Chapter 216 Knicks Preparatory Ethnic Management Office

The structure of this house is somewhat special. It is composed of two box-type houses connected together, forming an "L" shape, with a door on the left and right.

Emmerich walked into the door on the left. There was only one agricultural department employee in the huge room, who was concentrating on using newly made paper to copy the things recorded on the wooden board.

Emmerich walked over, knocked on the wooden table lightly, and said: "Antidoras, I have sent you some tribesmen again."

This middle-aged man named Antidoras was obviously very familiar with Emmerich. He asked directly without raising his head: "How many people are there?"

"There are seventy-three people in total, but eleven of them were injured and are now living in the hospital. Only sixty-two people came. They all came from Segostika and had been together before. The Segestikas fight—"

Antidoras raised his head sharply and looked at Emmerich: "There was news before that there was a team of Skodisci who often plundered the territory of Segestika. Let Segestika Karen has a headache...could it be them?"

"It's them! During this time, the Segestika people have stepped up their campaign against that team, and the group of people I brought are the only ones who survived..." Emmerich said in a low tone.

"It seems they have a deep hatred for the Pannonians?"

"I picked them up from the border of Westeni and took them to register. I also told them that there were Pannonians in the tribe. They were more resistant at first, but now they are much better. Those who came with Broch There is not much difference among the tribesmen..."

"But we still have to be more careful. This is the first time we have accepted Skodist slaves who escaped from Segestica after establishing the tribe, and the Segestika people treat you Skodistis Bibu The Rochi people are more strict..." Antidoras said cautiously, then picked up a wooden board and handed it to Emmerich: "Write down all their names first."

This is a necessary procedure, and Emmerich is already very familiar with it. He picked up the ink pen and wrote down the names of the tribesmen skillfully. Occasionally, if he forgot, he would go out to ask the tribesmen.

Antidoras looked at the densely packed names on the board and asked, "Who needs special attention?"

Emmerich hesitated for a moment and pointed to a name: "...him, Gowes."

"Any more?"

"Everything else is fine."

Antidoras took the wooden board, drew a circle on Gowes's name with an ink pen, and then opened the thick paper book. Each page in the book was a list of the residents of a dormitory. While browsing, he kept marking the dormitory numbers where they wanted to live above the names of the new arrivals on the board.

After marking everything, he took Emmerich into the door on the right. There was only one fully armed captain in the room.

In fact, the Ministry of War sent a team of 100 people to guard the accommodation area for the reserve residents. However, during the day, the reserve residents had to go out to work, and most of the soldiers also had to follow them to maintain order.

"Sixty-two reserve tribesmen have just arrived. Here is the list. I have assigned rooms to them." Antidoras handed the board to the captain.

The captain glanced at the wooden board, handed it back to Antidoras, and said, "You are responsible for the arrangements, and I will help you hold down the formation."

In this way, the sixty-two Skodisci slaves who had escaped from Segestica were quickly completely separated and assigned to each room individually.

The room where Gowes lived was No. 10, which was not far from the room where the guards were on duty.

After the captain led him into the room, he kept looking around: the room was not spacious, and the roof was not too high, but it was relatively long. There were beds on both sides, connecting from one end of the room to the other. The bottom of the mattress does not seem to be made of mud. It is relatively hard and about a quarter of a meter high. The couch surface was made of wooden boards, which were planed relatively smooth and not too irritating to the hands. It was covered with soft straw, making it quite comfortable to lie on. These two rows of beds are enough to sleep dozens of people. There is an aisle in the middle. There is a wooden shelf attached to the wall at each end. It is filled with numbered pots and bowls. There is also a door on one side of both ends, making it easy to enter and exit. .

There is a small fire pit at each entrance, and there is also a flue on the roof. The long walls on both sides are gray-white, and should be made of the same material as the bottom of the mattress. They are also relatively solid, but there will be vertical arc-shaped wooden marks protruding from every other section, which should be the wooden pillars supporting the beams. There are two small wooden windows on each top of the long wall, which are conducive to ventilation and lighting...

Although dozens of people have to sleep in one house, the living conditions are much better than when he was a slave in the Panluoli Segostika tribe. It is also more comfortable than when he led his team to fight against the Segostika people and slept in the open air every day. But what he didn't know was that this kind of house specifically for the reserve tribesmen had just been repaired five or six days ago.

The appearance of these longhouses is due to a carpenter named Sequebras. Before joining the rebel army, he was a slave in the Sarapia shipyard. Before becoming a carpenter, he was a slave in the Iberian Peninsula. The tribal craftsmen are responsible for building houses for the tribesmen.

Although he was older, he was very smart. When the tribe was destroyed by the Romans and the surviving tribesmen were all made prisoners, he took the initiative to tell the Romans that "he was good at carpentry", so he was not sent to the farm to farm, but was Sold to a shipyard.

In the shipyard, because of his good carpentry skills, he was not too badly treated. As a hobby, he spent some free time to observe how Italians build and repair houses.

After joining the rebel army and settling here, he joined the team that repaired the damaged houses in two villages. In the process, he carefully understood the construction characteristics of the houses inhabited by the ethnic groups in the area.

The completion of the wooden bridge, the rewards given to the Tetilips carpenters, and the promotion of the tribal ranks stimulated all the craftsmen of the Nyx tribe and inspired their enthusiasm for work, and Secbras was naturally no exception.

It happened that they had also repaired all the houses at this time, and then building docks and planing wood did not require too many manpower. Maximus believed that it was not a problem for the reserve people to live in simple wooden shacks or tents, so A proposal was passed at the political hall: to build dormitories for the reserve ethnic groups.

However, what kind of houses should be built that can quickly solve the accommodation problem of the tribesmen and make them live more comfortably and safely? This problem gave the officials of various departments a headache, so they consulted the craftsmen for their opinions as early as possible. The plan proposed by Secbras, who was prepared, was finally adopted.

His plan was to lay the foundation first, then drive dozens of wooden piles according to the drawings, then make segmented roof wooden frames, put them on top, and then splice them together, so that the wooden frame of the entire house came out. Then, nail the wood chips between the wooden piles, add water and river sand to the simple cement you just made, and then add a large amount of withered grass and wheat straw. After mixing evenly, apply it between the wood chips until it is The entire space between the wooden pillars is completely filled. While waiting for the cement to harden, open the doors, windows and flues, and then the dormitory is ready...

To build such a dormitory, the wood is readily available, and trees can be cut down at any time. There is plenty of withered grass and wheat straw. The bottom of the bed is made of stone bricks and cement, but not many stone bricks are used. They are only built on the edges and in the middle. Two walls are used to prevent the board from collapsing due to excessive stress, and the rest are empty. Cement is a little tight, but lime factories are opening more kilns to increase production capacity... so raw materials are not a problem.

In terms of manpower, Sekbras and several craftsmen with experience in building houses served as supervisors of the entire project, guiding and inspecting the tribesmen in laying the foundation, using lime powder to mark out the base line of the house and the location of the wooden pillars to be driven into the ground. Carpenters are responsible for processing wooden pillars, beams and wood chips, and then the ethnic people lift the beams and apply the mixed cement. Finally, the carpenters make doors, windows and flues...

In this way, the craftsmen concentrated on using their specialties, and the tribesmen also took advantage of their large numbers to do what they could. Everyone had a clear division of labor and saved time. Therefore, in just over a month, hundreds of dormitories were built one after another. The residents were quite satisfied after moving in.

Because the dormitory designed by Secbras solved a big problem for the tribe, and in order to encourage the craftsmen to continue to actively use their creativity, Maximus proposed that the tribe reward Secbras and let him become the second place. Promoted to a first-class craftsman.

Now in the second phase of his career, Sekbras led the carpenters to build dormitories on the Westney side.

In fact, Secbras also mentioned in his suggestion that "after the cement hardens, the entire wall and roof should be painted with lime water to make it appear white and look more beautiful...". However, due to time constraints, implementation has not yet started.

Of course, Gowes didn't know the origin of this dormitory. He had been running all the way today and was very tired by now. He saw a large gap on the far side of the bed on the left that had not been covered with withered grass, so he crawled over and lay down on his back. Next, staring at the wooden sign in his hand, thinking about everything he saw in the Knicks tribe today, including the daughter of Chief Hamsid, his thoughts became a little disordered for a while...

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"Hey, wake up!... Wake up!..." Gowes was pushed awake and opened his hazy eyes. He saw many faces shaking in front of his eyes. He immediately sat up.

"Hey, new brother, what's your name?" A man who was taller and stronger than him stood in front of the bed and asked friendly.

Gowes glanced around and found that the originally empty room was now crowded with people, and he did not see a familiar face, but it was certain that there was not a Pannonian. At the same time, he also noticed that everyone else became quiet when this person was speaking. He was afraid that his identity was not simple.