After taking it over and examining it, his eyes held even more confusion. He asked the soldier in bewilderment.
"Little brother, the style of this official uniform is wrong. And where is the official seal the previous lord mentioned?"
The soldier was somewhat baffled by his question. What official seal?
The Duke didn't mention issuing official seals.
"Wait a moment, I'll go ask the Duke!"
He got up and trotted over to Fang Er, bowing and asking, "My Lord, that person said the Prince also promised them official seals. What do you think?"
Fang Er looked at Li Ji in confusion, only to see Li Ji wave his hand dismissively.
"No need to guess. It must be that old ninth fellow who can't keep his mouth shut and makes promises he can't keep!"
Fang Er: …
Damn it, where am I supposed to get official seals now?
Wait a minute~
He quickly opened it to see if he could find anything useful.
And sure enough, he found something.
In a corner, there were countless iron ingots.
These iron ingots were collected when the Sanbengzi was released to throw people off, a full thousand shi!
Several years had passed in a flash, and he had completely forgotten about them.
After greeting Li Ji, he went to the carpenter's resting wooden hut nearby and took out all the iron ingots.
He called over a carpenter and instructed him to write on the iron ingots, then he himself returned to the registration site with an ingot.
"Dong!"
He placed the iron ingot on the registration desk, making the desk tremble.
"Here, this is your official seal. After changing into your official uniform, go to the wooden hut over there to collect it!"
Zhou Dong: ???
I have something to say but I don't know if I should say it.
Such a large iron ingot, and you're telling me it's an official seal?
This must weigh at least several dozen catties!
But looking at the respectful way those people treated Fang Er, it was clear this person's identity was not simple, and he probably wasn't joking with him.
So he hugged the camouflage uniform and the "official seal" and walked towards the trees in the distance.
More and more civilians were being transferred over by the system at the passage.
The first batch of people, after their initial novelty wore off, began to sense that something was amiss.
Especially those with status, who were being jostled by the crowd, quickly became agitated.
A man in a red official uniform, his face flushed, shouted in the crowd.
"Stay away from this official! You unruly commoners dare to touch this official's behind, do you want to die!"
Hearing him shout, the surrounding civilians immediately distanced themselves from him. The common folk did not fight against officials, and anyone in an official uniform was not someone they, ordinary citizens, could provoke.
"Someone! Where have all the people gone!" the uniformed man continued to bellow. He had been drinking heartily and eating meat, but he had inexplicably ended up in this strange place, making him feel very uneasy.
However, after looking around, he couldn't find a single familiar face, and his guards were also gone.
"Tutu tutu~~~"
Li Xiaogong, sitting in the helicopter, noticed the commotion below and fired a burst from his AK towards the distance. The scattered gunfire silenced the scene once more.
"All of you, behave yourselves!"
"Anyone who dares to cause trouble will be thrown into the mines to dig!"
"What the hell do you think this is, your own little territory?"
Over at Fang Er's side, a group of temporary officials who had changed into their clothes gathered. He walked up to them with a loudspeaker.
"Silence!"
"I am Fang Anzhi, Duke of An Country."
"I have good news and bad news for you. Which do you want to hear first?"
Zhou Dong stood at the front. Seeing that no one else responded, he stepped forward and said, "Greetings, Duke of An. Since that's the case, we should hear the bad news first."
Fang Er was very pleased with this man; at least he knew how to play along.
"Alright then. The bad news is, you are no longer in the Great Song, and you will never have a chance to return!"
As soon as he said this, those in camouflage uniforms, clutching their thirty-pound official seals, exploded.
"What?!"
"How is that possible?"
"Wasn't I in Kaifeng Prefecture just before?"
"What Kaifeng Prefecture? I remember being in Shaanxi~"
"Damn it, what Kaifeng and Shaanxi are you talking about? This old man is from Jiannan Dao~"
At first, everyone hadn't communicated much, but as they reported their hometowns, their expressions immediately changed.
Fang Er didn't have time for them to discuss these matters. They were chosen to maintain order, and the longer it took, the more troublesome it would be.
"Silence!"
"Whether you believe it or not, it has already happened!"
"This is no longer the Great Song, nor is it any place you are familiar with!"
"Now, there are countless civilians waiting for you over there. You must shoulder the responsibility of being disciples of the Sage!"
"You have been given official positions, starting at the seventh rank. Whoever does well will continue to rise: sixth rank, fifth rank, even be enfeoffed or become a minister!"
"Don't worry about your families; they will also come here!"
"For a short period, you don't need to worry about your food, clothing, and expenses. I have made arrangements for everything."
"Now, what you need to do is lead those civilians and find a place to settle down."
"There are wilderness everywhere here, so you can settle down anywhere."
"The more civilians you can settle down, the more they will be your subjects in the future!"
"But, remember you are all scholars. You don't need anyone to teach you the great principles. If I find anyone acting unlawfully at this time, don't blame me for being merciless!"
Fang Er thought he had made himself very clear, but these scholars still could not accept their current situation. Some impatient ones tore off their camouflage uniforms and threw away their official seals.
"No! I want to go home! I don't want to be this 'civilian pacifier' official!"
"Exactly! We want to go back!"
"What Duke of An? There is no such title in our dynasty!"
"What sorcery did you use to bring us here? Send us back quickly!"
Seeing that the situation was gradually getting out of control, Fang Er grabbed his AK and fired a burst at a large tree nearby.
"Tutu tutu~~~"
Seeing the main trunk of the tree riddled like a beehive, the scholars instantly fell silent and took a few steps back timidly.