NOVEL NEXT Chapter 317: Is It Time to Deal with Barnes Village?
After Bayer took Vigil away, Zhou Bai, who was sitting in her office, felt increasingly better.
Having collected a Limestone Mine and now hopeful about gathering shells, she was full of confidence in the future construction projects of the territory.
However, she was well aware that adding new buildings to the territory would come after its promotion to a town.
After all, since the last update and renovation of the territory's building structures, Hope Village hardly had any spare land left; even if there was some remaining land, it wasn't suitable for constructing residential and public buildings.
Thinking about this, Zhou Bai shifted her focus to other aspects of Hope Village.
Since she couldn't advance in terms of buildings, she decided to work on other aspects. Clarifying the current state of the territory was essential to make the best decisions for Hope Village's next steps upon promotion.
Originally, she had planned to develop quietly in the Level 3 village for a longer period before promoting, but after opening up, the development speed of Hope Village was so fast that staying at Level 3 wouldn't benefit its growth.
After all, without promotion, the territory couldn't expand its area or increase its population, which would limit its development.
Therefore, Zhou Bai had decided that, as soon as the timing was right, she would choose to promote.
She would explore the situation in Hope Village from various aspects such as politics, economy, culture, and military.
After all, the development of a territory must also be "multifaceted."
The first aspect was politics, with the core being the Lord Mansion.
She briefly verified the contribution of the existing staff at the Lord Mansion mainly to see if there were capable individuals to take over the next department. Only with such people could the internal affairs of the departments be adjusted swiftly following Hope Village's advancement, ensuring stability.
For the Security Management Office, Bayer, the current head, had a far leading contribution. Being a multifaceted warrior, there wouldn't be any problems with him.
In the Commercial Management Office, Locke, a newcomer, had quickly distanced himself from other staff members in terms of contribution. Normally, he would be the future head unless Vigil emerged, and then it would be a matter of whose contribution reached 5000 first. The first to reach would lead, and the slow runner would assist; either way, they would stabilize the department.
For the Personnel Management Office, Rao Jiayu, though young, was meticulous and had initiated many new registration methods and data statistics. With a large influx of new staff, she had led the department to withstand the challenges.
In the Finance Management Office, no particular staff member stood out; they progressed evenly, and so far, there had been no discrepancies in the accounts.
In the Education Management Office, since Jin Lecheng proposed the concept of adult schools, he had been leading in contributions in this department continuously and would be the future head.
In the City Construction Management Office, the combination of Tures and Bi Jiamu had solidified, and with several Intermediate Architects summoned recently, their contribution also rose sharply. Song Wenli, who first created concrete, also received corresponding contribution rewards with every new building completion. This was the most competitive department; everyone there had something to contribute.
Currently, Heidi managed the Security Management Office. Given her strength as the strongest undead in the territory, she could ensure relative fairness. Additionally, this department had hired several legal-related workers and was running smoothly.
Inspecting this and finding no problems, Zhou Bai then proceeded to the second aspect:
The economy of the territory.
Initially, Zhou Bai looked at the wealth value on the panel.
[Wealth: 21923 gold 57 silver 92 copper]
After spending thousands of Gold Coins on the last renewal and upgrade of the territory, its wealth had once plunged below ten thousand, but within just a few short days, not only had the territory's wealth returned to its original levels, but it had even doubled slightly.
The spending power of outside visitors in Hope Village during this period alone was proof enough of this.
Zooming in from the broader perspective, it seemed that the residents of Hope Village had also profited significantly during this "opening."
Of course, Hope Village had also incurred considerable expenses, with both individuals and groups in Hope Village consuming a lot of finished products. Local raw materials in Hope Village could not keep up with this consumption. The accounts showed that raw materials from other territories were continuously entering Hope Village, then converted into Gold Coins.