Chapter 333 Snowtia and Toddlido

Theopompos, once a servant of a nobleman in Sarapia, was forced to join the rebels. When he was ordered to sell looted pottery at the Sarapia port market, he was valued by the commercial officer Pigris because of his outstanding performance, and gradually returned to the heart.

After the establishment of the Nix tribe, he was promoted to the deputy of the Ministry of Commerce, mainly responsible for the establishment and management of the market. In just over a year, the market of the Nix tribe has grown from nothing to more and more lively, and he has made an indelible contribution.

Therefore, when the chief officers of various departments recommended candidates for the chief executive of several towns, Pigris wrote his name on it.

The reason why Maximus chose Theopompos to serve as the chief executive of Snotia was first of all because of the fact that Snotia was the original center of the Nix tribe. The previous town construction and management had been very hard, and the order had always been good. In the future, they would try to move in some new residents who abided by the law, so the management difficulty was not great, which just avoided the shortcoming of Theopompos' lack of administrative experience.

But the handicraft area that Maximus values ​​most is in the territory of Snotia. Although some of it will be moved away in the future, it is still the core of the tribe's interests. It needs an executive who is more familiar with this aspect and willing to support its further development. Theopompos came from the commercial town of Sarapia, where the handicraft industry is relatively developed. When he was a slave, he was engaged in matters related to handicrafts. He is undoubtedly a suitable candidate.

Furthermore, Snotia borders the Ardi tribe. The coal and iron ore of the Ardi tribe are regularly transported here. In the past, the tribesmen of the Ardi tribe would occasionally come to the market here to trade. Maximus is determined to strengthen trade with the Ardi tribe and develop Snotia into a commercial town in the west of the tribe. It can not only earn more profits for the tribe, but also better win over the tribesmen of Ardi. This happens to be the job of Theopompos, who came from the Ministry of Commerce.

As for the fact that the Nix tribe's current development focus is on the Sava River, the Kupa River needs to remain stable, and the relationship with the Ardi tribe needs to be maintained. The diplomatic ability of the Snotia chief executive also needs to be considered. This is not a problem for Theopompos. From his experience, he is good at pleasing customers and selling more things.

In addition, there is another point that Maximus did not say, that is, the chief executives of the four towns cannot all be recommended by Volenus, so Theopompos is the most suitable candidate for the chief executive of Snotia.

In fact, not long after Theopompos took office, he did something that made Maximus satisfied.

When Kephisophon led the team to Snotia to send gifts to Aristarchus, Theopompos asked to add a few chairs and recliners made by the woodworking workshop (Maximus drew the design of ancient Chinese furniture for the woodworking workshop to make it more comfortable for him to sit) and the long-necked thin-eared pottery jars made by the pottery workshop. Although the quality of this pottery jar is far from being comparable to the exquisite Greek pottery, there is one thing that Greek pottery cannot compare with, that is, vase painting.

The figures carefully drawn on the jars by the vase painters with mineral pigments are no longer the wood figures and line figures in traditional pottery vase paintings. Instead, they are drawn after many careful instructions from Maximus and strictly follow the requirements of three courtyards and five eyes in modern painting techniques. Although Maximus does not like the portraits, they are enough to amaze this era.

When Maximus learned that Theopompos had added gifts, he felt that he had chosen the right person.

However, Theopompos had a hard time these days as the chief executive of Snowtia, because there were too many mothers-in-law: the chief's wife, the housekeeper Akonis, the officials of various departments who had not yet moved out, the families of the chiefs of various departments... Whenever they encountered any difficulties, they would come to him first. With his personality, he dared not refuse, and ended up being exhausted by these trivial matters. Now he finally had some peace.

Theopompos returned to the village, thinking about two issues in his mind: first, quickly move the administrative office to the main house, so that he could no longer squeeze in with his subordinates to work together, which was too aggrieved; second, immediately send someone to the Mrežnica River to inquire about the news, to see if the news about the wooden chairs and pottery jars had spread among the people of Ardiyi. If not, he would not mind secretly adding fuel to the fire.

The Nix team was in front, and the Ardi team was behind. Although the two tribes, including children, only had more than 20,000 people, this team that was slowly moving eastward and intermittently stretched from the south bank of the Kupa River to the east bank of the Korana River and all the way to the north bank of the Mrežnica River, a full ten miles long.

The Nix soldiers on the roadside fields no longer turned a blind eye to the team on the roadside. They all turned around one after another, stood up straight, and saluted the wives of the leaders and the families of the department heads who passed by them, out of respect for the tribal leaders.

When they saw the huge and bloated Nix team behind them, most of the soldiers also showed joy on their faces, especially the new recruits in the second and fourth legions, because they knew that only after these comrades and their families moved, the vacated houses would be occupied by them, and the remaining fields would be redistributed to them who had just been promoted to formal tribesmen. Soon they would also live a rich and happy life like the old Nix tribesmen!

In the afternoon, the front of the team arrived at Westney. Thousands of families of the Second Legion living in this village also had to move. They had been waiting by the road for a long time and joined in, making the moving team even larger and more bloated.

At the same time, other residents of Westney, led by Chief Executive Reius, prepared some water.

The team took a short break here, ate something, recovered some physical strength, and reorganized the team before continuing to move forward.

At dusk, the front of the team finally arrived at Todlido.

However, Nessia and the others could not go in to rest, because although this village, which had just been occupied, had been established as a town of the tribe by the Government Hall, it was temporarily used as a residence for foreign auxiliary people of the Nix tribe on the Kupa River.

At that time, the Nix army that surrounded the village deliberately relaxed its guard and lured the Segestica people in the village to escape at night, thus capturing them in one fell swoop. In addition to executing the leader of the village, Antaros, his relatives and other clan leaders, more than 7,000 Segestica people became prisoners and were re-detained in the village.

In addition to the more than 12,000 Pannonian warriors who were successively detained in the camp next to them and more than 1,000 prisoners who were captured after the capture of the village to the east, this place once concentrated more than 20,000 prisoners, making supervision extremely difficult.

But soon, while the First Legion Centuriae entered various villages on the other side of the Sava River, the Nixes also launched a full-scale surrender work among the captives. The most obvious effect was seen among the people of Segestica in the Todlido village. They witnessed the bravery of the Nixes and the tragic defeat of the allied forces, and saw the high-ranking leader Antaros and other patriarchs beheaded in front of them. Their despair for Segestica and their awe of the Nixes had reached the extreme.

At the same time, since the village bordered the Nix territory, they also witnessed the Nixes people working hard on their fertile and vast fields, the joy of the harvest, and the amazing wooden bridges and water wheels... So when the Nixes announced to them the benefits of joining the Nixes tribe, more than 6,000 people responded to the call soon, leaving only a few people who were a little hesitant.

These people who joined the Nixes tribe were moved to both sides of the Sava River in batches.

The next are the captured Segestica warriors. The tragic defeat, the death of the chief, and even the chief's son surrendered... A series of blows made them lose confidence in Segestica. Coupled with the repeated persuasion of the Segestica recruits who were once members of the tribe, more than 1,000 people soon chose to join the Nix tribe. Of course, they will be sent to their homes along the Sava River to reunite with their families.

After a while, the families of other captured Segestica warriors will come to persuade them in person. I believe that most of them will change their minds, but by then they will need to work hard and wait for a long time to become a member of the Nix reserve tribe.

The most stubborn were undoubtedly the captive warriors of the other Pannonian tribes except Segestica, because their territories had not been captured by the Nixes, and their families had not been captured. Although they had experienced this disastrous defeat, they believed that their tribe still had the strength to continue fighting against this small foreign tribe that had just settled here. Therefore, although the Nixes promised various benefits of surrender, except for a very small number of captive warriors who chose to join the Nixes for some reason, most of them were stubborn.

After discussion, Maximus and the chief officers of each department made a decision: the Second and Fourth Legions would select captives with stubborn attitudes, difficult to control, and able to seduce and incite others, and escort them to the iron mines of Ardei to exchange with Chalsipompus for the Segestica captives sent there a year ago.

In the end, more than 3,000 strong captives were escorted to Ardei by the soldiers of the Second Legion a few days ago. Due to the short time, the escort team had not returned with the exchanged captives.

At this point, there were only about 10,000 prisoners left, which was much easier to manage than before.

Then, Snowtia and Westney each took away more than 1,000 foreign auxiliaries to make up for the lack of strong labor caused by the transfer of reserve tribesmen in the British First and Third Legions.