I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 56 The Nobility Joins

"Have you heard? Many people have already signed up to immigrate outside the Hot Spring Pass. It seems that His Majesty the King is serious this time."

"No, those refugees who just came down from the port were taken away by the city defense army just after they landed. I heard from my relatives who served in the city defense army that those people would be forcibly sent to the city after registration. Go to the savage land."

"Oh my god, what big move is His Majesty the King going to make!"

"..."

The city of Pella was already agitated by the immigration policy issued by Antico. Countless civilians gathered in the streets to discuss the matter. Although they were not opposed to immigration from outside the customs, Antico's coercive actions still shocked them. Startled.

Listening to the discussion of the civilians, a man in gray Heaton looked at the refugees who were escorted out of the port by heavy infantry not far away, and quickly walked into a manor in the noble district, and told him through the servants guarding the door. It can be seen from his attitude that this person's status in the manor is not low.

In the garden of the manor, a young nobleman was lying on an armchair, basking in the sun leisurely. Next to him lay several beautiful maids in less clothes, either beating his legs and massaging him, or picking up the food with their hands. The fruit was fed to the young noble. The noble was restless and enjoyed it with his eyes closed while raising and lowering his hands on the maid beside him.

Seeing this scene, the man quickly lowered his head, walked quickly to the nobleman, and said with a low eyebrow, "My lord, I'm back."

"En." The young nobleman responded lightly, without stopping the movement of his hands, "How is the situation outside?"

"Those refugees who landed from Pera Port were forcibly taken away by the city defense army. It is said that they will be sent to settle outside the pass, and most of the poor in the city will accompany them."

"It seems that our Majesty the King is going to be serious." The young nobleman said, the movement of his hands finally stopped, he got up slowly, motioned for the maids to leave, and then said: "What did the chief clerk say? It still hasn't changed?" .”

"Yes." The man nodded, "Look at what he means, even the Agrians and Thracians on the Macedonian Plain will be removed. My lord, if those foreign races leave the Macedonian Plain, then we will not Can I get some more land?"

"It's not that easy." In response to the servant's question, the young nobleman shook his head, and he saw clearly in his heart: "His Majesty the King will not allow our strength in the pass to be further enhanced. When he rebelled against Euphemia before We did not choose to stand on his side, and we have already planted a grudge in his heart."

"In my opinion, His Majesty the King will have two ways to deal with the extra unowned land. One is to directly assign it to the royal family land, and the other is to reward the veterans of the army."

"Rewards to veterans?" The servant was a little confused.

"Well." The young noble was in a good mood today, and he did not ignore the servant's doubts. Instead, he patiently explained to him: "It can be seen from our young king's generosity to the soldiers in the army that rewarding veterans with land and It is not impossible. He may choose to reward the vast unowned land outside the pass, or the more core land within the pass. However, no matter which piece of land he chooses to reward, he can get the support of the army. Don’t forget Well, this is how our Alexander the Great allowed elite veterans of hundreds of battles to fight with him from Macedonia to the end of the world."

After finishing speaking, the young noble didn't care whether the servant could understand or not, he waved his hand and said, "Go and invite Attalus, Hioloomos and others to the manor for a gathering, and say it's for immigration. "

"Yes." The servant quickly agreed and turned to leave.

Watching his leaving back, the young nobleman stretched out his hand to pick up a piece of fruit on the plate and chewed it in his mouth, but he was thinking about how to get the most benefit from this matter.

In fact, not only him, but also many nobles in the city of Pella are considering how to gain benefits from immigration. The nobles have different ideas from Antigonus. Although some of them are unwilling to leave the prosperous city of Pella and go to the barren land. Although they are native to Greece, most of them still retain the Greeks' natural love of adventure.They can build a prosperous city of Pella from scratch, and they can build a new city on the barren land outside the customs. Needless to say, there are benefits to becoming the main noble of the new city. This is a gamble. If you win, you will reach the pinnacle of life. If you lose, you will either be killed by the barbarians or your family will be ruined.

A few days later, the civilians in Pella City were shocked to find that the nobles responded to the king's call to immigrate. They not only sent some younger family members, but also brought a lot of money, supplies and slaves.Some aristocrats who held official positions also openly called on the common people on the streets to respond to the call and go to settle in the newly conquered territories together.

In this context, the workload of Hephaestion and his men, who served as chief clerical officer, increased greatly. In just a few days, nearly a thousand people signed up. If the poor and forced people who signed up previously are added to The number of refugees taken away has exceeded a thousand, and in addition to these more than 1000 people, there are also a large number of slaves and craftsmen who will leave the country together.

After this incident was reported to Antigonus, the young king was very pleasantly surprised, and repeatedly praised those nobles as his good helpers, especially when he learned that Cronus' brother Attalus was also there. After making efforts in the middle (the mayor called on citizens to emigrate in public meetings several times), he immediately called Kronos to share with him the good deeds his brother had done.

After the surprise, Antigonus wrote back to Hephaistion, ordering him to be in charge of the general work of the emigration, because the Duretika army was only one day away from him, so he could not be distracted to manage the rear However, with Hephaestion's ingenuity and the assistance of the nobles, he thought that there should be no mistakes in the immigration affairs.

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The next day.

When the army of the Duretikas arrived in the territory of Tantonon, Antigonus did not give them a chance to recuperate. He had already set up his formation on the small plain in front of the barracks before the enemy arrived, ready to wait for work and defeat the invading barbarians in one fell swoop. army.

Therefore, after the Duretica army arrived, the first thing they saw was the Macedonian army in a neat formation. The face of the cannon fodder slave was pale, and his body was shaking like chaff.In contrast to the barbarian army, their queues were sparse and there was no formation at all. Because the soldiers were all painted with blue patterns and tattoos on their bodies, their sight was almost occupied by beautiful blue figures.

In addition, the most conspicuous thing in the Duretika army is the more than 20 two-wheeled chariots pulled by two horses. There are two warriors standing on the chariot. One controls the chariot and the other throws the javelin. , and on the double axles of the chariot, there is a sharp sickle on the left and right, which is particularly terrifying.

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