Chapter 102: Total Control

Tinis and Sankundo were very smart, they didn't ask for slaves, the slaves that should have been allocated to them, they asked Qin Dong to convert the slaves into gold and silver, because they were worried that they would be secretly intercepted and killed by Qin Dong when they went back, in that case, the slaves would delay their marching speed, it would be better to convert the slaves into gold and silver to carry, Qin Dong smiled at this matter and agreed, in this way, all these slaves belong to Qin Dong, and under Qin Dong's rule, no slaves are allowed, unless someone voluntarily becomes a slave, Because he could not have slaves and in order to compensate his officers, Qin Dong also converted the slaves into money and distributed them to his officers, and from then on, Qin Dong's officers could have money, private fields and pastures, but could not own slaves and territories. Want someone to serve? Yes, pay for someone!

After receiving the money, Tinis and Sankundo immediately bid farewell to Qin Dong and returned north to their territory that afternoon, while Qin Dong led his troops back to the Pazar camp.

This time Qin Dong can be said to have gained a huge harvest, almost all the spoils were obtained by him, he just paid some gold and silver, he still has a lot of gold and silver, and if it is not enough, you can go south to fight the grass valley and rob the Eastern Roman Empire, and horses, armor, and weapons are all strategic resources, and the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Roman Empire will not sell to the Huns, so these are very important to Qin Dong.

The conditions of Qindong can be described as unique, most of the southeast of the Xiongnu Empire is in the territory of present-day Bulgaria, and there are only two places here are the Great Plains, the first is the Danube hilly plain in the north, and the second is the Maricha Low Land in Thrace in the south where the Zapar, Pana, Plov and other areas occupied by Qindong are located, which is the flattest plain in the southeast of the Xiongnu Empire, and a large number of crops can be planted on both sides of the Maricha River and its tributaries, which is a natural granary. And other places are mostly low-lying land, low mountains, high mountains, hills and deep fault valleys and river valleys, as long as this place is well managed, Qindong is to have money, to have grain, in the surrounding mountains there are also a large number of mineral resources, especially coal, iron, copper, lead, zinc and other metals. These were all necessary conditions for hegemony, but now Qin Dong could directly control the plains on both sides of the Maricha River, and the surrounding Lila Mountains and the Rhodope Mountains in the southeast were also in the hands of the Germans and Eastern Romans.

Qin Dong, who returned to the Pazar camp, immediately arranged for personnel to take some of these newly acquired captives to open up wasteland and cultivate land, and the other part went to the foot of a nearby low mountain to mine, Qin Dong had already found out that there was a low mountain thirty miles southeast of Pazar, stretching for more than ten miles, this mountain is not high, but some iron ore is distributed in it, and the content of iron ore is not very high, but there is also iron ore anyway, isn't it? Iron ore can also be used to make iron.

Because it was the first time for these captives to be prisoners, they were very dishonest, and there were several commotions on the way back to the Pazar camp when they were escorted, and they were forcibly suppressed by Qin Dong, and dozens of heads were cut off to deter these people, and then it was stipulated that for these captives, anyone who wanted to escape or create a riot would be beheaded for public display, if he worked honestly, as long as he could work for two years, he could become a free citizen, and become a submissive citizen under his Qin Dong's rule, and he could come and go freely in Qin Dong's territory, and it was much better than being killed, And Qin Dong may have made a promise, so these captives can be honest.

The families of the soldiers who were previously detained by Vatur were also picked up from Pana and brought back to Pazar, now the soldiers were relieved, the resettlement of thousands of families was not a trivial matter, Qin Dong personally came out to plan the camp located on the north bank of the Maricha River, the herdsmen and farmers lived on the periphery, so that it was convenient for grazing, and the people engaged in commercial trade lived in the middle, Qin Dong had begun to prepare to build a city here, no need to build a city wall, only build houses, he wanted to change the habit of the Huns who were born by water and grass, If you want to develop and grow, you must stop wandering, have a stable base area, and engage not only in animal husbandry, but also in the development of agriculture and light industry.

Then Qin Dong issued an order to move the garrison of the commander from Pana to Pazar, and the subordinate officers who originally belonged to the commander of the thousand commanders all moved from Pana to Pazar after receiving the order, originally these people did not dare to come here before, because in the past, this was often raided by the Germans, and several groups of centurions were killed here, now well, I heard that Qin Dong fought a big victory, and eliminated the elite main cavalry of the three Germanic people in the south, and for a long time in the future, The Germans of the South did not dare to fight the idea of Pazar anymore.

After Qin Dong returned to Pazar, he quickly sent people to Saidika to report to Captain Moredov, and within two days, Qin Dong was busy with the affairs of the territory, and Captain Moredor sent an envoy to reward him, since the Germans suffered a crushing defeat this time, Captain Moredovon canceled this meeting to conquer the Germans, and now the empire is unstable, and Modor does not want to start a war against the Germans lightly, attracting the attention of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Since the garrison of the commander was relocated to Pazar, then Pana's position was not so important, Qin Dong only left a cavalry hundred-man team to station, and the other armies all moved to Pazar for more comprehensive military training, and Pazar's troops and residents were several times more at once, and now with the army, there are tens of thousands of people in total, and the military personnel account for more than 2,000.

As soon as there were too many people, the food seemed to be insufficient, so Qin Dong had to send people to Cedika to buy grain on the one hand, and on the other hand, organize people to fish and hunt on both sides of the river bank to increase some rations for his subordinates. Originally, Qin Dong wanted to lead his troops south to coerce the Germans to pay tribute for some food, and if he didn't pay tribute, he would fight, but he remembered that he had just received the inheritance left by Vatur, and he had not yet fully digested it, and there was no response from Plov, so he gave up.

Two days later, Batu sent someone back to bring good news, under the persuasion of Hado, the dog-headed military advisor, the son of Ramado agreed to give Qin Dong the territory, and handed over his slave cavalry 400 and 300 infantry to Qin Dong, Qin Dong promised that he could keep all his property, and his life and property would be protected, and anyone who attacked him would be against Qin Dong, but the slaves he left behind must be converted into free people, and he must also pay a salary to these people, Ramado's son breathed a sigh of relief after getting Qin Dong's assurance, this little fate was saved, and the property could be saved, but he lost his rights, and the property left by Ramado could be used by their brothers for several lifetimes to squander, and it was not bad to be a rich man.

Now the only ones who are not under Qin Dong's absolute control are Tinis and Sangkundo, the two centurions with private territory, Qin Dong does not have the idea of killing these two people, now he thinks about stability, at this stage, stability is overwhelming, as long as they are obedient and send troops unequivocally when there is a military order, he is too lazy to embarrass them, leaving these two people, you can also let others see, he Qin Dong does not have to kill them all, as long as you obey the order, do not obey his order, he doesn't care, but if they want to sit big and secretly develop their strength, then Qin Dong will definitely not tolerate their continued existence, under his rule, everyone can't have private territory for the time being, and they can't lose their tails.

Tinis and Sankundo were shocked that Ramado's son had surrendered all his territory and army to Qin Dong, what did it mean? It means that from now on, only the two of them still have private armies and territories, will Qin Dong secretly make trouble for the stumbling block? They could only be careful not to let Qin Dong find an excuse to attack them.