"Master Castellan, I have decided to sign this contract."
The sixteen-year-old Legendary Knight Muyi spread the contract that Grimm had given him yesterday on the ground and signed it according to Grimm's instructions. After seven months, the contract suddenly disappeared with a fluctuation.
Grimm looked at the somewhat childish Legendary Knight, nodded, and said with satisfaction, "From today onwards, follow me until my term as Castellan expires."
"Yes."
After Muyi responded by kneeling on one knee, he silently walked to Grimm's side.
The Knights Teaching Academy that was opened a few years ago, after years and years of large investments, Grimm finally reaped the rewards. Knights with good physique were born in Moth Frog City.
If a great aristocrat of Moth Frog City could do this, his wisdom would be considered as forward-looking wisdom. However, for a Wizard like Grimm, it seemed to be a matter of course.
Opening a Knights Teaching Academy should be something that every Wizard could think of.
It was just that many people could think of it, but they could not do it because every Wizard had a different way of thinking, and the direction of their plans was also different!
With this Legendary Knight and a large number of Knights with good basic qualities, it was time to prepare for the recapture of the gold mine and blood agate mine in Moth Frog City.
Not only did they recapture their own things, but they also had to take the initiative to attack and occupy the resource points of other nearby cities!
However, for now, they had to wait for this Legendary Knight to shed his childishness and become a Legendary Knight who was psychologically, physically, and behaviorally mature.
…
Two months later.
Grimm sat on a wooden chair and listened to the report.
"The Castellan of Dawn Protector City began to adopt a fertility reward plan eight years ago, encouraging the residents of the territory to have more children, and punishing unmarried men and women of the right age. However, this year, due to the surge in population and continuous rain, there was a famine due to the lack of food. Many poor people began to come here to find a livelihood, and joined the paving plan and the construction of the Doma River port. "
A Scout Knight knelt on one knee and reported the investigation to Grimm.
"Hmm."
Grimm nodded and asked, "So, what's the situation with the Knight Guards over there? Are there any developments?"
"Reporting to the Castellan, due to some chaos caused by the famine, Dawn Protector City is in a state of martial law. I can't probe inside."
The scout knight replied.
Grimm noticed that the situation in Dawn Protector City was not optimistic from the knight's rejoicing voice.
"It seems that the situation of Dawn Protector City, which is managed by the disciples and students of this Great Master, is not very good. The sudden increase in population has not reached the working age, and there are no corresponding resources to support them. If we don't want the internal system to collapse, we can only invade and plunder resources. "
If Dawn Protector City chose to plunder resources, Moth Frog City, whose wealth was growing day by day, was naturally a good target!
Of course, it was also a very difficult target.
Later, the other Scout Knights also reported the situation of the other cities around Moth Frog Town. Overall, the population growth in Grimm's Moth Frog Town was the slowest, but it was in a virtuous cycle.
As for the other cities, they had more or less fallen into chaos due to the rapid increase in population. If that was the case …
Hmm?
Wait a minute!
Grimm seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and his originally confident expression changed.
There were a total of three neighboring cities around Moth Frog Town, namely Dawn Protector City, Love Bee City, and Sweet Potato City.
If Grimm's situation was thriving and getting richer, while the situation in the other three cities gradually began to decline, and there was a continuous increase in population fleeing to the richer Moth Frog Town, then the next situation … would probably evolve into a situation that Grimm could not imagine!
That was, all the surrounding cities would unite and plunder the fat piece of meat that was Grimm's Moth Frog Town!
Thinking of this, Grimm could not help but take a deep breath.
He had to think of a way to prevent such a thing from happening. Moth Frog Town was still very fragile and could not withstand the hostility of more than two cities!
Although as an assessment, the brothers of the same vein would not reduce the population of other Sorcerers' territories as a means to increase their own territory's population in disguise, even if it was just plundering resources and destroying buildings, it was enough to make Grimm's previous plan go up in smoke.
What should I do?
What should I do!?
Unknowingly, Grimm realized that he seemed to have thought of some things too simply.
This assessment was not simply about the construction of Sorcerers. If power blindly lost the support and 'reputation' of the nobles, then the situation would evolve into …
At night, after the banquet.
After Grimm gathered the nobles of all sizes in the city, he told them about his worries and thoughts during the day, hoping to get some survival wisdom from these nobles.
However, as soon as Grimm said it, old Marquis Gumoza smiled easily, and there was a cold glint in the depths of his turbid eyes.
In the past eight years, Gumoza had obviously aged. Grimm estimated that this old man would not be able to hold on for another two or three years.
The life of a human was too short.
"Master Castellan, we can use the extra wealth in our hands to separate and hire the noble knight legions of Love Bee City and Sweet Potato City to help us recapture the iron stone and blood agate mines!"
Grimm looked at Gumoza in surprise. This old man …
Although this would temporarily increase the wealth of the two cities and continue to suppress Moth Frog Town in terms of population, this was only temporary. When regional wealth was unevenly distributed, the population of poor areas would eventually flow to rich areas. After all, humans were not livestock bred by the Sorcerer Tower. Humans had the right to pursue freedom!
And freedom represented a good life.
At this time, the relationship between the cities around Moth Frog Town was provoked. When their own problems gradually broke out in the future, it would be difficult for them to join forces again. As Moth Frog Town grew stronger day by day, the three cities would eventually lose their resistance, and the increased population would all swarm towards Moth Frog Town!
The premise of all this was that Moth Frog Town had to survive the initial vulnerable period.
Grimm looked back at the accountant and said, "How many gold coins are there in the accountant now?"
"Master, a total of seven thousand nine hundred and fifty-four gold coins."
Grimm's accountant had changed. After Grimm found out that the previous accountant had embezzled and misappropriated hundreds of gold coins from Moth Frog Town, he was thrown into prison and was still locked up.
Grimm nodded and said to Gumoza in a low voice, "Four thousand gold coins, I'll allocate four thousand gold coins for you to do this. If it's not enough, you'll have to figure out a way yourself. In short, do this well for me. After this is done, part of the income from the agricultural workshop in Iron Mountain will belong to you. "
Old Marquis Gumoza was overjoyed.
"Yes, Master."
There were a total of more than a dozen workshops in Iron Mountain, half of which were related to agriculture. Although the income was not as high as the military workshop that made axes and armors, it was still very shocking.
It seemed that this matter had to be planned properly!
Later, after another boring party for Grimm, the crowd dispersed. Grimm used this time to meditate, trying to replenish the few points of mental strength that he had lost in the Nightmare World as soon as possible.
Woo …
At this moment, a horn sounded from the city wall of Moth Frog Town. After Grimm walked out of the room, he saw a neatly dressed Muyi running out and ordered, "Go and organize the city guards to stabilize the order of the residents in the city and implement a curfew. I'll go and see what's going on."
After saying that, Grimm flew in the direction of the horn.
A moment later, Glenn heaved a sigh of relief as he watched the Knights on top of the city wall who were shouting in fear and firing their spears and crossbows at the city wall. Three mollusks that looked like giant earthworms that were more than ten meters long drilled out of the ground and attempted to climb up the city wall.
It turned out to be a wild Earth Dragon.
To ordinary humans, the Earth Dragon might be a terrifying monster that could devour humans, but to Sorcerers, it was just a small insect that was not to be feared.
The assessment did not allow Sorcerers to directly intervene in the conflicts between cities, but it did not mean that Sorcerers would not protect the residents in the territory from the invasion of wild creatures. After all, the main goal of Sorcerers was to increase the population in the territory!
With a sneer, Grimm flew over to where the dozens of knights on the city wall were staring at him in shock.
Boom …
After a short while, Grimm flew up to the city wall again and said lightly, "All city guards and knights will be divided into three catties, and the rest will be carried to the orphanage. The meat quality of these guys is not bad."
"Yes."
After seeing the power of a Sorcerer, the knights swallowed their saliva and responded respectfully.
The sky began to brighten, and Grimm flew back in the direction of the governor's mansion.
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