Wizard's Journey

Chapter 539 The Plan of Separation

"Lord of the City, I have decided to sign this contract."

The sixteen-year-old legendary knight, Mu Yi, laid out the contract given to him by Green the day before on the ground. After signing it as Green instructed, the contract suddenly disappeared after a fluctuation.

Looking at the somewhat childlike legendary knight, Green nodded with satisfaction and said, "From today onwards, stay by my side until my term as city lord ends."

"Yes."

After kneeling down in response, Mu Yi silently walked to Green's side.

After years of substantial financial investment, the Knight Training Academy, which was established a few years ago, has finally yielded results for Green. Knights with excellent physical foundations have begun to emerge in Mothfrog City.

If a nobleman from Mothfrog City had been able to do this, his wisdom would certainly have been considered forward-thinking. But for Green's wizard, it seemed to be taken for granted.

Establishing a knight academy is something every wizard could think of.

Many people want it but can't do it because every wizard thinks differently and plans differently!

With this legendary knight and a large number of knights of excellent basic qualities, it's time for Mothfrog City to start preparing to reclaim the gold mine and the blood agate mine.

Not only should they reclaim what they already have, but they should also take the initiative to attack and seize resource points in other nearby cities!

However, for now, we should wait and see. Let's wait until this legendary knight sheds his immaturity and becomes a mature legendary knight in terms of mind, body, and behavior.

……

Two months later.

Green sat in the wooden chair, listening to the report.

"Eight years ago, the city lord of Lingwei City began implementing a birth incentive program, vigorously encouraging residents of the territory to have more children, and punishing all unmarried men and women of marriageable age. However, this year, due to the surge in population and continuous rain disasters, there is a food shortage and famine. Many poor people have begun to come here to seek a living and have joined the road paving project and the construction of the Duoma River port."

A scout knight knelt on one knee and reported the findings to Green.

"Um."

Green nodded and asked, "So, how's the situation with the knights' guard over there? Any updates?"

"Reporting to the City Lord, due to the chaos caused by the famine, Lingwei City is under martial law, and I am unable to explore inside."

"That's what the scout knight replied."

From the knight's gloomy voice, Green sensed that the situation on Ling Weicheng's side was not optimistic.

"It seems that the situation in Lingwei City, managed by the disciples and students under this senior uncle, is not very good. The sudden surge in population has resulted in people not reaching the working age, and there are no corresponding resources to support them. So, if they don't want the internal system to collapse on its own, their only option is to invade and plunder resources."

If Lingwei City chooses to plunder resources, the now thriving Moth Frog City would naturally be a good target!

Of course, they are also very difficult targets to take action against.

Later, the other scout knights also reported on the situation in other cities around Mothfrog City. Overall, the population growth in Mothfrog City in Green was the slowest for the time being, but it was in a virtuous cycle.

Other cities, to varying degrees, have fallen into chaos due to their rapidly growing populations, and so on...

Ok?

and many more!

Green seemed to suddenly realize something, and his previously confident expression changed.

There are three neighboring cities around Moth Frog City: Lingwei City, Aifeng City, and Sweet Potato City.

If Green's situation continues to improve and he becomes increasingly wealthy, while the situation in the other three cities gradually begins to decline, and new people continue to flee to the even wealthier Mothfrog City, then the situation that follows... will likely evolve into a dire predicament that Green cannot even imagine!

That is, all the surrounding cities should unite and plunder the fat piece of meat that is Green Moth Frog City!

Thinking of this, Green couldn't help but gasp.

We must quickly think of a way to stop this from happening. Mothfrog City is still very fragile and cannot withstand hostility from more than two cities!

Although, as part of the assessment, the fellow disciples wouldn't resort to reducing the population of other wizards' territories as a way to indirectly increase their own, like other wizards do, even just plundering resources and destroying construction would be enough to thwart Green's original plans.

What should I do?

What should I do?!

Unbeknownst to him, Green realized that he had been oversimplifying some things.

This assessment is not simply about the construction of the wizards. If brute force is relied upon and loses the support of the nobility and their "reputation," then the situation will evolve into...

Night fell, after the dinner.

After gathering all the nobles, big and small, in the city, Green shared his concerns and thoughts from the day, hoping to gain some wisdom about survival among ordinary people from these nobles.

However, before Green could finish speaking, the old Marquis Gumoza smiled lightly, a cold glint in the depths of his cloudy eyes.

Over the past eight years, Gumoza has aged noticeably, and Green estimates that the old man won't last another two or three years.

Human lifespan is far too short.

"My lord, we can use our surplus wealth to employ the noble knight legions of Bee City and Sweet Potato City to help us reclaim the iron ore and blood agate mines!"

Green stared at Old Za in surprise. This old guy...

While this would temporarily increase the wealth of both cities and allow them to continue to suppress Mothfrog City in terms of population, this would only be temporary. When wealth is unevenly distributed across regions, the population of poorer areas will eventually migrate to wealthier areas. After all, humans are not livestock raised by wizard towers; humans have the right to pursue freedom!

And freedom represents a good life.

At this time, sow discord among the cities surrounding Moth Frog City. When their own problems gradually erupt, it will be difficult for them to join forces again. As Moth Frog City grows stronger day by day, these three cities will eventually lose their ability to resist, and all the increased population will flock to Moth Frog City!

All of this is contingent on Mothfrog City surviving its initial vulnerable period.

Green glanced back at the accounting steward and asked, "How many freely movable gold coins are there in the accounting office right now?"

"Reporting back to you, sir, there are a total of 7,954 gold coins."

Green's accountant has been replaced. The previous accountant was thrown into jail after Green discovered that he had embezzled and misappropriated several hundred gold coins from Mothfrog City, and he is still imprisoned.

Green nodded and said to Gumoza in a deep voice, "Four thousand gold coins. I'll allocate four thousand gold coins to you for this. If it's not enough, you'll have to find a way yourself. Just do this well. After it's done, the profits from the iron mine's agricultural workshop will be yours."

Marquis Gumoza was overjoyed.

"Yes, sir."

There are more than a dozen workshops on the iron ore mountain, half of which are related to agriculture. Although the profits are not as high as those of military workshops that make swords, axes and armor, they are still quite impressive.

It seems we need to plan this matter carefully!

After another boring party for Green, everyone dispersed, and Green used the time to meditate, trying to replenish the few points of mental energy he had lost when entering the nightmare world as soon as possible.

Uh...

Just then, a horn sounded from the city wall of Mothfrog City. After leaving his room, Green saw Mu Yi, dressed neatly, running out and ordered, "Go and organize the city guards to stabilize the order of the residents and implement a curfew. I'll go see what's going on."

After saying that, Green flew towards the direction of the horn.

A moment later, watching the knights on the city wall screaming in terror as they attacked downwards with spears and crossbows, and seeing three green, glowing molluscs, each over ten meters long and resembling giant earthworms, emerging from the ground and attempting to climb up the wall, Green breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out to be a wild giant anaconda.

To ordinary humans, the giant earth python may be a terrifying monster capable of devouring them, but to a wizard, it is merely a harmless little insect.

The assessment does not allow wizards to directly intervene in conflicts between cities, but that does not mean that wizards will not protect the residents of their territories from attacks by wild animals. After all, the wizards' primary goal is to increase the population of their territories!

After a cold laugh, Green flew over to the astonishment of a dozen knights on the city wall.

boom……

A short while later, Green flew back onto the city wall and said calmly, "All the city guards and knights get three catties, and the rest are to be taken to the orphanage. These guys have good meat."

"Yes."

Having witnessed the power possessed by a wizard, the knights swallowed hard and responded respectfully.

As dawn broke, Green flew back towards the city lord's mansion.

(End of this chapter)