Release that Witch

It seems that I have to work harder. Roland shrugged in the dark and it was not a glorious thing to be shackled behind him.

Fortunately, Chishui City has basically returned to stability. Seventy percent of the nobility selected has decided to continue to operate the original industry. The rest want to go to the city hall to try their luck. Although the basic requirements for applying for the administrative examination are "discontinued literacy" to them. It’s not a problem, but Roland believes that the chances of this group of people passing the final review and becoming a formal official are not great.

After all, the nobles' habits are not so easy to change.

Of course, even being a clerical person is much better than losing your head.

There are even three nobles who want to join the First Army. They are all knights. Under the observation of the Nightingale, there is no hidden meaning. However, he still upholds the decision made at the beginning of the army and refused the application of the three.

After solving the problem of recycling and segregation rights, the efficiency of Chishuicheng and its surrounding areas has obviously been much more efficient. In more than a week, more than 20,000 people have boarded the ships to the winter city without more people. The practice of continually abandoning small towns and villages to Chishui seems to have made the controllable territory less, but in fact it has greatly improved the control of the City Hall.

In this era of lack of roads, it is no different from idiots to want to let the government order go to the countryside. It is still practicable to make up a set of leadership teams in a year, and it is difficult for the grassroots cadres to blossom everywhere. Barov also asked him why he insisted on transporting the population back to the winter city, instead of letting the business as usual after he unified the kingdom. He never answered it comprehensively.

Because the city hall manager can not imagine how much a coal-iron composite industry can absorb, it is difficult to understand how much energy and time it takes to build such an industry.

And the most important point is that those remote territories can't really run freely. From a resource perspective, it's a waste.

Therefore, it is more suitable for the status quo of the Grey Fort to concentrate the population in several major cities with convenient water transportation.

From the moment of land reform, Roland has truly possessed the jurisdiction of the Chishui area.

And his next goal is naturally Silver City.

Compared to the giant city of Chishui, it is much simpler to pack up the old Wangdu satellite city. It was originally an ordinary fiefdom, and it is no different from dozens of surrounding enclaves around the kingdom until the first open-air silver mine was It was discovered that its existence became special. As more and more precious metal veins have been discovered, the area has become more and more lively, and the final change has become what it is today.

Considering that the output of Yinguangcheng is of great significance to the gray fort coins, the latter lords were not only responsible for the "old man" William Earl, who was loyal to Wimbledon, but his power was also limited for decades. Down, almost no other nobles have been sealed.

In other words, as long as the city owner expresses his position, Silver City is his bag.

With the blood of Wimbledon III and the status of the highest surviving heir, Roland believes that "convincing" the other party is not difficult.

But what makes him somewhat concerned is that this city built on the veins is also the hometown of the nightingale.

Although every time I ask each other, the answer is "I have been out of relationship with Ge Lanjia, so you don't have to worry about my thoughts", but he always feels that the nightingale seems to be avoiding something. It was just a busy government that made Roland unable to take too much time on the guess and had to temporarily suppress it.

On the fourth day after receiving the Axe secret letter, the First Army’s Eastern Army marched into the Yinguang City territory along the artificial canal.

......

The trip to Chishui City was almost the same. The Earl Williams led the team out of the city to meet, and the enthusiasm was followed by a dinner invitation. The difference is that the welcome team of Chishui City is divided into aristocrats, while the old city's team has many more businessmen, and even the old acquaintance Hogg.

In the evening, the opening of the count gave the banquet a tone to be willing to hand over the power of the seal, and fully supported Roland’s new policy. There was a loud applause at the meeting, which made the latter's prepared words all swallowed into the stomach.

Hogg’s needle-punching line turned the welcome banquet into a business meeting.

"You are not asking me how the machine in the mine is working?" He exalted in front of a group of businessmen. "Now its real inventor is standing in front of you, it is this Roland!" This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You don't have to go to the West, you can get the answer directly in Silver City!"

The merchants immediately swarmed over.

"Respected Majesty, can you tell us why its strength is so big?"

"I don't know if you are willing to sell more rail systems. The Diamond Chamber of Commerce is looking forward to cooperating with No Winter City."

"Your Majesty, do you still remember the fast sailing club? Two years ago, I provided you with several sailing boats to transport the eastbound refugees in terms of trade strength. We are definitely one of the best chambers in the central region. If you can, the fast sail will hopefully Purchase a complete set of steam engine manufacturing equipment. Of course, the price is absolutely excellent!"

Thinking of the "good news" that the businesswoman Margaret had revealed to herself, Roland couldn't help but cry and laugh. "Hogg will take a large number of businessmen to the West." I didn't expect that I was in front of me.

If the rest of the Grey Fort is like Silver City, how wonderful the world is.

Finally managed to satisfy the curiosity of the merchants, he finally found the opportunity to be alone with the old man.

The two walked through the hall and walked onto the terrace that was blowing on the evening breeze, temporarily segregating the hum of the banquet behind them.

Roland said with a glass of wine and overlooked the city under the night, he said, "I will give up the right to divide the seal. Do you feel sorry at all?"

"I didn't really have it, but I talked about it..." Earl William smiled. "Your father, and your father's father, although not stated, will never allow Silver City to have a batch." It belongs to oneself, and the family training of the William family is never separated, so it is not as important to me as you think." He paused a little. "Not to mention, I don't need this power."

"No?" Roland couldn't help but be curious.

"The purpose of the seal is to strengthen and consolidate its own forces, in order to prevent others from peeping, and Silver City does not have this risk. Anyone who plays the idea of ​​this city is tantamount to publicly provoking the authority of the Wimbledon royal family. As long as you are loyal, you don't have to worry about being harmed.” The count sipped his mouth. “In turn, in a sense, the seal is also a kind of weakening of oneself, and it divides the resources that belonged to oneself to others in exchange for The effectiveness of the latter. I want to be able to run it in person rather than putting these resources in the hands of others. Do you know how much the output of Silver City has increased in the last two decades?"

Roland shook his head.

"Four times, I have invested a lot of energy..." The old city owner was very excited. "In the beginning, it was just an open-pit silver mine. Now there are more than ten kinds of veins excavated. Similarly, only the collection of the royal family was originally collected. Team, and now there are not only all kinds of ore, jewelers, but also many auxiliary industries developed through mining, such as oil lamps, mine manufacturing, etc. Your steam engine can also be counted as one of them. I am not wrong. ?"

"It is true," Roland smiled.

"It feels like I'm training a child, watching it grow up. How do you say that I am willing to cut it out and seal it to others? So I don't need this power." The count said here. I grew a sigh of relief. "Your Majesty, would you like me to continue to operate this city that shines in silver?"

"Of course, if you like," he raised the glass to the other, and the two smiled, then the cups touched together and made a crisp sound.

"Right," Roland changed the wine after drinking it. "Do you know what Gelan's family is doing?"

"Glan?" Earl William thought for a while before he raised his eyebrows. "It’s a bit of an impression, but I don’t remember it. After all, Silver City has not been a new aristocrat for a long time. These families existed before the silver mine was discovered. If you remember correctly, the last Gülen should have changed his surname two years ago, and now the land belongs to the Somalia family."

When the other person said this, Roland felt that his night's arms caught his arm.