Summoning Total War

The breeze blew through a field full of life, and there was a sound of children playing in the distance, and chickens and dogs crowing, so ominous.

"Mr. Governor, these are the recently built villages. Each village now has a population of about 150 households. Some time ago, Mrs. Elizabeth recruited a group of refugees. In fact, we have placed about 3,000 people here. These Most of them are serfs, and the lord died or ran away when the orcs invaded. After the orcs were defeated, they became homeless refugees." The police officer on the side pointed to a village of about a hundred households in the distance. , said respectfully.

"Let's go over and take a look." Murphy waved his riding crop and said.

The expansion of Athens as a whole requires not only the prosperity of the main city, but also the construction of its affiliated villages and towns.

Although these villages cannot provide military help, they provide resources and wealth to the entire Athens in terms of materials. The four villages originally ordered to be established by Murphy have now become large towns with a population of about 3,000 people. In order to further develop the land, expand the scope of cultivated land, and resettle the absorbed indigenous people, it is natural to expand the towns and villages again. when.

In such an era, there was a limit to the number of people a city could accommodate. Even the famous Rome in history had a very limited number of people it could accommodate. A metropolis with a population of hundreds of thousands or even tens of millions like that in the previous life is simply unimaginable in such an era! In this era, the population of a city is only about 50,000 at most.

Although in the planning of the entire Athens city, Murphy followed some reasonable arrangements that were beyond the times, so that the entire city could accommodate 100,000 people without being too dirty and crowded.

But in an era when transportation was inconvenient, excessive population accumulation meant that a lot of manpower and material resources would be consumed in the transportation of materials.

Although Murphy planned to open up the Nidoria River into a canal connecting the north and south ends like the Grand Canal in its previous life, in the early days of Athens' rise, there was obviously no way to do it. Therefore, after the population of the city and surrounding areas expanded to 30,000, Murphy began to arrange manpower for the next step of territorial planning.

That is to say, a large number of villages were built in Athens to disperse the population.

The initial danger has passed, and the First Athenian Legion is stationed at the border of the territory to protect the lives of the people in the territory. There is no longer a need for a large concentration of population to deal with wars that occur within the territory. The construction of roads has given Murphy the ability to conduct most wars on the borders of the Athens area, or even on other people's territories!

This is something Murphy has known for a long time, but he has only been able to realize it initially.

War always brings killing and destruction. Regardless of victory or defeat, what is left after the war is bound to be a mess. Just like the invasion of the Orcs, although Athens won the victory, the Orc troops passing through like locusts still caused a lot of losses to Athens. Athens is surrounded by outposts and the neat and spacious paved roads allow the army to reach anywhere in the territory within half a day, which is enough to deal with all current emergencies.

"Sir Governor, although the land here is not as fertile as upstream, it is still medium fertile land. As long as it is cultivated, a large number of people will be able to migrate next year. By then, the food income of the entire Athens will be increased by at least 30%."** The * officer pointed to the initially reclaimed land and said excitedly. The land throughout Athens is very fertile. With reasonable planning and a sufficient population, these lands can be quickly converted into fertile farmland and provide food for the entire Athens. Especially now that canal farming has been invented, it will be easier to cultivate these lands.

Murphy didn't take many people with him on this trip, so it didn't attract much attention.

However, the farmers working in the fields still put down their work and looked at them with curiosity, awe and respect. These serfs, who are at the lowest level of society, have never seen Murphy, but it can be seen that they have a noble status and are aristocratic men in Athens. The great lords of Athens gave them land to cultivate, and officials even sent them farm tools and cattle, and taught them new farming methods.

There is no whip, no exploitation, no oppression. As long as they cultivate the land honestly, they can harvest food and fill their stomachs. The children will no longer suffer from the cold, because the remaining money can buy clothes for the children when the weather is cold, and even allow them to eat meat several times. If their children are talented, they can even enter the academy in Athens and learn knowledge like the children of noble nobles.

Such a life was unimaginable to them in the past!

But now it's right in front of them.

hope!

For these people living at the bottom of society, there is nothing more moving than hope!

As long as they have hope, they have endless motivation.

Although their ambitions are not big, they will work hard to realize the small wishes in life. Maybe it is to buy a new dress for their wife who has followed them in poverty all their lives and has never worn it when they got married. Maybe it is to make their children eat well. Eat well and grow healthily...

These people are just like the farmers in previous lives who had their faces turned to the loess and their backs to the sky.

They really don't want much. As long as the people in power have a little kindness, they can win their gratitude.

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As a person from Earth, from the 21st century, Murphy can give them this.

This is not a handout.

Because in Murphy's eyes, he thinks these are what they deserve.

Work hard, have enough to eat, have clothes to wear, and a house to live in. This is the meaning of human existence, and it is also a matter of course! If even this matter of course cannot be realized, then let him bring a trace of justice to this world!

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The village is not big, with only about a hundred households, each household has three or four people, and the whole village only has about 400 people.

The land nearby has been initially reclaimed, and there is a vegetable patch beside the house, with new sprouts sprouting. Adults are working in the fields, while young children are gathering together to play. When they saw Murphy and his party passing by, they were not afraid, so they watched from a distance. Some of the more daring ones even wanted to come over and touch the horses they were sitting on.

These children all came with the refugees and have just settled down. They all look a little sallow and thin, but they are in good spirits.

"Go. Give them some of our dry food." Murphy said softly to the captain of the general guard beside him.

"Yes, Lord Governor." The captain of the general's guard nodded, waved to call someone, then took a bag of dry food with dried fish and threw it to the children.

"Let's go." Murphy didn't stay any longer.

The group of people continued to move towards the Karazhan Mountains, where General Leo Dallie had been waiting for him for a long time.

We passed several more villages along the way.

While passing through the last village, Murphy encountered something very interesting, which inadvertently reminded him of some vague memories from his previous life.

In this era, material resources were still very poor, so in summer, most children in rural areas like this did not wear clothes. Most of these farmers cannot afford meat, so in order to add a bit of meat to their homes, they can only raise some chickens, ducks and geese so that the children can eat eggs every once in a while. It is easier to raise some poultry. After all, these poultry will find food for themselves. If you don’t raise many, you don’t need to feed them deliberately.

The village Murphy just passed by had more than a dozen chickens, ducks, and two geese.

The thing was actually very simple. There was a naked little boy of about seven or eight years old, playing in the mud next to the poultry. Then somehow, the two big white geese saw the little boy's exposed vagina. I don’t know if these two big white geese thought the little boy’s penis was a loach or for something else. They actually chased after the naked little boy and kept coveting his penis.

He immediately chased the little boy with his bare buttocks running around, screaming.

Murphy, who was passing by, couldn't help but laugh, and the soldiers of the general's guard next to him laughed.

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When Murphy arrived at the meeting place, the first thing that caught his eye was the familiar yet unfamiliar back.

Wearing a pure white dress, the cuffs were embroidered with a complicated and gorgeous magic pattern with silver thread. The magic pattern extended to the slender arms, and it looked like a four-leaf clover. The four-leaf clover symbolizes luck and happiness in the eyes of high elves, and is a commonly used decoration among them. Her light green hair reaches her hips, her slender waist is like a willow swinging in the wind, her plump and slightly plump buttocks, and then a pair of slender legs that far exceed human proportions, as tall and slender as the legendary high elves. .

A pair of white wings were folded together, and the feathers shone with crystal luster under the sunlight, as if they were carved from jade.

familiar?

It seems that I have only met her once? Although he also saved her once.

Murphy smiled and shook his head, expelling the thoughts from his mind. He came here today not to reminisce about the past, but to discuss cooperation between Athens and the Harpies.

"You came."

Although they were hundreds of meters apart, after Murphy entered the forest, the Harpy Queen Avanna immediately noticed his arrival.

The beautiful Queen slowly turned around, staring at Murphy who was not far away with her ruby-like eyes. The corners of her lips as warm as rose petals were slightly raised, her slender fingers pinched the corners of her skirt, and she bowed slightly and made a gesture of her own. High Elf Etiquette.

That means thank you…