with a bit of scrutiny, and opened it carefully. The content in front of him made his eyebrows slowly twisted together. His face looked unnatural, and he hesitated for a while and did not dare to speak,
on the file. From a construction sketch, it is necessary to draw a road north from the military port, and need to traverse hundreds of miles of rugged wilderness. This is completely impossible. If it is in the empire, it has the original road foundation and sufficient manpower, it will take a month. It’s very difficult to complete within,
What's more, this is Normandy with a very poor road foundation, but Hirtshals dare not say that this is not possible. Everyone knows the moody character of His Majesty Falcon. Who can guarantee that this sentence has just been exported? Your head will not fall to the ground in an instant! "Don't be nervous, tell me the truth, no matter what the conclusion is, I will pardon you!" The fat man saw his hesitation and snapped his finger to the door. Besukaya in a white dress came with two glasses of water. One cup is placed in front of the fat man, one cup is placed in front of Hirtshals,
Hirtshals stood up quickly with a flattered look. I have long heard that His Majesty Falcon is used to being with a princess. Bezukaya’s beauty can easily lead to such misunderstandings. The fat man took it up with a calm look. The water cup on the table gently blows against the surface of the water
"I know this is almost impossible, but for me, there is no choice! I can't tell you why, I can only say that if this road cannot be repaired, a month later, everything you have now All are destroyed, don’t look at me like that, it’s war that destroyed this place! Not me!"
"So that's it, I understand!" Hirtshals took a deep breath, summoned the utmost courage, put the folder down gently, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, I can only say this. The road is completely impossible, unless it can mobilize more than 100,000 manpower and 3 million gold coins to build around the clock. If the stone cost is not included, or it is possible, but these conditions are obviously impossible to gather so many in the current Normandy. People who are willing to build roads "" What if the road is divided into multiple sections and repaired at the same time? "The fat man seems to be prepared for this answer long ago, and his expression hasn't changed slowly and said, "I don't understand. Your Majesty means..." Hitts Hales is confused, and he can fix multiple paragraphs at the same time? "The six cities that let the road pass are each responsible for the construction of the roads in their territory, and the army is ordered to repair the roads connecting the cities!"
The fat man stretched his shoulders and said calmly, "This should greatly shorten the road construction time. In terms of the lack of manpower, mobilizing the manpower of the entire city along the way, plus the manpower of the army, should barely reach 200,000. Labor around! ""200,000!"
Hirtshals was a little confused. He knew that if he calculated according to His Majesty Falcon, such a labor force could indeed be achieved. It was really a genius idea. In the past, roads were built from one end to the other, which was still the first. This time I heard that such a time-saving practice can be adopted "It is indeed the Falcon Majesty who can make the southwestern country of Wichia the number one on the mainland!"
Hirtshals couldn’t help but sighed. Who doesn’t know on the continent of Ikadiva, compared with his majesty Falcon’s incomparable strategy, the Vekia Falcon’s ability in internal affairs is absolutely legendary. Establish a strategic business alliance on the mainland, cancel traditional taxes, and implement various policies to promote the development of commercial trade. The special mode of raising business with business and raising business with war provides enough motivation for the Falcon Army to sweep the world
As His Majesty Falcon said, although the scale of these cities along the way is not large, their populations are between 30,000 and 50,000, and the amount of light and strong labor that can be extracted is about 20,000.
The six cities are 120,000 strong labor force, plus the garrisons in various places, it can indeed reach such a value. But this is only an ideal value after all. Without money, labor cannot be recruited. Most of these cities, like their own Helladians, are clanging with poor municipal funds.
Should the city be responsible for raising these funds? It's better to just ransack these mayors' homes! "This, I'm afraid there is still a problem!" From the position of the mayor, Hirtshals gritted his teeth and decided to spread it out. "Even if your Majesty mobilizes all the cities along the way to build this road. It does not mean that it will be possible. Completed. First, the soil hardness is different in different regions, this time the difficulty of road repair is different,
The second is these mobilized cities. I am afraid that I cannot devote all my energy to road repairing. As winter is approaching, the residents of the city are busy hoarding food. If your Majesty orders all the labor in the city to be forced to repair roads. I'm afraid it will cause panic, and there will be very few people who are willing to do their best, and the progress of the project will be extremely slow..." "Say. Without money, no one can contribute, right? "Fatty's cold voice caused a dead silence in the study," this...! "
Hirtshals' complexion suddenly turned pale, like a deflated ball, with large cold sweat rolling down his forehead,
I was so excited that I even said so frankly. It's so presumptuous. If in the Swadian era, someone would dare to say this presumptuously to His Majesty the King, without money, no one would want to do this job, I guess. Will be dragged out immediately and chopped up to feed the dog! Hirtshals already felt the signs of cramps in his calves. If he knew this, he would not answer so happy. If he died so uselessly, he would probably become the laughing stock of everyone! "Don't be nervous, I just want to say that your views are basically the same as mine, but unfortunately, I don't have so much money in my hands for the time being!"
The fat man stood up opposite Hirtshals, looked at Hirtshals trembling, and suddenly there was a curve on his stern face, and said, "Actually, you are right. Who is doing something that is not good?" , But since your heart is so clear about the key to this matter, I don’t need to find a second person! From now on, you are the person in charge of the construction of this road"
"Me!" Hirtshals is completely stupid, no money, isn't this just putting yourself on the fire and roasting
"Yes, it's you. From now on, you will be responsible for this." The fat man nodded. "No, no, your majesty!" "Hirtshals shivered in fright
"This is a military order, and the mission cannot be completed within a month~IndoMTL.com~ I can only take your head to sacrifice the attacking army! The fat man's face is murderous
Hirtshals "..."" Don't worry, the funds for road construction have already been planned!" The fat man laughed and patted his shoulder with his hand. "To be honest, the road conditions in Normandy are too bad. I happen to have a talent like you, so I can use it by the way"
Eight days later, a meeting of city leaders in Normandy was held.
At the meeting, Fatty denounced some of the chaos in the new immigrant areas, and pointed out the issue of child subsidy for corrupting Mexican children, and said very vaguely that the Ministry of Supervision has been involved in the investigation, and more than 20 new immigrants who participated immediately The mayors of the immigrant cities have a face of earthy color, and the compensation for greedy children is used as urban development funds, which is almost an undisclosed secret of the entire Normandy.
The Ministry of Supervision, known as the Imperial Hound, is not a vegetarian. If you really want to investigate this kind of thing that can have conclusive evidence, it is definitely a good one. At the end of the meeting, His Majesty Falcon's words changed. , Proposed a plan to build a road from the military port to the northern border, and said that there is a big gap in manpower and funds,
The mayors who have become scared have expressed their willingness to put out funds to build this road, and those without funds are willing to use labor.
While waiting for the end of the meeting, more than 50,000 free labor, plus the labor of six cities and the local army, nearly 300,000 labors have been sweating on this logistics line that was given high hopes by the fat man.
(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to (m) vote for recommendation and monthly pass. Your support is my biggest motivation.)