Wizard's Journey

Chapter 534 Road Construction Plan

A day later, after gathering a wealth of information about the Broken Tooth Mountain gold mine region, Green returned to Moth Frog City.

For the next two weeks.

As a wizard, Green personally and severely punished several minor but outrageous criminals in Mothfrog City, thus restoring order to the town.

The reasons for doing so were twofold: firstly, to establish prestige among ordinary residents, and secondly, to send a warning to the powerful nobles, while also preventing them from causing too much trouble in the city because these people were not considered important.

Standing on the high platform.

Green looked down at the tens of thousands of ordinary poor people from Mothfrog City who were gazing at him. Most of them were dressed simply and plainly, with thin faces or a wild and indomitable spirit.

Having just killed several heinous criminals, Green certainly earned considerable prestige among them.

"I am Green, the future lord of Mothfrog City for the next fifty years. As you can see, I am a wizard, and from this day forward, I am the ruler of this city and all the surrounding villages and towns!"

Green roared loudly.

"My mission is to ensure that every nobleman here receives sufficient dignity and wealth! To ensure that every knight here receives fair compensation after his mission and has the possibility of becoming a nobleman! To ensure that every resident here can afford to support his wife and children! To ensure that all children receive formal knightly training and literacy, and even basic natural knowledge!"

Everyone, including the nobles, stared at Green in disbelief.

Green's words seemed to break the established rules that had been ingrained for centuries, injecting vitality into this lifeless city and giving everyone hope.

As a wizard, Green knew that what people needed most to motivate them to move forward was hope!

"Whoosh..."

Immediately, tens of thousands of people clamored and shouted questions at Green, while some poor people shouted out their demands to Green, and some women wept and complained in the crowded throng.

The hope that Green gave ignited the dreams and passions of these people, giving them motivation.

Green gestured for everyone to be quiet.

"Now, the first thing I need to do is build a road for Mothfrog City. This road will bring us amazing wealth. The details are posted here. Wages and food will be paid on time, without delay."

Green handed the notice to a knight and turned to leave.

People crowded around to look at the notice.

……

City Lord's Mansion.

Green looked at the many nobles present and smiled, "I called you all here today to tell you some good news."

The people had become much more restrained due to Green's continuous measures over the past few days. Some nobles who did not want to cause trouble even went into hiding, for fear of offending Green in some way.

However, Green knew that oppressing these nobles was not his goal.

Green took out a map, drew a line between Mothfrog City and the gold mine with a quill pen, and asked, "What do you see?"

Marquis Gumoza, who held the highest position and prestige among the nobles, frowned and tentatively asked, "If the city lord can solve the difficulties in developing the gold mine and build a brick road, it will indeed bring substantial income to Mothfrog City."

Green shook his head and smiled, then suddenly the quill in his hand slid again, drawing a line between the gold mine and the Doma River.

"This means we will open up one-third of a direct route from Mothfrog City to the Doma River! Once this road is completed, the other academy cities at the river's mouth will consume all our resources, allowing us to freely encourage the poor to develop natural agriculture and sell at unimaginably high prices. What does this mean?"

The old marquis and the many nobles gasped in shock; so this was Green's plan!

Build a road from Mothfrog City directly to the Doma River, and construct a port on the Doma River!

"This means we can open... a farm!"

Green's goal is to revitalize the stagnant pool, give everyone jobs, and mobilize all human resources. As long as all human resources can be mobilized and move in the right direction, it is itself a way of creating wealth.

With wealth and transportation, it's natural to attract people from other places.

To achieve this goal, the funds and resources held by these nobles must be pooled together as the first pot of gold to start the project.

Looking at the nobles present, Green said confidently, "The purpose of my gathering you here today is to borrow the first installment of funds from you to build the section of road from Mothfrog City to the Broken Tooth Mountain gold mine. And the benefit you will receive is 50% of the future development rights to the Broken Tooth Mountain gold mine!"

Green's empty promises were very tempting, which is also related to the fact that Green's purpose was not to collect human wealth.

"Fifty percent!?"

Is this really true?

Everyone was incredulous for a moment, but the old Marquis Gumoza said soberly, "Although the city lord is a wizard, how confident are you in solving the problem of gold mining? If this is not solved, everything is just empty talk."

"Perfect!"

Green said confidently.

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At night, Green met with the village chief of a remote village under the rule of Mothfrog City, who was wearing straw sandals and covered in mud.

With a thud, the old village chief knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face.

"Lord City Lord, many people in the village have contracted a strange illness. I have no other choice but to come here. I beg you, Lord City Lord, to provide assistance. If these people are not treated soon, I fear this year's harvest will be lost!"

Green gestured for the knights below to help the old village chief up. Listening to the old village chief's description, he pondered in his heart that it must be a contagious disease.

This situation is quite common in backward villages. Generally speaking, many wizard apprentices who have studied magic potions can easily solve it. It wouldn't have been a big deal for Green to go and take a look himself, but tomorrow's arrangements are very important and cannot be delayed.

How many people are in your village?

Green asked the old village chief whom the knight had helped up.

"Two hundred and twenty-seven... no, two hundred and twenty-six people."

"Um."

After nodding, Green turned to the accountant behind him and said, "Withdraw thirty magic stones from the accounting office and go to the Nine-Headed Wrath Wizard Academy to post a quest."

"Yes."

Although the Netherworld Heart Ancestor did not stipulate that wizards' private property could not be included in this assessment, the Nine-Headed Wrath Master Uncle emphasized this point sternly after tearing off the document, and even signed a contract.

It is evident that this Nine-Headed Wrathful Uncle seems to be an upright, meticulous, and rule-abiding person, which contrasts sharply with his unrestrained appearance.

"Thank you, Lord Green, thank you very much, Lord Green."

The old man was so moved that he burst into tears.

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The next morning, Green led dozens of city guards and a hundred knights from various nobles, setting off in a grand procession on horseback amidst the cheers of many residents in the streets.

We finally arrived at Bengya Mountain in the evening.

"Wow, a monster! A monster!"

The knights on their warhorses stared in terror at the enormous figure in the sky. Compared to this monster, humans were far too insignificant.

This is the Thousand-Eyed Crab.

"Lord Green."

The Thousand-Eyed Crab floated halfway in his mouth. Green, riding a warhorse, nodded and asked, "How's the matter I asked you to handle going?"

"I killed all those little bugs, and those that weren't killed fled because of my scent."

"The Thousand-Eyed Crab replied."

"Um."

After nodding, Green took out a large bag of seeds and a large quantity of sulfur, and distributed them to the knights who were still in a state of panic. He said calmly, "Your task is to scatter these seeds and sulfur in the surrounding swamp waters. They will repel some of the mosquitoes here and reduce the methane hazard to humans caused by this swamp."

In this way, the matter of mining gold was easily resolved by Green.

These things are nothing to wizards; it's just that very few wizards are interested in the lives of ordinary humans and gold coins.

If it weren't for the population growth assessment task assigned by the Netherworld Heart Ancestor, why would Green have placed his wizarding wisdom on these ordinary humans to create convenience for their lives?

Gradually, Green seemed to understand some things.

Is this the balance rule for humanity in the wizarding world?

The Stigmata Wizards need a large population to provide the base for advancing to the Wizarding rank, thus forcing some wizards to work for the benefit of ordinary humans. It is precisely because of this that the lives of ordinary humans in the Wizarding World are rarely disrupted by wizards, and are even protected!

(End of this chapter)