Outside the western wall, the fugitives, under the guidance of the soldiers of the First Army, underwent an unprecedented identity check.

Barov naturally knows that the population is the most important wealth of His Royal Highness Roland, in order to take these people back to the border town, His Highness spent a lot of gold dragons, and even sent the first army expedition royal capital.When Margari Chamber of Commerce bills were placed in front of Barov, he almost threw off his jaw.

For more than half a month, the charter fees, transportation fees, food supply fees, etc. provided by the caravan, which actually spent more than 2,000 golden dragons, equivalent to the price of four steam engines.If it had not been for the renovation of the two sailing ships last month, this time the financial statements would have run a deficit.

After the fugitives were taken back, the tedious and huge statistical work fell on him.Almost all the city hall officials and apprentices went out, setting up wooden sheds and passageways at the foot of the city walls, classifying and recording these people and recording them in the archives.Looking at the fugitives who lined up more than a dozen slowly through the checkpoint, Barov seemed to see a group of moving coins.

Compared with the general civilian registries who were in the queue, the professional passages he was personally responsible for were much deserted, and so far only fifty or sixty people had passed.

"I am... a carpenter," said a middle-age man, "and heard that any craftsman could get a place?"

"Yes," asked Sene Nee Dali, "what is your name?"literate?"

The former knight of the wolf family did a good job in the Ministry of Agriculture, at least so far has not made a mistake, Barov is very satisfied with his eyes.Although this is a demographic, there are so many people who are literate in the city hall, so they have to pull people from other departments together.

"Well, back to my excellency, my name is Mather."The other stopped, “I don’t know the words.”

“Can’t you read or write?”

“Yes.”The middle-class man bowed his head.

“Well, the carpenter’s words...” Seni rummaged through a stack of inquiry tables to find a form marked with the word carpenter, “Ah, find it.”Let me ask you a few questions.”

This first-instance method was developed by His Royal Highness the Prince, who gathered the craftsmen of various industries together, asked them about some of their professional knowledge and corresponding methods, and recorded the answers to form a set of inquiry forms.In this way, as long as you ask a few questions against the form during the audit, you can immediately know whether the other party is lying.The first time I saw this kind of polygraph, Barov couldn't help but want to say good to the devil's little mind, if you don't engage in the industry, most of the common people will not understand these things, if a person wants to impersonate, as long as two or three questions can be choked can't be said.

“What is the tool for cutting the surface of wood?”

"It's... flattening, my lord."

“What are the usual saws?”

“The frame saw and saw, and the hand saw is occasionally used when cutting small pieces.”

A few questions were asked, Mathel could almost answer, and the tone of his speech gradually became fluent.

"Well, it seems that you are indeed a carpenter," said Barov, as Seni was about to note the man's name on the identity register, and Barov stopped him.

“The adults?”

"Don't judge so quickly, look at his hands first."He looked at Mather, "Stretch out your hand."

Mather heard this speech, and spread out his hands with a confused face - the skin in his palm was rough, and the cracked lines were mixed with many earth grains, and there were thick cocoons under each finger, which looked weathered.

"If he were a carpenter, the palm should not be so rough, especially at the two meat mats under the palm, and the friction with the wood will often become smooth and hard."In addition, carpenters often need to use black paint to draw the outline, so the palm will be stained with a large amount of black ink that is difficult to wash and become black, rather than yellow.Barov said quietly, "There is another point, he always turns his sight in reply - many people will inadvertently show similar expressions when they think of those memories that are not commonly used in the past, and if he is a carpenter, it should be very natural to answer."

“Is that so,” Seneine rolled his eyes.

Looking at Mather, who was surprised, he said, “You should have heard the warning of the soldiers of the First Army when they called you that any act of impersonation, deception and refusal to register would be severely punished.”Either be sent to the mines or expelled from the West, do you still feel like a carpenter?”

“No, my lord, I was wrong!”Mather couldn’t help but fall to his knees, “The carpenter is my neighbor, I just used to watch him work!”

“Go to the line there.”

Seeing each other deserted and running away, Seni said, “My Lord, how do you know these things?”

"In the month of the devil, I made a census for your Highness, and every carpenter in town I had dealt with, and I wrote it down by then," Barov replied casually.Seeing the look of shock and admiration on the knight's face, he suddenly floated a feeling of pride in his heart.

Although the devil's method is clever, it will eventually be deceived by some people, and only people like himself can make up for his lordship.

And under the influence of His Highness, his recent approach to the problem has become different from the past... Barov can't help but secretly lament that civilians like this must be punished by thunder in the past in order to deter those who want to move.Now let him go directly, probably want to save some gold dragons for His Royal Highness the Prince - after all, every fugitive is worth a lot, and if you don't work for more than ten years for the border town, you can't pay the cost of transporting them from thousands of miles away.

Until the next fugitive asked professionally, Seni did not register immediately, but set his sights on Barov.

He looked at the man on trial and nodded, "Write it down, and I'll take him to your Highness and see it."

Through the entrance of the city wall, on the other side is Roland Wimbledon's shed, and it is also the last check level.

Here, they will be personally questioned by His Royal Highness, and if it is confirmed that there is no problem, they will be able to obtain a "resident identity card" and become an official resident of the border town.At present, the use of houses in the town is tense, and it can only give priority to the artisans to live, and as for the fugitives who do not have a skill, they must wait for two or three months outside the wall.

Barov also had an ID card—a piece of cardboard with color, almost the size of a slap, with his head painted in the upper left corner, and looked like a real man, with his name, address, and number in the middle.The back of the paper is printed with the emblem of the gray fort double gun, as well as the signature seal of His Royal Highness.Whether it is the paper itself and the outer wrapped film, the material is very strange, whether it is soaked in water, or baked on the fire, it can not damage the identity card.

There was no doubt that it must have been made by the witch named Soroya.His Highness Roland seems to intend to extend the identity card to the whole town, and in the future, whether it is to buy food or pay remuneration, it will be necessary to receive vouchers.

Since the medal was given to Miss Pione at the ceremony, it was clear that His Highness no longer intended to hide the existence of witches, and Barov no longer wanted to know who was right and who was wrong in the devil and the church, and even... He began to secretly hope that His Highness Roland would defeat the church and completely unify the fort.

There is no doubt that the higher the position of His Highness, the greater the reward he can get.

Of course, there is still a long way to go from this step, and it can be considered later.Now the town's population has exceeded the long song fortress, his Highness also revealed to him the plan of the next year's city - once connected to the fortress, the half of the west into a whole, its scale will undoubtedly exceed the royal capital, become the most magnificent city of the gray castle, and he as the head of the town hall, what kind of promotion will be obtained?

Barov is full of expectations for the future.(Unfinished.