Summoning Total War

This year's spring lasted much longer than in previous years, and it was not until nearly late May that the temperature gradually became hotter. The busy construction progress in Athens continues, and the resettlement and relocation of nearly 240,000 people requires a lot of time, manpower and material resources. In just three months, hundreds of villages have been established in the territory of Athens.

These villages were attached to the towns, and the towns in turn surrounded the city of Athens itself, developing all the land in the territory close to the Nidoria River that was easy to cultivate and cultivate. Each village roughly maintains a population of about 1,200 people. It is built with a family as a unit, and each village has about 200 or 300 households, which are separated by a distance of ten miles. Reclaiming plain areas has such a natural advantage, that is, the vast land does not require logging and burning mountains, which facilitates the establishment of towns and the transportation of various materials.

As the population in the territory gradually shifted to densification, Murphy also had to carry out a second urban planning.

The previously captured goblins, bugbears, kobold slaves, etc. now also have a busy task for them, which is to dig a river that traverses the city of Athens and the surrounding areas. The width of this river is approximately It is between fifteen and twenty meters long, about one hundred kilometers long, running through the north and south of the principality. Of course, the first step of the plan will not be on such a large scale. Murphy's initial idea is to develop and improve the canal irrigation system and connect it with various towns and villages near Athens.

The Nidolia River has tributaries that flow through the town, so although this project is huge, it is not impossible to complete. It only needs to dig out a river channel to divert the flow, and then divide it into strips with a width of about three meters in a layout similar to a spider web. Small rivers and ditches of about five meters are introduced into the reclaimed land. In this way, the canal irrigation system of the entire territory is initially completed.

In the Principality of Athens, the number of goblin slaves is as high as 40,000 to 50,000, and the number of kobold slaves is also several thousand. Together with the bugbears captured by Murphy, etc., the number of slaves in Athens itself exceeds 60,000. These slaves have been mentally imprinted by the priests who lead the temple. Unless they are left to starve without food, they will rarely rebel.

Because the earth has been eroded by the filthy power of death, there are now food shortages everywhere on the road, and hobgoblins feeding on their own kind have appeared on the rocky highlands. The situation is definitely not optimistic. If Murphy is willing, he can even immediately obtain tens of thousands of goblin slaves from the Badstone Highlands to replenish the population. But Murphy doesn't have such an idea yet, because the goblins are short and cannot cultivate the land. Although they are a little clever, they have no real wisdom. It's okay to let them do hard work, but the rest is of little use.

The number of goblin slaves in Athens is now close to saturation, and any more will be a waste of rations.

Although Athens' grain production has been increasing in the past two years, people. The sharp increase in food consumption has also increased consumption. Murphy is also asked to assist the Centaur tribe and exchange food for the horse pelts in their hands. The food stored in the treasury cannot be considered very abundant. After all, food is something to be prepared for, so reserve more. One thing is absolutely unmistakable.

Perhaps this time next year, after successfully completing the two-crop-a-year farming reform, Murphy will consider increasing the number of slaves.

After all, the river channel that Athens wants to dig is not a grand canal like the one on earth in the previous life. It will only take a little longer to dig with more than 50,000 laborers. Murphy doesn't care too much about this, as long as he dares to complete the canal irrigation system before August. There will be plenty of time to continue to develop these small river channels in the future. After all, the tributaries of the Nidoria River are there, and there are many ways to continue to expand them.

The construction of various towns is in full swing, and the expansion of the city of Athens is also being further planned.

Since the establishment of the Principality of Athens, the number of citizens recognized by the "Total War" auxiliary system in the city of Athens has gradually increased. Until June, the number of citizens recognized by the auxiliary system had reached 20,000. There is still a population gap of about 4,000, so we can start preparing to transform Athens from a large city to a giant city.

Now in the city of Athens, the inner city and the port have been connected, and the land previously reserved by Murphy has basically been constructed.

If the city of Athens is to be upgraded to a giant city, then further external expansion will be needed to open up commercial areas, residential areas, guard barracks, etc., and the future construction of the Pantheon will also need to open up areas one by one. Area.

The population of a giant city is about 50,000. This does not include the population in the towns and villages surrounding the city, but is limited to the population living in the city. Of course, the real population is still far beyond this scale. It is expected that when the mega city is completed, the total population of Athens will reach a little over 100,000!

In such an era when civilization has just begun to evolve, a city with a population of 100,000 is definitely a huge project.

If we want to compare it with a famous city from the past and the same era, it would be the capital city after the establishment of the Roman Empire, that is, the city of Rome. Murphy planned to expand the giant city to a scale that would reach the size of Rome itself, or even surpass it.

This is a very huge project!

The time required is definitely not just one or two years to complete. According to Murphy's estimation, it will take at least four to five years to completely complete the construction of the giant city, including the final form of the Governor's Mansion alone. , that is, the construction of the [Imperial Palace] will take more than a year and a half. This is a budget based on sufficient material wealth in all aspects.

After the establishment of the royal palace, it not only meant that it was Murphy's palace, but also meant that the governing system of Athens had been completely improved.

The ruling office will be abolished, and a separate space will be opened up in the palace as an administrative place. At that time, the cabinet council system will also need to be put on the table, which basically means that a complete kingdom system has been established.

Maybe by then, Murphy will need a crown on his head.

"To build a high country, dig deep pits and accumulate grain, one can slowly become king."

This is a sentence Zhang Liang gave to Liu Bang back then. Although it cannot be applied to all Murphy's, there is no doubt that this is also Murphy's plan and deployment. Athens has a strong military force, which is a solid city wall. The southern plain is in a special location and is surrounded by many races. Therefore, the core focus of Murphy's deployment is to accumulate food and slowly become king.

Food is the foundation of everything. As long as Murphy can successfully reform Anye and achieve two harvests a year, then basically where he is, the people's support will be there.

At that time, even if they completely fell out with the Noble Council, there wouldn't be many people standing in their camp. In this way, it is equivalent to avoiding the outbreak of large-scale internal wars in human city-states. All Murphy needs to do is to deal with the stubborn elements in the noble council who are unwilling to hand over power. It will not damage the foundation of human city-states or excessively damage the internal strength of human beings.

As for the "slowly proclaimed king" Murphy, although he now has the ability to unify the southern plains by force, the losses to the Principality of Athens will be great if he does so.

And Murphy needs a little, too.

That is to allow the lower-class civilians to have a deeper understanding of the power and corruption of the aristocratic parliament, and even make the middle- and lower-class aristocrats begin to oppose their rule. In this way, the ancient order that has been entrenched for thousands of years can be completely broken, and a new degree can be established according to Murphy's wishes. Let this increasingly decadent system continue to rot from within and accumulate people's dissatisfaction. When external pressure really comes, it will become a pure tofu dregs.

Anyone who knows a lot about history knows a little bit about it.

It was very difficult to promote the new order, and it was almost always built from the ruins.

Whether it was the massacres used by the Qing Dynasty to maintain their rule, or the turbulent ten years after the founding of the People's Republic of China in modern history, the new order was almost entirely implemented with iron and blood.

Unless there is a last resort, Murphy does not want to use such a bloody and violent method to carry out reforms.

Because if one day he really needs to re-establish order in this way.

Then half of the aboriginal nobles in the entire southern plain will be put under his butcher's knife! Because without killing these power-controlling classes, Murphy would have no way to stabilize his rule!

Time continues to flow, and the area outside Athens is still in chaos. Fighting occurs every day, and death is close to everyone.

The decadent Council of Nobles still struggled to support itself with the power of the three Grand Dukes, maintaining its increasingly weakening dominance. Facing the rise of Athens in front of them, although they intended to hinder or something, they were somewhat powerless, whether it was the fishmen migrating south, the undead appearing, or the disputes in the southern wilderness, and the large number of caves that appeared. People were so exhausted that they couldn't spare the slightest bit of strength.

have to say.

Although the two are on opposite sides, the existence of the Noble Council has shared the pressure on Athens to a considerable extent, because the Noble Council is a barrier that blocks fishmen, undead, cavemen, and underground creatures in the southern wilderness from Athens. opposite.

Maybe they are not willing to do this, but the geographical location of Athens makes them like it or not, as long as they exist, they are a barrier to Athens.

In the year 377 of the Second Era, we boarded the boat in July.

After spending nearly two months, the expansion of the Great Temple of Love was finally completed, and Murphy was also waiting anxiously. ! .