November 516.
When Yamazaki led his army back to the city of Aldawa, the first thing he faced was the food problem. Before, a large amount of food was purchased, but at that time there were less than 500,000 people, and now there are more than 3 million people.
Although it has most of the territory of the original Vandal Kingdom, it is expected that there should be a lot of food, but whether it can last until next year's harvest is a question.
Whether the harvest can be harvested smoothly and enough food can be obtained is even more of a question.
The surrounding situation is quite troublesome now, and it is hard to say whether we can obtain food through trade.
To the north, in the Mediterranean Sea are the islands of the Vandal Kingdom. On the northern coast of the Mediterranean Sea are the Visigothic Kingdom, the Ostrogothic Kingdom, and the Moorish-Roman Kingdom. The population is not worrying, but they still have a lot of wealth.
To the west is the Atlantic Ocean, and there is really no way to trade across the Atlantic Ocean now. However, you can try to go from the outside to the south to the countries behind the Visigothic Kingdom, but you need to cross a thousand kilometers of sea, and part of the sea still belongs to the Visigothic Kingdom.
The more than 2,000 kilometers of Gobi grassland along the southern coast will be the territory of the Moors, tribes such as the Garamante, Getuliya, and Gamul. They will compete with the Sao people in central Africa and the Kingdom of Ghana in the central and western parts of Africa. Waiting for tribal countries to compete for supremacy.
More than 2,000 kilometers to the east is Eastern Rome, and the supply point in the middle is an enclave of the Moorish Roman Kingdom. The territory is easy to occupy, but it is conceivable that it is difficult to carry out food trade along the Sahara Desert, not to mention whether Eastern Rome allows a large amount of trade. .
The only reliable thing is to walk about a thousand kilometers further to the countries or tribes in the middle and upper reaches of the Nile River, such as the Kingdom of Axum, the Kingdom of Makuria, the Kingdom of Nopasha, the Kingdom of Belemya Tribe, the Kingdom of Arodia Tribe, etc. Trade with them and the countries of West and Central Asia.
Meidaizi said: "If Eastern Rome does not allow trade, it is better to attack Aegyptus, which is Egypt."
Yamazaki said: "We are here for food issues. If we attack Eastern Rome, how long do you think the transportation line will be? It is better to attack the Visigothic Kingdom directly, and still do it under the banner of the Mooror royal family."
Mei Daizi asked: "But, how do we cross the sea?"
Yamazaki said: "To build a raft, it would take less than a month to mobilize one million people to build a 20-kilometer raft."
Mei Daizi smiled and said: "That's a good idea. Instead of giving away food to those people for nothing, it's better to hire them to work."
Yamazaki said: "However, we still have to try trade. We can just capture the enclave of the Vandal Kingdom and push it all the way to the Cyrene area. We can trade with Eastern Rome there and save hundreds of kilometers."
Mei Daizi said: "Try it and let those businessmen go, but taxing more than ten gold coins will dampen their enthusiasm."
Yamazaki said: "We just have to do it ourselves. It's just a trip and just enjoy the scenery."
"It's so boring." Mei Daizi fell on the carpet and rolled around.
Yamazaki found it funny. For modern people, this era lacks entertainment.
Of course, playing people doesn’t count. …
Due to the geographical location, Yamazaki temporarily placed the conference center in the Setif Fortress in the middle, so that it is not farthest from the cities on the east and west sides.
It is about 450 kilometers away from the city of Carthage in the east and about 600 kilometers away from the city of Artava in the west.
After the Moors leave, they will probably move to the city of Ardava, which is about 950 kilometers away from the city of Carthage in the east, about 450 kilometers away from the city of Volubilis in the west, and about 950 kilometers away from the coastal city of Mogador.
However, the cities of Volubilis and Mogador are both in a destroyed state, and it will take quite a while to build them. …
The establishment of a conference center is a place where each region has a general gathering. Communication usually relies on horses, and it will take some time before the messenger can be used on a large scale.
The messenger bird is a falcon, which Meidaizi secretly helps the slaves to train and teaches them to recognize people and symbols.
Why not pigeons? Because there are too many birds of prey in the sky in this era, pigeons will cause trouble.
Many of the high-status people captured before were educated. Let them join the Gelong Chamber of Commerce and become the backbone of the Chamber of Commerce. Xin Falcon is also managed by them.
The general meeting is to communicate about urban construction, reflect on legal issues, and amend the law.
Public infrastructure construction is where public funds are mainly spent.
Water supply channels include fixed ponds, diversion channels and water purification towers, followed by sewers to collect excrement for fertilizer.
It is still difficult to have a bathroom for every household, but public bathrooms such as bathhouses are still possible.
As for who will manage the collection? Of course, whoever commits a crime will go away. If no one commits a crime, they will draw lots and take turns, and they are allowed to hire someone to take their place.
Garbage is classified and processed. Food waste is also fertilizer, and burned ashes such as linen are also fertilizer.
If trade is blocked, the port will inevitably be affected, but it will free up people to work in agriculture to increase next year's food harvest.
The entire coastal area is suitable for planting, and the number of people is never too few.
The shipbuilding center was located in the city of Vassenis, and Carthage could not recover for the time being.
The mining center is located in Dorseo City, and iron products made from general iron ore can be sold domestically to promote commercial activities within the kingdom.
Instead of building blast furnaces in other places, it would be better to use the manufacturing methods and techniques of this era, or let them transport the iron ore to Dorseo.
All the armies of the previous Kingdom of Geron were disbanded. The loot ranged from one to five gold coins. The injured and those killed in battle were not counted. The upper limit was nine gold coins.
Then regroup, again, voluntarily.
The Gronn family's army will be reorganized, and the weak ones will follow the Chamber of Commerce to transport food. The Ardava and Vasenis regions will exchange food for rafts and prepare to attack the Visigothic Kingdom. …
Setif Fortress in mid-November.
The Visigothic Kingdom and the Ostrogothic Kingdom responded. They did not allow people to redeem people with food, and they were not prepared to redeem people.
If you want their family members, exchange them for the standard metal crossbows of the Gron Kingdom, which must be the same as those in the hands of the Vandal Kingdom.
Yamazaki thought for a while and decided to change. If six regular heavy army regiments were added, it should be able to better defeat the Visigothic Kingdom and the Ostrogothic Kingdom.
As for the issue of restraint, just thicken the alloy armor, or wear a layer of wire armor, which has the same properties as explosion-proof armor.
Yamazaki went to the prisoner camp and showed the two reply letters to the three Visigoth legions and three Ostrogoth legions. When they were all furious, he told them his decision.
The condition is that they have to fight for the Gron family for twenty years. If they reach the age of forty-five, they can retreat to the second line and receive trophies, disability, retirement and death pensions.
They agreed and had no choice. Although some of them were unrelated, they agreed for the sake of their comrades, and Yamazaki's conditions were not harsh.
Six less than full heavy armored regiments knelt down and swore to fight for the Gron family for twenty years.
Yamazaki agreed to pay 36,000 metal crossbows for them and bring over the families of those who died in the war.
As a result, the Gron family gained about six more legions. …
