Chapter 43 Laws
Maximus's words made Frontinus inexplicably excited: he was a farmer when he was young, and later became a refugee, and then he was recruited as a soldier, and then he became a centurion of the Roman legion, but that was nothing more. He was an ordinary member of Rome's huge army. After he retired, he became an ordinary farmer, and then a slave... His life was ordinary, like a tiny speck of dust. No one paid attention to it, and it had no meaning. . But now he can become a teacher, and what he says will be listened to by many people. Just like Maximus did tonight, he will gain the respect he has never received before!
Frontinus took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "I can try."
Maximus saw the change in his expression, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said, "Then it's settled!"
Then he looked at Pheasalus: "In addition to training, your escort team is responsible for protecting the safety of the baggage team. You must take responsibility from tomorrow on, especially the women in our team are always harassed by other soldiers. Harassment, I hope this won’t happen again.”
"What if those soldiers don't listen to our dissuasion and forcefully break into our camp? What if there is a conflict?" Pheasalus looked embarrassed. He had heard of this before.
Maximus replied without hesitation: "Then arrest them and let me deal with them. Don't worry about things getting serious. I have a way."
"Okay, it's up to you." Fesalus shrugged, showing a little helplessness.
Maximus paid no attention to it, looked around at everyone again, and said solemnly: "We still have a very important thing to do next! Now the number of people in our baggage team has increased to nearly 300, and there will be more and more in the future. "In order to prevent chaos, we must formulate some laws that apply to the baggage fleet to facilitate management and maintain the stability of the entire team. I have thought about the following. I don't know if it is suitable for us. Let's discuss it together."
Are there any legal provisions for the rebel army? No. After all, this team has only been established for a month. They have been busy expanding the team and trying to survive. How can they consider so much? Even if it stabilizes in the future, Spartacus and other leaders may not be able to realize this immediately. a little.
But Maximus is different. He comes from China in his previous life and knows the importance of governing the country according to law. What's more, he is also a fan of Zhuge Liang. This great god in Chinese history was able to attack the powerful Wei State with the power of one state, and also Six out of Qishan, the national power was consumed a lot, but the Shu Kingdom has always maintained stability, the officials are clear, the powerful are bowing down, and the people are safe. The main thing is to govern the country according to the law... Therefore, he has to prepare for a rainy day and start to use laws to restrict the team when it is weak. My subordinates, when the team becomes large, they will be less hindered.
Others didn't think anything of it, but Frontilus was shocked: Rome is a country that pays great attention to laws. From the establishment of the city-state to the present, countless laws have been formulated and passed. As a Roman citizen, he felt this. It's quite deep, but now a small department of an insurrectionary team, with less than 300 people and an area of less than one mile, actually has to make laws!
Frontinus had been shocked by Maximus' talent before, and now he looked at him again.
"This is the first point -" Maximus raised a finger and said solemnly: "We are a team that resists Rome. Anyone who joins voluntarily should have this determination. If someone joins again, If you try to defect or even secretly collude with the Romans to harm us, you will be executed if you are caught."
"agree!"
"This is what a traitor should end up with!" Arconis, Pygris, and Pheasalus shouted, while Cornelius and Sexippus nodded.
Only Frontinus frowned slightly. He felt that the first point mentioned by Maximus was probably mainly aimed at them, the army slaves, so he decided to remind those guys well after going back not to be stupid!
"Article 2, all resolutions passed in our baggage team meetings must be implemented seriously. If not implemented, or implemented indiscriminately, it is dereliction of duty and should be punished!"
After Maximus finished speaking, everyone was shocked. This article was obviously aimed at them.
"This third rule is that everyone in the baggage team should do what they are responsible for seriously. If anyone is lazy, he must be punished.
Article 4 The materials stored in the baggage team belong to the entire team, and no one is allowed to steal them, otherwise he will be punished.
Article 5: People in the baggage train are not allowed to cause trouble without authorization, otherwise they will be punished. "
Since the rebel army had just been established not long ago, the people in the baggage train all lived together, and they did not have their own private property, so Maximus temporarily thought of these five items.
Everyone discussed it and did not add or delete. They just expanded the details, such as what kind of punishment should be given according to the severity of the violation of the law.
After the meeting, Maximus left Arconis, Vorenus, and Pheasalus alone.
"For some time to come, your escorts should pay special attention to these Roman army slaves who have just joined our baggage team to prevent any of them from escaping." Maximus whispered to Pheasalus.
"Ah, how is this possible! Didn't they all join us? I think that Frontinus is quite cooperative!" Pheasalus was a little surprised.
"Spartacus told me that some of them were not very willing when they joined our team... In short, your guards should pay more attention to them. I don't want to see that not long after the first decree was promulgated, Someone violated it!" Maximus said in a deep voice.
He gave a speech tonight, told stories, and asked Frontinus to join their meeting. The main reason for all this trouble was to keep this group of Roman army slaves. He could see that in the end, Frontinus Nuss felt somewhat at home, but even though Frontinus had a relatively high prestige among the slaves, there was no guarantee that anyone would be foolish.
After Phaesalus left, Maximus walked to Vorenus. The former farm steward only immersed himself in taking notes during the meeting without saying a word during the whole process. This was due to the good education of his family slave.
Maximus picked up the papyrus he was writing on, and the few things he had ordered tonight and the five laws enacted were clearly written on it.
Maximus nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, it is written very clearly. I will promulgate these decrees to everyone tomorrow night. Vorenus, starting from tomorrow, everyone who joins our baggage team will have to go through your review, born "
"I can do these things, but I'm afraid there won't be enough papyrus." Volenus reminded.
"This matter is easy to handle. I will ask the other leaders to pay more attention to collecting papyrus when they lead their teams out in the future."
After Vorenus left, Arconis was the only one left in the room. She couldn't wait to ask: "Captain, please tell me, how can I make those guys in the kitchen work better?!"
"Don't be anxious." Maximus analyzed her in a clear and slow voice: "Look, your kitchen work can be roughly divided into three categories. One is chopping firewood and burning the stove, and the other is making porridge and meat. , making soup, and one is baking bread.
Cutting down trees and wood is time-consuming and labor-intensive. From now on, this task will be done by the guards. For them, it is just one more item added to their daily military training. Your kitchen can save a lot of manpower, and then you only need to specify Two or three people are responsible for burning the stoves. They just need to keep an eye on those stoves every day to ensure that the stove flames are not extinguished—"
"Captain, your method has helped us solve a big problem!" Akonis said happily.
