No matter whether the way is right or not, money is always fragrant.

- Jade Waina (Roman satirical poet)

In the last sentence of Calabes, it was already spoken in a very stern tone; Grace and Brigo naturally hurriedly stood up and expressed their hearts. As his power grew, so did Calabes's prestige in the hearts of the generals; The once innocent Calabes has grown into a powerful figure!

Although Grace and Brigor were very panicked in the face of Carabess's stern admonitions; However, the opinions that should be put forward by the two still have to be put forward. Especially Brigo, his Alpine tribe is not even as strong as Grace's Grace tribe, and is definitely the weakest tribe among the three major tribes in the future.

You know, building a city is not an easy task; Perhaps, for the peoples of the civilized world, it will only take a few years to build a city on a small scale. But the Gallic barbarians could not have done the same thing for hundreds of years; The city of Marseille of the Maasai tribe is the most typical existence.

The city of Marseille is the only city in the entire Gallic region outside the mountains, and it is also the best testimony to the centuries-old strong history of the Maasai tribes; If it weren't for the glorious history of the Maasai tribe dominating Gaul outside the mountains for hundreds of years, they would not have had the strength and heritage to build this Marseille city. Even so, Marseille is still a city enclosed by wooden walls, not what is known as a stonewalled city in the civilized world.

The reason why the city of Marseille can be called the city of Marseille is not that it is a serious city; It's just that its position in the Gallic region outside the mountains is relatively special. This is like the city of Alesia built by the Alesian tribe in Greater Gaul, and the city of Limon built by the Rimon tribe in the Aquitani region, which is more symbolic than practical.

Such a so-called city, in the civilized world, is by no means a formal city, at most it is a large town in a certain province; Its defensive role and the population it can accommodate are far from being comparable to those of a real city. It should be noted that the Maasai tribe does not gather all the Maasai people in the city of Marseille, but more often lives in the jungle plains far north of the city of Marseille.

Even such a city of Marseille required a Maasai tribe that had dominated the Gallic region outside the mountains for hundreds of years, and it took hundreds of years of time and energy to build; It was easy to build a city in the territory of the Gallic barbarians. So, in the face of Calabes's request for the city, Brigo bluntly stood up and retorted:

"Your Excellency, if you want the Grace tribe and our Alpine tribe to build a city like Marseille in the short term, this is an impossible task for us! Our tribe simply does not have the ability to build cities, let alone the resources needed to build them; You know, the city of Marseille where we are located took hundreds of years for the Maasai tribe to build!

For our tribe to build such a city, even if we had the experience of the Maasai tribe, it would take us at least a hundred years to complete this difficult task; In this 100-year period, it is also necessary to ensure that there is no war, no turmoil, and sufficient resources of all kinds. Otherwise, we won't be able to complete this task at all! ”

Brigo's words immediately resonated with Grace, and he couldn't help but stand up and say: "Your Excellency, it's really not that we don't want to complete this task, but that we really can't do anything!" Let's be honest, who wouldn't want to live in a safe city and want to live as a tribe? It's just that our strength is really not enough to complete the task of building the city wall! ”

For none of the generals present have seen many real cities, except for Cadoradu; Especially the generals who followed Lugotorix, who saw cities like Marseille as real cities. So, naturally, they agreed with Brig and Grace's words, and really felt that building a city was an impossible task.

In other words, in this regard, there is indeed a huge gap between the Gallic barbarians outside the mountains and the Gallic barbarians inside the mountains; The Gallic barbarians in the mountains were also very backward compared to the nations of the civilized world. However, it is true that there were many cities founded by the Gallic barbarians in the mountains; Even if those cities were all towns like Marseille, it would be more than a step stronger than the hundreds of years of building a city by the Gallic barbarians outside the mountains!

In the face of the bitter complaints of the two chiefs and commanders, and the frequent nods of the other generals; Karabes, however, smiled helplessly. It seems that these generals, who were born in the Gallic barbarians, are still unable to completely change their backward views and truly have the consciousness of the civilized world; You know, building a city is not a difficult thing for the civilized world.

In particular, the establishment of a town like the city of Marseille is the simplest thing in the civilized world; A large town that can accommodate 30,000 people can be built in a civilized world in a maximum of half a year. This is the speed at which the city of Marseille is built in the civilized world, and it is also the task given by Calabis to the two leaders; Of course, the preparation time for Karabes is two years!

However, it is clear that Brig and Grace have no confidence in accomplishing such a task, and their ideas are still stuck in the tribal days of the Gallic barbarians! In fact, the entire Gallic region outside the mountains was originally in the tribal era of the Gallic barbarians, and this is indeed something that Calabis will not change for a while.

However, since Carabess proposes such a solution, there must also be a solution; Therefore, after the two of them told about all kinds of difficulties, Karabes also patiently explained: "You two better rest assured, your task is to manage your tribe well and develop your tribe rapidly; In addition, I will leave the construction of the city to professionals.

When you arrive at the settlement with your tribes, I will ask the House of Julius for a group of specialized city-builders to come to Gaul beyond the mountains; When the time comes, your task is to mobilize your tribes to actively assist these craftsmen in building the city. Also, building a city is only the first step in changing your tribe, and we will have more measures to change your tribe in the future.

When the city is finished, I will send some special merchants to your two tribes; In the future, a special official commercial route will be established between the three major tribes of Gallic outside the mountains. At the same time, these trade routes were not limited to trade between the three tribes, but also with the Julius family east of the Alps.

Of course, this commercial route that I have arranged is not the only way for the tribes to trade with each other, but only to guide trade between the tribes and to the House of Julius; For each tribe specifically, we still encourage private development into merchants, as long as we can build Gallic beyond the mountains better and faster! ”

With this detailed explanation of Calabes, Brig and Grace finally understood the specific arrangements for the construction of the city, and also understood Carabes's good intentions for the development of the two tribes; Therefore, the two did not say anything more about the task of building the city, but agreed to Carabes's arrangements and said that they would actively cooperate with Carabes's arrangements.

After all the matters to be discussed are discussed, what remains to be resolved is the specific arrangements for each legion; In the coming period, the main tasks of each corps must be to replenish troops, organize training, and restore combat effectiveness. However, there is still a need to pay attention to the specific arrangements of each legion; Otherwise, would all the legions be concentrated in the city of Marseille?

Calabis had already thought about how the legion should be arranged, but it had not yet been announced; After finishing the other business arrangements, Karabes finally brought up the matter. However, compared to the discussion of other affairs, when it comes to military affairs, Carabis still prefers to give orders directly and let the generals carry them out.

The specific order was as follows: after the end of the war, there would be five legions under Karabes; Among them, the First Legion, which was the most powerful in combat and directly belonged to the direct command of Calabes, naturally continued to be stationed in the city of Marseille. Brigo's Fourth Legion and Grace's Fifth Legion will also be stationed with their captains in both tribes.

However, the task of these two legions is not as simple as defending the two major tribes, and the task given to them by Calabis is even more difficult to complete the conquest of the entire Gallic region beyond the mountains! Although Calabes had already conquered the Maasai and Telma tribes, there were many other tribes large and small scattered in the Gallic region beyond the mountains, which needed to be conquered slowly.

Naturally, Carabes handed over such a task to Brig and Grace; Their task was to conquer those small tribes and then incorporate them into their own tribe until they had expanded their tribe to more than 100,000 men. Of course, this expansion is not without limits, and Karabes only allows them to expand to a maximum of 120,000 people.

Once the expansion of this number was completed, the other tribesmen they continued to capture had to be handed over to Karabes. As for the Second Army of the Cadoradu, Karabes gave them the task of securing the Gallic region beyond the mountains by stationing them on the north bank of the main stream of the Rhône, at the junction of the Gallic region beyond the mountains with the other Gallic regions.

Along with the Second Army, the Third Army of Itami was stationed on the north bank of the Rhône, for the north and south banks of the Rhône River were large plains; Although it also has a certain amount of vegetation, it is relatively suitable for large-scale cavalry operations compared to other Gaul regions. Therefore, Karabes also sent the Third Army to the border area to fight against the enemy that could appear at any time.

At this point, Calabess arranged all the specific affairs within Gallic outside the mountain, and also formulated the next development plan for Gallic outside the mountain; The rest is to do it slowly. When the meeting was over, Karabes told the generals to start moving according to the arrangements they had just made; All of this gives Calabes confidence in the future! (To be continued.) )