March in the Los Empire is the season when the grass grows and the warbler flies, and Duan Lie and Nick have already experienced the solemnity and seriousness of the royal city in amazement, and a few days later, the two of them walked out of the city and went straight to the branch station.

The branch base they chose was set up in a plain and hilly area north of the Los King City, which belonged to the outer city of the Los Empire that was to be developed. In fact, because of the rapid increase in population, the Los Empire distributed some of the people in the slums to live in the outer city, and all kinds of facilities were not to be considered, there was no guarantee at all, even basic shelter.

When Duan Lie came, in addition to the large and small tents on the plains and mountains, the two most luxurious buildings were a red clay house built by the poor people.

March of the Los Empire is the rainy season, these days there are four or five rains intermittently, the life of the poor is more difficult, the built laterite houses are full of loopholes, so people are urgently repairing, but the surrounding grassland and hilly areas, the resources that can be used are too few, some of the poor people are cutting down trees from the mountains, many people join forces to drag to the slum gathering area to saw, cut and plug the loopholes in the laterite houses. A few cavalrymen in bright armor rode tall horses and swayed around the northern outer city, lazy like the watchdogs of the landlord's old rich family.

Nick had inquired about the situation in the North Outer City a few days ago, and thanks to the 1,000 gold coins given to Yve, the diplomat was very kind to the people and pointed out the difficulties of living in the North Outer City and various precautions.

Speaking of which, I have to introduce the situation in the northern outer city. Although the North Outer City is a new urban area that the Los Empire focuses on developing, it has temporarily drawn a rough range outside because of the problem of resources, in fact, the North Outer City is still a long distance away from the royal city, because there is a large area of cultivated land in the middle, so it is equivalent to a province outside the royal city.

It is said that it is a province under its jurisdiction, and it is simply an area where countless village households gather, and the whole model is a little better than the banishment ground, and the poor living conditions of the people are like asking for food in the shantytown, if it were not for the surrounding villagers gathering to build laterite houses and stone houses on the hillsides and hills, it is basically similar to the itinerant army that changes places with one shot.

And the area of the North Outer City is extremely wide, there is no particularly good terrain shelter around, even if you are far away, you can see the style of the entire North Outer City, so you will be harassed by various thieves, I heard Yves say that the distribution of forces here is extremely complicated, all kinds of small thieves will commit crimes almost every few days, which greatly affects the lives of local residents, and the royal city has also sent people to encircle and suppress, but the thieves have become a trend of crimes, come and go quickly, and the effect is not great, and the knights inside the royal city can not be permanently stationed in the North Outer City, so there is basically no real defense system here。 The civilians live in poverty, surrounded by mountains and forests, and monsters are rampant, and it is also a problem for them to leave, so they can only rely on luck to escape every time they encounter a group of thieves.

To sum up, the Northern Outer City is a chaotic place that can't be more chaotic, even Duan Lie has a headache after hearing it, if it weren't for the fact that this place is very close to the Migration Plane, he wouldn't have run to this kind of place where birds don't to open any Identification Alliance Branch.

After inspecting the northern outer city, Duan Lie found the depression he chose, this is a small basin, about tens of thousands of square meters, although the terrain is low-lying, but the interior is relatively flat, as long as there are enough manpower, it is no problem to build a high tower or palace here.

After taking a look, he began to visit the residents of the northern outer city one by one, and after learning about the situation, he handed over the agreement signed by Yves to the captain of the garrison knights, and then he was able to take over the land.

Then there is the matter of the location of the CCB branch, first of all, to solve the problem of manpower, before he came this time, Craig gave him a construction drawing of the palace, the outline of the appearance is copied by the headquarters of the Imperial Appraiser Alliance Guild, there are many details are considered quite well: surrounded by the wall of the palace, there is a small garden square and a variety of appraisal rooms, behind which is the residential area, which is provided with the residence of the recruited appraisers and the place to solve the problem of warmth on a daily basis, as well as several large meeting halls, warehouses, Reserve room, craftsman's room...... There is a five-story appraisal tower in the middle, which is a place to deal with important matters and reserve resources and classics, and it is also the most sacred building of the appraisal alliance guild.

The entire drawing shows grandeur and atmosphere, which invisibly increases the difficulty of construction, and the layout on the drawing is based on the theory of the central center of the capital of the Tianfeng Empire, and the defensive issues are not fully considered, Duan Lie knows that rectification is still needed.

As for how to change it, he already had a preliminary plan in his heart, to put it bluntly, it was the arrangement and combination of the inscription array and the columns.

Since there is no defense system in Los Dili around, and it is impossible to set up infrastructure such as the city wall, the entire branch must strengthen the internal and external defenses, otherwise it will be unbearable for individuals to be sacked by the thieves who see the sky.

After surveying the terrain, Duan Lie said to Nick: "Nick, you can take some gold coins to find a place to live, and just get a shelter for the time being, the conditions are not too good." "Fortunately, with the support of the empire and the guild this time, the two of them brought a lot of necessary resources and enough gold coins.

With money, everything is easy to do, Nick quickly found a household, this family has only one old man, who is more popular in the northern outer city, the old man's name is Ward, Duan Lie and Nick affectionately call him Uncle Ward.

Uncle Ward has a grandson, currently working odd jobs in the blacksmith shop inside the royal city, they have three laterite houses at home, they are the first batch of local residents to relocate, originally Ward also had a son and daughter-in-law, but unfortunately died in the robbery of the thieves two years ago, so the old man now lives alone, just vacant two laterite houses, but the two are in disrepair, the condition is not very good, the first day it rained, the house was flooded, fortunately his house is on a high place, the water has been drained, but the house is full of damp smell。

Nick spent two gold coins to rent it for a year, and the old man Ward was very happy, and he was busy all day looking for someone to repair and find someone to cook, and Duan Lie and Nick successfully moved in.

That night, Duan Lie and Nick were going to spend it together, and Duan Lie didn't sleep at night, but kept changing the distribution of the inscriptions on the drawings until the next day, Duan Lie planned to break ground and let Nick find Uncle Ward.

Ward is a person who has seen the world, and knows what kind of big man the person who comes should be dressed, at least very rich, he cautiously walked into the room with a smiling face, Duan Lie beckoned him to sit down, and asked: "Uncle Ward, let me introduce myself first, my name is Duan Lie, I am an appraiser from the Tianfeng Empire, we plan to build a branch station here, because we did not bring enough manpower with us on this long trip, so I want to hire some craftsmen in the northern outer city, do you think the villagers here can be competent?"

After hearing this, Ward said happily: "Mr. Great Appraiser, this is no problem at all, if you are willing to give them a reasonable payment, I believe that most of the young men in the village will be very happy, although Old Ward is not a nobleman, but he still knows many people in the North Outer City, if you believe Old Ward, Old Ward will help you find someone now." ”

In fact, Duan Lie also saw that the lives of the civilians in the northern outer city were too difficult, they only ate some wild vegetables in normal times, and meat was very expensive in the royal city, and there were no so-called fighters among them, and a few hunters were already considered very wealthy, so he planned to solve the problem of work for the local residents while building the branch station.

This has several advantages: first, he can mingle with the local residents, so that he will be supported by the people in the future, and he will get twice the result with half the effort no matter what he does; secondly, the villagers here are simple and honest, and they have no heart, so they will not turn the branch into a tofu scum project; and most importantly, he wants to use the help of these villagers to publicize the imminent establishment of the branch of the appraisal alliance in Wangcheng, which can be regarded as an advertisement......

Hearing Ward's acceptance, Duan Lie nodded with great satisfaction and asked, "Uncle Ward, how do you think this remuneration can be solved?" He didn't know the local situation, he didn't know the income of the craftsmen, so he had to ask.

Ward is very generous by nature, and he doesn't know how to open his mouth when it comes to compensation, he blushes and struggles with how much he wants, which is the key point related to whether people's living standards have been improved.

That's when Nick spoke: "I heard that the craftsmen here are paid around two gold coins a year, right?"

Ward opened his mouth, but finally said honestly: "That's a real craftsman, with skills, and a hundred and fifty silver coins a year for villagers like us is enough." "One hundred and fifty silver coins, which is equivalent to one and a half gold coins.

Duan Lie smiled and said: "In this way, let's find someone for me according to the remuneration of a real craftsman, two gold coins a year, in addition to this, the cost of daily meals is also provided by us, three meals a day, Uncle Ward, do you think this is okay?"

Hearing Duan Lie finish speaking, Ward opened his mouth wide in shock, to be honest, when he wanted to be rewarded at the beginning, he really wanted to say that two gold coins were coming, and the meal should be included, but then he thought that he couldn't be dishonest, so he quoted a real price, but he didn't expect Duan Lie not only to counteroffer, but also to raise the reward to the level of a real craftsman, and even to cover the meal, this is really a kind nobleman.