Chapter 44 44 Interview with a Political Officer

Chapter 44 Interview with the Administrative Officer

With the addition of more than twenty servants, Shanlim Castle began normal operations.

Luo Ning's daily life was temporarily freed from the rush and anxiety, and he began to spend more time practicing swordsmanship and magic.

Early the next morning, under the service of maid Bella, Luo Ning put on the formal clothes brought from Wushan Fort.

The maid Bella acted very reserved, not even daring to raise her head.

Although she had been trained by Chahar, this was her first time practicing on a lord, so she was a little confused.

Luo Ning didn't show anything strange on the surface, but he still felt strange in his heart when a woman was dressing her so intimately.

He wanted to do it himself, but it was a pity that he was not very good at doing this kind of palace collar clothing.

"Don't worry Bella, you can just relax."

Luo Ning reminded: "We have plenty of time."

"Yes, yes, sir!"

Bella responded in a low voice, her face turned red, her fingers became a little unruly when working with the palace collar, and her body seemed to be getting weaker and weaker due to nervousness.

Fortunately, the clothes were almost worn. After smoothing out a few clothes corners, the maid Bella could finally breathe.

She completed her first service successfully.

Luo Ning lowered his head and looked at his outfit. With his gorgeous service and tall figure, he looked quite handsome.

"Well done Bella!"

The maid blushed and lowered her head, "Thank you for the compliment, sir. Bella can do better next time!"

"I look forward to it."

Luo Ning said and walked out of the locker room.

Outside, the valet Galen was waiting there: "Sir, Chahar has already brought the people who came to apply for political affairs officers to the lobby of the fort."

"Then let's go there."

Luo Ning asked as he walked, "How many people are here in total?"

Gallon replied, "Three in total."

"Only three?"

Hearing this number, Luo Ning didn't know what to say for a while.

Galen explained: "At dawn, more than a dozen people came outside the castle, and they all wanted to be your administrative officers. However, after the screening of Chahar's housekeeper, some of the less capable ones were eliminated, and in the end only Three.”

After leaving the inner fort, Luo Ning came to the outer fort hall, which was a relatively open wooden room usually only used by Chahar or McCann.

For example, it was here that the housekeeper taught the newlyweds etiquette last night.

Luo Ning entered the room, and Chahar greeted him, "Sir, these are the three people I selected after preliminary screening."

When the three people saw Luo Ning coming, they immediately bowed and said hello to the lord.

Looking at their salutes, Luo Ning could tell that these three people were free men and not serfs. After all, the latter had to kneel down when they saw their lord.

"We're glad you guys responded to Hillwood's recruitment."

Luo Ning walked up to sit down and went directly to the topic: "But I only need one political officer, so I need to choose one from the three of you."

The three of them were a little nervous, but they were all ready to run.

"Let's start with you."

Luo Ning pointed to the middle-aged man on the far left, "The remaining two will go out first, one by one."

The man named to stay became nervous. He knew that the real exam had begun.

"Now there is a dispute between two territorial residents over a fat duck. They both say that the duck is theirs, and both sides gathered a few friends, and a small conflict broke out between a dozen people."

Luo Ning asked the question he had thought about, "If you were the administrative officer of Shanlin Town, how would you handle this matter?"

"Well……"

The man was stunned. He didn't seem to expect that Luo Ning would ask such a question. His mind was buzzing for a while, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

He kept shouting in his heart to quickly wake up and answer the question, but he just didn't know how to answer it.

As the silence lengthened, his palms, forehead, and back were covered in sweat, and his breathing became rapid.

After waiting for dozens of seconds without getting a response, Luo Ning couldn't help but ask again: "Tell me, how would you handle it?"

"I, I, I don't know..."

The man sat down on the ground, his voice trembling.

Luo Ning was speechless.

Even if this person can't answer, he doesn't have to sit on the ground in fear. Is his psychological quality so poor?

"Next." He waved his hand.

Chahar quickly ran over and pulled up the applicant who was lying on the ground, and helped him out of the hall.

Faced with the same problem, the second person behaved calmly.

"Sir, you are the lord of Shanlin Town. Everything here belongs to you, including the property of the people, and even themselves. So I think it is unreasonable for them to snatch the ownership of a duck, because this The duck is yours!"

The man replied sonorously: "So, I will capture the duck they snatched and send it to the castle, so that I can resolve their dispute and properly resolve this matter."

Luo Ning rubbed his chin and thought for a while, "What you said makes some sense. Let's go down and wait for the notification. Chahar, let the third person in."

Faced with the same problem, the third person behaved relatively calmly.

After a brief thought, the man gave his answer, "Sir, if I were a political officer, I would resolve this matter in several steps."

Luo Ning motioned for the other party to continue.

"First, I will notify the castle guards to arrest all those who are causing trouble."

"Second, I will try to judge them and determine who the duck belongs to."

"Third, I will punish these people. The impostor will be sentenced to a serious crime and sentenced to flogging and a fine, and his accomplices will be sentenced to hard labor and a fine."

"As for the other party, I will punish them with warnings, hard labor, or even fines depending on the cause and severity of the conflict."

After this call, even Chahar, who was standing aside, cast an admiring look at the other party. If nothing unexpected happened, the political officer was this person.

Roning was obviously very satisfied with this answer.

"Tell me, how would you judge them and determine who this duck belongs to."

The man pondered again and said, "The impostor is obviously a pariah. We don't need to have mercy on such a person. I will use verbal warnings and whipping warnings in exchange for the other party's honest confession."

Ronin was not very satisfied with this answer, "In this way, the real owner of the duck may be injured by mistake."

"But I cleared his name."

The man said firmly, "I believe he will be grateful to me in the end."

Ronin shook his head, "I agree with your previous answer, but I don't agree with your way of judgment. If the owner of the duck is afraid of your threat and is forced to admit it, it means that you indulge the impostor."

Hearing such an evaluation, the applicant's face turned pale. Being denied by the Baron, there should be no hope, right?

"Sorry, sir, I disappoint you."

He bowed slightly, "Maybe there is a better way, but please forgive me for not thinking of it."

"Then think about it slowly when you have time later."

Ronin's mouth curled up slightly, and he slowly stood up, "Tell me your name."

The people below were stunned at first, and then showed surprise.

In the last second, he thought he was eliminated, but he didn't expect that he passed in the next second.

"My Lord, I am Wilson!"

"Congratulations, Wilson. From now on, you are the government official of Shanlin Town. I will give you a salary of 10 copper coins a day. I hope you will serve me well."

Although the other party's answer did not all conform to Ronin's ideas, he was able to answer the previous steps, which showed that he had a certain logic and organization.

And facing two people...

Needless to say, the first one has a poor psychological quality. If he encounters a big thing, he may not have any opinion;

The second one, the other party's answer seems to be suspected of taking advantage of loopholes, not to mention that Ronin would snatch other people's ducks because of this matter? That would only weaken his positive image.

So when there were only three people to choose from, Ronin chose the third one

"Thank you for your recognition!"

Wilson knelt on one knee and said excitedly: "Wilson will do his best to assist you in governing Shanlin Town!"

In this remote place, Wilson dared not even think about getting a salary of 10 copper coins a day.

Applying for the position of a government official this time is the most important choice in his life.

Luo Ning raised his hand and motioned the other party to stand up.

"Then, the first task I give you is to conduct a population census in Shanlin Town."

Luo Ning began to arrange the first task, "I want you to count the gender, age, occupation, and specialty of each person based on the family unit and register them."

"In addition, craftsman, you have to pay special attention to me!"

Understanding the population structure of Shanlin Town can not only help Luo Ning carry out subsequent construction, but also is a key step in completing the achievement of [Population Prosperity].

To achieve this achievement, the population of the territory needs to reach 3,000 people and must be registered.

Even if Shanlin Town does not have so many people now, a population census is imperative.

"Master..."

Chahar stammered beside him.

"Just say it directly, Chahar."

The new butler expressed his concerns, "Master, there are only 83 pieces of parchment in the castle. Isn't it a bit wasteful to use them to register the information of the people?"

Parchment is not cheap. A page of 40 lines of parchment costs about 10 copper coins.

If you buy a lot of it, it will be a big expense.

As the new butler, Chahar can think of the problem of parchment consumption at the first time, which can be regarded as officially entering the role of butler, which is good.

"Your concerns are justified."

Roning nodded slightly, but he must do the population registration.

"There are not many people in the town. Even if all of them are counted, it should not consume much. And I will go to the horse herding city in two days, and I will purchase a little more at that time."

The parchment issue made Roning think of a technology - papermaking.

Only by producing cheap paper can information be spread more conveniently, so as to enrich the various "design" talents in the territory.

In addition to liquor, papermaking seems to be something that can also be applied to Shanlin Town.

"But we can't rush this matter. We can first figure out the production method and then promote it when the time is right."

We must have the ability to protect the things we invented.