You were made to farm, and now you're the emperor of an empire?

Chapter 156 Witches and Wizards

Roman went to the archives of the residents' department.

There are many people with the same name in this era, so it would be very troublesome to find his apostles one by one based on their names.

Jimmy spent most of the day working with Roman and finally found the identity files and family housing numbers of those potential apostles.

This took up a lot of Jimmy's time.

Although everyone's household registration information is registered, it doesn't mean that they have free time.

In fact, the town of Sige is still far from stable.

The personnel changes that Sais needs to make require the assistance of the Department of Residents.

This is easy to understand.

To recruit 600 new soldiers, they must be enlisted in the military and given a separate identity file, which will be managed by the conquering knights.

To assign people to work at the farm, we also need to give Yaki a file—whether he can read or not is another matter, but he needs to have the necessary documents to facilitate work assignments.

Military Department, Animal Husbandry Department, Foundry Department, Agriculture Department, Manufacturing Department...

When these things pile up, they become extremely terrifying.

The little boy is so busy every day that his feet barely touch the ground.

Fortunately, the work went smoothly. As it was a prestigious title bestowed by the lord, no one dared to disobey.

Jimmy's work wasn't complicated; he just kept copying down those identity files, compiling them into booklets, sending them to the relevant departments, and notifying the relevant people to report to those departments.

There's a sufficient supply of paper, but a severe shortage of management personnel, which is unavoidable.

Roman reiterated that it's okay to be too busy; take your time, and things will eventually be finished.

Anyway, this is a makeshift operation, so there's no difference between buying tickets first and paying later.

It's okay to make mistakes; the more mistakes, the better.

If you make a mistake now, you're less likely to make the same mistake again in the future.

The main purpose is to develop the work capabilities of this department.

Roman found his newly recruited apostles, but did not receive them, and directly arranged their whereabouts.

People have their strengths, and they should use them in the right places.

Roman didn't return to the manor until it was dark.

Upon entering the hall, some people began to eat.

He doesn't have many rules here, especially with those around him. You can just eat when it's mealtime and don't have to wait for him.

The dinner was rather quiet.

……

His knights are not here.

Roman wanted them to establish a military headquarters, clarify the salaries of soldiers and officers, and establish a reward and punishment system.

He offered some ideas, which they were responsible for refining, and then submitted the charter to Roman for review.

Adopt what is reasonable, and discard what is unreasonable.

Dick and Jet didn't know how to manage this new department and felt at a loss.

Aaron and Green knew a little about it, but felt immense pressure and had no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it.

Roman's bottom line was to ensure the purity and loyalty of the army, pay them on time, and provide them with adequate ideological education to prevent them from engaging in barbaric acts such as looting villages or massacring towns.

A soldier's pay should be enough to support his whole family, and his pension should be enough to support a family for half a lifetime. His parents and children should also receive preferential treatment in the future.

This is not difficult.

The monthly military pay of 5 copper coins could buy 70 or 80 catties of wheat, enough to feed a family of five.

The first compensation for soldiers who died in battle was five silver coins and some supplies. Their families received preferential treatment under the policy and would receive two silver coins as compensation every year for a total of twenty years. Last year, because of Borg, the families of guards who died in the mountains also received this treatment.

Retired soldiers receive a retirement allowance of five silver coins, and then one silver coin annually for twenty years thereafter.

The Ministry of Finance will be specifically responsible for this expenditure.

But Roman has no money now and can only issue IOUs.

Fortunately, he still had prestige, and no one doubted his ability to keep his promise.

Roman relieved his soldiers of any worries; anyone who dared to violate military discipline would be courting death.

……

Seth and Neel were not there either.

The latter has a rather special status; he serves as Seth's assistant in managing the town of Sig.

Some of the slaves in Seaburg were literate enough to help with the administrative burdens of Skye Town. The result was that the manor's classrooms were shut down.

Roman had no choice but to arrange for the students to study on their own.

The number of students in the classroom has doubled in the past few days.

Roman temporarily assigned the children who had already received the training to provide one-on-one instruction to the children who had not.

The current state of schools... can only be described as a complete mess.

Unless they are exceptionally gifted, even the fastest batch of students will need more than a year to complete their initial literacy education.

……

Only Gweil and Sanna are at the dinner table tonight.

Roman calmly inquired about any unusual occurrences Sanna experienced after her awakening.

He had a basic understanding of Sanna's talents and skills, but he still needed Sanna's own description to know the details.

Sanna and Gweil are clearly witches of different styles.

The only similarity is that neither of them realized they had awakened at the beginning of their awakening—when Gweil first awakened, she thought she had eaten a poisonous mushroom.

Sanna is even more special.

It's complicated to explain in detail.

For example, some people are born fast runners, but they have to wait until they realize they have a talent for running, and then train to eventually become professional athletes.

The same applies to witches; they need targeted training to unlock their potential, master their abilities, and become qualified witches.

Roman had little experience in how to train a witch.

Because of the differences between Gavier and Sanna, he even suspected that their training methods were different.

"We can't just focus on having fun. Tell me, how do you plan to improve yourselves?"

Roman was somewhat helpless. He knew nothing about the training methods for athletes. Some training techniques were only known to practitioners, let alone extraordinary beings like witches.

Sanna glanced at Gavier, and Gavier glanced at her in return.

The two of them shook their heads like rattles.

"Can't Lord Roman teach us witches magic?" Sanna asked.

She had unrealistic fantasies about Roman, believing him to be omnipotent or all-powerful.

However, Roman now calls himself an ordinary man; he can't beat Dick on horseback, nor can he beat Jet on foot.

Aaron and Green are both better than him, after all, he has neglected training over the past year.

“Little witch! You have to understand that I’m a man.” Roman said sternly.

This title struck Sanna as novel.

"But I've heard that those wandering magicians and sorcerers all possess magic and call themselves wizards."

"Most of them are charlatans," Roman scoffed. Wizards are a general term for spellcasters, and there are far too many of them, all of them swindlers.

But they were just trying to make a living, and Roman had no reason to nitpick.

“The real wizards were killed by the Papal knights long ago.”

Sanna asked fearfully, "Will they come to kill me and Gweil too?"

“How can you expect a corpse to kill? This is the work of wizards; they won’t help the knights of the Papacy rise again.” Roman picked up a piece of meat with his chopsticks, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it several times, and swallowed it whole.

Sanna licked her lips. She found Roman charming when he spoke and elegant in his movements, which attracted attention.

Even in a small fishing village, there is a church. Every year, the family has to hand over their fish catch and pray for the gods' protection.

Until the wooden door of the church was broken by the pirates' axes.

The facts told them that the protection of the gods was useless, and even if it were useful, it would only protect the officials of the Papacy, not ordinary people.

Moreover, witches and the Papacy are natural enemies and cannot coexist.

Now a newly minted witch, she was no longer afraid when she heard Roman say he wanted to turn them into corpses; instead, she felt a surge of excitement and anticipation.

Roman pondered, "You guys should familiarize yourselves with your own abilities first... I need to think of a way to get you some magical knowledge."

The Witchwood is a good place; there's bound to be a place for Sanna and Gweil, where they can receive instruction from the older witches.

But we can't let them go to the witch's forest for further studies, otherwise it would be like throwing good money after bad.

The witches' strength and whereabouts are unknown.

This is a secret religious order, and the largest secret society of the time, which has always been rejected and suppressed by the Papacy.

(End of this chapter)