...

“Do you think he will promise?”Pero stepped back, and the Nightingale asked in his ear.

"I don't know, and it's not very useful to him, he's going to convince Count Hullmont," Roland said, taking a sip of hot tea, "if he still intends to be a fief, he can only say sorry."

“You don’t want to, do you?”She mocks.

"Of course," Roland brushed aside, "in the aristocracy he is neither pedantic nor able to grasp the opportunity, and is very good at business commerce, as long as he has been exercising for a year and a half in the long-going fortress, he is definitely a good official who can be alone."

"If he had persuaded the Count of Hermon, would you really have intended to give the king all over him?"

“If I unify the Grey Fort, the king will naturally have to change places ... and the cities too far from the west will be better managed by the people sent by the west, so the conditions I offer are not empty talk.”At the end of the conversation, Roland revealed to Pero that he would not be able to divide any nobles in the future, and that after the integration of the forts, the whole territory of the kingdom would jointly implement a law, a policy, and all power would be centralized in accordance with the model of the new city.If he decides to stay, the long-song fortress is far from the end of his political participation, and it is impossible to run the big cities, or to become the chief bureaucrat of the Central Executive.

As for what step can be done, it depends on his own ability.

Roland hoped that the other party would understand the expectations contained in this statement.

"Well, I don't understand it anyway," said the Nightingale, patting him on the shoulder, "but the new witch is coming soon, and it is better that you should leave for a while."

“Are you asking alone?”

"I'll call Wendy," said the voice, laughing, "and she's better at these than I am."

For security reasons (mostly from the book), the League of Witches had to be identified by the Nightingale when accepting foreign witches.Because the identification of lies in the fog must take down the stone of divine punishment, Roland must not be present, so as to avoid sudden difficulties and accidents.

The book even compiles ten general questions for identification, such as "Where do you come from", "your real name", "whether you know the prince", "whether you are hostile to the prince", etc., considering that the Nightinge can only judge the authenticity of its own identification, and cannot see through the lies of certainty, so these questions are questioned from all aspects, leaving almost no dead ends.Even if you can get confused with one or two, you can't answer everything.

Roland himself was a little surprised, but considering that the witches were also with them because of their good intentions.

...

Leaving the drawing-room, he returned to the office and immediately called the head of the town hall, Barov.

Perot's discovery of the new witch's debriefing at the Long Song Fortress made him aware of his negligence, and although he sent Nanawa to the podium and officially declared the existence of witches in the town, there was never a decree that directly explained the treatment and status of witches.So there may also be a fortress in the border town - knowing that after you wake up as a witch, you still choose to hide your identity instead of taking the initiative to stand out.

As soon as Barov entered the door, Roland said, "I will make a long-term recruitment announcement, and the contents will be written on this draft paper."

He took the draft document and quickly looked at it, “You... are you going to recruit a witch with a monthly salary?”

"Yes," Roland nodded, "that's the standard salary of the Witch League."The monthly salary of a golden dragon is definitely the top salary position in this era, the salary level of the town is generally higher than that of other cities, the highest starting salary of acid factory workers have climbed to 20 silver wolves, and the witch is five times that.This recruitment not only illustrates the treatment of witches, but also affirms their status.

“If you want more witches, why don’t you mobilize the people to look for them?”Barov asked, "Just as you had the people accuse you of spies before, they are the sharpest eyes."

Now even the master has learned the "people's war in the ocean" this trick, the prince withstood the bottom of the smile, waved his hand, "and then I will send them the prize."Isn’t that the same with the church?”

"But... you did it to recruit witches, not to hang them."

“That being said, the witches who have been exposed by the public may think that I am forcing them, knowing that this year’s new witches have not experienced persecution in the local area, and that they cannot be compared to the situation of witches outside,” Roland said without saying.

In addition to the witch's personal will, he is more worried that if the decree claims that the discoverer has a prize and the birth of a witch can be rewarded, it is likely to lead to a new round of "reports", or to use the proboss witch as a "business".Hard work is better than giving birth to a witch, and although it can significantly reverse the status of a witch in the short term, in the long run, this policy will have a negative impact on the slogan of "hard work and wealth" promoted by the border town.Therefore, the recruitment of witches alone can effectively prevent this from happening.

Barov just retired, Wendy followed in, the results of the inquiry to the table, "Your Highness, has confirmed the identity, and honeysuckle eldest son said basically the same, no problem."

"Look," laughed Roland, "you're being too careful."

“But this caution is necessary,” Wendy insisted, “and your personal safety is the first thing we need to ensure.”

"Well," he said, suddenly touching, and taking a deep breath, "bring her in."

The girl was about fifteen or sixty-six years old, with dirty hair dark brown, and her eyes revealed timidity and panic, probably the first time she had walked into a carpeted room, and his hands and feet did not know where to put it.

According to the results recorded on the paper, she claimed to be white paper, born on the outskirts of the long song fortress, and became an orphan after a heavy snowfall three years ago, which is probably similar to most Western vagrants.They will either die in a scramble for food, or they will join the underground mice to become thieves, beaters, or scapegoats.

“You...” Roland didn’t know what to say for a while, she didn’t have the same strong adaptability as Aegisa, and far less mentally determined than Anna, and even similar mystery moons and Lily, had the same sisters as companions.As a little girl in a strange place, she is now estimated to be in a state of panic, and it will take a long time to adjust to her new life.And from Pero's report, it can be seen that the ability to make the snow melt rapidly is probably related to temperature.

In any case, the test ability is not in a hurry, and you can also slowly understand from the relationship with her.Thinking of this, he looked at Wendy, "The long voyage should make her tired, take her to a bath first, and rest for a while."The house is arranged in the witch building, and as for the attention related to magic, it is left to you to teach, okay?"

"Of course," she said, smiling, "as you wish."

(Unfinished.)