When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

#697 - What's next for Black Snake Bay?

"Seeing the two dukes defeated, the rest of the nobles are starting to take sides," Moliya said, her brow furrowed. "The new master hasn't even ascended the throne yet, and they're already trying to show their loyalty.

The nobles of Xianshi Township have been quite restless lately. Many cavalry and scouts have been trying to bypass the defense lines and enter Hotam County to scout for intelligence. This has happened three times this month alone."

"In addition, there are many spies disguised as merchants or simply sneaking in from Fran, and they have begun to instigate the nobles and knights within our ranks.

I have discovered several nobles who are secretly communicating with the church, but unfortunately, I don't have enough evidence, so I can only exile them to the Mountain County."

Hohn suddenly understood. No wonder the Cheka commissioner said a few days ago that Moliya had suddenly exiled several nobles for no reason.

The Cheka didn't know that Moliya had mind-reading magic. They thought it was the result of some political struggle.

"Do you think the Leah people will invade within the year?"

"Not really, but their pace is estimated to accelerate, and our time is running out," Moliya said, "How long do you plan to stay in Blackwater Bay?"

Hohn thought for a moment: "I estimate I should go back before the rainy season arrives."

In the time leading up to the start of the rainy season in Blackwater Bay, he will gradually stabilize order and begin to promote sugar and grain and distribute spice trade.

The specific measure is to use the funds raised by the United Spice Company to massively promote plantations and sugar-making workshops.

This kind of sugar-making workshop has low technical content and can absorb a large number of local laborers. Small, regularly shaped brown sugar is much easier to transport than sweet branches.

After mastering tariffs and trading channels, Hohn can complete the distribution of benefits silently without letting people see clearly.

In this way, he can cultivate a group of beneficiaries under the existing system, that is, those plantation owners.

Although they use slaves extensively, they are still production-oriented wizard secret societies, unlike some secret societies that simply plunder.

Their use of slaves is inconsistent with the Holy Path Sect's advocacy of "freedom," but for now, they can only hold their noses and cooperate with them.

After gaining such a group of supporters, Hohn will replenish the God's Punishment Army to its full standing force within this year, and then he will begin to issue the "Emergency Security Order" and launch an attack on those criminal secret societies within Blackwater Bay.

Secret societies involved in things like trafficking, accepting assassination orders, and robbing merchant ships will all be swept into the trash heap by the God's Punishment Army and sent to the rainforest of Eastern County to receive land reclamation and reform from the Trinity Education Team.

After this group of criminal secret societies is expelled, Hohn can issue another "Child Slave Act," refusing to use underage slaves, and those who agree will stay, and those who oppose will be purged again.

In a few years, he can issue a "Blackwater Bay Slave Act," which does not allow local Blackwater Bay people to be slaves, and continue to cut and clean up.

Repeating this process, it is estimated that it will take two or three decades to eliminate the slave system in Blackwater Bay.

"The people of Blackwater Bay have a tradition of preferring death to cooperating with the church to engage in legal activities. Are you sure this can change their minds?" Moliya raised her eyebrows half-jokingly, with a hint of distrust of the people of Blackwater Bay in her tone, "After all, crime is the essence of their culture."

"I have seen many secret societies cooperating with the church in Southern County, and there are many secret societies and wizards in Blackwater Bay who are engaged in legal business," Hohn said with piercing eyes, "Rather than not wanting to engage in legal activities, it is better to say that they cannot engage in legal industries."

Human nature is all about pursuing profit. Everyone wants to live in big houses and wear beautiful clothes, and be respected and admired everywhere.

The people of Blackwater Bay revere gold, but gold also has demands.

The original intention of this precept is only to raise the bottom line and prevent the Blackwater Bay secret society from completely becoming the dog of the church.

Strictly speaking, wizards should not even be allowed to open plantations. Aren't they still doing spice trade with the nobles and the church?

Enough is enough.

Relatively speaking, however, the chaotic and undisciplined personality of these locals must be changed.

"More than two-thirds of the future tariffs and possible reparations will be used to build water conservancy and infrastructure in Blackwater Bay, including some dams and barrages." Standing up, he took a map of Blackwater Bay from a bookshelf, "I will recruit a large number of local residents, and even adopt a contract labor model to forcibly inject law-abiding genes."

Large-scale civil engineering is one of the most effective means to shape collective and discipline concepts.

In addition to large-scale civil engineering projects, two more quarter-strength territorial regiments will be set up outside the God's Punishment Army.

Hohn intends to set up tax-free battle group farms, which will serve a similar function to soldiers' homes, and absorb and train a large number of local men as home guard or reserves.

In the process of training, a large amount of discipline will inevitably be brought in. Although the inherent playfulness cannot be changed, as long as the general direction can be controlled, it does not matter if the details are slightly relaxed.

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"If you implement such strict security regulations, I estimate that many old conservatives will attack you in groups," Moliya looked at the map in Hohn's hand with a complex look, "Especially those secret societies that profit from chaos. They have long been accustomed to this kind of disorderly freedom. Suddenly being restrained will probably make them feel that their end is coming."

Hohn just chuckled and spread out the map: "Then let them try. I am promoting these regulations not to please them, but to give this place a future.

True power does not rely on the compromise of a small group of privileged people, but on making most people benefit and making order more beneficial to everyone.

As for those old conservatives, they either choose to change, or they can only be eliminated by this era... Speaking of which, I am hosting a banquet tonight, which is with those old conservatives. Almost all the witches will be there. Are you interested in being my bodyguard?"

"Of course, this is the first time that Xiaoranna and I have attended the same banquet," Moliya looked at Hohn with a smile, "Is the banquet in the imperial tradition or the Blackwater Bay tradition?"

"Blackwater Bay tradition. When you arrive in a place, you follow the local customs," Hohn said with a bright smile.

"Then I have a question. In the Blackwater Bay tradition, the banquet host must invite the most beautiful unmarried young woman present to be the banquet queen and open the first bottle of wine together. Who do you want to invite?"

The bright smile on Hohn's face instantly froze, and the next second, cold sweat broke out.

With the last bit of hope, he asked tremblingly: "I remember the invitations haven't been sent out yet, right? Is it still too late to change it?"

"What do you think?" A hint of cunning and playfulness flashed in Moliya's eyes, "As the host of the banquet, you can't be absent."