Chapter 0688: The First Battle in the Tribe
514, Carthage.
According to Yamazaki's wishes, Siva announced the new rules to the slaves in the name of the master mother, and won unanimous support, just like Yamazaki said, even if some people doubted it, they would not oppose it, because they were all profiteering.
Yamazaki takes over the finances of the Gelong family through Akane, and Midaiko is not interested at all, she just wants to grow up quickly now and go out to play when she grows up.
The property of the Gelong family is divided into four parts, one is the gold coins exchanged for the treasures in the past, the second is the slaves of the family, the third is the livestock, and the fourth is the weapons and tents and other objects.
Gold coins, keep only people's eyes, investment is the best way out, just with God, under the witness of God, no one dares to risk the contract signed.
Slaves have to be raised, this is a product of the times, even if you want to free slaves, many slaves don't want to, without masters, they can't support themselves.
Livestock should be marked to record their growth and facilitate management.
Weapons are so bad that they can't be compared with the weapons of the twentieth century.
Yamazaki still feels that he has done a good job, although he doesn't know how to open the furnace to build weapons, but when he constructs the Sanctuary space, he can make it there, and now it should be at the level of a divine blade.
In the Sanctuary space, anything can be created as long as you think about it, but it takes a lot of faith to think about it.
It's better to just prepare the materials and then make them, like alchemy in fiction.
Yamazaki and Midaiko know some about the construction of firearms, but in this era, bows and crossbows are still used, and individual crossbows made of materials in the twentieth century can also be compared to large crossbows in this era.
In addition, Yamazaki has collected nuclear weapons and analyzed the structure of nuclear weapons, but he probably won't need them. ......
Carthage, port.
The slave warrior Flo and the clerk Andreas came to invest in the Chamber of Commerce with gold coins and found a suitable Chamber of Commerce, the Motros Chamber of Commerce.
The first is a small chamber of commerce, which will be valued, after all, relatively speaking, there is not much money.
The second is that the crew is energetic, indicating that the chamber of commerce has a future, and if the crew is listless, it means that the cohesion is poor and it is easy to have problems in case of trouble.
Go to the temple of Apollo to sign a contract, and the Gelong family will take half of the caravan's income, and if the gang is dismantled, half will be taken according to the size of the caravan at that time.
While the god of commerce is Hermes, Apollo is the protector and can guarantee the execution of the contract.
With the money of the Gronn family, the Motros caravan could expand into large small chambers of commerce, and it was up to the caravan whether to buy ships to expand its size and continue to resell wine and wheat in the north and south of the Mediterranean, or to resell high-value goods.
In short, the Gelong family only collects money.
As for the risks, there is Poseidon, the god of the sea, there is no natural risk of running trade in the Mediterranean, and at the moment there are no pirates, and there is no major conflict between the Ostrogothic and Visigothic kingdoms and the Vandal Alan kingdoms.
Unfortunately, the trade routes to India were under the control of Eastern Rome, otherwise it would have been possible to resell spices and gems from India, as well as silk and porcelain from the Central Plains. ......
In October, the first proceeds arrived, and in the name of hunting, they were exchanged for iron ore to make weapons, which were forged by the family's slaves.
Over the course of four years, relying on the faith of thousands of animals to give every day, Yamazaki built a small sanctuary the size of one-eighth of a holy wardrobe, enough to make small swords.
However, Yamazaki didn't want to make it on a large scale yet, and he just wanted to dress up the slaves he was close to.
Collecting or refining materials other than iron from the soil, and crafting them from the metal on nuclear weapons, only knowing that, and slowly groping for the rest.
Well, it's normal to sharpen iron like mud, and it's enough to defend against all human weapons when made into chain mail, and it's very light.
For ballistas and the like, a direct hit from the front, the shock wound is fatal enough.
Give the female slave leader Siva and the slave warrior Flo a set of equipment, full chain mail and visor, Siva is a dagger, and Fro is a pair of scimitars.
The jacket chain mail allows them to wear it under the leather armor, above the underwear, and the lower body is not worn during the war, and the lower body is usually not wearing pants, and it is hot.
The chain mail has no burrs, no scratches, and should not be corroded by sweat.
Siva and Flo's reaction was a pleasant surprise, especially Flo, who even knelt on the ground and kissed her feet after experimenting with power. ......
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the year again, and the taxes had to be paid again, and the tribe held another round of voting, but this time the rich people did not agree.
Even if it's for the tribe, they can't help every year, and they help for nothing, which doesn't make sense.
Therefore, those who cannot pay their taxes have two choices, one is that they cannot pay their taxes and are arrested as slaves, and the other is that they owe IOUs and cannot be repaid to become slaves in the coming year.
As a result, naturally, the second.
However, Yamazaki doesn't think so, and they will pay it back in the coming year. ......
515 years.
The slaves of the Gelong family ate well and slept well, became more and more robust, and some slave families who lived together also welcomed newborns.
Among them, there were two difficult births, which Yamazaki helped deliver the babies with, using the Sanctuary.
Moving the child to the sanctuary and then to reality is a matter of faith, but it is also a pleasure.
And of course, this hand was not seen, but it was just a blessing from Yamazaki and turned the crisis into safety. ......
In the spring, Yamazaki made an alloy hand crossbow, but it had to be pulled with a wringing hand, and the power was a bit great, so he didn't give it away, so he gave it to Midaiko to play.
He made a batch of crossbows of this era out of wood, unstringed, half for his own use, half for sale, and made a small fortune, and returned in exchange for some slaves, so as to free up the labor force in the family and give them more time to train.
Flo reorganized a dedicated escort team, including him, of forty-nine men, equipped with metal gear made by Yamazaki. ......
In the summer, the guards of the Gelong family conducted actual combat exercises to protect Yamazaki and Mei Daiko to hunt, but in fact, Yamazaki and Mei Daizi discussed to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Gelong family and find a few elephants to come back.
It takes a long time for others to train elephants to be war elephants, and all they have to do is see elephants.
The problem is, not seen, it is said that an elephant has not been seen for a long time.
I found a golden eagle and chased it for several hours, and finally approached it.
Mei Daiko infected the golden eagle with her spiritual will, and named Nika, which means victory.
Yamazaki placed a tiny sanctuary on it to see high in the air with the help of its eyes.
Under the search of the golden eagle Nika, a group of Alatus bears and twenty-three male bears were collected, and the female bears and cubs were not caught.
Yamazaki planned to tailor the whole body armor and claws with sharp blades for this group of warriors, who generally weighed more than 400 kilograms, so that their lethality skyrocketed.
Under Yamazaki's command, in this era, these war bears in alloy armor can break through any human formation.
On his way back, he encountered a large herd of North African bison, numbering in the thousands.
Yamazaki infects them with his spiritual will and places a very small sanctuary inside the cow's body so that he can keep in touch at all times and let them contribute to their faith. ......
In October, the proceeds of the Moteros caravan arrived, and they informed the Gronn family that they would break up next year, choosing to pay back.
Yamazaki originally wanted to do a weapons business through them, so forget it, and let Andreas continue to sell crossbows to the military.
The proceeds were exchanged for slaves, and the number of warriors continued to be expanded in anticipation of possible tribal infighting at the end of the year. ......
At the end of the year, before paying the taxes, the tribal chief informs everyone of the time of the meeting and the return of the money.
Even if you want to borrow money again, you have to settle the old account, don't you?
It's just that a considerable number of people can't afford it.
The tribe derives its income from raising livestock and hunting, but these are not in-demand commodities and are purchased at low prices.
In order to avoid the contradiction of water and grass, the families with a large number of livestock, that is, the wealthy families, each demarcate pastures for stocking, and the rest are concentrated for stocking, and each family contributes to the efforts.
Hunting is on a voluntary basis, and the harvest is managed by each family, and finally managed in a unified manner.
All the income is divided according to the amount of effort and harvest of each family, and then they are pooled to buy a large amount of grain, and the amount of grain purchased is distributed according to the amount of money paid.
In recent years, the lack of prey in the nearby mountains, rising taxes, and rising grain prices have made it difficult to make ends meet. ......
The eve of the conference.
Yamazaki saw it through the owl, and many people from the tribe gathered with weapons.
Unexpectedly, the rich families are also gathering.
That is, they also expected such a play, and it seems to be connected.
But the Gelong family did not receive a reminder, which means that the Gelong family was abandoned, sacrificing the Gelong family, which has few people, and supplementing the clan with the wealth of the Gelong family.
This abacus is really good.
Yamazaki originally wanted to help the clan solve these troubles, but now he decided to take a look and see if the two sides were colluding.
The proof is that the rich families defend, and those who ask for money come to the Gelong family.
And as it turned out, it was.
There were about 2,000 people, more than ten times the number of the Gelong family that could fight, and they quietly approached the camp of the Gelong family in a straggler formation, or no formation, taking advantage of the night.
Eric and, Alec, Lina, and Rita were all slightly pale in their little faces, holding their swords nervously.
Mei Daizi didn't care, urging them not to be distracted, and to continue to play chess with her, a simplified version of Dungeons & Dragons, there are no magicians or anything like that, only warriors, archers, cavalry, etc.
Yamazaki directly released the war bear, because at this time, it was useless to say that it was useless, and he could only solve the problem by killing.
As for spiritual infection, it cannot be used on people, because people's spiritual will is more complicated, and if you meet someone with a strong spiritual will, you may be detected by God.
The roar of the war bear, which can be heard far away in the night, is also more intimidating.
Of course, that's for the enemy, for your own side, it's a morale boost.
The speed of the Alatus bear is not slow, it can reach a speed of more than 50 kilometers per hour, and its strength is even more explosive to humans, wearing an alloy battle armor to rush into battle, and in just a few minutes, the opponent fell a third of the people, and it is not clear how many kills and injuries.
The main casualties were the sharp blades of the armor on the bears, the shields they brought were useless, and there were not many people who were killed by the bear's paws, and none were bitten to death.
Bears have helmets on their heads and net-like visors on their mouths, and can bark but cannot eat.
The enemy quickly collapsed, but Yamazaki did not let them go, and let the bear surround and kill them in the front, and let Flo lead the guards to arrest people and surrender on their knees to avoid death.
The Gelong family needs labor and warriors, and these people are just right. ......
The clansmen soon learned the outcome of the battle, and their jaws dropped.
This is equivalent to the fact that the Gelong family overthrew half of the clan with the strength of one family, and if you count it as a family, most of the tribe is in the Gelong family. ......