"Chapter 13: Emerging Towns"

Humans have a great ability to speak, but most of what they say is meaningless and absurd, whereas animals, though they have little ability to speak, what they say is useful and true. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

- Leonardo da Vinci (typical artist of the Renaissance)

"Generals, it is a scorching summer day, but with the abundant water of the Cangluo River as a support, we can immediately implement our tuntian system, and the soldiers of the three tuntian legions will be responsible for opening up three wastelands on the west bank of the Cangluo River.

We, the peasants of Rome, will teach them how to cultivate wasteland suitable for planting, and when the wasteland is reclaimed, the soldiers of the Tuntian Legion can take some people who can cultivate the crops under the guidance of the farmers of our Roman city.

Based on the climate and environment on the west bank of the Cangluo River and the crop planting cycle, the Tuntian Army began to reclaim wasteland to plant crops in July, and by November this year, we could harvest the first batch of grain to feed ourselves!"

"But Governor, how can we feed so many warriors and civilians in the four months from July to November? Isn't there a shortage of food in the city of Rome?" As soon as Bai Feng's confident declaration was finished, this guy Eggers came to pour cold water again.

"Don't worry, Eggers, it's true that we don't have enough food in Rome to consume so many people, but we always have a way to solve all these problems, and as long as we can harvest the first grain in four months, I'll take care of it in four months. ”

Bai Feng has always done a good job of keeping his promises, as long as he says it, he will definitely do it, and everyone in the council hall has absolute trust in Bai Feng in this regard, and Eggers also acquiesced in Bai Feng's promise.

After finalizing the implementation of the tuntian system, Bai Feng had to put another issue on the agenda, which had little to do with Eggers, and Bai Feng needed Gamilios' support to implement this new policy.

"Gamilios, if I want to split your tribal alliance now and move to the west bank of the Cangluo River, can you accept such an outcome?" Bai Feng, who had been silent for a long time, asked Gamilios with burning eyes as he tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

"This ...... This?" The extremely surprised Gamelios subconsciously muttered a sentence first, and then replied with an embarrassed face: "Governor, I don't care about this, but I'm afraid that the people in the camp don't want to, especially those old Tasya. ”

"Gamilios, the reason why I bring this up with you is definitely not because of the idea of dividing your Tasya tribal alliance, but because the existing population in your Tasya camp has greatly hindered your own development.

The food problem is a big problem that affects your life and death, but it is definitely not the only problem that restricts your development; the tuntian system can solve the food crisis of our entire force, but it cannot solve the problem of your Tasya's development.

With the rapid increase in the number of people, have you not noticed that the sanitary and law and order conditions in the Tasia camp have become worse and worse, and if these problems are not effectively solved, it is inevitable that the Tasia camp will decay sooner or later. ”

In the face of Gamilios's hesitation, Bai Feng is understandable, after all, Tasia is the spiritual sustenance of Gamilios and the old Tasia people for more than three hundred years, how easy is it to make them give up this spiritual pure land now?

However, Bai Feng still had to do his best to persuade Gamilios to agree to his plan, and let him persuade the old Tasya to move to the west bank of the Cangluo River, which was the only way for Tasya to develop, and it was also the painful price to pay for his rise.

Gamilios was speechless when Bai Feng said this, or he didn't want to refute it at all, and Gamilios, who didn't speak again, fell into deep thought, and Bai Feng and the others remained quiet, waiting for Gamilios' reply.

"Governor, can you tell me the detailed plans for the split now, I hope that when I explain it to the old Tasyas, I can say what is practical that convinces them, and not just pay lip service. ”

"Okay! Speaker Gamilios is indeed a wise man!" After getting the answer he wanted, Bai Feng first praised Gamilios who had made a decision, and then explained to him specifically:

"My detailed plan is this: to put together the more than 130,000 people of your Tasya tribal alliance with the more than 150,000 people who have newly joined us, and divide them into three new communities with a total population of about 90,000.

While dividing the population of nearly 300,000, the soldiers of our Roman army will build three new camps near the three selected cantonment areas, which will no longer be tribal camps of the past, but settlements similar to those of the towns of the civilized world.

When our soldiers have built the three towns, the three new communities will be able to move into them, and all the people who enter the new towns will be given a house and enough land to cultivate for their families.

After opening up three tuntian districts, our Tuntian Corps will help the people stationed in the cities and towns to open up farmland belonging to each of their families, and in just half a year, the 300,000 people who belong to us will be able to truly live a stable life of living and working in peace and contentment.

Gamilios, you grew up in the Tasya tribal camp, don't you think that the town life of our people in Rome is much more stable and prosperous than your tribal camp, and now is the time for your people to start a new life!"

It is undeniable that Bai Feng's words still sound quite tempting, but how can Gamilios really understand the deep meaning of Bai Feng's move; in Bai Feng's opinion, in order to truly promote the rapid development of the power of the city of Rome, it is not enough to rely on the development of the city of Rome.

All the barbarian tribes attached to the city of Rome should become a boost to the power of the city of Rome, but the current situation of the barbarian tribes is too far from promoting the development of the city of Rome, in order to change this situation, Bai Feng decided to promote the civilization process of the barbarians!

Changing the backward camps of the original barbarian tribes into orderly settlements in towns in the civilized world, and completely turning the hunting life of the barbarians into a farming life, these are just the first steps of Bai Feng, and the follow-up Bai Feng will make the barbarians truly become civilized people!

Of course, this in itself was also extremely beneficial to the development of the city of Rome, and when these barbarian people achieved self-sufficiency, the city no longer needed to spend precious treasury funds to buy food, and could store more grain in the fields.

More importantly, as the barbarian people urbanized, their demand for various daily necessities will also increase, and the scale of trade between these three new towns and the city of Rome will also be further expanded, and more trade income will be brought to the city of Rome.

The myriad benefits made Bai Feng determined to start the process of urbanization of the barbarian people in the Roman city's sphere of influence, and the consent of Gamilios also laid a solid foundation for this plan, and the next step was to implement it.