As the season enters the midsummer, the whole southern plain is hot and dry.


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


    The roads near the town that extend to the logging and quarries have been opened up. All these expanded roads are paved with stones, which ensures that they will not become muddy in rainy days and dust roads in sunny days. The construction of roads can quickly increase the progress of urban construction, residents no longer have to worry about the road problems and can not transport materials back to Athens in time.


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


    More than 3500 goblin slaves are digging up the river bed with tools under the supervision of two teams of Greek infantry. A team of supervisors are urging them to work hard. If any of them are lazy, they will be whipped. So these goblins are very honest. Although the goblins are not strong, they are smart and can understand the meaning of human beings to a certain extent. Most importantly, they are numerous. After enough goblin slaves were captured, the moat outside the inner city of Athens was already under construction.


    The length of the moat is about five kilometers, and the preliminary plan is six meters wide and four meters deep. The goblin coolies began to dig from the middle to both sides until they were all finished. Due to the low level of civilization, the progress of moat excavation is relatively slow. Murphy estimates that it may take two or three months if the number of slaves is not increased!


    At present, there are about 8000 goblin slaves in the territory, and a certain number of goblin slaves will be added every once in a while. Because there are a lot of goblins captured, the goblins living in the rocky highlands near the nidoria River seem to be aware that they begin to migrate to the rocky highlands, so the efficiency of capturing slaves is far less than that of the beginning.


    However, during this period of goblin capture, general Marcus Kane got an entourage that made Murphy feel incredible!


    "Follower: Goblin Lord - barren stone (chance to capture goblins + 10, commander against goblin creatures + 1.)


    Explanation: it was originally the Lord of a small goblin group. But in order to live a daily life of meat and clothing, it decided to be loyal to the general. It is proficient in goblin language and uses its own wisdom to learn part of human language. It can act as a translator and convince other goblins. It thinks that it is not a bad thing to be a slave in Athens, because hard work means no whipping and enough food.


    Perhaps in the near future, towns will be able to obtain the source of goblin labourers without arrest. "


    As a modern man, although Murphy strictly abides by the rules of the times, he still keeps the characteristics of modern people in some other aspects.


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


    This is a rare gift in today''s era.


    In fact, Murphy is really a little curious about the structure of these little people''s brains. Because in a short period of half a month, many intelligent goblins have learned some simple human language. These goblins, as drudgery, are all blessed by Athena, the goddess of wisdom, which is the divine power ceremony of goblin enslavement. So from a certain point of view, these goblin labourers are more docile, and up to now they are most lazy, and they have never resisted the supervisor.


    One point that must be mentioned here is.


    Murphy promoted a goblin to be a lower class citizen of Athens.


    That''s general Marcus Kane''s entourage, Goblin Lord, wasterock! The names of goblins are very strange. They are often too lazy to think and use something as their names. As a general''s entourage, it''s not surprising that the goblin Huang Shi was promoted to a lower class citizen. What really made Murphy attach importance to him is that the goblin was extremely devout to the goddess of wisdom!


    Maybe it''s not just piety.


    This should be closer to a frenzy!


    The goblin prayed at the temple gate on time, no matter whether it was windy or rainy, sunny or sunny.


    In the beginning, it was not allowed to enter the temple as a goblin. But the little man still persevered. He knelt outside the temple on time every day and prayed together. Even when it comes to the rainstorm, it still sticks to it. Not only that, it will go to the settlement of the goblin coolie after the daily prayer, and lead other goblins to pray in the direction of the temple of Athena, the goddess of wisdom!


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


    That''s why Murphy decided to give it inferior citizenship.


    Murphy even has a bold idea in his heart, that is, if these goblins step into civilization bit by bit under the influence of human beings, he doesn''t even mind giving a group of smart goblins inferior citizenship. To enslave the goblins with the goblins is undoubtedly a way to save manpower and avoid conflicts. And the intelligent brains of these creatures gave Murphy a glimmer of hope.


    The future of goblins may be expected.


    But now, it''s better for them to do coolie honestly.


    As towns will be upgraded to cities, there are too many things to be built in the territory.


    First of all, as a symbol of a city, Murphy''s governor''s office will be expanded into a larger and more magnificent governor''s office, which will serve as the ruling center of the whole city. In addition, due to the increase of population, a large number of residential houses need to be built, urban military barracks need to be expanded, Chengdu Military Barracks need to be upgraded, shops need to be upgraded to markets, ports need to be built as shipbuilding workshops, drainage channels need to be incorporated into public baths, etc!


    It can be said that Murphy, who is not easy to relax, is busy and dizzy again during this period of time.


    At present, the focus of construction in the territory is on the governor''s office, urban barracks and ports.


    As a result of a large number of goblin labors, there is no need to consume much manpower in transporting wood and stone. Many unskilled but labor-intensive transportation jobs were replaced by goblins, while urban craftsmen were only responsible for the technical work of construction. This greatly improves the pace of the town to the city!


    Due to the prosperity of the territory, some of the indigenous people with the status of free people were attracted and decided to live here.


    Murphy accepted them and sold them the land.


    Now there is barren land all over the territory. Only a little reclamation can grow crops.


    When the land is reclaimed and planted, there will be agricultural taxes on the territory. When the land is sold, there will be a certain amount of income. This is like a virtuous circle, which finally makes Murphy''s finance more and more tight. At present, there are about 1000 indigenous people living in Athens. They are mainly concentrated near the ports and markets. The inner city is mainly Greek residents.


    As I said before, Murphy''s territory is like an inverted bowl, surrounded by mountains, but inside it is plain.


    During this period, Murphy also sent cavalry to measure the land, that is to say, roughly estimate the area of the plains within the territory. In recent days, the results have just come out. There are more than 1000 square kilometers of flat terrain in the territory!


    If all these lands are reclaimed, there will be absolutely no problem in supporting tens of thousands of people!


    As long as the remaining jackals are removed, Murphy''s territory will expand to more than 1200 square kilometers, nearly one third of Mrs. Elizabeth''s original land.


    In other words, Murphy''s territory is the size of a superior county.


    According to the custom of human nobility in this world, Murphy has been able to add such identities as viscount and count to his title. As a matter of fact, if the land of the former China was granted ten or eight kings according to the standard of Western Europe, there would be absolutely no problem.


    In the evening.


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


    Wisps of smoke rise, the whole territory is filled with a peaceful atmosphere.


    During the day, Murphy led the general''s guard out to survey the terrain and find a suitable place for a new quarry. He didn''t come back until about five o''clock in the afternoon. The maids were preparing dinner. Murphy saw that it was still early, so she took the general guard to the harbor to inspect.


    Along the way, all the Athenian residents who saw Murphy bowed themselves.


    Even some of the indigenous people who live here bow down to show respect for Murphy.


    With the development of the territory, urban residents see a bright future. And then, as the leader of everything, Murphy''s reputation is getting deeper and deeper. This kind of prestige is different from the prestige brought by war. The prestige brought by war can boost the morale of the soldiers and give them courage. But the former can bring hope.


    The prestige of the battlefield may disappear after a defeat.


    But this deeply rooted influence can make the residents of Athens stand beside Murphy without hesitation.


    Because they believe!


    I believe Lord can bring them a better future.


    For a long time, Murphy dominated the whole territory by military achievements.


    But at this moment, before Athens, a new city, was about to be built, Murphy won the approval of the urban residents with the fact that the territory was changing day by day.


    People, at this moment, completely gathered in the hands of Murphy!