With the weakness of eliminating other ethnic bandits in the rear of the southern plain, groups of goblins and goutouren swarmed into the interior of the plain. At the same time, the remnant forces, which were scattered and retreated to the mountains in the Jackal war, also became active. Although there are not many jackals hiding in the forest after the defeat, they can no longer pose a substantial threat to human beings.
However, as the remnant jackals joined the bandit groups of the earth elite, the progress of the aristocratic Council''s suppression was even slower.
even to the extent that!
After August 10, Murphy, through the mercenary Union, continued to receive news of the emergence of the hound bandits in the League of the Principality of Athens! Besides the towns to the north of the League of Athens, there were more than ten bandit groups with more than one thousand people. These gangs are made up of goutouren, goblins, jackals, boars and other races. They frequently attack nearby villages to plunder materials, and even take the initiative to attack some small towns.
This is not the worst!
Worse still, Murphy''s secret channels from within the aristocratic Council sent him a message.
——There''s something terrible going on in the southern wilderness!
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The second era, August 15, 376.
If it is placed in the previous life of the Middle Earth, then today should be the full moon night of the Mid Autumn Festival.
But in this world, it''s just a normal day. It is said that the High Elves will offer sacrifices to Elune on this day, but humans have no such tradition. In the traditional culture of human beings, there are only two days for ancestor worship, one is April 5, which is not far from the Qingming Festival of previous generations. The other is July 15, which is the same day as the ghost festival in previous lives.
The moon on this day is very round.
Since June this year and the orc World War I, the strength of Athens has been greatly damaged, and thousands of casualties have severely damaged the civil class in Athens. Fortunately, after the victory of the war, the fame of Athens and Murphy spread all over the human world. So the power of Athens recovered quickly after the war, and even more rapidly after the signing of the alliance of principalities and the unification of its territory with Lady Elizabeth''s. After more than two months of self-cultivation, Athens is not only prosperous in business. Similarly, in terms of the number of citizens, the number of formal citizens recognized by the auxiliary system of total war in Athens has once again exceeded the limit of 10000. According to this progress, Athens is expected to upgrade again around October this year!
Upgrade from ordinary city to big city!
At that time, Athens could not only upgrade from an urban barracks to a legion barracks, but also recruit a powerful branch of the seleucian faction, the Armored Cavalry, after upgrading to a racecourse!
It''s not Macedonian cavalry or something. In fact, it''s just an army with a few more irons than light cavalry.
This is the true sense of heavy cavalry!
Not only the whole body armor, even the horse sitting down was also covered with a small piece of iron armor connected together! You can say it without ceremony! Armored Cavalry is the only heavy cavalry unit in total war before the middle ages that can directly attack the infantry! Once the armored cavalry troops can form a formation of more than a thousand people, then on the battlefield is a torrent of iron and steel, the power is amazing, irresistible, the sound of horse''s hooves makes the earth tremble!
Not to mention the army of jackals and orcs, even the regular troops of the orc empire are hard to resist.
In the age of cold weapons, the scale of heavy cavalry force is absolutely amazing! The momentum that makes the earth tremble makes many people lose the courage to resist! On the frontal battlefield, heavy cavalry is always a banner of the cold weapon era!
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New crops have been planted, and crops like corn and vegetables will mature in three months, November.
When the harvest is finished, the agricultural experts in the University of Athens will arrange for the leaders to plant new winter wheat. This is the crop reform after Athens was upgraded to a city. The alternative cultivation of other crops can also save the fertility in the land, so that the land will not be quickly abandoned. The island in the nidoria river has been officially mined. Now there is a lot of natural phosphate fertilizer available. Athens will have a good harvest in the next few years.
There is grain in hand, but not panic in heart.
Even after deducting part of the food provided to the Centaur tribe from this year''s bumper harvest, the remaining food is enough for the whole territory to eat for more than two years. Now in Athens, not only the citizens have a lot of money in their hands, but also the indigenous people who are Murphy serfs can eat a piece of white bread a day. It''s something they didn''t even think about.
Moreover, if they work hard, they can even get a little dried fish every Sunday.
That''s meat!
In the hands of the former Lord, they may only eat so little during the Spring Festival!
But it''s only possible.
But now?
As long as they work hard, they can eat a little meat every week. Although it''s not a lot, it''s enough nutrition for children''s growth and development. These humble serf aborigines did not have much ambition. They just wanted to feed their children and let them eat better and dress more. They would rather eat less than see the children''s hungry faces
No hunger, no cold, that''s their happiness.
It''s simple. It''s satisfying.
As a modern man, Murphy is not benevolent, but he has his own rules. For him, it should be the duty of every Lord to let every hard-working man have enough to eat. He was unable to control the serfs in a state of starvation for the convenience of his own rule, just like other Aboriginal nobles. Even Mrs. Elizabeth once looked at him in surprise. She said it''s hard to imagine that you would treat your people so kindly in the war.
It''s not kindness!
Murphy has always thought that he is not a kind person.
It''s just that he can''t be so cruel. He feels obliged to feed his people.
This is the duty of a lord! It is also the duty of a king in the future!
Maybe all this is just what Murphy subconsciously takes for granted. But the serfs who were sent to Murphy didn''t think so. They are undoubtedly grateful for all the good things now. They call their lord the noble, benevolent, generous, great and wise governor Murphy! Although their poor knowledge did not know what the governor represented, they stubbornly believed that it was a title more noble than the Archduke, which only the truly great could obtain!
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The chaos of the southern plains did not cause much real trouble to Murphy.
When all over the country are in a mess, everything in Athens is developing smoothly and rapidly. With the mercenary Union''s intelligence network, Murphy''s information base has been quickly filled up. The newly established "general night" organization will collect useful information for him in all aspects, and pay attention to the talents in exile. A group of well disciplined and brave Aboriginal mercenary regiments were absorbed by Athens, and they will be included in the peripheral establishment of the army, led by the aboriginal soldiers who survived the first Orc war. These mercenaries will be formally recruited after the cruel training of the war Temple priests. At that time, they will be a group of powerful soldiers!
At the same time, with the help of the gradually stable mercenary Union, people from all over the country who have their own skills but have no room to show them were attracted to Athens.
Because everyone foresees that this city will be a bright pearl among human beings in the future!
Now, this pearl has just begun to shine, its construction needs a lot of talents, which also means that there are a lot of opportunities. Many frustrated aborigines rushed to Athens, hoping to get the chance to show their skills there. Moreover, Athens is now a very safe place when there are goblins and Kobold bandits everywhere.
All the goblins, koeheads, jackals and robbers that enter its range are cleaned up in a few days by powerful Spartan fighters.
When they arrived, the goblins and koeheads also learned to behave well, and they were not in the scope of entering Athens. They evaded the scope of Athens, moved around the surrounding areas, plundered some past caravans, and occasionally attacked the richer villages under the rule of the surrounding aristocrats. In fact, omnivorous creatures like goblins and goutouren will not starve to death, even if they do not have much food. The vitality of these creatures is very strong, especially the creatures like kotou man, which can be seen in almost every corner of the mainland.
September 1.
A team of senior adventurers sent by the aristocratic Council to investigate the southern wilderness has brought back bad news.
In the wilderness connected with the plain, I don''t know when one big hole after another appeared. These holes are so deep that they seem to go to the bottom of the earth. And some other kinds of intelligent creatures, which have disappeared for thousands of years and are suspected to have been extinct, are coming out of those underground holes one by one. The goblins and goutouren who originally lived in the wilderness were expelled to the southern plains by them.
These adherents of the last era returned to the earth''s surface after the beginning of the second elemental tide!
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(it will be renewed tomorrow. Go to bed early today to replenish your energy. Well, 20W words. I have to work hard.)