Chapter 197 Population Growth and Law and Order Problems
The performance of the Maloney-Mansfield family and the Barnett family means that the nobles of Irontree Fort are no longer obsessed with wanting a piece of the vast land of the Northern Plains.
With the exception of Marquis Dudley Morgan, the lord of Irontree Castle, the other families will gradually reduce their investment in this area.
Now, the villages in the east of the plains have basically been attacked by the orcs, and those that have not been destroyed are also in great trouble, and perhaps they will evacuate from this area one after another.
Either retreat to Snowy Fort first to survive this winter; Either go straight back to Irontree Fort.
As for these villages on the western side of the northern plains, they are not having a good time either.
Although there was no threat from the orcs, the town of Winterfall put a lot of pressure on them, and the crops were not as good as expected, which made the villagers extremely worried about the long winter ahead.
Those who are entangled and have a contract can only stay in the village and wait, hoping that the family behind the village will give some support.
Those who are relatively free have begun to flee their original villages.
In the beginning, this kind of escape was still taken by the villages on their own initiative, and using the identity of the outcasts and bandits to loot supplies and destroy Winter Town was indeed one of the ways that these nobles thought of.
But what they didn't expect was that as soon as this plan was implemented, it was a bit of a trend of not being able to stop the car.
I don't know when it began, but rumors about Winter Town began to appear in these villages.
Many people have seen the pink wyvern before, so it spread quickly.
Therefore, when someone saw that there was not only a wyvern in Wintertown, but also a black wyvern that kept roaring, everyone immediately believed it.
Winter Town is guarded by powerful demonic beasts, which has become something that many people in the Northern Plains know, if it is just this kind of rumor, at most it will make various forces more afraid of Winter Town, and there is no need to worry about the rapid loss of villagers.
What really bothered these village chiefs was the many other news about Winter Town that accompanied the rumors of the Wyvern.
Wintertown is a strong, fertile town that can accommodate all the current farmers in the Lower Northern Plains.
The town of Winter has plenty of land to be cultivated, and a large area of land has not yet been developed, waiting to be cultivated by farmers.
Winter Town has prepared many houses in advance, and can ensure that in winter, the people who live in them do not have to worry about freezing to death.
Winter Town provides a variety of "preferential treatment" to civilians who go to defect, including but not limited to: providing farm tools at low prices and interest, providing crop seeds, selling them at low prices, or renting houses, etc.
If these rumors had spread half a year ago, they would not have been lethal at all, and everyone was very suspicious of the situation in Winter Town at that time, and Winter Town did not have these "things" at that time.
Now that the town has completed this stage of development and construction, the next step is to keep absorbing the population, filling in the towns that are still a little empty at this time, improving the internal layout, and filling all the areas in the plan.
In addition, the addition of the population can make all walks of life in the town of Winter really start to develop, and it can also stimulate some people to open up new industries and markets: for example, the construction of docks and shipyards will make some people become fishermen, so that there is a new market in Winter Town: aquatic products!
As these rumors spread more and more, some people began to explore in the direction of Winter Town curiously, and for these people, the soldiers of Winter Town would certainly not stop them, and would even lead the way in person very "kindly".
Unbeknownst to these people, when they were led into Winter Town, their appearance had already been filmed and uploaded to the server that Sheldon and Leonard had just set up, so that they could be made into personal information in the future; Or as a screening spy...
Regardless of who these people were, they were thrilled when they saw the "luxury" and "beauty" of Winter Town, and even the farmland overgrown with crops.
Whether you don't feel like you have to worry about how to survive this winter; I still feel like I've finally seen a change
The real hope to come.
In short, these people are attracted by the beauty and opulence of Winter Town.
At this time, they also unexpectedly got a "mission".
If they can persuade and attract more people to settle in Winter Town, then Winter Town will provide housing at a lower price, whether it is a direct purchase or rent, you can enjoy a huge discount.
At the same time, after the beginning of spring next year, Winter Town will provide them with free farming tools and crop seeds, so that they can start a new life without having to bear "debt".
Many of the people who came to Winter to check on the situation chose to accept the mission.
Some of these people plan to share discounts with good friends and survive this winter together; Some want to take advantage of the discount to "share" the house with other people.
Of course, it is not excluded to buy a house directly with a little bit of family background, and then sublet some of the rooms to others......
David knew what these people were doing, but he didn't care about what they were doing, as long as they could help Winter attract more people, he didn't care about these things.
Winter Town has not yet grown to the point where it needs to regulate these things.
David only reminded Weatherby Swan that whether these houses are subleased or shared, they must sign a deed with clear terms, and the official of Winter Town acts as a notary to avoid possible disputes in the future.
"I know what to do."
Weatherby-Swan has been studying the legal provisions of the Kingdom of Tiran during this time, but fortunately, the laws of this world are not complicated, and there are no separate laws here in Winter Town for the time being, and they are basically governed by the laws of the Kingdom of Tilan.
This made his job much easier, but from David's words, Weatherby Swan was certain that in the future, there should be more detailed legal provisions in Wintertown.
"The population has been increasing very fast recently, and I think that at the current rate of growth, the security of the city may deteriorate." Weatherby Swan is now able to see that Winter's population numbers change every day, and this feeling can be both fun and troublesome.
For example, not everyone who comes to Winter Town will be honest!
Previously, the composition of Winter Town was relatively simple, with several farmers from Irontree Castle, who were either David's indentured farmers or Samantha's indentured farmers.
Immediately came the people of the Stonemasons Union, this group of people themselves came from an organization, plus the group of people who came to Winter Town, they were all the ones who wanted to live an ordinary life in peace, so it was easier to manage.
At that time, in Winter Town, there was no need to arrange even the person in charge of law and order, everyone would honestly follow the orders given by David, the lord, to do things, rest when the work was over, at most chat with familiar friends, talk about skin, and look forward to the future.
Nowadays, the number of people who are increasing is different, these people have the spirit of hard work and perseverance, which also means that these people's personalities are relatively stronger.
"Therefore, there is a need to have a sheriff who is responsible for managing the interior of Wintertown, as well as appropriate disciplinary provisions."
This is the main purpose of Weatherby-Swan's approach to David today, such as appointing officials, setting up new institutions, and building new buildings, which must be decided by David, the lord of Wintertown, and Weatherby-Swan, as an administrative officer, only has the right to make suggestions, not decisions.
"Sheriff, ......"
David took a sip of warm tea, the aroma of the tea calming his somewhat chaotic mind a lot, and shifting his attention from the mess to the problem at hand.
"Who do you think would be a good fit for this position?"
"This...... My lord, I'm afraid I can't think of anyone who is suitable." Weatherby Swann is an old fritter who has been in officialdom for decades, so he will not make suggestions on this kind of issue, and he believes that Lord Glamorgan in front of him does not want to really propose a certain name.
In fact, David didn't think it was so complicated, he really couldn't think of any suitable person for a while.
Peggy, Sharon
Both can hold this position, but there is a question mark over whether these two will be willing to accept this position.
As Steve Rogers gets closer to the position of the Supreme Mage, it seems that he can go to Peggy at any time to help her escape the other dimension and return to her own world.
At that time, Peggy would go back and forth between two different worlds, just like the others, and even if she wanted to be a sheriff, she probably wouldn't have enough time.
Sharon's situation is similar, the second-generation Captain America, who is called the eldest daughter by many people, just has doubts about his ability in his heart, and is worried that he will not be able to inherit the title of Captain America well, so he "stayed" here and did not go back.
Now with the gradual growth of strength, after seeing a lot of strange people, her own experience and experience have improved, and the doubt in her heart may have been almost dispersed.
David felt that he had rarely seen Sharon recently, and it was likely that Sharon had been able to return to the original world freely, but he didn't tell everyone.
In the case of these two people, the others often run in both worlds and are not suitable, so they can only be selected from among the people who are based in Wintertown.
Will? Elizabeth? Thinking of this, David suddenly understood why Weatherby didn't make a suggestion! The old fox really realized this problem, the right person was either his daughter or his son-in-law, of course he had to avoid suspicion.
Come to think of it, it seems that the most suitable one is Arcie? However, Arcie is sometimes summoned by Optimus Prime to leave Winterfall to help the Autobots deal with the Decepticons.
Thinking about it, apart from this small problem, Arcie is indeed the most suitable candidate.
"Why don't you hire someone from the world you can go to right now?"