Rome must fall.

Chapter 305 New Questions

Hermica 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 that!" Emmerich said confidently, "Chief Nix once told me that no matter the Illyrians, Pannonians, Scodisci, Boii, or Tauricians... they are all the beloved children of the goddess Danu. The killing of each other between races makes the goddess feel painful, so these races must be unified under one tribe, respect the goddess Danu together, live in harmony under the guidance of the only Druidism, and create a better life together!... This is such a grand and beautiful plan. 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 religion..." Hermigas' eyes shone with brilliance. 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 that you are about to build."

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

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

"The Segestica people who fought against us last year...if they were not killed in the battle but were captured, they should have been working as slaves in the Aldei tribe, mining, right?" Capito asked uncertainly.

"It's like this. 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 remaining small number were mainly relatives of the tribal leaders and clan leaders of Segestica. The Aldi people like to vent their hatred on these people to get satisfaction." A trace of disdain appeared on Pigris' face. He had visited the Aldi tribe many times and was relatively 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 4000 warriors and more than 1000 families of Segestica warriors. They stubbornly refused to join our tribe, so we gave them all to the Aldi 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 prisoners were handed over to the Ardi people. After that, the Pannonian coalition besieged our camp and eventually retreated. This time we didn't capture any prisoners...

Then some Segestica families persuaded more than 1000 captives to join our tribe. After that, we signed a one-year truce agreement with Segestica and released 3000 people in exchange for food. Now, if all the Segestica captives in the Ardi tribe are still alive, there should be more than captives. "

Volenus spoke eloquently, "According to the leader's request, I led people to do a simple registration of the captives. If we agree to this request, I can ask my subordinates to go back to Slotia and get these records to confirm whether the family members they are looking for are among these captives."

After listening to this, Maximus's thoughts became much clearer, so he praised sincerely: "Well done, Volenus! Your careful and meticulous work has saved us a lot of time and energy. It is worth learning from!"

"I...I am just doing what you asked, Chief." Volenus responded modestly.

Cornelius felt his face getting hot, and he said quickly, "Captain, 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, there are more women than men in the Segestica tribe. 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.

Furthermore, these captives from last year have endured a year of suffering in the Ardi tribe, and after they are freed, they should know how to obey us better than their compatriots. "

Maximus listened and thought about it.

"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 warrior prisoners in this war? The number of Segestica warriors accounts for less than half, and the captives of other Pannoni tribes are unlikely to surrender to us now. It is better to hand them over to the Ardi people to replace the previous batch of prisoners.

The newly exchanged captives are young and strong, and have no injuries. The Ardi people will definitely be willing, and we can also greatly reduce the consumption of food, because these last year's Segestica captives can return to their original homes and eat their own food. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone!"

"But if that's the case, the tribe won't have enough labor. Building roads, bridges, new villages, and other large public facilities needed by the tribe will all require people, and a lot of strong labor!" Capito reminded loudly again.

"I think that what we need to do first is to occupy the territory of the Segestica tribe as soon as possible, conquer the people of Segestica, and stabilize the order here. So I think it is necessary to agree to the request of the people of Segestica, and it is also necessary to exchange the newly captured prisoners for the original prisoners. In this way, the food shortage problem we expected may be greatly alleviated..."

Cenarius spoke loudly, trying his best to show himself: "But if we keep so many captives, we will not only face the problem of food shortage, but also spend more manpower to manage them. During the six months until the autumn harvest next year, everyone in our entire tribe will have a very hard and nervous life, because once a strong enemy invades or there is a big accident, then the tribe will be in big trouble!

Capito, the chief once said, 'A snake should not expect to swallow an elephant in one gulp', we can't be too hasty! The main road can be built slowly, at least the current road is still usable. The bridge connecting the east and west villages must be repaired as soon as possible, but I think with your Ministry of Works, the skilled craftsmen of the tribe, and the many new Skodish slaves who have joined the tribe in the west village, some of whom are craftsmen, there is more than enough manpower to build this bridge, but I don't think it is necessary to build other bridges now.

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

Capito turned his head to look elsewhere and snorted, "What do you know?"

Cornelius was not dissatisfied with the other party's impoliteness. On the contrary, he said more seriously: "In fact, Capito, you don't have to worry about the lack of labor. Among the thousands of Segestica warriors we captured, there must be some who are unwilling to join the tribe even with the advice of their relatives. As for those Segestica people 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 me, department staff, craftsmen working for the tribe, other personnel in various workshops, and market personnel to cultivate the fields."

"Then...then we can also gather the reserve members and some regular members of the tribe to help your Ministry of Works build the road during the slack season." Cornelius came up with another idea.

"How do you handle the duties of the head of the department? Doesn't the tribal law require military training during the slack season? What's more, I don't remember any provision in the tribal law regarding summoning formal tribesmen to help build the road," Capito mocked.

"Didn't we all help build the village together in Snowtia?"

"At that time, we had just settled down. If we didn't work together, we would have no place to live. But now it's different. Everyone has a house, a piece of land, and their own things to do. If we ask them to spend their own time working for the tribe, I'm afraid they will be dissatisfied after a long time."

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"Okay, let's end the debate here." Maximus said, "I think everyone agrees to agree to the request of the people of Segestica, so this matter is settled. Tomorrow, notify the villages where the First Legion is stationed to allow the people of Segestica to submit this application. However, we have to wait until we exchange the captives who were originally left in the Ardei tribe before we can let them go to see their relatives and persuade them. Otherwise, they can only serve as foreign auxiliaries of the tribe."

(End of this chapter)