(after three o''clock, ask for the recommended ticket.)
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Prosperous, beautiful.
Athens is developing at an amazing speed, changing with each passing day. Everything is showing the Greek civilization to the indigenous people of the world.
It''s a smooth transition to mid November.
After the threat of the jackals receded, the number of free citizens who chose to settle in Athens reached 1500.
At present, the population of Athenian pure human beings has exceeded 20000 without any non-human beings!
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Tobayes, a diplomat sent to the semi Elven territory, ordered people to bring back a piece of bad news.
He has reached a trade cooperation with the half elves, but the problem is that these half elves promise to sell food, but they don''t accept money!
yes.
These half elves keep the living habit of self-sufficiency of the elves.
They used bows and arrows as weapons and lived in a closed social life. Although there is a demand for some living materials, these semi elves don''t need any silver coins. For them, silver coin is just a kind of beautiful metal.
Even as ornaments, these semi elves prefer wooden structures.
Money can''t buy things!
It''s really embarrassing for Murphy.
At present, only horses (Centaur trade), wood, slaves, pottery (porcelain) and coal mines can be sold as goods.
Half elves don''t need horses, because they seldom ride horses. The wood they lived in was rich. They didn''t have to transport it all the way from Murphy''s territory. Slaves didn''t even have to think about it. Half Elves were more exclusive of other species. As for coal mines, they, who have inherited some of the fairies'' love of beauty, probably won''t be interested in the dark things of coal mines at all.
If there''s anything that can enter their eyes, it''s only the newly emerging ceramic technology. However, as far as the current level of ceramic technology is concerned, I''m afraid it''s difficult to satisfy the half elves'' critical eyes. If there is anything else, it is the corn wine that has just been brewed and is being distilled. Murphy doesn''t know if the half Elves will like this wine, but it''s unlikely.
In desperation, Murphy had to send a message to diplomat tobayes, let him go to the barbarian territory.
See if you can trade with the barbarian tribes that live west of the southern plains.
Although the planting area of crops can not reach the scope of human city-state, there should be some food in hand compared with those barbarians. After all, planting wheat is also a part of their life, and it is difficult to expand the ethnic group simply by fishing and hunting.
If we can trade with the barbarians, we may be able to exchange food from them through the brewing wine.
Barbarians mainly live in the northwest of the mainland, although it is not a cold place, but the climate is a little colder than other places.
Living in such a place, those barbarians need more liquor than others!
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Athena, the goddess of wisdom, is the protector of textile technology. During this period, the priests who led the temple found a precious plant nearby.
The juices of these plants can be used as purple and blue dyes.
At present, they are trying to plant these plants on a large scale. If they can plant them successfully, there will be more foreign trade in the territory.
With the development of the territory, there are more and more affairs.
Murphy gradually realized that she couldn''t do everything one by one. Therefore, after the establishment of the University and the cultivation of a new batch of talents, he gradually decentralized some internal affairs.
With the newly recommended talented general Jerry rivard, he also has a consultant in the field of internal affairs.
As the territory expands, it is urgent to allocate and manage all kinds of affairs! In Murphy''s opinion, as long as the general administration is firmly in his own hands, it''s time to delegate power to the people below.
Murphy doesn''t want to be as miserable as Zhuge Kongming. He does everything by himself and ends up with the result of "no great general in Sichuan, Liao Hua, being a pioneer"!
Talent, all come from experience!
At present, the internal affairs of Athens are headed by general Jerry rivard, while the military affairs are in the charge of general riodari.
At the end of November.
After the expansion of the kiln, batch after batch of bricks were fired and sent to the territory for construction.
With a turnaround, there will be fewer problems in terms of materials for construction.
At least we don''t have to use as much labor as we used to. With the technology of this era, quarrying is definitely a very troublesome thing!
In the evening.
After visiting the University for an afternoon, Murphy returned to the governor''s house.
At present, everything in the university has entered the formal stage. In the hope of developing distilled liquor as soon as possible in exchange for food from satisfactions, Murphy decided to hand over the task of developing Shaojiu to the scholars in the University. Today, a breakthrough has been made. It is estimated that the liquor distilled from corn wine can be produced on a large scale in a week at most.
At present, the degree of wine is about 35 degrees.
Murphy didn''t know whether the human beings in this world could adapt to this kind of liquor, so he didn''t set the degree of liquor too high all of a sudden.
Since November, the climate in the southern plain has become colder.
This will continue until the beginning of spring around January next year, when the weather will gradually warm up. In the winter, there were about two and a half months, and Murphy had to speed up the pace to popularize this more vigorous baijiu.
In such a primitive age, wine was not just for pleasure.
For the most part, spirits are prepared to keep warm in winter. Especially for the intelligent creatures living in the cold areas, liquor is an indispensable part of their life!
Good wine keeps the chill away. and that.
As long as the liquor can be mass produced, even if the barbarians don''t like it, the dwarves who are addicted to alcohol will be happy to buy it.
Maybe we can consider exchanging a batch of high-quality weapons from them.
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"My lord Murphy, this is from Lady Elizabeth." Just as she took off her coat, a maid took a letter to Murphy.
The paper mill in the territory has been completed. At present, there is no problem that the paper can be produced and sold by itself.
Murphy reached for the letter and opened the wax.
The handwriting is beautiful, but the writing is powerful. It''s exactly what Lady Elizabeth always wrote.
The letter mentioned the current progress of porcelain and said that this more beautiful thing was very popular with the nobility. If it can be more exquisite in production, it can even be sold as a commodity to other races such as elves, dwarves and so on.
At present, technological innovation is still necessary.
However, in terms of external sales, Murphy gives her full power to Mrs. Elizabeth. She has the talent and connections in this field, so she is the most suitable person. The income from the sale of porcelain is now divided between Murphy and Mrs. Elizabeth, with 60% owned by Murphy and 40% owned by Mrs. Elizabeth. The current partnership is that Murphy is only responsible for making porcelain and improving the level of craftsmanship, while Mrs. Elizabeth is in charge of selling and expanding channels.
As long as we can raise the level of porcelain making technology, porcelain will definitely be the leader of territorial trade in the future!
After changing into a looser dress, Murphy headed for the backyard with a plate of dessert.
After one or two months together, he gradually got used to the life of keeping a mermaid at home. Also slowly get used to and begin to enjoy, wake up in her wonderful singing every morning, and listen to her singing voice after a day of hard work, small squint for a while.
It''s a very strange emotion.
At first, it was like keeping a beautiful pet, but gradually it became an indispensable part of life.
He liked her singing and her appearance.
On this day, the backyard was quite cold.
Murphy didn''t hear the splash of water, nor did she hear the bell pulling the mermaid to chat.
He put down the dish and quickened his pace.
It''s quiet all around.
He didn''t see Helen standing up as usual, the water drops falling down her long silver hair, and her face smiling at him.
The pool is empty!
Murphy could not help holding his hands tightly. He walked around the backyard quickly, but still did not find the mermaid.
Helen has the ability to walk on land. This mermaid has a long and narrow tail. She can walk like a snake, and it''s very fast!
It''s just that she can''t leave the water for too long, and she doesn''t adapt to life on land.
Where did she go?
Murphy''s heart suddenly became nervous.
When he found that he had been used to Helen''s existence, he also realized that the mermaid was more and more important in his heart.
Not just because of her natural charm.
In fact, this mermaid has never taken the initiative to exert her natural charm on Murphy.
She never took the initiative to leave the back yard!?
Nervous, worried, anxious.
For the first time, Murphy couldn''t control his body and mind with reason. He is now like a child who suddenly lost something important, and his heart is affected by inexplicable anger!
"Have you seen Helen?" Murphy stepped out quickly, grabbed a passing maid and said in a deep voice.
The maid seemed frightened by Murphy''s gloomy face.
She shook her head nervously.
Just at this time, the gentle and peaceful voice of the high priest came out of the door.
"You''re back." The high priest walked slowly into the backyard, soft eyes fell on Murphy''s body, whispered.
The voice of the high priest seemed to have a kind of magic.
In an instant, all the anxiety and anger in Murphy''s heart turned away!
Murphy calmed down, and he realized that Helen could not be in any danger in the governor''s house.
The high priest came to Murphy''s side. She stroked Murphy''s forehead and said softly, "the temple of love has been built."
"Come with me and have a look."
Murphy was stunned.
Then I feel thoughtful!