Chapter 186 - 128 Buying Land_2
"Listen, Maximus, Maximus, that’s not an Illyrian name; it should be a Roman name!" Alistacas loudly questioned.
Karsipengpas hurried to explain, "Maximus is indeed an Illyrian, but he was once sold into slavery, became a gladiator, forced to fight bloodily for the entertainment of Rome’s rich men. That name was a nickname given by those Romans. Later, his teammates and his subordinates got used to calling him by that name, so he never reclaimed his original name."
"Alright, even if this Maximus is Illyrian and his subordinates are mostly Illyrian, they are not Aldeans—they are all outsiders! And now, you want to let these outsiders into our territory and live on our land for a long time; Karsipengpas, have you lost your mind? Have you forgotten our tribal rule that if any stranger dares to invade our land, he shouldn’t think of leaving alive?"
"Alistacas, do you have a problem with your ears? Leader Maximus isn’t trying to invade our land; he wants to purchase land from us, and only the peripheral lands of the tribe, or lands we once owned but have now lost and abandoned!"
Given Alistacas’s rude words, Karsipengpas naturally didn’t want to be polite to him, "Previously, Leader Maximus gave us so much food, saving our tribesmen from starving to death; he is our savior! The tribal rule also states that one who saves my life, I must repay with my life. Alistacas, is this how you treat a savior!?"
Moreover, Leader Maximus intends to use a significant amount of money to purchase our abandoned lands, and we could use that money to buy livestock, wheat seeds, weapons from those Italian towns and Greek city-states, so that our tribe can quickly recover after the snow disaster and be better prepared to defend against the Pannonians.
So, in any case, Leader Maximus is our tribe’s benefactor, Alistacas, you are an important elder of our tribe, and treating our benefactor this way—I wonder what the tribesmen will think when they learn of this!"
"You—" Alistacas was momentarily speechless, roaring angrily, "Anyway, I just disagree!"
Acoupaigos glared disapprovingly at his son and shouted, "Stop arguing! Karsipengpas, why does Leader Maximus want our abandoned lands?"