After leaving for a whole year, the Seven Star Mountain has changed greatly. Seven new shanzhais have been put into use, and the old Shanzhai has become a barracks without waste.


    The area of farmland is more than ten times that of the past. Thousands of long houses are neatly arranged around the farmland. Although Manda doesn''t know much about agriculture, he can see the seedlings just unearthed in the field and the gratifying growth.


    A large amount of iron ore was found in the left wing star mountain. The poet built 16 workshops at the foot of the mountain. The grass in the chest star mountain is growing well. Paviu built a corral on the hillside and raised more than 3000 animals.


    No matter the poet or paviu, they should be rewarded. It''s not too much to give each one a first-class merit.


    In terms of architecture alone, Qixing mountain has changed from a barren land to a huge super village. In terms of actual productivity, Qixing mountain has surpassed Tieshan town.


    The next day after returning to the Seven Star Mountain, as the owner of the land, Manda performed an important ceremony. According to the tradition of classical times, he wanted to release some slaves.


    The poet and paviu made the rules. After layers of screening, the best 200 slaves in the past year will become free people under the witness of Manda. They will have freedom, but they still have a certain gap with citizens. They don''t have their own land and have to work for others.


    But this is already a step towards rebirth. Next, Manda will give citizenship to the top 50 freemen, who will get land and a long house.


    The ten citizens with the best performance will get the status of higher citizens, which was originally created by Manda. In the classical period, unless they made war achievements, civilians could not become aristocrats, but Manda gave civilians a chance.


    Higher civilians are potential nobles. They can own more land, bigger houses, and even serve as officials.


    In the past, this was only a bad check issued by Manda, and the slaves were skeptical. When Manda stood in front of the stronghold and shouted everyone''s name, they realized what a precious opportunity they had missed.


    It doesn''t matter if you miss it. The new year has just begun. Manda has increased the reward. In this year, 200 slaves will be free. They will have the opportunity to work hard or serfs.


    Of course, if they don''t want to go through a lot of screening, there are simpler ways. They can choose to take risks in the military camp. If they are selected by the army, they can get freedom, make enough military achievements, and even directly become higher citizens.


    Standing on the top of Xiongxing mountain, looking at the roads extending in all directions and the endless crowd, Manda''s heart kept surging.


    He looked back at the poet and said with a smile, "tell me, what kind of reward do you want?"


    The poet smiled and said, "this question is really hard to answer."


    "How''s your wife?"


    The poet smiled bitterly and said, "to tell you the truth, I''m a little tired."


    "I knew you were just a man of integrity!" Manda sneered. "Come on, how many more do you want?"


    The poet shook his head and said, "I don''t want women."


    "You''re not reserved at all," Manda whispered, looking around. "How many men do you want?"


    "My Lord, I do have something to ask, but I''m afraid it will embarrass you," the poet looked up. "I have received the call of the gods and may be promoted. I have a way to promote level 4, but I don''t have a corresponding sacrifice."


    "It''s easy to say," Manda said with a smile


    The poet bit his lips and said, "I know the value of the sacrifice is very high, but I calculated my savings. Even if I sell all the sacred objects, I can have at most a thousand gold coins, so I want to borrow it from you..."


    "Put away your gods and don''t worry about such things," Manda patted the poet on the shoulder. "I''ll pay for the money. You deserve it."


    Manda spent 3000 gold coins from the old goat to buy the sacrifice. Next, Kunta will choose the right time to complete the promotion of the poet.


    After two days of leisure in Qixing mountain, Manda took 500 soldiers to grey fish town.


    He''s here to suppress bandits. He''ll have to fight twice if he says anything.


    He had a secret meeting with Stanley near grey fish town. Stanley and others had been impatient for a long time. There were only four or five towns around, and he robbed all that could be robbed. When Manda appeared, he was ready to fight a fake war, and then he was defeated immediately. He took the soldiers back to seven star mountain for fun.


    But Manda thought it was too unprofessional. Several lords were beaten down. The Marquis sent out a large army and was helpless. As a result, Manda won the battle when she came back. This was obviously laughing at the king''s IQ and disrespect for Almon and other lords.


    "Let''s play for two months first. We have to win or lose each other."


    Stanley frowned and said, "is it necessary? Don''t you feel embarrassed that you can''t see a body for two months?"


    "Who says you can''t see the body? Aren''t there a few mountain bandits around here? Just cut them."


    "Is this really useful? Even if we play any more, Roman Wilkins will be destroyed by you sooner or later, and the king will call you back."


    Manda smiled, "Roman Wilkins will not be destroyed. He will only disappear temporarily. If the king asks me to go back, he will appear again."


    After nearly a month in grey fish town, the two sides conducted several "military exercises". Manda suddenly received a letter from Almon. Al rushed to him for help, and the Wolf Kingdom began to attack the city.


    "Isn''t this old guy acting? Has the Wolf Kingdom really started?"


    According to the description in the letter, the Wolf Kingdom sent 20000 troops to surround Blackwater City, half of which were divine punishment troops.


    Why did the divine punishment army of the Wolf Kingdom attack Blackwater city?


    It must have been ordered by the Pope.


    The king killed the archbishop, which angered the Pope and the Pope began to retaliate.


    In order to revenge, the divine punishment army and the Wolf Kingdom attacked Blackwater city in a large scale in order to make a profit.


    I''m afraid there are more than one neighboring country with this idea. The huge ROM road country seems to be under siege.


    Other places can''t be managed, but Blackwater can''t ignore it. If Blackwater Falls, seven star mountain will be dangerous.


    The family game will continue, but Manda and Stanley can''t stay here. They handed over the military exercise to the young general and returned to the Seven Star Mountain overnight to gather people.


    ……


    In blue bay, salidin, a big slave trader, is waiting for the ship to dock. Twenty big ships carrying 15000 slaves are sailing to the port.


    "Fifteen thousand slaves, each slave needs almost two gold coins, but 30000 gold coins together is another big business." Marquis McCarty, the Lord of blue bay, personally came to the port to meet his old friend.


    "My Lord, I personally handed over the tax to the treasurer last night."


    McCarty smiled and said, "when did I doubt your integrity? I just want to remind you that the kingdom is at war everywhere. You must protect yourself, especially not with God punishers."


    Saridin saluted respectfully and said, "I devoutly believe in the ancient god. The punisher of God is my sworn enemy."


    McCarty nodded and seemed very satisfied with saritin''s answer: "I have bought a new manor, but I happen to have a group of slaves. Can you sell me some, and the price won''t be unfair to you."


    Saritin smiled. He knew McCarty was testing him.


    "How much do you want?"


    "Not much, just 400 people. Give me a price."


    "Don''t say that. I''ll give it to you. You can choose the strong slaves."


    McCarty was stunned and said with a smile, "I trust your eyes more."


    Salidin left 400 slaves and left the blue bay with the rest.


    A courtier said to McCarty, "Sir, is there really a divine punishment army in those slaves?"


    Saritin picked up his glass and took a sip: "I suspect there are at least 10000 divine punishment troops."


    "How dare he let us choose at will?"


    "Because he knows I won''t choose. He knows I won''t force him to do it. There are more than 10000 people. If there is a fight, the blue bay will be turned upside down."


    Five days later, saritin brought more than 10000 people to bucken, saluted deeply and said, "archbishop, I have completed my mission."


    A slave took off the shackles on his wrists and saluted: "archbishop, we have come at the order of the Pope and will accept your dispatch from today on."