Chapter 556 Immigrants and Deserters

Since the end of winter, Rock City has become more prosperous day by day.

This new city to the north of Cecil was once only a part of the fortress and plain to the south of the rock fortress. The Cecilians destroyed the walls of the old fortress, leveled the towers of the past, and built a new one out of the ruins of the war. They built a new "magic energy barrier" on the outer layer of the fortress city, and built a dock plaza by the "Dorgon-Whitewater River", so that this piece of land that had experienced war was "lived" again.

At first, the people living in the inner city of the fortress were uneasy-they were residents of the old fortress and once served the Kingdom Army stationed in the rock fortress. This embarrassing status made them always worry about the reckoning of the Cecil people after the war. , but as the new fortress commander took office and the government office began to operate, the Cecilians fulfilled their promises when they took over the fortress one by one: no liquidation, no forcible expropriation, no demolition of houses, no looting of fields - in these After the promises were fulfilled one by one, the order of the rock fortress gradually stabilized, and the increasingly stable order also successfully allowed the newly built rock city to start running.

As a city that had the function of a "communication window" at the beginning of its planning, once the city started to operate, it quickly turned into a bustling city.

This is the chokepoint for the communication between the Holy Spirit Plain and the southern border. It is the only way for merchants to conduct north-south trade. For the merchants, the southern border always seems to have unfilled ores and magic materials. The local people are very welcome to the alchemy potion and magic net unit from Cecil - the Dorgon-Whitewater River is almost rolling with gold coins, so that the merchants who come to the Rock City to do business have popularized a new phrase. As the saying goes: as long as you can carry your pockets around the rock city, even a donkey can make a lot of money.

Recently, the royal family has reached a new agreement with Cecil. The dull nobles in San Sunil City finally recognized the authority of the Duchy of the South, and Cecil has also opened more trade orders to the Holy Spirit Plain. Rock City suddenly became more lively, new merchants were attracted here, and new goods began to appear on the ships and wagons - cheap textiles, paper and wine from the south were listed in Cecil's The list of commodities, their low prices stunned the merchants from the Holy Spirit Plain. In a very short period of time, the commodities flowing from Cecil to the Holy Spirit Plain are no longer only alchemy potions and magic components - and Cecil purchased Commodities, still endless ores and magic materials...

The prosperity of business has made the city of Rock develop at a very fast speed, and more and more foreigners are attracted to settle here - not only the residents of the southern border, but also those from the Holy Spirit Plain, for various reasons. People who have left their homeland.

In front of the entry and exit registration checkpoint at the Rock City Pier Square, a group of new immigrants who just got off the boat are queuing up through the narrow passage. It's a novelty, they're not very adaptable, but the heavily armed dock soldiers can make sure they get used to it in a very short time.

A red-haired youth with his head bowed slowly walked forward with the team,

Looking unremarkable, the tall and thin man in front of him stumbled to complete the registration, and then it was his turn to stand in front of the "registrar".

"Name?" the registrar asked.

The red-haired youth shrank his neck, glanced around in a way he thought was calm, and said in a low voice, "Sarah, there is no surname, my lord."

"Age? Occupation or expertise?"

"Nineteen... eighteen years old, worked as a carpenter, my lord."

The registrar raised his eyelids, looked at the red-haired youth's hands, and looked at the other's standing.

The cocoon is very thick at the tiger's mouth, and the standing posture is habitually leaning forward slightly, and the feet are separated.

The registrar glanced at the youth's clothing, and then glanced at the pair of thick leather boots on the other's feet.

"Where did it come from?"

"Plain of the Holy Spirit... in the middle, the village next to the boulder city..."

"Can you read?"

"I don't know, my lord."

"Your registration card, take the left aisle, and someone will take you to resettlement at the end," the registrar took out a card, handed it to the red-haired youth, and gave him a deep look when he reached out to take it , "Young man, remember to obey Cecil's laws - on this premise, the duchy will protect you. Also, don't call me your lord, I'm just a registrar."

"Yes... yes sir."

The red-haired young man took the cardboard in a little panic. He didn't know if he heard the registrar's explanation, so he hurriedly walked to the left aisle, and on the cardboard in his hand, A number is printed: 3.

The registered young people do not know what this number means, but the registrars working on the dock know that this code means: Suspected deserter of the Holy Spirit Plains, a second review is recommended.

The registrar raised his head and looked at the still long queue in the passage, guessing how many deserters from the Plains of the Holy Spirit would be among these people.

There have been more and more such people since the stalemate of the chaotic civil war reached a stalemate.

The situation on the eastern front line of the Holy Spirit Plain is said to be very anxious. Both the Kingdom Army and the Eastern Frontier Army have fallen into an embarrassing situation where no one can quickly win. The war also caused more and more deserters to appear.

For the noble army, which lacked effective management measures, and whose soldiers were not very motivated and loyal, desertion was almost as common as wind and rain.

That young man was mostly a soldier of the Kingdom Army, so he did not dare to flee to the east. At the same time, he might also be a believer of a god other than the God of Holy Light, so he did not dare to flee to the north of the plain. In this world, Ability God believers The situation in the North is very difficult - and between the West and the South, the South, which is obviously closer and has a better immigration policy, is a better choice for these deserters.

The registrar shook his head, Cecil didn't mind the origin of these deserters - deserters from the old-fashioned noble army, refugees who lost their homes and land, were all valuable labor for Cecil. Although the registrar himself is not a high-level government official, he has also received training. He knows that every person who comes from the north of the rock fortress is no different to the principality: anyway, they are all unqualified, in short, they all have to be educated.

Similar things are not only staged at this registration exit, but in the entire dock square, at the end of the twenty-eight registration passages, each registrar has some registration cards used to mark special immigrants - from the plains of the Holy Spirit. Deserters, Ability God believers expelled by the Holy Light Church, suspected spies sent by the northern nobles... Since Cecil's situation has initially stabilized and the duchy has been recognized by the royal family, the southern border has once again opened the channel to absorb the population, and the influx of the southern border In the huge immigrant team, there are all kinds of people.

In a sense, the Cecil Territory has relied on "refugees" to rise. For Cecil's government office, dealing with these immigrants can almost be regarded as their basic business requirements.

The red-haired youth who left the registration aisle carefully held his "registration card" and walked on the way to meet the next "registrar master". In this huge and unfamiliar city, he was confused and disturbed, but more More novelty and excitement.

This is Cecil, or part of Cecil.

But it was completely different from what he imagined, and it was completely different from what he had heard.

The aristocratic lords of the north say that Cecil is a savage, desolate, cruel place where order is broken, they say that the aristocratic system of the south is gone, and a man who has climbed out of a coffin has destroyed all order with a savage war ; they say that in this land there is no rank, no authority, and that both lowly serfs and noble knights can walk on the same path; A ruthless duchy...

But what the red-haired youth sees here is only wide and tidy streets, tall and grand buildings, upright and friendly "adults", and an unbelievably prosperous dock square - if this is the barbaric cruelty and order described by the nobleman The collapsed scorched earth, so are those noble masters living in a cesspool that is more terrible than the scorched earth?

Looking around the square as far as she could see, Sarah felt that the nobles had only one sentence right: here, everyone is indeed walking on the same path.

The road is so wide that everyone can walk.

It would be great if the fellow villagers who escaped together also chose the same path as themselves... Unfortunately, they all went to the north, believing in the God of Light.

The red-haired youth walked forward slowly, observing every new thing here as if his eyes were not enough.

There are indeed too many new things here, too much to make people feel at a loss, too much to be at a loss.

There are neat lamp posts on both sides of the wide road, and the lamp posts are not oil lamps, but magic spar; a strange metal tower is erected in the open space in the distance, with a large block floating on the top of the tower. crystal; at the end of the line of sight there are workers building something, every tool and machine they use unseen, unheard of...

"Sam, you can't believe where I am..."

The red-haired youth murmured the names of his friends from his hometown in a low voice. He walked slower and slower on the passage, and his attention was almost completely attracted by the strange magic devices that could not be seen. If it weren't for the fences on both sides of the passage, he would be now Be sure to run around and take a closer look at those devices.

His slowness finally aroused the dissatisfaction of the people behind him, and someone slapped him hard behind him: "Hey! Hurry up! You're in the way!"

The red-haired young man quickly apologized, and then stepped forward to walk forward, but just as he was about to leave, a light and shadow suddenly appeared from not far away and a sound that sounded at the same time made him stand in shock.

In the center of the dock square, on a platform slightly above the ground, a large magic device suddenly activated, and a huge holographic image appeared above the magic device. Along with the image, there was a short period of time. The sound of the music—it sounded like a mix of a flute and a lyre.

The Cecil people on the pier were all very indifferent. They were not surprised at all, they just looked at the "Illusion Magic" that suddenly appeared in the square with a kind of happy and expectant expression. However, including the red-haired youth in the The new immigrants in the city were shocked by the sight, and some people even exclaimed in the aisle of the queue - the red-haired youth almost screamed himself, but he just opened his mouth and kept this After a moment of slightly comical posture, he saw a beautiful lady appear in the magic illusion, and heard the other party's voice:

"Friends from the audience in front of the magic terminal, good afternoon, I'm your old friend, Miss Witch...

"In today's witch time, I'd like to introduce you to an exciting magical creation...

"...Ten minutes later, the Principality's most cutting-edge magic warship 'Pioneer' will have a water entry ceremony. It will be the new pride of the Principality. The mighty Pioneer will become a sword and shield to protect every citizen... …

"...Minister Rebecca believes that the technology of the new magic warship will greatly promote the progress of the Principality's shipbuilding technology, and it will be used in the civilian field...

"Now, let's move off the field, my colleagues are in the dock getting ready..."

(The premiere of the abnormal animation will be held on June 22nd! The screening qualifications are being recruited. The specific situation can be found at station B. If you have time, please support it as much as possible =. = This is also my long-cherished wish finally achieved.)