Roland sat back in his office chair and pored over the statistical reports made by Barov. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

It took three days for the city hall to sort out all the more than 6,000 refugees, of which the proportion of craftsmen was low, and only 186 people finally passed the audit. Of course, this also has to do with the strength of the review - because it involves the allocation of housing and the issuance of identity cards.

In Roland's consideration, in the future, it must be a resident with an ID card to be counted as his official lord, so he must firmly control the gate, cultivate the core supporters of the town when the number of people is small in the early days, and it is easier to control, and then use the power of the people to assimilate other new entrants - after all, people are social animals, as long as the general environment is like this, more and more people will agree with his ideas, and he can indeed bring a better life to the lords.

"Then these craftsmen's rooms will be arranged by you, whether you are single or with a family, at least one independent suite will be allocated. Roland commanded.

"Yes," Barov replied, "may I ask your Highness, are these houses given as a gift?"

"In terms of rent," he shook his head, "the aborigines get new houses for free because most of them have old houses, which can be regarded as old homes for new ones, and if these people also give away houses, it is not conducive to getting them out of the house and actively participating in work." Of course, the rent can be calculated at a lower level, and tell them that as long as they work hard and save enough gold, they can buy the house directly. ”

"I see. ”

After a moment of silence, Roland suddenly asked, "After the award ceremony, how many fugitives appeared?"

"To this day, there is not a single aboriginal among them, and there are seven serfs," Barov paused, "and the refugees from the east have chosen to leave, a hundred and fifteen in all. ”

"Yes," he exhaled softly, and the moment he decided to push the witch to the front of the stage, he knew that this was going to happen. In order to assess the reaction of the people and avoid accidents, Roland also arranged for a musket team to be temporarily stationed a few miles away from the town, intercepting these escapees and counting the number of people to see how well everyone accepted witches.

The answer was perfect, if not perfect, but at least very good - the aborigines had fully embraced witches, which was close to what he had expected, the number of deserters among the serfs was smaller than expected, and the theatrical performances that seemed to be close to the life of the lower classes were better, and the refugees from the East, who had apparently been treated by witches, were in a situation where their homes were destroyed and desperate, and hundreds of people chose to leave, which surprised Roland slightly.

"Your Highness, I propose that they all be put to death," Barov said calmly, "and those who can decide to leave under such circumstances must be those who are deeply influenced by the Church. In the foreseeable future, they will not be on the side of the king, and nine times out of ten they will be converted to believers in the church, and there is no need to have a trace of mercy to them. ”

"It doesn't have to be that way...... The true devotion to the Church would be the more than 300 refugees who were reluctant to leave the royal capital in the face of the plague," the prince said, closing his eyes, "these people may just be unable to change their minds, and stubbornly believe that witches are evil and want to flee from this place." ”

"Even so, they are no less potential enemies of you," Barov insisted.

If he met this group of people on the battlefield, Roland would not hesitate to defeat them, but because of his backward thinking and disagreement, he would wantonly wield a butcher's knife to kill a group of civilians, which was a huge psychological obstacle for him. After a moment's hesitation, he finally rejected the offer, "I'll have Nightingale interrogate these escapees, and if there are spies or spies lurking inside, catch them and hang them, and expel the others from the West." ”

Barov's eyes flickered and he lowered his head, and only after a long time did he answer, "Yes, Your Highness." ”

"Anything else to report?"

"Not for the time being, Your Highness," he coughed, "I'll go and deal with the allocation of the house." ”

"Don't worry, you can take your time with these worries," Roland opened his eyes, stood up and said, "Let's take a few photos with me first and relax." ”

"Shine...... Film?" Barov was stunned.

"You'll know right away," the prince laughed.

In the castle vestibule, he summoned Carter, Iron Axe, and Soroya along. In one corner of the garden, there were several wooden planks four or five meters long and wide, and a canvas was covered on the ground.

"The border town is not big at present, and when the land in the south is developed in the future and connected to the Changge Fortress, the scale will be dozens of times that of the current one. It would take you a day or two to get from east to west on foot, so there had to be something that could get you back and forth quickly. Raising horses is expensive, and it is impossible for every lord to spend a lot of time learning how to ride a horse. Roland said as he unveiled the canvas, "I plan to promote this kind of transportation in the town, it is easy to use, and the price is much lower than a horse." ”

"This ...... What is it?" Carter was immediately attracted by the novelty in front of him, "Two wheels, one iron frame, is it a cart?"

"With two wheels standing side by side, it's hard to balance even a cart," Barrow said, shaking his head, "I don't see how it can replace a horse." ”

Only the iron axe was silent, quietly waiting for the prince to explain.

Roland smiled, "This thing is called a bicycle, I'll show it to you." He stood on the pedals with his feet in a standard starting position, and with one foot he pedaled, and rode around the garden pavement.

With Anna's finishing and Soloya's coating technology, it is not difficult to build a bicycle by hand, there is no difficulty in its principle and structure, and the parts that need rubber are replaced by coatings - for example, the inner tube, which is drawn directly on a roll of paper tubes, for which Roland also made a simple pump. The outer tires and brakes are coated with cowhide with higher hardness, the frame is hollow iron pipes, and the brake line is made of anti-rust copper wire. As for the kind of classical bike that has the pedals mounted directly on the wheels, he simply doesn't like it.

After riding a lap, Roland pressed the brakes, easily rolled over and jumped down, looking at the row of stunned subordinates, and couldn't help but feel proud. This is the kind of good mount that a traverser should have, and a bicycle is much more refreshing than a horse that needs to be tamed and fed.

"I'm going to open a new bicycle factory in the industrial zone for the production of this kind of transportation. Not only do you need to recruit workers, but you also need to do a good job of spreading the word to the entire territory as soon as possible," Roland explained simply, "That's what I've called you for. You'll have to learn how to ride a bike, and then have Miss Soroya draw you on a wooden board. I'm going to show all the lords that for one or two golden dragons, you can have the same mounts as the Lord, the First Army Commander, the Chief Knight, and the Town Hall Steward. ”

. (To be continued.) )