Speaking of which, Roland also has a rough plan for the security system of the territory in the future. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The current population of the town is about 20,000, and in addition to the local aborigines, there are people from Changge Fortress who have surrendered and those who have fled from the east. When the envoys sent by Barov return, perhaps they will be able to bring a group of people from the south and north of the kingdom, and the demographic composition will be further complicated and the quality will be uneven, and conflicts like the one will only increase.

So he also needed to set up a public security system to replace the current patrols of the First Army - it was only a matter of time before internal and external violence were separated, and he had considered this before, but it was not done because of the shortage of manpower. Now that the First Army needs to concentrate on fighting the Beasts, and the population is growing rapidly, the time has come for the plan to be implemented.

The public security shall arrest criminals in accordance with the law and handle civil disputes at the same time. The Security Service is responsible for maintaining the purity of the systems, which can effectively prevent the corruption of power, and at the same time can use public security personnel to carry out clean-up operations and save human resources - this is the outline of the law and order system that Roland envisioned.

Ideally, this security system can be put into trial operation in the border towns, and then extended to the entire western border when the city is built next year.

At that time, the autonomous territories, whether they were aristocratic or not, would have to apply the same set of laws and be subject to the control of the unified department. He is the only one who can override the law.

Roland knew that he was the largest aristocrat in the West, so he could neither say that everyone was equal before the law nor abolish the aristocracy. But he could at least keep his city free of the traditional fiefdom aristocracy, and if he wanted to accept the protection of the West, he would have to surrender his autonomy.

As for the person in charge of the public security department, Roland had already thought about it.

Carter Lannis, the chief knight with a sense of justice but not pedantic, is a good choice.

As Vader staggered back to his temporary residence, the old man Kukasim immediately greeted him.

"You...... You okay. ”

"It's okay," he grinned, "that is, he was sentenced by His Highness to ten lashes." ”

"Let me see," Kukasim said eagerly.

"Let's go back to the house," Vader walked into the room, and the warm breath immediately dispelled the chill around him, and closed the door, as if the inside and outside were two worlds. Compared with the previous wooden shacks, which were ventilated everywhere, this low and narrow mud hut is more comfortable.

By the way, the locals seem to call this kind of house a cave?

The old man asked him to lie on the kang and peel off the clothes behind his back, and couldn't help but gasp.

"Your back is full of blood, I'll go get some ashes and sprinkle it on you. ”

"No, never. It was just a trail of blood from the torture, and the bleeding had long since stopped. He stopped him repeatedly, "The knight has said that it is good to open it like this, and it will only take two or three days for the wound to heal." ”

"Two or three days?" Kukasim shook his head worriedly, "No, kid, you may have a high fever and a swollen back. Even if you're physically strong, it will take at least a week to recover. You should know better than I do when a malignant disease strikes. ”

"You may not believe it," he licked his somewhat parched lips, "I didn't feel much pain in the wound on my back, but rather a cool, slightly itchy sensation, which was a sign of healing - after the whip, they poured a bucket of water behind me......"

"Salt water?" the old man frowned.

"That's what I thought at first, but the expected scorching sting didn't come," Vader chuckled, "said the knight of the execution, the water eliminates all germs, and if you want to heal the wound quickly, don't do anything superfluous, just let it dry." ”

"Pathogenic micro...... What?"

"Microorganisms," he pouted, "I don't know what it is, maybe it has something to do with witches." ”

The old man lowered his head, and after a long time, he said in a deep voice: "You shouldn't stand up for me, as long as you endure it......"

"If you endure it, you will be treated even more harshly, I know what kind of virtue that guy is, or rather, most of the nobles are the same," Vader spat out, "I heard that the snow here is months at a time, and the money of the two of us together will not last until then." He paused, "and...... I deliberately picked that time to beat him. ”

"So, deliberately?" Kukasim froze.

"Because every day at this time, His Royal Highness will appear at the wall of the Western District, and since he has promised free food, he must be particularly bitter about this act of ruining his reputation, and this is the most effective way. If it was just a simple fight, maybe it wouldn't reach His Highness's ears. After all, Koya Harves may have been instructed by someone to suppress the news from the city hall officials, and it is useless for us to say anything. ”

"But it's also possible that he was instructed by the lord ......."

"The possibility is extremely low, if Your Highness wants to save this money, just reduce the three meals to two. And I have inquired beforehand, whether it is the local population or the serfs, they are full of praise for the kindness and wisdom of His Highness. He smirked, "Look, I'm not wrong, am I?"

"Original...... So," the old man sighed, "you can see it very thoroughly. ”

But there was something he didn't guess right, Vader thought, and that was the penalty.

As a patrol member who has served in Golden Spike City for more than ten years, he has a deep enough understanding of the ugliness under the glossy appearance of the city, and he has seen more than a dozen of such nobles who use their power to extort money, and even within the patrol team from time to time. Therefore, it was not difficult for him to rectify these high-ranking nobles.

His Royal Highness's reaction was basically as he thought, but the punishment surprised Vader.

In this case, most of the lords who liked fame would acquit the oppressed, but he punished everyone - His Highness seemed to care more about the system than fame.

This is a rare quality for a lord who is used to doing whatever he wants.

"What are you going to do next?" said the old man, after a moment of silence.

"Rest for two days—with the special permission of the Knight, and then continue to do some groceries for those guys with strange weapons as before. ”

"You could have lived in the inner city and lived decently with the artisans. ”

"But you can't get in, Kukasim, don't say that again," he shook his head, "and I'm not going to leave you out there." ”

The old man was neither a family member nor an elder, and six months ago he was a prisoner in a prison. Everyone knows that the old man was just pushed out of the tank by the black street rats, but this kind of thing has been seen so much that the patrol team doesn't bother to pay attention to it. Later, the city was sacked by a large group of pirates, and he was about to die in the turmoil, but at the critical moment, he was hidden in a cell by the old man, covering his body with a foul sheet, and finally escaped with a fluke.

Vader didn't expect to be saved by a prisoner who usually didn't want to look at him, and suddenly realized that he was no different from those disgusting nobles.

The other two people in the room knew Kukasim's identity, and it was good to have their own looks, but once they were gone, they would definitely trouble the old man.

"Rest assured, everything will be fine. Vader patted the other man on the shoulder.

Two days later, he heard news from the inner city that His Royal Highness the Prince was recruiting public security officers. (To be continued.) )