[Chapter 197 Population Growth and Public Security Issues]

The performance of the Maloney-Mansfield family and the Barnett family means that the nobles of Iron Tree Castle are no longer obsessed with getting a share of the vast land of the Northern Plains.

Except for the lord of Iron Tree Castle, Marquis Dudley Morgan, other families will gradually reduce their investment in this area.

Nowadays, the villages in the east of the plains have basically been captured by orcs, and those that have not been destroyed are also in great trouble. Perhaps they will evacuate from this area one after another.

Either retreat to Snow Plain Castle to survive this winter; or return directly to Iron Tree Castle.

As for the villages on the west side of the Northern Plains, their days are not easy.

Although there is no threat from orcs, Winter Town has brought them great pressure. At the same time, the harvest of crops is not as expected, which also makes the villagers extremely worried about the coming long winter. Those

who are entangled and have contracts 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.

At the beginning, this escape was initiated by each village. Using the identity of refugees and bandits to rob supplies and destroy Winter Town was indeed one of the methods these nobles thought of.

But what they didn’t expect was that once this plan was implemented, it was a bit unstoppable.

I don’t know when it started, all kinds of rumors about Winter Town began to appear in these villages.

Many people had seen the pink flying dragon before, so it spread quickly.

Therefore, when someone saw that Winter Town not only had one flying dragon, but also a black flying dragon that kept roaring, everyone believed it immediately.

Winter Town is guarded by powerful monsters, which has become a known thing for many people in the northern plains. If it was just this rumor, at most it would make various forces more wary of Winter Town, and there was no need to worry about the rapid loss of villagers.

What really gave these village heads a headache was the many other news about Winter Town that appeared along with the dragon rumor. Winter Town

is a powerful and rich town, enough to accommodate all the current farmers in the northern plains.

Winter Town has a vast and rich land, and a large area of land has not yet been developed, waiting for farmers to go and cultivate it.

Winter Town has prepared many houses in advance, and can ensure that people living in them do not have to worry about freezing to death in winter.

Winter Town provides various “preferential treatments” for civilians who go there to seek refuge, including but not limited to: providing agricultural tools at low prices and without interest, providing crop seeds, selling or renting houses at low prices, etc.

If these rumors were spread half a year ago, they would not have any killing power at all. At that time, everyone had great doubts about the situation in Winter Town, and Winter Town did not have these “things” at that time.

Now it is different. Winter Town has completed this stage of development and construction. The next step is to constantly absorb population, fill up the town that is still a bit empty at this time, improve the internal layout, and fill all the planned areas.

In addition, the addition of population can allow Winter Town, which currently has only a rudimentary industry, to truly begin to develop, and can also stimulate some people to open new industries and markets: for example, the construction of docks and shipyards will allow some people to become fishermen, giving Winter Town a new market: aquatic products!

As these rumors spread, some people began to explore the direction of Winter Town. Of course, the soldiers of Winter Town would not stop them, and would even lead them in person. What

these people did not know was that when they were led into Winter Town, their faces had been photographed and uploaded to the server that Sheldon, Leonard and others had just built, so that they could be made into personal information later or used to screen spies.

Regardless of their identities, when they saw the “luxury” and “beauty” of Winter Town, and even the farmland full of crops, they were very excited.

Whether they felt that they did not have to think hard about how to survive this winter, or they felt that they finally saw the real hope of changing the future.

In short, these people were attracted by the beauty and wealth of Winter Town.

At this time, they unexpectedly got a “mission”.

If they could persuade and attract more people to settle in Winter Town, then Winter Town would provide housing at a lower price, and they could enjoy huge discounts whether they bought directly or rented.

At the same time, after the beginning of next spring, Winter Town will provide them with free farm tools and crop seeds, so that they can start a new life without “debt”.

Many people who come to Winter Town to check the situation choose to accept the task. Some

of these people plan to share the discount with their good friends and survive the winter together; others want to “share” a house with others by taking advantage of the discount.

Of course, it is not ruled out that those with a little money can directly buy a house and then sublet some of the rooms to others…

David knew what these people were doing, but he didn’t care about their actions. As long as they could help Winter Town attract more people, he didn’t care about these things.

Winter Town has not grown to the point where it needs to regulate these things.

David just reminded Weatherby Swan that whether these houses are sublet or shared, they must sign a contract with clear and explicit terms. The Winter Town official will act 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 Tilan during this period. Fortunately, the laws of this world are not complicated, and Winter Town does not have any separate legal provisions for the time being. It basically governs by abiding by the laws of the Kingdom of Tilan.

This greatly reduces the difficulty of his work, but from David’s words, Weatherby Swan can be sure that Winter Town should implement more detailed legal provisions in the future.

“The population has increased rapidly recently. I think if it continues to grow at the current rate, the city’s public security may deteriorate.” Weatherby Swan can now see that the population figures of Winter Town are changing every day. This feeling not only makes people happy, but also creates some troubles.

For example, not everyone who comes to Winter Town will be honest!

In the past, the composition of Winter Town was relatively simple, with several farmers from Iron Tree Castle, who were either David’s contract farmers or Samantha’s contract farmers.

Then came the people from the Stonemasons’ Union. This group of people came from the same organization, and the people who came to Winter Town all wanted to live a normal life in peace, so it was easier to manage.

At that time, Winter Town didn’t even need to arrange people in charge of public security. Everyone would honestly follow the orders given by David, the lord, to do their work. After work, they would rest, and at most chat and talk with familiar friends, looking forward to the future.

Now the people who are gradually increasing are different. These people have the spirit of struggle and adventure, which also means that these people have relatively strong personalities. When there are more such people, it is normal for conflicts to occur.

“So, we need to set up a sheriff who is responsible for managing the interior of Winter Town, and formulate appropriate punishment clauses.”

This is the main purpose of Weatherby Swan’s finding David today. Things like appointing officials, setting up new institutions, and building new buildings must be decided by David, the lord of Winter Town. As a political official, Weatherby Swan currently only has the right to make suggestions, not the right to decide.

“Sheriff…”

David took a sip of warm tea. The aroma of tea made his somewhat chaotic thoughts calm down a lot, and he shifted his attention from the mess to the current problem.

“Who do you think is suitable for this position?”

“This… My lord, I’m afraid I can’t think of anyone suitable.” Weatherby Swan is a veteran who has been in the officialdom for decades. He would not make suggestions on such issues. I believe that the Lord of Glamorgan in front of him does not want him to really propose a name.

In fact, David didn’t think that complicated. He really couldn’t think of any suitable person for a while.

Peggy and Sharon can both take this position, but it is questionable whether these two people are willing to accept this position.

As Steve Rogers got closer and closer to the Sorcerer Supreme, he seemed to be able to go to Peggy at any time to help her escape from the alternate dimension and return to her own world.

At that time, Peggy would be like the others, traveling back and forth between two different worlds. Even if she wanted to be a sheriff, she might not have enough time.

Sharon’s situation was similar. This second-generation Captain America, who was called the eldest daughter by many people, just had doubts about her ability in her heart and was worried that she could not inherit the title of Captain America well, so she “stayed” here and did not go back.

Now, with the gradual increase of strength, after meeting many strange people, her own experience and experience have improved, and the doubts in her heart have probably been almost dispersed.

David felt that Sharon was rarely seen recently, and it was very likely that Sharon was able to return to her original world freely, but she just didn’t tell everyone.

Taking these two people as an example, the other people who often traveled between the two worlds were not suitable, so they could only choose from those who lived in Winter Town.

Will? Elizabeth? Thinking of this, David suddenly understood why Weatherby didn’t make any suggestions! The old fox was indeed aware of this problem. The right person was either his daughter or his son-in-law, so of course he had to avoid suspicion.

After thinking about it, the most suitable person seemed to be Arcee? But Arcee would sometimes be summoned by Optimus Prime to leave Winter Town to help the Autobots fight the Decepticons.

After thinking about it, except for this small problem, Arcee was indeed the most suitable candidate.

“How about hiring someone from the world that can be visited now?”

(End of this chapter)