Your Majesty, the Spectacle Has Missed the Country!

The Valens Plains, located west of the Eide River, has always been the richest land in the eastern part of the empire.

Until half a year ago, the arrival of the Odin people ravaged the refugees living on this land. Then, the Idar soldiers descended from the sky and took this vast plain into their pockets.

but……

Since it became the territory of the Principality of Idar, this fertile land has not attracted much attention from Bruno.

Because the Valens Plains is extremely fertile, but the crops such as sweet potatoes and potatoes that are now grown on a large scale in the Principality of Idar do not need to be picked out. It does not matter whether it is paddy field or dry land, just bury it.

Even if you don't take care of it a few times throughout the year, you will only harvest less, and the yield is still much higher than growing crops such as wheat.

In addition, there are not many mineral deposits on the Valens Plains, and it belongs to the current border area of ​​the Idar Principality. Therefore, this land that was originally highly valued by the nobles has been marginalized in the Idar Principality.

And Bruno naturally put most of his energy into the industrialization of magic and making money to create miracles.

As for the many matters in the Valens Plains and the northern part of the Principality of Idar, Bruno threw them all on Old Ford's shoulders.

There is no other way. Those who can do more work!

Compared with others, the old Ford, who was a butler, has grown into a stable and experienced official during this period of time.

He clearly knows what the Principality of Idar needs today, and he also understands what Bruno wants the Valens Plains to develop into in the future.

so……

For more than half a year, with the Eide River as the boundary, the two sides of the river took on completely different appearances.

To the east of the Eder River, as the influence of the Idar Territory continues to radiate northward, not only is Solenburg, adjacent to the Idar Territory, showing far greater prosperity than before, but even the Dell Hills east of the Eider River are also showing signs of prosperity. great changes.

The Cologne Industrial Zone rising northeast of the Dell Hills and the construction of a large number of Stonehenges have caused magic industrialization to continue to develop in this land at an unexpected speed.

Moreover, the Port of Cologne is the closest port to Hobbs Port in a straight line. The unique geographical advantage allowed the first large-scale textile factory of the Principality of Idar to take root on this land.

The Valens Plains west of the Ed River has not been greatly affected by magic industrialization.

In Valens Plains, Old Ford completely copied the management model of production teams and worker communities.

The fields that originally belonged only to the nobles were distributed to everyone who was willing to engage in agricultural production.

In addition, the official officials of the Idar Principality also distributed a large number of new agricultural tools to the people living on this land, which greatly improved the people's farming efficiency.

after all……

Compared with promoting the development of magical industrialization, maintaining stability and resettling refugees are the most important tasks of officials on the Valens Plains.

However, even though the social production on the Valens Plains is still dominated by agricultural production, under the governance of Old Ford, it also presented a completely different situation from other inland cities.

As a border city of the Idar Principality, although Valens City has not yet been covered by magic transmission lines, the people living on this land are already much more relaxed than before.

The official officials of the Principality of Idar will never impose exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes on the people, nor will they ask for money from the people based on their own mood and preferences.

The people who feel this most clearly are the merchants living in Valens City.

In the six months since I became a citizen of Idar, the officials of the Principality of Idar and the soldiers of the Idar army have almost destroyed the extremely fragile outlook on life and values ​​of the local people!

Whether it is buying daily necessities or eating and drinking after placing orders, Idar soldiers will actually give you money! Give me money!

For the vendors, this is simply...an incredible thing!

You know, if it were in the past, not only would I have to serve the soldiers who came to dine with delicious food, but I would also have to take the initiative to offer a large amount of protection money before the soldiers left.

Because if you don't do this, you will inevitably be targeted by the patrol in the future.

It's just a trivial matter to encounter all kinds of difficulties. If it's more serious... it may even be life-threatening!

So at the very beginning, the Idar soldiers took the initiative to pay and planned to settle the bill, which almost made those small merchants faint from fear!

Not only did the soldiers not ask for money from themselves, but they even took the initiative to give them money. No matter how you looked at it, it seemed to mean that you were about to be in disaster!

But when the Idar soldiers arrived, everything completely changed.

Of course, the Idar people will also collect money from these shops, but both the method of collecting money and the manpower responsible for collecting money have completely changed.

The Idar soldiers with strict military discipline will never extort or blackmail the people living on this land.

Under the rule of the Principality of Idar, not only the people responsible for collecting money became Idar civil servants who were specifically responsible for tax matters, but even the taxes to be paid were clearly stipulated in legal provisions.

We will not charge even one copper less, but we will never charge any more money.

The changes that have taken place in the city of Valens are, of course, not just reflected in the tax level.

Under Bruno's repeated instructions, Old Ford, who was accustomed to a clean and sanitary urban environment, also set the creation of a "civilized city of Idar" as an important goal during his management of Valens City.

You must know that unlike other cities in the Principality of Idar, the city of Valens, located on the west bank of the Eide River, serves as a bridgehead for the Principality of Idar to overlook the interior of the empire, but at the same time it will also face the refugees displaced by the war.

Even though Bruno stationed a large number of Idar soldiers in the city of Valens and erected many tall barbed wire fences along the long border, he hoped that the refugees could pass through customs and enter the land of the Principality of Idar.

However, this simple interception method will eventually have a lot of omissions.

Even though there are patrols composed of Idar soldiers every day, patrolling the borders and plains and checking identities, they still find the bodies of refugees fallen on the roadside from time to time.

These refugees who boldly broke into the Principality of Idar without customs inspection had no idea of ​​the Principality's policy towards refugees, nor did they know where there were places to provide meals for the refugees and where the town was located. .

so……

Even though they came to the land of Idar Principality, they still lost their lives.

It is precisely because of this consideration that Old Ford pays special attention to the health situation in Valens City!

Exposed corpses may breed plague, and dirty and poor sanitary conditions may also lead to the spread of disease. Under Bruno's influence, this view has long become the consensus of the entire Principality of Idar.

Therefore, Old Ford divided the city of Valens into countless communities, and set up a complete grassroots administrative system in each community.

And that's not all. In order to stimulate the enthusiasm of grassroots civil servants, Old Ford even took the lead in launching the first "health evaluation" system of the Principality of Idar in Valens City under the guidance of Bruno.

Each community in Valens City will conduct a random health evaluation every month, and a dedicated person will be responsible for checking the health status of each community.

Including but not limited to all kinds of garbage, human and livestock excrement, and the formation of smelly ditches near depressions...

On the premise that the basic scores are the same, every time a similar error or problem is found, points will be deducted for the community where it is located, and after statistics and sorting, a monthly evaluation list will be listed.

The top-ranked communities will be praised, and when the number of times they reach the top reaches a certain requirement, the community with outstanding performance may even receive a "Spiritual Civilization Award" licensed by Bruno, Duke of Idar, at the end of the year!

If you get the "Spiritual Civilization Award", it's not just an honor. All the staff in the winning community can even get bonus incentives!

And since the communities at the top can be commended and rewarded, the communities at the bottom will naturally be criticized.

Every time the community ranked last in the health evaluation, it would be given a good beating by the old Ford.

If you repeatedly fall behind in the rankings, the name of your community will even be published in the "Reference News" published internally by the official ape, "showing off" in front of all Idar official apes.

It is also under the supervision of the "Health Evaluation and Excellence" system that various communities in Valens City are particularly concerned about the health status of the city.

Some communities even hire many old men and women who are too old to work in the fields for the price of one copper plate a day. They hang out in the community all day, searching for garbage in the streets, which can be regarded as creating jobs and improving people's lives. .

As for the phenomenon of involution among communities, Old Ford is naturally happy to see it happen.

after all……

The more serious the officials are, the cleaner and tidier the city of Valens will be, and the less likely it is that an epidemic will occur.

It was precisely with the assistance of various communities and Old Ford's methodical governance that the lives of civilians, which had been shattered by the impact of the war, gradually returned to an orderly look that had never been seen before.

But at this moment, in the temporarily built Valens Government Hall in the center of Valens City, Old Ford frowned slightly.

indeed,

The people living on this land live and work in peace and contentment, with enough food and clothing. Both the living environment and living standards are many times better than before.

But as the political officer who now manages Valens Plains, Old Ford has long been aware of the dark side hidden under this picture of prosperous times.

The Principality of Idar took over this vast territory and took over countless homeless refugees, but at the same time, it also took over the "pests" living on this land.

The invasion of the Odins turned all the people living on this land into homeless wanderers.

Among them are farmers who have made a living by farming for generations, vendors who sell hawkers along the way, and serfs who once served the nobles. But at the same time, there are also ruffians hiding in the streets and alleys, and thieves and bandits who rob homes and houses.

Just like when a sandstorm approaches, both the ferocious wolf and the weak sheep have to hide in the same shelter, waiting for the disaster to leave.

As the Odin people receded like a tide and the Idar people took over this land, the "insects" hidden in the dark corners began to gradually surface.

A year ago, Bruno took advantage of the census to catch all the gangsters active in Idar City.

However, compared with the former Idar Territory, the Valens Plains not only has a wider land, but also has a larger population.

So... old Ford has been waiting.

He is waiting for those gangsters who can't restrain their loneliness to surface one after another, waiting for the criminal network hidden behind the shady curtain to be discovered by the agents of the Idar CIA, and even waiting for the Idar Public Security Bureau to sort it out. Make a detailed list of suspects.

Because according to Old Ford's investigation, the evil forces hidden in Valens Plains are not just as simple as collecting some protection fees!

Under the protection of the former nobles who turned a blind eye, it is very likely that there is a huge human trafficking network hidden in the Valens Plains!

They would kidnap civilians who originally lived and worked in peace and contentment, brand their bodies as slaves, and sell these innocent civilians to the interior of the empire through passing convoys to become serfs under the nobles.

Although such criminal networks pale in comparison to those in the western part of the Empire.

But the Principality of Idar under the rule of the Stuart family will never condone the rise of human trafficking!

The reason why Old Ford has endured for so long is because he wants to uproot the criminal network hidden in the Principality of Idar, so as to completely eliminate this cancer that remains in this land!

"Concerning those gangsters active in the corners of the city... When will the joint investigation by the CIA and the Public Security Bureau give out a list?!"

Looking through the reports submitted by his men, Old Ford's voice seemed a little suppressed.

Two months already!

In the past two months when Idar citizen ID cards have become more and more popular, twenty-seven civilians have disappeared for no reason! Seven civilians died!

If it weren't for the purpose of getting rid of these insects hiding in the corners once and for all, UU Reading www.uukanshu. ｅt Old Ford had already used Idar soldiers to kill all those rats.

As a time traveler, Bruno will never tolerate the crime of human trafficking in his territory.

so,

In order to support Old Ford's operation, Bruno not only dispatched the most capable Idar police officers, but also ordered a joint investigation team to be formed by the Idar Central Intelligence Agency and the Idar Public Security Bureau. Under the leadership of Old Ford, Bruno This criminal organization is full of crimes!

On a normal day, Agent Idar would probably feel extremely nervous.

But this time...

The Idar agent looked directly into Old Ford's eyes and said with certainty:

"Reporting to Mr. Ford, we have grasped the conclusive and clear chain of interests and found out the slave trading group headed by 'Black Rat' Sarada. We can uproot these people just by your order!"