Rome Must Fall Chapter 19: Suggestions from my subordinates (1)

Maximus had another consideration that he did not say: as the younger brother of the escaped gladiators, he had betrayed before, but now he suddenly jumped to the top of the uprising team, even though he was looked down upon by everyone. The baggage team will inevitably make people jealous, so it is better to keep a low profile.

Arconis did not expect so much. Out of respect for Maximus, she patted her chest and said loudly: "Captain Maximus, don't worry, I will supervise them (them) to work well." Of!"

Maximus nodded, looked around the people in the courtyard, and said loudly: "From now on, I will be the captain of the baggage team! Don't worry, everyone, everything will be the same as before, continue to do what you should do, Then gather in this courtyard at night, study with me, and listen to my stories, okay?!"

"Okay!!!" everyone shouted in unison.

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Maximus said that "nothing in the baggage train will change", which was just a cliché to stabilize people's hearts. That night, after everyone in the baggage train listened to the story and dispersed to rest, he ordered several leaders in the team to Called together for a meeting.

The meeting took place in Maximus's bedroom.

Maximus’s bedroom is a single room in the main building of the wine estate. Although Maximus, who is sitting in the middle, is already familiar with the other people in the room, tonight he will be familiar with it again by candlelight. They took a look: Arconis, the fierce woman in charge of the kitchen; Cornelius, a thin and small old male slave who was responsible for guarding the warehouse and managing supplies; Pygris, who was responsible for leading the team and going out. The leader of the delivery team was relatively strong, but he was lame in his left foot.

The senior management of the baggage team seems to be of poor quality, but Arconis is proficient in kitchen affairs, Cornelius is one of the few slaves who joined the uprising team and can write and calculate, and Pygris is skilled in carriage driving. Very good, they each have their own expertise, and the three leaders have one thing in common - they hate the Romans.

Arconis won’t say anything. Cornelius was a Sabine who was originally self-sufficient with a few acres of land. Later, due to the annexation of land by Roman nobles, he was heavily in debt and his family was ruined. Pygris was a Greek from Asia Minor and was forced to be involved in the war between Pontus and Rome. , was captured by the Roman army due to his injuries and became a slave...

The three of them are all older than Maximus, but they look at the young Maximus with respect in their eyes, not only because Maximus has been working with them in the past month, Teaching them knowledge is because the group of gladiators who initiated the riot were their benefactors and the mainstay of the current team. From the leader to the centurion and even some of the centurions were all gladiators. In their view, , as one of them, it is natural for Maximus to hold important positions.

Maximus was satisfied with the respectful attitude they showed and asked directly: "You three have been the leaders of the baggage train for some time. What do you think about the affairs you are in charge of?" Opinions and suggestions?"

The three of them were stunned after hearing this. They did not expect that Maximus would call them over for a meeting late at night and actually ask them to make suggestions. You must know that the previous captain Hamilka always gave orders directly and never communicated with them. discuss, let alone take advice.

Seeing that the three of them were silent, Maximus realized their caution. He immediately smiled and said in a gentle tone: "Leader Spartacus said, 'If you join our team, everyone will Brothers and sisters. 'We are all members of the baggage brigades, and the affairs of the baggage brigades are everyone's business. You must have discovered some problems while working. Let's discuss and solve them together, and we can make our baggage brigades better. Isn’t it!”

Maximus's words relieved the three of them of their worries. Aconis said first: "Captain Maximus, then...then I will say it."

"Speak boldly!"

Arconis bit her lip and said: "The kitchen...the biggest problem in the kitchen is that there are too many women. They work very hard, but they are always harassed by soldiers from other teams. Although Siba had been Leader Dax had issued an order to 'forbid people from other teams from entering the farm', but people still broke in often! The patrol team guarding the farm found out and did not try their best to stop them, especially those from the second team often He ran into the kitchen and touched my men, scaring them so much that they couldn't work properly! Captain, you have to take good care of me, otherwise, if this continues, the kitchen will be in chaos and you won't be able to work!"

Maximus frowned. He knew about this matter and had mentioned it to Hamilka. However, Hamilka did not pay attention to it. He believed that most of the rebels were young people. Men are energetic and curious about women. Without actually violating the women in the baggage team, satisfying their verbal desires will help enhance their desire to fight.

In addition, the second brigade was commanded by Cross. Due to Cross's indulgence, the military discipline of the team was indeed poor. However, Spartacus took into account that Cross was one of the leaders of the uprising team and had a paranoid and stubborn personality. For fear of affecting unity, he never reminded or stopped him in this regard. Spartacus even had concerns, let alone Hamilka.

Maximus knew that this matter was difficult to handle, but he still carefully wrote down this item on the wax board with a stylus, and then asked: "Very good, do you have any other questions?"

"Yes!" Aconis received the affirmation and no longer had any worries. She simply said loudly: "Although there are hundreds of people assigned to our kitchen, these people have to cook porridge twice a day and stew soup twice a day. , you also have to grind flour, knead dough, bake bread, and distribute food to various brigade camps... You are busy from morning to night every day without rest.

But everyone has worked so hard, and now they can barely meet the needs of the entire team, and there are so many people joining the team every day. If we don’t add more people to the kitchen, I’m afraid it will happen next. Someone is hungry. Also, we need more stoves, ovens, stone mills... Otherwise, even if we have more hands, we won't be able to make enough food without these things. ”

Maximus nodded solemnly, wrote it down on the wax tablet, and asked: "Are there any more?"

"Then there's sleeping -" Arconis continued: "Our baggage team lacks tents, so we sleep in the yard on sunny days, and squeeze under the eaves of the warehouse and main building on rainy days. There are so many women in our kitchen Yes, this is very inconvenient, and it is also easy to get sick."

Maximus frowned again.

Since Spartacus and several other leaders chose this place as their base, with the rapid expansion of the team, the wine farm could not accommodate so many people. It later became a base for storing supplies, and the baggage team responsible for taking care of the supplies Naturally, he stayed at the farm. ~IndoMTL.com~ In addition to several leaders of the uprising team who still live in the farm, more than 4,000 soldiers are stationed in the hills and fields centered on the wine farm. They also lack tents and think that the accommodation of the baggage team The conditions are much better than them, so naturally they will not agree to allocate another tent to the baggage team...

"This is indeed a problem." Maximus knew that this matter was not easy to solve, but he still took it seriously and wrote it down on the wax tablet.

"I've said all I have to say." Arconis looked at Cornelius and urged: "Old man, if you have any difficulties, why don't you tell the captain quickly!"

Although the three leaders of the baggage train team did not know each other before joining the uprising team, due to similar tragic experiences and many intersections at work, they developed a good friendship with each other in just more than 20 days.

Cornelius nodded towards Arconis and said unhurriedly: "There are three problems that need to be solved in the warehouse. One is that people from other teams always come in and steal things, such as smoked fish and bacon. , wine, etc., we couldn’t stop us and were beaten. The patrols were of no use, and sometimes we even followed them to steal;

The other thing is that we are getting more and more supplies now. Several warehouses in the farm have long been unable to store them. They are difficult to keep when they are piled up in the yard, and they are easily damaged when it blows or rains. Be careful about fire prevention;

Another problem is... I am old and have limited abilities. I can barely manage the materials of one farm. But now, what is piled here is the materials obtained by more than a dozen farms, and those of my subordinates didn’t have any before. I know arithmetic, and I have only learned a little bit from you, the captain, over the past few days. To be able to count so many supplies, I need a few men with strong arithmetic skills, otherwise the accounts of the baggage train team will become more and more chaotic..."