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Spring has arrived.

With the establishment of the Principality of Athens, Murphy became crazy busy. []

Not only him, but also Lady Elizabeth and the generals and officials in Athens were too busy to distinguish the east from the north. Under the strong military power of Athens, the handover of power by these indigenous nobles was very smooth, but the subsequent personnel arrangements and official transfers were quite troublesome. It was impossible for Murphy to concentrate the population in the city of Athens, and these territories incorporated into the principality required more talents to manage.

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

He employed a large number of former aristocrats and appointed them as mayors, tax collectors, etc. of various towns. Then he selected talents from the Athenian army, formed security teams with recruited indigenous mercenaries, and dispatched them to various towns. . On the one hand, it is to maintain local security issues, and on the other hand, it is to use force to monitor the aboriginal nobles, at least before going through this smooth handover process, to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

As long as this handover process is completed.

The appointment of its personnel, whether they are able to stay or are unable to retire, all depends on Murphy's thoughts.

With such a change in approach, the process of taking over each territory will become much more convenient. With these aboriginal nobles clearing the way, the resistance faced by various towns has been reduced a lot. As for the aboriginal nobles who were secretly manipulated by the noble council, Murphy confiscated his territory and then hanged him for treason. Those aboriginal nobles suddenly became more honest.

In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are of no use!

If it weren't for the negative effects of human civil war, Murphy would actually like to conquer all of this directly by force because this would shatter the old order and re-establish it according to the rules of Athens. But now it's just the beginning, and Murphy is not ready to take such drastic measures as to cause the noble council to take the opportunity to launch an attack. After all, humanity only has a population of a few million and it would be the best thing to avoid civil war.

Murphy had to make plans for the future.

After the principality was established, Murphy immediately promulgated an important code, which was to abolish slavery.

Of course, it is not the abandonment of slavery in the broad sense, but the decree that no one or nobility in the Principality of Athens can take human beings as slaves. Human beings who had become slaves due to crime or bankruptcy in the past were all given the lowest civilian status and were escorted to Athens by security teams from various places. Murphy will bring them together to reclaim new lands.

After the promulgation of this decree, it meant that all slaves in the Principality of Athens had the lowest civilian status.

The effect of this decree was shocking. Murphy almost immediately won the support of the lower class civilians, and also triggered an astonishing effect, that is, many serfs and slaves living under the territory of the noble council began to submit to Athens. escape. Because as long as they reach the territory of the Principality of Athens, they will automatically have the lowest civilian status, everything in their past will be erased, and Athens, which has strong military power, can also protect them.

This momentum did not stop until the noble council noticed and hanged a group of people.

But there is no doubt that the public anger at the lower levels has been aroused.

The purpose of Murphy's move is actually to express a gesture and tell everyone that Athens will establish a better and more just system. Anyone can get a chance to improve as long as they work hard. As long as you become a citizen of Athens, even if you are just a poor person with the lowest status, you may have a better future!

At the same time, Murphy began an offensive of external publicity, selecting individual examples from the first batch of accepted serfs for publicity.

For example, John's family came to Athens at that time. They were all low-class serfs at first. After arriving in Athens, they became the lowest common people. However, they worked hard to improve their status and own their own land. And their son, a man named Redang, became a reserve militiaman through his own efforts, and then became a formal soldier. He also made contributions in the battle to exterminate the goblin and kobold bandits, and became a glorious centurion. Now the family has gained citizenship because of him, almost equal to the knight class elsewhere.

This kind of low-level publicity offensive is to gather people's hearts for Murphy and pave the way for the next plan.

Although a decree was issued that humans could not be used as slaves, Murphy did not enforce it because he was currently in the process of being accepted and this period must be passed smoothly.

Now that this law is in place, although serfs have no way to gain freedom in life, their status is the lowest level of civilians, and the treatment they receive is no longer at the level of slaves.

The aristocracy in various places owned the most serfs, and Murphy had no compulsory arrangements for these aristocrats.

He just raised the slaves who were not noble serfs to the lowest level of commoners, and then moved to Athens, allocated land to them, and established villages.

Now, those aboriginal nobles are faced with a situation, that is, accept this law, give serfs the lowest civilian status, and improve their treatment, or simply ignore Murphy's decree and allow serfs to have a nominal status. But they are still used as slaves. If it is the former, then Murphy's goal has been achieved. He is already building momentum for himself. Not only his prestige, but also his reputation as a virtuous, benevolent and great Grand Duke.

And if the indigenous nobles ignored this decree at all, then things would be even simpler.

Those serfs will definitely resent this, and their hearts will turn to Murphy, and those who ignore his laws can also let him know who is available and who is not, and they can be dealt with completely by then.

Kill two birds with one stone!

…

Time flies by.

In the blink of an eye, it’s spring, late January, in the second era.

The one-month reception process has put everything on track, and officials from various places have also rearranged their arrangements. The managers of towns in various places have also changed from the previous lords to one of the officials of the Principality of Athens. They automatically had the status of citizens and could hold office within the Principality of Athens, but they were limited to the outer territories, not including the city of Athens.

The officials within the city of Athens are still held by core citizens.

After the preliminary transfer was completed, Murphy immediately ordered a census. Due to the previous decree abolition of human beings as slaves, many hidden populations also emerged. Such "hidden households" exist in any era. They have no identity recognized by the law, so they can evade many taxes. However, according to the Athenian code, the lowest commoners were eligible to obtain a piece of land, which undoubtedly attracted many such 'hermits'.

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

After the census is completed, a large number of lower-class civilians will be moved to near Athens to reclaim the land there and establish villages and towns. The land around Athens was extremely fertile because it was close to the Nidoria River, and many places were valuable for cultivation. This population relocation plan is the most important step for Murphy to strengthen himself and weaken the indigenous nobility. As long as the population is concentrated near the city of Athens, Murphy's goal will be achieved.

As long as there is a sufficient population, Athens will be able to unify the southern plains by force even if there is a war with the noble assembly in the future.

Now, it is about maintaining this situation.

Although Athens has a strong military force that can deter the noble assembly, the same population limit of one person killed and one missing also prevents Murphy from devoting all his strength to a war with the noble assembly. Otherwise, even if he wins, his family fortune will be wiped out. . At that time, it was useless to unify the southern plains because the own losses would be too great. He also has no spare power to lead mankind out of the current predicament.

Assimilation was necessary to convert the natives into the Athenian army.

And this assimilation process also takes a lot of time. Even just the training of militia and population arrangement, etc., will take more than half a year.

These things cannot be rushed.

The rise of Athens has been unstoppable, but it cannot reach the sky in one step!

Otherwise, the underlying foundation is too weak and may collapse in an instant. Moreover, the noble council is so skinny that a camel is bigger than a horse, so Murphy cannot take it lightly.

No one in power is willing to hand over their power easily.

After spring.

The census has begun. The first batch of relocated people have been settled near the tributaries of the Nidoria River. With material support from Athens, villages can be quickly established in these places and fertile fields can be cultivated. Enough population means enough With a large labor force, as long as the enthusiasm of the people can be mobilized, a large amount of food can be produced here in next year at most.

Whether it is the fertile field of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, or the natural phosphate fertilizer on the small islands in the delta, they are a guarantee of next year's harvest.

Hidden Dragon

Today's Athens is like a dormant dragon, waiting for the moment when its wings are full and it can fly 280,000 miles.

(To be continued)