In the center of the square, a six meter high statue stands. Athena, the goddess of wisdom, holds the scepter in one hand and the thunder in the other. She looks solemn and looks into the distance.


    On the square, six Greek infantrymen with a total of 480 people formed a neat square array, and behind the square array were Crete bowmen with a total of 160 people. The Knights of the general guard line up to the left of the statue, while the heavy infantry of Sparta stand behind Murphy. At present, there are more than 1000 soldiers in the territory, accounting for 20% of the territory''s population. Except for women, children and children, about one third of adult men are recruited as soldiers.


    With the 2000 serfs Mrs. Elizabeth gave to Murphy, the total population of Athens has now reached 7000. It has been able to upgrade the territory into a city and build more magnificent governor''s house and many buildings.


    But then came the question.


    That is, the labor force in the territory is not enough, because the cultivated farmland has been expanded several times, and after deducting fishermen and farmers, the labor force that can be recruited in the territory is seriously insufficient. Upgrading from a big town to a city is not a simple thing. It takes nearly half a year to build many buildings, expand streets, plan new residential areas and so on. In addition, more importantly, in Murphy''s plan, after the territory is upgraded to a town, a moat will be dug outside the town.


    The moat will become a barrier for the town. After the territory is upgraded from a city to a big city, Murphy plans to expand another outer city outside the moat, while the original town will exist as an inner city.


    There is a moat in the inner city and a wider moat in the outer city.


    This is Murphy''s current urban planning.


    As we all know, digging the river is a very labor-intensive thing. Especially in the era of relatively low technology level, it needs to recruit the vast majority of the labor force in the territory and takes a long time.


    There is a serious shortage of labor in the territory.


    After two new Greek infantry teams were trained, Murphy immediately decided to lead the team to the wasteland to capture the goblin slaves. The sacrifice of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, has mastered how to enslave the goblins and make these cunning creatures honest. This saves the slave merchants the link of domestication. As long as the goblin slaves are captured back, they can be used as coolies to dig moats in a few days.


    There are a large number of goblin groups scattered on the rocky highlands to the west of the nidoria river. Most of these goblin groups have a population of 400-2000, and there is no connection between them. It is very convenient for Murphy to solve them one by one. According to the slave merchant pulifer, it is conservatively estimated that there are nearly 500000 goblin slaves living on the barren rock highland!


    "It''s quite a slave resource!" When Murphy got this information, the first thing that came out of his mind was this idea.


    As for the food of the goblin slaves, Murphy didn''t have to worry at all.


    Now there are hundreds of dead jackals in the territory, which have been used as rations for Kobold slaves. In the future, the body of jackal can also be used as food for goblins.


    As a qualified Lord, Murphy always deliberately avoids personal feelings when dealing with things.


    Since jackals'' fur can be exchanged for income, why can''t their bodies be used as rations for slaves? For these cannibal species, there is no need for any mercy at all. For now, at least, Murphy doesn''t think about spending precious food on the slaves. These jackals can be fed with meat and a little chaff.


    "Soldiers, today we are going to capture a creature called goblin. They are small and cunning, but they are good slaves! Slaves can work for us and bring us income! With the development of cities, we need a lot of slaves to work for us. " This time there is no need to publish any pre war mobilization. Murphy just outlined the purpose of the trip.


    At present, there are 12 teams of Greek infantry, three teams of Crete longbowmen, two teams of Macedonian elite light cavalry, and 400 Athenian longbowmen under training. Murphy decided to take about half of the troops. General riodari was responsible for the territory, while Murphy went with the newly promoted general Marcus Kane.


    Just in case, Murphy took the Spartan heavy infantry.


    With these great figures in bright red cape nearby, Murphy believes that even if there is an accident, he can cope with it.


    Six teams of Greek infantry marched forward, followed by the Knights of the general guard. Murphy, the newly recruited Crete Bowman, also took two teams, mainly to test their combat effectiveness, reduce casualties by the way, and achieve zero casualties as far as possible. After all, the regular army will be used to deal with these small goblins, who are only equipped with simple weapons. If you are a little more careful, there will be basically no casualties.


    The Party headed north of the port, where the new fleet would carry the soldiers across the river.


    In addition, Murphy also brought with him the talents recommended by the slave merchant pulifer, who was an aborigine who knew part of the goblin language. Murphy wanted to capture the goblins as slaves, not kill them all. So a person who knows goblin language still needs it.


    Because the goblins really don''t have much threat, Murphy only brought a small amount of holy water.


    It is worth mentioning that after the temple was upgraded to a secondary temple, the effective time of holy water was extended from the original 24 hours to 48 hours. That is to say, the holy water can be kept for two days after leaving the temple. Murphy estimates that when the territory builds the pantheon of leadership, the effective time after the holy water is brought out of the Pantheon can even reach seven days or even more than half a month!


    That means that holy water will not only be useful in defense, but also can be used as a medicine reserve in attack.


    Although holy water has a powerful therapeutic effect, it will lose its effect after 24 hours, which makes Murphy feel a pity all the time, because if it is an active attack, it will take more than one day. Now with the temple upgrade, the duration of the holy water has been extended. Before the formation of the scale of military sacrifice, it can be said that the role is quite amazing!


    With the accumulation of more than a month, the holy water reserve in the temple has been considerable, which can fully support a large-scale battle.


    West of the nidoria River, the rocky highlands.


    This is the diaspora of goblins. It is located in the northwest of the mainland. In the past, it was the Salma basin where the Centaur tribes lived in groups. Now they are fighting a powerful species called mammoths in the north of the mainland.


    It was about three o''clock in the afternoon, and the army passed through a vast grassland and circled into the area of Huangshi highland from the north.


    On the other side of the banks of the nidoria river is also fertile land, but it is the outer domain of the Centaur tribe. In autumn and winter, some Centaur tribes migrate from the Salma basin in search of new grazing pastures. These centaurs are similar to the herdsmen in Tibetan areas. Besides grazing, they also grow some simple crops. But the nature of the race did not allow them to settle down and live a farming life in this place as humans did.


    Goblins grow, too, but they don''t have human intelligence.


    They are more likely to throw their seeds on fertile land and then let them go. Maybe they also know that they should add some fertilizer in the field, but they stop there.


    These small and cunning creatures are more interested in robbing passing creatures in groups.


    Or gather enough people to rob other groups.


    After the army entered Yellowstone heights, Murphy ordered the cavalry of the general''s guard to radiate outward at an angle of 180 degrees to investigate the surrounding terrain.


    Because he found that the total war auxiliary system included the places he passed into the statistics of the strategic map, and some areas with other biological activities were also marked one by one. It''s like about 50 kilometers west of the nidoria River, where the tag on the total war auxiliary system shows a wolf pack nearby!


    "It seems that the strategic map system is not only useful in the territory, but also can be included in the statistics outside the territory." As soon as Murphy was happy, he immediately discovered the great value hidden in the strategic map!


    The light cavalry radiated out to explore the terrain, while the Greek infantry continued to March straight after a short rest.


    As the cavalry of the general guard opened the map bit by bit, some goblin groups gathered in a small area were marked on the strategic map one by one.


    Most of these goblins live in the peripheral areas with small territory and small population.


    They are mostly losers, lazy, timid and afraid of the dead who are expelled by big groups. Of course, goblins are such creatures. These goblins living in the peripheral areas were despised by goblins in other ethnic groups because they were too lazy, timid and afraid of death, and were eventually expelled. They are at the bottom of the goblin group and are often plundered by other goblins.


    On the outskirts of Yellowstone, there are many small groups with a population of 300-500.


    They will attack the weak races in the past. If they meet the lone centaurs and other races, they will also use their brains.


    Murphy, who is a small ethnic group on the auxiliary system map of total war, looks down on it. Besides, the terrain here is quite open, and there are so many soldiers on our side. I''m afraid that the first thing these goblins think of is to escape. It''s too much trouble to catch such a small group.


    Murphy''s plan is to find several goblin groups with a population of more than 1000.


    This saves time.


    Until late in the evening, about 30 kilometers into the rocky highlands, Murphy saw the first goblin group marked as numerous by the auxiliary system of total war.


    These goblins live near a bush, next to a river, about five kilometers from Murphy.


    "Rest of the army." Murphy looked at the sky and decided to wait until dark before attacking.


    Because it''s easier to surround.


    He''s not interested in catching goblins one by one.