Holman turned his head and stared at the stout man.

"This is paradise, and if you are willing to stay with your companions, you will be given a share of the house and food, and those like you in the team may be able to get a half-official position and a salary. ”

The companions of Birmingham exclaimed at the tempting conditions that such a place would be heaven for them.

But Birmingham seemed to think more, and hesitated for a long time to ask.

"Are you telling the truth?"

The guards laughed, and after a moment Holman motioned for the guards to get out of the way.

"Now you can ask anyone about the situation here, we won't follow, but you have to come back here in half an hour. ”

Birmingham immediately motioned for several of them to leave with him, leaving only the women, the elderly, and the children.

About half an hour later, several people returned, looking excited.

"We would like to stay here. ”

Holman nodded.

"You have to answer some of my questions, and after that you will be registered, and then you will accompany me to see His Majesty the King. ”

......

These things were all explained by Downing to Holman, and if these people still plan to leave after these conditions are provided, he will not force them, but it is best to hope that these people can stay.

The Federal Empire is short of people, and the shortage is terrible!

Sit in the palace and wait, thinking about how to cope with the full moon night in a month's time.

The palace doors opened, and Holman returned, giving a briefing.

Birmingham and his party are all used as bait to attract monsters by the refugee camp in Ironwood, where there are probably more than 800 people in existence, led by the director of the local Bureau of Investigation.

Knowing this, Downing motioned for Birmingham to be brought in, this time followed by Fran, who was in charge of household registration.

"Birmingham, have you changed your mind?"

A moment later, Birmingham knelt on the ground and saluted respectfully.

This already represented his attitude, Birmingham was willing to stay, and Downing motioned for Fran to come closer.

After looking at Birmingham's materials, he gave the order.

"According to the information they registered, if useful people are recruited to work in the government, the rest of them are allocated shelter and given some material subsidies to settle them down. ”

Fran leaves.

Downing looked at Birmingham and motioned to get up.

"Birmingham, according to your registered information, you used to be a member of the kingdom's government spies, so you must have done a good job of intelligence. ”

Birmingham did not answer.

Downing motioned for Holman to step forward.

"Give him a map of the Vault. ”

Holman complied, handing Birmingham a piece of parchment and explaining the red dots on the map.

After the explanation, Downing gave the order.

"Now that you're a spy for the Federal Empire, you take the map back to the shelter where you were before, pull the people there, and I'll pay you enough for your salary and activities. ”

Birmingham frowned, pondered for a long time, and fell to his knees again.

"I don't want to go back. ”

For Birmingham, the previous shelter was a disaster, and he never wanted to return to the Devil's Cave after leaving it.

Downing got up and walked over to Birmingham.

"You are the only one who is familiar with it, now the Federal Empire needs a population, a large population, everyone here is working for the future of the Empire, if you are willing to contribute to the construction of the empire I am very welcome to stay, if you do not want to contribute to the construction of the empire, then there is no need to take you here, because the resources here are limited. ”

Turning back to the throne, Downing motioned to Holman.

Holman saluted.

"Give him a sum of money and some supplies, and let him go. ”

Holman was immediately instructed to do so.

Deliver the bag full of supplies and a few dents to Birmingham, who is standing in the hall.

Birmingham looked at the pocket and Dante in front of him, hesitated for a moment and knelt on the ground.

"I am willing to accept your assignment and go back to where I came. ”

Tang Ning had already expected that the other party would make such a choice, just ask if there is a paradise here, why bother to risk a huge danger to find another place that doesn't know what the situation is, not to mention that he will never let those old and weak women and children go out to accompany him on an adventure.

As long as you're not an idiot, you know how to choose.

Sending Birmingham away, Downing was not satisfied with this, if the witch Defia could go to find the girls who were banished on the night of the full moon, why couldn't she herself?

"Holman, you have chosen half of the members of the Guard to set out now, follow the red dots marked on the map, go within a radius of thirty kilometers to find those who have been banished from other shelters, and bring them back, men, women, and children. ”

Holman was ordered to leave.

As long as Holman can retrieve those people, he can send those who have been found as he sent Birmingham to co-opt the inhabitants of the places where they were previously exiled, so that the population will swell rapidly.

As long as there is a sufficient population base, we will be able to select useful personnel and attract them to work in the government.

After doing this, Downing took out the irregular black stone and played with it.

"What the hell is this black stone for?"

......

Three days later, there was good news.

Holman brought back nearly fifty people, many of whom were mostly women and the elderly, who could only consume resources and had no use value, and were naturally the main group of exiles.

Downing, accompanied by the guards, watched as Fran took his assistants to register those who had brought them, and Merlin, as the health secretary, took his assistants to conduct medical examinations for these people, and now the government had recruited a lot of people to come in.

Most of the people who were brought looked tired, as if they had lost the sense of resistance, and were at the mercy of government officials, which meant a bit of submissiveness. 、

Soon Fran rushed over excitedly and handed over a copy of the registration information.

"Your Majesty, there are some government workers in the registration that I have selected for hiring. ”

Now the cabinet members have a general understanding of their governing ideas, know how to deal with some things, and make some right decisions, such as absorbing useful people into the government, so that Downing can be freed from these tedious little things.

Fran pointed to the information handed over.

"Look at this, he's a former alchemist and the owner of the supernatural powers of the Ruby Badge. “

Looking at the registration information, Tang Ning motioned to bring someone over.

The old man was taken out of the crowd and brought to Tangning by the guards.

Holman immediately introduced.

"This is His Majesty the King of the Federal Empire. ”

The old man trembled and wanted to kneel, but due to his advanced age, he failed to kneel several times and almost fell directly to the ground.

Tang Ning reached out to support the old man.

"You don't have to kneel. ”

Hearing this, the old man looked at the young man in front of him gratefully, and his voice was hoarse.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. ”

Downing took the registration information.

"Bonucci, are you a gold-ruby alchemist?"

The old man nodded.

Tang Ning frowned when he saw this, a little suspicious.

"His Majesty didn't take you with him when he left? People like you should be the ones His Majesty is trying to woo, right, and even if you fall into the refuge, how can you be exiled to those who should be courted by the ruler?"