Chapter 23 Manor Construction
After returning to the new settlement, half a month has passed, and Marina managed it well, and nearly 400 people were ordered by her in an orderly manner.
The spring planting of the new settlement has ended, the water conservancy irrigation facilities are advancing according to Ace's design, the aqueduct is being dug, the waterwheel is being rebuilt, and the slaves are intensively cultivating the cultivated land, some clumsily using oxen, iron plows and hoe.
The new settlement is now a large construction site, and construction of the master's mansion and slave quarters is being stepped up. According to Ace's design, the slave living area is a four-story building, and the slaves will be forced to form a new family. Each 40-square-meter unit building can be built with the current construction technology of the city-state.
In the smelting workshop, the slave responsible for the management of all craftsmen is called Xixi. He was originally a free citizen of the city-state. Because he could not repay the debt, he finally paid it himself. He is a debt slave. He is about 40 years old this year and has a strong physique.
Xixi, make a batch of iron plates, round, with holes on the edge, half the size of your thumb. Make 500 first, this is the identity certificate of the slaves in the manor, with the number and name on the front, and everyone will use a rope to string Wake up and wear the iron plate around your neck. Ace said to Sissy.
Good master, the iron plate can probably be finished the day after tomorrow. Xixi actually didn't understand what the iron plate was for, after all, every slave had a slave brand on it.
Ace didn't explain too much, the whole manor is getting on the right track, he plans to promote a group of capable slaves, set up a manor affairs office, responsible for handling the daily affairs of the manor, directly responsible to him and Marina, the first thing of the new organization It is to register all slaves, establish files, and issue identity certificates.
The household registration management system is very important. If you have the information of all the slaves, you will be able to manage them more easily.
He planned to let the debt slave Kelsen be in charge of setting up the Manor Affairs Office. Kelsen came from Norton, the city-state in the north of Salia. He was originally a freeman and could write beautiful bird script.
He used to be a jury court clerk in Norton, but was sentenced to be sold to a foreign country as a slave because he accidentally killed a citizen while driving a carriage.
Kelsen was recommended by him when he went to inspect the cultivated land shortly after his return. He really couldn't stand the hard work of intensive farming. He thought that plowing the land was an easy job, and he would finish it when nature rewarded him with slash-and-burn farming.
When he heard the master patrolling, he tidied up and came to see Ace at the risk of being beaten with a whip. Ace saw that he was well-organized in speech and conversation, thoughtful, and had studied the law systematically, which is a rare talent, so he asked him to serve him and work as a secretary first.
In the next few weeks, Kelsen successfully completed the tasks assigned by Ace. He did not make random comments, was strong in execution, was easy to use, and understood the law. Ace simply put him in charge of setting up the Manor Affairs Office.
At the same time, he is allowed to freely select personnel and prepare for the manor affairs office. If he does well, he will serve as the manor manager after the establishment of the manor government affairs office.
Kelsen was trafficked to a foreign country as a slave. At first, he was in a daze, thinking that his life was finished, and it happened that farming was an easy job, so he tried to stay and farm.
Who knows that the master has improved the method of plowing the land, and he is exhausted every day. Kelsen also saw that this method called intensive farming, which was recorded in some ancient texts, should be able to greatly increase production. He felt that the master must be an educated man who knows agronomy, and he is also an educated man, so he must be useful to the new owner. After thinking about it, he came to recommend himself.
After he successfully became the master's secretary, the more things he executed, the more he felt that the master had ideas. He accidentally found out that the master was a well-known scholar in the city-state, and begged the master's book Logic with a deadpan face, and was even more shocked when he read it. He was worthy of being the patron of the legendary goddess of wisdom.
Kelsen is only 30 years old this year, and he is in the prime of life. Even if he becomes a slave,
He still has ambitions, and among the slaves, he must be under one and over a hundred.
The establishment of the Manor Affairs Office was his greatest opportunity, and he was very cautious in choosing the preparators. At present, registering and registering everyone, and establishing files is the guarantee of the management plan of Ace Manor, so he can't help but pay attention to it. The Manor Affairs Office will be responsible for the operation of the entire manor in the future.
The registration work was carried out in full swing, Kelsen also entered the vision of all the slaves through the registration work, and became a big shot in the manor. Ace saw that he worked hard without obvious selfishness, and there was no one else available. Establish the Manor Affairs Office, with Kelsen as the interim manager, directly responsible to Ace and Marina.
Ace gave Kelsen a large volume of parchment as a guide for future management, on which was written the Five-Year Development Plan for Ace Manor, and asked him to read it within a week and report to himself his thoughts on future management. Kelsen held the parchment and thought about it every day, and he was even more shocked.
The master's package plan is to establish an independent small city-state behind closed doors, but this is in line with the city-state's laws. As long as there is no tax evasion, no more than 3,000 slaves are kept, and no city walls longer than 5 meters are built, it is completely reasonable.
According to the plan, the entire manor will eventually be built into a large town with a permanent population of close to 3,000 people, a city wall no longer than 5 meters will be built, and a fishing port will be built at the mouth of the river outside the city.
The master intends to allow slaves to obtain almost all the rights of freedmen in the manor next year without changing their personal attachment relationship and being bound to the manor, and confirm it by asking him to formulate the Ace Manor Law.
According to the laws of the city-state, the master has the right to manage the slaves in any way, which is valid for slaves.
Outside the city is divided into planting area and livestock area. The planting area is divided into food crop area and economic crop area. The food crop is wheat, the staple food of the city-state. The economic crops are grapes, olive trees and various vegetables.
The master's mansion, public facilities area, residential area, industrial area and commercial area will be built in the city.
The public facility area is located in the center of the city, including the Flower Square, the Hall of Manor Affairs, the hospital, the school, and the public library.
The industrial zone is located in the northeast of the city. There are wheat processing workshops, brewing workshops, smelting workshops, meat pickling and smoking workshops, oil pressing workshops, and fur processing workshops. They are managed by the Manor Affairs Office and sold to the city-state for higher returns.
The residential area is in the south of the city. In the future, it will be divided into three grades: high, middle and low. The high grade is villas, the middle grade is garden buildings, and the low grade is low-rent tube houses.
The business district is located on the outskirts of the city center, and a wealth of shopping venues will be established in the future.
Kelsen read the plan excitedly, and there were a series of coined words in it. The owner is indeed a genius who wrote the Dictionary, and the coined words are so accurate. He hardly believed that this was the development plan of a manor. Even if someone used this plan for the city-state, there would be no problem at all.
As long as the manor is built step by step, he, Kelsen, will be under one person and over a thousand in this emerging manor town, which is still very exciting.
After listening to Kelsen's compliments and his understanding of planning, Ace thought he was qualified. As a former clerk, Kelsen should be able to manage 3,000 people with his level of training.
Ace did not have the Virgin to liberate the slaves. Not only would he not be grateful, but he would destroy his own ruling foundation. He would be classified as a different kind in the city-state, and he would lose his authority in the manor.
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