"Your Highness, do you know who sent these people?" Carter leaned closer and asked after Vader left.

"Those who own the pills are Tiffyko except for the church. Garcia is now far away from the Grayburg and it is unlikely that she will still be thinking about me." Roland sighed, "The possibility of Tiffyko is greater than the former. He dare not send troops out of the capital easily now, but it does not mean that he will not retaliate against me."

Fortunately, these attackers who were mixed into the crowd only carried pills and did not have gunpowder all over their bodies. Otherwise, if they were detonated in the crowd, the effort of the past two months would be wasted.

Roland was not worried that the "examination squad" he sent would threaten him. When Nightingale was away, he brought more than ten personal guards everywhere he went, and he also wore the Stone of Divine Punishment. Not to mention the drug-taking madman, even the extraordinary witch could find it difficult to get close to him under the suppression of the ten-rotary musket.

He found that in less than a year he had sat in the lord's position, his mentality had changed a lot. If he first arrived here, he would inevitably become weak and at a loss when he saw this posture. But just now, although he felt a little nervous, he still pretended to be calm on the surface. He knew that the guards would definitely block in front of him and block the enemy without hesitation. As the focus of the masses, he could not lose his composure at all. This idea was surprising even himself.

"Call all the people from the messenger group and ask them about the detailed process of recruiting people," Roland turned to Barov and said, "I need to know where these people boarded the sailboat."

"Yes, Your Highness." The headmaster of the city hall looked a little gloomy. He probably didn't expect that the dear subordinates he sent out would make such a major mistake, and he felt that he had no face.

"Don't blame them too hard, first ask for the situation."

After all the refugees passed the checkpoint, Roland returned to the castle office. This time the news brought back by the emissary group surprised him very much. There were a large number of displaced people in the southern area. Eagle City and Bishui Port were destroyed by war, and many fields outside the city were abandoned. In addition to the strange weather this year, the temperature in various places in Gray Castle dropped sharply, and the prices of grain were rising day by day, and the prices of slaves fell by half.

As long as he can establish a reliable transportation channel, he can continuously introduce these populations into the Western Regions. In fact, according to the report of the embassy group, after hearing the pioneering and recruitment order of the Bianfeng Town, many refugees have begun to spontaneously move towards the Western Regions.

However, the difficulty lies in the "transportation channel".

The heavy snow of the Demon Moon blocked the entire land traffic. If you want to bring people in, you can only transport them through the Chishui River. There is only a small town in the border town that cannot move without a witch, which is far from meeting the needs. If there are ships sailing on the channel at all times, at least about twenty inland sailboats must be invested.

For example, the messenger group sent out this time fell into this dilemma: only a small part of the Golden Dragons they carried with them were used to win over refugees, and most of the rest were spent on hiring ships and resettlement personnel. Currently, there are only 400 people arriving in Bianfeng Town, and more than 3,000 people are still stranded in Liuye Town, Yinguang City and Zhulongling, waiting for ships to be transported.

In addition, all the ship owners knew the current situation in the Western Region and raised the price very high. The estimated cost of these more than 3,000 people alone was equal to the last Wangdu rescue. This was not a long-term solution. Roland thought for a while and decided to send a letter of help to the Margaret Chamber of Commerce, hoping that the other party would not quote a price that would increase several times for lightning.

However, if you want to completely cut off this part of the expenditure, you have to build your own ship. The quality of steel bars and cement has been greatly improved, and it can completely build a stronger and larger inland flatbed, using steam engines as power to build this Chishui River transportation line.

...

After lunch, Barov knocked on the door and walked in, "Your Highness, the situation is basically clear."

"explain."

"A disciple named Sailun is responsible for going to the north to win over refugees. On the way back, he contacted friends he knew in the capital before, hoping that they could help inquire or hire some merchant ships willing to go to the western border." Barov sighed, "The news should be revealed from here... He placed the refugees in Yinguang City, which was only half a day away from the capital, so it would not be difficult for Tifeko to do anything."

"How many people are currently stranded in Silver Light City?"

"About eight hundred," Barov whispered, "the merchant ship was back and forth for half a month. When the next batch of refugees arrived, I didn't know what would happen. Otherwise... I'll recall the First Army team immediately and give up these people."

"No, no, how many people can be inserted into Tifeike, we will just remove them one by one. At that time, just keep the review level and let them pass the card separately," Roland shook his head, "If you leave the refugees in Silver Light City, what if someone returns to the north and spreads their experiences? We will never think about pulling people from there again."

Under Sylvie's perspective observation and the Nightingale's mantra inquiry, no spies or assassins could hide, so he was not worried about it, as long as they didn't let them hurt other refugees.

"Yes, Your Highness." Barov coughed twice before asking, "Then...Selon's handling, you see..."

"What do you think?"

He hesitated for a moment, "This happened because he was too careless. I suggest that he would be fined two more months of salary if he removed his position in the city hall. Sailun's fault was not done on purpose, nor did it cause too much damage. It was not appropriate to distribute it to the North Slope mine."

Roland couldn't help laughing, and the other party wrote his painful expression on his face, "Don't worry, I've decided. Considering that he made this mistake because of lack of experience, not a subjective dereliction of duty, he can be treated lightly. After all, it is the first time he has held such a position... I remember he is only in his twenties? Since that's the case, after this lesson, he must have grown up quickly. He was fined only for two months of salary."

"As for orders," Barov immediately bowed, "just do what you said."

The prince smiled and shook his head. Although he said it extremely harshly at the beginning, when he really wanted to punish him, he showed an insignificant sense of giving up. After all, Saren had been with him when he was in the capital, and was also a group of disciples who had arrived in the border town at first. In Barov's eyes, he was almost the same as the children he had raised.

"You go down."

After dealing with this, Roland stretched and took out a few blank sheets of paper from the drawer. When he was about to draw a sketch of the steam cement ship, Ye Zi suddenly ran in.

"Your Highness," she said excitedly, "The Yuanwang is back!"

"Really?" Roland stood up and followed her to the back garden quickly. The huge hot air balloon was slowly landing, and the shadow of the airbag made the light in the yard dim a little.

As soon as the hanging basket landed, Anna jumped down. Roland opened her hands and greeted him, who smiled and hugged him gently.

"I'm back.".
Chapter completed!