Vader felt warm all over as he took off his patched coat and put on his new uniform.
The surface of the clothes is made of thick leather, and there is a cotton lining inside, which not only has the warmth retention properties of leather clothes, but also the softness of common clothes. These materials alone are probably worth several silver wolves.
Although its shape is similar to the city hall uniform, the color is quite different. The bottom color of the clothes is pure black, and the shoulders, neckline and cuffs are trimmed with white striped lace, which looks very eye-catching. After the fifteen people put on their new uniforms and stood in a row again, they couldn't help but straighten their chests higher.
"Yes," Carter smiled contentedly, "now you come with me."
At this time, there was still light snow in the sky, and it was the first time Vader saw the snow falling continuously since autumn. It snows occasionally in Jinsui City, but it will stop for a day or two at most. Children often build snow dolls on the side of the street, or roll them into snowballs and throw them around, so there is a saying that heavy snow days are childhood festivals . But for adults, it's very inconvenient. Snow can make shoes wet and moldy, streets are difficult to walk, shops are unoccupied, and occasionally the roof of the house is crushed.
At such a time, the patrol would never go out, and if they wanted to go out, they would only find a tavern. Everyone sat around the fireplace, drinking warm ale and flirting with the maids.
And all this is not seen in Border Town.
Every day, someone cleans the snow on the streets and sweeps them to both sides. This is a long-term recruitment issued by the city hall. It can be paid daily or monthly. It is a job with low returns and quick money.
There are many townspeople coming and going on the street, some wearing straw hats, some wearing capes, all busy with their own work. If all the snow in the town was removed, it would be no problem to say it was summer.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Vader would never have believed that a small town on the border of the kingdom looked busier than Golden Spike City. If it weren't for the fact that there were no towering churches and bell towers in the town, he would really think he was What big city are you staying in
Soon, a group of people came to the pier. There were more than ten sailboats parked in the Chishui River, and hundreds of people had gathered on the shore. This scene seemed familiar... By the way, Vader thought, he and other escapees from the East. It was the same scene when we arrived in the town together.
"Report! These people are... "
"The refugees from the south and the north, in order to let them survive the winter, His Highness specially sent people to call them to Border Town. Your task is to assist the city hall to maintain order and let these people line up and pass the inspection checkpoints one by one. , and then carry out quarantine and registration." Carter instructed, "There are still few police officers, so there will be soldiers from the First Army to assist you, and in the future, this work will have to be done independently by you."
"Yes!"
It doesn't sound difficult, it's no different from directing refugees to queue up for porridge. Vader walked to the checkpoint and started shouting loudly, letting the nearby people follow his instructions and approached one by one.
"Your name? Where did it come from? Is there anything you're good at, and can you read the text?"
Every fugitive who passes the level will be questioned by city hall personnel, and then roughly recorded. Vader knew that this was only a preliminary statistic. After everyone was settled, there would be further review and verification. Those with expertise would be prioritized to be transferred to the inner city. He had already experienced it once.
Suddenly, there was a commotion behind him, and Vader turned his head to see a man in a fluffy robe who came to the dock area under the protection of a dozen guards. The flying gray hair indicated his identity as the local lord, His Royal Highness Roland Wimbledon. In addition, there are several people in Chinese costumes standing beside him, they should all be the executives of the city hall.
I didn't expect that His Royal Highness the prince would come to inspect the refugees in person in the wind and snow, which surprised Vader a little. In the cold season, few great nobles are willing to leave the warm bed early in the morning, especially when there are servants to take care of everything. case.
"My name is Mane, a Northlander, um... I'm good at, good at farming. I can't read."
"Farming?" The city hall official ticked the corresponding box on the record sheet. "Okay, let's go."
At this moment, Vader noticed that the other party glanced in the direction where His Royal Highness stood when he passed the checkpoint. There was no sense of awe in his eyes, which was completely different from the eyes of ordinary civilians.
"Wait." He said subconsciously.
"What, what's wrong?"
"Are you a farmer? When should winter wheat be planted?"
The city hall official also looked at him with a little impatient expression on his face, "It's just a preliminary registration, and I don't have time to tell whether they're telling the truth one by one. Didn't Mr. Carter explain the process to you? You just Just help me maintain order."
Hearing what the other party said, the man immediately closed his mouth.
What a fool! Vader frowned, ignoring it, "You don't speak like a northerner, but a bit like the usual accent in the middle of the kingdom. You're from that town in the north? I'm very familiar with it."
Mane hesitated, but still didn't answer.
"And your attire, if you don't freeze to death, your fingers should freeze to death if you're wearing this in the North, where it's below freezing all the year round." Vader grabbed his right hand, "Where are your gloves? Don't tell me you came to Border Town and found that the temperature here is warmer, so you threw away the gloves."
This time, the level personnel also heard that something was wrong. If they lied that they were good at doing something, they might want to get better treatment. It would seem strange to conceal their origins. "Where did you come from?"
Mane gritted his teeth, and suddenly took out a red ball from his arms, slammed it into his mouth, and shouted, "You all get out of my way!"
Vader suddenly felt that the opponent's wrist became hot, and he wanted to push the mane to the ground like a conditioned reflex, but found that even with all his strength, the opponent still remained motionless. Then the mane arm raised, and Vader felt himself flying.
He fell heavily to the ground, burning pain in his back. Damn, the wound was cracked, he spit, shook his dizzy head, rolled over and got up, his mane was no longer in place.
Four or five more refugees sprang from the crowd, and their movements were as agile as the evil beasts outside the city wall. With a few steps, they went straight over the temporary railing erected by the city hall and ran towards His Royal Highness.
The purpose of this group of people could not be more obvious, that is, they came to the high-level officials and lords of Border Town.
Thinking of the strange power that erupted from the mane, Vader could almost imagine the scene where His Royal Highness's personal guards were torn to pieces on the spot by them, and even the prince himself could not escape the disaster.
However, none of this happened.
He soon heard a series of ping-pong-pong sounds just like when the soldiers on the city walls fought against the evil beasts.
In front of the prince, there was a plume of white smoke.
The mane's head turned into a cloud of blood spurting in the smoke.
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