The mayor's face was nowhere to be looked down upon the spot.

The subject who evaluated his subject in front of a king was a saint. Even though Ryan had the reputation of being a wise ruler, who dared to guarantee that Ryan would not be jealous?

This is a big taboo!

If it were before, even if all the gossip in the town were hanging on the spot, no one would sigh for them.

The mayor wanted to kneel down on the spot and beg for mercy.

Who knew that King Ryan raised his hand directly, raised his left hand palm, and made a stop gesture.

He ignored Joseph who had already kneeled down in panic, nor did he care about the trembling mayor. Instead, he turned around and said to Prince Varian: "Child, today I want to teach you a lesson in your kingly way."

"Father, say, I'll listen." The little prince nodded seriously.

"To become a wise king, we must first never be jealous of a minister who is more talented than yourself. In the war, I am far from being as good as your Uncle Anduin. He is the God of War in the hearts of soldiers. I am not. In the strategy and internal affairs, I can't even learn the skins of your brother Duke. I only know that under his management, my people are living a better life."

Ryan shrugged, curled his lips, and made a funny expression: "Well, if I were the kind of fool king who was so shameful that he was named a saint, should I cut Anduin, hang Duke, and let the people send me to the stolen rack? Oh, no, before the people took action, the women of the Windrunners would peel my skin first. Oh, that's so bad, I might as well die in the Storm Fortress early in the morning."

Infected by Ryan's funnyness, when he heard Ryan's words, Anduin next to him, and a group of ministers who accompanied him, and even the Wang guards all showed relaxed smiles on his face.

They all know very well that Ryan is a king with perhaps not the strongest ability, but his character is absolutely unparalleled.

"Do you understand that you must absolutely trust those ministers who are good to the people? For example, your Uncle Anduin and Brother Duke."

Varian had admiration in his eyes: "I understand!"

Ryan's behavior made the mayor and the Joseph family feel resentful and opened up the conversation.

With their mouths, Ryan learned more about how effective Duke's policies are.

At the moment when there was no war needed, Duke asked Losa to order the army to take a temporary resumption, and more than 70% of the soldiers were given leave and were able to return to their hometown to participate in reconstruction.

There are only two requirements for these soldiers: one is that they must return to the army after plowing next spring, otherwise they will be treated as deserters; the other is that they must wear military cards when working in their hometowns so that everyone knows that this is what the Kingdom asked them to come back to help.

With the return of a large number of strong men, reconstruction work has accelerated its progress.

At the same time, due to the bumper grain harvest in the western wilderness, people basically don’t have to worry about starving this winter. If it were just this level, Duke’s name would not be enough to become sacred in the hearts of the people.

Perhaps Duke's deeds fighting Nasario were talked about in a martial country. But for most civilians, it was just a topic of conversation after dinner. What can really make them smile happily is a stable and happy life.

Everyone had already made the worst plan.

In history, there was no major migration that did not require a large number of people to die. Weak elderly, weak women and children would die of hunger, cold, or disease in the shortest time.

But Duke, as a time traveler, reversed all this with his modern conventional medical knowledge.

The cement roads that run east and west throughout the Elvin Forest provide the most solid foundation for material transportation. Long before the restoration of the Storm Kingdom, Duke had Edwin Van Cliff and Grian Storman ready everything.

Duke perfectly takes into account every aspect of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

First of all, there is winter clothes. There is cotton in Azeroth. It was arranged in the western wilderness early, allowing the Storm Kingdom to harvest 200,000 kilograms of cotton in the autumn of the two years of Dark Gate. This is not an ideal number, but it can allow most women and children to live a warmer winter.

The people of Azeroth still mainly use linden cloth. In the past, they used to rely on fire to burn in winter. When did they wear such warm clothes? Every person wearing cotton coat praised this new winter coat that they called the "Duke cotton coat".

In terms of food, in addition to basic black bread, Duke also added a lot of meat. Small fishing boats that could not sail far were sent out early in the morning. With the help of fishmen, fish caught in the air even in winter.

The high-fat whale meat and various fish are already ice cubes when they are delivered ashore. Although it is a little heavy, it is better to keep fresh. It can be transported from Storm Harbor to East Alvin Forest hundreds of kilometers away. People can add a delicious meal to their families at extremely low prices.

During the Great Retreat, the people almost lost all their belongings.

Duke can't make a big profit, because it will breed corruption and laziness, so Duke's method is to use labor for relief.

There is a wage to build a house for your neighbors.

There is a wage for transporting food and cotton coats for the village.

Women also have wages when making cotton coats.

Children have a salary to help make javelins.

Have wages to take care of the elderly or the sick or the disabled.

Soldiers on vacation join the patrol team and have wages.

Kill the beasts or the remnants of the orcs that are invading will also have a bounty.

Almost as long as you can work and be willing to work, you will never have to worry about starving to death. Duke also restricted that the minimum wage and maximum wage system must be implemented within three years, and several profitable merchants who raised prices have been hung.

And while winter is when everyone is unable to work, we have distributed the arable land for each household for the coming year early and sent seeds.

In addition, because a large number of old nobles were completely exterminated, more than 90% of the citizens became free people. Those nobles who were newly enfeoffed for their military achievements were strictly limited in the tax ratio.

For a time, the spiritual outlook of the people across the country became new.

This is not limited to Shemjin Town, where Ryan and his group go east, Blackwell Farm, and East Valley Lumberyard.

If you have to say what the difference is between different places, it is that in Duke's territory, the implementation of various policies is more resolute. Ryan met Daniel, the manager of the East Valley logging farm, and found that this former master of the mage had become a factory manager specializing in the production of magical items.

The cold winter has not yet passed, but the heart of every citizen is warm.

They look forward to the arrival of spring.

Because, that is the new birth of a kingdom!

Archbishop Alonsos Fao was the saint in the spiritual realm in the hearts of the people, while Duke was the saint in the material realm, because of him, the people lived an unexpectedly beautiful life.
Chapter completed!