My British Empire

  Chapter 199 My London

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   After tidying up his clothes, Mayor William smiled and walked into Whitehall Palace with his head held high.

   In this regard, the guards already knew him, and let him go directly, turning a blind eye.

  While on the road, a maid automatically came to him and led the way slowly.

  He has already made an appointment with His Majesty the King in advance for this meeting, so there is no need to report this time, and someone will take him to meet His Majesty the King directly.

  At the beginning, Edward didn't think of setting up an appointment. After all, there were not many things in England, and ordinary things were naturally handled by the Privy Council. He seemed very leisurely.

  However, since he returned from Scotland, after several months of adjustments, the new central system can operate normally, so he is busy.

   Judiciary, military, finance, these used to be the work of the Privy Council, but now they are things he handles.

  Although he is not too busy, there are still a lot in general. In order to ensure his private time, he had to set up a secretariat.

  At present, the job of the secretariat is to help him arrange his daily affairs, including things to be dealt with or people to meet. At that time, he was still a note-taking function, which could remind him to do the planned things.

  The candidates for the secretariat are very important.

   The first is to be loyal. After all, the Secretariat is the person closest to him and the one who understands his thoughts best. If someone informs the enemy country, the loss will be huge.

  The second is to be literate. That's right, in this age of low literacy, it's very rare to find a literate person.

  The third is appearance. After all, it is a person who has to face all day long, so it is easy to make people sick if they are ugly.

   Putting it all together, Edward found that Emma, ​​the personal bodyguard, was very suitable.

  First of all, they were adopted by Edward and brainwashed. Their loyalty ranks at the forefront in the whole of England, and after several years of training, their literacy level is enough to exceed the ninth level of people in England.

  Besides, none of them are ugly, and they are quite eye-catching, which is the most suitable. It was such a happy decision.

   Walked up the steps and came to the waiting hall. Mayor William took a look at the gorgeous hall. There were still several people sitting on the chairs in the hall. And they didn't care about his arrival at all, they all lowered their heads, thinking silently.

  Seeing that these people in front of him were all unfamiliar faces, William didn't care, but one of them gave him a gloomy and intimidating feeling, which made his eyelids twitch unconsciously.

   And it seemed that his gaze stayed for a long time. It seemed that the man noticed his gaze, then raised his head, nodded and smiled at Mayor William, and then lowered his head again, immersed in his own world.

  Mayor William also nodded with a smile on his face, found a seat, and sat down consciously.

   Ignore him, and start thinking about how to have a conversation with His Majesty the King.

   After a while, a handsome girl with a slender waist came over, glanced over, saw Mayor William sitting there, and walked over.

   "Your Excellency, Your Excellency the Mayor!" The girl lowered her head to remind William.

   "Ah! Oh!" Mayor William woke up, then raised his head and saw the secretary in front of him.

   "Your Majesty, please come in—" the female secretary continued with a smile as if she was used to it.

   "En!" Mayor William nodded, then looked at his appearance and clothing, and then followed the female secretary into the room.

   "Good day, Your Majesty!" When Mayor William saw His Majesty the King sitting on the chair, he immediately bowed and saluted respectfully and sincerely.

   "Get up! Mr. Mayor, I hope you can let me know the real face of London this time! Not a rough estimate!" Edward raised his hand and said directly.

  At this time, the female secretary walked out of the room, closed the door, and stood guard at the door.

   "Your Majesty, after our month-long efforts this time, we have made a detailed statistics of the specific situation in London!"

  Mayor William didn't feel embarrassed, and said without delay.

"After calculation, there are 30,053 households in the 22 thousand-household districts in London, and the resident population has reached 183,526 people. Moreover, due to the increasing prosperity of London's business, in London The living population is still increasing, and it is conservatively estimated that by the end of this year, the population of London will reach 185,000 people!"

  The population here refers to the population living in London, that is, the population who owns a house in London. If you add some houseless beggars, there are nearly 190,000 people living in London.

"As of June 25th, London has 5,650 shops, 153 taverns, 295 large and small factories, 136 large and small wharves, shipyards and repair shops. Thirteen..."

   Mayor William paused, took a breath and continued.

   "Due to the establishment of the Hundred-Household District and the Thousand-Household District, the current number of employees in the entire London City Government has reached 5,116!"

"Among them, there are a total of 4,180 employees in the 100-household district and the 1000-household district. The London City Government has 936 employees, of which 300 are urban management, 300 are from the Metropolitan Police Department, and the rest are Employees of all departments!"

  Edward nodded when he heard this.

The reason why the number of police officers did not reach 500 as mentioned above is that Edward forgot that the sheriffs of the Hundred and Thousand Household Districts were also policemen. Law and order in London.

  The sheriff of the Hundred-House District and the Hundred-House District are directly under the Police Department. The sheriff of the Hundred-House District is appointed by the director and the mayor, and the magistrate of the Thousand-House District is appointed by the king.

  The same is true for the tax officials. The tax officials in the 100-household district are appointed by the Finance Department and the mayor, while the tax officials in the 1000-household district are appointed by the king.

  The importance of the capital is self-evident. In this way, the entire London is controlled at various levels, basically under Edward's control.

   It can be said that London at this time is really in the hands of Edward.

   "Currently, London's fiscal revenue has reached 30,000 pounds per month. After paying it to the Treasury, the remaining 9,000 pounds will have to pay a salary of 2,000 pounds! The rest will be used for urban construction and various subsidies!"

  Mayor William introduced to Edward the specific situation of London, even the financial expenditure.

  Two thousand pounds doesn't seem like a lot to pay salaries, but this is in London. If it is in the county, it is basically equivalent to most of the financial expenditure.

   "Not bad, my Mr. Mayor!" Edward nodded slightly, expressing his approval.

   "However—" Edward stared into the eyes of the mayor, "I hope that the financial revenue will be more, after all, the central government has a lot of expenditures!"

   "I will do my best!" Mayor William looked at the king's dark blue eyes, bit his lips, and assured in a deep voice.

  (end of this chapter)