Douluo: My dear grandson, come quickly, Grandpa, I am Titled Douluo

Chapter 100 The enemy is here!

Daily meeting of the Soto City Lord’s Palace.

Li Ji is reporting on the land distribution situation.

"Today, our jurisdiction covers 39 towns and villages, with 10.1 households, a population of 43.6, and 734.25 million acres of farmland."

"Among them, seven towns were recently added and have not yet been counted, so they are not included. I roughly estimated that the population in our jurisdiction has exceeded 50."

Zuo Ying, who was sitting next to Ye Tian, ​​couldn't help but click her tongue when she heard this number: "One and a half months ago, when we entered Soto City, I looked through the household registration and the number of acres in Soto City."

"It only recorded more than 200 people and only [-] million acres of land. Unexpectedly, the landlords and nobles in these towns and villages hid half of the number and twice the amount of land."

Li Ji stroked his beard and replied: "Population and land are just free taxes. The small nobles in these towns and villages are local snakes. It is easy for them to hide their population."

"What's more, the last time Soto City counted its population and acres was more than 110 years ago when Barak annexed the Lima Plain."

"It's been 100 years and it's normal for the population to double."

Ye Tian, ​​who was sitting in the main seat, did not participate in the discussion. He raised his head and asked, "Are there any difficulties in the process of dividing the land?"

"There is no difficulty in dividing the land." Li Ji shook his head: "Every time we go to a place, we must first organize the local militia, distribute a certain amount of weapons to them, and organize them."

"The leaders of these militiamen are selected from reputable local civilians. After these people become small leaders, they are very motivated."

“So the land allocation process is generally very smooth.”

"It's just that these people have no experience in managing towns and villages. Neighborhood disputes can be resolved within the militia organization."

"When it comes to property division and guilt trials, they can't control it at all. Moreover, many of these people are illiterate, and most of our government orders can only be conveyed orally."

When Ye Tian heard this, he understood in his heart.

To sum up, there are two words: lack of people.

With the rapid expansion of the territory, the number of officials could not keep up. There were only 700 people. That many people were needed to govern just one Soto city.

Not to mention, there are so many towns under its jurisdiction.

Ye Tian smiled and looked at Zuo Ying: "It would be great if the Quefeng Sect could recruit some more people."

"The Lord of the City is joking. The Quefeng Sect is a newly formed sect with the Queling Sect as the main body. I don't have enough prestige yet. The only people I can bring out are those who originally belonged to the Queling Sect. Just a part of it.”

Zuo Ying shook her head and said.

She could see that Soto City was short of talent.

But the current continent is generally peaceful.

No matter how lonely a talent is, they will never choose to join the rebels.

Zuo Ying advised: "City Lord, you should start from our current jurisdiction. Maybe we can recruit a group of talented people."

"That's what I mean." Ye Tianshen agreed, and glanced at everyone with a serious attitude: "We should not expand our influence externally recently."

"We must first lay a solid foundation for ourselves."

"Aman, you have to work harder these days. You have to set up the militia framework in each township and cultivate a group of backbones."

Although the militia is of little use on the battlefield, it is indispensable in peacetime.

The first is to maintain local security.

The second is to serve as a detection sentry to prevent large-scale enemy infiltration.

Third, the current militia teams also play the role of yamen in each township to a certain extent.

When his name was called, Aman also reported the current results:

"These days, 2000 regular troops have been selected from the militia. Currently, they are all stationed outside Soto City."

After reporting the results, Aman suggested:

"Sir City Lord, I think we can select a brigade to serve as archers. The compound bows you made earlier, Lord City Lord, have excellent performance. It would be a pity if we don't increase our efforts in manufacturing them."

"Okay." Ye Tian nodded and agreed to the request. Wu Bing is manufacturing rifles. Currently, there are only a dozen samples. As for mass production, it is estimated that it will take another month.

In the event that Barak's army attacks during this period, a large group of archers would be a useful weapon.

Subsequently, Mabond reported on the grain collection work.

Since the grain was not collected from the common people, but the surplus from the landlords' houses was confiscated, the collection work went smoothly.

……

In turn, everyone in the audience reported on their recent work.

Ye Tian also started to make arrangements for the latest work.

He glanced at everyone:
"The number of our officers is still too few."

"Mr. Li, you are responsible for writing notices to inform all towns and villages that in one month, Soto City will hold an official selection. Anyone who is literate can participate, and there is no restriction on status."

"Can those landlord families who just lost their land also do it?" Li Ji asked in surprise.

"There are also local nobles. Most of them are literate and were officials in the past. Can these people also participate?"

"As long as there is no guilt involved, everyone will be treated as equals." Ye Tian said calmly.

A hero doesn't ask for a way out.

Good officials are not here either.

An exam is an exam. As for who to admit, Ye Tian still has a sense of discretion in his heart. He wants to favor civilians.

There is no absolute fairness in the world. Ye Tian relies on the power of the common people, so he naturally has to work for the welfare of the common people.

"The second thing is to improve the laws. Currently, the area under Soto City's jurisdiction is occupied by us, and we have no laws at all."

Although it may seem that the entire social institution can function without laws.

But there is no doubt that the entire society is becoming more and more chaotic.

The newly born regime under Ye Tian is currently in a stable state because of the enthusiasm of the militiamen and the new order brought by the division of land.

But once everyone around you becomes familiar with this set of social rules.

By that time, people who exploit loopholes will appear in large numbers.

Although Ye Tian had already reserved positions for these people at the Black Mountain Coal Mine.

But Ye Tian didn't want this to happen on a large scale.

Li Ji nodded: "We really need a law. Where do you plan to start, Lord City Lord?"

Ye Tian smiled: "I don't think I have the ability or energy to compile the law. The law is temporarily based on Barak's law. Let's delete it."

After all, Barak is a new country born in the past few hundred years. In order to encourage trade, Barak's laws are relatively more flexible and fair than the laws of Tiandou and Xingluo that have been passed down for thousands of years.

Ye Tian did not leave the task of amending the law to Li Ji, but left it to Zuo Ying.

"Sect Leader Lao Zuoying should help take charge of this matter."

And emphatically reminded:

"The soul master breaks the law and is guilty of the same crime as the common people."

The law is nothing more than three major classes: nobles, commoners, and soul masters. Under Ye Tian's rule, the word "noble" has long disappeared from the definition.

Therefore, there are only two natural classes left: civilians and soul masters.

Zuo Ying was obviously startled when she heard this.

Is Ye Tian going to attack the soul master?

You know, in a sense, the law is only for civilians.

Nobles have noble rules. Even if they go to the battlefield and are captured by the enemy, they cannot be killed directly.

Instead, you must first inform the other party and ask the other party to pay a ransom equal to your identity. If you cannot pay, you can dispose of it at will.

And from the moment a soul master becomes a soul master, he is no longer a civilian.

Even if a soul master kills someone, as long as he is not committing a heinous crime or killing a noble, he is rarely sentenced to death.

Asking her as a soul master to amend the relevant laws, Zuo Ying understood that Ye Tian wanted to cancel the privileges of soul masters.

After all, soul masters are the ones who understand soul masters best.

At the same time, Zuo Ying knew in her heart that if she took this job.

If a soul master commits a crime and is punished in the future, I am afraid that the members of this soul master's family will curse her, the maker of the law.

Although she was unwilling to take on this job that would harm her reputation, Zuo Ying still nodded and agreed: "I will finish it."

She knew that this was the only way to join Ye Tian's force.

These days, Zuo Ying has also corrected her mentality.

Cultivation is important, but she cannot do nothing outside of practice. This will make her gradually step out of the center of power.

"If there is nothing else, our meeting will end here."

Ye Tian closed the notebook on the table in front of him. He still had to keep an eye on Wu Bing's production.

Whenever there is nothing wrong, Ye Tian will go and urge him.

Appropriately put some pressure on Wu Bing, so that the opponent can make firearms faster.

Just at this time.

A guard came over anxiously to report.

"My lords, this is a letter from General Wu Feng."

"What's going on?" Ye Tian raised his eyes and asked.

Konoe touched the fine sweat on his face and said slightly panicked:
"Sunset City has sent troops towards Soto City. The number is unclear, but there are at least 1 people!"

(End of this chapter)