What is it like to be a teacher as a magister?

Chapter 93 Demographics
Roderick knocked on the door of the lord's study with complicated emotions.

Since the last time the orcs were easily repelled, the lord has never been to the city wall again. Instead, the young men in gray uniforms often shoot arrows with different effects under the leadership of the girl named Annie. Used by soldiers.

During the period, they would watch carefully and keep writing records on paper. After the battle, they would sometimes ask soldiers to help them drag a few orc corpses back for research.

The soldiers had a good impression of these young men who were taciturn and concentrated on their work. They wished that they would come here every day. This little thing was naturally a no-brainer.

From that day on, the pace of the orcs' attack slowed down.

Roderick judged from experience that this orc tribe should leave soon.If you are lucky, you can get a period of rest in the middle, but sooner or later another tribe will pass here.There are tens of thousands of orc tribes on the Wind Whisper Plain, and the fortress will never have a real rest—unless all the orcs in the Wind Whisper Plain are wiped out like the Orc Empire cleaned up the centaurs in the North Continent.

However, this wish has existed for tens of thousands of years, but it has never been realized.

Humans have coveted the fertile land and rich resources of the Fengyu Plain since the day they set foot on the Southern Continent. However, after several battles, they were defeated by the strength and numbers of the orcs. Now they are reduced to the point where they can only stick to the Winter Fortress.

"Please come in."

Roderick pushed the door open.

"Sir, look for me."

"Captain Roderick, sit down." Colin was standing by the bookshelf, flipping through and sorting out a batch of books.

"Yes."

Roderick sat down anxiously. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure out why the lord was looking for him at this time. It seemed that the only possibility was that he wanted to replace himself because the guards of the fortress had become easier now.

"I'm looking at the city defense log written by the Duke himself."

Colin raised the book in his hand slightly, and said, "It seems that the battle in August of the 19th year of the king's reign was very tragic."

"Yes." Roderick nodded: "We lost 216 companions that time, and Ms. Madeleine was also slightly injured."

Being able to injure a high-level magician shows that the battle is indeed fierce. Orcs have good resistance to spells other than fire, so it is difficult for one person to turn the tide of the battle if they are not at the level of a great magician.

Colin nodded slightly and asked, "What's the matter with the orcs?"

"The attacks have slowed down a lot recently, and the arrows brought by Miss Anne are very effective. Everyone is rushing to try them." Roderick replied.

"At present, there are not many apprentices. This kind of arrows with special magic lines cannot be supplied indefinitely for the time being, so let the soldiers not slack off the training of ordinary arrows."

"Yes, my lord." Roderick said.

Ke Lin said: "The orcs are used to the warm and humid climate of the Wind Whisper Plain, but they actually don't like the place on the Dragon's Back Mountain Range. According to my guess, those tribes that wandered to the northern part of the plain to live along the Dragon's Back Mountain Range are in the south The losers in the same kind of battle. In other words, most of the orcs we encountered were weak among the orcs, but if a powerful tribe came, it might not repeat the mistakes that broke the fortress 150 years ago."

"That's what you said." Roderick couldn't judge whether the lord's words were accurate, but based on experience, it seemed very likely.

Colin closed the book, changed the subject and said, "I heard that you also work part-time as Chief Sheriff of Twilight City?"

"Yes."

"Are you busy?"

"There are 8 sheriffs in Twilight City, all of whom are part-time guards of the fortress... In fact, there are not many things." Roderick said.

Colin nodded.

In a city of 5 people, there are only 8 magistrates, and they are still part-timers. If you think about it, you can see what it will be like.

The Duke of Oliver Gray is a qualified nobleman in every way-except for his poor ability to govern the country.Of course, as my father-in-law said, this is not completely to blame for Oliver Gray. After all, the conditions of this place are there, and it is not easy to hold the fortress for decades.

Colin asked, "Are you aware of the situation in Twilight City?"

"My lord is referring to...?"

"Floor plan, building distribution, population composition, age level..." Colin stopped talking after a few words, because the expression on the other party's face had already told him the answer.

The management of Twilight City is actually no management, which is similar to the way most nobles manage serfs - the land is there, plant it for me, and the food grown, except for leaving a guarantee that it will not starve to death, the rest will be turned over to the lord .

The civilians are a little better, at least they can rent land or go to the city to find a job, but in case of natural disasters and man-made disasters, it is common to sell themselves as slaves again.

"My lord, these..." Roderick was a little embarrassed.

"Are there many literate people under your command?" Colin asked.

"The Duke once asked someone to teach him, but no one was interested. It is estimated that only half of them can barely write."

"The pressure on the city defense is much less now." Ke Lin said, "I need you to do something for me."

"Please order."

"Take out 200 guards who can write, and cooperate with the people I brought. On the one hand, draw the floor plan of Twilight City. On the other hand, conduct a population statistic for all residents. It doesn't need to be very accurate. The specific method will be announced later. Someone told you."

Ke Lin's request was very simple, and there was no way it would not be simple. In this world where paper is very scarce, it is simply unrealistic to register all the citizens.

"Okay...Okay." Roderick didn't understand what the leader was doing, and he didn't dare to ask more questions, but the deployment of 200 people is not a problem for the current level of city defense.

……

On the tenth day after Colin arrived at the Winter Fortress, the second batch of 250 students from the manor was delivered as planned, and the castle became more lively.

After nearly a year of living and studying together, the 800 students have become acquainted with each other a lot, and some of them have even formed deep friendships. After that, there was another lively reunion scene.

During these ten days, Colin didn't do much.

On the one hand, not long after the Duke's death, the fortress is still shrouded in grief. It seems a bit unreasonable to ask everyone to cheer up and develop at this time, anyway, there is no rush for the next few days;

On the other hand, Colin still has a lot of personal affairs to deal with.

The most important thing, of course, is to rebuild the laboratory.

The wind nuclear collider and some important instruments followed him to the fortress. After these few days of installation and debugging, he can finally conduct experiments every day like in the teacher's mage tower.

However, ten days later, Colin felt that it was time to start implementing the plan he had prepared for nearly a year.

(End of this chapter)