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Aponia, Amelie, Seritina, and Lilulu, the maids, never expected that Niu Zida would return in the middle of the night. Although they had received a letter in advance informing them that Niu Zida was on Haizhi Island and would be returning soon, they thought it would take at least a month or two. Moreover, it was the middle of the night and everyone was asleep, so when Niu Zida arrived at the castle, the beautiful maids were all wearing their pajamas to greet him.
"Yes, everyone seems to be doing well these days, and the construction within the territory is progressing well, which puts my mind at ease."
Aponia and her maid knelt at the door to greet Niu Zida and apologize. Niu Zida didn't seem to mind and even introduced his new maid, Shenben Yuanjia, to everyone.
"There's another maid from Haiqi Island who can't come back, otherwise I would have introduced her to everyone."
Niu Zida briefly explained Xin Hai's situation to everyone. It was too late tonight, so he told everyone to go and rest first.
The group rested until the afternoon of the second day before getting up. Aponia had already ordered a large table of dishes to be prepared to welcome Niu Zida back. Niu Zida then noticed that the dishes on the table were much more abundant.
Because he hadn't seen Aponia for a long time, Niu Zida made sure she held him. Inhaling the soft, sweet scent of the beautiful woman's body, Niu Zida lay in her arms and asked Aponia to tell him about the current situation in the territory:
"After the master left, the food supply in the territory improved a lot. In July and August this year, the territory had a bumper harvest. Corn, potatoes, oats, radishes and tomatoes were all harvested in large quantities. Sister Aponia used some of the food to exchange for some pigs and cattle from other territories. At the same time, she also brought back piglets to be raised locally. After another 100 days or so, the meat supply in the territory will be very abundant."
"The summer planting season is almost over, and we can harvest another batch of cabbages and potatoes before it gets cold. We should have enough food to get through the winter this year."
"Aponia is really good at managing her territory. Now I can build goblins with everyone this winter."
Niu Zida leered and pinched Aponia's large breasts as encouragement. Aponia blushed and said shyly:
"It wasn't just my achievement; everyone helped me with a lot of political affairs."
“Master, if we pass through the territory of Echeberia on our way back, we can simply inform my husband to rest there before returning.”
"It's okay, I was just eager to come back and see everyone."
When Seritina heard Niu Zida say this, she knew in her heart that the other party still didn't trust her husband. After all, she was able to come here in the first place because her husband had used her as collateral. It seemed that the couple would need time and concrete actions to gain the master's trust. However, to be honest, Seritina wasn't sure what her husband was really thinking. She just hoped that he wouldn't do anything foolish and that all her efforts by Niu Zida's side wouldn't be in vain.
"Master, with so many maids in the house now, I'm afraid the castle won't be able to accommodate everyone."
Last night, everyone just made do with finding a room to rest. This time, we brought back Shenben Yuanjia, which adds another person. The castle is already too small to accommodate everyone. The key question is, what if Xin Hai comes again with even more maids? It seems the castle is indeed no longer suitable.
“I’ve thought about this problem too. I’m thinking it would be better to find a place outside the city and build a residence there. Ideally, it should be a place where goblins can stay. Otherwise, if there are too many goblins in the future, the barbican won’t be able to accommodate them.”
The main city of the Dore territory is not very large, with a population capacity of only around 10,000. If the number of goblins increases in the future, a suitable camp will need to be found. Therefore, it is time to put the construction of a new city on the agenda.
"Yes, when the master left, Seritina, Amelie, and Lilulu gave birth to another batch of goblins in the territory. Now the number of goblins in the territory has reached 700. If it is expanded further in the future, the current barbican will not be able to accommodate them all."
"The goblins are currently divided into two teams, one on duty and the other planting potatoes. If there are more of them in the future, they will be divided into more teams to grow their own land, which will indeed require more land."
These goblins are highly obedient to him, and the land they cultivate is mainly the territories directly controlled by Amelie, so there will be no conflict with the local nobles, landowners and farmers. This also increases the land utilization rate. At least for the next 3 years, this model should be able to stimulate production in the territory. However, in the more distant future, if they want to support more goblins, there is no other way but to expand. Niu Zida is well aware of this.
"If we expand our land outwards in this way, we will need to build new cities to protect them. Otherwise, if we encounter invasions from other places, or even if they take advantage of our harvest cycle to invade and harass us during the planting or harvesting seasons, our territory will be impoverished in just a few years."
"Indeed, from any perspective..."
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From any perspective, building a new city is urgently needed.
Aponia and Amelie also chimed in with their opinions, and it seemed the solution was to build a new city on the protected land. The most important thing now was to choose the location of the new city. The manpower for building the city was easy to arrange; Niu Zida could just work harder to get his maid to give birth to more goblins. After all, the territory was currently having a good harvest, so the number of goblins could be increased. Moreover, he could use the surplus food to recruit some of his own people to work as a supplement to the labor force.
"The nobles in the territory haven't made any special moves since I left."
"Not yet. It seems they were really scared of their master last time."
The Dore Territory is, after all, a small territory. Many knights had already died in the war with Fortini due to foreign wars, and then Niu Zida annihilated so many of them last time. It seems that these knights will have to wait a few years, which is a good thing. As long as there is no external intervention, the knightly class in the Dore Territory can no longer cause much trouble.
"I'm going out tomorrow to check out the proposed site for the new town."
"Master has just returned from a long journey, so he should rest more. There's no need to rush the construction of the new city, is there?"
"How can that be? If there's no good place for you to make a baby, I won't be able to rest properly."
Hearing Niu Zida say this, a slight blush appeared on Aponia's fair and alluring face. In truth, her body was also yearning for Niu Zida, after all, it had been almost half a year since she had tasted her master's favor...
Chapter 1 Territory Building
Chapter 146.
That evening, Niu Zida naturally wanted to pamper Aponia, Amelie, Seritina, and Lilulu, so he brought these four maids in to serve him.
Niu Zida had Amelie hug him, and then Aponia, Seritina, and Lilulu, all wearing open-crotch flesh-colored pantyhose, piled on top of each other on the bed, spreading their pantyhose apart. He then entered from behind, bringing all three maids to their peak.
As the responsible master, Niu Zida naturally couldn't forget the gentle and beautiful Amelie. He fought back again, and by the time he had tamed all four maids, Niu Zida was exhausted and covered in sweat. Finally, he lay down in Aponia's gentle embrace and fell into a deep sleep.
The next day at noon, after a simple meal, Niu Zida took his three maids, Aponia, Amelie, and Joel, out to inspect the site for the new city. He also wanted to take this opportunity to check on the goblin camp in the barbican and how their cultivated farmland was progressing. After all, he hadn't been back for half a year, and he needed to see for himself whether the goblins were working diligently. He couldn't afford to be bureaucratic and alienate himself from the goblin masses.
Upon arriving outside the barbican, we found it indeed orderly, still operating as the two teams that Niu Zida had set up before he left. One team was on duty, while the other was cultivating the land outside the city. The potatoes that had been harvested earlier had been replaced with cabbage, which would be ready for harvest when the weather turned cold.
"If possible, I'd like to try growing winter wheat here this year, and use greenhouses on some of the land to grow some winter vegetables..."
Aponia briefly introduced the production plan for the next few months to Niu Zida. Having lived with humans for a long time, Aponia was quite knowledgeable about agriculture.
“If feasible, we could consider expanding the use of greenhouses so that a large amount of vegetables can be stored for the winter. However, if farmers in border areas all have greenhouses, why didn’t the territory know about them before?”
“In the past, only lords and nobles cultivated this kind of agricultural technology on their own land for their own enjoyment, and they did not pass on the methods to outsiders, so most people had no idea about it. I only learned about it from Lady Amelie. At that time, I thought about whether this agricultural technology could be promoted so that we could eat vegetables in winter.”
"Furthermore, we can encourage the cultivation of these off-season vegetables within our territory and then export them. This way, we can generate higher profits by exporting vegetables to surrounding territories during the winter."
"The master's method is very good, but I'm worried that these farmers may be too conservative and unwilling to plant."
"We could take an incentive approach. Vegetables grown in winter could be tax-deductible, and the discount would be higher than that of oats, potatoes, tomatoes, radishes, and rice. Then the territory could purchase them and sell them to other regions."
"Master, your idea is so novel..."
"That's fine. We can set up an agricultural company exclusively for the lord, and you can control it, Amelie. Find someone you trust to arrange the purchase and sale of vegetables..."
"This... thank you... thank you, Master..."
Niu Zida's words were actually intended to give Amelie her own independent and controllable force, which would undoubtedly be of great help in supporting her daughter Donna to take power in the future. The intelligent Amelie naturally understood this meaning immediately and excitedly thanked Niu Zida.
Niu Zida was not stupid, of course, but his ambitions did not lie in such a small territory as Dore. If he wanted to conquer other territories in the future, it would be better to entrust this territory to Amelie as soon as possible, so that she could use the opportunity of establishing an agricultural company to build her own power and make it easier for him to manage the territory in the future.
If even such a small territory requires his energy in the future, he'll be exhausted. After all, Niu Zida's ambition is to conquer all territories he can see.
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Beautiful women are all riding on his hips, letting them give birth to his babies and create a new nation.
After inspecting the land, there were no problems. It was clear that under Aponia's supervision, the cultivated land was being well taken care of by the goblins, and there were even a few humans providing guidance.
“The land wasn’t doing very well before, so I found some villagers to teach these goblins how to farm. At first, the villagers were a little scared, but after spending more time with them, they got used to it. Because these goblins have their master’s orders, they are more restrained, and as long as they don’t encounter women, they are generally well-behaved.”
After checking that everything seemed fine, Niu Zida returned to the castle with the maids that evening. After a night's rest, the next day, in addition to taking Amelie, Aponia, and Joel with him to scout the terrain, he also brought Kuroyukihime and Haruyuki Arita along, as Haruyuki's flying ability would make it easier for him to scout the terrain from the sky.
"The new town should not be too far from the old town, and its terrain should ideally be higher than that of the old town, while also taking into account water access."
"If possible, it would be better to treat the new city entirely as a military fortress, used for garrisoning troops and residences, while developing its economic functions along the old city."
Amelie's suggestion was not without merit. Moreover, if the new city were to be built specifically for her and the goblins to live in, it would be unreasonable to attract a large number of humans to live nearby. Furthermore, the amount of work involved in building residential areas for humans would be too great, and Niu Zida does not have enough manpower at the moment. It would be best to build it into a relatively small but sturdy fortress.
Taking all this into consideration, for the next few days, Niu Zida and several maids went out early and returned late every day to survey the surrounding terrain and select a site. Niu Zida had Chunxue repeatedly scout and compare from the air, and finally selected a piece of land in the western part of the main city of Dorei. It was located on a hillside, forming a platform about three or four hectares in size, or about 200 meters square.
This small earthen platform is higher than the main city, about 30 meters above it. The slope facing the main city is quite steep, but it is gentler to the north and south. To the west, it nestles against the mountainside. If the enemy comes from the east, this place is relatively easy to defend and difficult to attack. Most importantly, there is a water source here. A small river flows down the mountain and passes by this earthen platform. Moreover, there is a small hot spring at a higher point to the west of the platform. This is a bonus for Niu Zida. After all, who wouldn't want to take a nice bath with their beautiful maid after a long day?
Chapter 147 Territory Building 2
Chapter 147.
After selecting this earthen platform as the site for building the new city, Niu Zida specifically requested that a stream be channeled from the mountain into the city, and that a small reservoir be dug inside the city so that if the earthen platform were besieged in the future, there would be enough water to hold out.
After returning, Niu Zida found human craftsmen in the territory and asked them to design the location of the rammed earth city wall. The new city plan was to have a gate facing the western hillside, and then another gate on the gentle southern slope. There would be no gate facing the old city to the east.
The designed city wall is a rammed earth wall, with a base about 2 meters wide and 2 meters high, then narrowing upwards to form a trapezoidal shape. This would make the wall sturdy and increase the difficulty for the enemy to attack. Niu Zida originally wanted the wall to be taller, but the amount of earth and stone required to increase the wall height by 1 meter would increase exponentially. After a simple calculation, Niu Zida had to give up. Even now, building such a small city with a square of just over 200 meters would be a huge undertaking for his manpower.
After several days of design, Niu Zida then mobilized two-thirds of the goblins to build the new city, and also recruited some humans. After all, goblins are too short, and humans are more adept at ramming earth walls. Moreover, building such a city requires skilled workers.
The city-building project continued for about half a month. Seeing that everything was progressing smoothly, Aponia suggested one day:
"Master, do you want to go and check on the demi-humans as well? If it weren't for the fact that you subdued a lot of demi-humans and cultivated the land before, this harvest wouldn't have been so bountiful."
Reminded by Aponia, Niu Zida suddenly remembered that before setting off for Altaïr, he had subdued the demi-human villages and gathered them together to oversee land reclamation. He was currently short of labor for building his city, so he thought he might as well conscript these demi-humans to work as well. What did Aponia mean by reminding him about these demi-humans? Was she directly telling him to conscript them? But Aponia hadn't explicitly stated it; was he left to make the decision? Thinking this, Niu Zida suddenly reached back and pinched Aponia's large snowball, saying:
"Aponia, you've gone bad too."
"Where is it? Please don't blame me, Master."
Aponia responded to Niu Zida with a gentle smile, but then raised her large breasts, making it easier for Niu Zida to play with them. Afterwards, Niu Zida took Aponia, Amelie, and Joel to the Ajin village for a stroll. Seeing that everything was going smoothly, Niu Zida praised Aponia's competence and also said:
"Besides these recruited demi-humans, I will continue to recruit more demi-humans in the western mountains. It would be even better if I could encounter a goblin tribe. Now that we have enough food, we need to expand our population and strengthen our forces."
"Do not
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It would be best to organize these demi-humans into an army as well, letting them govern themselves. Besides, the lord's directly controlled lands are dwindling; how will the master manage even more demi-humans?
Watching Niu Zida and Aponia being affectionate, Amelie voiced her concerns: if these demi-humans were to migrate into the territory on a large scale, how to manage them would undoubtedly be a major problem.
“These demi-humans can be temporarily settled on the mountain. Isn’t the land on the mountain still the lord’s direct territory for the time being?”
"But the population that can be accommodated here is still limited."
Amelie's concerns were not unfounded. After all, although this area was still under the lord's jurisdiction, the hillsides to the west were just woodlands, which were traditionally the lord's grazing and hunting grounds. Hunting here required paying taxes. Not only livestock, but also ponds, lakes, trees, minerals, and even the dry firewood were the lord's private property, and outsiders were not allowed to pick them up at will. If they were all given to the Amelie people, Amelie's exclusive income would be greatly reduced, so it's no wonder she had some objections.
"Once the population grows, all these people will become your property, so don't be so stingy."
“Master, that’s not what I meant. Even if the lord’s directly controlled territories are opened up, the population they can accommodate is still very small.”
Amelie felt that Niu Zida had misunderstood her, so she quickly explained again:
"The territory of Dorei is a small territory. The lord's direct control is probably only this area in the western mountains. Beyond that, there are other knights. Even if they are subordinate knights, you can't take their land without a reason."
Amelie's question made Niu Zida ponder. It seemed that if the territory wanted to develop further, after the initial growth, the most pressing problem was that a large amount of land was occupied by the knight class. If these knights were human lords in the past, it would be fine, at least they could be conscripted to help fight. But now that he was in charge of the territory, he could not trust these human knights and let them join the army. Even if they were forcibly conscripted, these people would not be willing to fight for him wholeheartedly.
This created an awkward situation: these knights could not be used for his own purposes, yet they occupied large tracts of land within his territory, and at the same time, he had to worry about them opposing him at any time—a clear negative political asset.
“Master, for these knights, it’s better to end it quickly than to prolong the pain. We should find an opportunity to strengthen their internal unity.”
"However, these knights all have clear titles. If they are removed without authorization, it will not only cause a backlash within the territory, but people outside will also notice the problem in the Dore Territory, and may even cause interference from neighboring territories."
At the beginning of last year, the knights' expeditionary force failed, and he had already pardoned the opposing knights, which brought peace back to his territory. Now, only a few months have passed, and Niu Zida knows that if he acts rashly, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the knights. Although defeating them by force is not a problem, if word of the war gets out and causes a large-scale exodus of these knights, it will be difficult to handle. Last time, he managed to keep them in check, preserving their lands. In addition, the war between the Kingdom of Altaïr and Fortini was tense at the time, and he could not take care of the surrounding areas, which prevented external reactions. If he acts rashly now and makes a big move like confiscating land, the surrounding territories may not give him a second chance to pretend not to see it.
In addition, Amelie did not want to completely eliminate the knightly class. Although she did want to weaken the power of these knights to ensure the smooth succession of her daughter Donna after she came of age, if the knights were completely eliminated, her daughter would have to rely entirely on Niu Zida's power in the future, and the position of lord would still be unstable.
Besides, Niu Zida is just a goblin after all. Although he controls the territory now, who knows what will happen in three to five years? If Amelie can't win over a knight who is loyal to her, and Niu Zida is defeated and killed in the future, she can't rely on goblins and demi-humans to consolidate her territory, can she?
Niu Zida lay in Aponia's arms, pondering for a while, watching his beautiful maid, Daiyukiko, consider her next move. Perhaps because he had been rubbing her breasts for so long, they had become red, causing Aponia to let out a soft, suggestive moan. Only then did Niu Zida realize he had been a bit too rough, and he kissed the beautiful woman's smooth breasts, saying:
"Oh, I'm so sorry, I was so focused on thinking that I didn't notice. Did I pinch you too hard?"
"It's alright, Master, have you come up with any ideas?"
"There is a general direction for the solution, but it is quite complicated to implement."
Niu Zida glanced at his maids and, seeing that they were all listening attentively to his opinions, continued:
"We need to divide and conquer these knights. Those who are willing to submit to Amelie should be won over, while those who are observing should be kept in check. Only those with strong rebellious intentions need to be dealt with, and even then, the attack should not be too drastic. We need to lure them out of their hiding places and make them jump out on their own. As for the specific implementation plan, I'm still thinking about it..."
Chapter 148 Territory Building 3
Chapter 148.
For the next month or so, Niu Zida continued to organize manpower to carry out the construction of the new city. Of course, the work of getting the maids pregnant and giving birth to goblins did not stop. By the time the outer rammed earth walls of the new city were almost completed, the number of goblins in the territory had reached about 1000.
Niu Zida continued to organize the goblins into three large groups of approximately 300 men each, with each group equipped with a goblin magic swordsman and...
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A goblin priest is needed, and then the goblin priest becomes the central figure in command. Niu Zida can then use the goblin bone whistle to directly control the goblin priest and thus gain control of the team. Otherwise, with 1000 people now, if everyone has to rely on blowing the whistle to command when there are 10000 people in the future, they will be exhausted to death.
After the rammed earth city wall was basically completed, Niu Zida ordered the digging of a moat to continue under the earthen platform. Since there was no large river nearby, only a small stream that flowed from the western hillside as the water source for the new city, it was not suitable to introduce a moat as a city moat. It seemed that another solution would have to be found later.
The amount of earth to be dug in the trenches is not small, but fortunately the technique is simple. The goblins should start digging before winter arrives. However, the biggest problem at present is the lack of tools. After all, shovels are rare items in the territory. The Dorrey territory does not have many shovels in reserve. Iron products also cost money, not to mention that many iron products are prioritized for making armor and weapons for the knight class.
Niu Zida was somewhat dissatisfied with the progress of the trench excavation. Moreover, considering that iron ore would be needed to facilitate the manufacture of weapons, farm tools, and other equipment within the territory, he summoned Amelie and inquired about the mineral resources within the territory, especially the iron ore.
"I wonder where there might be iron ore in the territory?"
"There are iron mines in the western mountains, but they are quite far away, making mining inconvenient. That area used to be inhabited by demi-humans."
"The settlement of demi-humans is not a problem. I was just worried about who would work in the iron mines in the future. After we subdue these demi-human tribes, we can make them Paru."
Niu Zida, with a lewd grin, pinched Amelie's large breast and said, while Aponia asked from the side: