The corpses of the bandits displayed by the horse path not only demonstrated Saltmarsh Town's attitude towards bandits, but also demonstrated Saltmarsh Town's military strength. However, except for a very small number of people, no one knew that Woolley achieved this feat with only twenty people. The bandit groups in Lunvington all believed that the garrison secretly participated in the battle, while the garrison in Lunvington believed that Woolley had borrowed elite soldiers from somewhere else.

This understanding is of course correct, but this soldier originally belonged to Wu Lai, so there is no question of borrowing him.

However, these Daishan boys will soon leave Salt Marsh Town and return to Seneca. Because Wu Lai thinks that although letting them stay in Salt Marsh Town can greatly improve the town's defense, it will not help these boys improve themselves. If they return to Daishan, they can focus on honing themselves and learning fighting skills from Vulture and Puya. In a few years, they may all become warriors who are no less inferior to Vulture and Puya.

Wu Lai was happy to see this. Just imagine what the scene would be like with hundreds of vultures charging forward with a howling sound. It would not be an exaggeration to describe it as murderous.

After the departure of the young man from Daishan, the defense of Salt Marsh Town could only rely on the town’s own strength. Fortunately, it was almost formed.

All the excavation work on the canal defense line will be completed in another half a month. After the inner and outer banks of the canal are all compacted, sharp spikes and piles can be inserted into the canal. The three city gate arrow towers are also about to be completed. The tall and thick walls have not only become a new landmark of Yanhuan Town, but also brought a lot of confidence to the townspeople.

The recruitment of the militia had already been completed, with nearly two hundred young men signing up. After a selection, Wu Lai finalized one hundred and sixty of them, but the formal training had not yet begun, because withdrawing people for training at this time would undoubtedly affect the progress of the canal excavation.

As for the militia who were looked down upon by Wu Lai after his elite troops were drawn away, they have now been reduced to a street patrol team. The unprecedented appeal of the street cleaning operation has prevented this team from even having a chance to show off their weapons. Their main job now is to drive away those livestock that urinate and defecate in the streets, because on the one hand, there is really nothing else to do except this, and on the other hand, this is also Wu Lai's requirement. In his most recent speech to the militia, he said that the militia has an obligation to assist in supervising the street environment in the town.

Who should we assist in supervision? The Transportation and Health Bureau.

In fact, the militia needed assistance in more than one area, because Wu Lai added seven bureaus to Yanhuan Town at once. In addition to the Transportation and Health Bureau, there were also the Environmental Resources Bureau, the Construction Bureau, the Commerce Bureau, the Culture Bureau, the Taxation Bureau and the Militia Bureau.

Among these seven bureaus, the Cultural Bureau is under the charge of the Tribune, the Commerce Bureau and the Taxation Bureau are under the charge of the Finance Officer, the Public Security Bureau is naturally under the charge of the Public Security Bureau, and the remaining environmental resources, construction, transportation and sanitation are personally managed by Wu Lai.

Such an arrangement was obviously overbearing. Excluding Wu Lai and Gulu, there were five bureaus, which was a blatant attempt to seize power. Wu Lai actually ignored the salt industry, which was somewhat like snubbing Tours. But Wu Lai's reason was sufficient - look, I have nothing to do with your salt industry.

Seven bureaus were added at once, but no one could say anything, because what Wu Lai did was not against the rules. Archons at all levels in the Assyrian territory had the right to hire assistants. As long as the assistants you hired did not cause unmanageable trouble, the noble meeting would not interfere. There was no limit on the number of people, nor would the meeting pay for you in any form. Generally speaking, the archons would share this kind of expenses with the nobles within the jurisdiction. Of course, there were exceptions, such as the archons paying for it themselves, or embezzling part of the funds allocated from above.

What’s interesting is that Wu Lai had already set up seven bureaus before he had figured out how to arrange the salaries of these new members. Not only did each bureau have its own office, but each bureau was also equipped with a director and two service personnel. These service personnel were actually the chores of the past, but they are not called that now.

A few days after the seven traps were set up, Sean arrived in high spirits. Although he was frightened when he passed by the group of salted corpses and felt somewhat unhappy when he saw the dilapidated houses and walls of Salt Marsh Town, when he jumped off the carriage in front of the governor's residence, the heroic spirit in his heart rose again.

As soon as Sean entered the gate, he met Lauren. Lauren was no longer a gatekeeper, but the first duty officer of the Transportation and Sanitation Bureau.

Lauren naturally didn't know Sean. Seeing this guy swaggering in, she quickly stopped him and said, "Dear citizen, who are you looking for?"

"Who are you looking for? Humph!" Sean glanced at Lauren and saw that Lauren was not wearing a bronze badge of citizenship. He thought to himself that you, a small civilian, were so bold to stop me. He immediately reached out and pushed Lauren, saying, "Get out of the way."

If it were in the past, Sean would have pushed Lauren to the side, but not now, because Wu Lai had said in a collective meeting of the seven bureaus two days ago: "All members within the Executive Mansion must have an equal mind, respect each other, and cooperate with each other. We are all working together for the future prosperity and peace of Salt Marsh Town. There are many things that we must discuss and negotiate equally to resolve. Therefore, in the Executive Mansion, everyone is not allowed to stick to class. Citizens and civilians are absolutely equal here. As long as you don't forget the concept of superiors and subordinates, it's fine."

In Lauren's heart, Wu Lai's words were the truth. So before Sean's arm even touched Lauren's shoulder, Lauren had already raised her arm to block it back, but she was still polite in her words: "Dear citizen, if you are here to do business, please go to the gatekeeper to register first."

"Register?!" Sean frowned, thinking that the Salt Marsh Town was becoming more and more lawless under the governance of Wuleglindo. Civilians were actually giving orders to citizens. Could it be that he knew I was coming and wanted to embarrass me on purpose?

"Citizen, are you here to look for someone?" Lauren found it strange to see Sean frowning and keeping silent, so she asked again.

Sean came back to his senses, glared at Lauren, and asked in a raised voice, "Are you the servant of the mansion?"

"No, I'm the first duty officer of the Transportation and Sanitation Bureau." Lauren was quite proud when he answered. Although his current job as the first duty officer is just to carry a bucket of lime water every day and write health slogans everywhere with a brush, he is also a legitimate descendant of the governor - the Transportation and Sanitation Bureau is directly managed by Governor Wu Lai.

"Transportation and Health Bureau? First Duty Officer?" Sean was confused, but he quickly coughed to cover up his surprise. He then waved his hand and said arrogantly, "Okay, First Duty Officer, I am Sean, the new peace officer of Salt Marsh Town. Now I ask you to take me to see the governor."

"Are you the new tribune?" Lauren looked at Sean and shook her head. "Tribune Sean, you can ask the gatekeeper to take you to see Lord Wu Lai. He should still be in the office. I can't take you there because I have to go to work."

After taking a look at the bucket of lime water that Lauren raised to signal, Sean was a little puzzled. He thought, even in the city of Lovington, many officials were polite when they saw me. How come the civilian officials in Saltmarsh Town are more powerful than those officials?

"I am the tribune, and I now order you to take me to see the consul immediately!" Sean raised his voice again.

"Officer Sean, the Traffic and Health Bureau is not under your jurisdiction. If you insist on giving me orders, you are exceeding your authority." Lauren frowned and walked out of the gate from Sean's left side, muttering in her heart, what kind of people are these? Why is the gap between them and Lord Wu Lai so big? "Come back here!" Sean was almost roaring. He was completely furious. He had lived for so long and had never encountered anything like today.

Immediately, an angry voice came from the air to Sean's ears.

"What are you arguing about?!" This was a more domineering and overbearing question than Sean's.

Sean subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound, and saw behind a window on the second floor, a young man who looked no more than eighteen or nineteen years old was standing there with a stern face, frowning, and staring at him "fiercely".

Almost instantly, Sean realized that being under such gaze was very uncomfortable, because you would feel a little uneasy no matter what you did.

The new gatekeeper, who was sweeping the corridor and watching Lauren "disdain" Sean, saw Sean standing there in a daze, so he quickly walked over to him with a broom, pretending to sweep the floor, and reminded him in a low voice, "Sir, he is Governor Wulai."

Sean was stunned and thought to himself, no wonder his voice was so loud, it was indeed the result of his youthful vigor.

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After a while, Sean calmed down a little, because after walking into Wu Lai's office and sitting down, he quickly found that Wu Lai's attitude was actually quite polite, and he seemed to be a little afraid of him.

That's right, he is from outside, and I am from Lovington, he must be polite to me, huh, but it's useless, it's not me who wants to squeeze you. Sean thought to himself while waiting patiently for Wu Lai to read the appointment documents.

Woolley frowned because Sean brought not one but three copies of the commission document. One was Sean's commission as tribune, one was Gulu's commission as treasurer, and the last one was Baker's, in which he was appointed as the tribune of civilians.

In addition to the three documents of commission, Sean also brought a handwritten letter from George, in which George encouraged Woolley a few words, and then gave an explanation of the Tribune of the Plebs - this is a new position, and its purpose is to allow the Tribune to devote more energy to military affairs. The Tribune of the Plebs has two duties: one is to deal with disputes among civilians, and the other is to supervise the orders of the consul. If the orders of the consul will cause trouble to the civilians, the Tribune of the Plebs has the right to veto and prevent their execution.

These three documents of appointment and this letter contain at least three pieces of information:

The first was that Lovington disagreed with Woolley's dismissal of Henry, which meant that Henry would continue to serve as tribune in Saltmarsh.

Secondly, Lovington agreed that Guru should be the treasurer.

Furthermore, when Longvington offered Baker a new position, he took into account the job arrangements of Henry and Guru, and also used this new position to remind both Woolley and Baker - reminding Woolley not to be too authoritarian and reminding Baker to pay attention to his position.

He actually used these tricks, and his methods were quite good. Wu Lai thought about it and gently slapped the three documents on the table: "Sean, can I ask you a question?"

"Of course." Sean shrugged. "It's your right."

Wu Lai nodded and asked, "Sean, why did you come to Saltmarsh Town to be the peace officer? Ideals? Or, simply for a lot of gold coins?"

Sean frowned and his voice turned cold: "Archon Wu Lai, I'm not here for you to tease me."

"I don't mean to tease you at all." Wu Lai smiled slightly, "I'm asking sincerely. Of course, you have the right not to answer."

What did he mean by this? Sean couldn't help but frown and wondered in his heart.