MTL - The King-Chapter 330 Preparing for the big wedding
The first ray of sunlight hit the earth in the early morning, and Hudson, who got up early, started his day's work ahead of schedule.
"Nelson, you should contact the priests in the territory privately and ask them to support the upcoming reform of the territory. I don't want to cause trouble."
Nelson was taken aback by a sentence that cut off the beginning and the end, and asked anxiously: "Hudson, you don't know how to carry out religious reforms, do you?"
"Religious Reformation", this is a new term popular in the continent of Aslante after the decline of the power of the Holy See.
Anyone who dares to carry out religious reforms is a well-known hero on the mainland. If ordinary nobles go to join in the fun, there is a high probability that they will not survive three episodes.
Currently the most active religious system reformers on the mainland are Charles III and Caesar III. The former wanted to pull the Holy See down from the altar, while the latter touched the foundation of the Holy See's existence.
The anti-Holy See’s political correctness can be deeply rooted in the hearts of the Alpha Kingdom, and Caesar III has made great contributions.
Looking at the important appointments of the kingdom and the canonization of nobles, you will know that the first prerequisite is to be against the Holy See.
This is not about shouting slogans, but about taking practical actions. The kingdom's nobles had contacts with the Holy See, which could only be done in secret. On the surface, the Holy See had become a taboo in the aristocratic circle.
He reached out and patted Nelson on the shoulder, Hudson laughed loudly and said, "Don't worry, Nelson. I do things with a sense of proportion and know what not to touch.
Even if it is really necessary to carry out religious reform, it is a proposal to His Majesty the great king, and it will be carried out with the nobles of the whole country.
This time it is just to train a few pharmacists to solve the problem of the serfs' difficulty in getting medical treatment.
If the priests refuse to agree, then let them provide medical services to the serfs for free. If you kill someone and get beaten to death, just don't come to me! "
With a strong sense of threat, Nelson was very worried about whether he would be typed out if he really said it in the past.
The religious influence in the Mountain Territory is not strong, mainly because it is a new territory, and the power of the church has no time to expand here.
But the church is the church after all, even if it was split up by the nobles in the Alpha Kingdom, it is still a huge group.
If you offend these people, it will become a big problem for you to seek medical treatment after being injured. With the technology at hand, the senior priest still has a high status in the kingdom.
"Hudson, are you sure there will be no problems if you do this?"
Nelson asked concerned.
We are all on the same boat. If something happens to Hudson, he, the eldest brother, will certainly not escape being purged.
As for picking up the ready-made and directly inheriting the title, let's go to sleep, there will be everything in the dream. In reality, the Koslow family without Hudson would not be able to keep this foundation at all.
"Don't worry, I just received the news that the Frankish Kingdom's Arcane Academy has officially recruited students.
In addition to the regular magic, knight, and alchemy majors, many weird majors have been added to the subjects offered.
For example: For the first time in the magic major, undead magic is included in the teaching scope, and there are also wizards, arcanists, fortune tellers...
It is said that His Majesty is also very interested in this, and is currently discussing with the Mage Association. If it goes well, these majors will be added to the Kingdom Academy of Magic.
Compared to these generous efforts, I trained a few low-level pharmacists, which is nothing at all! "
Hudson said indifferently.
Plan before acting, but his code of conduct. If there is no boss in front, he will not easily touch the sensitive nerves of the Holy See.
If you are really entangled, even if you are not afraid, the development of the territory will be greatly affected.
"Then I will go and talk to them, if there is no external interference, there should be no big trouble.
By the way, Hudson. Father asked me to remind you, pay attention to restraint recently, and don't make any illegitimate children at this time.
He has approached the Earl of Oran to formally discuss your marriage with Miss Melissa. The Holliser family is about to move, and you must get married before then! "
Hearing the news, Hudson rolled his eyes directly. Is he such an unreliable person?
Play is fun, business still needs to be distinguished. Although it's not a big deal for a nobleman to have a few illegitimate children, it's still very rude to do this before the wedding.
But this also reminded Hudson that he should really restrain himself. In any case, the face of the fiancée still has to be given.
Thinking of this, Hudson is very grateful to his father-in-law. It is the flowers that his old man plays, so Hudson has less pressure on this aspect.
It seems that this is not an exception. The late Duke of Cavadia had illegitimate children before his wedding. When he was young, he even declared to the outside world: This is true love.
There are many similar strange love affairs in the kingdom. Almost every great noble has more or less legends.
Hudson is not sure whether it is true or not, but the number of illegitimate children in the aristocratic circle is indeed quite a lot.
If you set your sights on the Southern Continent, the aristocrats over there will be even more exaggerated. In order to pursue excitement, people have played with men and women... In addition to insisting on keeping the blood pure, its excitement is comparable to the romantic city.
If one day the aristocratic group declines, Hudson thinks it must be from the hands of these illegitimate children. Except for the nobles, only these people have the opportunity to get in touch with the most advanced knowledge of the time.
In many cult organizations, illegitimate children of nobles can be seen. Everything is for the sake of profit, not reconciled to the fact that their identity has not been seen in the light, and there are not a few who choose to take risks.
It's just that these pioneers all ended up miserable. Such embarrassing things, the aristocrats with good face will never admit it, and usually deal with it directly as a cult member.
Of course, it is more likely that the new nobles will replace the old nobles. At most, just change a noun, and the essence will not change.
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After Hudson's suggestion, the three-year plan was smoothly added to encourage childbearing. Not empty slogans, but actual incentives.
In addition to the inherent allocation of living materials, from now on, the first child will be rewarded with five pounds of meat, the second child will be rewarded with ten pounds of meat, and the third child will be rewarded with fifteen pounds of meat.
In addition to this, there are irregular animal milk subsidies. As for the specific milk, it depends on luck.
With the current number of livestock in the territory, it is still impossible to provide milk to all the children in the territory, and can only occasionally distribute some to make up for the lack of nutrition of infants and young children.
Of course, maternity leave has also been taken out as a matter of course. Although it is only one and a half months, it is a great progress in this year.
Before this, I hadn’t heard of maternity leave.
If it’s okay to produce during the slack period, the lord doesn’t need so much labor, and it’s okay to rest at home for a few days;
If Hudson hadn't proposed it himself, everyone would never have thought of maternity leave. After all, there is no such thing as a "holiday" these days.
Not just maternity leave, but no leave at all. Whether the serfs take a rest depends purely on whether there is work in the field, or on the mood of the lord.
Generally speaking, in well-developed territories, serfs have more rest. If you encounter a territory that is under development and construction, it will be difficult to have a rest time all year round.
How long to rest depends entirely on God's mood. In places like the southeastern provinces, where there is plenty of rain, it is normal to rest for ten or twenty days in a row during the rainy season.
The only advantage is: no need to work overtime. Fully adhere to the work and rest law of "work at sunrise, rest at sunset".
In order to solve the problem of raising children, Hudson also instructed his subordinates to improve the childcare system, to be precise, to further improve the Baojia system.
Based on the original basis, Baojia Chief has an additional duty: persuading to have children. This time the rules are much more gentle, there is no fixed task target, but if there are more children in the jurisdiction, they will be rewarded.
Each A shall have women who are dedicated to take care of infants and young children, and the specific number shall be determined according to the number of infants and young children. On this basis, each insurance company has at least one midwife who is responsible for helping deliver babies.
As for medical insurance, it is a pity that the training of pharmacists has not yet started, and there is really no way to popularize it.
Master Pastor, just ignore it. These guys are indeed highly efficient in treating diseases, but the probability of directly taking people away is not low.
The average life expectancy in Aslante is less than thirty-five years old, and the medical system with priests at its core must definitely bear the main responsibility.
As far as Hudson knows, except for such special occasions on the battlefield, most nobles are sick in normal times, and most people prefer to go to a magician to prepare potions.
Although the professional quality of this group of people is also very average, and the curative effect is not so guaranteed, as long as they don't drink the medicine that stimulates the body's potential, they won't die directly.
This is also the reason why many priests study magic potions in private. After all, if you are always playing krypton life therapy, sooner or later, you will persuade all the customers to leave with your strength.
That's all for the time being. When new problems arise later, we will try to solve them.
Essentially, territorial governance is a process in which problems continue to arise and problems are solved. All systems are gradually perfected after going through one problem after another.
The development plan has not yet been implemented, but the big wedding has been put on the agenda first.
It's not that Hudson is in a hurry, it's mainly because the Holliser family can't wait. After confirming that the strategic center of gravity moved to the north, they started the relocation work.
According to the current progress, in a few months, the Earl of Oran will go north to preside over the overall situation. Before that, it would be good for everyone to arrange the marriage.
Otherwise, once the Holliser family moves, Hudson will have to travel thousands of miles to take people to the north to meet the relatives.
Not to mention wasting a lot of time, the increased overhead alone is enough to make Hudson feel pain.
Even now, the budget for Hudson's wedding exceeds one hundred thousand gold coins. And it's just an ordinary standard for marriage between big nobles, the extravagant style of nobles is vividly reflected here.
Not only is Hudson spending a lot on this side, but the Holliser family on the other side will only spend even more. Anyway, the bride price prepared by the Koslow family is definitely not as much as the dowry.
It involves the face of the two families, and no one will be stingy in this regard.
How to deal with it specifically, the Koslow family is completely blind. The marriage between the nobles is not to say participation, even if they were guests in the past, they could only stay in the corner.
Fortunately, the Holliser family sent someone to help, otherwise the corresponding etiquette specifications were mistaken, and the society would die!
Not only is Hudson busy, but members of the entire Koslow family are not idle. A group of elders from various branches rushed over from all over to help Zhang Luo.
Completely overemphasized the scene, Hudson made a slight comment on this, but was caught and criticized by Baron Redman.
It was really hard to resist, Hudson simply chose not to see. Pay attention to it, after all, this grand scene is also the highlight moment in Baron Redman's life.
In order to be more decent, he even passed on the title in advance. There is no other way, the earl's father is better than the baron.
When the elders of the major families retire, they will choose to pass the title to the next generation in advance. In principle, this is not allowed, but for the great nobles, it is still no problem to open a back door.
Everything is for the sake of face, which makes Hudson very speechless. But as the person involved, he really couldn't refuse everyone's kindness.
Looking at Baron Redman who was writing invitations enthusiastically, Hudson wanted to remind him that no one would look at this thing carefully, and just arrange for his subordinates to handle it.
Finally held back, such a good opportunity, not to show off to relatives and friends, reckoning that he would hold back something wrong.
"Hudson, who else do you think is missing from these invitations?"
Hearing this voice, Hudson's scalp tingled. There are not many other things in the Koslow family, but the number of relatives is very large.
Just his own family members, Hudson can't recognize them all now, let alone relatives and friends who are far away from each other.
"Father, don't forget His Majesty the King and all the great nobles in the kingdom. For others, please check with your uncles slowly!
By the way, there is no need to invite the Lochnard family. The other four big families in the Northland don't have a good relationship with me, so I don't need to invite them at all. "
Hudson bit the bullet and responded.
"How to write the king's invitation?"
Redman asked suspiciously.
This question belongs to the blind area of knowledge, including Hudson himself. Anyway, he knew that the big nobles were getting married, so he would send invitations to the royal family.
Caesar III will definitely not come in person, but there is a high probability that the royal family will send an important member to come to congratulate him.
Not only the Alpha royal family wants to invite, but even the Moxi royal family cannot be left out. The circle of contacts that has been expanded with great difficulty cannot be easily lost.
"I don't know, I have never seen anyone send an invitation to the king!
Write it according to the normal invitation letter. If you are worried, you can ask the Holliser family. They should have experience. "
Hudson replied as a matter of course.
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