Chapter 381 The Xiku People Have No Choice

If the Sikuers were still nomadic people, they would definitely oppose becoming an agricultural people.

Because even if the Sikuer people are willing to become an agricultural people, they do not have the knowledge that an agricultural people should have.

Nowadays, the Sikuer people are already a semi-agrarian people. However, due to the limitations of agricultural technology, they are unable to carry out large-scale agricultural planting, so they still maintain a semi-nomadic state.

As long as the food produced by farming can ensure the survival of the Sikuer people, they certainly have no reason to object to becoming a farming people.

After the senators made eye contact, the consul came to Roy and said.

"Foreigner! If you are willing to sell these farm tools to us, we are willing to let you rule us. Because you have more advanced civilization and technology, you can indeed make us live a better life. But we cannot let you become like The king's emperor can only make you a lifelong consul of the Senate."

"Archon——"

In the history of another world, even the royal power of the Roman king would be checked by the Senate, and the power of the consuls was not as good as that of the Roman king.

Even if the title of consul had the word [lifetime] in front of it, it would not meet Roy's requirements at all.

Roy looked at the Archon expressionlessly and said.

"What I want to do is an emperor with more power than the king, not a consul who has to discuss any important matters with the Senate. You proposed to make me a consul. To be honest, I am really disappointed with you."

"It is a reasonable request that we make you Archon."

said Brutus, walking up to the consul.

"Now all our senators believe that you will be a wise ruler, which is why we are willing to make you a consul for life. But no one can guarantee that your descendants will be as wise as you. We can I guarantee you that if your descendants are also wise rulers, the Senate will also consecrate your descendants as consuls for life."

"If my descendants are not wise enough, you will let others become consuls to rule the Roman provinces that I have developed - or even make the Roman provinces enemies of the Athenian Empire?"

Seeing that the elders did not deny it, Roy said with a sneer.

"It seems that if I want to establish rule in the Roman provinces, I must abolish the corrupt and backward system of the Senate."

"You want to abolish our Senate—"

After hearing Roy's words, the senators all became excited.

"Our ancestors have used the senate system for thousands of years, where all the chiefs discuss important matters together."

“How can we resist a tyrant when all the power is concentrated in one person?”

"Outlander, you should respect our traditions."

Roy asked with a sneer.

"If the Senate system is correct, then why do you Sicurs keep being squeezed out of your living space by the Sabines and Latins? I think it won't be long before you Sicurs will lose your foothold in the Apennines. ”

The senators were immediately speechless, not knowing how to answer Roy.

Because the Sikuers continued to fail under the leadership of the Senate, it was a fact that the senators could not deny.

"If you can help us defeat the Sabines and Latins and regain our lost territory——"

Brutus said with a serious face.

"We can dissolve the Senate and hand all power to you."

Then Brutus addressed the senators.

"Now we Xiku people have reached the point of life and death. If we don't make changes, just like His Majesty the Emperor said, we will lose our foothold in the Apennine Peninsula. This result will be worse than the emperor's rule over our Xi Ku. Are we even worse?"

Now the people of Sikuer have no better choice.

They would soon lose their last foothold in the Apennine peninsula to the invasions of the Sabines and Latins.

If accepting Roy's rule can allow them to live a better life and regain their lost territory, being ruled by Roy is not really unacceptable.

Seeing that none of the senators objected to Brutus' proposal, Roy said with satisfaction.

"Very good! Now that you have made the right choice, you elders, let's see how I let the Sikull people live a better life, and how I led the Sikull people to defeat the Sabines and Latins. People. Starting tomorrow, I will allocate land and recruit soldiers in various villages of the Xikuer people. If any of you obstruct me, I will kill the senator who hinders me and demote all the family members of this senator to life-long slaves."

Loy did not propose that the Sikur people abandon their three patron gods - Palic, the god of agriculture, Adrenus, the god of war, and Hybra, the goddess of the sea.

Because Roy was worried that making this request now would completely anger the elders.

It is obviously a safer approach to wait until Roy deeply controls the Sikuer people before asking them to abandon their gods.

the next day.

Roy returned to the port of Catanzaro and personally demonstrated to all the soldiers how to use farm tools.

The third day.

Roy's soldiers were divided into groups of fifty and went to fifty villages of the Sikuer people to distribute land and recruit soldiers.

In the village of Catanzaro, after Caesar said that he was recruiting soldiers to help the Sikuer people regain their lost land, young people in the village enthusiastically signed up even though Caesar had not yet said what the soldiers would be like.

Because in the hundreds of years of war between the Sikulls and the Sabines and Latins, the Sikulls were not only deprived of their living space by the Sabines and Latins, but many of their tribesmen were also killed.

The passionate young Siculians were eager to take back the lost land and avenge their ancestors.

After successfully recruiting soldiers, the Athenian soldiers personally performed plowing and sowing with iron plows and hoes, so that the Siculians believed that they could cultivate more fields.

The tenth day since Roy came to Catanzaro.

The port of Catanzaro has been built into the walls of Catanzaro.

In the center of Catanzaro, a temple of Persephone was built with wood.

At this time, the Athenian soldiers had completed the distribution of land and recruitment of soldiers in fifty villages of the Siculians, and brought 5,000 new recruits to Catanzaro.

Ten warships of the Kingdom of Athens also transported 3,000 bronze spears eliminated by the Athenian army.

After Roy armed 3,000 Siculian soldiers with these 3,000 bronze spears, he was ready to lead 5,000 Athenian soldiers and 3,000 Siculian soldiers to launch a war to conquer the Campania and Basilicata regions in the southern part of the Apennine Peninsula ruled by the Sabines and Latins.

Although the two regions have a total area of ​​23,000 square kilometers, the population is only about 70,000.

If he was not worried about the logistics, Roy would even want to conquer Apulia as well.

With the 20,000 square kilometers of Apulia, the area of ​​about 60,000 square kilometers in the southern part of the Apennine Peninsula will be included in the territory of the Athenian Empire.

Now the Siculians are still recruits who have not completed their training.

Roy launched a war, and he had reasons to launch a war.

The food brought by the Athenian navy could not withstand the consumption of 11,000 people at the same time.

So Roy had to conquer the Sabines and Latins, and plunder food from the leaders of the Sabines and Latins to feed his army.