Chapter 321: The Embryo of a Political State, Busy Subsequent Arrangements

"Alright, there are only 26 people ennobled this time, so the title matter ends here. Next is the Cloud Dragon Army!"

Hearing Xia Hong mention the Cloud Dragon Army, Xia Chuan and Liu Yuan immediately perked up.

Xia Hong knew that the Cloud Dragon Army soldiers were currently in front of the main building, so he could raise his voice when speaking:

"Annihilating the Longyou New Army at Changbai Ditch, destroying the Zhaoyang Blood Guard at Ningyuan Hill, and my northern expedition to take the Xiling and Bai Yuan families, and finally breaking through Longshan—this time, the unification of Longyou, the Cloud Dragon Army should be the first merit. I won't repeat the contribution points gained by each person for killing the enemy here; they will be issued after verification by the Camp Needs Department.

What I want to say is that the military merit made by every soldier, in addition to rewarding contribution points, will also be specifically recorded by the soon-to-be-established Military Department. As long as the military merit accumulates to the standard of ennoblement, I will personally issue an edict to ennoble you!

Besides this, for the next half year, the monthly Blood Yuan Pill quota for the Cloud Dragon Army will be raised from 3 to 5, contribution points from 1000 to 1500, and beast blood from 50 jin to 70 jin, which is considered an extra reward for this Longyou Great War!"

The military merit made by individuals could not only be converted into contribution points but would also be specifically recorded by the Military Department. As long as it accumulated to the standard, one could receive an edict personally issued by the Lord to be ennobled.

For the next half year, that is, the next six months, the monthly military salary also increased significantly. Xia Hong even read out the specific increased numbers of contribution points, Blood Yuan Pills, and beast blood directly.

"Xia Chuan bows to thank the Lord, Does Does Da Xia for ten thousand years, the Lord for ten thousand years!"

Cloud Dragon Army Commander Xia Chuan took the lead and couldn't help but bow to Xia Hong.

Then it was Liu Yuan. He bowed to Xia Hong and said excitedly: "Cloud Dragon Army Scout Battalion Captain Liu Yuan bows to thank the Lord, Does Does Da Xia for ten thousand years, the Lord for ten thousand years!"

At this moment, the one thousand Cloud Dragon Army soldiers gathered in front of the main building were also incomparably excited, all bowing to the Council Hall in unison:

"Bow to thank the Lord for his grace, Does Does Da Xia for ten thousand years, the Lord for ten thousand years!"

In fact, there were only more than six hundred Cloud Dragon Army soldiers who returned alive from Longyou. This time, more than three hundred newcomers were added to make it full again.

Xia Hong just said that the military salary would increase in the next half year, but didn't say to exclude the more than three hundred new soldiers. So these people were considered to have picked up a big bargain. Compared with those six hundred soldiers, they were even more excited and shouted even louder.

"No need for more courtesy, all stand up!"

On the Council Hall, Xia Hong raised his hand gently, signaling Xia Chuan and Liu Yuan to stand up, then turned his head to look at Qiu Peng and continued:

"For the more than nine thousand people who participated in the Hive Defense War, let Xia Chuan take the lead and discuss merit and reward with the Camp Needs Department. I won't ask too much."

"Subordinate obeys the order!"

The two nodded and bowed immediately.

"Alright, the three things I said today—reform, ennoblement, and discussing merit and rewarding—are all finished. Next, it's your turn!"

After Xia Hong finished speaking, his gaze was cast directly at Xia Chuan and the six department heads behind him.

Xia Chuan also understood and stood out to bow and open his mouth:

"Reporting to the Leader, in early May, when the populations of Wu Shuang, Han Qiong, and Hive were moved in, the camp population exceeded 110,000. At that time, the six departments were already overwhelmed. Thanks to the addition of a large number of people, they could barely maintain operation;

After this round of migration ended, the camp population surged to 412,352, the total household registration of Xia City exceeded 120,000, the total number of Earth-Digging Realm people exceeded 40,000, and the total number of Woodcutting Realm people exceeded 130,000. If we continue to use the previous management method, with the number of people in the six departments at present, it is definitely not enough.

So, my proposal is also reform, and it must be as soon as possible!"

Everyone in the hall was stunned upon hearing this, clearly not expecting that Xia Chuan would also propose reform, and it had to be as soon as possible.

On the contrary, Xia Hong above didn't reveal the slightest look of surprise.

Xia Chuan proposing this today was indeed within his expectation.

The influx of 260,000 people had the greatest impact not on Xia City, but on Secretary Xia Chuan and the six department heads, or more accurately, on Does Does Da Xia's current management system.

From the beginning of May, when the population surged to 110,000, Xia Hong had already discovered that the current six departments clearly couldn't manage so many people.

Does Does Da Xia's past rules were: as long as one broke through to the Woodcutting Realm, one had a personal exclusive contribution point record in the Camp Needs Department. The next step was to become a member of the six departments according to personal talent.

It was said so, but in fact, just by listening to the names of the six departments, one knew that the vast majority of people actually had no choice and could only enter the Logging Department.

A few people with talents in medicine identification, forging, clothing making, and carpentry could enter the Craftsman Department; the Camp Needs and Civil Affairs departments would recruit themselves if they lacked people; not to mention the Jurisdiction Department, cold-resistant levels had to fight to break their heads; the remaining Hunting Department would automatically enter if they had Earth-Digging Realm cultivation, so there was no need for you to choose at all.

So almost 99% of the camp's Woodcutting Realm were squeezed into the Logging Department;

More than 90% of the Earth-Digging Realm were squeezed into the Hunting Department. If it weren't for the Cloud Dragon Army taking 1000 Earth-Digging Realm limits separately, it was estimated that it would also be 99%;

The remaining four departments, except for the Craftsman Department which had a decent number of people, with more than 2500 people, the remaining three departments actually had pitifully few people. The Camp Needs Department had more than 400 people, the Civil Affairs Department had more than 200 people, and the Jurisdiction Department had even fewer, 12 guards, 1 Shou Zheng, plus Yuan Cheng, this department head, totaling only 14 people.

So nominally it was Does Does Da Xia's six departments, but in fact, more than 90% of Does Does Da Xia's people were squeezed into the Hunting and Logging departments. The remaining four departments mostly played a functional role and did not play a practical role in placing personnel.

Moreover, it was not just the problem of personnel placement. After the population surged, the management costs of the six departments were also rising rapidly.

Give the simplest example:

The Camp Needs Department only needed to record the contribution points of thousands or at most tens of thousands of people before, but now it was different. It surged to 170,000, and as more and more people broke through, there were more and more to record;

The Civil Affairs Department only had tens of thousands of household registrations to manage before. After this population migration ended, it also surged to 120,000 households, and there would only be more in the future;

The Hunting Department was the same. When there were only a hundred or so hunting teams before, there was no need to allocate hunting areas every night. Everyone basically complied with each other tacitly, did not cross boundaries, counting prey was not troublesome, and departure and return times tried not to conflict. But now it surged to thousands, and even thousands in the future, then the situation was completely different.

The conflict between hunting teams last month was an iron example. If these things were not solved in advance, they would inevitably develop into internal contradictions later. Once it intensified one day, it would be a big problem.

Not just these three departments, the remaining Craftsman and Logging departments were also the same. At present, it was estimated that only the Jurisdiction Department, which had the fewest people, could be more comfortable.

Xia Hong looked up at Yuan Cheng standing behind Xia Chuan, who was in a sleepy and big-hearted posture, and shook his head.

"Talk about your reform ideas!"

Xia Chuan nodded upon hearing this and continued: "Reform must start from the six departments. The six departments are the management core that maintains the operation of the camp and can no longer be used as departments to place all personnel in the camp. Now the camp's manpower is not as abundant as in the past. I propose that from now on, only the Earth-Digging Realm can become official members of the six departments."

This was intended to cut it all at once. Only the Earth-Digging Realm could enter the six departments, which meant that those Woodcutting Realms, no matter how talented they were in carpentry, medicine refining, and clothing making, could not enter the Craftsman Department in advance.

Although somewhat harsh, considering the camp's current number of Earth-Digging Realms and resource acquisition capabilities, it was not too excessive.

In Does Does Da Xia now, breaking through to the Earth-Digging Realm was certainly not difficult, and it wouldn't be to the point of burying talent during the breakthrough to the Earth-Digging Realm.

However...

Xia Hong had already guessed that Xia Chuan had more to say.

However, Camp Needs Department head Qiu Peng asked first: "Secretary, in this way, we are streamlining the personnel of the six departments. With fewer people, how can we manage the more than 400,000 people in Xia City?"

Sure enough, Xia Chuan smiled and nodded: "Not bad, I am indeed streamlining the personnel of the six departments. So to deal with more population, I propose to divide Xia City into different zones, just according to 100,000 people per zone. Each zone will be set up with six offices to manage according to the Longshan new policy!"

Hearing this proposal, everyone in the hall, including Xia Hong above, suddenly lit up.

That's right, dividing into different zones, turning big into small, turning complex into simple. The structure of the six offices was the same as before, not only was there no difference in the management mode, but the six departments had many ready-made talents who could be placed in each of the six offices to hold positions.

Up to here, Xia Hong could roughly guess what Xia Chuan was going to say next.

"Then the responsibilities of the six departments will also change in the future?"

This was equivalent to splitting the things that originally belonged to the six departments into different areas according to the population and handing them over to the six offices set up in each area. ===== CHAPTER 322 =====