Chapter 33: Perfection of the Management System

Time came to 1145 of the Red Moon Calendar. This year is an important year. The entire Grand Duke's territory will usher in huge changes. Sakavi has been ten years since he started building the wizard tower on the Bohe Plain.

After ten years of hard work, Sakavi finally cultivated a complete high-level governance system. Why is it said to be high-level? Because it only involves the management system of Agrik, and the governance system of the cities, towns, and villages below has not been built yet, and the level is also uneven.

The entire high-level system, in addition to the three main brain departments, has six departments directly led by the Internal Affairs Court: Security Department, Finance and Trade Department, Internal Affairs and Construction Department, Judicial Department, Resource Department, and Education and Culture Department.

Grapp now has great power, managing all affairs within the territory. Due to the sparse population in the territory and even fewer management personnel, Sakavi's current task is still mainly construction, and there is no room to choose personnel.

This year, Grapp held a work conference in Agrik. Sakavi did not intend to participate, because he wanted to see if the framework he established with one hand was really reliable, and whether he could find problems in the territory without himself.

After five days of heated discussion, Grapp found Sakavi with a thick plan. However, Sakavi did not intend to read it for the time being, but wanted to hear what this Grand Steward had to say.

"Grapp, tell me how you see this plan."

"Master, I think the difficulty of the first half of the plan is the coordination problem of our current staff. We plan to take five years to gradually improve the specific departments of the six major departments. This involves many racial adjustment problems. You know, they might have been mortal enemies before."

"Oh? Then how do you think these departments need to be improved? What races are needed, and how to distribute work and power scope."

"Master, when you designed the departments at the beginning, due to the lack of manpower, everyone was holding multiple positions, and then equipped with a large number of secretaries found from everywhere. But this is easy to cause one person to have too much power, which is very unfavorable to your rule. You know, not everyone is a vassal."

"Well said, then do you think we have enough manpower now?"

"Not yet, we are still severely lacking in manpower, and we are lacking a lot. However, we have further refined our duties, so that we can use the people below to cultivate more people. Just like the current department heads, they were all secretaries of me, Vilna, and Su Lai De in previous years."

"You have a very reasonable plan, I want to know your specific plan."

"Then I will start with the Security Department. Underneath, it should be divided into the Combat Research Department, Conscription Department, Training Department, Logistics Department, and Personnel Department. We don't have a standard army yet. In the process of improving their duties, their secretaries will also adapt to the work of the lower level."

"Very good, who have you arranged for these candidates?"

"Master, you don't know these people. In fact, I don't know them either, but I think we need to know them and know what their specialties are."

"So they are all civil servants or even not super-powered people, right?"

"Yes, super-powered people are not included. Next, I will introduce the Finance and Trade Department. Underneath, it is mainly the Tax Department, Audit Department, Finance Department, and Trade Department. There are a few people here that I think you know, because they often come to you for money."

"These few Underworld Gnomes are absolutely my nightmare. My gold coins only have 3 million left. If your Internal Affairs Court cannot make money in five years, I must go back to my old business."

"My master, please believe me, you can see gold coins from the Luo Sen Empire this year. In fact, we have formulated a complete money-making plan, and I will show it to you later."

"Fine, I will believe you one last time."

"Okay, next is the Internal Affairs Department, which has the Household Registration Department, Civil Affairs Department, Construction Department, and Urban Planning Department. This department and the Resource Department will be the focus of the next ten years."

"Are you going to promote the perfect city-state bill on a large scale?"

"Yes, these tribal systems seriously affect our money-making speed and administrative efficiency."

"Then the last Trade and Culture Department, besides cultivating talent, do you have any other considerations?"

"Yes, we plan to add military and magic academies, but we lack teaching staff. I want to ask my teacher Vilanse to be the Minister of Trade and Culture, is that okay?"

"No, don't involve our affairs with her. Let her live her peaceful life."

"If so, our cultivation of super-powered talent will fall into a stagnant state, which is seriously inconsistent with our original intention of coming to this territory."

"I will find a way. You just manage other things."

"Okay, master, you seem to have missed the Judicial Department? However, there is nothing to introduce about the Judicial Department. The subordinate Legislative Department, Law Enforcement Department, Trial Court, and Prison Department are all held by Gray Dwarves. Their near-paranoid attitude toward the law makes it impossible for anyone to find loopholes."

"Do you have any plans for the reform of surrounding cities and towns? Our vast wilderness has no one to manage, and every mayor says it is not his responsibility. I am very dissatisfied with this kind of thing."

"Please rest assured, master, we have considered this problem. We plan to imitate the governance model of the Luo Sen Empire. Of course, ours is simplified."

"We plan to divide the Grand Duke's territory into several states. Under the Governor, we set up Law Enforcement Bureau, Security Bureau, Household Registration and Civil Affairs Construction Bureau, Tax and Trade Bureau, Finance Bureau, Resource and Manufacturing Bureau, and Culture Bureau. So far, we don't have enough manpower to improve the entire local governance framework, so we can only use this transitional institution for the time being."

"Not bad, let me guess, the biggest task of this Governor is to forcibly promote the execution of the core system of city and town management, right?"

"Yes, master, I think we still need at least ten years to improve the entire governance framework structure."

"I know, I will read your plan in detail when I have time. Put the appointment of personnel here, I want to see carefully if there is anything inappropriate. You can go and do your things."

"Goodbye, master."

After sending Grapp away, Sakavi crossed out the names of the Gray Dwarves from the Conscription Department and Training Department on the appointment letter he sent, and changed them to Drow Elves. Grapp considered problems from the perspective of improving efficiency, but ignored checks and balances. Gray Dwarves and Drow Elves are both good at training the army, but Gray Dwarves have already occupied the entire Judicial Department.

Sakavi absolutely does not allow any race to have too much power. All Drow Elves are exiles, at least on the surface, they cannot form an interest group. After Sakavi gradually gained a foothold in this land, almost every ruling family had defectors from the Underworld area.

However, people are willing to come and bet, and Sakavi can only close one eye and open one eye. The Underworld is currently unable to spare manpower to control. Under Sakavi's repeated persuasion, the Black Forest finally agreed to allow Gray Dwarves to build towns in the Dragon Spine Mountains.

Because of this, Sakavi has so many Gray Dwarves to use. Unlike their surface relatives, they are doing well in the Underworld.

It seems that realizing that the Luo Sen Empire has not only not gradually improved in recent years, but is becoming more and more turbulent, Redna agreed without hesitation to Sakavi's request to send mages to teach. It seems that she wants to further guarantee the stability of the Black Forest barrier by deepening cooperation.

Time came to the end of March, another farming season. This year, the Ogres ushered in huge changes. The 200,000 Ogres who were unwilling to come that year had to leave unwillingly. The chaos and disorder they developed in the wilderness had been corrected, but compared to the 50,000 Ogre students who had just graduated, they were far behind.

Afraid that they would learn to be bad, Sakavi directly forcibly selected 100,000 strong men from them, and organized the Tusk Legion with some Centaurs and Harpies. The military system was modeled on the Luo Sen Empire legion, but the light cavalry formation was replaced by Centaurs, and air support troops were added. There were no other major changes.

The mount of the Ogres is mainly the Giant Tusk Wild Boar, which is more than twice as large as an ordinary wild boar and covered with thick and hard bristles. The Giant Tusk Wild Boar has a violent personality and is difficult to stop once it starts charging. It is a perfect living battering ram that can easily break up the enemy's infantry formation. It has extremely strong endurance and load-bearing capacity, and can carry fully armed Ogre warriors to travel long distances.

They are not picky about food, eating almost everything from tubers and carrion to garbage, and the feeding cost is extremely low. They are good at acting in harsh terrains such as swamps and mud, and are the ideal mount for Ogre tribes. This is a mount that Sakavi is very satisfied with, which can be bred in large quantities and is easy to raise, although it is not as combat-effective and easy to control as the orc's giant rhinoceros.

However, this Giant Tusk Wild Boar seems to be only controllable by Ogres, because the attitude of Ogres toward disobedient wild boars is to directly punch them until they are unconscious. Of course, Lizardmen can also, but Lizardmen are not very good at long-distance fighting across mountains and rivers, and can only serve as city guards.

Regarding the mobilization of nearly 10,000 Harpies, Lady Tali expressed great dissatisfaction and demanded that all Gnolls be assigned to her to organize security forces. After listening, Sakavi expressed agreement. He immediately ordered the reorganization of the Security Court and the establishment of the Security Patrol Department, Rapid Response Department, and Security Department.

The Security Patrol Department is mainly responsible for security patrols, from neighbor complaints to smuggling and case solving. It is equipped with an Air Security Team to assist in support, a Patrol Team responsible for wilderness anti-smuggling and arrest, and a Security Team mainly composed of Gnolls, responsible for the security of towns and their surroundings. The main official is the Security Officer.

The Rapid Response Department is for dealing with various super-powered criminals, cultists, and rebels. It is equipped with a Sky Support Brigade, a Military Police Brigade, and a Rapid Assault Brigade. The Military Police Brigade is organized by retired or active-duty veterans among Centaurs. The Rapid Assault Team is composed of excellent personnel among Gnolls and is the main force of the Rapid Response Department.

The Security Department is mainly responsible for guarding various key departments or key areas, and is composed of Gnolls and Harpies who ranked in the middle during the selection process. It is equipped with Air and Road Security Brigades/Squadrons and lower-level agency security offices.

Looking at the plan, Lady Tali was still dissatisfied. She wanted to equip the Security Court with characteristic uniforms so that everyone would know that they were not bandits, but proper staff. There was no way, who let her subordinates be the three major bandit races?

This task was thrown directly to the elves. Three months later, they brought the sample clothes. Rapid Response Department main uniform: capable indigo combat uniform, using wear-resistant leather and breathable fabric splicing to ensure free movement. Core logo—scarlet cloak and shoulder armor: The left shoulder wears a silver-gray shoulder armor with a dragon head roaring pattern, and the lining below is an eye-catching scarlet. When moving at high speed, this red trajectory can clearly identify the identity and encourage one's own side, deterring the enemy.

Security Patrol Department main uniform: indigo stand-up collar uniform jacket, cut more upright, with silver-gray buttons and trim. Core logo—earth-yellow shoulder strap and armband: A wide earth-yellow leather shoulder strap is slung from the right shoulder to the left hip (used for hanging batons, document bags, etc.). The right arm wears a shield-shaped dragon emblem armband, and the background color is earth-yellow.

Security Department main uniform: indigo heavy studded leather armor or light chain mail, covered with a short indigo-bottomed, silver-gray-edged uniform jacket. Core logo—dark gray cloak and full-cover helmet: equipped with a dark gray cloak, low-key and majestic. When on duty, wear a silver-gray full-cover helmet decorated with dragon emblems. When the face mask is lowered, it looks incomparably solemn, and when it is raised, it looks calm and reliable.

Also sent together were samples of standard equipment for Lizardmen. Structure and material: A scale armor covering the chest, back, and shoulders, made of oil-soaked hardened leather and inlaid steel armor plates. This structure can provide good protection without affecting their flexible spine movement and swinging like plate armor.

High-collar design: Protects the sides and back of the neck, but does not hinder the rotation of the head in the front.

Asymmetrical shoulder armor: Usually the left shoulder armor is larger and heavier, in the shape of a dragon head or alligator turtle biting, used to provide extra protection when holding a shield;

The right shoulder armor is smaller, which is convenient for weapon swinging. Open armpits and back: Ensure maximum range of limb movement.

Skirt armor and greaves: The lower body wears reinforced leather skirt armor, and the calves are equipped with bronze greaves to protect the parts that are easily attacked during the charge.

Tail armor: A segmented bronze or hard leather "tail ring" is designed for their strong tail, which not only protects the important organ (tail) but also allows the tail to become a terrible attack weapon (when swinging, the tail ring can cause blunt or cutting damage).

Cloak/rain canopy: Equipped with a dark, waterproof short cloak, used when raining or patrolling, with the emblem of the unit it belongs to drawn on it.

Helmet: Adopts an open-face helmet without a face mask, maintaining its broad vision and good sense of smell. The helmet shape imitates a dragon or giant lizard, extending forward to form a nose guard, with cheek guards on both sides.

Unified emblem: On the left chest armor or shield of all armor, a black dragon claw holding a ship anchor and a halberd is uniformly engraved, symbolizing that it is directly led by Sakavi, and its duties cover ports and towns.

The town guard draws or inlays a watchtower pattern on the right shoulder armor. The port unit is an anchor pattern. The inland river crew is a wave pattern.

After such a rectification, Sakavi's Grand Duke's territory at least looks like something. With a system, it will be a very difficult thing for the people under his command who want to break away from this.

Even if Sakavi loses a battle one day, or is surrounded and suppressed, the residents who can only survive in this environment will have to fight to maintain their own interests. ===== CHAPTER 34 =====