Chapter 468 Return

After half a month, Roland finally made his way home.

After using the power of thunder to clean up the four major families and the black street rats, Changsong Fortress temporarily became a blank sheet of paper for him to do whatever he wanted. Various relief and resettlement measures are being carried out in an orderly manner. Although the golden dragons and food collected from Maple Leaf, Running Wolf and Wild Rose territories are not as rich as Duke Lane, the total is still an astonishing income. It is precisely because of this that he was able to expand the scope of relief food to the entire city without any worries, and used the porridge time to carry out policy propaganda, and the effect was extraordinary.

On the day of departure, the Second Army had recruited the planned 500 people, and the police department also had a new team of about 200 people. Roland left half of the soldiers who participated in the expedition and Vader in the fortress. In addition to daily defense and vigilance, Roland's purpose was to train these newcomers into usable warriors as soon as possible.

He knew that this blank period would not last long. If he did not quickly establish a direct connection between the people and the city hall and extend his control power to the grassroots, then the decadent and old order would come back to fill this power vacuum. . Without breaking, there is no establishment. After breaking, he has achieved the goal of great destruction, and the next step is the great establishment stage.

What gives Roland confidence is the solid backing of Border Town. The total population has grown to more than 30,000 people, and more than half of the population is receiving basic education. In later generations, it was only the size of two middle schools, but in this era it was already extremely large. Amazing scale - the education that is spread to every town citizen is not just literacy, but also basic natural knowledge, political thoughts... and the national consciousness instilled in it.

The improvement of cultural level can give him enough grassroots manpower to promote change; and compared with the ignorant people who do not know why they are fighting and accept the suffering, the awakening of national consciousness will allow them to explode with unimaginable power. These citizens of the small town are the seeds of fire he has sown. One day, they will set off a prairie fire on this continent.

As the sky gradually turned dark, the faint outline of the town appeared in front of Roland's eyes.

"Look...what is that?" a noble behind him exclaimed.

"A... bridge?" Another person stretched his head and looked at it, "Oh my God, it's too long."

"This is impossible. There are only two pillars. How can they support such a long bridge deck?"

"Wait...it looks like it's made of iron!"

On the way back, in addition to the witches, there were dozens of nobles on Roland's ship. They either had shallow family backgrounds or low-ranking titles. They stayed away from the rebellion and thus escaped his cleaning up.

According to the plan, they will systematically learn the departmental hierarchical management methods of the city hall in the small town, and then return to the fortress when the city is officially established, assist Pero in establishing the lower-level city hall, and implement and provide feedback on the orders they issue. After losing the privileges of noble fiefdoms, if these people want to go further, they can only rely on their own abilities.

As the fleet crossed the silver-edged steel bridge, Roland heard a surprised intake of breath from the nobles behind him. A group of people couldn't help but hold their breath, silently watching the iron bridge across the river pass over their heads.

The prince couldn't help feeling a little amused. The group of people hadn't stopped sighing since they got on the boat. First, I was surprised at how the stone hull could float on the water, and then I was very curious about the rotating paddle wheel and the steam engine that spewed white mist. It's a pity that the town's three-way project has not yet been completed, he thought maliciously, otherwise these people would be shocked when they saw the bright and stable lights.

As the whistle blew, the ship slowly docked at the pier. Barov, Carter, and a large group of city hall officials, who had already received the "flying pigeon message", had been waiting on the shore for a long time. When they saw Roland appearing, they also had decent ringing gifts. According to the welcome The king's etiquette made a welcome ceremony.

Roland smiled and patted the two of them on the shoulders, then brought Barov to many fortress nobles and introduced each other. "I will leave it to you to arrange the accommodation, life and study of these people," he whispered close to the steward's ear. "Don't worry about their identity and title. At most, they are just barons. There is nothing in the mine. Everyone has them, but they still can't work honestly. Just train them in the same way as fresh graduates, and I want to see the results as soon as possible."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Back in the castle, the witches who had heard the news had gathered in the hall. As soon as Roland stepped through the door, before he could feel the warmth that he had been away from for a long time, a warm body rushed into his chest. Smelling the familiar fragrance coming from the hair, he smiled and touched the other person's head, "I'm back."

"Well," Anna raised her head, her lake-blue eyes filled with waves, "I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"I also want!"

"And I Gu!"

Soon Roland felt an extra weight on both sides of his arms... He knew without looking that except for Lightning and Maisie, no other witches would disturb his embrace with Anna at this time.

"Hey, you guys just went with him, okay," Miyue yelled.

"That's right," Lily snorted, "shameless!"

"I hope you all come back safely," Wendy smiled softly.

"We have to celebrate tonight," Shujuan suggested.

"Oh! I want ice cream bread!" Andrea cheered, "With the portions of Ashes and Savi, I want a big plate!"

The last person to step forward was Tilly Wimbledon.

She stretched out her hand and said with a relaxed expression, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Thank you," Roland raised his lips and took the hand offered by the other party.

…

After the sumptuous dinner, Roland returned to the office and breathed a sigh of relief. Although the fortress's castle was much larger, this small place still made him feel more comfortable.

Just as he was about to sort out the books brought from the fortress, Anna opened the door and walked in.

"You came just in time," Roland pointed to the books piled on the carpet, "Look, this is the gift I brought you. Most of them are historical records and legends, as well as some secrets of the Western Region, all from the Duke's study. Moved out. By the way, this is—"

Before he could finish speaking, he felt a pair of soft lips press on her.

The fragrance is a little hot, dry and moist.

"I miss you so much." After they separated, Anna looked into his eyes calmly and said every word.

Looking at the other person's rippling gaze, Roland felt a surge of heat surge into his heart. "This book..."

"I can watch it later."

"I guess so."

The two kissed each other again. (To be continued.)