Rome must fall.

Chapter 332 The Great Migration

"Then let's set off quickly!" Budokaribas looked up at the warm sun that had just risen in the sky, waved his hand and said, "The Nix people are still waiting for us in Snowtia!"

His nephew, Bradipoulos, couldn't help asking, "Uncle, aren't the leaders of Cicelytes coming with us today?"

"After the tribes of Cicelitses and others who used to live in the eastern hills were forced to move here, they had no good place to settle down, so they had to live more scattered in the mountains. Some tribes live in remote areas. It will take more time to gather all the tribesmen together, so they will leave tomorrow." Budokaribas took a deep breath and said loudly, "Let's go first, and explore the way for them. Let's go!"

"Let's go!" Bradypoulos roared in his loudest voice.

"Let's go!!!..." Thousands of people responded in unison, resounding through the sky. Then the same voice was heard from behind, and then again from further behind... It sounded nine times in a row, as if it were an endless echo, bidding farewell to the past and announcing the future.

However, the massive collective migration of the northern Ardei tribe did not attract the attention of compatriots from other tribes. The banks of the Mrežnica River and the Korana River in the south were quiet, as if it was because of the cold weather and the people were still sleeping in their houses.

Budokaribas led his people and set off.

These days it was cold and rainless, the soil became hard, and the road was quite flat, making it easier to walk even with many people and heavy vehicles.

We crossed the flat land between two swamps and came to the Korana River. The amount of water was significantly reduced in winter, so children could wade across easily. It was just a little troublesome to carry a cart. With the concerted efforts of the tribesmen, more than 20 carts were successfully crossed the river and reached the shore.

Heading north along the river bank, we soon turned east along the Kuba River.

The land here is no longer as desolate and lonely as the places I passed by before. Some people are busy on the roadside. Some are plowing the fields with plows and whipping oxen, some are carrying rakes and mopping the ground to loosen the soil, and some are carrying manure to water the fields to fertilize the fields... There are also some fully armed soldiers supervising the people working by the fields, and Knicks clerks holding wooden boards and recording all the time.

The further we walked, the wider the fields on the right side of the road became. There were more and more people working in the fields, and the number of soldiers supervising the fields also increased...

Budokaribas watched eagerly, and became more and more anxious: after their proposal to move to the Sava River was passed at the tribal meeting, he wanted to take all the people of the tribe into action immediately. However, the funeral of the former chief and the inauguration of the new chief were held one after another, and he had to attend them. As a result, he was delayed for 10 days. Now the Nix people have begun to drive the captives to plow the fields, and he and the tribesmen have not yet arrived at the new residence. After arriving, they will have to spend time to reorganize, and don't delay next year's spring planting!

The people of the Knicks must have been notified in advance. When they saw so many people coming from the west, they did not feel uneasy, and no patrol came to intercept them. Everyone just looked at Budokaribas's team curiously, and then continued to do their own things.

When they were about to reach the Snowtia village, a larger team appeared in front of them. This team also included men and women, old and young, dozens of pack carts, and hundreds of fully armed soldiers, blocking the entire road.

Budokaribas stopped the marching team and rushed forward alone.

Several people from the team ahead also came over to greet them. The one in front waved and shouted, "Elder Budokaribas, welcome you and your people to our Nix!"

"I'm sorry, we're a little late!"

"Not too late, not too late. We just came out too." Pigris said, half turning his body respectfully, and stretched out his hand to the right: "Let me introduce you, this is the wife of Chief Maximus - Nesia!"

Budokaribas had already seen the woman standing next to Pigris. She had a pretty face, a graceful figure, and exuded an aura of majesty. He had already guessed her identity in his heart, and now hurried forward to greet her.

"Elder Podokaribas." Nesia said with a smile: "The chief mentioned your name in front of me many times, saying that you have helped us Knicks a lot and are our benefactor!"

"Captain Maximus is too kind. He generously gave our tribe land. He is our benefactor!" Budokaribas said sincerely.

"That's great. Our two tribes can help each other now, and when we reach the Sava River and live together again, I believe we can get along even better." Nessia said with a smile.

"You're right, our two families have always been allies, and since we will live together in the future, we will be even more of a family!" Budokaribas quickly interjected.

Nesia glanced at the team behind Budokaribas and asked, "I heard from Pigris that you will bring people from ten tribes to the Sava River with us today. Are they all there?" "They are all following behind."

"Then let's not waste time and set off quickly. There are many people here today, and we have to try to get to Todlido before dusk."

"You are right. I will urge the tribesmen behind me to speed up their journey."

Seeing Nesia and Pigris turning around and walking back to their team, Budokaribas was a little emotional: This wife of Maximus is not simple. Although she always has a smile on her face and a soft voice, she always controls the initiative to speak...

Although Maximus also married Cleobrotus' granddaughter Geniandafla, Budokaribas also knew Geniandafla. Like Aristakas, he also hoped that Geniandafla, with the support of the Ardi tribe, could have a different position in Maximus' heart and gain more benefits for the Ardi people. But after meeting Nesia, Budokaribas suddenly became alert: Geniandafla might not be able to defeat the first lady of the Nix tribe...

Nessia returned to the team and asked Fleslyusia with concern: "Are you really not going to take the carriage?"

Folesliusia subconsciously touched her belly, which was not yet visible, and said firmly, "I can walk."

Nessia stopped trying to persuade her, because she knew that although Forsythe looked fragile, she would not change her mind easily once it was made up.

"In fact, we can ride horses, so we can reach Ophidilla a day earlier." Geniandafla said softly.

"We are the chief's wives. The whole team is led by us. It would be outrageous if we abandoned them and rode away alone!"

Nessia's few words, neither too light nor too heavy, made Geniandafla pout. However, after being beaten that day, she had tasted the bitterness and dared not confront Nessia openly again, so she simply stopped talking.

Led by Nessia, the Knicks team set off.

This team was much larger than the migration team of Aldei, with more than 10,000 people. The families of the Third Legion accounted for the majority of them, mainly the wives of officers and soldiers, and their children.

Some children are not the tribesmen's own, but brought by their wives. More than half of the wives in this situation are Segestica people. Their original husbands died in the battle with the Nixes, and they and their children were captured. In order to survive, they chose to marry Nix soldiers; there is also a small number of Ardi women. Their original husbands died in the war with Segestica. They lived a hard life with their children. Later, because the tribe signed a friendly agreement with the Nixes, in order to survive better, they chose to be employed by the Nixes. As a result, they fell in love with their employers and finally married them.

Some of the children were babies who were only a few months old. In order to take care of their young children, many soldiers asked for leave from the corps commander and rushed over to protect their wives and children and follow the main force to their new home on the Sava River. This undoubtedly made the team larger.

Maximus' family and the families of officials from the nine departments are another component of the Knysian migration team. Although they are small in number, they are extremely important, so the more than 200 fully armed accompanying soldiers are mainly to ensure their safety.

The Nix tribe used all of the transport team's carts to help the relocated tribesmen move their belongings. The only item that was not moved was food.

This year's harvest was good, and all the official members of the Nix tribe had full granaries. Tens of thousands of official members of the tribe from Snotia and Westney were going to relocate, and the amount of food they had to transport was a huge amount. With the tribe's existing transportation capacity, it might not be possible to transport all the food in ten days. Moreover, it would take one to three days to travel from the Kupa River to the Sava River, and a lot of food would be consumed on the way...

To this end, Cornelius came up with an idea: the Finance Department would weigh the grain in the homes of the formal tribesmen who were going to move to the Kupa River. After the quantity was determined, a certificate would be written in the name of the tribe. The tribesmen who had just moved could take this certificate to the Finance Department in Ophidillia to collect the same amount of grain.

When Cornelius made this suggestion, Maximus was highly praised. Not only was the suggestion passed in the Council of State with his support, but he also repeatedly asked all departments to fully cooperate with the Ministry of Finance to implement this measure and to ensure that every relocated tribesman could eventually get back their food!

The heads of various departments thought that Chief Maximus was so concerned about this matter because he was concerned about the relocated tribesmen. However, they did not know that he, who came from modern society, associated this with banks and currencies. He wanted to ensure that this first step must be successful, so as to establish the concept of exchanging goods and money in different places in the minds of the tribesmen.

Looking at the huge team winding away, the new Snowtia Administrator Theopompos breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.

(End of this chapter)