Above The Sky (Yin Tianshen Yin) Chapter 469: Temporary Residence Permit and Guard (3/3)
"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 is time for censorship, so the townspeople are so sensitive to Ian's arrival.
The mayor was surprised for a moment, then his expression became firm immediately, 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 a little flustered when he looked sideways, but in the end he regained his composure. He was just a fat lady with a worried face, and said in a serious tone, "Is the guard who checked the temporary residence permit here?"
"Ah, yeah..."
The aunt Chizhimin with orange hair lowered her head sadly, and her hand holding the plate drooped: "Our family is fine, and the master also took us to apply for a temporary residence permit, but there are people in the town. Many people don't have that money..."
"Temporary residence permits have to be issued for more than ten days before and after, and they have to go to the political review from time to time. How can it be possible for ordinary people to 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 No eligibility for a temporary residence permit!"
"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 turns out that Gal Town, which is the mainstay of the economy, does not need so many townspeople for production and life.
As Ian speculated, when there are large-scale alchemy machinery that is almost armored for farming, only four or 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 you don't have a job, you won't be eligible to apply for a temporary residence permit.
This is what happens to the 'liberated population' after the great development of agriculture - if there are factories or other jobs that can absorb them, it's okay, if there is no... a sudden increase in productivity and technology, Just let them become 'unwanted people' for a period of time.
From the current point of view, 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 village and town he had established with his own hands being ruined by the system of temporary residence permits. Four or five hundred lucky ones...
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 this. After all, it is not profitable to check this. The more people who prove the need to spend 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, thud, the old mayor walked down the stairs, his expression 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 shuddered 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.
The representative of this group was a dark-skinned farmer, who entered the door and begged the mayor with a look of despair.
At the beginning, the mayor was still pale, 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 to 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 twenty-five people in armor was slowly approaching the village.
The Imperial City Guard, the full name of the Imperial Capital Border Defense Guard, is a department established during the Flame Land War. Its main duty is to prevent the entry of "unsafe elements" on the border between the Imperial Capital and other areas.
Responsibilities gradually shifted to internal security preparations, but in general, the main functions did not deviate from their own name.
The armor of the guard team was not equipped with heavy weapons and machine guns. It 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 Search, check temporary residence permit.
Probably less than half of the people in Gal Town have a temporary residence permit, and about 500 people have a permanent residence permit. The rest either have not applied for it, or it has 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 in charge of the inspection bypassed him silently and tacitly—bypassing the entire building area.
Although they don't know who Ian is or what his strength is, such a young ascensionist who can wear this kind of armor is definitely not something they can provoke.
Especially in 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 they gathered behind the armor, holding hands locked up.
After a while, 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 enter the old man's house..."
A member of the guard 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, idiot, do you think I can't see?"
But the leading captain raised his hand, motioning everyone to stop the inspection.
He raised his brows, and carefully observed Ian's appearance, armor, and the inconspicuous Sun Eye badge on the armor, and then responded to the news he received 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 made a military salute from the subordinate to the officer: "Report to the officer, Fasha Cairns, captain of the 21st team of the search brigade of the imperial guards!"
"The next action, please instruct!"