Rome must fall.

Chapter 292 Planning for the New Territory
Maximus smiled and said, "Of course, we will talk about the relocation of the main village later. We need to focus on current affairs now. I hope that the Ministry of Agriculture will be able to start distributing land to the tribesmen within the next three days. There should be a ceremony when distributing the land, gathering people from each village together, rewarding the tribesmen who will get the land, and distributing the land in public, so that those Segestica people who are still hesitant can make up their minds as soon as possible.

I think the tribesmen of each village should be composed of some Skodischi reserve tribesmen, some Segestica reserve tribesmen, some Skodischi reserve tribesmen, a very small number of Segestica official tribesmen, and some old Nix tribesmen... This can not only ensure the stability of each village, but also speed up the integration of new tribesmen, and also allow the enemies Segestica and Skodischi to gradually adapt to each other's existence-"

When Maximus said this, he noticed that Volenus's brows were twisted into a "chuan" shape, so he said: "Of course, measuring the land, arranging suitable tribesmen to live in the village, accurately distributing land according to merit, holding a commendation ceremony... This is a whole set of very heavy and complicated work, and it is definitely not something that the Ministry of Agriculture can accomplish independently!
I will be here, and work with other department heads to cooperate with the Ministry of Agriculture to complete this most important task for our conquest of Segestica. Starting tomorrow, the Political Affairs Hall meeting will be held at any time. We will live in this yard, and if there is a problem, we will immediately negotiate and solve it. What do you think? "

"Okay!" Volenus answered first. He finally breathed a sigh of relief. With the support of the leader and the assistance of other departments, the pressure was greatly reduced.

Others agreed, and everyone understood that at this critical moment, they needed to work together.

Maximus looked at his trusted works officer and said, "Capito, the current priority of the Works Department is to build a wooden bridge over the Sava River as soon as possible to connect the stockade on the other side of the river, so that we can support Carminus, stabilize the situation in the eastern territory of Segestica as soon as possible, and speed up the annexation of the eastern territory!"

Capito raised his head and responded, "Chief, after receiving your order, our Engineering Department has made preparations. Gaius brought the engineering team with the First Legion. There are also several engineers such as Spukara in the team. We also brought some wood, but it is definitely not enough to build a bridge over the Sava River. But I heard that the Segestica people are good at shipbuilding and fishing. I believe there should be a lot of wood in this village and other villages. When the time comes, we will have to ask the soldiers of the First Legion to help us collect it..."

"Very good, Capito, your Ministry of Works is well prepared!" Maximus nodded with satisfaction, and promised: "We did find a lot of wood and some iron in this village today. After the soldiers of the First Legion enter the villages, collecting wood will also become their task. I believe that the materials needed to build the bridge will be gathered in four or five days!
"Spukara and his team will need a few days to carefully explore the Sava River, measure the terrain on both sides, and then draw a blueprint for the bridge..." Capito had personally supervised the construction of two wooden bridges on the Kupa River and had some experience. He confidently promised: "As long as there are enough materials and enough manpower, we will build a wooden bridge on the Sava River within a month to connect the east and west villages."

Maximus was very happy: "Good! Good! If a wooden bridge can be built on the Sava River within a month, I believe it will greatly shock the people of Segestica and make them more in awe of us, Nicos!"

"However, the territory of Segestica is not stable. The wooden bridge under construction is exposed and can be easily destroyed. We have to ask the leader to send troops to protect it!" Capito reminded.

"Quintus, you will be responsible for protecting the bridge and the engineering team. There must be no mistakes!" Maximus said in a deep voice.

"Yes." As the temporary military chief of the Segestica territory, Quintus certainly hoped that the wooden bridge could be built as soon as possible, so it was his unshirkable responsibility to protect the wooden bridge.

"Capito, in addition to building a wooden bridge, the Ministry of Works may also need to build a temporary camp next to this stockade to accommodate the increasing number of foreign auxiliary citizens."

"Chief, our Engineering Department can design and supervise the construction of the camp, but we don't have too many people. I hope that the soldiers of the Third Legion in the village and the newly joined Skodischi slaves can become the main force in building the camp."

"Well... that's fine. You can discuss it with Quintus and Volenus then."

"Ok."

"Sidonius, your Ministry of Justice must also take action and actively preach our tribe's laws to the Segestica people and the Skodischi slaves in this village and all the villages. The court must also be established as soon as possible and be ready to deal with any disputes that may arise..."

"Yes."

"Karina, the Ministry of Personnel must quickly compile statistics on the merits and rewards of the officers and soldiers of the First and Third Armies to facilitate the land distribution by the Ministry of Agriculture. In addition, the new members of the tribe and the land they have been allocated must also be registered and filed..."

"Yes."

"Horace, although our attack here went smoothly and there were no casualties, your medical department will still be quite busy. The hospital in the village needs to be built as soon as possible, but the people here are not used to going to the hospital for treatment in the short term, so you still have to arrange medical teams to go to various villages to check on patients and help with treatment... The medical department has always been the most powerful weapon to help outsiders integrate into the tribe as quickly as possible, and I believe this time will be no exception."

"Don't worry, Chief. Our doctors and nurses are proud to treat patients and they will do their best."

"Very good! Pigris, Budokaribas and the others will come tomorrow, you come with me to meet them." "Yes, Chief."

"Everyone, let's end our meeting tonight here. It took so long that you didn't even have a good dinner. You won't blame me, right?"

"No, no, compared to such an important event as conquering the territory of Segestica, a dinner is nothing."

"Pigris, everyone loves to hear what you say! It's a pity that we don't have any wine tonight, so let's just drink some porridge and start a big fight tomorrow!"

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The next day, a group of people from the Ardei tribe walked into the main house of Segestikasi village.

Maximus came out to greet them with a smile on his face: "Elder Budokaribas, Elder Cicelitses... Welcome, welcome! It's such a pleasure to see you here!"

Budokaribas and the others immediately bowed and saluted, saying in unison: "Captain Maximus, congratulations on defeating the Pannonians and winning a glorious victory!"

Maximus immediately felt that the attitude of these Ardei leaders towards him was very different from before. Not only were they more respectful, but it also seemed that they had rehearsed beforehand, otherwise a group of leaders from various villages in Ardei would not speak in such unison.

When you show your courtesy to others, you must be asking for something in return... Maximus thought to himself, and his expression became solemn: "Thanks to the blessing of the goddess Danu, otherwise if the Pannonian army invaded this time, our Nyx would be in danger of being destroyed!"

Goddess Danu...Budokaribas and others looked a little strange when they heard this. They had heard from the servants of the Knyx tribe that in the past few months the Knyx tribe began to worship Celtic gods, and there was even a saying that "Maximus is the offspring of Celtic gods."

They had their own opinions on this. After all, they felt that Maximus was an Illyrian and should worship gods such as Ares and Poseidon like the Illyrians, instead of getting involved with Celtic druids.

But at this moment, everyone just looked at each other and didn't say anything.

Maximus saw it and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, everyone, go inside first, let's sit down and talk slowly."

When they entered the hall, the servants had already placed the same number of wooden chairs in the room.

After everyone sat down, Maximus asked knowingly, "After we defeated the main force of the Pannonian coalition in the Korana River hills, I learned that the coalition forces of Segestica and Desitiatae had passed through the dense forest and were preparing to attack our Knicks' Kupa River territory, so I hurried back to the tribe with my army. I wonder how the battle situation was over there? Was the main force of the Pannonian coalition finally driven away? Have we recovered all the lost lands on the Korana River?"

"The Pannoni have all been driven away, and the land along the Korana River has also been recovered..." Budokaribas said with gratitude, "Thanks to you, Captain Maximus, for leading the army to defeat the Pannoni in the battle, making them completely lose the courage to continue fighting. So we drove them away without any battles and recovered the lost land. This time it was Nix who saved us, Aldei!"

"The Knicks and Aldei are allies, this is what we should do!" Maximus responded seriously.

"When Chief Acoupagos agreed to let Chief Maximus and his people settle in our territory, some people expressed opposition. Now it seems that this was the wisest decision!" Budokaribas said with emotion.

"Not only that, the agreement signed between the Knicks and our tribes last year was also opposed by some people. But now it seems that it was a very wise decision!" Cicelytses also sighed, but his words were somewhat meaningful.

(End of this chapter)