I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 122 New Technologies

A few days later, when the army from Lamia arrived at Gretepolis, the barbarian rebels outside the city had suffered heavy losses and were no longer able to launch an attack on the city. Seeing that the Macedonian reinforcements came so quickly, they They all turned pale with fright, dispersed like birds and beasts, and fled in all directions.

Upon seeing this, Diodotos was not prepared to let them escape safely, and directly released his barbarian auxiliary troops, allowing them to freely pursue the enemy, and then led the remaining troops to the city gate.

When they arrived at the city gate, they found that the wooden city gate had been burned by flames, and there were several holes, and they couldn't help showing a shocked expression on their faces.

Cenares seemed to have expected the reaction of the reinforcements. His expression was calm. He first thanked Diodotos for his assistance, and then explained: "This was set on fire by the rebels when they attacked the city a few days ago. It's just that Because of the snow, the fire did not spread and quickly extinguished itself, and the city gate did not suffer much damage."

Hearing this, Diodotos nodded knowingly, and he asked about the encounters and battles of the defenders in the past few days. After learning about the rebels' hip-pull behavior, he couldn't help laughing.

After the danger in Greatpolis City was lifted, Cenaris immediately sent a messenger to Pella to report the situation here, so that His Majesty the King did not need to organize an army to assist. In fact, when the messenger arrived at Pella, At that time, Antigonus had just ordered the demobilization of the legion. After he learned that the rebels had been wiped out, he didn't say anything. With a wave of his hand, the soldiers disbanded again and returned to their warm homes.

According to statistics later, there were [-] or [-] barbarian tribes that were destroyed during the turmoil in Greatpolis, and more than half of the barbarian tribes in the entire northern border were destroyed here. For his contribution to suppressing the rebellion, Antigonus granted the huge land in the northern border, and all the barbarian chiefs were also granted the status of Macedonian citizens.

Whether this incident is big or small, it can only be said to be a small episode that happened in winter.

A few months later, winter ended and the temperature returned to warmer. The god of spring came to this land that was plagued by severe cold again, and brought infinite vitality.

The Macedonian farmers all returned to their fields to sow the seeds of wheat and other crops. Antigonus was not planning to start a war at this most important time of the year. He started planning to build a university on the outskirts of Pella.

That's right, university.

Antigonus felt the technological convenience brought by the former King Philip to the Kingdom of Macedonia, and the effect of the stirrups and saddles he invented on the cavalry, so he decided to build a university and gather all the famous scholars in the country to let them develop technology in it.

The so-called science and technology is the foundation of a prosperous country and a strong army. Antigonus has reason to believe that after the completion of the university, the scholars will be able to meet their expectations and bring various advanced technologies to the Macedonian Kingdom.

Of course, before that, Antigonus relied on his own knowledge to come up with the third cavalry weapon after the stirrup and saddle - the horseshoe.Horseshoes can effectively protect the fragile hooves of war horses and make the horseshoes grip the ground more firmly, which is beneficial for riding and driving.

In addition to this, there is another effect. When the shock cavalry knocks down the enemy infantry, the trampling power of the horse that hit the horseshoe is greatly increased. As long as it is stepped on, it will either die or be injured.

Under the personal guidance of Antigonus, the blacksmiths in the foundry only took a short time to create a finished product that satisfied the king. He rode that horse for a test run, and after confirming that everything was fine, Antigonus ordered the construction of more horseshoes and installed them on the hooves of all the war horses in the army.

In addition to the horseshoe, Antigonus also moved here the three-field method of later generations. The so-called three-field method is to roughly divide the cultivated land into three parts: spring plowing, autumn plowing, and leisure, which are used in turn for spring sowing, autumn sowing, and leisure. After two years of continuous cultivation, each piece of land can be left idle for one year.

The three-field method is not only conducive to reducing the risk of agricultural disasters or poor harvests, but also conducive to the improvement of arable land and labor utilization, which is very helpful to the agriculture of the Kingdom of Macedonia.

No, it's just the time for spring plowing, so Antigonus applied the three-field method to spring plowing in a timely manner. He ordered the farmers in the pass to follow the instructions of the officials sent by the royal family to sow seeds, and those who violated the law were severely punished. ——This is also a helpless thing. If he does not forcefully implement it with the royal order, then the Macedonian farmers who have never seen and understood this farming method may not necessarily obey the order.

The Macedonian peasants were skeptical of the royal family's forced promotion order. Although the officials described the Sanyuan method in a hype, they did not see the actual effect and could not fully trust the royal officials who only had one mouth.

Although the Macedonian peasants did not fully believe it, Antigonus was confident of convincing them with practical results, allowing them to believe and support the royal family's decision.

Of course, this takes time.

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At the same time as the spring plowing, Antigonus was also sending the foreign barbarian camp of the kingdom's intelligence department to the barbarian tribes in the west to collect information. He had not forgotten the ambush of the transport convoy by the Sethis tribe in the winter, and it was still vivid in his mind.Antigonus was not a magnanimous man, he could be said to be a man of retribution. Since the Thesis dared to take the initiative to offend the kingdom, he would teach the barbarian tribes in the west a lesson.

Well, although I don't care about the affairs of other tribes, in Antigonus's dictionary, there is a term called Zhulian.

Among the barbarian tribes in the west, the Silurians, the Usidians and the Tirgetai are more famous. The former two live on the west coast of the Oglell Peninsula. They usually make a living by farming and fishing. They are excellent seafaring peoples. , and the Tirgtai people are famous for their excellent bow and arrow skills. Almost every adult male is an excellent hunter.

Generally speaking, the barbarian tribes in the west will not take the initiative to fight against their neighbors in the east, especially the Silurians and Usidians. They prefer to go out to sea on warships to harass the southern city-states or storms on the other side of the Sea of ​​Dawn. The Pirate Federation and the Republic of Velen in the south of the sea.

It is worth mentioning that there is a small island at the junction of the Sea of ​​Dawn and the Sea of ​​Storms, known as the Pirate's Lair, and most of the pirates in that Pirate's Lair are from these two tribes.

In Antigon's view, the most threatening to him among the barbarian tribes in the west should be the Tirgetai who have a tradition of bow and arrow, but their bow and arrow skills are also what Antigon is looking for. If they can recruit this tribe, then The archer unit in the Macedonian army has a suitable source of soldiers.

(End of this chapter)