Rome Must Fall

After Carlisle Pampas's reminder, everyone immediately realized: Due to the limitations of the cabin and roof of the strange ship ahead, the only places where opponents can jump off the ship are the bow and stern, which are narrow and Moreover, it is tilted up, making it difficult to stand firmly when jumping up, making it easier to become a shooting target...

"If the crossbow you are talking about is really that powerful, this kind of ship can be used for defense, but it can't catch up with enemy ships when attacking, and it won't be of much use." A pirate leader said a little harshly.

Calsipempas smiled.

Before he could speak, Dioscris reminded: "Fighting on the river is not as wide as the sea. Look, the Kupa River is only a few dozen meters wide. Seven or eight ships can block it. If the enemy ship wants to The only way to escape is to follow the river, and you will either end up far away from home and enter the territory of another tribe, or you will be forced to the water and no longer be able to move.”

The pirate was speechless immediately, but his companion looked curiously at the strange ship getting closer and closer in front of him, and asked: "What does this ship want to do when it comes near?"

"This is Nix's patrol boat. We have entered Nix's territory." Carlsipampas responded, then took a deep breath and shouted forward: "I am Carlsipampas! Here! You are here to transport iron ore!”

A man wearing shorts, shorts and a hood stood on the bow of the patrol boat. He saluted and asked, "Elder Kalsipimpas, why did you come early this time?"

"I received an invitation from your leader. In order to catch up with the summer festival, I have to leave early." Calsipempas replied.

The Ardi Iron Mine transports iron ore every fifteen days, and each time the tribes to the west and south of Ardi Yi send an elder to escort the shipment. Although the iron ore is controlled by the mountain tribes to the west, the profits are shared by the entire Ardei. The tribes in the north and east gave up this right in order to move to the Sava River, so the tribes in the west and south were divided into sixty-four. The tribes in the west made more profits, but in the specific transaction process However, there was some room for maneuver, so Carl Sipempas had to personally escort him from time to time, so as to use actions to frighten the cunning elders in the south and prevent them from playing tricks.

"I really envy you for being able to go to Ofidilia to participate in the summer festival. We have responsibilities and cannot go to watch, so we can only celebrate here." The man looked regretful, and then thought of something: "By the way , Your leader Alistakas just led his team through here yesterday, and he was also going to attend the summer festival. "

"Oh." Calsipempas responded casually.

"How many ships have you brought this time?" the man asked, while scanning the first ship where Calsipempas was, because there were a lot of people on this ship, and soon his sharp eyes stopped at those few. On the pirate leader.

"Same as before, twenty-five ships."

"These guys - I haven't seen them before, are they also members of your tribe?" The man pointed at Agatakus and the others.

"They are friends I met at sea. This time I will take them to see Chief Maximus and discuss important matters with him." Carlsippa said calmly.

"Elder Calsipempas, during the summer festival, the interrogations in various parts of our tribe are also stricter. In order to avoid trouble, I suggest that you take them to Sir Pompos of Western Russia later and issue a certification document." The man solemnly said said.

"Okay, thank you for the reminder!" Carl Sipenpas responded seriously.

The man waved his hand, and the sailor standing behind him pushed the wooden plank to the bottom of the ship. At the same time, the helmsman at the stern turned the rudder to move the patrol boat sideways and make way for the channel.

As the fleet continued to move forward and passed by the patrol boat, Agatacus and others saw clearly at close range that there were several soldiers sitting in the cabin of the patrol boat, some holding spears and some holding wooden shields and daggers. , there were also soldiers holding new weapons, crossbows. The crossbows were still on the string, and they were aiming at the fleet through the wooden windows. The sharp arrow tips shone with a cold light, making them shiver...

The river port of Snodia has completely changed from what it was when the Nyx first occupied it.

It has more than ten piers, lined up along the river bank of the village, and it looks very busy. There are constantly boats coming in and out, mainly going to and from the lower reaches of the Kupa River. Of course, there are also some boats coming from Ardie, so the port Not only are there many ships, but there are also many laborers.

One of the extra large piers is specially used to berth large fleets. It basically serves the fleets transporting iron and salt from Aldea. Therefore, Carlsipampas and the others do not need to wait, and will soon transfer all the piers. The ship pulled into the dock.

The dock steward arrived quickly. He first respectfully welcomed Carl Sipimpas and his party off the ship, and then directed the laborers to unload the baskets of iron ore from the ship and carry them to the prepared pack cars.

After it was filled, the driver drove the pack car to a warehouse not far from the dock. Following the pack car were Carl Sipimpas and one of the dock steward's men.

Immediately afterwards, another pack truck stopped at the pier and started loading... Although there were many busy people on the pier, it was very orderly and efficient, and half of the iron transport ships were vacated in less than half an hour.

Dioscris looked at these tanned, almost naked laborers with only a piece of cloth to cover their shame, and couldn't help but asked in a low voice: "Boss, didn't you say that there are no slaves in the Nyx tribe? What is a human being?”

"It is true that the Nyx tribe does not have slaves, but they have foreign auxiliary people, who are captives after being defeated by the Nyx people. Different from slaves, as long as they work hard for the Nyx people for a few years, they can become reserve tribesmen. , allocate dozens of acres of land...

Most of these people are foreign auxiliaries, and I recognize several of them. They have worked in our iron mine before. "Karsi Pampas looked at the busy laborers with a complicated expression, and said softly: "These people are not only the foreign auxiliary people of Nyx, but also our Aldiyi tribe. "

"What?" Dioscris and Nikala Redas were shocked.

"There's nothing surprising." Kalsi Pampas tried his best to keep his tone as calm as possible: "I said before that the things made by the Knicks are very popular among our tribe, but some people don't have anything to exchange with them, so they just We can only come and work for them in exchange for what they need. The Knicks actually treat our tribesmen who come to work pretty well, giving them free food, shelter, and even treatment when they are sick..."

After listening to this, Nikara Redas actually replied: "These tribesmen are also stupid. It is better to join the Nyx tribe directly. This way, you don't have to work so hard and you can enjoy many benefits."

"What nonsense are you talking about! They are Ardi people, how could they join another tribe!" Carlsipempas scolded.

"But don't we have to join?" Nikara Redas retorted unconvinced.

"You -" Carl Sipempas was speechless for a moment, his mind was racing, and then he said as calmly as possible: "You have been wandering on the sea for many years, and your feelings for the tribe have become indifferent, unlike them who are reluctant to leave the land and tribe where they have lived for generations. …”

"Actually, they are still stupid." Nikola Redas said directly: "I now think it would be good to join the Knicks."

Kalsipempas no longer refuted, perhaps deep down in his heart he felt that what he said was right.

After a while, the dock steward came over and invited Carl Sipempas and his party to go to the dock management room to take a break.

Chalcyponpas and Themispulos did not refuse.

Arriving at a wooden house next to the warehouse, the dock manager assigned his men the responsibility of entertaining Agatacus and other pirates. He led Carlsipempas and Themispoulos into the management room and asked them to sit down. , and then poured a can of water for each of them.

The thirsty Kalsipempas took a big sip and his eyes widened in surprise: "Loctias, what did you add to this water?"

The steward named Locteas was obviously familiar with the two of them. He smiled and asked, "Does it taste good?"

"It's sweet, and a little sour, not bad, it quenches your thirst!" Carl Sippenpas praised.

Themispulos also asked curiously: "What is this thing that makes the water sweet?"

"This is a new milk syrup made by our housekeeper, Lady Arconis. It is very popular with the people in Ofidilia. The food shop in Snotia has just learned how to make it." Luo Keti As introduced: "It is said that a little bit of fermented goat milk is added to boiled and cooled water, and some - honey is also added!"

"Honey!" Carl Sippenpas was a little surprised: "You Nicks can make honey now?!"

"Several people in our tribe used to be slaves in Italy who kept bees for the Roman nobles. After settling here, they went to the mountains and forests many times to find beehives and cultivate bee colonies. A few years ago, they Able to produce honey.

However, the output is very small, and the taste is not very good, because the bees have to search for wild flowers all over the mountains and fields to collect honey, and most of the honey is bought by Lady Akonis.

Later, the leader approved the establishment of a beekeeping workshop, which was put in charge by these ethnic groups, and a large area of ​​land was allocated to them to cultivate flowers. Therefore, more honey was produced and the taste was better. Just last month Honey has also been put on food stalls in the market and is ready for sale. "

"Does that mean we can also buy it?" Themisproos asked excitedly.

"certainly."

The two looked at each other, and Themispulos then asked: "What is the price of honey?"

"As far as I know, one box of bees can produce about 10 kilograms of honey in a year. A beekeeping workshop can't produce much honey even if it works hard for a year, so it is relatively expensive. One kilogram of honey requires 1,000 kilograms of iron ore. ." Locteas was already prepared and gave the answer without thinking.