Codex Pirates

Chapter 144 Population

After destroying Roy and other navies, as well as the Sapphire Pirates, other warships returned to Hongye Village and other places in the sphere of influence to rest one after another, while William took a clipper ship to the town where the base of the Sixteenth Division of the Navy was located.

Tony, Manny and Angie, as well as Mouse and Akin, were all waiting for William at the pier.

After William let them board the ship, Lieutenant Colonel Mouse seemed a little uneasy, fidgeting, and opened his mouth to ask something from time to time, but he never said anything.

"Roy is dead." Seeing his appearance, William said directly.

The mouse opened its eyes wide, panted heavily excitedly, and muttered to itself: "The Sixteenth Branch is mine...."

Ajin on the side turned his head and pursed his lips in disdain.

"Even if it's not now, it will be soon."

William smiled at the mouse, put his arm around his shoulders, and led him to his desk, where he opened a wooden box containing Bruggem's head.

The mouse turned its head in fear, and William smiled deeper: "The most important thing now is how to write your report to your superiors. Have you studied it?"

"No, I'm waiting for your news," Lieutenant Colonel Mouse said honestly, "Do you have any suggestions?"

"Colonel Roy, he heard the news that the Chef Pirates were leaving the East China Sea to go to the great route. He was unwilling to let them escape from his own pursuit, so he drove a boat to arrest them and was killed." William pointed to the table again. The head in the box, "The Sapphire Pirates heard the news of Roy's absence and invaded the sea area under the jurisdiction of the Sixteenth Division. You stayed at the base and led other officers and soldiers to fight them. Capture and kill the pirate captain Blue Jem, What do you think of this statement?"

"It still needs to be polished," the mouse thought while stroking his beard, "but the general direction is fine."

A group of people turned black and white, and just put the crime on other innocent people.

After discussing with Mouse and others how to frame him, the most important thing is to hand over the corpses of the main cadres of the Sapphire Pirates to Mouse and Akin, and William returned to Kalma City non-stop.

He did not moor in a civilian area, but got off the boat at a simple pier in a slum area. Compared with a year ago, the slum area of ​​this city has not changed much. William has no administrative power, and has no way to deeply influence and change this area. The local environment, but there is no way to cure the fundamental problems of the slums, and crime cannot be effectively dealt with. If people cannot survive, they are naturally prone to take risks.

William has eradicated a local gangster or other criminal gangs, and it won't be long before new gangs emerge, like weeds, and they know that William and his subordinates are powerful, but they don't have enough manpower. Therefore, he appeared to be more careful, and did not dare to provoke William easily. Compared with the previous criminal forces, he appeared to be much more cunning.

The total population of the entire slum area is hundreds of thousands. Even if William has a Four Seas Trading Company and other types of income, he cannot immediately improve the lives of the residents here. He can only try his best to establish some welfare institutions in the slum area this year. For example, the poorhouse, in addition to buying people's hearts and spreading its good reputation in the slums, mainly takes in some children. The few primary schools he established in the slums, even if the fees are free, no local residents take the initiative to send their children to school Dampier's point of view is very accurate. When he is temporarily unable to take charge of the government and implement compulsory compulsory education, let alone the number of teachers, students will not be recruited.

However, Roy has been eliminated right now, and when the mouse becomes the colonel and the supreme commander of the sixteenth division, he will control the naval power in this sea area, and the time for him to seize power will be near.

The census is actually a preparation for some policies that William may formulate next.

William took several subordinates through the slums all the way. During this year, many people in the slums have known William and his team. There is a statue of William in front of the gate of the almshouse, and there is a bust of him inside. Occasionally, some people who have received relief from the poorhouse will bow to him, and some members of other criminal gangs are sneaky and dare not look at them.

When he got to the steps leading to the civilian area, William sighed looking at the drains on both sides that kept draining sewage and stolen goods, and then continued to move forward. The changes in the civilian area are much greater than those in the poor area, and the city walls of the noble area have not yet been seen. The building is so high, but the tax has already been collected a lot. The people in the slums are poor and white, and they can't collect money at all. Although the people in the aristocratic area are rich, they are unwilling to take money from their own pockets. In the end, this burden can only be paid. It fell on the heads of the civilians caught in the middle.

Along the way, the streets that had some signs of prosperity had become depressed. William didn't stop until he came to a mansion in Dampier at the junction of the civilian area and the aristocratic area.

Several crew members who followed William were dismissed by him, followed the butler to the living room to rest, and then he walked towards the study under the guidance of the servant.

The servant came to the study door, smiled apologetically at William, knocked on the door first, and then opened the door.

After entering, what greets your eyes is a very spectacular scene. The entire study can occupy more than a quarter of the house, like a large library, except for the bookshelf in the middle, the four walls are used as bookshelves It was also filled with densely packed books, and several servants wearing gloves and headscarves climbed up and down the ladder, cleaning carefully.

This is Dampier's most proud property, even surpassing his weapon company, which he called the "study" of the greatest treasure in the East China Sea.

As the name suggests, a room full of books.

William was quite a novelty when he came here for the first time, but now he is not so surprised. He also knows that there is another basement in Dampier that is not as bright and upright as this one, where some books that are a bit taboo against the government are hidden.

Going around the rows of tall bookshelves, I saw Dampier lying on a desk at the other end of the room, writing and drawing with his head buried.

When William stood in front of his desk and coughed lightly, Dampier raised his head, glanced up and down William with his gray eyes, and said with a smile, "Is the matter resolved?"

Dampier waved to the servant behind William, signaling him to leave, then put down the pen in his hand, and led William to the back of the desk.

On the wall behind the desk, there is a secret door that is also disguised as a bookshelf. It is hard to notice if you don’t pay attention. This is actually the study where Dampier really works. Usually, even the servants are not allowed to enter.

The private study room, which is not too big, looks a bit messy. There are many things hanging on the walls, including a bird's-eye view of Kalmar City, news clippings from sea trains, and even a small blackboard.

In the middle of the blackboard is written the word "population", with a few slashes drawn underneath, pointing to three words:

Going to the countryside, immigration, industry.