Chapter Twenty-Six: A Courtier with a Background

The water diverted from the canal to create a tributary that flowed along a designed route through two oases in the desert, leaving a thin stream that merges into the Orange River again. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

These two small oases themselves were created because of their proximity to the red sandstone area and the presence of a water system underground. Now with the presence of aqueducts, the amount of water has increased dramatically.

According to Marco's design, trees were planted along the way, and within a few years, the two small oases would be connected, and the red sandstone area would become the largest oasis in the desert. Such whimsical ideas will appear, which makes Cook, who has been holding a scimitar in his hand all his life, admire.

Everyone was stunned by Marco's plan, Field met Marco in person, Marco's plan was only to open a canal in a rocky canyon of several tens of meters, which could make the entire red sandstone area, including the downstream, fertile soil, such a water conservancy design can be said to be epoch-making.

Field believed that Marco could leave his mark on the history of the entire continent with this alone.

In the desert, it is very simple, if there is an oasis, there are people, and such a large oasis, whether it is planting or grazing, is enough to feed a large tribe.

Such an area cannot be ceded to other tribes, it must be in their own hands. The oasis that the coyote now occupies is the largest oasis in the desert, and is called the wolf's lair by the inhabitants of the desert.

After Hall took office, after more than ten years of development, the number of warriors has doubled, and many samurai have already had families, which makes the wolf's lair a little overwhelmed and can no longer meet the development of coyotes.

The business plan of the Holy Maiden of Sa'e sent 2,000 warriors, and the total number of warriors resident in the major tribes was close to 3,000. The remaining 5,000 samurai, along with nearly 20,000 samurai families, were crammed into the wolf's den.

The opening of a new oasis made Cook excited, and even a little impatient. There were so many families of the samurai that Cook was a little out of breath. There is no way, most of the samurai who followed the coyotes at first, except for those who died in battle, are now married.

The choices were made from natives of the desert, people from the Tulip Principality, and slaves brought by slave traders from the sea. After becoming a family, there will naturally be little cubs born.

This is much more complicated than the management of the coyote period, and the redundant personnel can neither be managed in a purely militarized way, nor can they be left alone, and the samurai have money, but they cannot be allowed not to start a family.

After becoming a family, you need to support your family, and it is no problem for a samurai to raise two people, but there is a problem to raise more than three people. The income of a samurai is not enough to support the lives of three families, and a samurai with two children will have a somewhat embarrassing life.

Even if there are families who want to reduce their expenses by farming, know that this is a desert, and there is not so much arable land.

The leader is also a hands-off shopkeeper, relying on the gold in the golden tower, it is true that he can buy food for a long time, but this method of fishing with all his resources will not last long.

Marco perfectly solved Cook's dilemma, people can't be idle, several people are idle and rely on a samurai to feed, what does this look like? As long as you can move, you have to have something to do.

"Go to work, coyotes don't raise idlers, some have to eat, lame, don't shrink in the house and pretend to be a girl, as long as you can ride a camel, give me red sandstone." ”

Whether it was the excavation of the aqueduct or the construction of the red sandstone oasis, it required a lot of manpower, and Cook simply drove most of the personnel out, leaving only a few old and weak children, and five hundred samurai guarding the wolf's lair.

Even if there are more than five hundred, with the existence of four main gods, who else in the world would dare to invade the Coyote Federation? Not even the adjacent Tulip Principality.

Hall personally came to the red sandstone construction site, looked at Marco who was trotting all the way not far away, and laughed and greeted him.

This is a maxima sent by God! It is a little more sleek, but after several long conversations, Hall found that Marco knows a lot, from astronomy and geography to trivialities, how can such a character be an obscure small businessman?

After careful interrogation, I realized that the Marco in front of him, who bowed his head and waist, and even looked a little obscene, actually came from the highest academic palace of the Tulip Principality, "Mizuki Fanghua", and studied under the late university scholar Cicero.

Marco followed Cicero and systematically studied arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music, as well as grammar, rhetoric, and dialectics, and was the ultimate successor of Cicero's line of "Seven Arts of Freedom".

Fortunately, he made the decision to make Marco the Minister of Agriculture at the beginning, which hit Marco's heart and told his origin under his repeated requests.

After Cicero's death, Lius, who had been suppressed by Cicero, held the power of Mizuki Fanghua after Cicero's death, Cicero was praised to a high palace, Cicero's masterpiece was shelved, and the disciples who inherited Cicero's doctrine were suppressed and neglected.

If you continue to stay in the academy, it is estimated that you will be unknown in this life, and the world will never know Marco's name again. If, like some spineless fellow disciples, he takes refuge in the disciples of Leus, he will fail the teacher's teachings. In the end, Marco chose to leave the academy and return to his hometown to run the family business.

The establishment of the Coyote State gave Marco a glimmer of light. What really impressed Marco was that Hall dared to hand over the post of Minister of Agriculture to himself just by looking at the "Orange River Management and Utilization Plan." This kind of behavior may seem silly, but it just touches the hearts of smart people.

"Enter at the beginning of creation and exit at harvest time. ”

Marco can't do what the philosopher said, but when the Federation was just established, it was Mark's dream now to use what he had learned to jointly promote the Federation to prosperity, and finally create his own academy and let the Seven Arts of Freedom bloom in the Coyote Federation.

"Chief, your presence has filled the red sandstone with brilliance, and I believe that with your encouragement, this section of the project will soon be completed. ”

"My Minister of Agriculture, you run with such a bad demeanor. ”

Looking at the mud spots on Marco's boots and pants, Hale frowned, he had seen the turbulence of the Orange River, Marco was so close to the riverbank, in case of danger, if the guards behind him did not react immediately, Marco would be very dangerous.

looked at the guard warrior behind Marco with some dissatisfaction:

"Is there anything that the Minister of Agriculture has to do himself?

For Marco's safety, Holly specially dispatched sixteen samurai to follow Marco and provide protection at any time. The people in the desert are fierce, Marco, as one of the important officials, his martial arts skills can be said to be a mess, if such an important person loses his life in vain, Hall will regret his death.

The leader of the guard was Cook's distant nephew, a young man with snow-white teeth and a body as fierce as a leopard, and when he saw that the leader was dissatisfied, he quickly knelt down and said, "Returning to the great leader, we dissuaded us, but the adults did not listen, so we had to measure it on the stone canal in person. ”

"Chief, don't blame Kutong, I must personally come to the measurement of water conservancy, in addition to considering the current flow, but also consider whether the stone canal will be affected by the flowing water over time, and the sediment in the water, this kind of measurement data, a little deviation, will cause a huge impact in the future. ”

Hale waved his hand and motioned for Kutong to stand up, "No matter what, your mission is to keep Marco safe, even at the cost of your lives. ”

"I swear by the honor of the family, Kutong will definitely do it, and the leader can rest assured. ”

"Well, what you are doing now is for the benefit of future generations. It is a major event that will be recorded in the history of the Union. As long as you do it well, the Federation will not treat anyone badly, and even if you are gone, your descendants will continue your glory. ”

As a great leader, Hall's way of mastering people is also proficient, and a few words made a group of samurai's eyes red, and they wanted to die.

Wise people naturally know that these words are not only for the samurai, but also for themselves.

Marco was well aware of his position, a federation full of samurai, was abnormal, and it could be seen that the leader was also aware of this problem and began to consciously establish a complete official system.

I don't want to meddle in the affairs of the army, of course, the most important thing is that I don't have this part in what I have learned, but in addition to the army, Marco thinks that he has no problem even becoming a foreign minister.

The concept of the Federation is borrowed by Hall, the real Federation is a union of independent tribes, but in the Coyote Federation, each tribe has it, but the tribe does not have its own large-scale force, and all the warriors are in the hands of Hall. A tribe that does not have its own combat strength has no say in any federation.

Therefore, the so-called Coyote Federation is actually Hall's own word.

This kind of pattern, Marco thinks that in the early days of the establishment of the regime, it is even advantageous, because it can concentrate on doing a lot of things and reduce a lot of unnecessary internal consumption, such as the current diversion of the Orange River, as long as Hall decides, almost all the resources of the Coyote Federation Marco can be called.

As for the direction of the development of the federation in the future, many times it will not be artificially controllable. In comprehensive history, the political position of the previous king is rarely fully inherited in the next king, just as there are no two identical leaves in the world.

Therefore, Marco, who thinks he is a wise man, said that it is good that he only needs to do what he should do now, and that future people always have plans for future generations, and he doesn't need to worry about them anymore.

In line with the attitude of taking advantage of everyone, Marco learned that the magic practiced by Hall was the most needed earth and stone magic in the construction of the stone canal, and he couldn't even close his mouth when he smiled.

The magic of the earth and stone system is very simple, as long as the magician has the potential of the earth and stone system, generally speaking, it is not difficult to rise to the fourth level, but the earth and stone magician of the sixth level is extremely rare.

You must know that the magicians of the earth and stone system are known as the most practical magicians in the country. In war, you can summon the easiest and most difficult golems, you can change the opponent's wall to turn it into a pile of loess, or you can strengthen your own defenses to make it impregnable.

Of course, this is also one of the reasons why Hall thought that the coyote would not give up on himself, no way, in the Namib Desert full of yellow sand, earth and stone magic can also obtain natural bonuses, it can only be said that the original coyote brain pumped, will form the current pattern.