Start as Inherited Baroness

For the rest of the day, Simon spent time with Winness playing with the children, not taking care of the complicated affairs, which was quite pleasant.

At eight o'clock on the second day, many nobles and knights gathered in the Lord's Hall, and Simon arrived on time.

In this meeting, he announced the latest political system and clarified the military ranks.

As the ruler at the top of the pyramid, Simon has all the power.

Under him is the Council of State, which has nine ministers responsible for the implementation of affairs.

Each minister establishes an institution to specifically implement the matters under their respective jurisdiction.

The Minister of State Affairs establishes the Council of State Affairs, the Minister of Supervision establishes the Council of Supervision, the Minister of Taxation establishes the Council of Taxation, and so on.

As for the army, the highest status is naturally Simon, the commander-in-chief of the three armies.

Below him is the commander of the legion, whose status is equal to that of the ministers of the central government.

Currently, he has five large legions under his command, namely the East Guard Legion, the West Guard Legion, the North Guard Legion, the Patrol Legion, and the Defense Legion.

A small legion guarding the mining area has 5,000 soldiers.

In addition, there is a less stable Sword Corps, which still has more than 5,000 people.

This meeting lasted until noon and determined the power structure for a long time in the future.

The Minister of State Affairs is Mad, the Minister of Supervision is Mylan, and the Minister of Military Affairs is Moiko temporarily.

The other six central government positions are Minister of Etiquette Wall, Minister of Foreign Affairs Tully, Minister of Agriculture Charles, Minister of Taxation Andolf, Minister of Intelligence Altero, and Minister of Works Aman.

Among them, Tully and Andolf were promoted from former deputy political officials. The former was from the earliest group of personal guards, and the latter was promoted from slaves.

Andolf came from Middle-earth. He was the steward of a viscount noble. He was good at managing finances and was one of the high-level slaves bought.

In addition, the agricultural level of slave Charles was the most outstanding among Simon's men, so he was directly reused.

Two of the nine central ministers were born as slaves, and Simon was not bound by rules and pardoned them all.

He also used expensive regeneration potions to remove the slave marks on their faces.

As you can imagine, after such an operation, the two people in the panel showed that they were all loyal.

It is hard to say whether they are capable or not, but their loyalty is beyond doubt, and they can even be killed by just one sentence.

"Today's meeting is over, everyone should quickly set up the team of each government department, and they must be running for me within a month."

At the end of the meeting, Simon announced so.

"Yes! Sir!" The people at the meeting responded passionately, saluted respectfully, and then dispersed.

More than a month passed in a flash.

The government departments in various places were established and began to operate in an orderly manner.

Although the streets are only a little cleaner, the development efficiency of the entire territory is definitely higher.

These days, Simon is thinking that he still has to go to the ruins again, and who knows what treasures are inside.

However, he is afraid that there are monsters inside that are difficult to deal with, so he plans to prepare some firearms just in case.

With the current level of metal smelting, unless some alchemical materials are prepared, it cannot be miniaturized.

But it doesn't matter. They have a lot of strong men here, and the whole portable tiger cannon is also powerful.

Under Simon's personal guidance, this weapon has basically taken shape and entered the experimental stage.

In addition, in order to make the next trip to the ruins go smoothly, he has made a lot of preparations, stockpiling potions, collecting enchanted weapons, etc.

He will set off again when he feels that it is almost ready.

At noon that day, Simon was studying alchemy knowledge in the study in the lord's hall.

When he was in high spirits, the captain of the guards, Gallente, who was guarding outside the door, suddenly came to report quietly: "My Lord Earl, Foreign Minister Tully has something to see you."

Simon heard this and immediately came back to his senses and carefully collected the parchment roll in his hand.

These are all the heritage of the Earl's family of Changxianbao, and there is even a book about enchantment, which is very precious.

All apprentices on the magic side currently use these heritages as their main teaching materials.

"Let him come over." Simon said softly.

"Yes!" Gallente immediately went to report.

After a while, Tully came over respectfully, bowed properly, and reported: "My Lord, the Holy Brothers in the south have sent messengers.

They want us to support food and weapons, while they provide minerals and slaves."

"Slaves? Did they capture all the local civilians and sell them as slaves?" Simon asked calmly.

"It is said that they are refugees from the interior who are going to the West Seti. All those who pass through Changlin Town are captured as slaves."

"Hehe, it's like a business with no capital.

How do they want to exchange?" Simon heard this and smiled faintly.

"According to the current market price, a high-level slave is one golden eagle, a medium-level slave is seven silver deer, and a low-level slave is two silver deer.

A woman of childbearing age is eight silver deer, which can be converted into food and weapons at this price."

Tully had obviously talked about it in the beginning, and said.

Now that the interior is in constant war, strong high-level slaves can quickly become soldiers after training, so the price is very expensive.

Middle-level slaves are mainly used for mining and farming. They are of average physique and lack combat power, so their prices have fallen drastically.

Low-level slaves should be very thin and weak. You have to pay for them to be raised for a while after you buy them, so they are probably weak.

“Call Andolfo over, you two will work out a suitable transaction price, and then report it to me.

This business can be done, but it only sells high-quality weapons at most, and the armor only sells simple bronze two-level armor.

As for grain, we only sell rye. First, pour last year's old wheat. It's okay if it's a little rotten. Just explain the truth. "

From now on, Simon wants to buy and sell weapons, but he still has to keep the sophisticated gadgets for himself.

As for food, he won't sell too much. First of all, it has to be enough for his own people. If he really can't eat it, he can release some to appetize people's appetite to save the dog from jumping over the wall.

"Yes! Lord Earl!" Tully accepted the order, bowed and exited the study.

After a while, Tax Minister Andolf met with him again.

"Sir, we have drawn up the bottom line of the transaction price, please take a look at it."

They presented a piece of parchment filled with content.

Simon looked at it for a while, nodded, looked at Tully with a smile and said, "Let's talk about it this way. Of course, the more beneficial it is to us, the better."

Tully's trading skill is at level 20, which is already at full level. It is unclear what conditions must be met for further advancement.

"Yes! Sir, please rest assured." Tully assured confidently.

"Go ahead."

"My subordinates, please retire." The two of them bowed respectfully and then left.

Simon sat in the study and thought for a while, then whispered: "Call Varillo and Altero over."

"yes!"

Suddenly, a quiet and clear response came from the dark corner, followed by a dark shadow passing through the wall.