"Chapter 12: Preparing for the Barbarians, VIII"
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The food needed by 100,000 people for a month is not something that one or two hundred wagons can transport, it is simply a mountain of grain, Bai Feng can't deliver so much grain to the Tasya tribe for a while, and he has no intention of doing so.
With the successful expedition of Gatus and Licinius, two of the six tribes that set the target this time have been annexed by the Tasya tribe, and the attributes of the Tasya tribe have also undergone earth-shaking changes at this time.
Vassals: Tasya Tribe (Normal)
Region: Barbarian Land
Faction Leader: Gamilios (Junior Great Swordsman)
Population: 48,972
Force Strength: 12,354 warriors (including apprentice swordsmen and above)
Force Loyalty: 85 (up to 100)
With a population of nearly 50,000 and more than 10,000 warriors, the total population of the Tassia tribe directly exceeded 60,000, and although the Tassia tribe was still 95% loyal to the city of Rome, their strength still grew too rapidly.
Judging from the current strength of Roman City, the Tasia tribe already has the strength to break away from the city of Rome, but this is only the strength of the Tasia tribe after annexing the two tribes, once they successfully annex the other four tribes, their strength can be imagined.
Bai Feng has never been a person who pins his hopes on others, he wants the absolute control of the city of Rome over the tribe of Tasya, not the rule of Rome over the tribe of Tasia based on the loyalty of the tribe of Tasia.
Before the city of Rome could not control the Tasia tribe with absolute force for the time being, Bai Feng could only use the weapon of grain to control the expanded Tasia tribe; according to Bai Feng's concept, the food that Rome City sent to the Tasia tribe every time should be just enough for the Tasia tribe to consume for half a month, and then the Roman city would send food to the Tasia tribe again every half a month.
In this way, no matter how many people and warriors the Tassia tribe had, they could not have betrayed the city of Rome due to lack of food, and the lack of transportation capacity of the city provided the best excuse for such limited transportation.
Perhaps this kind of practice is not very upright, and it can't be said on the table, but Bai Feng still understands the principle that the heart of defense is indispensable; besides, these grains are all temporarily provided by the city of Rome to the tribe of Tasia free of charge, can the tribe of Tasia still have any dissatisfaction with this? In this world, there will never be another person like Rome City who provides so much food to the tribe of Tasia.
Considering that the Tasia tribe itself also had a certain amount of food reserves, and the two annexed tribes must have had a lot of food reserves before, Bai Feng first prepared enough food for the Tasya tribe for 30,000 people for a month, and incorporated it into Licinius to bring the news to the Tasia tribe;
The entire transportation capacity of the city of Rome itself was maintained only by two hundred carriages of the governor's palace, and it was absolutely impossible for these two hundred carriages to transport the food needed by thirty thousand people for a month to the camp of the Tassia tribe in one month, which was the current state of the transportation capacity of the city of Rome.
And the Tasya tribe has a population of nearly 50,000 people, Bai Feng believes that Gamilios will have his own way in this regard, after all, these grains are the key to the survival of the Tasya tribe, how can he not do his best?
After sending Licinius out again, Bai Feng's attention was focused on the eight idols that Licinius had brought back, and it was obvious that these eight idols were far inferior to those of the Tasya tribe in terms of texture and age.
The eight statues of the Tasya tribe are all carefully carved from fine wood, supplemented by special methods for preservation, plus they have gone through more than 300 years of history, lifelike appearance and the vicissitudes of life over the years make people easy to have an urge to worship at first sight, and even Bai Feng can feel the sacredness of those gods.
The eight statues seized by Licinius are far behind, they are more than one grade lower in the wood they choose, and the carved statues are also quite rough, and what is even more helpless is that these statues will certainly not exist for more than a hundred years, and their value is limited!
Especially the four idols from a larger tribe, the day and night worship of more than 30,000 people in this tribe is always useful, at least it is much stronger than nothing, right?
When Bai Feng happily brought these eight idols to the Apollo Temple, High Priest Binglan was also shocked by Bai Feng's speed of collecting the gods, and she even asked Bai Feng in disbelief:
"Bai Feng, did you go out every day to rob the barbarian temples? Otherwise, how did you get so many divine objects with the power of faith, how long has it been, and you have got sixteen god statues!"
Looking at the cute expression of the high priest Binglan's round eyes, Bai Feng's heart was also full of self-satisfaction and pride, men, they will always inflate themselves under the praise of beautiful women, and Bai Feng is no exception.
"Well, then I can't tell you!" The self-aggrandizing Bai Feng glanced at the High Priest of Bing Lan triumphantly, and then said this sentence in a smug manner, hearing Bai Feng say this, the High Priest of Ice Lan threw a white eye at Bai Feng as a matter of course.
The real beauty is really intoxicating with a smile and a smile, it is the white eyes of the high priest of Binglan, but it gives Bai Feng an indescribable sense of temptation, coupled with the divine temperament of the high priest of Binglan, Bai Feng once again stared at Binglan stupidly.
"Ahem, ahem. It wasn't until the face of the High Priest Binglan was already unnaturally showing a shy demeanor that Bai Feng reacted from his conjecture, he quickly pretended to cough twice to cover up his gaffe just now, and then quickly changed the topic and said:
"Binglan, I think the quality of these eight idols is much worse than the last eight idols, you should sacrifice them all quickly, you also know that now that our Roman city is in danger, the things obtained by these idols are still very important to us. ”
After nodding silently, the high priest of Binglan motioned for Bai Feng to stand aside in the hall first, and then she raised the scepter in her hand high and began this sacrifice;