Chapter 188 Surveying fields and building bridges
By the time the Tinibazos arrived at the Zamoras' house, the Zamoras had already tidied up the house and yard, which was much better than their home.
On the opposite side was Sistos. As one of the many blacksmiths in the supply camp, he also participated in the blind date meeting that day. Although the women in the rebel army knew about his bad deeds of defecting and looked down upon him at all, he was a blacksmith, which was a respected profession no matter which tribe in the area, and others also He was tall and strong, and the Skodisci and Segestica women, who did not understand his past, naturally favored him.
Sistos, who has been single for 40 years and has a high vision, finally got his wish and chose a young woman from Segestika with fair skin and beautiful appearance.
After the tribe then assigned him a house, his dissatisfaction with the rebels had completely dissipated.
But now he regrets it. As the old saying goes, women with delicate skin are not good at work.
In fact, the woman he chose was the daughter of a leader of the Volris tribe who died in battle. The work in the house had always been done by slaves, so she sat on the cleaned bed board as soon as she entered the house, no matter what the situation was. Whatever Stoss signaled to her, she shook her head.
There was no way, the man himself made the choice to finish it with tears in his eyes... So Sixtos kept cleaning the whole house alone.
Of course, there are not many blacksmiths as unlucky as him, and the happiest ones are none other than Percy Anassis and his son.
The reason why his son Pasipidas chose to join the rebel army was because he received good treatment from the medical camp after being seriously injured. He also fell in love with Lucina, the nurse who took good care of him, and the two finally got married. Get married.
Although his father, Paisianas, was older, he was chosen by many women because of his status as a blacksmith. He considered his son and finally married a middle-aged Skordischi woman.
Taking into account the relationship between the two as father and son, the tribe assigned the houses to the two families to be relatively close to each other. The father, Percy Anassis, took his wife to his son's house first to help tidy up the house.
The family of four was working, talking and laughing at the same time, very lively and harmonious.
After all the tribesmen settled in the village, they were busy cleaning and tidying up their houses or residences like Tinibazus and others. Even some reserve tribesmen and Segestika prisoners who were not allocated houses and could only live together were busy making beds, repairing leaks or pitching tents under the supervision and command of tribal officials...
At dusk, all members of the tribe queue up at the door of the main house to receive food according to their living area.
At this time, the heads of various departments who led the people to initially complete the relocation task gathered in the main hall to participate in the political hall meeting held by Chief Maximus.
"2,815 houses were allocated to married couples in Snodia village, and 2,070 houses were allocated in Westeni..." First, the agricultural officer Volenus told how the tribesmen settled in the two villages. Case.
After listening, Maximus said: "That is to say, the accommodation situation here is very tight. Many reserve tribesmen and captives need to set up tents to have a place to live. The housing over there in Westney is relatively better, whether it is Whether it is individual housing or collective living, everyone can live in the house..."
"Yes, leader. Fortunately, the Segestika people built a relatively large timber storage yard to the west of the village. It was probably originally intended to be used for building docks and ships. Later, the timber was used for attacks. Our camp, so we can set up a lot of tents in the empty site, otherwise some people might have to live outside the village," Volenus added.
"The conditions are limited now. Let the tribesmen huddle together for a while. At least it will be better than before. There is no need to sleep in the open air." Maximus smiled and said: "This time the tribe is relocated, your Ministry of Agriculture has done a good job. There were no major problems in the process, and everyone moved into the village... Next, you have to focus on measuring the land and dividing the land among the people. This is the top priority. Everyone is looking forward to it. Can it be completed in five days?”
Volenus shook his head like a rattle: "Chief, there is so much land that can't be measured in only five days. Allocating land is a major matter for the tribe, and it doesn't matter if it's more or less. It must be very rigorous and serious. Don’t be careless at all!
Moreover, there are not many people in our tribe who can measure land, and most of them are in the engineering team. If Spukala can bring people to help us check, we can not only speed up the progress of measuring the land, but also ensure the accuracy of the land measured. "
Maximus thought for a moment and said: "Measuring and allocating land is the most important matter of our tribe. This major matter is mainly responsible for the Ministry of Agriculture. Voronus, I give you this power, you can control the entire tribe. Choose the right people to help you complete this work. Anyone who is transferred must do their best to cooperate! If anyone is unwilling to contribute, or even shirks——
Karina, your Ministry of Human Resources needs to take control and make a mark on this person's promotion rating. Of course, those who perform well should be recorded. "
"Yes, chief, I will send personnel to supervise and record the performance of all the people who measure the land throughout the process." Karina replied.
"Vorenus, now that you have the manpower you want, tell me how many days it will take you to complete the task of measuring the land and allocating the fields?"
"Hmm...about 15 days."
"15 days is too long, I'll give you 10 days."
"Ten days is indeed a bit short, leader. As I said just now, even if you ask me to recruit people from the entire tribe, there are indeed very few people in the tribe who can measure the land-"
"Don't be impatient." Maximus confidently turned his attention to the etiquette instructor not far from Volenus: "Kephisophon, how many of our children are good at arithmetic and can calculate the area of geometric figures? of?"
The chief officer of the Ministry of Etiquette, Kephisophon, thought for a while and said uncertainly: "There are about seventy or eighty children."
"Children can't just study, they must also be able to apply what they have learned into practice." Maximus said in a gentle tone: "In the next few days, you will be responsible for leading the team and let these children help the Ministry of Agriculture." What do you think about measuring the land?”
"No problem, I believe the children can do a good job." Kephisophon said seriously: "I will also take other children to watch. I just hope that after the children complete the task, you, the leader, can give them some encouragement. , inspire them to be more enthusiastic about learning, and let them know that what they learn is very useful! ”
Maximus said approvingly: "You are a good teacher! Don't worry, I will not only encourage them, but also give them rewards. As long as they do well this time, they will have more opportunities in the future. Put the knowledge you learn into practice!”
"I thank the leader on behalf of the children!" Kephisophon saluted Maximus.
"Volenus, you've heard it, don't you still think there's not enough manpower?" Maximus asked leisurely.
Volenus was still a little hesitant, mainly out of distrust in the children's ability: "I'll give it a try first...it will take 10 days to complete the measurement and division of the fields..."
"Okay, tell the people tomorrow that the land will be divided in 10 days!" Maximus immediately took over the conversation and informed Cassius and Akergo, who were standing behind him, that they now belong to the Secretariat Department under Maximus' direct control. One of the duties of the Attendant Division is to convey orders, announcements, etc. from the leader to the people.
Maximus then asked: "Vorenus, do we have enough land to distribute now?"
"Chief, I rode a horse from Snodia to Westney several times in the past two days. I looked carefully. Based on my many years of farming experience, I think it should be enough..." Waller Nusi confidently said: "The tribe now has one first-class citizen who needs to be allocated 80 acres of land, and 14,872 second-class free people who need to be allocated 60 acres of land. Among them, 2,897 couples are both second-class people. We need to be allocated 80 acres of land. In total, we need more than 776,000 acres of land. The land we have now should be enough, and there is no need to burn more land.
It’s just that there is a lot of land on the north bank of the Kupa River. The Segostika people did not build a pontoon bridge on the Kupa River. At least the village in Westney has a dock and a boat for ferrying, but the Segostika people should be It was too troublesome, so not much land on the north shore was cultivated.
There is not even a wharf here in Snodia. The land originally cultivated by the Aldi people on the north coast has been abandoned for several years and is covered with weeds. If we want to measure the land on the north coast and allocate it to the people for farming, it is best to Build a bridge over the river! "
Maximus had already considered this issue. He nodded and said, "It is very necessary to build a pontoon bridge on the Kupa River to connect the north and south banks. It is very necessary for the development of our entire tribe! Capito, can your Ministry of Works do it?"
"Chief, our Ministry of Works has not been idle in the past two days. We have long considered the need to build a bridge on the Kupa River." Capito raised his head and said proudly: "But it is not a floating bridge. Although the floating bridge is convenient to build, it is It will block the river and affect transportation on the river. What we want to build is a real wooden bridge so that ships can pass under the bridge without being hindered. "
"It would be great if we could build a real wooden bridge, but it would definitely take a long time and require a lot of manpower. I'm afraid it would affect the planning of the entire tribal territory." Volenus was a little worried. said.
"It's just a wooden bridge. It doesn't take much time." Capito said with a relaxed expression: "It's almost winter now, and the water volume of the Kupa River has decreased. The narrowest part of the river is less than fifty meters. The one brought by Spukala The engineering team has carefully inspected and determined the location of the bridge. He believes that it will only take less than 15 days to build a wooden bridge. If a bridge is also built over Westney, two wooden bridges will be built. The bridge won’t last more than a month.”
"It only takes 15 days to build a wooden bridge across a big river like the Kupa River?!" Except for the veterans of Quintus, the other tribal leaders were very surprised. Although in the past, the engineering team guided the construction of camps quickly and safely during the march, and some of the equipment made by the craftsmen in the supply camp were exquisite and convenient, in their opinion, the difficulty of building bridges was still too high for a people like them who were made by Roman slaves and poor people. The formation of new tribes can be completed.
However, Maximus was not surprised. Capito's words reminded him of the fact that more than ten years later, when Caesar was the governor of Gaul, in order to attack the Germans, he built a castle on the wide Rhine in just ten days. The wooden bridge shocked the Germans... Therefore, building roads and bridges was the specialty of the Roman army. The rebel engineering team that was once formed with Roman veterans as the backbone naturally inherited this skill.
"Of course we can! But -" Capito changed the topic: "In order to build the wooden bridge as soon as possible, the Ministry of Works hopes that the chief can meet some of our requirements."
"Tell me, what's the request?"
"Building a bridge is relatively difficult, and there is no room for error. Only Spukala in the Ministry of Works has rich experience, so he must always supervise and guide the process of building the bridge, and cannot do other things during this period.
In comparison, measuring land is much easier. Many people in the engineering team can do it. I can send more people who are good at this to assist the Ministry of Agriculture in completing the task of measuring land. "
Maximus looked at the agricultural officer and asked, "Vorenus, what do you think?"
"As long as it can be ensured that the land survey can be completed quickly and without errors, then I have no objection." Volenus replied.
"I can guarantee it." Capito answered simply.
"Okay, then Spukala will be responsible for the construction of the wooden bridge. Capito, you can allocate additional personnel from the engineering team to assist the Ministry of Agriculture in completing the task of measuring the land... Are there any other requirements?"
"Not only does building a wooden bridge require a lot of wood, but we will also need wood to expand the stockade and build new houses. So I hope you, the leader, can mobilize the people to go up the mountain to cut trees and hoard as much wood as possible."
"That's no problem! Before the land was distributed, the people were basically idle except for renovating their own houses, so we could give them something to do.
Frontinus, you are responsible for this matter. Arrange as soon as possible the soldiers of the three legions and the escort to go up the mountain to cut down trees, and then hoard the wood for the construction of bridges and stockades. "
"Yes, chief." Frontinus stood up and responded.
"Are there any other requirements?" Maximus then asked.
"Not for now." Capito shook his head.
"But I still have requirements for the Ministry of Works." Maximus looked at him and said with emphasis: "Building bridges and expanding the stockade are urgently needed, but we also need to build ironworks workshops, pottery workshops, brick kilns, etc. , to meet the needs of tribes and ethnic groups, does your Ministry of Works have any plans in this regard?”
