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    Spring is coming.


    With the establishment of the Duchy of Athens, Murphy was also frantically busy


    Not only he, but also Lady Elizabeth and all the generals and officials in Athens were too busy to make clear the score. Under the powerful military power of Athens, the transfer of power of these Aboriginal nobles was very smooth, but it was quite troublesome in the following personnel arrangement and official transfer. Murphy could not have concentrated his population in Athens, and the territories merged into the Duchy needed more talents to manage.


    After some resistance to the initial deployment, Murphy immediately changed his mind.


    He appointed a large number of former aristocrats, appointed them as mayor and tax officer of various towns, and then selected talents from the Athenian army, formed security teams with recruited Aboriginal mercenaries, and sent them to various towns. On the one hand, it is to maintain the local security, on the other hand, it is to use force to monitor those aboriginal nobles, at least to ensure that everything will not go wrong before going through the smooth handover process.


    As long as the handover process is over.


    The appointment of his staff, whether they have the ability to stay or not, is all in Murphy''s mind.


    With such a change of mode, the process of taking over various territories will be much more convenient. With the opening of these Aboriginal nobles, the resistance of each town is also much smaller. As for the aboriginal nobles who were secretly manipulated by the aristocratic Council, Murphy directly confiscated his territory and hanged him for treason, and those aboriginal nobles immediately became more honest.


    In the face of absolute strength, all intrigues are useless!


    If it is not for the sake of avoiding the negative effects of human civil war, Murphy would like to conquer all this directly by force, because it can break the old order and re-establish it according to the rules of Athens. But it''s just the beginning, and Murphy can''t use extreme actions, so that the aristocratic Council will take the opportunity to make trouble. After all, only a few million people can avoid civil war, which is the best thing.


    Murphy had to plan for the future.


    After the establishment of the principality, Murphy even promulgated an important code, that is to abolish slavery.


    Of course, it was not the abandonment of slavery in a broad sense, but the promulgation of the decree that no one in the Athenian principality and no nobleman could take human beings as slaves. In the past, because of crime or bankruptcy, all the human beings who became slaves obtained the lowest civilian status and were escorted to Athens by local security forces. Murphy will gather them to reclaim new land.


    After the promulgation of this law, it means that all slaves in Athens have the lowest civilian status.


    The effect of this act is shocking. Murphy almost immediately won the support of the lower class, and also caused a surprising effect, that is, many serfs and slaves living under the aristocratic Council began to flee to Athens. Because as long as they reach the territory of the Principality of Athens, they will automatically have the lowest civilian status, everything in his past will be erased, and Athens, which has a strong military force, can also give them protection.


    This momentum did not stop until the aristocratic Council perceived and hanged a group of people.


    But there is no doubt that the anger of the lower class has been aroused.


    The purpose of Murphy''s move is to express a gesture that Athens will establish a better and more just system. Anyone who works hard can get the chance of promotion. As long as you become a citizen of Athens, even if you are just a poor person, you may have a better future!


    At the same time, Murphy began an external propaganda campaign, selecting individual models from the first batch of serfs who were accepted to carry out propaganda.


    For example, the Johns, who came to Athens at that time, were all inferior serfs at first. After they came to Athens, they became the lowest common people, but they worked hard to improve their status and owned their own land. And their son, a man named ruidang, became a reserve militia with his own efforts, and then a regular soldier. He made contributions in the fight against goblin gangsters and became a glorious Centurion. Now the family has gained citizenship because of him, which is almost the same as the knight class in other places.


    This propaganda offensive of the lower route is to gather people''s support for Murphy and lay the groundwork for the next plan.


    Although it issued the law that human beings could not be regarded as slaves, Murphy did not enforce it, because now in the process of receiving, it is necessary to smooth this period.


    With this law, though serfs could not obtain freedom of life, they were the most inferior civilians and were no longer treated as slaves.


    Murphy had no compulsory arrangement for the aristocratic class.


    He just raised the slaves of non noble serfs to the lowest class of civilians, and then moved to Athens to distribute land to them and build villages.


    Now, those aboriginal nobles are faced with a situation, that is, to accept the law, to give serfs the lowest civilian status, and to improve their treatment, or to ignore Murphy''s law, let serfs have a nominal identity, but still as slaves. If it is the former, then Murphy''s goal has been achieved. He is already building up momentum for himself, not only his reputation, but also his great Duke with virtue and benevolence.


    If the aboriginal nobles simply ignored the law, it would be easier.


    Those serfs will surely have a grudge against this, and people will turn to Murphy. Those who ignore his decrees will also be able to let him know who can use it and who can''t, and then they can clean it up together.


    Kill two birds with one stone!


    ……


    Time flies by.


    In the twinkling of an eye, it is the spring of the second era, late January.


    The one month reception process has brought everything into order, and officials from all over the country have rearranged it. The administrators of cities and towns changed from the former Lord to one of the officials of the Duchy of Athens. They have the status of citizens and can work in Athens, but they are limited to the peripheral territory, not including the city of Athens.


    The officials in Athens are still core citizens.


    After the initial completion of the transfer, Murphy immediately ordered a census. Due to the previous decree of abolishing human slavery, many hidden populations emerged. Such "hidden households" exist in any era. They are not recognized by the law, so they can evade many taxes. However, in the code of Athens, the most inferior civilians are entitled to a piece of land, which undoubtedly attracts many such "hidden households".


    The census is a huge project, which will take at least three months.


    After the census, a large number of lower class civilians will be moved to the vicinity of Athens to reclaim the land there and build villages and towns. The land around Athens is extremely fertile because it is close to the nidoria River, and many places have the value of reclamation. This migration plan is the most important step for Murphy to strengthen himself and weaken the aboriginal aristocracy. As long as the population is concentrated near the city of Athens, Murphy''s goal will be achieved.


    As long as there is enough population, even if there is a war with the aristocratic parliament in the future, Athens will be able to unify the southern plain by force.


    Now, it is to maintain this situation.


    Although Athens has a powerful military force to deter the aristocratic parliament, the same population restriction makes Murphy unable to spare no effort to fight against the aristocratic Parliament. Otherwise, even if he wins, his family will be wiped out. At that time, it was useless to unify the southern plain, because the loss was too great. He also has no spare power to lead mankind out of the present predicament.


    If we want to transform the aborigines into Athenian army, we must assimilate.


    The process of assimilation also needs a lot of time, even if it is just the training of militia and the arrangement of population, it will take more than half a year.


    These things are urgent.


    The rise of Athens is irresistible, but it can''t reach the sky at one step!


    Otherwise, the foundation below is too weak and may collapse in an instant. Moreover, the aristocratic Council is thin and dead, and the camel is bigger than the horse, so Murphy can''t take it lightly.


    There is no superior who is willing to hand over his power easily.


    After spring.


    The census has begun. The first batch of migrants have been resettled near the tributaries of the nidoria river. With the material support of Athens, these places can quickly build villages and cultivate good land. Enough population means enough labor force. As long as the enthusiasm of the leaders can be aroused, a large amount of food can be produced here next year at most.


    Both the fertile fields of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and the natural phosphate fertilizer on the Delta Island are the guarantee of next year''s harvest.


    Zholong


    Now Athens is like a stung dragon, waiting for the moment when its wings are full and soaring 280000 Li.


    (to be continued)