The New Civilization of Witches

Chapter 71: Spying (Part 2)

In addition to lighting a fire in the fireplace, Barov also placed mahogany candles on the table. This candle holder has one pedestal that is divided into four branches.

One in the middle, which is also the highest, and three branches that cover the middle branch in the form of a triangle.

A lit candle was placed on each branch, and the candle looked like a bright mountain as it burned.

The room was filled with the scent of pine oil, resembling the smell of sweet and rotten wood, making people feel sleepy.

However, inside Border Town, Barov could not ask for more. In this land of poverty, he could not ask for anything beautiful or elegant.

Here, everyone was happy if they had shelter over their heads, so Barov could call himself quite lucky with his large room.

His room inside the castle was not far from the courtyard, as it was the location of the former Lord's city hall.

Of course, when the Lord left the castle, he brought his entire scepter, so now the room only belonged to Barov.

From time to time, he could hear rustling sounds from within the castle and the wind roaring from outside the window, giving him the impression of two different worlds.

The old wooden table where Barov wrote was full of books and scrolls. On both sides, he had arranged the table, forming

"U".

Usually, the table is not occupied by anyone. He only used it to display his manuscript.

When necessary, he would call his students, and place them at one of his side tables.

There, they can organize their information or write the first draft for an official document.

The candle in the lamp has been replaced three times. In addition to replacing the candles, Barov did not stop his hand from working on the documents quickly.

To him, time was a precious thing. There was already a stack of documents in hand, waiting for him to be dealt with, plus, His Majesty's proposed expenditure also still needed to be reviewed.

Barov's average working time was 10 hours per day, but he didn't feel tired at all. Instead, this was where he could show off all of his skills, so he felt his body had inexhaustible energy.

This is how it should be, he thought, no one talking around me, all of my students taking responsibility themselves, and no one holding the others back or making a mess.

As long as they fulfilled the Prince's orders, he could handle certain administrative processes without any outside help.

If the Prince's orders could only be a little more normal, while Barov thought of this, he gnawed at his lips regretfully.

For example, right now, all of Roland's official correspondence was sealed with his seal like the last one he sent to Willow Town.

In it, Roland requested additional administrative staff and a prison. Answer note says:

With the price you offer, you cannot hire a captain, a helmsman, and a sailor. After reading, Barov was astonished, without these people, how would they ship a boat?

Will they walk back after delivering the prison?

Also, why do we need to buy a boat?

This was the most important point At the moment, the trade between Border Town and Willow City was stable.

Even after the end of winter, if we want to expand the ore trade, we only need to send out a notice, and they will soon increase the number of ships for the trade.

There is no point in buying a boat; the city dock is just for parking and loading and unloading, it cannot be used or maintenance.

And without a sailor who can take care of him, it won't be long before we have to leave him. Is that one of His Majesty's crazy moments?

As for the first request, contrary to what was expected, Barov could understand it.

Currently, there was no one with free time in the entire city hall, Barov had brought over ten people to supervise the business, he said,

they are responsible for statistical reports and regulate income and expenses.

Barov himself is responsible for the administrative and legal work – which is obviously unreasonable. Since His Majesty wants to separate these sectors, it is necessary to expand the size of the employees in the town hall.

Under normal circumstances, the assistant minister did not want to give up so much responsibility.

Any person who has this much power in his own hands will feel full satisfaction.

He wants to be like his teacher, the kingdom's finance minister. He was the only one in charge of Graycastle's finances as well as the King's right hand.

Ahem, well, now only Border Town matters, Barov added in his heart. Although Roland had promised him that he wanted to fight for the throne, there was still a long way to go.

Barov had no idea when it happened, but today he was actually competing with the 4th Prince as a true candidate for the throne.

Compared to the past it was the difference between heaven and sky, before he thought that such a foolish and dandy character could never be king.

The fact that they could still survive was truly commendable. Not even mentioning all the strange things he found, the fact that he could handle all these people was not at all like the 4th Prince. He looked more like a Devil who knew everything.

At this moment, he heard a rumbling noise at his door, making him stop his work and answer, saying,

"Lake in."

Door opened by one of his favorite students, “Filler” Yarrow.

“Honored teacher, we have caught “

ratus” other. “

"Oh? Have you questioned him? ”

“Dia mengatakan bahwa Timotius mengirimnya. Selama penggeledahan tubuh, kami menemukan bubuk semen, beberapa koin dan sepucuk surat padanya.”

Yarrow walked over and handed Barov a leather-wrapped envelope,

“For more information, we are still interrogating him. Teacher, how to deal ... "

"Just like previous times, write down all the answers into a book and then hang the convicted spy."

Barov's Order.

"Yes" Yarrow saluted and said,

"This disciple will go now."

When the door closed again, Barov did not continue his work. Instead, he returned to his desk, and opened the sealed parchment with his letter opener, taking out the letter.

The fourth. Long before the Demon Moon started, Roland Wimbledon had called out to him and discussed the matter.

His Majesty believes that when the cement powder, the new snow powder and the witches are revealed,

the hidden spies of his brothers would not bear to not tell their masters about it, which would be the best time to eliminate the rats.

Thinking about it, Barov had to agree with the first part of his statement, but not the second part.

In his view, Border Town had over two thousand inhabitants, which made it impossible to control everyone.

They just don't have the manpower, and the people they have are not trained for it. However, His Majesty did not seem to understand his intention and said,

“Why do we need so many people?

Everyone inside Border Town will be our eyes.”

Barov doesn't believe that the Prince trusts his own words and leaves this stupid, stupid, and ordinary monitor for everyone to find a mouse?

That's not possible! But people showed him that he was wrong.

When Roland ordered the first census after the beginning of winter, he gave a special order to the people who had lived for five years or so inside the Border Town:

Surely Longsong Fortress had tried to make Border Town go bankrupt after their attempt to burn food.

Instead, the spies they sent still had to lurk. Most of them had to disguise themselves as relatives of the townspeople or merchants who were late to evacuate, always looking for opportunities to harm Border Town.

So if anyone saw a suspicious figure, they should immediately report it to the City Hall. Once verified, they would receive a reward of 25 silver nobles.

The results of this step show that it is very effective. Naturally, at first, they received some false positives, though,

but not long after they found the first mouse and caught them. Barov remembered that Roland said this awkward sentence proudly.

What did he say again?

He thought for a moment, yes ...

"Let the enemy sink into a sea of bottomless battles against the commoners."

This sentence had a very strange syntax; the assistant minister shook his head and spread the letter in his hands. Named person

"Groundhog" repeatedly stressed that various phenomena showed that the 4th Prince, Roland Wimbledon, had been replaced by a demon, and Barov could clearly read his implied fear.

When Barov thought about how the Prince used some people, he actually could not help but feel a glimmer of recognition.

He took a deep breath, and then he held the letter on top of the candle, which had previously immediately burned and turned into ashes. Since he was not afraid of the God's Stone of Retaliation, he couldn't be controlled by the demons, right?