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Chapter 471 Temporary Residence Permit and Guards (33)

"Mayor, here we come!"

After opening the door, there was only a young man in a guard uniform. He looked flustered and left immediately after saying this, obviously not wanting to reveal that he had notified the town in advance.

Recently it was time for censorship, so the townspeople were so sensitive to Ian's arrival.

The mayor was surprised for a moment, then his expression immediately became firm, and he quickly ran upstairs to his house.

Not long after, some abrupt bells rang from above the mayor's house and spread throughout the town.

Ian also frowned, and he stood up.

"What's the matter, Aunt Julia?"

He was also a little flustered when he looked sideways, but finally regained his composure. It was just a fat aunt with a worried face, and said solemnly, "Is the guard who checked the temporary residence permit here?"

"Oh, yeah..."

The red-haired Auntie Chimin lowered her head sadly, and her hand holding the plate drooped: "Our family is fine, and the master took us to apply for a temporary residence permit, but there are many people in the town I don't even have that money..."

"It takes more than ten days to apply for a temporary residence permit, and from time to time, you have to go through the political review. How can ordinary people do this once every six months... To be honest, if the master didn't give us jobs in the town, most of them wouldn't even be eligible for a temporary residence permit. nothing!"

"I don't know which ones will be taken away this time..."

Ian asked a few more questions, and after getting a hesitant answer from the aunt, he finally understood.

It turned out that Garr Town, whose economic pillar is agricultural trade, does not need so many townspeople for production and living.

As Ian speculated, when there are large-scale alchemy machinery that is almost armored for farming, only four to five hundred people at most can complete all the work in the village.

This is also within the normal range, the number of townspeople who are allowed to hold a 'permanent residence permit'.

The extra ones are all temporary residence permits, and if there is no job, the temporary residence permits will not be eligible to apply.

This is the fate of the 'liberated population' after the great development of agriculture-if there are factories or other jobs that can absorb them, it is fine, if there is no...a sudden increase in productivity and technology, just let them Over a period of time, became 'unwanted'.

At present, the Setar Empire has not made any serious plans for this kind of people...or in other words, it has planned, but the execution is not good.

Yemer Gal, the founder and mayor of this town, really couldn't bear to see the villages and towns he had built with his own hands, being ruined by the system of temporary residence permits, and the old guys were displaced, and only four or five were left in the end. One hundred lucky...

So he forcibly expanded many jobs, such as 'rice picker', 'wheat sorter', 'windmill supervisor' and so on.

Although it sounds outrageous, at least everyone has a job.

There are quite a few towns that adopt similar methods. The imperial guards who are in charge of reviewing this aspect have always ignored it. After all, it is not profitable to check this. There are more people with money.

Of course, the twice-yearly review must be done, otherwise, these people would not have the sense of urgency and motivation to update the certificate.

"Forgive me, Lord Knight, we may not be able to continue entertaining you."

thump, thump, the old mayor walked down the stairs, his complexion was also very ugly, and there was a hint of implicated resentment in the expression he looked at Ian.

In his eyes, the knights of the empire belonged to the same breed.

The boy didn't care about this, but stood up, ready to go out to see the situation.

But before going out, there was another hasty knock on the door.

Aunt Julia trembled a bit, but remembering that she had a temporary residence permit, she summoned up the courage to open the door.

The people who came were several families.Ian took a glance and found a family with a child, the one who was playing next to the town at the beginning, saw him and immediately went to warn the townspeople.

Represented in this group was a dark-skinned farmer who entered with a desperate plea to the mayor.

At first, the mayor had a livid face, but after all he was a man with a hard mouth on the surface but a very soft heart in fact, so after a long sigh, he still opened the door and let the group of people in to avoid the guards.

"Julia, take them to the basement and hide behind the haystacks... well, that's the only place they can hide."

He called to the cook: "Also, let the slacker Norn and the stinky boy Al come back, let's pretend... Hey, Master Knight, you?"

While the mayor was directing, Ian, who he thought had left just now, came to the door of the mayor's mansion.

Ian saw that a team of 25 people in armor was slowly approaching the village.

Imperial Guard, the full name is 'Emperor Border Defense Guard', a department established during the Flame War, its main duty is to prevent the entry of 'unsafe elements' on the border between the Imperial Circle and other areas.

Later, responsibilities were gradually transferred to internal security preparations, but in general, the main functions did not deviate from their own names.

The armor of the guard team was not equipped with heavy weapons and machine guns, but was only equipped with ordinary restraint net launchers and equipment similar to electric shock devices. After they entered the town, they began to send people from house to house to search and check temporary residence permit.

Less than half of the people in Gal Township have temporary residence permits, about 500 people have permanent residence permits, and the rest have either not applied for it or have expired.

Generally speaking, each family will have one to do it, and they can come out to deal with it at this time-the guards also know that it will not make money to push people into a hurry, so the requirements are not strict.

The team checked one by one, and the speed was very fast, and Ian, who was standing at the door of the mayor's house without a helmet, was particularly conspicuous and attracted attention.

But the security guards who were in charge of the inspection bypassed him silently and tacitly—bypassing the entire building area.

Although they didn't know who Ian was or what his strength was, such a young sublimator who could wear this kind of armor was definitely not something they could provoke.

Especially here is the vicinity of the imperial capital, unless you are absolutely sure that the other party is an ordinary person, otherwise, it is best to be cautious.

The townspeople hid, but they were always found, and no one at home had a temporary residence permit. The crying figures were driven out of their homes by members of the guard wearing uniform armor, and gathered behind the armor, with their hands locked. .

Later, they will be sent to the repatriation area and sent away from the surrounding area of ​​the imperial capital.

"Captain, I saw a group of people entering the old man's house..."

In the guard, a member squinted his eyes and looked behind Ian at the mayor standing behind the door. He whispered, "That obviously doesn't have a temporary residence permit..."

"Shut up, fool, do you think I can't see?"

But the leading captain raised his hand and signaled everyone to stop the inspection.

He raised his brows, carefully observed Ian's appearance, armor, and the inconspicuous Sun Eye badge on the armor, and then responded to the news from his superiors, his heart tightened suddenly.

"Don't keep thinking about earning such a small amount of money. Is there a future?" After reprimanding the team members, he walked forward alone.

The captain stood in front of Ian, and earnestly gave a subordinate's military salute to the officer: "Report to the officer, Fasha Keynes, Captain of the 21st Detachment of the Imperial Guard Search Brigade!"

"The next action, please instruct!"

(End of this chapter)