Chapter 342： hope

The month of recovery is coming.

The long and cold winter day in the northern part of the mainland has finally left the land reluctantly. Although its remnant power is still daunting, the warmer temperatures and the warm sunshine of the days are still unbearable and hopeful. At least in Cecil's collar, the word "hope" is no longer an elegant vocabulary that expresses feelings after a meal, but something that civilians can expect and be practical.

A baby was born, in the days when the land just rejuvenated.

In the "Western Factory Apartment" just completed this winter, a young, new father is a little bit eager to entertain the neighbors and friends who came to visit. The small living room is crowded with guests carrying gifts, although it can be used There are only a few faint teas and rough snacks to entertain, but the guests obviously don’t care about this. I am afraid that few people can think of them. They were a group of homeless people who did not know each other just a few months ago. Wilderness slut.

They wandered in the wilderness and settled in Cecil. They met in the buffer camp and became familiar with the building of the house. They eventually became friends in the factory, for those who had experienced the homeless days. It is a very important thing to say that one of them is a father in a warm home.

And just then, who suddenly stood in the doorway shouted: "The Lord is here!"

People were horrified, but the lord really came to the tall figure and soon appeared at the door, and people were all familiar with the figure.

Gao Wen quickly saw in the crowd that the young, new father was so immersed in joy that he couldn’t help himself. He quickly walked up and reached out and stopped the other person who was afraid of wanting to salute: "Today is When you bring hope to this land, you don't have to salute. Is the mother and son safe?"

"Yes... is the lord of the lord..." The young man was obviously nervous, but excited by the joy. He stumbled while squatting. "It’s all safe, it’s safe...”

Gao Wen smiled warmly: "Can I see the child?"

"Of course, of course..."

Newborn babies and young mothers are in a quiet, undisturbed interior. Although there are many visitors, only a few people have visited them. Gaowen should be the most special one among the visitors today.

Thanks to the popularity of the new magic net, the system that uses magic to drive the heater and then heat the entire building through the heat conduction duct is now the standard for new homes on the territory. This apartment building completed in winter is no exception. Warm and constant temperature housing is the key guarantee for the safety of mother and child. Otherwise, winter production will be the life and death of most civilian women.

In the warm interior, Gao Wen saw the baby in the shack.

It was a healthy boy, crumpled, and his eyes could not be opened. At this moment, he was sleeping quietly.

A pharmacist apprentice is here to look after the postpartum women and babies. This is not a folk wandering, can only fool the witch or "traveling doctor", but one of the apprentices that Pitman personally cultivated. Although there is no real druid in Pitman's apprenticeship, at least in the field of pharmacy and internal surgery that do not require magical talent, these apprentices are professionals.

Looking at the baby in the shack, Gao Wen smiled.

This is the first baby in the territory to build the first baby after almost a year of construction in the territory, but this is not surprising.

Because the people on this land are either the 800 refugees who survived from the old Cecil, or the serfs and slaves they bought, or the refugees gathered from the wilderness, serfs and slaves, needless to say, The slave trader never sold the pregnant female slave, and the refugees and the displaced people experienced the most violent test, in that test...

It is difficult to survive any pregnant women or fetuses.

This child is fortunate in front of him. If it is not for his parents to find a place to settle down in time, he may not be safely born in this world.

His parents were the first immigrants to immigrate to the present. The young father is now working at the Rune Foundry and the mother is a female worker in the textile mill.

"Does the child have a name?" Gao Wen turned his head and asked the young father who followed the house.

"Not yet..." The young father grabbed his hand and looked away from Gao Wen more than once. He fell on his child's face. He smiled a little straight. "We originally wanted to give him a casual smile." Name, but... But I went to school, I want to ask the teacher in the school to help give the child a name... The name of the learned person can make the child smarter, and the future will definitely be faster than me..."

Gao Wen couldn't help but laugh, laughing because of the simple thought of this young father, but there was also a hint of gratification: the person who did not know the original characters now knows at least that it is good for the child to recognize the word.

Then he shook his head: "In this case, I will name it, and he will be called Ols."

In the universal language of the world, this pronunciation means "hope."

The young father snorted and reacted to what happened. He immediately saluted: "Sense... thank you for giving this child a name!"

Then he muttered to himself: "Today... today is a good day, it’s a good day..."

"Don't forget to register the children with the identity card," Gao Wen smiled and helped the unscrupulous person. He has abolished the rules of the civilians to see the nobles, but people are habitual and even bowed. It’s not so easy to ban. These can only come slowly. “In addition, you can report to the Department of Resident Affairs of the Office of Government Affairs three days later to receive a living item, including rations and cloth, tonics, and commonly used drugs.”

The young father apparently did not expect that the family would still receive a "reward", and thanked you with a sneer: "Thank you for your generosity!"

"This is not a reward. Remember, rewards are not the same as government subsidies," Gao Wen stressed. "This is an administrative system. It is the current law. From now on, within ten years, all the families of newborn babies in the territory are You can get a subsidy from the Office of Administration for the purpose of rewarding your contribution to the territorial population. Ten years later... the Office of Administration will judge whether to continue this subsidy depending on the circumstances."

The people in the room seem to understand Gao Wen’s words. They probably can’t fully understand all the meanings and meanings of this “institution”, but they can understand them in their own interests, and this is enough. .

After Gao Wen returned to the government, he immediately called Herti and asked her to arrange the "newborn reward and subsidy". After everything was arranged, he sat in his large seat and began planning. Territory development route after the end of winter.

The territory has been smoothly opened, and foreign businesses have also earned a lot of wealth. The military defense is gradually improving. Under the premise of worry-free and safe and worry-free, the baby boom will soon come.

However, it takes a long time for the baby to grow into a labor force. Therefore, in a short period of time, Cecil’s population growth still depends on two parts. One part is to continue to buy slaves and gradually liberate into free people, and the other part is to continue to gather the displaced people.

In addition, Cecil's current population actually has an additional huge increase from the residents of Kant, as well as the large number of farms attached to Kant's collar, the villages of Kailuan, and the large number of idle people in the hilly land in the east.

These people are now the legal leaders of Cecil, but they must first accept the "education" of Cecil's law and order.

Fortunately, "education" did not begin in the spring.

In the past winter, Gao Wen has been imperceptibly affecting Kant’s collar. His substantive rule over the land is not limited to sending soldiers to maintain order, build roads, and commercial occupation. He is also in the West. Al's rules were transferred to the Kant area a little bit: the artisans who came to Cecil for their livelihoods were obeying the rules of Cecil, and then used these craftsmen as a breakthrough to launch various construction projects in Kant town. The small factories, shopping streets, and refurbished neighborhoods have brought the Kant people a winter economic source and a better standard of living, as well as a new way of life. Then, they are stationed soldiers to maintain the security of the new neighborhood. Propaganda, and by Paderick, to "unify thinking" with the more famous local people...

Nowadays, in the towns directly controlled by the Viscount Kant, the residents have gradually become accustomed to accepting the order of Cecil, but Gao Wen still has to solve a problem: Kant leads the original knight class.

It is the old knights of Kant who control the surrounding villages, the wilderness pioneers, and the stationed places.

These knights, the end of the Ansu land aristocracy, are the far-reaching extensions of the lords, even though they have no legislative power, no independent lords claim, and no privilege and glory of the formal aristocracy, but they are still old. And an integral part of the Ansu nobility system.

Judgingly, these knights should now owe their allegiance to Govin Cecil, but they have not yet sworn that even if they swear allegiance to Govin Cecil himself, they have not yet loyal to Cecil's "order."

As long as they still exist for one day and still control the land and population in their hands with the old order, then the land and population in their hands cannot become the industrialized parts of Cecil.

"Call the Philip Knight," Gao Wen said slightly, and said to the air beside him, "Go back soon."

There was a slight sway of air in the air that appeared and disappeared. The next moment, the sound of amber came from the window: "Received! I am here... how can there be a mouse clip on the wall of the aunt!"

Hearing the sound coming from the window, Gao Wen smiled comfortably.

Not to mention the wall of the courtyard, starting from the main house, there is a mouse clip on the top of each street lamp...

It didn't take long for the Philip Knight to appear in front of Gao Wen.

There is also amber in the face of Gao Wen’s mouth and a variety of funny expressions.

Gao Wen directly ignored the half-elves girl who was grotesque and looked at Philip: "We should consider the old knights of Kant."

As a model for young knights, Philips first thought of the process that should be taken at the moment: "Is it necessary to summon them to swear allegiance?"

"Not just swearing allegiance," Gao Wen smiled and looked at Philip's eyes. "In fact, I have always been very curious about how you feel about the new rules I have implemented."