Chapter 144 Population

After the destruction of Roy and other navies, as well as the Sapphire Pirates, other warships returned to Momiji Village and other places in the sphere of influence to rest, and William took the clipper to the town where the base of the 16th Navy Division was located.

Tony, Manny, and Angie, along with Mouse and Akin, are waiting for William at the docks.

When William let them aboard, Lieutenant Colonel Rat looked a little apprehensive, fidgeting, and from time to time opened his mouth to ask something, but never spoke.

"Roy is dead. William looked at him and said directly.

The rat's eyes widened, panting excitedly, and he muttered, "The sixteenth division is mine......." ”

Ah Jin on the side turned his head and pouted disdainfully.

"Even if it's not now, it will be soon. ”

William smiled at the mouse, put his arm around his shoulder, led him to his desk, and opened a wooden box containing Broujam's head.

The mouse tilted his head a little in fear, and William's smile deepened: "The most important thing now is how to write your report to your superiors, have you studied it?"

"No, I'm waiting for your news," Lieutenant Colonel Rat said honestly, "do you have any suggestions?"

"Colonel Roy, when he heard the news that the Chef Pirates were leaving the East China Sea and going to the Great Voyage, he was unwilling to let them escape from his pursuit, so he drove a ship to arrest him, and he was killed. William pointed to the head in the box on the table again, "The Sapphire Pirates heard the news of Roy's absence and invaded the waters under the jurisdiction of the 16th Division, and you left behind in the base to fight with other officers and soldiers. What do you think of the pirate captain Bludham?"

"I still need some polish," thought the mouse, rubbing his beard, "but there's no problem with the general direction." ”

A group of people reversed black and white and just put the blame on other innocent people.

After discussing with the rat and the others how to frame them, the most important thing was to hand over the corpses of the main cadres of the Sapphire Pirates to the rat and Ah Jin, and William returned to Kalmar City non-stop.

He did not anchor in the slums, but got off the boat in a simple dock in the slums, the slums of the city have not changed much compared to a year ago, William has no administrative power, there is no way to deeply influence and change the environment of the place, and there is no way to cure the fundamental problems of the slums, crime cannot be effectively controlled, and if people cannot survive, it is naturally easy to take risks.

William eradicated a local gang, or other criminal gangs, and it won't be long before a new gang will emerge, like weeds that can't be eliminated, this gang also knows that William and his subordinates are powerful, but they are not well manned, so they are more careful, and they dare not provoke William easily, compared with the previous criminal forces, it seems much more cunning.

The population of the entire slum adds up to hundreds of thousands, even if William has a trading company and other kinds of income, he is not able to immediately improve the lives of the residents here, he can only try his best to establish some welfare institutions in the slum this year, such as almshouses, in addition to buying people's hearts and spreading his good reputation in the slums, mainly to shelter some children, he established several primary schools in the slums, even if the fees are free, no local residents take the initiative to send their children to school, can fill or rely on the children to be accommodated, Danpier's point of view is very accurate, in the temporary can not govern, can not implement compulsory education, not to mention the teachers, students are not enrolled.

However, now that Roy has been eliminated, and when Rat becomes colonel and the supreme commander of the 16th Division, the naval power in this sea area will be under his control, and the time for him to seize power will be approaching.

The census is actually a preparation for some of the policies that William may formulate next.

William led several of his subordinates all the way through the slums, this year, many people in the slums have known William and his team, there is a statue of William in front of the gate of the almshouse, there is also a bust of him inside, occasionally some people who have been helped by the almshouse will bow to him, and some other members of the criminal gang, sneaky, do not dare to look at them.

Waiting for the steps leading to the civilian area, William sighed at the drains on both sides that kept draining sewage and stolen goods, and then continued to move forward, the changes in the civilian area are much more than those in the slums, the walls of the noble district have not seen how high the walls are, but the taxes have been collected a lot, the people in the slums are poor and white, and they can't collect money at all, and the people in the noble district are rich, but they are unwilling to take money from their own pockets, and in the end this burden can only fall on the heads of the commoners caught in the middle.

Along the way, the streets, which had still shown some signs of prosperity, had become depressed, and William did not stop until he came to a mansion in Danbier, located on the border of the plebeian and aristocratic quarters.

He sent several of William's crew members to the living room with the butler to rest, and then he walked in the direction of the study under the guidance of the servant.

When the servant reached the door of the study, he smiled apologetically at William, knocked on the door first, and then pushed it open.

After entering, what catches your eye is a very spectacular scene, the whole study room can occupy more than a quarter of the house, like a large library, in addition to the bookshelves in the middle, the walls that are used as bookshelves on all sides are also filled with dense books, and several servants with gloves and turbans climb up and down the ladder, carefully cleaning.

This is Danpier's proudest possessions, even surpassing his weapons company, which he calls the "study" of the greatest treasure in the East China Sea.

As the name suggests, a room full of books.

William was a novelty when he first arrived, but now he was less surprised, and he knew that Danbier had a basement that was not as big as it was, and that hid books that were a bit of a government taboo.

Skirting the rows of tall bookshelves, Danbiel was lying on a desk at the other end of the room, writing and drawing.

When William stood in front of his desk and coughed lightly, Danbiel raised his head, glanced William up and down with gray eyes, and said with a smile: "The matter is settled?"

Danpier waved his hand to the servant behind William, signaling him to leave, before putting down the pen in his hand and leading William behind the desk.

On the wall behind the desk, there is a secret door that is also disguised as a bookshelf, and it is difficult to notice if you don't pay attention, this is actually the study where Danbier really works, and even servants are not allowed to enter.

This modest private study is a bit cluttered, with many objects hanging on the walls, from a bird's-eye view of Kalmar to newspaper clippings from sea trains, and even a small blackboard.

In the center of the blackboard are written two large characters "population", and several diagonal lines are drawn underneath to point to three words:

To the countryside, to immigration, to industry.