industrial lord

Chapter 155
On the penultimate day of May 1026, the first Wessen state government high-level meeting after the "Six Day War" was held in the conference room of the Executive Yuan.

Frederick was the first to walk into the meeting room. There was no one there. He stretched himself after sitting in his seat, then turned and asked his secretary curiously, "I heard you're in a relationship?"

Vanessa was preparing to wait for the notebook and dip pen to record the meeting. The sudden question made her stunned for a moment, and then asked with a blushing face, "Why do you ask that?"

Frederick said triumphantly: "My news is very well-informed."

Then he asked Vanessa again with a smirk on his face, "Do you mind if I lock up Schmidt during the winter?"

Vanessa blushed even more, and said in a low voice, "Whatever you want, ask me what to do."

Then she asked cautiously: "Did he make any mistakes?"

Frederick laughed, found a comfortable position on the chair, and said dreamily: "An angel, a multi-riveted angel of steamed steel, is wandering over the mainland..."

Vanessa turned her head sideways, her big beautiful eyes were full of question marks.

At this time, the people attending the meeting began to come to the meeting room, and Frederick chatted with them.

After the expansion of the territory, Frederick added several new departments and absorbed some talents from the new territory.

The newcomers and the elderly in the meeting room can be seen at a glance. The old people are all white shirts, dark trousers and thermos cups, while the newcomers wear traditional bright leggings and colorful shirts with wide sleeves.

This makes the newcomers seem out of place, one by one.

The old people are full of smiles and full of energy.

This is not surprising. After the war, Frederick canonized knights. In addition to the second generation of knights such as Franz Jr. who performed well in the war, veterans like Frick the administrator, Neuer the tax collector, and Otto the judge also all became knights. Obtained the title of knight and officially became a nobleman.

Moreover, the current Wessen State is not the same as the Wessen Territory in the past. The area of ​​the territory has expanded from about 1000 square kilometers to nearly 8000 square kilometers, and the population has suddenly increased from 10 to nearly 40. A rising tide lifts all boats.

The original Wessenburg government also carried out reforms, and various functional departments were upgraded to "ministries", and the officials in charge were also upgraded from a certain official to a certain minister, and their wages naturally increased accordingly.

Seeing that everyone was present, Frederick said, "Today is the first meeting of our state government, because many new colleagues have arrived. First, let's introduce ourselves and the functions of our departments."

The first person to introduce himself was Frick, the executive dean. In the civil service system, he was still under Frederick and above everyone else.

Among the new faces that appeared today, the first one to introduce himself was Minister of Finance Erhard. He was a middle-aged man with hairline reaching his chin. He was originally the finance officer of the city of Nuremberg. The work is quite successful and the reputation is very good, so Frederick asked him to manage the financial work of the entire Wessen state.

The second newcomer is Christian who sent the letter of war in April. He was originally a diplomat of Rudolph. He was dismissed and seized the title because the letter of challenge was sent late. I heard that the defeat of the Allied forces will be blamed on himself When he was on his head, he and his family immediately ran to the city of Wessenburg with gold and silver to join Duke Wesson.

Frederick was not familiar with him, but Philip, who was also a diplomat, was quite familiar with him and was sure of his ability to work.

So Frederick asked Psyche to give him a polygraph test to confirm that he was not an undercover agent and put him in charge of diplomatic work.

The third newcomer in the meeting room is an old acquaintance. He is Edward, a master craftsman of the Stonemasons Guild in Nuremberg City and general contractor of the construction of the Carolina Canal in Wessen State. He is now serving as the Minister of Construction under Frederick. job.

This is the operation of Party A and Party B again. Frederick didn't know what to do, but Edward said that he would concentrate on being a minister after the canal was dug.

In addition to the three of them, there was a person in the meeting room today who was known or heard of by many people, but who was attending a high-level meeting for the first time.

Deloitte, the head of the Wesson Accounting Firm, is also here today. Since last year, he has recruited some professionals from the Kingdom of Angland to open the firm. He first audited all the properties under the name of the Wesson family. Then it provided services for other chambers of commerce, and in just one year, the business was established in the city of Nuremberg.

These burgundy-haired Anglans are known for their impartiality, professional skills, and confidentiality. They have found out problems for many customers and are loved by bosses. They are called "red foxes".

Now all the officials have a bit of a stomachache, because when Deloitte introduced himself, he made it clear that Wesson Accounting Firm will start auditing the finances of government departments at the request of Duke Wesson this year.

Deloitte seldom shows up and doesn't talk much, because of the particularity of his work and rarely communicates with other people. After saying hello to everyone, he just sat there quietly.

There was a smile on Giovanni's face, Wesson Bank was the most closely watched target of these red foxes, and now it was finally not his side who suffered alone.

Frederick said after the self-introduction of everyone: "I will set a tone for the future work first. From this year to next year, that is, in 1027, the primary task is to establish and improve our government agencies in the new territory, and to count all the department data."

"The development of the territory cannot be without a plan. In the middle of 1027, that is, one year later, the five-year development plan for Wessen State from 1028 to 1032 will be formulated."

All the officials present immediately took notes, and Giovanni, the bank's president, asked after the record: "May I ask whether the development plan optimizes the industrial layout based on the regional advantages written by Mr. Scrooge McDuck in the Wesson Daily last year?" For guidance?"

He has been working in finance for so many years, and he has seen many landlords. The so-called development work is passive development after seeing what their neighbors do to make money. This way of making money is often spent several years from neighbors’ neighbors’ neighbors. came.

It is often those chambers of commerce that make long-term plans. They face many more variables than pastoral landowners, and the pace is much faster.

If one's own chamber of commerce develops, but the speed cannot keep up with competitors, the landlord's newly planted grapes have not yet produced new wine, and he will go bankrupt.

Because he is no stranger to making plans, Giovanni understands that making a development plan requires guiding ideology. First, he thought about the characteristics of Wessen State, and soon thought of a series of articles he read last year.

Frederick frowned, and said with great interest, "Tell me what you think."

Giovanni sorted out his thoughts, and then said: "Although the area of ​​Wessen State is not large, transportation costs still account for a relatively large proportion of production costs."

"Transportation costs are not only calculated on horse-drawn carriages, but include transportation, warehousing, horse-drawn carriages and other expenses from the origin of materials to factories."

At this moment Frederick interrupted him: "That's very good, very inspiring, everyone can think along this line of thought."

There are many things to be resolved in today's meeting, and the economics lecture can only be discussed later.

Giovanni didn't care about being interrupted. In contrast, having the same thoughts as his boss was the most important thing.

Frederick continued: "Let's start with today's topics, starting with the Executive Yuan."

Frick immediately opened his notebook and began to report on the current work situation: "At present, the administrative division of Wessen State has been completed, all the officials sent from Wessen State are in place, and the officials who have changed places have been allocated according to their wishes and lottery. complete."

"At present, the renaming of the districts has been completed. The Reissland was renamed Wornitz District, the Eichstaedt Territory was renamed Willibold District, the Ansbach Territory was renamed Reichardt District, and the Fürth Territory was renamed Zion. The districts of Dorff and Rothland were renamed Latibor district."

Frederick nodded. These new place names were not thought up by brainstorming. They were basically the names of the place a long time ago. In the local area, there are also geographical names such as rivers with the same name that record that period of history, which can be used to erase the previous one. Lord's brand.

No one can tell what will happen in the future. Wessen State will be his basic base and must be made into an iron barrel.

He then said: "Next, the Executive Yuan will join forces with the court, tax department, police department, and military to conduct investigations in all villages. Village chiefs who have misbehaved must be dealt with seriously and will not be merciless."

"The policies of the old territory must be implemented in the villages, and we will strive to install loudspeakers in all villages before winter."

Frick recorded all the leadership instructions and said that he would hurry up.

Then came the Ministry of Finance's report. Erhard hadn't figured out Frederick's temper, so he carefully reported the financial data as of the end of April.

The focus of the report was the military expenditure of the Six-Day War, the financial situation of each territory, and the amount of spoils seized. In general, this war made Frederick very supportive.

However, the focus of Frederick's attention was not here, but he asked in surprise: "The data for April has been calculated? So fast?!"

It is a very arduous task to re-count the financial situation and statistical data of the new territory, and a large number of calculations are prone to errors.

Erhard replied: "This is thanks to Professor Ogilvy. The calculator he invented is very useful, which greatly reduces the workload and makes our work much easier."

Frederick's eyes widened immediately upon hearing this, and he almost jumped up from his chair.

When he and Ogilvy mentioned other applications of golem puppets, they mentioned specialized computing functions. That was two years ago, and they thought it was a dead end.

"Don't leave after the meeting!" Frederick said to Ogilvy.

Then he said to Erhard: "The next job of the Ministry of Finance is to improve the laws and procedures of the territory's financial work. There must be rules to follow, and there must be traces of handovers to reduce loopholes for people to exploit."

Then Frederick pointed to the thermos cup in front of him and said sternly: "If there is a department that buys a thermos cup for 10 florins, all those who participate in the signing will hang on the city wall!"

Erhard was startled, and asked subconsciously, "My lord, why are you so proficient?"

(End of this chapter)