Chapter 157: The Founding Of A Nation (4)
Seated on his throne gazing out upon the throne room Julius marvelled at how far he’d come but upon turning his gaze his expression dropped some, of the fifty stone chairs lining his throne room three were currently occupied, and if he counted all his present retainers he’d still only fill 8 of these seats.
Clearly, recruitment would need to proceed apace to flush out his cabinet.
But for now, the people come first.
And that is where his second choice for spending his Tech points came in.
[Civil Service] is a multi-upgradable thing, the each stage increasing the lives of the commoners, the first stage increasing the commoner’s belief in cleanliness, enhancing their skills as well.
The game would boost their crop yields, and gains from gathering, so with this would come better Mining, Logging, and Farming techniques that the people would begin implementing either with time or given how the system managed currency perhaps they’d already started doing it.
The other advantage would be the introduction of true civil servants as public organizations could now be formed, allowing for local management of towns without lords needing to be appointed, or the creation of guilds to better maintain standards for mining, farming, merchants etc.
This would mean the forming Roman state would be one based on Merit not on Hereditary like all the other kingdoms, this would allow the state an edge, with those most suited taking up key positions, gone would be the days when incompetence is allowed simply because one’s title allows them so.
"Alright our seat of power starts here, but we will need people to fill in our city, Miri" <Julius>