Maximus had considered this, and he answered seriously, "Yes, it can’t be concealed forever, but as long as we can keep it hidden for a year or two, by that ti these Scodisqi tribe mbers will have their own houses, their own land, even marriages and children in our tribe. They won’t be willing to give up all that they’ve worked hard to gain, and take the risk to run off to the unstable, possibly war-torn east, even if they learn that the Scodisqi tribe still exists."
Maximus’ words received widespread approval, because everyone had been a slave before and knew what slaves yearned for the most.
"Pequot!" Maximus looked at his Guard Captain, a smile once again breaking out across his face, "I didn’t expect you to bring such good news to the tribe while achieving such great battle ritorious deeds! If the Political Affairs Hall doesn’t promote you two levels, not only I, but all the tribe mbers won’t agree."
Pequot smiled but didn’t reply, feeling relieved inside. He could sense that Maximus’s appreciation for him had increased.
"Quintus!" Maximus’s spirits were high, his brows relaxed, "We need to hold a Political Affairs Hall eting imdiately. Since the east of the Pannonians is threatened by Dacia and the Scodisqi people, I believe the war between them will likely continue. The other major tribes of the Pannonia can’t spare any effort to aid Segestica. We should co to a conclusion about the discussion on relocation!"
With these words, everyone else in the tent beca excited.
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With Maximus’s full support, the Political Affairs Hall approved the proposal for the entire tribe to settle by the middle reaches of the Kupa River, but the tribe couldn’t migrate imdiately. First, people had to be sent to the two vacant villages by the Kupa River to count the number and size of the houses and make plans for allocation and reconstruction in advance.
anwhile, the Legal Departnt at the temporary camp issued the Nix Marriage Decree to all tribe mbers.
Then Maximus announced that all Second-class Tribe mbers of the Nix Tribe who intended to marry the won in the tribe should register their marriages with the Legal Departnt within three days, as this would determine the subsequent distribution of houses and land.
Upon this announcent, the entire camp erupted. Countless n imdiately flocked to the Female Camp. Although Karina received orders from Maximus to temporarily allow n the right to enter during the dayti, too many ca, causing chaos in the previously orderly Female Camp, with even several violent incidents over won occurring.
Karina, furious, ran to Maximus to protest.
Maximus imdiately realized he had made a wrong decision. The troops he led had always managed matters between n and won most strictly in the entire rebel army. Once the restrictions were lifted, the soldiers’ hormones, repressed for over a year, exploded.
Maximus, along with the Guard, swiftly went to the Female Camp. With his prestige, he managed to drive all the n out of the Female Camp with considerable effort, and publicly punished the troublemakers by the Military Law, depriving them of the right to participate in this marriage registration, instantly intimidating the young n in the tribe. Then, on site, he convened the Chief Officers of nine departnts for an ergency discussion and decided to hold an extraordinary matchmaking event.
Originally joining the rebel army were over 3,000 won from the Nix Tribe, more than 1,400 Scodisqi won newly joining the tribe (including those just brought back by Pequot), and over 3,000 Pannonian won captured after conquering the two villages to the east (almost half unmarried or had husbands who died in battle), amounting to over 7,400 people.
They were all required to assemble in the open area outside the northern camp and line up largely in a giant semicircle as instructed, with the original rebel army won in front, Scodisqi won in the middle, and Pannonian won in the back.
n from the Nix Tribe entered the central area in batches to be chosen by the won. If a woman selected and the man agreed, the couple could leave the formation hand in hand.
Subordinates from the Legal Departnt brought several wooden tables and sat not far from the crowd to register the marriages of successfully matched couples.
Maximus, learning from his previous mistakes, dispatched two platoons of soldiers to maintain order at the entire venue to ensure no more chaos occurred during the matchmaking process. Of course, these soldiers would be rotated.
Everything was set up, and the won began to enter and take their seats. The won of the rebel army and the Scodisqi female slaves followed the arrangents conscientiously, but many Pannonian won had to be forcibly made to enter the venue and reluctantly sat on the grass.
"Leader, so people have not co for the matchmaking!" suddenly soone from the front stirred up.
"That’s right, our supervisor Acronis hasn’t co. She’s hiding behind that squad of soldiers!"
"And our Female Camp Captain Karina too!"
"They order us to obey their commands all day, yet they want to have special treatnt. That’s not fair!"
"Usually, Sister Acronis takes care of us very well. Now that we’re all about to wed and start families, we don’t want her to be alone."
"Captain Karina is usually quite fierce, and we’re curious to see if she’ll be better after finding a man?"
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It was Maximus’s first ti witnessing how terrifying countless won all talking at once could be. He quickly exited the venue, saw the two being forcibly brought over by guards, and with a stern face, criticized, "What is going on with you two! Didn’t you hear what I said earlier, all the won in the tribe are to co here for matchmaking. I said ’all’! Is it that your wings have grown strong, and you don’t want to follow orders?!"
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