Checosa, nonpuòessereilnemicodipiccolesolidagrande, nonsolidonemicopubblicovedovo, nonildebolecontroilfortesolido (however, the small solid cannot be the enemy, the few cannot be the enemy, the weak cannot be the strong)

- Mencius ([Liang Hui Wang Chapter I])

In the past few days when Oscar has been immersed in the sea of his reform plan, the work of Luquis, Vipsani and others is also in full swing. On the evening of 8 September, a full week after the last meeting, the crowd was once again gathered in the chamber of the Governor's Palace; Unlike the elation of the last time, this time everyone has a smell of wind and dust.

Lucis and Vipsani, in particular, were not so easy to investigate throughout Sardinia; Although the area of Sardinia is not very large, it is definitely not small. With the speed of technology and information transmission in the current era, Luquis and others also have a general understanding of the situation in Sardinia; As for the specific situation, it is not something that can be investigated at this time in this era.

If Luquis and Vipsani were tired from the heavy workload, the four generals in charge of recruiting recruits could only be described as gloomy. Sardinia's already small population would not have been cared for in the absence of force and coercion, and the four recruitment sites recruited less than 500 recruits in seven days!

This would have been unthinkable in the Latin provinces of the Roman Republic; For Roman citizens, military service was an honorable affair and the best way to obtain wealth and honor. Therefore, if the senate wished, it could even gather all the men of appropriate age in the entire city of Rome to form dozens of legions; This is the advantage brought by the system, and it is a gap that cannot be bridged by ordinary manpower.

At the beginning of the meeting, Oscar asked Luquis and Vipsani to inform the crowd of the statistics on Sardinia; Vipsani stood up and bowed to Oscar, and then said to everyone: "Because of the mountainous and forested natural environment in Sardinia, many situations are not easy to count, and we have only done our best to count all the statistics we can in these seven days.

In addition to Calaris, there are 7 small towns, 65 villages and settlements in the whole of Sardinia; Among them, the population of Calaris is 18,190 people, the total population of 7 small towns is more than 31,000 people, and the total population of 65 villages has more than 70,000 people, plus the scattered population that cannot be counted, the total population of Sardinia is about 130,000, of which the male population of 16~45 years old is more than 40,000.

At present, Sardinia has a total of more than 200,000 acres of unclaimed cultivated land, and it is estimated that there are 150,000 acres of cultivated land that can be reclaimed, and only 100,000 acres of main cultivated land exist, and less than one mu of cultivated land per capita! Moreover, Sardinia has a large number of high-quality vineyards; It now belongs entirely to the Augustan family and is expected to produce more than 10,000 barrels of wine per year. In addition, the original 13 families also owned nearly 100 houses in Sardinia, which have also been included in the family property.

There were more than 10,000 slaves of all nationalities, mainly Numidians and Spaniards, in these estates and mansions, as well as in the estates of the original 13 families; At present, these slaves have been taken over by the family army, and further instructions on how to deal with them need to be further instructed by the Leader. The income issue that everyone is most concerned about is the most unsatisfactory.

Before the family occupied Sardinia, the annual population tax of Sardinia was only 4,690 gold coins, the agricultural tax was only 2,930 gold coins, and the trade income was only 430 gold coins due to the impact of the war. The total annual income is only 8,050 gold coins, which will be enough to feed two legions. Coupled with other expenses, such as building roads, building walls, expanding ports, etc., it is simply not enough to make ends meet. ”

Vipsani's words cast a shadow over everyone's hearts, and no one wanted to see the family being entangled in these trivial matters and unable to go all out when the family was preparing to show their strength. However, if these problems are not solved, the family will not be able to expand wholeheartedly. It's another dead knot. Seeing that everyone was sad, Oscar said confidently:

"None of these problems are a problem, I am ready to carry out a reform in Sardinia; Moreover, in the future, every province of the family will implement such reforms. As long as my reforms can be implemented smoothly, soon Sardinia will be rich, and there will be no problem with several times the increase in taxes; What's more, there is no need to worry about the difficulty of conscription, and every Sardinian will support the family's expansion! ”

Oscar's words made everyone present look at each other, which is too exaggerated, right? Is there really any way to solve these problems? This is something that even Alexander the Great, who almost unified the world two hundred years ago, did not do! It's no wonder that everyone doesn't believe Oscar's rhetoric, as if a person next to you suddenly says to you, what ** didn't do back then, he wants to do it, and it's better than **; Can you believe it?

Well, Oscar didn't need to say anything, just handed out a copy of the Roman version of the Oscar reform that had been sorted out to everyone present; Then he said a word, and after reading it, you won't say a word. The people took up the parchment roll suspiciously, and looked at it carefully; The first to exclaim was Luquis, followed by Vipsani, and then everyone expressed their surprise in amazement.

Surprised to surprised, everyone still continued to look at this Oscar reform outline; When they saw the military merit level of the eighteen titles on the last page, everyone began to be uneasy. This is simply tying this reform to the rise and fall of the Augustus family, once the reform is implemented, even a new soldier will burst out on the battlefield for his family and descendants with no less combat effectiveness than other veterans!

But at the heart of the whole reform was the concentration of all power in the hands of Oscar alone; From now on, no one should want to shake the status of the Augustan family. Of course, it would also be inaccurate to say that the House of Augustus was called; To be precise, no one can shake the status of the Oscars. Because this reform will tie the fate of every beneficiary to the Oscars.

Perhaps, not everyone is loyal; However, everyone will fight for their own interests. This is the most terrible part of this reform, and he connects everyone under the rule of the House of Augustus with the leader of the House of Augustus, and both the glory and the loss are lost. However, this reform is still flawed.

So far, only Lucis and Vipsani have seen two things that are not good about this reform. The first is that the law is too strict, and in such an era of great changes, there is naturally no problem with such a law; However, after the Augustan family's territory reached a certain size and the common people accumulated a certain amount of wealth, was such a harsh punishment still appropriate?

You must know that when the Roman Republic was founded, it also enforced strict laws; But with the expansion of the territory and the stability of the situation, did not the whole republic, especially the Latin provinces, re-enact the laws because the people were unwilling to accept the harsh laws? Don't make a mistake from the past! Considering that this is the beginning of the day, and the laws are all for the newly occupied provinces, this issue can be ignored for the time being.

The second problem is that too much attention is paid to military merit! At the heart of the entire reform program is the military merit hierarchy, which links every family to military merit; To have military merits is to have privileges, and you can enjoy the treatment and glory and wealth of the nobility. Without military merit, there is nothing, which is equivalent to being at the bottom of society. On the surface, there are rewards for hard work and hard work, but they are really not worth mentioning compared to military exploits.

Yes, judging from the current and future developments, this is not a disadvantage, but a weapon to quickly improve the combat effectiveness of the family army; But as long as there is no war, this system will lead to the collapse of society. If there is no strong figure to stand up and reform again, the consequences will be unimaginable. Even now it will lead to abnormal development within the entire Augustan family territory, which is an unhealthy pattern of development.

On another point, Luquis and Vipsani did not dare to think any more when they thought of the slightest hint; The whole reform is still aimed at taking precautions. This military hierarchy and administrative system will completely put an end to the formation of local separatist forces and large families; In the future, the Augustan family will become the only super family in the entire Augustan power, and it is impossible for anyone else to use their position to expand the family's power. Including everyone present!

Of course, no one denies that this restriction actually has its good side; At least after the traditional family power and the local aristocratic power are gone, ordinary people no longer have to be oppressed by these so-called nobles. The Augustan family did not have to be aware of the internal struggle for power all day long, as was the case in the current Roman Republic, which was beneficial to the development of the whole family and the whole territory in the future.

Aside from these two, the others obviously hadn't thought of that much; A lot of administrative things are not understandable to these generals who are full of golden iron horses. However, they understood the system of military merit ranks, and they did not contradict it; After all, this will greatly strengthen the combat effectiveness of the troops under the command of the generals. This, in turn, will allow the generals to establish greater feats and obtain higher titles; It did not harm the interests of the generals.