Release that Witch

876. Chapter 876 Silver City

    It seems that I have to work harder. Roland shrugged in the dark, and it was not a glorious thing to be shackled behind him.

    Fortunately, Scarlet Water City has basically returned to stability. Seventy percent of the nobles in the screening decision will continue to operate the original industry, and the rest will want to go to City Hall to try their luck – although the basic requirement for applying for an administrative exam is “discontinued literacy”. It’s not a big deal for them, but Roland thinks that the chances of this group passing the final review and becoming a formal official are not great.

    After all, noble’s handling habits are not so easy to change.

    Of course, even if you are a Clerk, it is much better than losing your head.

    There are even three nobles who want to join the First Army – they are all of Knight’s origins, and there is no hidden meaning under the observation of Nightingale, but he still upholds the decision made at the beginning of the army and refused the application of three people. .

    After solving the problem of recycling and sequestration, Scarlet Water City and the surrounding areas were much more efficient. In more than a week, more than 20,000 people boarded the ships to Neverwinter City, and more people Still concentrating on Scarlet Water – the abandonment of small towns and villages appears to have made fewer controllable territories, which in fact has greatly increased City Hall’s control.

    In this era of lack of roads, it is no different from idiots to want to let the government order go to the countryside. It is still practicable to make up a set of leadership teams in a year, and it is difficult for the grassroots cadres to blossom everywhere. Barov has not only asked him why he has been obediently transporting the population back to Neverwinter City, rather than letting the business as usual after he unified the kingdom. He has never answered it fully and systematically.

    Because the City Hall Premier Minister can’t imagine how many people a coal-iron composite industry can absorb, it is difficult to understand how much energy and time it takes to build such an industry.

    And the most important thing is that those remote territories don’t really work, from the perspective of natural resources, it’s a waste.

    Therefore, it is more suitable for the current situation of Greycastle to concentrate the population in several major cities with convenient water transportation.

    From the moment of land change, Roland really has jurisdiction over the Scarlet Water area.

    And his next goal is naturally Silver Light City.

    Compared to the giant Scarlet Water City, it’s much simpler to pack up the old Kingdom Capital’s satellite city – it’s an ordinary fief, and it’s no different from dozens of fiefs around Kingdom Capital until the first open air. The silver mine was discovered, and its existence became special. As more and more precious metal veins have been discovered, the area has become more and more lively, and the final change has become what it is today.

    Considering that Silver Light City’s output is extremely important to Greycastle’s coinage, the later feudal lords were not only borne by William Earl, a “good old man” loyal to Wimbledon, but his power was also limited. Almost no other noble has been sealed.

    In other words, as long as the City Lord stated, Silver Light City is his bag.

    With Wimbledon III’s blood and the highest surviving successor status, Roland believes that “convincing” the other party is not difficult.

    But what makes him somewhat concerned is that this city built on the veins is also the hometown of Nightingale.

    Although every time I ask each other, the answer is “I have been out of relationship with Glen Family, so you don’t have to worry about my thoughts”, but he always feels that Nightingale seems to be avoiding something. It was just a busy government that made Roland unable to take up too much time on speculation and had to temporarily suppress it.

    On the fourth day after receiving the Iron Axe secret letter, the First Army Eastern Front Army sailed into the Silver Light City territory along the artificial canal.

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    Almost the same as the trip to Scarlet Water City, William Earl led the team out of the city, and the enthusiasm was followed by a dinner invitation. The difference is that Scarlet Water City’s welcome team is divided into noble, while the old City Lord’s team has a lot of businessmen, and even the old acquaintance Hogg.

    In the evening, Earl’s opening remarks set the tone for the banquet – willing to hand over the power of the partition and fully support the New Deal of Your Majesty Roland. There was a loud applause at the meeting, which made the latter’s prepared words all swallowed into the stomach.

    And Hogg’s needle-punching line turned the welcome banquet into a business meeting.

    “You are not asking me how the machine in the mine is working?”He was smug in front of a group of businessmen. “Now its real inventor is standing in front of you – it is this Your Majesty Roland! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, you don’t have to go to the Western Region, you can get the answer directly in Silver Light City! ”

    The merchants immediately swarmed over.

    “Esteemed Your Majesty, can you tell us why its strength is so big?”

    “I don’t know if you are willing to sell more track systems. The Diamond Chamber of Commerce is looking forward to working with Neverwinter City.”

    “Your Majesty, do you remember the fast sail club? Two years ago, I provided you with several sailing boats to transport the eastern region refugees. In terms of trade strength, we are definitely one of the best chambers in the central region. If you can, you will want to buy a complete set of Steam engine manufacturing equipment. Of course, the price is absolutely excellent! ”

    Thinking of the “good news” that businesswoman Margery had revealed to herself, Roland couldn’t help but laugh and cry – “Hogg will bring a large number of merchants to the Western Region”, but I didn’t expect to be ahead of myself.

    If the rest of Greycastle is like Silver Light City, how wonderful the world is.

    It was hard to satisfy the curiosity of the merchants. He finally found the opportunity to be alone with the old City Lord.

    The two walked through the hall and walked on the terrace of the evening breeze, temporarily segregating the hum of the banquet behind them.

    Roland spoke of the wine cup and overlooked the city under the night. Then he said, “I will give up the power of the segregation. Do you feel sorry at all?”

    “I didn’t really have it before, but what about regrets…”William Earl smiled. “Your father, and your father’s father, although not stated, will never allow Silver Light City to have a group of their own, and the family training of the William family will never be separated. So for me, it’s not as important as you think.”He has a little meal, “Not to mention, I don’t need this power.”

    Not requiredRoland can’t help but be curious.

    “The idea is to expand and consolidate your power to prevent others from peeing, and Silver Light City does not have this risk – anyone who plays the city’s idea is tantamount to provocatively challenging the Wimbledon royal family, so the family As long as you are faithful, you don’t have to worry about being harmed.”Earl sipped his drink. “In turn, the seal is, in a sense, a weakening of itself – it divides the natural resource that was originally of its own to others in exchange for the latter’s effectiveness. I prefer to run it in person rather than putting these natural resources in the hands of others. Do you know how much the output of Silver Light City has increased in the last two decades? ”

    Roland shook his head.

    “It’s sixteen times, so I put most of my energy into it…”The old City Lord is very excited. “In the beginning, it was just an open-pit silver mine. Now there are more than ten kinds of veins excavated. At the same time, there was only a collection team sent by the royal family. At present, there are not only various kinds of ore, jewelry merchants, but also many. The auxiliary industry developed through mining, such as oil lamps, mine manufacturing, etc., your Steam engine can also be counted as one of them, I am not wrong?”

    “It’s true,” Roland smiled.

    “This feeling is like cultivating a child. Watching it grow up gradually, how do you say that I am willing to cut it and seal it to others?” So I don’t need such power. ”Earl said here released a long breath, “Your Majesty, would you like me to continue to operate this city that shines in silver?”

    “Of course, if you like,” he lifted the wine cup to the other, and the two smiled, then the cups touched together.

    “Right,” Roland changed the wine after drinking it. “Do you know about Glen Family?”

    “Glen?”William Earl thought for a while before he raised his eyebrows. “It’s a bit impressed, but I don’t remember too much. After all, Silver Light City hasn’t had a new noble for a long time. These families were all there before the silver mine was discovered. It is. If you remember correctly, the last Glen should have changed its surname two years ago, and now the land belongs to the Somer family. ”

    When the other person said this, Roland felt that Nightingale had grabbed his arm in an instant.