Chapter 55: Settling and Resting
After the ice flame melted the ice slag on the suspension bridge into water droplets and dried, everyone began to move forward slowly. The men carried children one by one and walked towards the iron chain skillfully, followed by some men carrying luggage. After seeing the horror of the suspension bridge, they began to make choices, and many people gave up some things.
Bai Ye rubbed his head and whispered to Zero to explain some things about Heather Town. Riley stood by the bridge and directed everyone to pass safely. His rich experience and strong abilities allowed him to gradually establish prestige among the crowd, which also helped Bai Ye control the panicked hearts of the people well.
Seeing the crowd walking on the swaying chains, Bai Ye and the few people around him also began a journey across the bridge. He turned his head and looked at Lan Ni. The little girl was trembling in the wind, but she immediately showed a sweet smile after meeting his sight.
"How is it going to be handled in Heather Town?" Bai Ye asked casually, Lan Ni and Nancy who were walking behind blocking the cold wind. Bing Yan and Ling walked at the end. The keen intuition told Bing Yan that this maid who had a very close relationship with the master was not a person who was easy to mess with.
"I asked Mr. Riley and others to destroy all those 'things' and temporarily place everyone in the spare room." Lan Ni replied softly, holding Nancy's hand. At this moment, Nancy's eyes were still dull, immersed in endless sadness.
After all, I had a complete fall in love with my biological mother, and this feeling was definitely not good. Bai Ye had no good idea, so he could only slowly relieve her after a while.
When they stepped onto Se Town in Shanghai, Bai Ye had already thought of corresponding countermeasures. In fact, after Kate left, he had considered similar things, but he did not expect that it would be implemented in advance.
When they saw the towering, dignified, classical and elegant Castle of Heather, the townsmen who came from afar made countless amazement, as if in front of them was the bedroom of the gods. Even if they could not understand the magnificence inside after exhausting their imaginations.
The townsmen knelt down in front of the statue of the Goddess of Wisdom at the door, praying desperately to praise the only God in their hearts, and thanking her for giving them new life and home. They have subconsciously regarded Heather Town as a new home, but such a beautiful castle, can they really enter as civilians?
Bai Ye didn't like the goddess of wisdom very much. Even though this beautiful woman was the belief of most humans, she was like an illusory cloud and had never given anything to her believers. He only knew that this time, if it weren't for him and Nancy, a bigger tragedy than three years ago would have come to these people.
There is no such thing as religion in your own territory. In the era of the information explosion, Bai Yesheng deeply understood the horror of religious beliefs. It is something that can affect a person's three views. Of course, it does not negate it, but for an immature territory, religion is something that is unnecessary.
Opening the door, under the guidance of Riley and others, everyone entered the castle in an orderly manner. Bai Ye and the others walked in the front. As soon as they stepped into the hall, the warm wind blew, causing the almost frozen body to gradually recover.
There were many former prison families walking around in the hall. They spontaneously cleaned and did what they could. When they saw Bai Ye and a large group of people walking in, they were all shocked.
"Oh my God! I was lucky enough to come to a big castle that only nobles could live in!"
“What a beautiful place!”
"Is this heaven? Oh, my goddess, this is the most beautiful goddess I have ever seen..."
People gave all kinds of amazement, and the whole hall was noisy. Seeing this, Riley quickly opened his voice and said loudly: "Everyone! Please be quiet! I think His Highness Bai Ye must have something to say to everyone now!"
Bai Ye looked at him with praise, then raised his hands high and pressed down slightly. Everyone became quiet in an instant, and countless gazes gathered on him, which made Bai Ye, who was used to this kind of scene, a little timid.
He cleared his throat and said slowly: "First of all, thank you for your trust in me and my friends who chose to come to Heather Town. As we all know, this was once a terrible prison, but now it is just an ordinary town. From now on, everyone who comes here will be the new townsmen of this town. You must settle here and create a new life that belongs to you alone!"
"I hope that everyone present will regard this place as a real home, abandon some bad ideas, and integrate them together. At the same time, I also solemnly promise that this place will be completely different from other towns. You enjoy the rights that the townspeople should have, and of course you must fulfill the corresponding obligations. Secondly, the management of the town and all aspects will be different from other places. I hope you can adapt and get used to it."
"Please, please ask, Your Highness Bai Ye." A town citizen raised his hand timidly to look at him.
Bai Ye nodded and signaled him to continue.
“What rights can we have here?”
As soon as the words were finished, everyone was panicked. Is this guy a fool? The nobles said that this was just to make everyone feel relieved. Do you really want to get things from Your Highness? Are you impatient to live?
"Good question! Simply put, as part of the town, you enjoy your own houses, land, basic medical care, compulsory education, etc. Of course, you also have to pay taxes to the government... uh, the town will never completely deprive you of everything like when you were in Greentown." Bai Ye smiled.
"What, what?!" Even Riley was a little surprised. His Highness really knew what he was talking about? The land and houses should be completely owned by the nobles, and there is also medical care and education that is only the only rights of the upper class. It sounds like there will be very little taxes, which is simply horrifying!
"I will slowly inform you about specific matters. Everyone should live in the castle recently. Remember to ensure order. Once someone violates the discipline, I will expel him directly." Bai Ye glanced at everyone coldly. Too many people, some unpredictable things will always happen. In the early stage of establishing prestige, I must use iron-blooded methods. "Okay, Riley is responsible and arranges them to rest in their respective rooms. I will slowly adjust these two days."
"As for the order, Your Highness!" Riley said respectfully with one hand and beat his chest with one hand. He and the men began to disperse the crowd. No one dared to cause trouble, and they followed them steadily to various rooms in the castle. The empty rooms that were originally used as torture rooms and other places were sorted out by Lan Ni and the others, and now they are used as temporary residences.
The ones who were still staying in the hall at this moment were Bai Ye, Ling, Bingyan, Lan Ni, Nancy, and a group of homeless children. Bai Ye asked Lan Ni to take the children to a better room, while he took the others to the second floor to allocate a new room.
The number of townspeople and indigenous people is a lot, and men, women, young and old, is really the prototype of a new town. Bai Ye has to admire Kate's talent. So many people can settle properly in the castle. I don't know how he completed such a huge construction project.
Chapter completed!