Rome Must Fall Chapter 13: Settled in Vesuvius

Maximus's heart moved: "Are these large farms you are talking about in the Mount Vesuvius area?"

"Yes, it's right there!" the old man said with emphasis, "Almost each of those large farms owns over a thousand yogurts of extremely fertile land, owns hundreds of slaves, and has countless grain and livestock. And there are some beautiful female slaves——"

"Hey!" Maximus interrupted him and said rudely: "Old guy, you are telling us this to instigate us to rob those big farms."

"No...no, I just want to tell you the truth." The old man shook his head in denial.

Maximus sneered, and the old man's words stirred up the memory of the original owner in his mind: "Faced with competition from these large farms, can this farm's wheat and wool be sold? How much will it cost to sell them? ?"

The old man stopped talking.

Although there are no large farms around Capua, the market there is basically dumped by the agricultural products produced by these large farms. According to the original owner, most of the owners of these large farms are Roman aristocrats, who use the maintenance of The fertile soil of Suvais volcano and many cheap slaves grew better wheat, better grapes, and better olives... They sold these agricultural products at the same or even lower prices, and people naturally flocked to them, even if they owned several The original owner of the Baiyuge land often lamented that his goods could not be sold. The owner of this farm is probably not much better, let alone the common people...

Thinking of this, Maximus regained his composure and said to everyone in the kitchen: "You have all eaten, then continue working and bake another three hundred loaves."

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In the early morning of the next day, the gladiators, who had eaten wheat porridge and bread, released a group of people from the farm and prepared to continue their journey south.

Spartacus, who interrogated the young man last night and learned about the surrounding situation, asked the gladiators to move forward in full force.

Hamilka and Maximus exchanged the donkey cart for a carriage on the farm, increasing the number of carriages in the team to six, which was more than enough to carry weapons, food and the wounded.

As an active volcano that erupts from time to time, Vesuvius's ash covers an extremely wide area, covering an area of ​​more than 150 square kilometers, so the gladiator team entered the Vesuvius area not long after leaving the farm.

In addition to the gratifyingly growing wheat fields along the way, there are also more vineyards, and the number of farmers working in the fields has also increased significantly. From time to time, you can see overseers holding whips and wearing robes shouting loudly, and wearing The shackled and bruised slave is trembling...

The gladiators were eager to try, but Spartacus and Cross tried their best to restrain them. After all, the first task now was to get to the foothills of Mount Vesuvius and find a foothold.

However, Spartacus didn't want to cause trouble, but trouble still came to them.

The free-spirited gladiators would inevitably trample on the wheat seedlings while walking on the field streets. Upon discovering this, the supervisor of a large farm immediately rushed over with his men and stopped the team.

It seems that the news that Spartacus led the gladiators to launch a riot has not spread here. These people regarded the gladiators as city guards and arrogantly claimed that the owner of this farm was someone from the city of Rome. Elder, the gladiators must make compensation, otherwise the lord will give them a good look.

After laughing wildly, the gladiators drew their daggers and chopped them down one by one.

The other supervisors and thugs realized that they were coming with bad intentions and were so frightened that they ran away. Many slaves also wanted to escape, but they were shackled and couldn't run fast at all. Some slaves stayed where they were, watching curiously.

"We are gladiators who cannot bear the oppression of the Romans and initiate riots. Do you want to join us to fight against the Romans and pursue freedom?!" Spartacus said loudly.

The slaves who were watching hesitated for a moment, then staggered over, dragging their shackles.

The leader spoke loudly in blunt Latin: "We...are from Iberia...the Celts in the mountains...the Romans captured our tribe...and took us captive here..."

"Welcome to join us! As long as we defeat the Romans, we will try our best to get everyone home!" Spartacus promised with a smile, in response to the refusal of the slaves in the farm last night to join the team. Bi, the smooth joining of these Celtics today made him relieved. It seems that the decision to develop in Vesuvius was still correct.

The gladiators even caught up with the farm steward, chopped him down and obtained the key, helping the slaves open the shackles. The slaves cheered excitedly.

Maximus, who was driving the carriage, also heard what the slave said, and something moved in his mind: In his previous life, when he was looking up historical information about the Spartacus Rebellion, he vaguely remembered that there were two wars going on in Rome at this time. One was in Asia Minor, the other was in Iberia, and the "Great Pompey" should be in Spain!

The joining of the slaves did not change the forward route of the gladiator team. As the team advanced, the terrain began to become uneven. It slowly rose upwards in the direction of Mount Vesuvius and had entered Vesuvius. In the foothills, wheat fields are gradually disappearing here, and almost all are vineyards.

The long-weathered volcanic ash land in Vesuvius is particularly suitable for growing grapes, and the three wines of Falernia, Statania, and Carlenia produced are among the best in Italy. Of course, the Romans I will make good use of every piece of land here. Although there are no wheat fields, there are not fewer slaves, but more slaves, because tending grapes is more delicate than planting wheat seedlings. In this season, in addition to turning the soil, fertilizing, and watering, the main work is to pinch seedlings, branch, and set up~ IndoMTL.com~For this reason, you can also see some female slaves working in the garden.

Beheading the overseers and inviting slaves to join them was something the gladiators did during the march. By the afternoon, when the team stopped moving, the number of slaves who had joined reached one hundred and fifty, one-third of them. From Iberia, one third from Asia Minor, one third from Northern Greece, all new slaves who had been here for less than three years.

The main task of the leaders Spartacus, Cross and others along the way was to observe the terrain and find a good foothold. In the end, they all agreed on a large farm.

It is located on a gentle mountainside, and the mountain behind it gradually becomes steeper. It is like a screen protecting the back of the farm, with only a path leading to it.

Whether they are Spartacus from Thrace or Cross from Gaul, they are all mountain people. Living on the mountains will make them vulnerable to the possibility of being attacked by the Roman army at any time. Feeling safer, it was the unanimous opinion of the team leaders to capture this large farm and station the team here.

The farm has a wall more than two meters high, and there are several guards inside the farm. Seeing that the situation is not good, they closed the wooden door early and assumed a defensive posture, and the person in charge climbed the wall. Warn the approaching gladiators to leave quickly, otherwise they will die without burial in the wrath of the Roman senators.

Spartacus ignored it and gave the order to attack.

Although this farm has a wall, there are fig trees planted outside the wall, and grapevines climb on them to form so-called grapevines. This is also a way of arranging grapes, but at this time the corner The fighters used fig trees to easily scale the courtyard wall and enter the manor, cutting down all the guards and overseers who dared to resist, and soon occupied the entire farm.