Annien woke up from meditation and opened his eyes. At this time, the carriage was still moving slowly on the tortuous road. Looking out from the window, the farmlands formed green blocks. Although he ordered not to care about the farmland, the old baron knew about it and immediately cursed a few times. Then he immediately transferred half of the farmers in Blue Fort to the new farmland, barely maintaining the production of the two farmlands.

However, when the old baron saw the well-organized "Snow Sail Town" and saw the salt field that almost made him dizzy on the spot, he issued an order asking Annien to take over all the territory - Anyway, Annien is also the heir of the eldest son, so it should have been.

However, Annien, who took over, found that in fact, the entire island was about 400 square kilometers. In such a territory, there were only more than 3,000 people, of which 2,000 were newly bought by themselves. The old baron only had more than 1,400 people, of which 80% relied on planting wheat, barley, etc., and a few households raised pigs and sheep just provided rare meat for the lord.

In the town near Blue Castle, there was only a small blacksmith shop, which could only make some farm tools, and at the same time there was only one mill, not even a restaurant. It is said that the old baron didn't like drinking. Of course, the most fundamental reason was that there was no extra grain to use for making wine.

In fact, for Annon, what troubles him the most now is not the financial problem or the territorial construction design problem, but the shortage of people!

Without population, everything became empty talk. In fact, the old baron's 1,000 people had already experienced a labor shortage after sharing the new farmland. It was impossible for him to get rid of people. As for the slave trade, in order to avoid infiltration and leaks of secrets, he temporarily stopped absorbing new slaves.

This question was only when talking about goblins by chance that Annien's eyes immediately lit up. He asked the Blue Fort security captain Weisan: "Are there goblins on this island?"

"Yes, why don't there?" Weisang seemed to be a soldier, so he said with some disgust: "These hateful monsters hid in the hills and digged holes, and went to our farmland from time to time to steal something."

Although it was a disgusting tone, it was obvious that the goblins were not regarded as enemies, but only as animals that were harassing like wild boars.

"Then, are there any other monsters?"

"No one seems to have seen this before." Weisan thought for a while and said hesitantly.

Annien nodded. If there were any monsters like ogres, orcs, and only such goblins would have been discovered, only such goblins would not be valued by humans - because they have no threat.

Goblins have green skin, but they have no hair or beard. Goblins almost have wide noses, pointed ears, big mouths and small and sharp canine teeth. They are about four feet tall and have a maximum lifespan of about fifty years old. Generally speaking, goblins have lower physical strength than humans. Adult goblins are equivalent to 15-year-old teenagers in humans and have lower intelligence than humans, but they are still considered intelligent life.

Thinking of this, he said to Weisan: "Next time the goblins are harassed, I will catch a goblin. I want to live, I will be useful."

Although Weisan didn't know what the young heir wanted to do with the goblins, it was not difficult, so he agreed immediately.

"I, Mocha, want to be alive."

Mocha was born in a goblin tribe in a mountainous area. There are hundreds of goblins in this goblin tribe - this is a very suitable number. After all, if there are too many goblin tribes, it will be difficult to support them by nearby resources.

Mocha is an ordinary goblin. His father is a small team leader in the goblin team. As a result, he died shortly after Mocha was born. When the local genius robbed the farmers, he encountered human soldiers. So the goblin immediately turned around and ran away. Mocha's father also wanted to escape, but inexplicably tripped by a tree that fell to the ground, so Mocha lost his father.

Therefore, Mocha's treatment in the future is very poor. Sometimes, for no reason, he will be beaten by other goblins. When Mocha rolls in pain on the ground, the goblins nearby laugh because they all like to watch other creatures in a safe place in pain. This is a fixed entertainment program.

But Mocha is not that ordinary. It can be said that it is naturally much smarter than its companions, but this is meaningless, which makes it more hated by its companions. Therefore, as it grows, it not only fails to gain the status that an adult goblin should have, but instead makes him increasingly bullied.

This time, the food in the tribe was gone again. Therefore, the goblin tribe, inspired by the leader's big stick, headed towards the human settlements in large numbers. They did not fight, but steal. Before the soldiers came, they could get some wheat, some barley, and even chickens raised by humans were quite good.

However, when they came up the mountain, they were dozens of fully armed human soldiers. The goblins immediately shouted in surprise and fled to the mountain. At this time, Mocha's father's bad luck came on it again. When they ran away, it was pushed by a strong goblin and rolled down from the hillside, and fell right in front of the human soldiers. Mocha's clumsy behavior made the human soldiers laugh.

Even with a not-so-smart head, Mocha suddenly understood that his father died, that's what it means. Looking at the fleeing goblins from afar, he couldn't help crying: "I, Mocha, want to be alive." (To commemorate a certain goblin lord, he appeared with a similar origin)

Seeing the hopeless escape, Mocha immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, as gentle as a lamb. Although humans do not understand gossip, everyone understands this posture. After the human soldier laughed, he looked at a human man.

This human man was wearing steel armor and had a very high status. The wisdom of goblins was actually similar to that of human teenagers. The reason why they seemed particularly stupid was simply because they had not been educated at all. By the way, if humans were not educated at all and were raised by wild animals, they might not be as good as goblins. Therefore, Mocha could distinguish this point and whine to him immediately.

"Take it away, the young master wants to get a goblin."

"Captain Visan, but it is too smelly. Should it be washed? At least when you see the Lord, it can also look like it is not so dirty." A soldier suggested.

"Well, you're right. It's so dirty. Come on, throw it into this river and let it wash it thoroughly!" Captain Weisan agreed.

Goblins can not take a bath for a whole year or even for a lifetime, so when Mocha was kicked into the river, he immediately screamed in panic, thinking that humans were going to drown it. However, after a while, at the human soldiers who were laughing and watching, the smart Mocha understood what humans meant, so he took a bath honestly. A thick layer of its body was almost filth that had not been washed for more than ten years. It soaked in the water, and the water in this section immediately turned black. Fortunately, the water in the river kept flowing, otherwise it would be very possible to poison the fish in the water.

The human began to take out the bread and eat Chinese food. Mocha, who was still taking a bath, couldn't help swallowing a saliva. It knew the deliciousness of human bread. This was one of the spoils obtained after the last goblin stole. Although it was not qualified to enjoy it, it still stole a piece to eat it - the price was that it was beaten into a coma by Ou.

"Come here!" said Captain Weisan.

Although I don’t understand what humans say, I can tell it according to the situation. After washing, Mocha carefully got on the shore and looked at them with a gaze.

"Yeah, it's OK, at least it won't smell like this. Little Goblin, do you understand?"

After being whipped, Mocha immediately understood, so the goblin followed the human soldiers to the castle and met Mocha's future owner. When he was still dozens of meters away from the room, Mocha's whole body was shaking, causing the human soldiers to laugh wildly.

When Mocha arrived in the room, he saw the young master's eyes. It immediately fell to the ground in fright and kowtowed repeatedly. Of course, humans didn't know why, but the goblin, who was still very keen instinct, obviously felt the pressure on the young master. Later Mocha realized that it was a dragon's power similar to a giant dragon.

"Yeah, it's good. Take it down. The daily treatment is equivalent to a servant. Teach it to learn common terms and basic combat." Annien said very satisfiedly, and he felt the surrender of the goblin.

"Yes, Your Excellency."

After the goblin Mocha was taken out, someone asked in confusion why the goblin was treated so well.

"Everyone thinks, how many goblins are there in the mountains here?" Annien drank milk tea. This kind of tea brick is a very rare treasure, and even a nobleman is a luxury.

"There are many tribes of goblins, and I think there are six hundred."

"I think there are four hundred."

"I think there are a thousand."

The slutty servant was guessing.

"No matter how many there are, there are always more goblins than you see at the moment. I want this goblin to become the head of goblins on the island, that is, to unify the goblin tribe." Annin said.

This idea was obviously beyond everyone's expectations, and everyone present suddenly became unpredictable and they looked at each other.

"Brother, why do you want this goblin to unify the goblin tribe on the island?" asked Alice, the beloved Anne's sister.

"Hello, Alce, what do you think we are missing now?"

"We don't need to be short of people now. We have a lot of money and a lot of food. Everyone lives well, but only manpower... Oh, I know, we are short of manpower now, but what does this have to do with goblins?"

"Why doesn't it matter? We are short of people now and have no way to do many things, but goblins are actually good slaves. For example, I want to build a Blue Castle today. We are not short of money now, but we just lack people."

"Can you let the goblins build a castle? Is it okay?" This idea was so surprising. After waiting for a while, Alce spoke: "Will a small dirt house be built?"

A castle of crumbling little rustling buns appeared in her mind.

"Haha, it's certainly not possible to let them build castles directly, but they can burn bricks, log wood, and carry them. These jobs can save two-thirds of the people. We have much less demand for manpower, and whether it is wood or brick, goblin slaves can prepare to do it first and exist there."

"Give them food, and they will work. If they don't want to do it, our goblin leader will naturally punish them. After the castle is built, they can let them do other work. There are many places on our island that need labor!"

Annien's idea this time has not received much support from many people, but since he came to power, the miracle he created has made his authority deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. No one here has thought of making such a lot of gold, and he has never even seen it. Even the old baron was almost excited to have a stroke after knowing that he could earn tens of thousands of gold coins a month.

Now, which soldier and servant do not try to curry favor with this young priest? So, even if there is a question in my heart, no one will object. Therefore, Goblin Mocha lives in the castle. For Goblin Mocha, even if the servants are despised, this place is still a paradise - there are fresh bread every day, and even meat once a week, and it is still educated by a servant every day.

The servants also found fun, and their speculation about goblins became a big debate and gambling about whether they could learn human language. Some servants insisted that goblins were wild beasts and could not learn human language, while others believed their younger lords and were pressed on the side where goblins could learn human language. However, the result came out soon. What surprised everyone was that less than a month ago, the goblins were able to speak hundreds of common human languages.

Even Annien was very surprised to ask the servants why this was the case. You know, even humans would not be able to learn so quickly. However, the servant's report made him immediately know that he had underestimated the attraction of food to goblins and the efforts of goblins. In order to get the reward, goblins recited spoken language almost every day, over and over again, until they fully remembered and could speak it casually.

With such perseverance and such mind, even Annien himself felt that he should reconsider the positioning and estimation of the goblin race, and in this way, he must speed up his research.

Thinking of this, he began to enter his own special mage room again. No servants are allowed to enter without permission. In fact, he already had the idea of ​​building a mage tower by himself, but such a thought is not desirable for his current mage level or the current situation in his territory, so he can only give up temporarily.

On the experimental bench, Anmu Mill was shining brightly on the six glass bottles, with skin bubbles swelling, and the potions inside were rolling, emitting colorful colors. On the east side of the room, a crystal ball hung on it, shining brightly, making the room quite bright.

The third-level spell, the incandescent ball that is stuck, has the magic principle. Its magical principle is to instill magic energy into a specially made crystal ball, which can create long-lasting brilliance. Instill magic energy at one time can satisfy one month of lighting, and can also adjust the brightness at will. Therefore, the mage can turn brightness when working and dim when resting. To a certain extent, this is almost the same as the intelligent indoor light adjustment system of the earth in the 26th century.

Magic, in this world, if it were not for the cultivation of mages that were too difficult to popularize, magic could completely replace science, and even had a height that even science could not reach - for example, in the 26th century, my own time and space corridor experiment, in fact, in this world, some spells above level ten can complete the cross-plane journey, which is a clear proof.

Of course, now is not the time to think about this. He is now studying the enchantment-type magic spells. Charming humans is a first-level spell, but the time can only last for a few hours, while the charm monster is a fourth-level spell. He has just started researching it and has no ability to cast it, but even if he can cast it, it will not have much effect - because it can only last for a few days.

How to make that goblin obey him? This permanent charm effect is far beyond what he can reach in terms of spell level, but if it is combined with potions and magic items, it may be successful...

This involves several aspects, one is the permanent addition of magic. This is actually the scope of the fifth-level magic constant technique, and it is not the area he can cover now. But if it does not require nearly constant, it only needs to maintain the effect for a few months? The difficulty will be greatly reduced. Although it is still a challenge for Annien, it is not impossible.

The second is the simplified version of the charming monster. It can achieve similar effects by carving it on the silver medal. As long as the goblin is worn, it can be brainwashed weakly but continuously. Saying a lie a thousand times is equivalent to the truth. He always remembers this famous saying on earth. As long as the goblin wears the silver medal for more than three months, it can be completely transformed into its own loyal slave by subtle influence.

Of course, in order to achieve this effect, he must become a de facto magic weapon in this silver medal - able to fire six magic missiles and be able to charge. With such power, I believe that the little goblin will always put it on his body to suppress all goblins, and maybe it will also form a symbol of the goblin leader!

To achieve this goal, at least one diamond has to be consumed. It comes from a fine mattress, with excellent quality, at least worth 500 gold coins. It seems a bit waste to consume so much money for a goblin, but it doesn't matter to him in fact - this is not entirely for goblins, but more importantly, he has always felt that this aspect is really worth studying in his research on spells and the manufacturing of magical objects.

In such an atmosphere, time really passed quickly. A month passed. At the end of that month, the little goblin Mocha, who had learned the common language of humans and basic combat, was fond of accepting the reward from his master - an exquisite silver medal inlaid with diamonds. After training, he learned to trigger the magic missiles on it, and then went back proudly.
Chapter completed!