"Your Highness, do you know who sent these people?" Carter asked after Vader left.
"Those who have pills, apart from the church, are Tifeko. Garcia is far away from Greycastle now, so it's unlikely that he still cares about me." Roland sighed, "Compared to the former, Tifeko is more likely. Now I don't dare to send a large army out of the capital, but that doesn't mean he won't take revenge on me."
Fortunately, the attackers who had mixed into the crowd only carried pills, not covered in gunpowder. Otherwise, if it detonates in the crowd, the hard work of the past two months will be in vain.
Roland wasn't worried that the "expendables" he sent would threaten him. When Nightingale was away, he took more than a dozen personal guards wherever he went, and he also wore the Stone of God's Punishment. Not to mention a drug addict, even an extraordinary witch can hardly get close to her under the suppression of ten revolving guns.
He found that his mentality had already changed a lot in less than a year after he took the position of the lord. If you are here for the first time, seeing this posture will inevitably make your legs weak and overwhelmed. But just now, although he felt a little nervous, he still pretended to be calm on the surface. He knew that the guards would definitely stand in front of him and stop the enemy recklessly. , this thought surprised even him.
"Call all the people in the messenger group and ask them about the detailed recruitment process," Roland turned to Barov and said, "I need to know where these people boarded the sailboat from."
"Yes, Your Highness." The director of the city hall looked a little gloomy, probably because he didn't expect the proud subordinate he sent out to make such a major mistake, and he felt shameless.
"Don't be too harsh on them, just ask to understand the situation first."
After all the refugees passed the level, Roland returned to the castle office. This time, the news brought by the messenger group surprised him. In the southern region, there are a large number of displaced people, the Eagle City and the Clear Water Port were destroyed by the war, and many fields outside the city were abandoned. Coupled with the strange weather this year, the temperature in all parts of Greycastle dropped sharply, and the price of food was soaring, and even the price of slaves fell by half.
As long as he can establish a reliable transportation channel, he can continuously introduce these populations into the western border. In fact, according to the report of the envoy, after hearing the recruitment order for the development of border town, many refugees have begun to spontaneously move to the western border. .
However, the difficulty lies in the "transportation channel".
The heavy snow of the Devil's Moon blocked the entire land transportation. If you want to bring people in, you can only transport them through the Chishui River. In Border Town, there is only one township that cannot move without a witch, which is far from meeting the needs. There are ships traveling on the waterway all the time, and at least 20 inland sailboats must be invested.
For example, the envoys dispatched this time fell into such a dilemma: only a small part of the golden dragons they carried with them were used to attract refugees, and most of the rest were spent on hiring ships and resettling personnel. At present, only 400 people have arrived in Border Town, and more than 3,000 people are still stranded in Liuye Town, Yinguang City and Zuolongling, waiting for ships to be transported.
In addition, each ship owner is aware of the current situation in the Western Region, and has raised the price very high. The estimated cost of these 3,000 people is already the same as that of the last Great Rescue of the Royal Capital. This is not a long-term solution at all. Roland thought about it for a while, and decided to send a letter of help to the Margery Chamber of Commerce, hoping that the other party would take the lightning's sake and not quote a price that was several times higher.
But if you want to completely cut off this part of the expenditure, you still have to build your own ship. Now the quality of steel bars and cement has been greatly improved, it is completely possible to build stronger and larger inland river punts, and use steam engines as power to build this Chishui River. traffic line.
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After lunch, Barov knocked on the door and walked in, "Your Highness, the situation is generally clear."
"Say."
"A disciple named Selun was in charge of going to the north to win over refugees. Due to lack of boats on the way back, he contacted friends he knew in the capital before, hoping they could help inquire or hire some merchant ships willing to go to the west." Barrow The husband sighed, "The news should have come out from here... He has placed all the refugees in Silver Light City, which is only half a day's journey away from the capital. It is not difficult for Tifeke to do anything."
"How many people are still stranded in Silver Light City?"
"About eight hundred," Barov said in a low voice, "it takes half a month for the merchant ships to go back and forth. When the next batch of refugees arrives, I don't know what will happen. Or... immediately recall the First Army squad and abandon these people. Right."
"No, no, how many people Tifeko put in, we'll just get rid of them one by one. We just need to check the checkpoints and let them pass the cards separately," Roland shook his head and said, "If you leave the refugees in Silver Light City No matter, what if someone turns back to the Northland and publicizes what happened to them? We will never try to draw people from there again."
Under Sylvie's perspective observation and Nightingale's mantra questioning, any spies and assassins were invisible, so he wasn't worried about it, as long as they didn't let them hurt other refugees.
"Yes, Your Highness." Barov coughed twice before asking, "Then... Sailun's handling, look at..."
"what do you think?"
He hesitated for a moment, "This happened because he was too careless, I suggest removing him from his position in the city hall, and a fine of two months' salary will be almost the same. Sailun's fault was not intentional, and it did not cause too much damage. Major damage, it is not suitable for distribution to the North Slope mining area.”
Roland couldn't help laughing, and the other party wrote the expression of pain on his face, "Don't worry, I have already made up my mind. Considering that he made this mistake because of lack of experience, rather than dereliction of duty in a subjective sense, it can be done from Take it lightly. After all, it is the first time that he has held such a position... I remember he was only in his twenties, right? Since that is the case, after this lesson, he must be able to grow up quickly. Just fine him two months' salary."
"As ordered," Barov immediately bowed, "Just do as you say."
The prince smiled and shook his head. Although he said it very harshly at the beginning, when he really wanted to punish him, he showed an unobvious feeling of giving up. A group of disciples in Border Town. In Barov's eyes, it is almost the same as the child he raised.
"You go down."
After dealing with this matter, Roland stretched. He took out a few blank sheets of paper from the drawer and was about to draw a sketch of the steam cement boat when Ye Ye suddenly ran in.
"Your Highness," she said excitedly, "Yuanwang is back!"
"Really?" Roland suddenly stood up and followed her quickly to the back garden. I saw that the huge hot air balloon was slowly descending, and the shadow of the airbag made the light in the yard dim a bit.
As soon as the gondola landed, Anna jumped down. Roland opened his hands to meet him, and the latter smiled and hugged him gently.
"I am back.".
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