Re: Your Kingdom
Picture if you will the dawning of a new rule....
A low mist blankets the surrounding land drifting down the mountains through lush forests and across vales and hills, small hamlets dotted around the land slowly start to awake, early morning has risen and slow wisps of smoke start to rise from various cottages a villager steps from his home glances to the cottage nearby "Morning Bob, Looks like its gonna be a glorious day to herald the arrival of the new king" he goes on his way whistle a happy tune..
I step out from my ramshackle castle the people love me changes will happen I have promised as much big changes it will be a new age of enlightenment my first act of duty is to improve the capital city so taxes will be levied on the aristocracy those who cannot afford the price will be evicted and thier lands reclaimed by the state, the money earned will be used to improve the castle and town after all how you expect the villagers to respect a ruler who is looks like he lives in a hovel!!
My next act will be to improve the economy thierfore jobs will need to be made so I will allow for more warehouses more factories people will be employed to cut down forests to make way for the materials used lakes will be drained to allow quarries and mines to be built the skies will darken from a thousand factories pumping smog into the air but the people shall have thier jobs money made here will allow me to improve public services like opening places of learning for the middle to upper classes
My third act will be to increase labour output which means putting people into these factories encouraging them to work leading them by the hand if needed but I need an efficent economy so wages will be fair and taxes high after all I want that money to further improve my castle and military, any citizen that refuses to work under the conditions will face my justice thier homes will be reclaimed by the state and they will be shackled and placed in the mines, so they will end up working one way or another, improvements again will be made for the upper class districts as well.. after all to maintain my kingdom I will require loyal follows of decent breeding and where better than the current aristocracy since I have already weeded out the prentenders in my first act
where I go from here is yet to be seen but this is the general principle the rich become richer the poor become workers or military and I will live the extravagant lifestyle I have become used to with debased parties for those lackys I deem worthy, and also worth noting using the kings right I will be able to take any woman on thier wedding night if it so pleases me..
Ok ok I know half the things I plan on doing probally will not be available to do but at least I can dream
