Jiang Ye's house was chosen in the location closest to the sea, making it convenient for him to go to the shipyard.
After a brief discussion, Ju Lanlan chose the house north of Jiang Ye's, and Tian Rao chose the one to the west.
It turned out the three of them were neighbors.
He parked the base vehicle in the yard, and the next step was to organize their belongings.
The bungalows were very basic and lacked furniture, but they were relatively clean.
The two girls' possessions were all merchandise.
Ju Lanlan's car was packed to the brim with all sorts of miscellaneous goods, from sausages to clam shells, from underwear to handguns. It took two hours to move everything into the house. She said that most of the goods had already been dealt with, otherwise ten trucks wouldn't have been enough.
Tian Rao's car was filled with clothes – rows of boots, jackets, underwear, and pants, piled high in the house. It was obvious she was a clothing vendor.
After helping them move, Jiang Ye, with plenty of daylight left, set out to sea and fished for several more hours.
He had to fish; his account was empty.
The fishing process was exactly the same as before. He drove to the vast expanse of the sea, scattered bait, cast nets, scattered bait, cast nets, repeating the process like a machine.
He returned to the shipyard at dusk, with only 2.04 million in his account, a sign of extreme poverty.
During dinner that evening, Jiang Ye handed Isabel the list of other town residents and their locations, instructing her to start picking them up from tomorrow.
At the same time, he paid a million for the transportation fees.
The next morning, Xu Yan knocked on the door, dressed in a bright red suit.
Seeing her attire, Jiang Ye instantly understood: the town was completed!
He spent the morning inspecting the entire town.
The forty newly built houses were perfect.
At the intersection, poles were installed with cameras, and every house was within the surveillance range. Solar panels were mounted on top of the metal poles; as long as it didn't rain for a month straight, there would be enough sunlight to keep the cameras running.
The new police station was located in the center of town and was quite impressive. Its thick outer walls could withstand direct shell fire. The interior had white ceramic tile flooring and bright lighting. There was an underground prison capable of holding twenty inmates, as well as twenty police officer dormitories equipped with large, soft beds, desks, cabinets, gun lockers, and full sets of bulletproof vests. Shao Wan had already moved in with five officers.
After the inspection, Xu Yan left with the construction crew, and the town immediately fell silent.
Jiang Ye saw her off and headed straight for the police station.
There was a very important facility in the police station: the ID card manufacturing machine.
Town residents came to have their photos taken and fill out their information, and within two minutes, their ID cards would be printed.
The issuing location was Jiang Ye's town police station, with a validity of one year.
This ID card was only for use within the town and had no relation to the official identity within the Galactic Empire.
While chatting with the officers, Jiang Ye learned something very unfortunate:
Currently, the colonial governors on this planet did not possess official identities from the Galactic Empire.
They were not citizens of the Galactic Empire.
In fact, they could be considered undocumented.
If this were ancient India, the status of a colonial governor would not be that of a Brahmin, a Kshatriya, a Vaishya, or even a Shudra, but rather the lowest of the low, the untouchable, the Dalit.
Jiang Ye had suspected that the status of colonial governors would be very low, but he never imagined it would be this low!
Shao Wan, noticing the change in Jiang Ye's expression, explained further:
Once this planet develops, with a certain population and economic scale, the colonial governors of the entire planet can register to become citizens of the Galactic Empire.
If you can hold a high position on this planet, you might even ascend to the status of a high-class citizen.
Jiang Ye nodded, which translated to: in the future, ordinary colonial governors could become Vaishyas, and if he was lucky, he could become a Kshatriya.
Since these were town-specific ID cards, the format of the ID numbers could be freely designed. Shizhi Tomoko was responsible for the data entry.
Jiang Ye thought for a moment and said to Shizhi Tomoko:
Our town's ID cards will use an 8-digit format.
Shizhi Tomoko quickly typed on the computer, inputting the program and designing the ID cards according to Jiang Ye's instructions.
Jiang Ye continued:
The first digit will be 1 if the person is female, and 2 if male.
Shizhi Tomoko quietly asked, "Town Mayor, what if a resident applying for an ID card is neither male nor female?"
Jiang Ye was taken aback. What? Eunuchs?
Shao Wan interjected, saying that gender reassignment surgery had become very popular recently. Many people had removed certain organs and glands to become neutral individuals. Some also underwent sex reassignment surgery to become intersex, for the purpose of having children with themselves.
Jiang Ye's mouth fell open. For several seconds, his mind completely froze.
As expected of the future world, ordinary humans could be divided into four genders, which was utterly ridiculous!
Composing himself, Jiang Ye put his hand to his forehead. "In that case," he said, "let's make it 1 for female, 2 for male, 3 for neutral individuals, and 4 for intersex individuals. If there are any other bizarre gender classifications, they can be arranged sequentially."
Shizhi Tomoko nodded, her fingers flying across the keyboard.
Next, the second digit of the town's ID number will be 0 for ordinary residents, and the numbers for special residents will increase sequentially, up to a maximum of 9, which would be an honorary number, or a level number, Jiang Ye continued.
"When town residents come to apply for ID cards, you must ask them if they are willing to donate to the town's public account for the improvement of public facilities. If they are willing to donate, the second digit of their ID will be 1; if not, it will be 0."
"Whose account will the public account be under?" Shao Wan inquired.
"Nonsense, of course, it will be mine," Jiang Ye smiled. "Donating to me is investing in the town."
Shizhi Tomoko continued typing.
"The last six digits will be the serial number," Jiang Ye said. "The first town citizen will have the serial number 000001, the second citizen will be 000002, and so on. Six digits are enough for nearly a million people, which should last for a long time. If, one day, our residents exceed a million, we can modify it then."
"Alright, it's all set!" Shizhi Tomoko hit Enter and bowed to Jiang Ye. "Please, the town's first resident, Mr. Jiang Ye, come and register to receive your ID card!"
"Okay, okay, thank you, officers," Jiang Ye said with a smile.
First, he had his photo taken, and then he filled out some simple information.
Shizhi Tomoko was very kind and even retouched his photo, making him look particularly handsome.
Soon, a hot, hard card was in Jiang Ye's hand.
His ID number was dazzling: 29000001
The only one on the entire planet.
The second ID card was for Isabel. She had a real ID card, a high-class citizen certificate from the Galactic Empire, but she said that this town ID card had no legal effect, so she might as well get one, and came to have her photo taken.
Her ID number was: 16000002
Then came Ju Lanlan's ID card: 13000003
And Tian Rao's ID card: 13000004