Manid also consciously took on the task of welcoming the two new urban areas, east and west.
As he said, this was originally his responsibility and obligation, and Manid also had his unique understanding of how to build new urban areas.
At this time, Manid received the news and came from the nearby Administrative Residence to the Noble Residence. Or rather, it was originally the same building, just a slight detour would get him there.
"Respected Lord Shen Mu, according to my calculations, we can build the new urban area larger, and at the very beginning, we only need to build city walls and gates. Military defensive structures like arrow towers and watchtowers are not needed for now, as the defensive pressure we currently face is not significant," Manid reported.
"Hmm, you can handle it. I only care about how much Faith Power and dinar it will cost," Shen Mu directly asked the key point.
"My idea for building the city walls and gates is to extend them directly outwards along the north and south city walls, and then for the area of the eastern and western new urban areas, I want to base them directly on the central urban area," Manid reported.
"If the area of the eastern and western urban areas is based on the central urban area, wouldn't that be equivalent to another new central urban area? You should know that our central urban area is approximately 0.5 square kilometers, about 700 mu of land. If both the eastern and western new urban areas are 0.5 square kilometers, then the total area of our Deherim will reach 1.5 square kilometers, which is nearly 2000 mu of land."
Shen Mu's expression was astonished.
You should know that the current cultivated land in Deherim is only about 4500 mu.
Now, with the addition of these two new urban areas, east and west, the land area will directly increase by another 4000 mu.
It can be said that the total area of Deherim will instantly double!
Therefore, Shen Mu was so astonished. After all, after directly doubling, the area of his main urban area of Deherim would be equivalent to its entire previous area, which was already quite huge.
"Respected Lord Shen Mu, there's no other way. After all, we still need to develop. If we don't reserve enough space in advance, then when our Deherim develops faster, receives more Blue Star Humans, and even more soldiers and commoners from the Mount & Blade World, we will eventually become quite crowded. Instead of trying to find a solution then, it's better to reserve the space in advance. This way, when we have more people developing, we will have ample space to accommodate them."
Manid spoke very seriously and quite frankly at this time: "And according to my thinking, when we develop to a certain extent, we can also open up new spaces on both sides of the mountain where the Rodok Castle District is located north of Deherim, completely encircling Rodok Castle. While bringing new space, it can also make the castle's defense more three-dimensional."
"Is that so?" Shen Mu also thought of the plan Manid mentioned. After a moment of thought, he still nodded with great trust in Manid and said, "I trust you to handle things. Then the construction of the town is entrusted to you, Manid. Don't let me down."
"Understood, Respected Lord Shen Mu." Manid bowed respectfully to Shen Mu.
Then, according to Manid's suggestion, the construction of the eastern and western new urban areas began to enter the argumentation and drawing stage.
As long as the preliminary plans for the eastern and western urban areas are completely drawn on parchment, Shen Mu will approve and agree to start construction directly.
As a young man from a merchant background, Manid had a lot of experience in how to build a new urban area. Although he had no experience in building towns or castles as a merchant, he had actually visited so many towns and castles. Of course, he knew what kind of town construction would have better results.
This is one of the advantages of a merchant: extensive knowledge. He understands a bit of everything. Although he cannot be called an absolute specialist, being able to seriously summarize the strengths of various parties is already enough.
Looking at Manid bowing to him and then leaving, Shen Mu was quite satisfied with him.
This is why he chose Manid to be his chief steward.
He is very reliable.
He has the vigor of a young man, and his previous bankruptcy also made him aware of the heavy cost of failure, thus giving him better vigilance and a serious and responsible heart.
Now that he is serving Shen Mu, these two advantages have been fully amplified. At least for Shen Mu, he truly likes Manid's ability to be serious and responsible and to coordinate the overall situation.
"Respected Lord Shen Mu, Prophecy-type Mage Zhang Bo has brought another 20 Blue Star Humans and wishes to request an audience with you." Just as Manid left and Shen Mu was quite pleased, a Holy Tree Knight quickly walked in from outside, bowed respectfully to Shen Mu, and reported, "According to Zhang Bo, he wishes to request your enfeoffment again."
"Oh, I understand. Let them in." Shen Mu was not surprised by this, as he had to enfeoff 20 Blue Star Humans as Spiritual Realm Commanders every day, which were actually Ten-Man Commanders in the Mount & Blade World.
By this time of day, it was indeed time for Zhang Bo to bring those 20 Blue Star Humans to request his enfeoffment.
As for why Zhang Bo was bringing those Blue Star Humans for enfeoffment, Shen Mu had already understood from others that Zhang Caidong had agreed for Zhang Bo to bring these Blue Star Humans for enfeoffment.
The two of them have always had a good relationship.
They even seem to be from the same hometown.
Of course, Shen Mu didn't care about this. What was more important to him was who brought the Blue Star Humans for enfeoffment, and then he would send commoner units to follow these Blue Star Humans, allowing them to level up and gain more Faith Power.
As for the detailed arrangements, he didn't care at all and let these Blue Star Humans arrange them themselves. This is the benefit of decentralization, allowing those Blue Star Humans to gain power in his hands, and then they were incorporated into their loyalty to Shen Mu, beginning to actively maintain Shen Mu's rule, and then forming various interest circles around Shen Mu.
For example, now, ever since he connected with those middle-level managers, those middle-level managers have had some friction with those senior managers, and instead, they are quite keen on meeting him directly. This is a trend of flat management.
And it is also equivalent to Shen Mu using his power to form an interest circle.
At first, he didn't think so much, he just wanted to see how many middle-level managers there were, and then it would be convenient to count them for their subsequent enfeoffment and transformation into Spiritual Realm Commanders.
As for the division between senior managers and these middle-level managers, Shen Mu simply didn't consider it.
The current situation was completely an accidental success.
"Respected Lord Shen Mu, these humans have been brought." After Shen Mu gestured to the Holy Tree Knight to bring in all the Blue Star Humans, the Holy Tree Knight quickly led Zhang Bo and the others over.
Led by Zhang Bo, followed by 20 extremely excited middle-level managers.
"Greetings, generous and benevolent Respected Lord Shen Mu." These middle-level managers came before Shen Mu, stood in the meeting room, and before Zhang Bo could speak, they quickly placed their hands on their chests, bowed, and respectfully shouted loudly to Shen Mu.
Zhang Bo was accustomed to this behavior and also respectfully lowered his head, placed his hand on his chest, bowed, and said to Shen Mu, "Greetings, Respected Lord Shen Mu."
"Hmm, you may all stand up." Shen Mu nodded, extended his hand as if to support them, and motioned for Zhang Bo and these Blue Star Humans to stand up.
These simple formalities were enough.
He did not like such time-wwasting rituals, even though he knew that such rituals themselves represented a kind of hierarchical order.
"Respected Lord Shen Mu, these are today's 20 very qualified middle-level managers." Zhang Bo spoke first at this time, bowing respectfully to Shen Mu and saying, "They are all very excellent, recognized by me as Blue Star Humans who can receive your generous grace, and also loyal individuals willing to dedicate all their strength to you and Deherim."
"Yes, Respected Lord Shen Mu, we are willing to dedicate all our strength to you and Deherim, and if necessary, we are even willing to sacrifice our lives," these middle-level managers of Blue Star Humans said excitedly.
"Hmm, very good." Shen Mu merely nodded, not at all caring about what Zhang Bo and these middle-level managers said about being willing to sacrifice their lives.
How could life be so casually given up?
He had no absolute faith, nor any absolute quality that would make them admire him. He was merely at the pinnacle of power, and these people were simply speaking polite words about power in front of him.
They believed in power, not in him, nor in his ideals and beliefs.
Let alone anything like faith.
At most, it was out of respect for Deherim, and then during prayer, due to the powerful strength Shen Mu now displayed, they became nominal believers, and the resulting mental fluctuations condensed into Faith Power.
Ultimately, these people only developed Faith Power for him because of power, status, and the comfortable life they now enjoyed.
They would only revere him.
If he lost these things and could no longer provide them with a better life, they would quickly go from nominal believers to false believers, and eventually become Blue Star Humans with no faith.
Shen Mu understood these Blue Star Humans quite well.
Therefore, he didn't express much regarding their words. He just looked at Zhang Bo, who was so respectful towards him, and felt satisfied with the Prophecy-type Mage's loyalty.
Then he raised his hand, communicated with the system through his thoughts, and used Faith Power and dinar to directly complete the enfeoffment of these 20 Blue Star Humans as Ten-Man Commanders.
Granting them the Swadian Recruit template.
"This power is truly mighty."
"Is this the legendary power belonging to the spirit world rules?"
"I can feel the powerful strength granted to me by the spirit world rules within my body."
"So this is the power possessed by a Spiritual Realm Commander; it's too powerful."
These Blue Star Humans, who had completed their enfeoffment as Ten-Man Commanders, exclaimed in surprise, their eyes wide, looking at each other, feeling the power bestowed by the Mount & Blade Rules, and were quite delighted.
However, in their view, this was not power bestowed by the Mount & Blade Rules, but power granted by the spirit world rules. Because they only knew about the spirit world rules and had no understanding of the Mount & Blade Rules.
After all, Shen Mu was consciously aligning his Mount & Blade Rules with the spirit world rules, as these Blue Star Humans simply didn't understand what Mount & Blade Rules were or what spirit world rules were.
They only knew from the Spiritual Realm Followers that the spirit world rules were a type of rule similar to the medieval cold weapon era, possessing magic and powerful professional inheritances, and more keen on troop-based combat.
And the Mount & Blade Rules happened to fit these characteristics.
Therefore, mistaking the Mount & Blade Rules for the spirit world rules, for these Blue Star Humans who had only been exposed to the spirit world rules for three years, was like looking at high-grade glass and diamonds; it was impossible to distinguish them without professional 鑑定 methods. At least for ordinary people, they couldn't tell the difference.
Of course, this was also a small trick Shen Mu consciously employed to hide the Mount & Blade Rules behind the spirit world rules, to avoid conflicts with the forces of the spirit world.
"Alright, since you have all completed your transformation, you can now lead your followers to become stronger."
Shen Mu looked at these very excited middle-level managers and said faintly, "But you must remember, those human followers are your very important partners. If they suffer unnecessary casualties, I will decide whether to replenish you or whether you are qualified to continue leading these human followers based on your performance. If you are not qualified, I will strip you of all your qualifications to lead human followers. I hope you understand."
"We understand, Respected Lord Shen Mu. We will do our best to grow stronger together with our human followers, these partners," these middle-level managers quickly became serious and answered Shen Mu earnestly.
It was as if they were making an oath.
Seeing this, Shen Mu nodded with satisfaction, as this was the effect he wanted.
He said nothing more, just waved his hand, signaling that these middle-level managers, who had completed their Ten-Man Commander enfeoffment and had also been assigned 10 Swadian Commoners to follow them, could leave.
These middle-level managers once again respectfully placed their hands on their chests, bowed to Shen Mu, and then exited the Noble Residence.
Then they looked at the Swadian Commoners behind them, their expressions growing increasingly excited.