Chapter 305 New Problems

Hermigas pondered for a moment, the indifference on his face disappeared, and his expression became more relaxed. He said slowly: "Emeric, even if I listen to you and join the Nix tribe, I am still a Segestica and a Pannonian. Now there is an irreconcilable hatred between the Nix tribe and the Pannoni. Will they allow me to continue to be a druid or even a priest in Nix?"

"You don't have to worry about this!" Emeric said confidently: "The leader of Nix once told me that no matter whether it is the Illyrians, Pannonians, Scodisci, or the Boii, Tauricians... they are all the beloved children of the goddess Danu. The killing between races makes the goddess feel painful, so these races must be unified in one tribe. Under the guidance of the only Druid, we should respect the goddess Danu together, live in harmony under the guidance of the only Druid, and create a better life together! ... What a grand and beautiful plan this is. I don't think it comes from the idea of ​​a tribal leader who is only 20 years old, but because it is the oracle of the goddess Danu. What do you think? "

"The only Druid..." Hermigas' eyes exuded spirit. He turned and walked into the house, saying, "Come in and tell me in detail about the divine code you are going to compile and the temple of the goddess Danu you are about to build."

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At dusk, in the main hall of the Segesticaxi village, Maximus and the heads of various departments gathered together to discuss the problems that arose today.

"Everyone, today the First Legion has stationed in many villages and all reported back the same question." Maximus said, "Some of the families of the Segestica people followed Andres to fight against us last year and have not returned yet. They want us to confirm whether their families are still alive. If they are still alive, they will do their best to persuade their families to join our tribe. What do you think about this?"

"The Segestica people who fought with us last year...if they were not killed in the battle but captured, they should all be slaves in the Aldi tribe to mine, right?" Capito asked uncertainly.

"That's right. Most of the captives handed over to the Aldi people became miners, a small number became slaves of the Aldi elders and nobles, and the small number were mainly relatives of the leaders and clan leaders of the various Segestica tribes. The Aldi people like to vent their hatred on these people to get satisfaction." Pigris showed a trace of disdain on his face. He had visited the Aldi tribe many times and was quite familiar with the situation of the captives.

"Last year, we fought the Segestica people for the first time and captured two of their villages. We captured more than 4,000 warriors and more than 1,000 families of Segestica warriors. They refused to join our tribe with a tough attitude, and finally gave them all to the Ardi people.

Later, we fought a battle with the army led by Andres and captured nearly 7,000 warriors. Except for a very small number of them who were released, the rest of the captives were all handed over to the Ardi people. After that, the Pannonian coalition besieged our camp and finally retreated. This time we didn't capture any prisoners...

Then some Segestica families persuaded more than 1,000 captives to join our tribe. After that, we signed a one-year armistice agreement with Segestica and released 3,000 people in exchange for food. Now If all the Segestica captives in the Ardi tribe are still alive, there should be more than 7,000 captives. "

Vollenus talked about it like a treasure: "According to the leader's request, I led people to do a simple registration of those captives. If we agree to this request, I can let my subordinates go back to Slotia and take these records to first confirm whether the family they are looking for is among these captives. "

After listening to Maximus, his whole thinking became much clearer, so he sincerely praised: "You are doing a great job, Vollenus! Your careful and meticulous work has saved us a lot of time and energy, and it is worth learning from us all! "

"I... I just did it according to your request, leader." Vollenus responded modestly.

Cornelius felt his face getting hot, and he said quickly: "Chief, I think we should agree to their request. After all, we have allowed the families of Segestica to persuade the families of those captured in this war. Of course, we should also treat the families of the captured warriors fairly, otherwise they will definitely be dissatisfied, which will affect our persuasion of the entire Segestica people.

Besides, judging from the situation in the past few days, the Segestica tribe now has more women than men. We need more young and strong people to cultivate this vast fertile land, and we also need more young and strong people to strengthen our army.

Also, these captives last year have suffered a year of hardship in the Ardi tribe. After gaining freedom, they should know how to obey us better than their compatriots."

Maximus listened and thought.

"I also think we should agree to their request." Capito took over the conversation and reminded: "But in this way, the captives in the Ardi tribe are very likely to all be willing to join our tribe. First of all, can the Ardi people agree? Secondly, without them to mine, where will the iron ore we need come from?"

"I think this problem is easy to solve." Quintus said: "Didn't we capture more than 10,000 warriors in this war? The number of Segestica warriors only accounted for less than half, and the other Panno warriors It is impossible for the captives of the Nida tribe to surrender to us now. It is better to hand them over to the Ardie people to replace the previous batch of captives.

The newly exchanged captives are young, strong, and have no injuries. The Aldi people are definitely willing, and we can also greatly reduce food consumption, because these Segostika captives from last year can return to their original homes and eat them. Isn’t this a matter of killing two birds with one stone! "

"But in this case, the tribe will not have enough labor. Next, building roads, bridges, new villages... and other large public facilities that the tribe needs will require people, and a lot of strong labor will be needed!" Capito reminded loudly again.

"I think the first thing we need to do now is to occupy the territory of the Segestika tribe as soon as possible, conquer the people of Segestika, and stabilize the order here, so I think we should agree to the request of the people of Segestika. It is necessary, and it is also necessary to exchange the newly captured prisoners with the original ones, so that the food shortage problem we expect can be greatly alleviated..."

Cenarius spoke loudly, trying his best to express himself: "But if we retain so many prisoners, we will not only face the problem of food shortage, but also spend more manpower to manage them. By next year's autumn harvest, for most of the year During this time, everyone in our entire tribe will have a very hard time and will be very nervous, because once a powerful enemy attacks or there is a big accident, the tribe will be in big trouble!

Capito, the leader once said, 'A snake should not expect to swallow an elephant in one bite.' We can't be too anxious! The highway can be repaired slowly, at least the current road can still be used. Of course, the bridge connecting the east and west villages needs to be bought and repaired urgently, but I think we have the Ministry of Works, the highly skilled craftsmen of the tribe, and the many Skodisqi slaves who have newly joined the tribe in the west village. There are also some craftsmen among them. , the manpower to repair this bridge is more than enough, but to repair other bridges, I don’t think it is necessary yet.

As for building new villages, there are already enough villages along the Kupa River. As for here, we already have this main stronghold. Before we completely occupy the land here and stabilize the order here, I think it is impossible to build a new stronghold. What do you think, Capito? "

Capito turned to look elsewhere and hummed: "What do you know?"

Cornelius was not dissatisfied because of the other party's impoliteness. On the contrary, he said more seriously: "Actually, Capito, you don't have to worry about insufficient labor at all. There must be some of the thousands of Segestica warrior prisoners we captured." Partly because they are unwilling to join the tribe even if their relatives persuade them, and there are also those people in Segostika who are unwilling to join the tribe. We have enough foreign auxiliary people——"

Capito sneered: "Don't forget that we still need enough labor to help tribal officials like you and me, department members, craftsmen who work for the tribe, other personnel in various workshops, and market personnel cultivate the fields."

"Then... then we can also summon the reserve tribesmen and some official tribesmen to help your Ministry of Public Works build roads during the slack period." Cornelius came up with another idea.

"How did you become the head of the department? During the slack period, didn't tribal laws stipulate military training? What's more, I don't remember calling formal tribesmen to help build roads. I don't remember this provision in tribal laws." Capito mocked road.

"Didn't we all help build the village when we were in Snodia?"

"We had just settled down at that time, and if we didn't work together, we wouldn't have a place to live. But it's different now. Everyone has a house, land, and their own things to do, and let them spend their own time to contribute to the tribe. If you do things for a long time, you may become dissatisfied.”

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"Okay, that's the end of the debate on this matter." Maximus said: "I think everyone agrees to agree to the request of the people of Segestica, so this matter is settled. Notify the First Army tomorrow The various villages where we are stationed allow the people of Segestika to make this application, but we have to wait until we exchange the prisoners who were originally left in the Aldi tribe before they can go to meet their relatives and convince them, otherwise They can only serve as foreign auxiliaries of the tribe.”