Warlock Royal Family

() After staying in Augsburg for a while, Ladislaus came to the western territory of the Austrian Grand Duchy to inspect the Württemberg region, which is undoubtedly the most depressed part of all Ladislaus' territories .

Although there is no effective bureaucratic organization that can count the rural population, the severity of the situation can be understood just from the fact that there are only a few thousand residents left in the city of Stuttgart.

This good place that produced Mercedes-Benz cars in Li Di's era can't even manufacture carriages at present, and it is completely unable to supply even a few hundred garrisons. Therefore, the two thousand troops of Sazastan cannot be gathered together, but must be dispersed. Go to the countryside to get supplies.

Ladislaus couldn't even bring his own 3000 men, he could only bring a small number of cavalry guards, but fortunately, this depressed area could not accommodate any large groups of enemies. They all fled to the weaker princes' territories, and more than a hundred cavalry plus a few spellcasters are enough to protect themselves.

It's just that some small groups of enemies who were dizzy from hunger dared to attack this well-equipped powerful enemy. Of course, their pitchforks and wooden sticks had no resistance under Kessell-Weiting's hands and half swords.

After a brief inspection in Stuttgart, Ladislaus found that the problem of demarcating military settlements that he was worried about was not troublesome at all. Even the interior of Stuttgart Castle can currently be designated for farming. The capital of the Tembo region is enough for military settlements, and there are too many lands that have lost their owners.

Either be killed by the insurgents, or be killed by Sazastan after secretly communicating with the insurgents.

The remaining landowners also had no patrons in the superstructure.It would be nice to be able to keep the land, and there is no way to resist the exchange request made by the Austrian government.

So Ladislaus just staking the land outside the dilapidated castle.

"This is really great. Your Majesty Habsburg, these people who escaped from the tyranny of Saxony are the group of people who are most loyal to you and your family. You have arranged such a good way out for them again this time." , they will be grateful to you forever.” Odd Kessler is confident in building the homes of these field soldiers into a pure Barbarossa faith community, and he is getting closer and closer to the position of the Pope of His Majesty the Knights up.

"These soldiers can effectively strengthen the Austrian army, and the cost will be small." This is the natural view of the army faction of Frundsberg.

"Genius, you are truly a genius, Your Excellency the Archbishop. Such a principle of giving convenience to the soldiers and the people is really remarkable, why didn't the old minister think of it?" It seemed that Grand Priest Hohenzollern seemed to be sincerely convinced, and Ladislaus Not quite successful against this one sycophant.

Ladislaus has been surrounded by such flattery for several days, Wei Wu's wisdom is indeed worthy of such praise, although the current territory of Ladislaus is about the same size as Cao Cao after defeating Lu Bu, It is far inferior to Wei Wu who swung the whip in his heyday.

Of course, Ladislaus quickly understood that ideas are easy, but execution is difficult.Emperor Wu of Wei was able to turn the 30 refugees into his own strength. It required not only ideas, but also overcoming countless difficulties in actual operation.

Although Sazastan also said a lot of compliments, he didn't just flatter, but pointed out the plight of this plan: "The bureaucratic system in the Württemberg region no longer exists. According to your order, the absconded All civil servants were confiscated and their property was confiscated. The governor died in battle when he broke the city. The city defense officer was the former Duke of Württemberg. He had fled to Switzerland with the Duke. According to your request to be an official in a different place, I can only send them to Vienna for training, so I am currently waiting for Machiavelli to send new bureaucrats from Vienna."

As early as the time of the old emperor Maximilian, the Habsburg family realized that even low-level civil servants should be sent from Vienna, and local officials were not allowed to be appointed privately.After Ladislaus came to power, he introduced a system of appointing officials in different places. This is the valuable experience of countless monarchs struggling with the bureaucracy for thousands of years.Useful for controlling bureaucracy.

Of course, when the bureaucracy is completely destroyed, such as now, this will prolong the chaos for a period of time.

But this is not a big problem, anyway, the province of Württemberg is actually under military control.

Machiavelli's reaction was quick. As early as when he learned that Stuttgart had been breached, he had organized a group of reserve civil servants who wanted to eat at the public house, and they should arrive soon.

This group of civil servants are the lowest nobles or barely literate citizens. Anyone with background will not volunteer to take up public office in this dangerous area.

A few days later, these civil servants arrived, and Sherlock and the people from the Secrecy Bureau protected them to perform their duties together.

The secret members of the Templars also brought Ladislaus a letter from Machiavelli, in which Machiavelli told Ladislaus that his treasury had only enough money left to pay interest, although he said It is not enough to issue wages and military salaries, but in order to maintain the minimum progress of the construction of Vienna Neustadt, no additional funds can be allocated. That is to say, the military settlement that Ladislaus wants to build will have no seeds, no farm tools, and no tillage. ox.

Obviously, without those things, there would be no military settlements.

"Your Excellency Machiavelli told me that the settling expenses of this group of bureaucrats have already been dug out after thoroughly cleaning up the accounts. Next, you must either temporarily suspend the construction of Vienna Neustadt, or you will authorize him to use private treasury to maintain The operation of the country." The person in charge of money can't just talk nice words, he must consider the difficulties in the actual operation.

"How much money is in my private treasury?" Ladislaus knew a rough figure, but he still wanted to know the clear situation.

"It is estimated that there should be about 22 to [-] talers." Ladislaus was slightly surprised by Sherlock's statement. Accurate people.

"I don't know the exact number. Your Highness, Her Royal Highness Princess Katharina has guarded your private treasury. It is checking the accounts these days." Sherlock explained helplessly.

Although the princess was hit hard by the voters at the beginning of the palace fight and was at a disadvantage, she was the Spanish princess Ladislaus after all and had to give her the treatment of a mistress.

Hear here.Ladislaus was quite annoyed, but Sherlock's next words made him understand that Her Royal Highness is not crazy, and it is justified.

"After Mrs. Doria took charge of the winery, the production of wines of the Natural Beauty series has increased. In addition to satisfying the original channels, there is still a certain amount of surplus. Mrs. Doria did not find a way to open up new foreign channels. Recently, she was in Vienna Neustadt Enclosed a piece of land. Cut down the distributors, and sold the good wines of the Natural Beauty series directly in the city. It is said that this can shorten the logistics distance and improve efficiency." Sherlock glanced at Ladislaus's face and found that His lord's anger began to calm down.

"It's true. She mentioned it to me before I set off. I promised to allocate a piece of land to her. I also told Katharina about it." Mrs. Doria thinks that although the export business to foreign countries can be Bring gold and silver.Strengthen the national power of Austria, but the internal market cannot be ignored. Other classes besides the nobles also need the supply of luxury goods.

Ladislaus certainly had no objection to the proposal, and he happened to be able to impose heavy taxes on the liquor trade.

The contest between the women disturbed Ladislaus, but it was nothing worse than burning down the palace. Anna was lobbying the Augsburg council to give her a piece of land to build the Casus Church.

"The business of that direct sales store was good later on. Most of the wines of the Natural Beauty series were supplied to nobles from all walks of life. In the past, even wealthy businessmen and citizens in Vienna could not buy this kind of wine. Now, although this boutique store supplies a lot Not much, but the unit price is high, so I made some money." Sherlock became nervous again, and he didn't want to participate in the battle in his master's harem.But sometimes the job of being the messenger of bad news can't be thrown away. "But then Princess Katharina went to investigate Mrs. Doria's account, saying that the income from this store should also be included in your private treasury. It would be almost the same to pay Mrs. Doria five hundred talers a year. , Mrs. Doria claimed that the expenses for opening the store were all paid by her personally, and every bottle of wine sold was purchased from the winery at the ex-factory price, which is of course her property."

What the two women were fighting for was a gray area and didn't cross the line. Why did Katharina turn her face later?

Sherlock's next explanation explained the subsequent development of the matter: "The two parties requested His Excellency Machiavelli to arbitrate. Of course, His Majesty Machiavelli wanted to mediate the conflict between the two distinguished ladies. He also allocated a piece of land for Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine. , and asked Mrs. Harna to supply the two stores with the same price on average."

Machiavelli's mediation plan is very reasonable, which not only gives Katharina certain benefits but also prevents Harna from taking the opportunity to monopolize the market. The backstage of the Spanish princess can ensure that even if Harna's cousin manages the winery, she still has to share a little The benefits come out, and it is entirely possible for the rational layout to make profits and at the same time prosper the Vienna market, this can be regarded as a very good proposal.

Although the Spanish princess is a far more powerful title than the Miss Liguria Consul, Harna's actions are conducive to increasing taxes and helping Machiavelli to perform his duties, so he basically handled it fairly.

"His Royal Highness does not agree to this condition?" Since things developed like that later, it is obvious that Princess Katharina does not accept this proposal.

"You can't say that. Her Royal Highness accepted the condition at first, but after only two weeks, the two ladies clashed again. The store that Her Royal Highness built quickly on the other side of the city was always in short supply. Princess Katharina claimed that Hal Mrs. Na deliberately withheld her supply. Mrs. Doria insisted that the output had indeed reached its limit. There were several conflicts between the employees of the two sides, and neither Machiavelli nor the mayor could mediate. Then Her Royal Highness closed your private treasury and asked Examine the accounts after Lady Doria took over the distillery."

This time, Ladislaus really had a headache. It is difficult for an upright official to decide on housework. Although the princess's performance was unreliable last time, this time she was well-founded anyway, and she also showed the intention of negotiating at first.

Although she immediately escalated the situation without hesitation when she suffered a little damage, but she is the princess of Spain after all. Such behavior is just domineering, but it is not crossing the line. I just don’t know whether Cousin Harna’s accounts can stand Check it out.

The distribution of benefits is already a difficult problem, and with the addition of two women who are hostile to each other, things have developed to this point.

"Let these field soldiers renovate the fortress in Stuttgart first, and then start composting the land. I will get money when I return to Vienna." The rebel army in the territory of Ladislaus has basically been extinguished, and it is time to return to Vienna Stabilize your own grape shelf.