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Chapter 76 A new city! (superior)

As the season entered midsummer, the entire southern plain became hotter.

But this can't slow down the enthusiasm for urban construction in Athens, and the residents of all towns are working hard in the hot summer. Because they know that a new city is rising under their efforts!

Roads have been opened near the town to the lumberyards and quarries. These extended roads are all paved with stones, which ensures that they will not become muddy on rainy days, and will not become muddy on sunny days. Dusty road. The construction of roads can greatly increase the progress of urban construction, and residents no longer have to worry about not being able to transport supplies back to Athens in time due to road problems.

Outside the inner city, about 300 meters from the port.

More than 3,500 goblin slaves are using tools to dig up the soil to dig out the river bed under the supervision of two teams of Greek infantry. A team of supervisors is urging them to work hard. If anyone is lazy, they will be beaten to pieces with a whip, so these goblins are very honest. Although goblins are not very strong, they are smarter and can understand human beings to a certain extent, and the most important thing is that they are numerous. After capturing enough goblin slaves, the moat outside the inner city of Athens has already started.

The length of the moat is about five kilometers, the initial planned width is six meters, and the depth is about four meters. The goblin coolies started digging from the middle to both sides, and then opened the river channel after all the work was completed. Due to the relatively low level of civilization, the progress of excavating the moat is relatively slow. Murphy estimates that if the number of slaves is not increased, it may take two to three months!

At present, there are about 8,000 goblin slaves in the territory, and a certain number of goblin slaves will be added every once in a while. Due to the fact that there are a lot of goblins captured, those goblin groups living in the barren rock highlands near the Nidolia River seem to have noticed that they began to migrate to the barren rock highlands, so the efficiency of capturing slaves is far from as fast as it was at the beginning .

However, during the capture of goblins during this period, General Marcus Kane obtained a follower that made Murphy feel incredible!

"Follower: Goblin Lord - Wild Stone (chance of capturing goblins +10, commander +1 when fighting goblin-like creatures.)

Explanation: It was originally a lord in a small goblin group. But in order to be able to live a life of having meat to eat and clothes to wear every day, it decided to be loyal to the general. It is proficient in goblin language and has learned a part of human language with its own intelligence. It acts as an interpreter and can convince other goblins. It believed that being a slave in an Athenian town was not a bad thing, because hard work would save you from the whip, and you would have enough to eat.

Perhaps in the near future, towns will be able to get a source of goblin peons without capture. "

As a modern person, although Murphy strictly abides by the rules of the times, he still maintains the characteristics of a modern person in other aspects.

It's like treating these goblin peons, as long as they work hard, Murphy will at least feed them.

This is a rare gift in today's era.

In fact, Murphy was really curious about the structure of the brains of these little guys. Because in just half a month, many smart goblins have learned a little simple human language. These goblins who work as hard workers are blessed by the goddess of wisdom Athena, that is, the divine power ceremony of [Goblin slavery] is held. So from a certain point of view, these goblin peons are relatively docile. Up to now, they have been lazy at most, and there has been no rebellion against the supervisor.

One thing that must be mentioned here is.

Murphy made an exception and promoted a goblin as an inferior citizen of the town of Athens.

That is General Marcus Kane's entourage, Goblin Lord Arashi! Goblins have weird names, and they often don't bother to think about something as their name. As a general's entourage, it's not surprising that the goblin, Huangshi, was promoted to a low-level citizen. What really made Murphy attach importance to him was that this goblin was so devout to the goddess of wisdom!

Maybe not just piety.

This should be closer to a frenzy!

This goblin will pray at the gate of the temple on time no matter whether it is windy or rainy, no matter whether it is sunny or sunny.

Originally, it was not allowed inside the temple as a goblin. But this little man is still persevering, and it actually kneels outside the temple to pray together on time every day. Even when there was a heavy rain, it still persisted relentlessly. Not only that, but it will also go to the settlement of the goblin coolies after the daily prayer, and lead other goblins to pray in the direction of the temple of Athena, the goddess of wisdom!

This finally caught the attention of Murphy and the high priest.

It's also why Murphy decided to grant it lesser citizenship.

Murphy even has a bold idea in his heart, that is, if these goblins step into civilization little by little under the influence of humans, he doesn't even mind giving a group of smart goblins the status of inferior citizens. Using goblins to enslave goblins is undoubtedly a very manpower-saving method, and it is not easy to cause conflicts. And the smart brains of these creatures also gave Murphy a little hope.

Goblins may have a future to look forward to.

But now, it is better for them to be coolies honestly.

Since the town will be upgraded to a city, there are too many things to be built in the territory.

First of all, as a symbol of the city, Murphy's Governor's Mansion will be expanded into a larger and more magnificent Governor's Mansion, which will serve as the ruling center of the entire city. In addition, due to the increase in population, a large number of residential buildings need to be built, town barracks must be expanded into urban barracks, shops must be upgraded into markets, ports must be built into shipbuilding workshops, drainage channels must be incorporated into public baths, etc. !

It can be said that Murphy, who was finally free, was so busy and dizzy during this period of time that he never had a moment of leisure.

Now the territory is focusing on the construction of the governor's mansion, the urban barracks and the port.

Due to the large number of goblin laborers, there is no need to consume much manpower in transporting wood and stones. Many transportation jobs that are not technically content but consume a lot of manpower have been replaced by goblins, and the craftsmen in the town only need to be responsible for the technical work of construction. This greatly improves the pace of towns and cities!

Due to the prosperity and prosperity in the territory, some aborigines who have the status of free people are also attracted and decide to live here.

Murphy took them in and sold them the land.

There is now barren land everywhere outside the territory, and crops can be grown with a little reclamation.

When the land is reclaimed and planted, there will be agricultural taxation in the territory, and there will be income from the sale of the land. This is like a virtuous circle, which finally makes Murphy's increasingly tight finances more comfortable. At present, there are about 1,000 aborigines who have settled in the towns of Athens. They are mainly concentrated near the port and the market, and the inner city is still dominated by Greek residents.

As I said before, Murphy's territory is like an upside-down bowl, surrounded by undulating mountains, but the interior is a plain area.

During this time, Murphy also sent cavalry to measure the land one after another, that is to say, roughly estimate the area of ​​the plains within the territory. The results have just come out in the past few days, and the flat terrain in the territory is more than 1,000 square kilometers!

If all these lands are reclaimed, it will be absolutely no problem to feed tens of thousands of people!

As long as the remaining gnolls are wiped out, Murphy's territory will expand to more than 1,200 square kilometers, which is already close to one-third of Mrs. Elizabeth's original land.

In other words, Murphy's territory was already the size of an upper-class county.

According to the habit of human nobles in this world, Murphy has already been able to add identities such as Viscount Earl to his title. In fact, if it was the land of Huaxia in the previous life, it would be absolutely no problem to seal ten or eight kings according to Western European standards.

at dusk.

The townspeople finished their day's work, and the goblin slaves returned to their settlements.

Wisps of cooking smoke rose, and the entire territory was filled with a peaceful atmosphere.

During the day, Murphy led the general's guards out to survey the terrain, looking for a suitable place as a new quarry, and didn't come back until around five o'clock in the afternoon. The maids were preparing dinner, and Murphy saw that it was still early, so he simply took the general's guard to inspect the port.

Along the way, the residents of Athens who saw Murphy all bowed and saluted one by one.

Even some of the aborigines who lived here bowed down to Murphy in respect.

With the development of the territory, the townspeople see a bright future. And then, as the person in charge of everything, Murphy's reputation gradually gained popularity. This kind of prestige is different from the prestige brought by war. The prestige brought by war can boost morale and make soldiers have fearless courage. But the former can bring hope to people.

The prestige on the battlefield can disappear with one defeat.

But this kind of deep-rooted influence made the residents of Athens stand by Murphy's side without hesitation.

Because they believe!

I believe that the lord can bring them a better future.

For a long time, Murphy has relied on his military exploits to rule the entire territory.

But at this moment, in the city of Athens, before a new city was about to be built, Murphy also used the facts and the day-by-day changes in the territory to win the approval of the townspeople.

At this moment, the hearts of the people were completely gathered in Murphy's hands!