After a light breakfast, David brought the necessary items: a pioneer order, and potatoes to use as evidence—because so many people had given up and returned to Irontree, Davy feared that their propaganda would surely give the people of Irontree a preconceived idea that it would be impossible to establish a village in that area.

But when he actually showed the pioneer order to the special reception staff, David realized that he might have thought something wrong.

"Please wait a moment, there will be a special official to deal with this later."

The reception staff was very polite and did not verbally offend David and Laura because they were dressed in very 'civilian' attire, and even brought some fruit and snacks after leading the two to the special reception room.

"It tastes good, it looks like an apple, but it tastes a bit like an orange." Laura is very curious about all kinds of things in this world, and naturally she will not let go of these foods that she has not eaten: "Dim sum is very ordinary. ”

Compared with Laura's hometown, this world is much worse in terms of material life, maybe the upper-class nobles do not lack enough material resources to be able to eat more delicious snacks, but it is impossible to bring out good things of that level to David at this time.

As Laura was judging the snacks, the door to the reception room was pushed open again, and a tall, handsome middle-aged man walked in from the outside.

"Hello, I'm Maloney Mansfield, the Inspector of Irontree Castle." Maloney has quite a good appearance and excellent temperament, tall and straight figure with high-end clothes that can show his status as an official, if this image appears in the outer city, there will definitely not be half a civilian within a radius of a few meters next to him.

"Hello, Inspector." After giving the Inspector a nondescript bow and making sure that the other party did not show any dissatisfaction because of his etiquette, David secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

One of the main reasons why he joined the development team was that it was too easy to meet nobles and various officials in Iron Tree Castle, even if he didn't have to kneel down or something without seeing nobles or officials, he couldn't stand it even if he kept bowing his head and bending over.

As for the fact that he was obviously here to report on the development order, why did the inspector come to see him? He wasn't surprised by that.

In general, the king is the supreme ruler of the kingdom, and then the lands of the kingdom are divided among the lords, so the responsibility for managing these lands rests with the lords.

In order to facilitate the administration of their domains, the high lords either continued to divide their domains among relatives and trusted subordinates, so that they could govern those places, or appoint various officials to assist them in various affairs—in general, the two were parallel, because no one lord would divide all the lands in his hands.

Since these officials were completely ordered by the lord and not even the king could interfere, the names and powers of the officials were very arbitrary, depending on the lord's thoughts at the time.

In other words, there is no fixed statement about what position is responsible for what work, so don't look at this person's official position as an inspector, but unless it is the upper echelons of Iron Tree Castle - that is, the nobility and the official class (there are a very small number of officials who are not noble), it is difficult for outsiders to figure out the scope of this person's authority.

"This is David, who successfully established the new village! I didn't expect to be so young. From the moment he entered the reception room, Maloney Mansfield looked at the two people in the room, and in his eyes, both of them were very outstanding young men.

What puzzled him was that these two didn't seem to be from civilian backgrounds, and because of the doubts in his heart, coupled with the cultivation he had cultivated over the years, he behaved very cordial and friendly: "Very good young man, I have heard from many people how bad the environment of that land is. ”

"Yes, Lord Inspector, the environment in that place is terrible: winter comes sooner and lasts longer. In addition, the winter is very cold, and there are occasional heavy snowfalls, so it is impossible to catch any prey in this environment. And the land is not very rich, and the seeds of all kinds of crops that we brought with us at the beginning cannot grow on that land at all. ”

Maloney Mansfield always maintained a friendly smile on her face, nodding her head from time to time in response to David's words, and asking at the most appropriate time: "David, how did you overcome these difficulties?" ”

"I was ready to give up when I survived the second winter, but I just wanted to stay up until spring and gather enough food to make dry food, and then set off back to Irontree. But I accidentally found a food. David took out the potatoes he had brought with him: "This is the crop, I call it potatoes, because it was dug out of the soil, and it looks like a much larger bean." ”

"It's really vivid." Maloney took a potato, took it in front of her eyes and looked at it carefully: "This thing can be planted?" ”

"Yes, and it's growing fast, and I've already harvested it once before I came back."

Maloney Mansfield, who hadn't paid much attention to it, looked surprised, and according to David, he had survived the following winter, the previous winter, before discovering it.

In other words, at most, you found this food two or three months ago, and you won't try to grow it for more than three months, but you have already harvested it once?

"This thing grows so fast? What about the yield? ”

"The yield is very good." David had just wanted to bring potatoes and prove that he had built the village. But seeing Inspector Maloney's reaction, he felt that he might have some unexpected gains, maybe he could really get some material support from the Iron Tree Castle: "Before I left for the Iron Tree Castle, the people in the village had already started the second round of planting and expanded the scope of planting. ”

"Hmm......" Maloney nodded, he didn't ask or even question whether this crop was really as amazing as David said, according to the various regulations of the Kingdom of Tiran for the pioneers to establish a village, he was going to go on a field trip next.

So, what exactly is the situation, he will have a clear answer after going to see it with his own eyes.

"Winter Village, is this the name of the village you came up with?" After chatting a few words about the situation, Maloney came to check on the Pioneer Order.

As an official in charge of this matter, he has a special means of identifying the authenticity of the pioneer order, and after confirming that it is the real pioneer order, Maloney deliberately looked at the name of the village.

"It's a name I decided on with a few others, and the cold winter there has made a big impression on each of us." David wasn't lying, and he would never forget the fear of being dominated by the cold winter for those two years.

"Nice name." Returning the pioneer order in his hand to David, Maloney also reminded David very formally: "Put this pioneer order away, this is the most important thing to prove your identity before you get the official letter of appointment." ”

By the way, he also explained the next process to David: in fact, the next thing has little to do with David, Maloney will summarize and report the various situations in detail, and after obtaining the permission of the lord of Irontree Castle, he will lead a team to the village for a field trip.

Maloney then reported the results of the field trip along with various geographical information, and after obtaining the approval of the lord of Irontree Castle, Marquis Dudley Morgan, she signed a series of documents, one for the record, one for the city of Tilland, and one for the new village chief, David, along with the newly issued letter of appointment.

In order to obtain these things, David needs to provide a pioneer order, otherwise he will not get the appointment letter and the document that symbolizes that he is different from the other village chiefs in the kingdom and is equivalent to the minor lord of the kingdom.

Only then did David realize that the Pioneer Order was more important than he had originally thought.

"Next, you'll need to wait in the Iron Tree Fort for a few days." Maloney Mansfield just clapped his hands, and the squire who had been guarding the door immediately opened the door and walked in: "My squire will arrange a place for you to stay." ”

Arrange accommodation directly for David and Laura so that Maloney can find them at any time in the next few days, and as for whether the two have accommodation elsewhere in Irontree Castle, it is not his concern - it can't be better and more convenient than the accommodation he arranged.

From this point, it can be seen that although Maloney Mansfield is kind and kind, he can't really hide the high in his bones, and he never asked if the two of them have a place to live? Where to stay?

Although his opinion was ignored, David did not refuse the Inspector's arrangement, but only asked if he could go to the outer city to deal with some things?

"Of course, it's better to bring Huey, it will save you a lot of trouble." Huey was the squire that Maloney had called in, and Maloney asked David to take Huey with him when he usually went out, not to spy on David, but mainly to avoid the trouble that David might encounter when entering and leaving the inner city.

"Thank you very much for taking care of the Inspector, then I won't disturb you in your official business." David understood Maloney's intentions, and after giving a slightly serious salute, he left the reception room with Laura.

Unbeknownst to David, Maloney Mansfield kept looking at himself and Laura, thinking about his identity.

"Davy...... Interesting young man, I don't know whose illegitimate child? He didn't believe that the young man named David was from a civilian background: "And that young woman, why did she put it outside?" Wasted that outstanding look. ”

secretly complained in his heart about Maloney Mansfield, who didn't know which family was so unreliable, and quickly put his mind on the work he was about to deal with.

"If you go to the north, you need to prepare a lot of things."