Summoning Total War

Chapter 41 New Year’s Ceremony (Part 2) Please vote for me

"Should we accept those indigenous people?"

This is a very serious issue for Murphy.

Because if this was done well, then he would undoubtedly have successfully integrated the indigenous people into Athenian civilization. Rather than passively accepting the assimilation of the aboriginal people in order to gain their approval! Murphy does not need these aborigines to become Greeks. He only needs these aborigines to be assimilated and truly accept Athens, accept Greek culture, and accept him as a lord.

The meanings of these two are incomparable!

If he can successfully absorb and integrate these aboriginal people and make them identify with Athens and ancient Greek culture, then Murphy will have the ability to challenge the aristocratic council and the upper-level managers of the entire human city-state!

And the most important thing.

It's the population!

That's right.

It's population.

The growth rate of citizens in Athens towns is very slow. There has not been a truly large-scale war yet. If we really have to face a major attack by the orcs in the future, just a few thousand Athenian citizens will not be enough.

It’s not just a matter of whether we can defeat it, but more importantly, what should we do after we defeat it?

Leaving behind a bunch of orphans and widows?

Once the war is fierce, the casualty rate of soldiers is too high.

So it can be said that most of the male citizens in the city of Athens were emptied out at once!

What to do at that time?

Can they still control the indigenous people in the territory?

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In addition to needing Athenian soldiers as an intermediate force, Murphy also needed a large number of foreign mercenaries as consumables in the war.

And the best way to obtain these foreign mercenaries is to absorb them from these indigenous people!

Therefore, the plan is to integrate and assimilate these indigenous peoples.

It’s time to move it to the table too.

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Plans often change, another point Murphy has to consider.

The question of the loyalty of these natives.

Murphy was not worried about the loyalty of Athenian citizens. After all, the entire class of citizens came from Greek civilization and had experienced the test of war. Moreover, there is also the implicit binding force of the "Total War" auxiliary system, at least there will be no problems until Athens truly expands.

Besides, in times like this.

The leader's personal charisma and cohesion are also very important.

At this point, Murphy has a lot of bonus points.

But these indigenous people are different. They are not included in the data of the "Total War" auxiliary system, and their loyalty is not guaranteed. If there are enough interests, they are likely to be bribed by the Noble Council. And Murphy believes that there should be many eyes and ears of the Noble Council inside!

simply put.

To use these natives, Murphy can no longer rely on cheating devices like Total War's support system.

He must rely on his own ability to judge talents and win people's hearts.

This is a game!

If you win.

The rewards are staggeringly generous!

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December 30th.

The inner city of Athens has temporarily entered a semi-open state.

Murphy finally decided to allow those indigenous people to participate in competitive gladiatorial games during the New Year celebrations, but the rules of this competition were changed.

There was no way Murphy would just give up on such a good opportunity to integrate indigenous people and expand his influence.

Even if there is a trace of risk involved.

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The competition finally decided to divide the most important gladiatorial event into two parts, that is, the indigenous people and the citizens.

The plan that Murphy finalized after discussing with the generals was to increase the number of places for general promotion to two. After this competition, Murphy plans to recruit an army from some aboriginal adventurers. They are all experienced warriors and can compete on the battlefield with a little training. These aboriginal people's strong desire to participate in athletics was nothing more than a glimmer of hope in becoming Athenian citizen nobles.

If Murphy directly identified citizens as generals, it might easily backfire.

This way.

It would be better to simply increase the number of generals to two, select one from the indigenous people, and then promote one from among the Athenian citizens.

As long as there is this beginning, I am afraid that by then there will be unlucky talents among the aborigines.

They will come in droves!

After all, Murphy needs more than just soldiers, he also needs outstanding talents from all walks of life.

Now that we have decided to promote Aboriginal people, it is necessary to use some tricks in job appointments.

That is, the recruited indigenous troops will be commanded by generals promoted from among the Athenian citizens, and the generals promoted from the indigenous people will be assigned to military camps.

Aboriginal loyalties are unstable and must be firmly in their own hands.

Therefore, their commanders must be Athenian citizens, and Murphy also plans to slowly test them in the future and select the more loyal soldiers to recruit them. As for the promoted aboriginal general, he can be thrown into the military camp first and handed over to the chief priest of the God of War for training. As for whether loyalty will be available in the future, there will naturally be plenty of time to prove it.

What Murphy wants to express now is a gesture of 'buying horse bones for a thousand dollars'.

The first batch of indigenous troops recruited will not be too many, with a maximum size of about 600 people.

Therefore, it can be used to train the abilities of newly promoted generals.

December 31st.

The last day of the 375th year of the Second Age.

Everything about the New Year celebration has been arranged, and the grand ceremony will be held tomorrow in the inner city of Athens.

This festival is not open to the public.

Only citizens within the city of Athens are allowed to enter the inner city on that day to participate in the ceremony of Athena, the goddess of wisdom. After a brief discussion with the high priest, Murphy finally decided to allow some indigenous believers who settled in Athens and believed in the goddess of wisdom to participate.

The competition starts on January 2nd and lasts for about five days in total.

January 7th is the last day of the New Year celebrations.

Murphy will personally decide the final winner and award the prize.

The first day of the New Year celebration is led by the high priest, who will lead the priests in each temple to arrange everything. The generals will be jointly responsible for the subsequent competitions, and the slave merchant Plife and the scholars in the university will arrange other programs. After all, athletics cannot be completed in one day, and injured people also need a day to recover.

Time outside of competition requires some entertainment.

Those Aboriginal businessmen would solve these problems for Murphy.

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In the afternoon.

The high priest arrived at the Governor's Palace.

"The goddess has given me a new response." The high priest slowly walked into the study, his eyes fell on Murphy and whispered: "The scale of the miracle at tomorrow's festival may not be too big."

"Why?" Murphy couldn't help but frown slightly after hearing this, wanting to make this more deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Then the miraculous scene must be huge enough.

After all, mortals are ignorant and can only see what is in front of them.

The high priest looked strange. She raised her finger slightly and pointed to the sky, then said nothing.

Murphy was thoughtful for a moment and nodded slightly.

Have you caught their attention?

It came really fast!