Chapter 128: Shall We Escape?

In this world, except for those who really have problems with their brains, no one is really stupid, not even the most ordinary peasants, workers, and even slaves of the lower classes, who have their own peculiar wisdom.

Therefore, when I saw this so-called new civil affairs treaty, almost everyone had a lot of thoughts in their minds.

After all, it's something that goes hand in hand with their later lives.

Their first reaction was pretty much the same - the lord was about to start cleaning them up!

This is the normal reaction of these people living in the underground world, and their past survival experience tells them that the so-called ruling class always cares about their own interests, and every time they issue a decree, they can always get more benefits.

However, everything has its upper limit, so when one party gains more, there will inevitably be other parties who will suffer.

Then, when the ruling class gains, it means that they, the ruled class, will be exploited again, and their losses will make up for the gains of the ruling class, which has always been the case.

However, they can't do it, at least not yet, the so-called welfare content and the like haven't been introduced, and they don't know what the lord wants to do.

Moreover, the identity division assessment has not yet begun, and no one knows which class they can be divided into, and if it can be raised, it goes without saying that it seems to have touched the first level of commoners on the edge of the aristocratic class, even if it is classified as a second-class commoner, it seems to be a good thing for the vast majority of people here.

So, after all the initial shocks, people quickly calmed down, which is not to say that they don't have ideas, they are just waiting, waiting for their identity to finally be implemented, waiting for the so-called welfare benefits to be introduced, once these are implemented, it is when they really have to do something.

Even a lot of people are ready to flee here as soon as they are assigned to the third class of civilians, as soon as the so-called welfare package is actually to exploit them.

Although they have developed a sense of belonging to this place over the years – the abundance of food, the comfort and safety of living in which they feel, it is important not to forget that the vast majority of the people here, most to more than 99%, come from the wilderness away from the city, and a significant number of them choose to live in the wilderness so as not to be exploited by the ruling class.

Therefore, even if they are nostalgic, once they are exploited, they will still leave without stopping at all!

It was in this atmosphere that the identity division assessment began.

There are not many people who carry out these things, and it is only after Langdon confirmed that these reforms will be carried out, Lu Zijing began to train the manpower, although it has not been actually operated, but after training for a period of time, it can barely be regarded as proficient.

The process of assessment is actually not complicated, that is, to ask, from how that person came here, to ask until yesterday, what they have done during this period, especially the things that have contributed to the territory, from how many people have been killed in the war, to how many stones have been removed from digging up the river one day.

Of course, it is not completely simple to this extent, because, after questioning the person, he will continue to ask the people related to him, such as the person's colleagues, co-workers, and even family members, to determine the truth of their words.

The time to determine the identity came a little earlier than in the announcement, not because the assessment was completed in advance, but because in the process of assessment, there were situations of exaggerating the credit or even claiming the credit.

In order to be able to obtain the status of second-class or even first-class civilians, some people do not hesitate to lie, however, such lies, in this way of cross-questioning, are quickly exposed, so these people are immediately designated as third-class civilians on the spot, and even the lord himself released the words, these people will become the focus of surveillance, if they dare to flee the territory, there will be no forgiveness, if there is a mistake in the future, they will be directly reduced to slaves!

Langdon's words were no joke, a liar wanted to run away as soon as he heard that he was being positioned as a third-class civilian, however, as soon as he rushed onto the drawbridge, he was shot through the chest by several arrows.

As a result, no one dared to lie during the assessment process.

In this way, after 10 days, the assessment was finally successfully completed, which was not only an identity assessment, but also a demographic statistics, with this statistics, Langdon had a more comprehensive grasp of the population in the territory.

10 After that, on the notice board that had just been erected outside the lord's mansion, a dense number of identity division announcements were posted.

This time, there was no need for people to find any literate people, and someone from the lord's mansion read it aloud through a simple trick to amplify the voice.

The population of the territory has expanded to 2,688 people, of whom 205 are classified as first-class civilians, more than 700 are classified as second-class civilians, and the rest are third-class civilians.

Although only the first and second classes were pronounced, the names of nearly a thousand people were still pronounced for a long time, and those who waited until the end couldn't help but show a look of disappointment.

Some of the people they knew were rated second or even first, which made them wonder what the difference was between them.

At the same time, they also begin to feel frightened, being rated as the lowest, which also seems to signify the beginning of a life of exploitation.

It seems that it is time to escape from here, and at this moment, many people have such thoughts in their hearts.

However, at this moment, the door of the Lord's Mansion opened again, and the person who had come out to post the announcement of the division of identity came out with some paper again.

He didn't walk to the bulletin board, but stopped in front of the Lord's Mansion, unfolded the few pieces of paper in his hand, which didn't seem to be much, and read it out loud.

"First-class civilians, one statutory holiday per week, no matter what kind of work they are engaged in, the manager shall not deprive them of the right to leave under any pretext, and in case of special circumstances, they may make a compensatory leave after consultation with the person concerned......

"Second- and third-class civilians also have a half-day vacation!"

"Damn it, pay your taxes! I knew it was the nobles' favorite method of exploitation!"

"Wait, do you hear me? In the future, the lord and we will be employed, and he will pay us, and the taxes we will pay are only a small part of our payment!"

"What does that mean, give us the money and then take some back?"

"You care so much, anyway, I only know that we can make money in the future!"

"Wow, the treatment of first-class civilians is really good, one day off a week, and one week of paid vacation every year, uh, what does paid vacation mean?"

"Don't talk about that, didn't you notice that the Lord's Mansion gave a lot of positions? ”

"But where are the New Deals, which exploit us?"

"If it's really the same as what he reads...... It seems that there is no exploitation, even if it is a third-class civilian, as long as they are willing to contribute to the territory, they will live better than before!"

"That'...... Shall we still run away?"