Chapter 217

In the afternoon, Victor's team had reached the periphery of brinor.

The last month of the water season is the season of heavy snow. The whole city and the surrounding fields have been covered with silver. The thick snow makes most creatures curl up in warm nests and don't want to move, but it's a different scene in blinor.

Before entering the capital, the snow on the wide roads was not seen. Many of the young men in sheep's clothing were carrying brooms and shovel, and kept on patrol along the roads. Whenever they found what was wrong with the road, they would repair it in time.

"There are so many people." Alice lay down at the window and couldn't help sighing.

Victor took a look and found that there were not many people, but compared with the western territory where even the roads were covered with snow, there were indeed people here.

"Have you never been to Wangdu?" Victor took Alice's slim waist and put down the thick curtains. The carriage was comfortable and warm, but with the windows open in the heavy snow, Victor still felt the bitter chill.

Elena came up and said, "it's our first time to come to the royal capital. When the family moved west, it was led by the Duke of Wellington."

"Blinor is very prosperous and densely populated. There are more than 60000 registered residents, and there are at least 100000 undocumented free people, more than the total population of the human horse hills. What the municipal officials of blinor are most worried about is large-scale population migration. As long as the refugees pass by Wangdu, most people are unwilling to go." Victor took Judy's hot coffee and took a good sip.

"Judy, have you been to Wangdu?" Victor smiled at Judy.

Judy hesitated and said softly, "yes. That was a long time ago."

"Victor, are you familiar with brinor?" Elena asked aside.

"I lived in brinor for six years... But I never really knew the city." Then Victor rang the bell. Before long, the voice of Pro guard captain Gru sounded outside the window: "Sir, what can I do for you?"

"Tell the knight sheen ahead that we'll go through the south gate." Said Victor.

"Yes." Gru answered and ran to the front of the team.

After the motorcade entered the middle of the Kingdom, the knight sheen of the royal capital's house of interior led his knight team to replace count elot and began to take charge of the security work. He did not refuse Victor's request.

The motorcade turned south at the fork in the road Judy asked in surprise, "honey, why not go to Simon?"

"Sister Judy, what's the difference?" Alice asked curiously. Along the way, three women shared a carriage and served the same man. They had become sisters.

Judy smiled gently and explained, "the north gate of brinor connects kite castle, and only the army can pass through at ordinary times. The west gate leads directly to the inner city and is the main gateway for kings and nobles. The east gate connects the outer city and can be used for caravans. Anyone can go through the south gate, but... From there, you have to go through the shanty towns of free people."

"Only by going through the south gate can we see the whole picture of brinor." Said Victor.

The motorcade moved forward slowly. After two quarters of an hour, the sound outside the car became noisy. Victor opened the window and saw that the motorcade had been driving on the road in the shanty town.

Shantytowns are the residential areas of refugees. They have always been dirty, messy and poor places. Fortunately, it was covered with snow and cold, and the motorcade could not smell any peculiar smell in the shantytowns. Low shantytowns were wrapped in snow, but they looked elegant and clean. The residents of the shanty town saw the noble motorcade coming from a distance. They were bold and clever, quickly dredged the roads, maintained order, and saluted Victor's carriage. Timid and cautious, they hid behind the hut and looked around from a distance. When the team went away, they got together in twos and threes and discussed something with each other. A dozen ignorant children followed the motorcade, curious to see what happened, and were soon stopped by adults.

In fact, there are only a few people watching the noble carriage. Victor found that there was a relief point set up by the church at intervals, and most people were busy queuing up to receive charity from the church.

March and April are the most rainy and snowy seasons in the water season. Farmers who have been busy all year will stay at home and spend the most leisure two months of the year. But for those free people who live by working, the most difficult time is when they can't find work in the past two months and the weather is cold. Fortunately, the church carries out relief and charity every year at this time to help the working free people through the cold. This relief activity is called cold relief.

Cold aid is only aimed at those free people who have no identity. Whether they are poor or rich, they can accept handouts. As a rule, each person has half a piece of black bread every day and a small piece of bacon every ten days. Those old and weak women and children without cold clothes can get a sheep fur jacket. Of course, warm clothes will eventually be returned to the church. Most civilians will never encroach on the property of the church. If the temporarily distributed clothes are stolen or lost, they will also try to compensate the church for the losses. As for those who dare to use crooked ideas, they will be killed alive by believers without the help of paladins.

The cold relief is still going on. The line of free people is long. Those who get charity first half kneel in the snow and give thanks. After receiving the black bread, they thanked the church attendants. Their faces are filled with a happy smile. This heartfelt joy is very infectious. The church attendants and Paladins in charge of charity also show a sincere smile. They will touch the child's small head, hold the old man's arm, salute the women politely, or pat the young shoulders, laugh happily after teasing each other.

"The good deeds of the church are admirable. Victor, when we go to the cathedral to pray, let's donate more money." Judy said softly. She was moved by the warm scene in front of her.

Victor smiled. Although the nobles are arrogant, they also have compassion, but they only stay on the surface of church charity and can't see the deep-seated things.

It is a fact that the church protects civilians, but as a military group and charitable organization relying on faith, the church inevitably inhibits the development of civilians. The free people outside brinor worked hard for a year and had to rely on relief for the winter. There must be a reason for the church. If civilian believers are the basis for the church to survive, then hunger, war and cold have become important conditions for the church to harvest faith and expand its strength.

Victor is clear to onlookers, but there is no need to preach loudly. His biggest problem now is that the rise time is too short and there are too few vassals. In the absence of ruling foundation, the faster the development of Randall's free people group, the more likely it is to be seized by the church, including the free people's business team. Victor observed the lives of free people just to find an appropriate solution.

"Judy, does the Buryat count the free population in the territory?" Asked victor.

"Well... I only know that the population of the family is about 60000... No one has counted the refugees. When the ant disaster broke out, they all ran away." Judy's face rose a faint blush. She rarely asked about the government affairs of the territory, let alone the free people.

"Honey, what is a registered population?" Elena couldn't help asking,

Seeing that Alice also raised his ears, Victor asked strangely, "haven't you learned how to manage territory in Heibao?"

The twin sisters shook their heads at the same time, with some unnatural expressions. They are the personal maids prepared by the York family to win over the great knights. They can have children and manage the castle, but they can't interfere in the internal affairs of the territory, otherwise the York family will be counterproductive. However, Elena and Alice clearly felt that Victor preferred capable helpers, but they were not as talented as Lilia in this regard.

"The registered population is what the church says. No matter whether there are disasters in the territory, local lords should also ensure the livelihood of the registered people, and the church will undertake the relief work for the non registered people. Generally speaking, the children of vassal and collar families are the registered population of the territory, and the rest of the free people belong to the refugees. The refugees come today and leave tomorrow, and even the church can't count them Give a specific number of people. " Judy gave Victor a charming look. The problem just now was a little more difficult for her.

Victor said dismissively, "the number of refugees is really difficult to count. In case of disasters, the Lord must protect the registered people, and the clergy of the church will organize the evacuation of refugees. As far as I know, Gambis has a registered population of 900000, and the number of refugees is at least more than 500000, maybe far more."

"So many people?! what about Randall?" Asked Alice.

Victor smiled and said nothing, but he was very depressed. The registered population of Randall collar is less than 2000, and the remaining 7000 people belong to refugees, which is the performance of the lack of information of Randall family, which is not even comparable to a hereditary Baron collar.

Seeing that Victor didn't answer, the three women wouldn't ask. The motorcade continued to move forward, and the surrounding scene was different. There were many shops on both sides of the road. Low shacks were replaced by two-story wooden buildings, including small green brick buildings. The pedestrians on the road, both in appearance and dress, were much better than the people in front. When they saw Victor's motorcade, they took off their hats one after another and looked very cultured.

Judy stared at the watery apricot eyes and said incredulously, "is this really a shantytown?"

"Is it more prosperous than the business district of yeliucheng?" Victor continued: "Few nobles set foot in the world of free people, and we don't know much about them. However, they are also divided into smart and stupid, industrious and lazy, and there are many excellent businessmen, craftsmen and artists. Some people will naturally be very rich, perhaps richer than many feudal officials. Therefore, if we make good use of them, they will make our territory more prosperous. ”

Judy was thoughtful. Victor asked yeliucheng to recall the population and absorb the refugees. She didn't say it, but she still had some resistance in her heart. Today, seeing the prosperous side of brinor shanty town, Judy began to re-examine her ideas.

The York family can't directly intervene in the Buryat leadership, and Victor doesn't have enough talents to control the situation of yeliucheng. He can only realize the business corridor and population absorption plan by influencing the decision-making of the Buryat family from top to bottom.

Although it will not take a day for a lady who has been well-dressed and well fed since childhood to change her concept, as long as she is willing to sincerely cooperate, absorb refugees and manage the territory according to the agreement of both sides, she can save a lot of trouble. That's why Victor took Judy to the shanty town.

Three quarters of an hour later, the team finally entered the south gate. The guards of the city gate had already received the notice. When they saw the sheen knight team of the house of interior, they immediately made way.

The layout of brinor's outer city area is basically similar to that of Heibao town. Victor is very familiar with it. He loses interest after watching it for a while. Only the Elena sisters are interested in watching the scenery outside the car.

The outer urban area is very large. Fortunately, the roads are wide and orderly. Even so, it took the team two quarters of an hour to reach the gate of the inner urban area. After Victor dressed up, he took his woman and stepped out of the carriage. When Alice saw the motorcade turn to the stables in the outer city, she couldn't help asking, "shall we walk?"

"Ellie... Oh, beautiful lady, of course you don't have to walk. But the roads in the inner city are narrow and you need to change carriages here." The knight Sheehan could not tell who the two sisters with exactly the same figure and appearance were, so he had to arrange a special carriage awkwardly.

Brinor's special carriage is small and exquisite. It can only accommodate three people at most. Victor and the Elena sisters share one car and Judy alone. After the carriage pulled by the pony drove into the inner city, the Elena sisters understood why they had to change trains.

The streets in the inner city area are only 5 meters wide, and the bluestone road surface is very smooth. They have been deeply rutted by the coming and going wheels, and their carriages are driving on these ruts. The houses on both sides of the road are built of limestone. They look very imposing, but they are a little crowded. Pedestrians rarely greet the motorcade, and only when they make eye contact will they slightly jaw their heads.

Seeing that the Elina sisters nodded frequently and the smiles on their faces were stiff, Victor forbeared and said, "don't look at both sides anymore. Are you tired? Few nobles take special carriages in the inner city because they keep nodding."

"How do the royal nobles usually travel?" Asked Elena.

"The great nobles will take a closed carriage. The count is below..." Victor sighed. "Barons are as many as dogs. Viscounts walk all over the ground."

"... poof." The Elena sisters put their heads on Victor's shoulders and laughed wildly.

As usual, Victor took the lead in visiting the central Cathedral in brinor. In Victor's current status, he was not qualified to let Archbishop Lazarus come forward to receive him. Under the guidance of the church priest, the four people prayed hypocritically and donated 1000 gold sol, which was why they left the church.

Out of the church gate, it was getting dark. Knight sheen came up and asked, "Lord Randall, lady Judy, where are you going to stay tonight? I'll send someone to escort."

Victor said to Judy, "Judy, you live in the family villa tonight."

Judy nodded obediently. She is now in power of the family. From any point of view, she must stay in the family villa.

"Knight sheen, please send someone to escort Mrs. Judy to the villa of the Buryat's house."

After Judy left, the Elena sisters and the knight sheen were looking at Victor and waiting for his decision.

Victor clearly sensed that there were still many pairs of eyes staring at himself in the dark. If he chose to stay in the York family residence, he would be a real male pet and would become a laughing stock in the aristocratic circle tonight. Victor may not care about fame, but he cannot weaken his right to speak. So he didn't intend to stay on the York family estate at all.

Victor didn't want to contact Sophia because he was afraid of revealing flaws. Now, as a popular shooter of the silver class, he has 30 alchemy militia around him, which has firmly held Sofia's head. Besides, Sophia, he hasn't slept with that woman.

"Go to the Marquis's house."

"Ah..." Knight sheen asked nervously, "the Marquis?"

Victor said angrily, "can it be the Marquis house? Of course it's the Marquis house of Wimbledon!"

"Oh... Lord Viscount, please get in the carriage." Knight sheen went to greet his entourage in embarrassment.

So Victor proudly took his two junior to see his real wife.