Rome Must Fall

"Yes, yes, as long as we can become a member of the Nix nation, we can endure no matter how many laws there are!" Other pirate leaders agreed.

Cicelitses laughed and said: "Everyone wants to join the Nyx tribe, Kalsipempas, what about you?"

Carl Sipempas was stunned: "What do you mean by this?"

Budokalibas quickly took over: "He wants to say that now that the Romans have begun to rectify the Mediterranean, pirates can no longer be pirates. What will your tribe and the tribes in the mountains to the west do next? "

Kalsipempas pretended to smile casually: "If you don't want to be a pirate, then you shouldn't. We still have iron ore, and we can exchange a lot of food and cloth with the Nyx tribe every month. There is no problem in keeping the people fed and clothed. "

Budokaribas reminded him earnestly: "You have more than a dozen tribes and tens of thousands of people there. Without the income from sea plunder, can an iron mine alone really fully guarantee the lives of the people in the mountains?!

Besides, we have dealt with that iron mine before. It is not a large iron mine. According to your current digging speed, the iron ore on the surface will be dug out in a few years, and then you will have to dig underground. , the mining difficulty is much greater.

Moreover, the Knicks’ demand for iron ore is increasing, and our iron ore is not as good as that of the Noriki. By then, the Knicks will greatly reduce their purchases of our iron ore. What should you do? "

"Yes, the tribesmen in the mountains have become accustomed to having enough food and clothing. If we ask them to return to their previous poverty-stricken life, I'm afraid no one will be willing." Cicelitses then reminded.

Kalsipempas frowned, looked at the two of them, and said in a deep voice with vigilance: "You two came here today just to drink some beer, right?"

"Of course not -" As soon as Cicelitses finished speaking, his foot was stepped on hard, and Budokaribas interjected: "Think about what we said first, and when you finish eating, Let’s talk in detail later.”

Kalsipempas glanced knowingly at the waiter standing aside, temporarily suppressing the doubts in his heart, but then the food and beer tasted like vinegar in his mouth.

After dinner, Calsipempas took the two of them to the room where he lived. After closing the door, he asked in a deep voice: "Tell me, why did you two come to me?"

Budokaribas asked: "Now we can't plunder at sea, and mining iron ore won't last long. What are your plans for the future of the mountain tribes?"

Carlisle Pampas actually thought a lot about this issue while eating, but at this moment he shrugged pretending to be relaxed: "Our life is not bad now, let's continue to make a living by digging iron ore, and wait until the iron ore is gone It’s almost gone, I’ll think about it again then.”

"Don't wait until things get worse before you think about it!" Cicelitses said a little anxiously: "I suggest you think about it now... should you sign an agreement with Chief Maximus like us? , let him give you a piece of fertile land to the tribes in the mountains? "

Kalsipempas was surprised when he heard this: "You mean... let our mountain tribes move to Nyx's territory like you?!"

"Karsi Pampas, with your intelligence, it is impossible for you not to realize that the situation of your mountain tribes will become difficult!" Budokaribas said sternly: "Except for Cicelitses just now The words spoken at the dinner table are even more troublesome for people like Aristarchus and Ambrasinus!

Aristarcus has had a grudge against us ever since we moved here. At first, he held frequent tribal meetings, trying to torment us, but after discovering that we could always attend in time, he deliberately informed us late, making us late for tribal meetings, and then took the opportunity to scold us.

Later, we had a big fight with him at the tribal meeting. After that, he held another tribal meeting and simply didn't send anyone to inform us. We had to rely on your help... You should know these things.

But in this way, it will waste more time, and it is not a problem to be late for meetings all the time. Cicelitses and I discussed it and finally decided that as long as Aristarchus didn't send someone to notify us directly, we would not attend the tribal meeting, so we haven't seen each other for more than half a year..."

Cicelitses sighed and said bitterly: "Of course we also want to go back to attend the meeting, understand the situation of the tribe, and visit you casually, but Alistakas is too hateful, and we also have a temper!"

Budokaribas continued: "Alistakas is not only dissatisfied with us, he is also dissatisfied with you and the leaders of your western tribes. You should know very well!"

Carl Sipenpas remained silent.

Of course he knew that Aristarchus had been at odds with him out of jealousy since he established his prestige among the tribes by raiding at sea. After he succeeded as the chief, he aligned himself with Budokaribas and Cicelitses to safeguard his own interests, which made Aristarchus hate him even more...

"I'm sorry that in the past six months, because we have been unable to attend the tribal meeting, you have to bear the pressure of Aristakas and others alone!"

Budokaribas said apologetically: "I heard that Aristakas held several meetings in succession this spring, mainly to discuss increasing the share of iron ore revenue for their southern tribes. Because of your firm opposition and Clery's Obrotas' protection, coupled with Aristakas's concern about your friendship with the Nyx tribe, so in the end he did not dare to be harsh and maintained the original agreement.

However, the leaders and nobles of the southern tribes are increasingly fond of using various things made by the Nyx tribe, and apart from salt mines, the only way to exchange for these things in large quantities is the iron ore trade... Now Aristakas After they know that you can no longer be pirates and can only rely on mining iron ore to improve your life, do you think they will come up with some ways to force you to give up part of the profits from the iron ore trade? After all, when you transport ore Had to pass through their territory..."

"If Aristakas dares to do this, he is not worthy of being the leader! We mountain people will never give in, and we will fight with them to the end!" Calsipempas responded in a strong tone.

"If you do this, your tribesmen on both sides already have grievances. I'm afraid there will be constant conflicts in the future. The situation will get worse by then. Can you still conduct iron ore trade with peace of mind?" Budokariba Si reminded.

"It's better to lead the people to move here like us!" Cicelitses then said: "Look at us now, we are far away from Alistakas and the others. We can go to the tribal meeting if we want to. , if we don’t want to participate, he can’t control us, and it will save us a lot of trouble. More importantly, once Alistakas asks us to donate food and materials for some reason, he can’t do anything to us even if we refuse. .

For our people, they now have their own land and houses, and the food they grow is enough to feed them. The extra food can be easily taken to the Nyx market to exchange for cloth and horses. Clay pots and other things needed. When you have nothing to do, you can go to the nearby Knicks village to watch their rugby games. When traveling, you can use the docks and roads built by the Knicks...

It can be said that their current life is even better than before the Segestica people invaded our territory. Now we no longer have to worry about the lives of the people at all. "

Budokaribas closed his eyes subconsciously, with a complicated look on his face.

Chalcyponpas did not notice that he was now moved by the words of Cicelites.

When Budokaribas and his tribe led their tribe to move to the Sava River, it was a major event in the Aldiyi tribe. Naturally, Kalsi Pampas was also concerned about this. He even visited Budokaribas' tribe once. As far as he knew, the lives of these tribesmen who had obtained their new homes were indeed much better than before. Look at how relaxed and comfortable these two people were now, and think about how hard he worked every day to improve the lives of the tribesmen, and if he did not make changes in the future, he would still be in trouble. Facing greater difficulties...

Kalsipempas was silent for a moment and whispered: "The Nix tribe seems to have no extra land now. But I know that many of them have just become reserve tribesmen this year and have not been allocated land yet."

The two of them looked at each other, and both of them could tell: Calsipempas was beginning to be tempted!

Cicelitses pretended to smile mysteriously: "Don't worry, you are most likely to reach an agreement with Chief Maximus if you make a request to him at this time."

"Oh, why?"

Budokaribas said sternly: "Didn't you just say that there are many new reserve tribesmen in the Nyx tribe who have no land to divide? Their decree of twenty titles clearly promised that 'every All ethnic groups must be given land.

In addition, during the slack period at the beginning of this year, the Nyx tribe convened the tribe for military training, but the scale was much larger than before, and it was also more stringent. Even Maximus participated in person and punished several people. People who violate military law...

So we judge that the Nyx tribe will probably launch an attack on the Pannoni soon! "

"What? The Knicks are going to go to war with Pannoni?!" Carlsipampas was shocked.

"This is actually nothing surprising." Ciceliteses looked gloating: "The Pannoni people are no longer as rampant as they were when they invaded our territory. Since they were defeated by the Nyx people several times, they competed with each other. After the destruction of the Gestica tribe, their strength has been severely damaged. However, in recent years, the Boi people in the north have been at war with them and have taken away their land north of the Drau River...

We heard that some elders of Knicks proposed a war with Pannoni as early as last year, but Maximus did not agree, but this year I don’t think Knicks can survive without a fight! "