Within a week after reaching an agreement with Mellon Garnard, Alarda Army attacked everywhere and turned the territories of the four vassals involved in the conspiracy upside down.
Anqiluo and others had already taken their families and ran away, but all the castles and manors they left behind were sealed, and all the money they had no time to take away was confiscated. Mellon also took the initiative to donate the property that the rebels did not take away to Paul.
After the situation at Bairdin basically stabilized, Paul left a Infantry Battalion to garrison Butuya City, and he and Mellon led other troops back to Lakeheart Town.
Since Bairdin will be "managed" by the administrative team of Arda from now on, then the government order will be issued from Lakeheart Town, and it is better for Mellon to stay there.
"Congratulations, Lord Earl!"
After Paul told Old Ford, Hansel and others that Mellon had adopted his suggestion and Lakeheart Town took charge of Bairdin, they congratulated Paul one after another.
You must know that Bairdin is a real county, with an area and population larger than Arda. There is also a city like Butuya. Although the scale is smaller, it is still a city.
Under the suggestion of Hansel, the three people quickly went to Mellon for a detailed discussion.
Under the guidance of Old Ford and Hansel, the conversation reached the following results:
Mellon Garnard, as the lord of Bairdin, will permanently reside in Lakeheart Town, and Lakeheart Town will serve as the two lords of Arda and Bairdin. The common capital of the lordship, unified management of the two places; Mellon will participate in the decision-making of various affairs of Lakeheart Town as an important member, and his opinions are the most weighty on matters related to Bairdin.
After the conversation, Hansel found Paul in private and learned about the specific process when Mellon initially agreed to Paul's proposal.
"Lord Greiman, I think Earl Garnard has had similar ideas for a long time, so he agreed immediately when you proposed it."
Hansel said as if "you can't hide it from me".
Paul looked puzzled. "It's impossible, right? How did you know?"
Hansel said, "I talked to Earl Garnard before. His current mentality is very bad. He doubts himself, others, and even the world."
Paul expressed his understanding. He also saw a little bit in Butuya Lord's Manor that day.
"The sudden alienation of his father and the conspiracies of his vassals may have put him in a situation..."
Hansel paused and thought about how to describe it, "In a state of persecutory delusion."
Paul nodded. "Well... this is also possible, what next?"
Hansel said, "With all due respect, I'm afraid he also has doubts when facing you."
Paul didn't understand very much. "Why is this happening?"
Hansel explained, "Think about it from his perspective. My father suddenly ignored me. My vassals wanted to plot against me, and my steward wanted to plot against me. These people I usually trust have bad intentions towards me. Why are my alliance brothers special?"
"I guess Earl Garnard is ready for a lot of hemorrhage. Close relatives have passed away, cronies have rebelled, and the troops directly under him are fighting in the south. I don't know whether they are loyal or not. If you also have plans for him, he has disobeyed your wishes..."
"Especially now that your army has taken control of Bairdin, and his fate is already in your hands. I suspect that the rhetoric of becoming a monk is also intentional, deliberately tempting you to reveal your intentions."
Paul is indeed a bit "different", but I don't want the whole Bairdin.
He shook his head and said, "Mellon would not be so scheming. Hansel, you are still talking about others, aren't you also looking at things with conspiracy theories?"
Paul patted Hansel on the shoulder, "Look around, this world is still very beautiful."
Hansel's face blushed slightly and he cleared his throat to hide his embarrassment. "In any case, congratulations on winning a complete earldom. It will be of great benefit to your future plans."
Paul looked into his eyes and said, "It will also be of great benefit to your career."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Indeed, no matter how sincere Mellon is, controlling Bairdin has brought huge benefits to Paul, not only in the future, but also in the present.
After Paul ordered Affairs Officer to conduct a census of the territory, this data was obtained: there are about 60,000 people in the entire Arda Earl Territory, distributed in 10 large towns and more than 50 natural villages, including Lakeheart Town and Franklin Harbor.
With the current size of the army of more than 1,300 people, it is basically 40 to 50 civilians to support one professional Soldiers. It would be okay if it was an ordinary Soldiers of this era, but for the new army established by Paul, it is very reluctant based on the productivity level of this era.
After Bairdin is controlled, this pressure will disappear. A rough estimate is that the population of Bairdin Territory can be around 80,000 to 90,000.
In order to coordinate and manage the affairs of the two territories, Paul decided to establish a Administrative Management organization named "Government Affairs Council".
After discussions with everyone, Government Affairs Council will be temporarily divided into Department of Finance, Department of Agriculture, Department of Industry, Department of Education, and Department of Fisheries There are seven departments:, Department of Forestry, Department of Public Safety, and Department of Intelligence, with Old Ford serving as Government Affairs Council Director.
The supervisor of Department of Finance is concurrently served by Old Ford.
Hansel was invited to be the supervisor of Department of Agriculture. Now Lakeheart Town is the one who cares most about food issues. When he got the invitation from Paul, he agreed immediately.
Cecil will no longer be responsible for forestry affairs and will serve as the full-time supervisor of Department of Intelligence. Although Department of Intelligence belongs to Government Affairs Council, it is directly responsible to Paul himself.
Supervisor Department of Forestry will be Cecil's former deputy in forestry.
The director of Department of Fisheries is the tax official who was originally responsible for collecting taxes from fishermen.
Director Department of Public Safety is served by Ruth Hayden, the platoon leader of the second platoon of Internal Guard Unit. He will be responsible for forming a unit named "Police".
Department of Industry and Department of Education will be temporarily in charge of Paul himself. Now he is worried about whoever hands these two departments over.
In the past, the managers of various affairs in the territory basically worked at home, and only went to the Lord's Manor when there was something to do or a meeting was needed. With the establishment of Government Affairs Council, the improvement of various departments, and the increase in confidentiality requirements, it is obviously no longer appropriate to continue this way of working.
Therefore, a group of private houses near the Lord's Manor were expropriated for a fee, and after being repaired, they will be used as fixed office spaces for various departments.
Paul also formulated the Affairs Officer attendance system. From now on, people in various departments will have to live a hard life of checking in and going to and from get off work every day. There will be penalties for being late or leaving early for no reason.
In order to test the teaching effect of the "Ves Institute" established not long ago, and to find a group of ducks that can be put on the shelves to fill the Affairs Officer gaps in various departments, Paul decided to hold it at An exam will be held in Lakeheart Town. The exam is very simple: first, writing ability, being able to write a self-introduction that people can understand, typos will not be considered for the time being; second, reading ability, being able to read more than 80% of the words in a long paragraph, and being able to convey the meaning clearly;
The third is calculation ability, being able to add and subtract numbers within 100, but multiplication and division are not required;
Fourth, your name cannot be written incorrectly.
If all the above four items are met, great, you will be a glorious Government Affairs Council Affairs Officer from now on, and you can receive a fixed salary every month to support your family.
After the news was released, people signed up in droves.