Rome Must Perish

Others no longer showed any dissatisfaction, because they all felt that Maximus made sense.

"Leader, when will this Twenty Peerage System be implemented?" Fesaros was somewhat impatient.

"I’m afraid it will take some time," Maximus explained, "On one hand, because some reward conditions of the Twenty Peerage System still need discussion and confirmation with Chief Officers of various departments; on the other hand, we are still squeezed into this temporary stronghold, not yet moved to Validosi, so the land distribution cannot be implemented yet. Let’s not let everyone have false hopes to avoid affecting their mood... Therefore, we can first discuss how to build our new home on the newly purchased land, Validosi?"

As soon as he said this, the military tent became lively again.

"Stop muttering below, stand up and say, how should we do it?" Maximus urged.

Gaius, the former Engineering Camp captain and now the new Construction Deputy Officer, was the first to stand up. Scratching his head, he said softly, "Leader, today when I was overseeing the construction of the camp, I heard that Validosi is not far from here, so once the camp was initially built, I took a few people to sneak a look at Validosi—"

"I know it wasn’t just you who sneaked a peek, quite a few people here went to see it. Considering your longing for a new home, I won’t criticize you here," Maximus said half-jokingly, half-seriously. "Tell us, what are your thoughts on Validosi?"

"As the Aldeans said, Validosi is a swamp, and quite a sizeable one, composed of several large pools of water, but the water in these pools doesn’t seem very deep..."

Gaius carefully articulated his words and said, "I think it can be like this... hmm, you may not know that although Rome is located by the Tiber River, it’s actually built on seven small hills by the river because the place often floods, forming swamps in the lowlands between these hills. That’s why the Romans mastered the techniques for draining swamps and leveling wetlands very early. During those years as slaves in Rome, we were driven many times to do such hard work... I think I can try it and turn Validosi back into land suitable for our residence and farming."

"Quick, tell us how to do it?" Maximus asked eagerly.

"Firstly, drainage," Gaius pondered and said, "These pools are densely spread on the banks of the two rivers and cover a large area, but there are still some dry lands around them. We can dispatch many people to dig large and deep pits on the dry lands, then divert the pools’ water into the pits, and then channel the water in the pits into the Kupa River and Kolana River, or simply keep the pits as artificial lakes."