When the two viscounts Andrew Leslie and Roppennie Glen left, the feudal aristocratic system that lasted for seven hundred years on the southern land was officially ended.

If the artillery fire from the Stone Ridge and the Rock Fortress destroyed the entities of the aristocratic system, then thirty-three contract documents that voluntarily accepted the reform and a joint statement document with the signatures of all the nobles in the South destroyed the soul of this system.

Gowen held the "Joint Statement on Reform" which seemed to still have a fragrance of ink. On the signature page of the statement, thirty-three names, including Viscount Andrew and Viscount Roppenni, seemed to represent the end of an era. He carefully printed each name in his mind, then took a dip pen from his desk and wrote Gowen Cecil's name at the end of the document.

He knew that the old era had not really ended. In the north of the Rock Fortress and outside the mountain barrier in the southern border, Ansu was still an ancient kingdom running by the old aristocratic system, and ignorance and darkness still enveloped everyone. Even in the southern border, in the Dutch of Cecil, the shadows and influence of the old era would still be occupied for a long time, and it was still a long cause to completely eliminate it.

But with these documents signed today, the cause will be progressing even smoother.

"This part of the signature documents is for disclosure," Gao Wen pushed the document in front of Hedy to Hetty opposite the desk. "In addition to printing and distributing the entire area, we will find a stonemason to carve it into a monument, and the trees are in a conspicuous place in the city. Next, we must spare no effort to promote the reform of the southern border. Use newspapers in places with high literacy rates, and find ways to promote 'tau public opinion' in places with low literacy rates. Before the end of the harvest month, everyone in the southern border must know this news."

"In this way, it should be much easier for the second-level government affairs departments to carry out their work," Hutty smiled, she was obviously very happy. "There will be no obstacles to recruiting scholars, and those businessmen who are hesitant to wait and see should have no worries."

"Even so, I'm sure there will be some people who will still violate the new rules," said Gao Wen. "But axioms and laws are on our side. All acts of resisting the new rules can be severely punished, especially those knights in exile - giving them a final period of surrender, and if they exceed the period of surrender, they can be treated as treason. This time, they can no longer use "loyalty to the old master" as a shield. Our execution of them will be completely legal and will be supported by all people."

Understand the three views of people in this era, understand the way of thinking of the people under their rule, and then advance their careers in a way that conforms to the background of the times and the people's views, and gradually transform this era in this process. This is the governance route that Gao Wen chose after conquering the southern border - governing the world is different from conquering the world. The latter often only requires strong force, while the former... must use his brain.

The newly established printing factory started construction day and night, and the brand new large industrial printing machine was sent to the workshop of the printing factory as soon as it got off the production line. Then, with a roar of machinery, it was continuously turned white paper into newspapers and books carrying information at an astonishing speed. In the latest issue of Cecil Weekly, the historic scene of the aristocrats in the southern border signing of documents as the first page, occupying a full section. The large black and white portrait is the first "photo" published since the birth of the newspaper. At the top of this black and white portrait, the largest bold font announces the significance of this scene to people:

"The principality has made a contract, and all the old lords in the southern border have sworn in favor of the Cecil law--let us cheer for the great order."

The new issue of the newspaper went down from the printing press, sorted and packed in the hands of the printer, and then sent to the distribution center, and then followed the messenger convoy to Tanzan, to Kant, to Glen, to Hosman, and to every corner of the southern border.

In the main city of Cecil, which has a high literacy rate, the newspaper's publicity effect is the best, but in places with low literacy rate, someone can still read the contents of the newspaper and tell everyone around you the news.

The morning sun shines on the old and messy streets of Carroll City. The heat from the sun dispels the water droplets condensed on the weed leaves in the corners of the wall. The carriage marked by Cecil drove through the only stone road in the town. The bells hanging on the carriage sprinkled a string of jingles, awakening the residents of the town from their sleep.

The blacksmith walked into the workshop and scolded the apprentice who was dozing off while taking care of the furnace. The stonemason picked up his tools and prepared to go to the newly established government affairs hall to ask about the work he could do. The women cursed and drove the sleeping children and husbands out of the room and began to clean up the smelly dirty bed. The men and half-aged children ate dry food and took their workplaces to the streets, preparing to work in the fields, or "try their luck" in the town square.

A section of the city wall that was once bombarded by the Cecils with giant cannons was still slumped in the open space south of the town. A group of yawning men were cleaning up broken stones and wood under the supervision of the foreman. Occasionally, those passing by the ruins would quickly sweep across the remaining city wall with a look of awe and even fear, as if the shocking explosion that day was still entrenched in their hearts.

A group of Cecil soldiers lined up to pass the streets in an orderly manner. Although they did not harass the people on the roadside at any time like ordinary noble private soldiers, the civilians on the roadside would still instinctively and awe, and retreat to the side. The Carrolls had adapted to these soldiers. Since the outbreak of the war, a large number of Cecils passed by this town. From here to the battlefield in the north, and then returned from here to the south after a great victory. They established government offices in the town, and turned the castle of the old lord into barracks and offices, and then implemented new laws; they were "outsiders", but they had become rulers of the town, and those living in the town... had accepted all this without feeling.

"The consul" said that the water had to be boiled before it could be drunk, and for this reason, serfs and tenants were allowed to chop wood (in the past, such untouchables could only pick up dead branches of wood, but not cut down the lord's woods), so everyone boiled the water before drinking; the consul said that they could not urinate on the street. After dozens of people were whipped in the street, everyone started to use the newly built toilets. The consul asked those with skills to register at the Government Affairs Department, so everyone would register, and there was no need to pay any money...

The Cecils are very strange, the new laws are very strange, but at least they will be able to live that day if they don’t rob food.

But not everyone feels like this.

The great merchant Cod sat in his house. The tea brought by the maid was already cold, but he still didn't drink it. He was in a state of distraction, and his eldest son sat in front of him.

"Father, someone came to the Government Affairs Department yesterday?"

"Yes," said the big businessman in a muffled voice, "I'd better let me sign the Commercial Convention. They also want to build factories in the open space south of the town, and want me to go out and lobby for the people there..."

"You still haven't signed?" The eldest son looked sad, "Father, that's the lord's man..."

"Oh, of course I know that it is the lord's man, and I dare not offend me," sighed the merchant. "Even if they asked me to take out one-third...a quarter of my family's wealth to repair the city walls and castles, but they just need to sign the convention and let me stand out...this is absolutely absolutely necessary."

You can make money again when you lose money. Every merchant must learn to use money to meet the lord's requirements, especially in this well-developed Carroll Cord, a great merchant who has long relied on the lord's favor to make a fortune, knows this very well. However, in the face of the business conventions brought out by the Cecils, this great merchant who was ready to use his wealth to exchange for peace seemed hesitant.

"Father, you'd better agree. It's not good to do it with the Government Affairs Department - although they seem to be very easy to talk now, who knows how long their patience will last? If you don't sign, they might drive us all out..."

"Spend money is a business, and the business ends when it ends, but signing is a lifetime, and it is not that easy to sign," the big businessman sighed. The eldest son is not stupid in doing business, but his life experience is still too little. "Do you know how many businessmen are watching? Who is the signing? If most people don't sign in the end, what's the difference between signing in the business circle and being exiled?"

"The Cecils have occupied this place. From now on, the entire southern border will be Cecil. We will sign it sooner or later."

"...I know, of course I know," Cod smiled bitterly, "I'll sign sooner or later, so I want to wait a minute. I really don't want to sign first. The Cecils' weapons are powerful, but there are still..."

Before the big businessman could finish his words, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open. His second son waved a roll of paper and ran into the room happily: "Father! Father! Signed! Signed!"

Cod could hardly hear the word "sign" now, and the moment he heard the word, he stood up and shouted loudly: "What are you signing!! Who asked you to sign?!"

"Sign? Ah! It's not me, not me!" The young man glanced at the atmosphere in the room, glanced at the stunned brother and his father with anger on his face, and quickly reacted and waved the newspaper in his hand, "It's the nobles of the southern border, and the nobles of the southern border signed it - you see, the front page of the newspaper today, and there is even a painting!"

"What paintings, what front page headlines..." The great merchant Cod stepped forward and snatched the newspaper in his second son's hand. He knew that this "newspaper" invented by the Cecils. With the excellent intuition of the merchant, he realized its significance at the first glance when he saw it. It published timely information that was crucial to the merchant. Therefore, since the regular messenger carriage appeared in Carroll, he told the second son to buy a new newspaper as soon as possible, but he could not have imagined that any information in the newspaper would be amazing so that his always cowardly and tender young son would be so excited.

And after unfolding the newspaper, he understood.

He saw the black and white "painting", the lifelike "painting", which was obviously a scene left by some kind of magic, a real event, the power of magic recorded the incident, and the Cecilians' "magic industry" copied the record countless copies and sent it to all places under their rule - including Carroll in the north.

"The principality has signed a contract, and all the old lords in the southern border have sworn to support the Cecil law..." The great merchant Cod murmured to himself, and then suddenly realized the message conveyed by the newspaper.

"Sign... Sign!" shouted the big businessman, "Hurry, maid, bring my coat, I'm going to the government office-damn, the old Downey lived next to the government office, I hope he doesn't have the habit of reading newspapers in the morning... I must be the first!"

The two sons were startled by their father's violent reaction, and looked at each other in surprise and asked in surprise: "Father?"
Chapter completed!