Since the end of winter, Rock City has become more and more prosperous day by day.

The new city in the north of Cecil was once only a part of the fortress and plain in the southern part of the Rock Fortress, and the Cecil people destroyed the walls of the old fortress, razed the former towers, and built a new fortress city in the ruins after the war.

At first, the people living in the inner city of the fortress were uneasy - they were residents of the old fortress, who had served in the kingdom army stationed in the Rock Fortress, and this embarrassing status made them constantly worry about the post-war liquidation of the Cecil, but with the arrival of the new fortress commander and the opening of the government office, the Cecil people fulfilled the promises they made when they took over the fortress: no liquidation, no forced requisition, no demolition of houses, no land grabbing - after these promises were fulfilled one by one, the order of the Rock Fortress gradually stabilized, And the increasingly stable order has also succeeded in making the newly built Rock City operational.

As a city that has been a "communication window" since the beginning of planning, Rock City has quickly turned into a prosperous city once it has started to operate.

This is the choke point between the plain of the Holy Spirit and the south, and it is the only way for merchants to carry out north-south trade, for merchants, the south seems to always have a gap of ore and magic materials that cannot be filled, and people everywhere in Ansu are quite welcoming to the alchemical potions and magic net units from Cecil - the Dolgon-Baishui River flows almost with rolling gold coins, so that a new saying has become popular among merchants who come to Rock City to do business: as long as you can carry your bag around Rock City, Even a donkey can make a lot of money.

Recently, the royal family has also reached a new agreement with Cecil, the sluggish nobles of St. Sunil finally recognized the authority of the southern principality, Cecil also opened more trade orders to the plains of the Holy Spirit, and the city of Rock suddenly became more lively, new merchants were attracted to the city, and new goods began to appear on those cargo ships and wagons - cheap textiles, paper, and wine from the south were included in Cecil's list of goods, Their low prices stunned the merchants from the Plains of the Spirit, and in a short period of time, the goods flowing from Cecil to the Plains of the Spirit were no longer only alchemical potions and magic elements—the goods that Cecil bought were still an endless supply of ores and magic materials......

The commercial boom has allowed Rock City to grow at a rapid pace, and more and more foreigners have been drawn to settle in the area—not only from the South, but also from the Plains of the Whitsunday who have been uprooted for a variety of reasons.

In front of the check-in checkpoint at the Rock City Pier Square, a group of newcomers who had just disembarked from the ship were lining up through the narrow passageway, which and the "queue" rule was a novelty for those who had crossed the Rock Fortress for the first time, they were not very used to it, but the heavily armed dock soldiers were able to ensure that they were used to it in a very short time.

A red-haired young man with his head bowed slowly walked along the procession, looking unremarkable, and the tall, thin man in front of him stumbled through the registration, and then it was his turn to stand in front of the "registrar".

"Name?" The registrar asked.

The red-haired young man shrunk his neck, glanced around in what he thought was impassive, and whispered, "Sarah, no surname, my lord." ”

"Age? Profession or specialty? ”

"Nineteen...... At the age of eighteen, he worked as a carpenter and became an adult. ”

The registrar lifted his eyelids, looked at the red-haired youth's hands, and then at the other man's standing.

The cocoon is very thick at the tiger's mouth, and the standing posture is habitually slightly leaned forward, and the feet are separated.

The registrar glanced at the young man's attire, and then at the thick leather boots on the other's feet.

"Where did it come from?"

"Plains of the Spirit...... In the middle, the village next to Boulder City......"

"Do you know how to read?"

"I don't know, sir."

"Your registration card, go to the left passageway, and someone will take you to the resettlement at the end," the registrar took out a card, handed it to the red-haired youth, and gave the other party a deep look as he reached out to take it, "Young man, remember to obey Cecil's laws - under this premise, the Duchy will protect you." Also, don't call me an adult, I'm just a registrar. ”

"Yes...... Yes, my lord. ”

The red-haired young man took the piece of cardboard with a little panic, and he didn't know if he heard the registrar's explanation, so he hurried to the left passage, and on the piece of cardboard in his hand, there was a number printed on it: 3.

The young people who were registered did not know what the number meant, but the registrars working on the docks knew that the code meant: suspected deserters from the plains of the Holy Spirit, and a second review was recommended.

The registrar looked up at the still long line in the passageway, guessing how many deserters from the Plains of the Holy Spirit would be mixed in.

Since the stalemate phase of this messy civil war, there have been more and more such people.

The situation on the eastern front line of the Holy Spirit Plain is said to be very anxious, both the Kingdom Army and the Eastern Frontier Army have fallen into an embarrassing situation where no one can win quickly, the stalemate has forced both sides to put more and more soldiers into the battlefield, and the protracted war has also caused more and more deserters to appear.

For aristocratic armies that lacked effective management measures and were not highly motivated and loyal, desertions were almost as common as wind and rain.

The young man was probably a soldier of the Kingdom Army, so he didn't dare to flee to the east, and he might also be a follower of a god other than the God of Light, so he didn't dare to flee to the north of the plain—in this world, the situation of the cultists of the alien gods in the north was very difficult—and between the west and the south, the south, which was obviously closer and had a favorable immigration policy, was a better choice for these deserters.

The registrar shook his head, Cecil didn't mind where these deserters came from - whether it was deserters from the old aristocratic army, refugees who had lost their homes and lands, they were all valuable labor for Cecil, and although the registrar himself was not a high-ranking government official, he was also trained, and he knew that everyone who came from the north side of the Rock Fortress was no different to the principality: they were all unqualified anyway, and they all had to be indoctrinated anyway.

Something similar happened not only at this one registration exit, but also at the end of the twenty-eight registration lanes in the entire dock square, each registrar had in his hand some registration badge to mark special immigrants - deserters from the plains of the Holy Spirit, heterogeneous cultists expelled by the Church of the Light, spies suspected to have been sent by the northern aristocracy...... Since the situation in Cecil was initially stabilized and the duchy was recognized by the royal family, the southern border once again opened the channel for absorbing the population, and the huge contingent of immigrants pouring into the southern border was full of all kinds of people.

In a sense, Cecil's territory relied on "outcasts" to rise, and for Cecil's government office, dealing with these immigrants was almost a basic business requirement.

The red-haired young man who left the registration passage carefully took his "registration card" and walked on the way to meet the next "registrar", in this huge and unfamiliar city, he was confused and uneasy, but more novel and excited.

This is Cecil, or rather a part of Cecil.

But it was nothing like what he had imagined, and it was nothing like what he had heard.

The nobles of the north said that Cecil was a barbaric, desolate, cruel place, and that order had collapsed, and they said that the aristocracy of the south had been wiped out, and that a man who had crawled out of a coffin had destroyed all order with barbaric warfare; They say that the land is disorderly and has no authority, and that lowly serfs and noble knights can walk the same path; They say that it was scorched by the fire of the Cecil, and that there was only one militant principality in the scorched earth......

But all the red-haired young men see here are wide and clean streets, grand buildings, honest and friendly "adults", and the unbelievably bustling dock square—if this is the scorched earth described by the nobles as barbaric and cruel, and the breakdown of order, then are the nobles themselves living in dungits that are more terrible than the scorched earth?

Looking around the square as far as the eye could see, Sara felt that the nobles were right in one sentence: it was true that everyone was walking on the same path here.

The road is so wide that everyone can walk.

It would be nice if a few of the villagers who escaped together chose the same path as themselves...... Unfortunately, they all went to the north as they believed in the God of Light.

The red-haired youth walked forward slowly, his eyes observing everything new here as if they weren't enough.

There are so many new things here, so much that people are at a loss, and so many are at a loss.

On both sides of the wide road were neatly lined lampposts, but instead of oil lamps, magic crystals hung on them; In the distance, in the clearing, stood a strange metal tower, with large crystals floating on the top; At the end of the line of sight are workers building something, unseen and unheard of with every tool and machine they use......

"Sam, you can't believe what kind of place I've been......"

The red-haired youth muttered the names of his fellow countrymen as he walked more and more slowly down the passage, his attention almost entirely drawn to the strange magic devices that were indecipherable—if it weren't for the fences on either side of the passage, he would have to run around them by now to take a closer look.

His sluggishness finally aroused the dissatisfaction of the people behind him, and someone slapped him hard behind him: "Hey! Let's go! You're in the way! ”

The red-haired youth quickly apologized, and then stepped forward to walk forward, but just as he was about to leave, a light and shadow suddenly appeared not far away and a sound sounded at the same time, which made him stand in place in shock.

In the center of the dock plaza, on a platform slightly above the ground, a large magic device suddenly activated, and a large hologram appeared above the magic device, accompanied by a brief piece of music that sounded like a mix of flute and lyre.

The Cecil people on the docks were all very indifferent, they were not surprised at all, but looked at the "illusion magic" that suddenly appeared in the square with a certain expression of pleasure and expectation, but the newcomers, including the red-haired youth, were taken aback by this sight, and some even exclaimed in the queue - the red-haired youth himself almost screamed, but he only opened his mouth, and after holding this slightly comical position for a moment, he saw a beautiful lady appear in the magic illusion, heard the other party's voice:

"Good afternoon, good afternoon, I am your old friend, Miss Witch......

"In today's witch hour, I'd like to introduce you to an exciting magical artifact......

“…… Ten minutes later, the Principality's newest magic warship, the Trailblazer, will be launched into the water, which will be the new pride of the Principality, and the mighty Trailblazer will be the sword and shield that protects every citizen......

“…… Minister Rebecca believes that the technology of the new Magic Ship will greatly contribute to the progress of the Principality's shipbuilding technology, which will be ......

"Now, let's turn to the sidelines, my colleagues are ready in the dock......"

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