Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 580 Classification Registration
"Everyone line up. Adult males under 50 years old go to the left, and those over 50 go to the same line with the children! Women go to the right, don't even think about getting away with it! Everyone must be inspected!" A man in a black uniform was holding a tin horn, maintaining order in a dignified manner.

Not long ago, he was just a small nobleman in the city of Langton whose family had fallen on hard times. He relied on his family's ancestral inheritance to maintain a fairly decent life, but his life was also very tight.

After all, no matter how poor their family is, aristocrats are still aristocrats and they still have to maintain the most basic decency.

If you want to maintain your dignity, you can't skimp on some money to save your face.

This means that although their family looks glamorous on the surface, in fact every expense in daily life has to be calculated carefully, and most of the time they can only keep up appearances.

Just like the uniform he was wearing at the moment, it looked really strong and straight, made of the finest woolen material, making him look really majestic at the moment.

But this uniform was made by his wife by cutting up a woolen coat that he usually wore for formal occasions, and the lining inside was made of his old shirt.

He had a shiny donkey-shit testicle, and looked like an old nobleman from Langton City.

Although he knew that living like this was tiring, he often had to hold on for the sake of his family and face.

When the upper class of Langton migrated collectively to the north, he certainly thought about getting a ship ticket. If nothing else, he wanted to send his wife and children over.

But he was just a small noble who lived on his ancestral inheritance. How could he possibly get a ticket to the North?
He himself is not an elite talent in the industry, so naturally he is not included in the official quota. He can only go to the North through other means.

The great nobles could buy their own airships, then go to the North to set up properties and live well there.

The second-rate nobles could buy a ship ticket to the North if they gritted their teeth. After all, the airship route was still open at that time. However, the price of the ship ticket had been driven up to a sky-high level, which was equivalent to spending all their assets for many small nobles.

He couldn't afford it. Even if he sold all his family's inheritance, it would only be enough for one person's boat ticket.

And with the arrival of the doomsday crisis, while prices of various commodities are soaring, other things are also plummeting.

His family's ancestral property soon became worthless and the income was soon insufficient to support their lives.

After all, everyone was selling off their properties at that time, and many people were dealing with their assets with the idea of ​​escaping for their lives.

Finally, after discussing with his wife, he gritted his teeth and sold the ancestral property, then exchanged it for a boat ticket and sent his daughter on the airship to the North.

This was the end of his life. Having left the familiar environment of Langton and without the ancestral property to provide income, it would be difficult for him to make a living even if he went to the North.

But his daughter was different. She was a very talented child. She had shown great talent in painting since she was young. She was even noticed by an old painter who was quite famous in the upper class society of Langton and was accepted as his apprentice.

Although the painting industry has entered a cold winter with the advent of the doomsday crisis, surprisingly, the Earl of the North attaches great importance to the fields of art and culture, and even proposed a cultural preservation plan, which is said to be to bring some famous and talented artists to the North.

This is how his daughter's teacher obtained the opportunity to go to the North, and after buying a boat ticket for his daughter, he went to see the old painter and entrusted his daughter to him.

The character of this old painter was well-known in the past, and his daughter had been well taken care of since she studied under the old painter, so he felt at ease to entrust his daughter to the old painter.

As for himself, he stayed in Longton with his wife, preparing for the end of the world. Or in other words, waiting to die.

But who could have thought that he was ready to leave with dignity when the doomsday came, but the appearance of the Earl of the North turned the tide and forced Langton's current situation to be barely maintained.

After the Earl of the North stabilized the situation in Langton, he also needed a large number of people to do the work.

After all, all the people who used to work in Langton went to the North, and many positions and jobs became vacant.

As a nobleman with a higher education and a university diploma, he suddenly became a high-quality talent at this time and was quickly assigned a job.

Although he was only responsible for some simple record-keeping and writing tasks, he did a good job because it was simple, so he was sent to this newly established checkpoint to be responsible for the classified registration of people from outlying urban areas.

According to the requirements of the municipal government, all people must register according to classification and then be examined by the church judge. Only those who are confirmed to be clear can enter the inner city.

Such differential treatment naturally aroused dissatisfaction among some people, and some people wanted to cause trouble.

But the Steam Knights sent by the Earl of the North maintained order very well, so he only had to shout with a loudspeaker, asking everyone to stand in line according to their categories, and then pick out some guys who tried to sneak through.

However, he also encountered some problems. For example, some families had children who were too young and the mothers were unwilling to be separated from their children, which required him to deal with.

And every time this happened, he could only complain in his heart, wondering what was wrong with the city government for insisting on registering children and parents separately.

Can't they register by family? If so, many children will be separated from their parents, even if it's just for a short while, which is a very torturous thing for both children and parents.

Not to mention that some parents fail to pass the review, but their children are able to enter the inner city, which will undoubtedly make the situation worse.

Because it means there is one more orphan.

At first he thought that those who failed the review would just be sent back, but who would have thought that those who failed the review would be directly burned at the stake by the church judge.

Yes, there is a stake next to the checkpoint, and it is the latest energy-saving type. As long as a person is hung on it, fire will be sprayed out, without the need to pile up a large amount of firewood like traditional stakes.

This design also made the stake a heat source in a sense, so much so that many people who had completed registration and were waiting for review crowded around the stake to keep warm.

Of course, this also resulted in some unacceptable scenes, where children watched their parents being hung up and then burned to charcoal.

Yes, such scenes are unavoidable, and this is perhaps why children and parents are registered separately.

Because there are always some parents who are caught up in the influence of evil cults, but their children are fortunately not contaminated.

(End of this chapter)