Once again, Valentine is in a city that the people who come and go call it a 'miracle'.

The last time I came here was to study, and after studying, I brought back those novelties to see how it worked when the spring of next year begins.

After he brought those things back in a nervous mood, he thought that he would be scolded by the master, but he didn't expect that not only was he not scolded, but he was rewarded.

Although he was a hot head when he bought those things, when he calmed down and thought about whether it was worth it, he still thought that these things would be of great help to the development of their territory.

Remembering the last time he went back with a happy and apprehensive mixed mood, and this time he came here with a nervous mood, Valentine couldn't help but sigh.

With his master's letter in his arms, Valentine looked out the window, and the cold wind was howling outside, and there were no snowflakes flying, all of which seemed to express his current mood.

No one likes the cold wind without snowflakes, because it is always tormenting.

The carriage slowly drove into the gate of Wende City, and the noise suddenly poured into my ears.

Listening to the noise, Valentine couldn't help but smile, not only him, but also his owner longed for this kind of 'noise', because it was a symbol of prosperity.

However, it is a pity that neither he nor his master wants their territory to become like this principality, they only yearn for this kind of hustle and bustle, not the system and life here.

Although, it's a nice place, everyone can live and work in peace, and they don't like 'conflicts' with other territories, and they worry about their neighbors' property, and if they hadn't enacted that policy, the Principality of Sorrow would have been a good neighbor.

However, they promulgated that policy, and after that, they were no longer good neighbors!

Valentine looked wistfully out the window and saw the people passing by in the street, in addition to civilians, there were many people who could be seen as outsiders at a glance.

Those were merchants and adventurers, and although they had passed the 'recruitment period', those who had the money or the ability could still choose to settle in Wende City.

Now Wende City is not the same as before, as long as you make sure that you don't have a bad reputation in the past, and then go to the city hall to apply for a household registration, you can settle down, otherwise it will become a very bloated city sooner or later.

However, others were able to choose to settle in other towns in the Duchy of Sorrow, and the other towns in the Duchy were also growing at the pace of the chief maid.

Other towns have long been run into more prosperous places than the central towns of most of the territories on the mainland, not only are they convenient to live in, but they can easily find a good job even after retiring, and this is the most attractive place for outsiders.

Adventurers and merchants on this continent are running for their own livelihood and that of their families, as they have no other way but to become adventurers and merchants.

This country is so beautiful compared to other countries, and since they opened up their 'immigration policy', many people have been moved and have taken action.

The Barony of Kate is located in the southeast of the Duchy of Grief, and is now 'across the river' from the Duchy of Grief - it was through the Barony of Kate that the people of the Plague Church passed through the Barony of Kate to come to the border of the Duchy of Grief, and then were wiped out by Cervantes by trickery.

This incident was also learned later when Valentine went to Wende City to study, and found that there was a sudden extra river between their territory and the Duchy of Sorrow, and he was taken aback at that time.

The Duchy of Sorrow allowed 'immigration', a term that Valentine only came to realize after the advent of this policy.

According to his experience studying in Wende City, the principality has a complete and detailed 'population file', and they have started the 'census' at some point, and now, all families have a thing called a 'household register'.

Although Valentine also wanted to conduct a 'census' in his master's territory, it would be too time-consuming and too costly, and it would be thankless for them, so there was no need for them.

Only a country like the Principality of the Winds of Sorrow needs a census, and they don't!

But the problem now is that the Principality of Sorrow allows outsiders to enter and settle, which is what Valentine knows as 'immigration'.

Other countries do not have a complete household registration system, such as their Kolo Kingdom, Valentine also vaguely understands that if it were not for the protection of the existing system in the Duchy of Sadness, they would definitely not be able to do the census.

It is precisely for this reason that people from other countries and regions who have settled in the Principality of Sadness only need to be 'naturalized' and do not need any other procedures.

Valentine didn't just come this time to prevent this from happening - in the Barony of Kate, they vaguely heard a saying that people longed for this principality, so they wanted to move here after hearing about it.

That's not going to work!

If the commoners all moved away, what would happen to them, the nobles?

If the commoners are gone, the peasants are gone, and only serfs and slaves remain, who will farm for them? Who will work for them? How will they maintain the dignity of the nobility?

To put it mildly, they usually behave very confused about this kind of thing, as if they were completely unaware that the commoners under their rule are also human beings, and the free people are not a random existence for them, but at this time, they seem extremely shrewd.

Valentine asked the coachman to drive the carriage slowly towards the town hall, but his eyes were full of worry.

He did not think that a mere word from his master would make the country and the legendary head maid stop their plans, even if he carried his master's letters, every word of which revealed 'sincerity'...... However, not to mention that the head maid herself did not deal with the nobles, even a three-year-old child knew that the nobleman's words could not be believed.

How miserable and miserable is the letter?

Valentine had met the head maid and knew that she was truly 'loving the people as a son'—not a rhetorical statement, nor an exaggerated or false description.

As a ruler, the head maid had done it to the extreme, and apart from her arrogant attitude towards the nobility of the country, no one who mentioned her had to praise her.

If anyone denigrates her because he loathes her, that person is a real fool.

It's hard for Valentine to imagine what the result would be when he came over this time.

If it were somewhere else, he would have been able to solve the problem by visiting it himself, but this was not a place that could be viewed with common sense.

The carriage slowly drove into the gate of the town hall, and after stopping in the parking lot, Valentine walked to the office building with a heavy heart.

He walked to the front desk and said in a deep voice, "Hello, can you make an appointment with Serena as the head maid?" I am Baron Kate's butler, named Valentine, and this is my identification. ”

The butler showed the crest of the Kate family, a badge of a swift with a lily.

If you have studied heraldry, you should know that this badge shows that the Kate family is a branch of an ancient aristocratic family, and the ancestors became nobles by 'defending the royal family'.

However, the front desk did not study heraldry, because she did not come from an aristocratic family.

He took out a newly drawn copy of the 'Encyclopedia of Heraldry' from the drawer, checked it carefully at the front desk, and then took the badge and observed the material and the words engraved on the badge, which confirmed Valentine's identity.

After handing over the badge, the front desk said apologetically: "Hello Mr. Butler, I'm really sorry, now that the Duchy is managed by Miss Edith, I wonder if you want to continue to make an appointment with the maid or make an appointment with Miss Edith? If you want to meet with Miss Edith, then it just so happens that Miss Edith has time right now." ”

Hearing this, Valentine was stunned for a moment, "Then, let's make an appointment with Miss Edith......"

With his temporary identification in hand, Valentine was taken to a waiting room, and his heart sank when he saw the people sitting quietly in the waiting room.

These people ...... Aren't they all the people who came to Wende City with him to study in the first place?