"Your Highness, do you know who sent these people?" asked Carter as Vader left. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"The one who has the pill, except for the church is Tifeco, Garcia is now far away from the Grey Keep, and it is unlikely that he will still be thinking about me. Roland sighed, "Compared to the former, Tifeko is more likely, he doesn't dare to send a large army out of the royal capital easily, but that doesn't mean he won't retaliate against me." ”

Fortunately, the attackers who blended into the crowd carried only pills, not gunpowder. Otherwise, if it is detonated in the crowd, the efforts of the past two months will be in vain.

Roland was not worried that the "death squad" he sent would threaten him, and in the days when the nightingale was away, he took more than a dozen guards with him wherever he went, and he also wore the Divine Punishment Stone. Not to mention a drug maniac, even a transcendent witch has a hard time getting close to her under the suppression of a ten-shot revolver.

He found that less than a year after sitting on the throne of the lord, his mentality had already changed a lot. If you are here for the first time, you will inevitably feel weak and overwhelmed when you see this kind of posture. But just now, although he felt a little nervous, he still pretended to be calm on the surface—he knew that the guards would stand in front of him, desperately stopping the enemy, and that he, as the focus of the crowd, could not afford to lose the slightest temper, a thought that surprised even him.

"Call all the members of the emissary corps and ask them for the details of their recruitment process," Roland said, turning to Barov, "I need to know where these men got on the sailboat." ”

"Yes, Your Highness. The face of the head of the town hall was a little gloomy, probably because he didn't expect that the proud subordinates he sent out would make such a major mistake, and he felt that he had lost face.

"Don't be too harsh on them, ask them about the situation first. ”

After all the outcasts had cleared the level, Roland returned to the castle office. He was pleasantly surprised by the news that the envoys had brought back - in the southern border, there were a large number of displaced people, Eagle City and Bishui Harbor had been destroyed by the war, and many fields outside the city had been abandoned. Coupled with the strange weather this year, the temperature in various parts of the Gray Fort has plummeted, and the price of food has risen day by day, and even the price of slaves has fallen by half.

As long as he could establish a reliable transportation route, he would be able to bring these people into the west, and in fact, according to the report of the envoys, many refugees had already begun to move spontaneously to the west after hearing the order to recruit the frontier towns.

However, the difficulty lies in the "transport lane".

The heavy snow of the Demon Moon has covered the entire land transportation, and the only way to bring people in is through the Chishui River, and the border towns have only one town that cannot move without witches, which is far from satisfying the demand—if there are ships on the waterway at all times, at least twenty or so river sailing ships must be put in.

For example, the envoy group was in such a dilemma: only a small part of the golden dragon they carried with them was used to woo refugees, and most of the rest was spent on hiring ships and resettlement personnel. At present, only 400 people have arrived in the border town, and more than 3,000 people are still stranded in Liuye Town, Yinguang City, and Falling Dragon Ridge, waiting for ships to transport them.

In addition, the owners of the ships are aware of the current situation in the western realm, and the price is very high, just these more than 3,000 people, the estimated cost is already the same as the last Wangdu rescue, and it 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 Margaery Chamber of Commerce, hoping that the other party would not quote a price that doubled several times for the sake of lightning.

But if you want to cut this expenditure completely, you have to build your own ships - the quality of steel and cement has improved dramatically, and it is possible to build stronger, larger inland river flats, powered by steam engines, to build the Chishui River line.

......

After lunch, Barov knocked on the door and walked in, "Your Highness, the situation is roughly clear." ”

Say. ”

"A disciple named Seren was in charge of going to the Northland to recruit refugees, and on the way back, due to the lack of ships, he contacted friends he had met in the royal capital, hoping that they could help inquire or hire some merchant ships willing to go to the west. Barov sighed, "That's where the news came out...... He settled the refugees in Silverlight City, which was only half a day's journey from the royal capital, and it was not difficult for Tifeco to do anything. ”

"How many people are still stranded in Silverlight City at the moment?"

"About eight hundred," Barov whispered, "the merchant ships go back and forth for half a month, and when the next batch of refugees arrives, we don't know what will happen." Or...... Recall the First Army squad immediately and abandon these people. ”

"No, no, let's just get rid of as many people as Tifeko inserts, and when the time comes, we just need to check the checkpoints and let them pass the cards separately," Roland shook his head, "What if we leave the refugees in Silverlight City, what if someone turns back to the Northland and publicizes their experience?" ”

With Sylvie's clairvoyance and Nightingale's mantra, no spies or assassins could hide, so he wasn't worried about that, as long as they didn't hurt the other refugees.

"Yes, Your Highness. Barov coughed twice before asking, "What's that......?" Sailen's handling, you see......"

"What do you think?"

He hesitated for a moment, "This happened because he was too careless, and I suggest that he be removed from his position at the town hall and fined for another two months' salary." Sailen's fault was not deliberate, and it did not cause much damage, and it was not appropriate to allocate the North Slope mine. ”

Roland couldn't help laughing, and the other party wrote the expression of pain on his face, "Don't worry, I've already decided." Considering that he made this mistake because of inexperience, and not because of a subjective dereliction of duty, it can be dealt with leniently. After all, this is the first time I have held such a position...... I remember that he was only in his twenties, right? In that case, after this lesson, I think he can grow up quickly. Only fined him two months' salary. ”

"Yes," Barov said immediately, bowing down, "and do as you say." ”

The prince smiled and shook his head, although he said it harshly at first, but when it was time to punish him, he showed a subtle reluctance - after all, Seren had been with him since he was in the royal capital, and he was one of the first disciples to arrive in the border town. In Barov's eyes, it is almost the same as the child he has cultivated.

"Go down. ”

After dealing with this matter, Roland stretched. I took out a few blank pieces of paper from the drawer, and was about to sketch a steam-cement ship when the leaves suddenly ran in.

"Your Highness," she said excitedly, "the Far Hope is back!"

"Really?" Roland staggered to his feet and followed her briskly into the back garden. I saw that the huge hot air balloon was slowly falling, and the shadow of the airbag made the light in the yard a little darker.

As soon as the basket hit the ground, Anna jumped off. Roland stepped forward with open hands, and the latter smiled and hugged him gently.

"I'm back. ”

. (To be continued.) )