The key to this assessment was the population relative to the previous base number!
A month later.
Grimm took the various data and information collected from Moth Frog Town and racked his brains in contemplation. The Sorcerer's wisdom that studied witchcraft could not help but feel a little powerless in this regard.
"The murder rate must be reduced!"
Under the premise that the birth rate and death rate could not be changed in a short period of time, Grimm came to such a conclusion.
In some of the less prosperous human cities outside the central area of the Holy Tower, there were many wandering knights who did desperate trades. This assessment would last for a total of fifty years, which was about the time it took for ordinary humans to replace two generations of young and strong labor force, allowing a baby to become a grandfather by the end of Grimm's assessment.
"Hehehe, Young Master, there are people running to the mountains to mine stones and build roads everywhere outside Moth Frog Town. Did you organize this, Young Master?"
"Brother Grimm."
It was Vivian who came back with Little Eight.
"Yeah."
Grimm responded, his mind still full of the problem of how to increase the population.
"Wahaha, Young Master, how long do you plan to take to repair this road?"
Little Eight landed on Grimm's shoulder and asked.
"I should be able to repair the first section of the road in three to five years. How's the matter with you and Vivian? What's going on with those bandits?"
Vivian said, "It's just a group of bandits made up of wandering knights. After failing to recruit them, Machiya and I followed your instructions and drove those guys to Dawn Protector City."
"Yeah."
Grimm nodded and suddenly asked the manager behind him, "How many gold coins do we have in the accounting room?"
After the accounts manager did some calculations, he said in a deep voice, "Sir, the gold coins that we have collected previously have to be used as wages for the road construction workers according to the plan. Your instructions are not to owe anyone even one copper coin of wages, so we can only mobilize about 300 gold coins now."
"How many days until this month's tax collection?"
Grimm asked again.
"There are still seven days left. By then, we'll be able to collect around 1,200 gold coins. According to the usual practice, it takes around 1,000 gold coins to maintain the operation of the city. By then, we'll have an additional 200 gold coins that we can mobilize."
Grimm frowned and said, "We can think of other ways to deal with the gold coins, but we can't delay the opening of the Knight Academy any longer. Issue an announcement that all children between the ages of seven and sixteen in the city must be forced to attend the Knight Academy. Anyone who disobeys will be punished as theft. "
After that, Grimm handed over the plan for the first orphanage in the city to the manager. As an orphan who didn't know his own background, Grimm had an indescribable sympathy for other orphans.
In the Knight Academy, Grimm had already thought of a candidate to teach.
Due to the limited resources, and the fact that Grimm was only planning to deal with the normal human wars that might occur in the next decade or so, the Knight Academy that he opened only had two courses.
The first was the Knight Combat Course. The instructor was an old knight in the city guard.
These old knights often lost their combat ability, but the knight's experience could be passed on. It was also Grimm who spent money to increase the job opportunities and support these veterans.
Otherwise, once these old knights who only knew how to kill left the city guard's control and lost their source of income, they would only become a scourge in the city, or even become a wandering knight.
These children would become the new generation of power in Moth Frog Town in a few years or a decade. By then, the relatively stronger Moth Frog Town would allow Grimm to organize a stronger Knight Legion and recapture the iron mine and the blood agate mine.
The second course was literacy and etiquette.
The purpose of literacy was needless to say. The imparting of knowledge was inseparable from written records, and etiquette was the most fundamental and best way to reduce the crime rate in the long run. As for the candidates for teaching, it was quite difficult.
In such a small, backward city, there was no such thing as a destitute aristocrat.
After thinking for a long time, Grimm finally thought of someone, Little Eight!
The thrill of managing students would definitely satisfy Little Eight. Sure enough, when he mentioned this to Little Eight, Little Eight was overjoyed.
"Ga ga ga ga! Young Master, is that true? Is what you said true!? "
Grimm nodded and said, "Go and get ready. Take good care of the wild children in this small city."
"Ga ga ga ga, my dear Young Master Grimm, don't worry …"
Little Eight flew out.
"But Sir, according to your request last time, I went to talk to the merchant. The other party is not willing to rent the manor at the price of one hundred gold coins that you mentioned."
The accountant was in a difficult position.
"How much does he want?"
Grimm frowned and asked.
"The merchant said that as long as Sir recommends his daughter to the Sorcerer-Apprentice recruitment of the Hydra Wrath Sorcerer Academy three years later, ensuring that she can enter the Sorcerer Academy and become a Sorcerer-Apprentice, he will give the manor to Sir as a personal gift, and at the same time pay you this amount of remuneration …"
The accountant stretched out five fingers with a big smile on his face.
Hmph …
Grimm nodded and said lightly, "Arrange for him to meet with me immediately. If there are other merchants who have similar requests, call them over as well."
Grimm decided to give these merchants some "tips".
Although this might be harmful to their descendants who were not suitable to walk the Sorcerer's Path, at least at this time, it satisfied the common needs of both parties.
Moreover, there might be one or two Sorcerers among these people.
From the perspective of an official Sorcerer like Grimm, Sorcerer-Apprentices were the same as ordinary humans. Their lives were short and constantly replaced. The number of humans and Sorcerer-Apprentices was only for the birth of more Sorcerers.
Therefore, it was not difficult to explain the strict trials of the Sorcerer Academy, whether it was the Bright Sorcerer Academy or the Dark Sorcerer Academy.
…
Three years later.
Three years might be quite a long time for ordinary people in this small city. The stone road from the small city to the Crooked Fang Mountain Gold Mine had been built more than half, and only the last small section was left.
A steady stream of gold was mined by the miners. The first group of merchants who smelled the benefits from afar discovered this small city and rushed over from thousands of miles away to trade some commodity gold. At the same time, they brought the resources of the distant world to the residents of the small town.
People from the small towns and villages near Moth Frog Town began to gather in Moth Frog Town on a large scale. This small city had changed significantly compared to three years ago.
However, three years was nothing to an official Sorcerer like Grimm. It was as if it had passed in a trance.
In Grimm's shabby temporary laboratory.
"What kind of material is this?"
Grimm had been taking the time to study this strange material that he bought from the Holy Tower of Six Rings for ten Sorcerer Essences.
This thing was not a complete metal. Its structure was hard, and it could continuously gather small pieces of metal to absorb. It had no soul and was not alive. There was an unknown weak energy magnetic field inside.
Grimm found that as this material continued to absorb metal, it seemed to grow a little.
However, other than this, there was no change in this unknown material. Moreover, Grimm was sure that the weak energy magnetic field was a special kind of electric current. At the same time, it seemed to have a specific frequency that represented some kind of information?
Grimm felt that this material did not seem to be a natural substance.
Finally, Grimm made up his mind to "dissect" this material. Was the material inside the material the same as the outside?
After the sharp scalpel cut off Grimm's wrist, something soft seemed to be cut under the hard surface. After a burst of blue light and electric current, Grimm found a broken square card the size of a fingernail.
At the same time, due to the damage of this card, the weak magnetic field of this material disappeared.
"What is this? It's so exquisite! "
Grimm looked at the two densely packed symbols on this square card that intersected with each other. It was disorderly and well-proportioned, as if there was some kind of law between them. It was incredible.
There was no doubt that this was a highly intelligent artificial work. Its birth was very likely to be the same as the Sorcerers, possessing extremely high wisdom and civilization.
Dong! Dong! Dong!
"Master Castellan, the Sorcerers from the Hydra Wrath Sorcerer Academy have arrived."
Grimm's thoughts were interrupted, and he woke up from the experiment. Only then did he remember that it was the once-in-a-decade Sorcerer-Apprentice Selection Day of the Sorcerers Academy.
"Oh, got it."
Grimm temporarily put down his research and left the room.
After a short welcome ceremony, Grimm looked at the long line of inspection outside the Castellan's Residence. Suddenly, he had an idea. After increasing the wealth of the residents, the chances of becoming a Sorcerer-Apprentice would be higher?
After all, for poor towns and villages, not everyone was willing to bet a gold coin on whether their children had the "Sorcerer's Talent".
And in relatively wealthy cities, people would undoubtedly have a higher chance of gambling on this irreversible and irreversible Sorcerer's Path.
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