Chapter 512: Shivering

In the cold wind city, Dongsi Street.
People at the patrol station were nailing house numbers at the street, and the hammers were knocking. There was a lot of people watching around, chattering non-stop.
Powell was lurking in this street, and went out to meet this large group of people. It seemed that something terrible had happened, and he wanted to ask clearly.
In fact, there is no need to inquire more, or even need to join in. At the intersection stood a lecturer of the inspection office, holding a wooden horn to inform Vice-Chairman Victor Hugo the city management regulations promulgated.
City management?
It's so strange, Powell intends to listen.
The last time the cold wind city was in chaos, the Supervisory Office was destroyed by Master Hugo's ‘Incarnation as a Dragon’. There are not many people who have fled, scattered, and gathered together.
The other disbanded city agency is the Procuratorate. It is in charge of patrols, law and order, cleanliness, civilian cases, commercial taxes and so on.
Without the inspectorate, there are many less officials who are doing great things. But the corresponding public services will also stop.
For civilians only, they can't count on any public service, and their lives are all on their own. But for city managers, this institution cannot be shut down.
Hugo ’s deputy speaker held the financial power. He did not hesitate to carry out his own urban reconstruction project regardless of the daily buzz in the parliament.
The first thing is to rebuild the inspection office, recruit and select more than 2,000 people, and set up a three-level management agency of 'city', 'district' and 'street'.
The first director was Wilson, a former craftsman president who was filled with brain knowledge by ‘Scholar of Scholars’.
The craftsman who was once captured by the goblin as a slave finally got his head out and became Hugo's first official to be sent out on his own.
The 2,400 people in the Inspection Department are the backbone of low-level civil servants trained by the "rich and powerful leaders." The most important of these is the 700 paramilitary urban management.
Urban management is responsible for urban security, fire protection, and general civil disputes. They wore rattan helmets and armor, equipped with light weapons, weird and strange, they shocked the residents of the city as soon as they appeared.
Unlike soldiers who used to control repression in the past, urban management was required to solve various difficulties encountered by citizens in their daily lives.
For example, who is sick, call the city management to help the hospital. Whose child was lost, called the city management to help find it. Who fired, called the city management to rescue the fire.
As for the case, just pull a wizard apprentice to "recognize lies".
The minimum salary for each urban management ‘one gold and five silvers’ is a very good job. Recruitment training took a month, and many people rushed to come.
As far as possible, Hugo set up a reasonable system to make this team an in-depth management and efficient organization. Let the city's human and material resources be used by him.
With the city management, the nobility in the city did not feel, but the civilians in the city felt differently. At the very least, the city management does not collect taxes on anyone.
At least better than the old patrol officer who only wanted to eat and take cards.
The purpose of public services is to centralize the government to spend money, greatly reducing the city's operating costs. Ordinary families can specialize in their work without worrying about various trivial matters.
Regarding the reconstructed inspection office, only the Powell secret agents felt helpless. They called Adrian ’s hunter team ‘evil dog’, and the city management became ‘dog legs’.
These ‘dog legs’ patrol day and night, 24 hours a day. If something goes wrong, support it everywhere.
There is no threat to a single city management, but the hundreds of organized city management are very obstructive for the spies.
The Inspectorate is also responsible for cleaning streets, building dilapidated houses, and transforming water supply and drainage systems. As the entire city changes day by day, ordinary residents can clearly feel that the living environment is constantly improving.
Just repairing the toilet is a good thing. Good water supply and drainage can greatly reduce the occurrence of diseases. The streets that are no longer muddy are also very comfortable.
And now, the inspectors began to name the streets and nail house numbers for each household. This has never happened before.
The preacher stood on a wooden box and used wooden speakers to popularize the convenience of the house number to the residents.
For example, Hugo will soon set up a post office and bank to integrate the roads and transportation around the entire cold wind city. In the future, ordinary residents can also send letters, parcels and money to family and friends.
When the inspectorate just rebuilt, Powell only felt that the institution was in the way. He could hear the house number, but he was sweating and terrified.
It's clearly hidden, and there is no threat around him, but the spy is like a natural enemy nemesis, the whole person stunned the street, his head hummed.
Victor. How do the seeds of Hugo's head grow? How could he think of the seemingly harmless house number, but it's a fierce trick?
In the past, the urban management of Hanfengcheng was basically in a state of grazing. Powerful people never care about how many streets, houses, families, and populations there are in the city.
Passers-by enter the city, and there is no way to accurately describe where to go. Only the tower of the wizard, landmarks such as the main palace can accurately guide the way, and in other areas, only familiar residents can understand the path.
For example, Zhou Qingfeng once went to the "Crow Street" in the dock area to kill the evil insect sacrifice. If this is not to find the internal response, he is afraid that even Crow Street is not clear where.
Because ‘Crow Street’ is entirely named by the residents of that street. Gates are set up in every street, and gates are closed in the dark, no outsiders are allowed to enter.
The residents across the street didn't even know who their neighbors lived in.
Now it ’s alright, the inspection department will divide and name them uniformly, and each house will be nailed with a house number, and the resident population will be counted by the way.
The Inspectorate will arrange security patrols and management personnel for each street to combat street tyrants, collect the originally decentralized autonomy, and specialize in solving all kinds of chores encountered in the lives of residents.
In addition, for the floating population to be managed, it must be reported. The hotel tavern must be rated for foreigners, and the inspection office will check it regularly.
The biggest reason for the Procuratorate to implement this set is to tell residents that this will prevent thieves, robbers and all unstable factors. Don't think of any underground organization in Cold Wind City.
People who live normally will naturally raise their hands and feet to welcome them, but for a person like Powell whose identity cannot be checked, it is a disaster.
This ..., this ..., this is too cruel!
In order to catch thieves, the Inspection Department has spent so much effort to implement such a complicated management policy?
How much does it cost? How many people are employed? How many difficulties do you face?
Powell felt more and more uncomfortable, his scalp tingling, like an ant biting. He was dizzy as soon as he closed his eyes, feeling that he would not be able to mix in the cold wind city in the future.
Victor Hugo is not short of money or people, and is not afraid of difficulties. He made it clear that he wanted to control the whole city, and he could do it if he really wanted to.
Just think a little ...
The inspection office knows the exact address of any person in the city, knows what job he does, how many people are in the family, and what social relations he has. After that, it is too simple to collect taxes or catch people.
Powell didn't live in the void, even if he disguised his identity, he still had to contact the outside world every day. Every day, he will interact with all kinds of ordinary people. His every move is paid attention and knowledge.
If every street is controlled, how can the spies hide their identity?
Can't hide at all!
Thinking of the situation he was about to face, Powell shivered in anger, and his hands and feet were cold during the day.
Can this cold wind city be better?
How do we live after spying to satisfy the ruler?
All tears should flow down in disappointment.
The city is full of oppression of underground forces. When can gray people stand up?