Lord Harland.

Seeing Li Cha's gloomy face, the villagers present also knew the seriousness of the matter. Some wanted to make a noise and beat up the poor-looking new freedmen.

Li Cha's eyes widened, and he directly ordered the guards to beat the noisy villagers with sticks, and the scene became quiet.

A few hours later, Vicksburg bureaucrats also arrived on the scene.

The little bureaucrat in charge of dividing the fields is a young man with a particularly tender face.

"What's your name? How old are you this year? Are you a graduate of He'an Elementary School?"

Among the grassroots bureaucrats in the territory, there are some students who graduated from Henan primary schools. These students are usually very young, ranging from 17 to 18 years old and only 15 to 16 years old.

Seeing that the bureaucrats in Fentian are so young, Li Cha casually asked.

"Lord, my name is McCullough. I am sixteen years old and graduated from Riverside Elementary School last year."

"Are you responsible for allocating the land to the freedmen here this year?"

McCaroo nodded and said, "Yes, my lord."

"According to regulations, how should the farmland in this village be divided?"

"According to the plan, each freeman in this village will grant five mu of land, one mu of paddy field, and four mu of dry land."

Because the scale of farmland that can be reclaimed near each village is different, the quality of farmland available to free citizens is also slightly different. Some villages have better conditions and are naturally richer.Some villages have poor conditions and are slightly poorer.

Generally speaking, the city hall and the Ministry of Agriculture will plan in advance to control the population of the village and try to achieve a balance.

Most freedmen had one acre of paddy field and four acres of dry land. According to this standard, the territorial tax was three silver coins per person, or two hundred and seventy pounds of wheat.

But in this village, the new freedmen did not cultivate paddy fields, and the output of the dry fields this year was severely reduced. The harvest from one acre of land was less than 100 jins. One person paid 270 jins of grain tax, and the remaining grain was less than 200 jins.

Two hundred kilograms of grain was not enough to eat, and they had to reserve grain for next year, so the free people in this village were hungry and cold.

If Richard inspects next fall, the village may starve to death.

"Joseph, tell everyone, how many paddy fields and dry land have you been allocated?" Richard pointed to Joseph and said.

"My lord, all the new freedmen assigned to this village this year don't have any rice fields?"

"Macaloo, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture, is the paddy field in this village enough? Why did this problem happen? Since they encountered injustice, did these free people go to Vicburg to file a complaint? Why didn't anyone deal with it?"

Upon hearing that Richard was serious about pursuing the responsibility, Tony Byrne, the Civil Affairs Officer of Vicksburg, changed his expression, and he hated the village chief to death.

But at this time, I could only bite the bullet and answer: "I made an oversight here. When the villagers came to Vicksburg to complain, I handed it over to the mayor of Walls."

"Tony, you are an old man in the territory. You have made some minor achievements before. I think I have treated you well. I promoted you to the position of mayor of Vickburg. As a slave born, you should be satisfied with your achievements today. Now, why cover Walls?

You know, how much trust do I have in you when I entrust Vickburg to your management?

How do you repay your lord and manage the people like this?

You betrayed my trust in you, so what use do I have from you? "

Tony Byrne was a slave purchased by the Harland family for many years. Before William became a hereditary baron, Tony Byrne was the servant of the Harland family.When Li Cha was young, Tony had been his personal attendant for a while.

After William won the fief, Tony Byrne was the director of a cement factory.In the few years as the factory manager, I have done my best.

These people in the Harland Territory are developing very fast, and there is a great lack of qualified grassroots bureaucrats.

Because of his good performance and good opportunity, Tony was promoted by Richard to the position of Mayor of Vickburg.

Unexpectedly, in less than two years since he came up, something went wrong with Tony, and something serious happened under his rule.

Tony Byrne was very familiar with Richard, and upon hearing this, he immediately understood that Richard had murderous intentions. He knew Richard well and knew that he couldn't quibble at this time. The more he quibbled, the more Richard would hate him.

"Because Walls' sister is my secret lover."

After listening to Tony's explanation, Li Cha sneered and said, "So it's because there's something wrong with the lower body. If that's the case, what's the use of your lower body?

Someone pulled the dog out and immediately executed it. The body was thrown in the mountains to feed the wolves, and his family members were all sent to the mine, where they will never be pardoned. "

There are a large number of orcs in the mines. If humans are sent into the mines, we can see what a terrible situation they will face.

Orcs sometimes choose to eat people because they can't complete the mining tasks and the food is not enough.

According to the statistics of Bernard who manages the orcs, the humans sent to the mine can only live for an average of two months.

"Tony has been dealt with for covering up crimes. You are an official of the field division, McKaroo. There is a problem with the field work in Kaluo Village. Your supervision is not in place, and you have committed crimes of dereliction of duty. You will be fined for two years of salary and ten years of duty. Cannot be upgraded during the year.

Walls, you're a wounded veteran, right? "

Seeing that the high-ranking mayor of Vickburg was executed on the spot by Richard, his family members were also sent to the mine, and all of them were killed.Fear suddenly penetrated into Walls' bones, causing him to tremble violently, unable to speak, as if he had lost his mind and went crazy.

Seeing that Walls was so frightened that he lost his mind, Li Cha turned his head and said to the intelligence officer beside him, "Check Walls' file to see if he is a retired veteran? If so, spare his family One life, if not sent by family to be with Tony's family."

Among the several bureaucrats, McCaroo has the least responsibility. It is difficult for a brat like him to deal with internal affairs in the village. He does not know the free people in the village when he goes to divide the fields. It is easy to be fooled by the following.

Moreover, McCullough's intentions were not too bad. He was only jointly and severally responsible for this incident.

It is Walls and Tony who colluded and oppressed the people.

Of the two, Richard hates Tony the most, because Tony is the person Richard focuses on and a relatively important civil servant in the territory. Richard values ​​him more and often tells him to be kind to the people under his rule and not to bully the people. , let alone force people to death.

But the situation in the village is that after next spring plowing, a large number of people may starve to death.

After this incident, Richard had the worst sense of Tony and hated him the most.

Richard glanced around and stared at the other officials of Fort Vick. He sneered and said: "I don't believe you don't know about the injustice suffered by the free people of Carlo Village, but no one has reported it to me for half a year. You are all responsible for this matter. Officials in Vicksburg cannot be promoted within ten years. Tongmai Carew's treatment was the same, with each player receiving a two-year salary penalty.

If I were to discover the problem again and be punished for several crimes, not only would my head be lost, but my family would also have to be sent to the mine to be with Tony’s family.I hope you cherish the good life today and don't be greedy.You treat the people under your rule better, and if you make mistakes in the future, I will be more tolerant to you. "

Intelligence officials quickly found the file, and Walls was indeed a grassroots officer who was injured and retired.

After hearing the news, Richard suddenly felt a little discouraged.

Because Richard cares most about the army and spends almost all day with soldiers. Relatively speaking, the army is cleaner than the local area.

Unexpectedly, Walls would become like this just two or three years after he retired from the army.

Not only did he give his younger sister to Tony as his lover, but he also took over several women in the village, robbed the fertile land of the free people, and even killed people, becoming a rampant toubob.

Unlike Tony, Walls had been a soldier and fought wars after all.

The army is the core strength of Harland's territory, and it is also the basis for Richard to control the territory. Any cadres involved with the army will be sentenced to a lighter sentence.

Although Tony has a higher position and is a domestic slave of the Harland family, it is easy to deal with.Walls has many old comrades-in-arms, in order to avoid their death and sorrow, it is necessary to treat Walls' family better.

"Walls was executed immediately because he had committed meritorious deeds and was injured. His family tolerated it and moved to Vicksburg. They arranged for his wife to work in a quilt factory and gave her a job so that she could earn some money to support the family."

Richard knew in his heart that corrupt officials would never stop being killed, and even Zhu Yuanzhang could not stop official corruption even by peeling off the skin and making grass. Richard's family was sent to the mine, but they were also unable to control officials' corruption and disregard human lives.

But harsh punishments can still play some role. At least they can deter bureaucrats from inciting popular uprisings.

Whoever dares to provoke a civil uprising, Li Cha will deal with the bureaucrats in this area on a large scale, using butcher knives to kill people.

After several incidents happened in succession, some smart officials in the Haaland territory have mastered the balance.

Compared with other regions of the Grant Kingdom, northern Xinjiang has a large area and sparse population, with more arable land per capita, no shortage of water sources, higher food production, and a barely passable life.

Through continuous inspections, Li Cha found that most of the freedmen lived a good life, and it was relatively rare for them to be poor.

Because of the disaster this year, Richard is also planning to give some food subsidies to the freedmen.

After returning to the mansion, Richard summoned all his relatives and told them what happened today.

"You are all relatives of me and Sophia, and you are considered the ruling class of the Harland Territory. The development of the territory is closely related to you. For people like us, we must have a long-term perspective and not be greedy for money. As long as If we take control of the political power, future generations can live a prosperous life and become superior people.

Every freeman in the territory is an asset to us.They live affluent lives, and only then can there be a market for the products we manufacture, and only then can the industry and productivity of the territory develop.We should support any policy that makes them rich, and we should oppose any policy that makes them poor.

The same principle applies to the selection of lower-level officials. Those who can develop productivity and make the people rich will be vigorously promoted. Anyone who hinders the development of productivity and makes the people poor should be eliminated immediately.

You are all my relatives, connected by blood to our husband and wife, so you should support me. If you find problems below, you must report them immediately. If you need money to talk to me and Sophia, you must not collude with the bureaucrats below or obstruct me. Development of territory.

That’s it for today. Once you are caught by me for corruption or malfeasance, I will be absolutely merciless. You will even use your heads to intimidate the officials in the territory and educate them not to commit crimes.

Please remember this. Don't think that just because you are Sophia's brother or nephew, or my Richard's brother or sister, or a member of the Harland family, you can do whatever you want without any scruples. According to the rules I have set, if you people commit a crime, the punishment will be more severe than that of outsiders.

You should be more careful, do your part, and improve your self-cultivation. My moral requirements for you are higher than those of ordinary people. No matter who breaks the law, I will not show mercy. "

Li Cha's murderous words made many people confused, and soon they heard that Li Cha killed Tony and sent Tony's family to the mine, and they immediately felt a sense of terror.

Many people ask themselves, some people have done some things such as bullying men and dominating women, corruption and dereliction of duty.

After hearing Li Cha's words, he immediately began to wipe the poop off his butt to prevent someone from stabbing Li Cha's ear and causing him to die.The cruelty towards Li Cha, even relatives, they all have a feeling of fear.

Richard wants to make them afraid. If they don't have the mentality of fear, they will do things unscrupulously, and the upper beam will not be straight and the lower beam will be crooked.

Even his own family can't manage well, so naturally there is no reason to manage the officials of the territory.

If the upper layer is a little rotten, the lower layer will be rotten a lot.

If the administration of officials is bad, no matter how good the policy is, it will be bad in implementation.

Through constant inspections, discovering and solving problems, Richard discovered that the most serious problem in the territory today is the shortage of cattle.

Using cattle to plow the land is the most immediate way to increase the area sown with grain.

The average freeman in the Harland Territory owns acres of farmland. Without cattle, acres of farmland cannot be cultivated by manpower.

However, the price of farm cattle is not cheap. A mature bull costs more than six gold coins, and the price of cows is slightly more expensive. Without three to five years of accumulation, free people could not afford to buy cattle.

In the past, Richard helped free people farm by renting cattle. He received very little rent, just a symbolic amount.

With more and more free people, there is a shortage of official farming cattle. This year, some free people can't even rent cattle, so they can only use manpower to plow the fields, resulting in a decrease in production.

If Li Cha hadn't used a large number of Warcraft horses to plow the field during the spring plowing, this year's spring plowing task would not have been completed.

Li Cha sold tons of grain and obtained gold coins. Counting the liquid funds saved in the government treasury, he already has about gold coins in his hand.

The reason why there is so much money in the treasury is entirely because of the unexpected fortune of gold coins obtained from the secret base of the Venus family, plus a part of the balance from last year, unknowingly, the treasury actually saved A huge sum of one hundred thousand gold coins.