Chapter 291: Migration of the Main Village

"Okay." Maximus was satisfied with Quintus's statement. He looked at another chief officer of the Ministry of War: "Lebirus, is the transportation team of the Ministry of Armament also coming with you?"

"Yes, leader, but they and the First Army are at the camp near Linkou Village."

"Next, you have to lead the transportation team to transport all the food collected from each village back to this stronghold. At the same time, you also have to transport the weapons of the Pannoni army that we collected before to this stronghold for reserve. We are ready to arm the new tribesmen who have joined us, especially the Skodisci. With such a large area of ​​land and several enemies around, it is not enough to rely on just two legions.”

"Yes." Lebilus responded quickly, but after thinking about it, he couldn't help but said again: "Chief, the food collected from the villages in Segestika will definitely accumulate more and more. I’m afraid we have to build a granary, otherwise it will be difficult to store it for a long time.”

Maximus nodded and said: "The granary must be built again! But you have to make a plan first, when to build the granary, where to build it, how many to build...and then discuss it at the political hall meeting before implementing it. "

"Yes." Lebilus was relieved.

Quintus was also relieved. He had just felt that the troops in Segestica's territory were not enough. He originally wanted to mention it later, but he was relieved that Maximus had already considered forming auxiliary troops.

"Cornelius, the food shipped back by the Ministry of Armaments and the property, including houses, collected by the soldiers are all under the care of your property department. You must control the distribution of food so that the people will not starve. Try to ensure that the food consumption can last until next autumn. Also... the distribution of houses and property to the new reserve people must be fair and reasonable, and try not to let them complain, otherwise I will hold you accountable!"

"Chief, don't worry, I will do my best to complete the tasks assigned by you!" Cornelius accepted the order readily at first, and then began to complain: "It's just that the financial department has few people, so I have to leave a few people to manage the treasury. The food and property on the other side of the Pa River and on the Segostika side are gathered together. It is a very huge number. We have to receive, count, verify, file, distribute, and review again... There are far from enough manpower! "

"The Ministry of Armament will assist you with the distribution. There is a shortage of manpower. I can't add staff to the Ministry of Property for the time being. You have to find a way to borrow people to help."

Cornelius was awakened by Maximus's words, and he immediately looked at Volenus.

Volenus waved his hand quickly: "The Ministry of Agriculture will also be very busy next, and I'm afraid there are not enough manpower. There will be no extra people to lend you."

Cornelius curled his lips slightly and glanced at the others, naturally ignoring Capito. Then his eyes lit up: "Kephisophon, can I ask you a favor? Find some people who are good at arithmetic from the tribal school. The child is here to help our property department? "

Kephisofon thought about it and felt that it was a good thing for the children to have such an opportunity to practice, so he said: "Of course, but the property department must ensure the safety of the children, and they cannot be overly blamed if they make mistakes. Give more encouragement, and make arrangements for their accommodation and meals..."

"Don't worry! Don't worry! When the leader first established the team, I often worked with the children. I know how to take good care of them." While making the guarantee, Cornelius also showed his qualifications intentionally or unintentionally.

Volenus suddenly said: "Kephisophon, you must also lend us some children from the Ministry of Agriculture who can write and calculate!"

"Vorenus, what do you mean! Just now I asked you to borrow someone, but you didn't lend it to me. Now that I have borrowed someone, you come to rob me again!" Cornelius immediately expressed his dissatisfaction to the other party.

"I'm really sorry!" Volenus said apologetically: "I just remembered that the next affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture are also very heavy, and they are also short of manpower, so -"

"It's so unreasonable for your Agriculture Department to come and snatch my people when you don't have enough manpower!"

"How come those children in the tribal school have become members of the Finance Department!" After being scolded several times, the good-tempered Volenus also became angry: "Besides, there are so many children in the school, and your Finance Department also wants to Not that many kids!”

"There are a lot of children in the school, but there shouldn't be too many who can write and count. If you want to snatch them away from me, you won't be able to do it! -"

"Okay, what does it look like when two department chiefs quarrel over a child?" Maximus lowered his face and made a few criticisms, which immediately silenced the two of them.

Then Maximus looked at the etiquette instructor, and his tone became gentle again: "The children in the tribal school are so popular, which just shows that you teach well in Kephisophon!"

"Chief, you have the foresight to guide everyone to learn from the beginning, pay attention to the education of children, and form such a good atmosphere that we can achieve today's good results."

Kephisophon was not flattering, he was telling the truth, so Maximus felt comfortable and had a smile on his face.

Kephisophon continued: "This is a good training opportunity for the children in the school. I want to bring the children here to help various departments, which will also enhance their ability to use knowledge. Ability, faster growth... I hope you can agree, leader!"

"Okay, let's do it." Maximus agreed readily, and he thought more: let the children do the work, and let the people of Segestica see that our Nix tribe attaches great importance to the growth and education of children, and increase their yearning for the tribe.

"Are you going to build a school here so that the children of Segestica and Skodischi who have joined the tribe can also come to study?" Kephisofon asked immediately.

"Of course I have this idea, but today is not the time to discuss it." After Maximus answered, he looked at his trusted agricultural officer: "Vollenus, your judgment is right, the Ministry of Agriculture will be very busy next! Busy with land inspection and land distribution!

Starting tomorrow, you have to organize people to measure the land of all villages where the First Legion is stationed. After measuring a part of the land, you will divide out a part of the land, and divide it while measuring, so that the people of Segestica and the slaves of Skodischi who have just joined the tribe can immediately enjoy the benefits, but the objects of land distribution are not only them, but also the soldiers of the First and Third Legions——"

Everyone was stunned when they heard it.

Quintus reacted quickly: "Chief, are you going to move all the soldiers of the First and Third Legions here to live?!"

"That's right." Maximus said seriously: "There must be a long-term garrison of troops here to defend against the invasion of the Pannoni and stabilize the order of this land. But letting the soldiers living on the other side of the Kupa River stay here for a long time will not only consume food, but also make them dissatisfied, so they can only be moved. "

"Even if the soldiers of the First and Third Legions are redistributed with land and houses here, they have finally reclaimed the land and built their own houses on the Kupa River. I'm afraid they will not be willing to move here to live again!" Quintus reminded.

Maximus was about to speak, and Volenus said first: "I think the soldiers of the First and Third Legions should be willing, because after this war, all soldiers will be promoted for meritorious service, most veterans will become first-class tribesmen, and a few can even become knights. All recruits will become formal tribesmen, and the tribe needs to give them a lot of land, but now there is no extra land on the Kupa River——"

"No! Didn't we just capture two Segestica villages and gain a lot of land along the Kupa River? "Quintus immediately raised an objection.

"The newly added Kupa River land is not much. Quintus, don't forget that the Second Legion, the Fourth Legion, and the craftsmen and officials who have made contributions will also get new land because of their promotion, so the land over there is really not enough!"

Vollenus said seriously: "On the contrary, there is enough land here, and when I came here, I carefully checked the soil. It is better than the land of the Kupa River. It seems that the Segestica people take good care of the land. Besides, the land here is vast, and there are villages everywhere. The damage to the fields by wild beasts must be less than that on the Kupa River, and the roads here are better than those over there.

As for the houses, there are so many villages here. Isn't it enough to distribute the good houses to the veterans so that they feel that they are not worse than before? As long as we explain these benefits to the soldiers, they will definitely be willing to live here... Oh, by the way, the vegetables and beans they planted after the autumn harvest can be harvested and then the land over there can be distributed..."

Quintus's energy was invested in military affairs, and he didn't know much about farmland. After listening to Volenus's talk, it seemed to make some sense, so he had to say: "I hope so."

"It seems that everyone has no objection to the soldiers of the First and Third Legions moving here. In fact, not only they will move, but you and I, as well as the main house of the Nix tribe, the government hall, and the nine major departments will also move here. "

Maximus uttered shocking words again, but this time he didn't wait for everyone to object, and continued: "If we only want stability, we can continue to stay in Snotia, just like the Ardi people; if we still want to continue to grow and develop, we should make this place the main camp, realize the annexation of the Segestica territory as soon as possible, and then further expand to the territories of other Pannoni tribes... Which option do you think is better? "

"Of course, make this place the main camp! "Everyone responded in unison. Without even having to think about it, everyone quickly reached a consensus.