"I will only mention the framework and basic requirements here. You will decide how to implement it. The person in charge is Barov Mons."
"Yes, sir." The director hurriedly put his hand on his chest.
Roland nodded with satisfaction. After so many years of experience, Barov had developed the habit of complying and doing his best to carry out his orders, no matter how unreasonable they sounded.
The interconnected structure of the Administrative Office was also enough to support the resources needed to "concentrate efforts on something big".
"Then listen carefully." Roland gestured to Nightingale to paste the white cloth she had prepared in advance on the blackboard. "First is the equivalent migration within the Kingdom of Graycastle..."
"Oh..." Everyone's eyes lit up when they saw the content on the cloth.
The white cloth explained several characteristics of the policy in the form of pictures and text. It was concise and clear, and it could be said to be clear at a glance. This was the original manual version of the PowerPoint presentation, and it was Soroya who provided the technical support. As a drawing dog who once mingled in the design institute, making a PowerPoint to fool the client was just a basic skill. Compared to boring empty talk that easily lost key information, this kind of explanation was obviously more attractive.
The population distribution of Graycastle had obvious characteristics of the times. After a great noble became a lord, he would gradually build a city, and the surrounding land would be enfeoffed to the lower nobles, and so on. With the growth of the population and the accumulation of wealth, the consumption of the big city would become higher and higher, to the point that it could no longer maintain the supply, so the burden would be transferred to the surrounding villages and towns, and finally, the majority of the people supported a small number of people.
This situation not only limited the size of the city, but also basically solidified the flow of class. Those big cities seemed to have a large population and were very lively, but compared to the independent small towns. In fact, the total population of the surrounding towns and villages was far greater than the city they supported.
But Roland also knew that this kind of backwardness had nothing to do with right or wrong. It was purely caused by low productivity. In a situation where the level of production could not meet the requirements of the reform, most of the labor force was firmly tied to the land, and they could only enjoy a small portion of their output for the rest of their harvest to be handed over to the nobles to maintain their dignified lives.
During the recruitment of refugees in the past few years, the Administrative Office had also paid attention to the changes in the local population and made a rough estimate. The final conclusion was that the population of Graycastle should be between two to four million. During this period, the war between the Second Prince and the Third Princess, as well as the plague released by the Church had caused about five to six hundred thousand deaths. It had also turned the Eagle City in the South and the Valencia in the East into ruins. Even so, there was still a large number of people scattered all over Graycastle, and only a small portion of them flowed into the Western Region.
And now, he did not intend to let this situation continue.
The distribution and planting of the Golden No.2 wheat seeds would bear fruit in another month. In other words, they could already predict the arrival of a bumper harvest. High-yield cotton had also been fully spread in the Port of Clearwater, and it wouldn't be long before they were able to deliver a sufficient amount of cloth to all parts of the kingdom. Big cities no longer needed ten times their population to supply supplies. Now, the output of one person was equivalent to the hard work of ten or even twenty people in the past.
In addition, the nominal unification of Graycastle had been completed. The power of all the regions had been returned to the central government, and the fief no longer belonged to the Lord of China. Instead, it was a subordinate administrative organization that obeyed his orders.
Now, it could be said that the hardware and software of the forced migration were in place, and it was the best time to implement it.
The so-called equal migration, in short, was to give the immigrants equal conditions to reduce the dissatisfaction caused by the forced migration.
For example, if the immigrants had a residence in the village and two acres of land, the Administrative Office would also allocate the same resources to them in the newly developed land after they came to Neverwinter. This would not only speed up the development of the northwest plains, but also effectively relieve the shortage of manpower in Neverwinter.
Of course, no matter how nice the plan sounded, Roland knew that "forced migration" was the real meaning of it. Whether they were willing or not, they had to leave their familiar homeland and go to a strange city with confusion and anxiety. This process was destined to be a difficult one.
Driving people out of their land and forcing them to go to the city and work in factories was not as simple as "freeing them from their shackles". This period of change in history could be described as extremely bloody. First, the land cultivated by the villagers was taken back, occupied, and expelled, so that they had nothing but themselves. Then, they were restricted by laws and whips. Some countries even issued laws that allowed those who had not worked for a long time to be executed to force them to join the mass production.
Although Roland knew that he could not do that and planned to compensate them after the migration, he would not change the original intention of the forced migration.
He knew very well what he was doing.
As for the second cross-border conscription, it was the foreign version of the forced migration.
Unlike the Kingdom of Dawn, which was the least affected, the Kingdom of Everwinter and the Kingdom of Wolfheart had both been wiped out by the church and lost their legal rulers. According to the information collected by Hill, these two kingdoms had not yet returned to normal. There were many feudal lords in different places, and all the powerful lords claimed that they had found the illegitimate bloodline of the late king. It was obvious that they were in a state of division, and no one was willing to submit to the other.
As a result, the plan of acting king like the one in the Kingdom of Dawn was obviously not feasible.
"Do you mean... we'll send the First Army?" Barov was slightly surprised to see the new white cloth.
"Do you think those nobles will sit back and watch us' take away 'their property?" Roland took a sip of tea and said matter-of-factly, "I think they don't care about anything except power, wealth, and more territory, whether it's demons or the Battle of Divine Will. Of course, we still have to reason with them. As for whether they will listen to us or not, that's another matter. "
"I'll let them listen, Your Majesty," Iron Axe said seriously.
There was no doubt that the cross-border conscription would be much more blatant than the internal migration. Without Golden Twos to ensure food production, when a large number of people moved away, the urban ecosystem would collapse due to lack of supplies. This was no different from a war. The only difference was that the cost of plundering was much lower than occupying.
The First Army was the most powerful guarantee for the implementation of this plan.
The total population of the Kingdom of Everwinter and the Kingdom of Wolfheart was about three million. Excluding the unfortunate people who died in the war with the church, at least 1.5 million new laborers could be injected into Neverwinter. This great migration might take several years to complete, but it was the most direct part of the improvement. Roland had the spare capacity to extend his influence beyond the borders, which was why he set the goal of doubling the population within a year or even half a year for Barov.
"Your Majesty, do you have any specific requirements for the conscription?" the director asked. "For example, craftsmen, farmers, or literate people..."
There had been similar screening in the past, but at that time, it was because he was short of money. Now, the situation was completely different.
"No." Roland stretched out his hand and clenched his fist. "I want all of them."
"I... I see." Barov wiped the sweat off his forehead.
"Next is the last one." He asked Nightingale to put on the last Powerpoint with the white cloth. "The Administrative Office should encourage the people to have children by means of publicity, tax reduction, and rewards. Compared with the previous two policies, it won't be effective in a short time, but it's the most important part of the whole plan. "
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