Inside Coldwind City, East 4th Street.

The inspectors were nailing the house numbers at the street entrance, and the hammers and nails were clattering. The surrounding area is lively and chattering.

Powell hid on this street, going out and encountering this large group of people. It seemed that something terrible had happened, and he subconsciously wanted to ask for clarification.

In fact, there is no need to inquire more, or even go over. At the corner of the street stood a preacher from the inspection office, holding a wooden loudspeaker to inform Deputy Speaker Victor. Regulations on the management of the city promulgated by His Excellency Victor Hugo.

City management?

It's so strange that Powell intends to hear it.

In the last chaos in Cold Wind City, the Supervision Department was bombarded by Master Hugo's move to 'turn into a dragon'. The personnel of the Supervision Office have fled, scattered, and there are not many people who can still gather.

Another city agency that has been disbanded is the Inspectorate. It is in charge of patrols, policing, cleaning, civilian cases, business taxes, and a whole host of other chores.

Without the Inspection Office, there are many less powerful officials. But some public services have been stopped.

For civilians, they can't count on any public services, and they rely on themselves for trivial matters. But for city managers, the institution cannot be shut down.

Vice President Hugo is in charge of finances, and he doesn't care about the daily noise in the parliament, he only implements his own urban renewal projects with a sullen mind.

The first thing is to rebuild the inspection office, recruit and select more than 2,000 people, and set up a three-level management organization of 'city', 'district' and 'street'.

The first director was Wilson, the former president of the craftsman who was imbued with knowledge by the 'touch of scholars'.

The craftsman, who had been captured by the goblins as a slave, finally survived and became the first official under Hugo's command to be sent to take charge of himself.

There are 2,400 people in the Inspection Bureau, and the backbone is low-level civil servants trained by the 'rich and strong leaders'. The most important of these is the 700 paramilitary chengguan.

Chengguan is responsible for urban security, fire protection, and ordinary civil disputes. They wore rattan armor and were armed with light weapons, and they looked strange, and they frightened the whole city when they appeared.

Unlike the soldiers of the inspection bureau who controlled the repression in the past, the chengguan was asked to solve the difficulties encountered by citizens in their daily lives.

For example, if someone is sick, call the city management to help send them to the hospital. Whose child was lost, called the city management to help find it. Whoever has a fire in their house shouts to the city management to put out the fire.

As for the trial of the case, it would be nice to pull a wizard apprentice to 'recognize lies'.

The minimum salary of each chengguan is 'one gold and five silver', which is a very good job. The recruitment training took a month, and many people rushed to come.

His Excellency Hugo tried his best to set up a reasonable system to make this team an in-depth management and efficient organization. so that the manpower and material resources of the whole city can be used by him.

With chengguan, the nobles in the city didn't feel it, but the commoners in the city felt it differently. At the very least, the chengguan does not collect taxes from anyone.

At least it's better than the old man of the inspection department who only 'eats and takes cards' before.

The purpose of public services is that the government spends money centrally and greatly reduces the cost of urban operation. Ordinary families can concentrate on their own work and do not have to worry about all kinds of trivial matters.

As for the rebuilt inspection office, only Powell and other secret agents feel constrained. They called Adrian's killing party 'vicious dogs', and the chengguan became 'dogs'.

These 'doglegs' patrol day and night, 24 hours a day. If something goes wrong, support everywhere.

A single chengguan is not a threat, but an organized number of hundreds of chengguan is very much a hindrance for secret agents.

The inspection department is also responsible for cleaning up streets, building dilapidated houses, and renovating water supply and drainage systems. The whole city is changing day by day, and ordinary residents can clearly feel that the living environment is constantly improving.

Toilets alone are a great act of kindness, good water supply and drainage can greatly reduce the occurrence of diseases, and the streets that are no longer muddy are also very comfortable.

And now, the people of the inspection office have begun to name the streets and nail the house numbers to each house. This has never happened before.

The preacher stood on a wooden box and used a wooden horn to spread the convenience of house numbers to the residents.

For example, Lord Hugo will soon establish a post office and a bank to integrate the roads and transportation around the entire Coldwind City. In the future, ordinary residents can also send letters, parcels and money to relatives and friends.

When the inspection office was first rebuilt, Powell only felt that the agency was in the way. But when he heard about the house number, he was drenched in cold sweat and frightened.

Obviously, he was very well hidden, and there was no threat around him, but this secret agent seemed to have encountered some natural enemy nemesis, and the whole person was stunned on the side of the street, and his head was buzzing.

Victor. How did Hugo's head grow melon seeds? How could he have come up with such a seemingly harmless but actually ruthless trick as a house number?

In the past, the urban management of Coldwind City was basically in a state of sheep herding. The powerful never cared how many streets, how many houses, how many families, and how many people there were in the city.

Passers-by enter the city, and it is impossible to accurately describe where they are going. Only landmarks such as the Wizard's Tower and the Castle Lord's Mansion can accurately guide the way, and only familiar residents in other areas will know the way.

For example, Zhou Qingfeng once went to the 'Crow Street' in the dock area to kill evil insects and sacrifice. If he hadn't found Neiying, he was afraid that he wouldn't even know where Raven Street was.

Because 'Raven Street' is completely named after the residents of that street themselves. Gates are set up on each street, and when it gets dark, outsiders are not allowed to enter.

Residents across the street don't even know who lives in their neighborhood.

Now, the inspection office will be divided and named in a unified manner, and the house number of each household will be nailed, and the resident population will be counted by the way, and the 'neighborhood office' and 'neighborhood committee' will be set up.

The Inspection Department will arrange security patrols and management personnel for each street to crack down on street tyrants and market tyrants, and collect the power of self-government that was originally scattered to solve all kinds of miscellaneous problems encountered by residents in their daily lives.

In addition, the floating population must be reported in order to be managed. Inn taverns are required to rank outsiders, and the Inspection Department will conduct regular inspections.

The biggest reason for the inspection office to implement this system is to tell residents that this can prevent thieves, robbers, and all unstable factors. No underground organization wants to exist in Coldwind City.

People who live a normal life naturally welcome it with both hands and feet, but for a person like Powell, whose identity cannot help but be checked, it is a catastrophe.

This ......, this ......., this is too ruthless!

Just to catch the thief, the inspection office has spent so much effort to implement such a complex management policy?

How much does it cost? How many people to hire? How many difficulties are you facing?

The more Powell thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became, and his scalp tingled, like an ant. As soon as he closed his eyes, he felt dizzy, and he felt that he would not be able to mix in Coldwind City in the future.

Victor. Hugo is not short of money, nor is he short of people, and he is not afraid of any difficulties. He clearly wants to control the whole city, and he can really do it if he wants to.

Just think about it a little......

The inspection office knows the exact address of any person in the city, what kind of work he does, how many people in his family he has, and what social relations he has. After that, it will be too simple to collect taxes or arrest people.

Powell does not live in the void, even if he disguises his identity, he has to come into contact with the outside world every day. Every day, he interacts with all kinds of ordinary people, and his every move is noticed and known.

If every street is controlled, how can the agent hide his identity?

I can't hide it at all!

Thinking of the situation he was about to face, Powell trembled with anger, and his hands and feet were cold in broad daylight.

Can this Coldwind City still be better?

How will we live to satisfy the ruler?

Tears will flow down without a fight.

The city is full of oppression of the underground, when will the gray people stand up?