As a lord, I was forced to farm

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"It's not a bad idea!" Wang Qian was eager to try. Ever since she came to Suling County, she had been following Chen Mao. The work was easy and she earned a lot of salary, but she was a little dissatisfied with this kind of life. She felt that it was too boring and unchallenging.

She was a little disappointed that His Royal Highness had put the construction of the palace on hold, but the emergence of the 'Anding Bridge' project made her very interested.

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Dasu was called a county, and everything was in ruins and needed to be rebuilt. Not only was the Ministry of Works busy, but officials from the other five ministries also had a lot of work to do. This court meeting was to make rules and regulations around these issues one by one.

"Your Highness, the expansion of Dasu's territory is a good thing, but the original officials of Zeyan and Zhuoli counties have basically been relocated. Now many positions are vacant, and we need to promote more talents." Lin Sha said.

Qiu Boshui said, "The management systems in these places are backward. Rather than promoting officials, we should more urgently standardize their management methods and align them with the central government of Dasu."

Everyone was talking at once, and the meeting lasted for three days. Hundreds of officials almost slept in the lord's mansion.

The following priorities were finally identified:

At the central level, an inspection office was established to supervise all officials and prevent corruption and malpractices.

In order to better manage the local area, the central government ordered the establishment of six offices in the county government, namely the Li Office, the Criminal Office, the Work Office, the Rites Office, and the Military Office.

The Lifang was responsible for the appointment, dismissal, performance evaluation, promotion and demotion of officials; the Xingfang was responsible for criminal law; the Gongfang was responsible for engineering, construction, military farming, water conservancy, etc.; the Hufang was responsible for land, demons, household registration, taxes and finance; the Lifang was responsible for ceremonies, book making, schools and academies; the Bingfang was responsible for military affairs. The county head was responsible for decision-making.

"Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Prince of the County had foresight and had roughly determined the framework of official positions when Dasu was just a small town. Otherwise, if Suling was suddenly named a county, we would not be able to manage this huge city for a while, and it would definitely cause a lot of chaos."

Lin Sha was half lying on the table, with a dark complexion under his eyes. While talking to his colleagues, he yawned sleepily.

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The territory increased several times in a short time, and a large number of talents were urgently needed. Dasu specially opened the imperial examination, and it was expected that a total of 24 wise men would be recruited in batches to serve as officials in the years of Suling.

Promote education and eliminate illiteracy; emphasize self-cultivation and tap into talents. Public schools and Suhong branch schools will be established in Zhuoli County, Zeyan County, and Qingsong County, and are expected to open officially after the spring ploughing next year.

Because the earlier one starts practicing, the better, disciples with outstanding talents are given special treatment. Children with talents above the green level, aged six to eighteen, are summoned to study in the main host city - Suling City's Suhong Academy as trial disciples. In the next three years, the conduct and performance of these green disciples will be continuously monitored, and the best ones will be retained.

It is worth mentioning that under Jiang Ran’s order, He Xiaoling and her mother and contracted beast Dream Rat moved to Suling City.

In order to reward He Xiaoling for telling Yu Suling about her family's secret, Jiang Ran found a house for the family in Suling City. And under the test of the qualification crystal, He Xiaoling's cultivation talent reached the amazing blue level, comparable to the genius Hu Lian, and now he has entered Suhong College for cultivation.

While the public schools and Suhong College were expanding, the government also issued a special decree: to allow and encourage the establishment of private schools and academies for the people, and to encourage people with lofty ideals to establish their own sects. The establishment of a sect must be reported to the government at the county level or above, and act in accordance with the laws of the Great Su.

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The administrative area of ​​Dasu was changed. The main consideration was to allow the people of several families to better integrate and prevent one place from dominating and separatism in the future. Half of the land of Zeyan County, mainly the entire Xisong Plain, was returned to Suling City.

Yajin Town was returned to Zeyan County.

A new Huaguan County was established. Beiyuan Town, Lingqiao Town, Yunshan Township and Yangchuan Town, which were originally part of Zhuoli County, were incorporated into the jurisdiction of Huaguan County.

Qingsong County remains unchanged.

As a result, the current structure of Dasu County City is: a total of five county towns. Suling County, Huaguan County, Zhuoli County, Zeyan County, and Qingsong County. Among them, Suling County, as the main city of Dasu County City, is the power center.

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Time flies and it is January 22nd, the eve of Prince Dasu's birthday banquet.

"Many important people will be coming tomorrow. You should practice your etiquette well and don't lose your demeanor!" Li Fusheng was busy and scolded the servants who did not meet the etiquette standards.

Fortunately, we recruited more servants at the beginning, otherwise, there would be no servants to serve the adults at this grand banquet, which would really be a disgrace to His Royal Highness the Prince.

Li Fusheng thought that there were still not enough people, and he would have to find some smart people to train in the future. He turned around and asked the servant to check whether the wine, snacks and ingredients were ready. "Please, all guards, patrol well and don't let strange people get close to the venue, especially the food. If someone with ulterior motives puts something in there, we can't be held responsible."

The guard nodded solemnly, "Don't worry, Boss. With us here, not even a mosquito can get close to these fermented rice wine ingredients!"

"Butler Wang, there are so many gifts piled up outside from enthusiastic people for His Royal Highness the Prince. What should we do? The room is full of empty spaces for now." A beautiful maid in a green dress wiped the sweat from her forehead and ran over to ask anxiously.

It must be said that the people in the city truly loved His Royal Highness the Prince, and since the territory was called a county, the people were celebrating and rushed to the palace to send gifts.

You may say that these people have ulterior motives, or they are just seeking fame and being nice, but these people don’t have so many thoughts at all, they only have a sincere heart.

Not to mention, everyone was quite well-behaved and polite. They lined up to give gifts, dropped their gifts and ran away without staying any longer.

The people who gave gifts were of different identities, including officials on duty, monks, wealthy gentry, and farmers. The gifts were also varied, including calligraphy and paintings, documents, homemade wood carvings, bamboo whips, magical herbs and elixirs, living animals such as chickens, ducks, dogs, and sheep, and magical beasts and pets; there were edibles such as gift candies and pickled mustard tubers, and even a silver dollar wrapped in red paper.

Everyone knew that the prince did not lack these things, but they just expressed his own feelings.

It's just a pity for the servants in the mansion. They are so busy that they have no place to rest.

Wang Fusheng was proud to see that His Royal Highness was so loved by the people. He laughed and said, "It's a kind gesture from everyone. You guys check the gifts one by one first, put away the ones that are okay, and I'll report to His Royal Highness. Maybe His Royal Highness will be interested in some of them and keep them. As for the rest... remember there's an empty villa in the western suburbs of Xinheng, put the things there first. The famine is not easy to deal with, so I'll ask His Royal Highness to donate the gifts to the people affected by the disaster in the name of the king and the people who gave the gifts, to show the benevolence of His Royal Highness and the people who support him."

Wang Fusheng said this and turned around to look for Jiang Ran.