Rome Must Fall

Selicis is the one who can control his emotions better among the people. At this moment, he couldn't help shouting excitedly: "I'm here!"

The agricultural staff member looked at him and then looked at the village chief Puo.

Pro nodded and confirmed: "He is Celysis."

The staff member of the Ministry of Agriculture glanced at the field distribution table of village No. 21 in his hand, then picked up the field distribution map of village No. 21 held by his colleague next to him. He looked at it carefully for a while, then waved and said, "Please follow me."

He took the lead and walked a short distance east, then stopped in front of a wooden sign with a number engraved on it.

"The 50 acres of land counted from here are allotted to you." After the agricultural staff member finished speaking, the two teenagers following him crossed the wooden sign, walked into the field, and waved to Celysis, signaling him Keep up.

Selicis set foot on the field that was about to be his own with excitement.

After following the two teenagers for a few dozen meters, they saw a row of wooden poles in front of them.

A young man said: "This is 10 acres of land."

When the Ministry of Agriculture came here to measure fields before, it used 10 acres as the basic calibration unit.

Selicis followed the boy's direction and looked around carefully, secretly measuring the distances between the wooden poles inserted in the other three directions of the field. Although he had not studied arithmetic, he had been planting trees seriously for more than ten years. Field, the judgment of land area is still not bad.

"That's right, almost ten acres." He nodded in response.

"It's almost the same. This is 10 acres of land! We have measured it several times before. If you don't believe it, you can measure it yourself again later." Another teenager said dissatisfiedly.

Selicis knew that he had said something wrong and quickly made up for it: "That's right, it's ten acres."

The boy said "Yeah", held his head high, and walked straight forward. He walked nearly 200 meters, stopped four times in total, and pulled out more than 20 wooden poles. Even Selicis held a large handful in his arms. .

Finally, standing at the edge of his own field, Selicis turned his head and looked back. The wooden sign at the starting point had become a bit blurry in his field of vision: 50 acres, which was much larger than the 20 acres he had before! If it can be increased to 100 acres in the future, how big a piece of land it will be! No wonder Nicks wants to promote a three-plantation rotation system. Farming by oneself and one family alone would be really exhausting!

If it hadn't been for the reminder from the two young men, Selicis would have lingered in this newly allocated land for most of the day.

The agriculture minister took out two pieces of paper that he called "Nix Nation Land Deeds" and handed them to Selises.

Selicis didn't understand the words written on the paper at all, so he could only follow the staff's instructions and stamp his fingerprints on the two pieces of paper, and took one of them home to treasure it because the staff said: This It is the legal certificate that he owns this land. As long as this title deed is there, no one from the Nix tribe can usurp his land.

At the same time, Selicis also secretly made up his mind: He must send his son to study at Nix School to master these mysterious words. He would never be like him, even if he took this precious land deed, he still didn't know what was written on it.

Selicis was not the only one who was overjoyed. The Nyx people fulfilled their promise, and all the people in Segestica were allocated 50 acres of land to each family. At this moment, everyone felt: the sky is very blue! The ground is great! It's great to join the Knicks!

The people of Segostika and the new Skodisci slaves who joined the village spent another day in peace.

Many people were so excited that they did not sleep well that night because they were so happy about receiving the land.

The villagers woke up early the next day, and after a hurried breakfast, they went to the village chief Puro. They originally went to ask him for advice on how to start taking care of their newly allocated fields.

As a result, he received a notice from Puo: The villagers gathered in the square and there was something important to announce!

Since the Nyx people came to this village, the people of Segostika have participated in several rallies in just a few days. However, they have rarely done so in the past 10 years because of major tribal events. It is decided by the chiefs and tribe elders through discussion, and then each instructs his own people to implement it. The only tribal events that the people can participate in together, apart from sacrifices and celebrations, are for the chiefs and tribe elders to judge tribal disputes and crimes together, but they can only I can just watch.

People like the Knicks gather whenever there is an important event, and they also allow everyone to ask questions and discuss it, which makes the people feel fresh and involved, and sometimes they forget that the Knicks are the enemy and that they were forced to join this eradication. The culprit of their tribe.

This time, the village chief of Puro told them: The tribe's Danu temple has been built, and they will immediately go to worship the temple and swear an oath to the goddess Danu.

Pu Luo also solemnly reminded the villagers: everyone should bring their land deeds with them. They must go to the temple to worship and swear an oath. Only after being verified by the priest, their land deeds will be truly valid and they will officially join the Knicks tribe. , to become a prepared national. Otherwise, they will become foreign auxiliary citizens, lose everything they have now, and will be escorted to a camp near the main village!

When the villagers heard this, they felt nervous. They finally got rid of their fear of the Knicks, and finally got rid of the guilt of joining the Knicks tribe, and began to try to integrate into this new tribe. Yesterday they got the land they dreamed of, how could they be willing to let all this go? Effort in vain!

So, everyone hurried home, got the land deed, and hurried to the square to gather, fearing that they would be missed.

In the morning, Puo led more than 800 villagers from the entire tribe on the road to the west.

Maeonteas did not lead his men to follow because the people in Village No. 21 had behaved very well these days. He did not think they would be stupid at this critical moment, and soldiers were not allowed to go to the temple in full force. .

Today is another nice day, with clear skies, warm sunshine, and a slight breeze, but not too cold.

Many villagers in the team had not traveled far these days, and they seemed a little excited. They were talking and laughing along the way. Some villagers even asked Pu Luo: What does the temple look like? What does the statue of goddess Danu look like?

Pu Luo had never seen the temple himself, so naturally he couldn't answer, so he could only respond vaguely: Don't worry, you will know everything after seeing it.

Village No. 21 is not the only one on this dirt road connecting the main village of Segostika and Linkou Village. From time to time, we can see villagers from other villages merging into this road one after another, forming a A long dragon whose head and tail cannot be seen.

Some villagers in Village No. 21 even went to chat with acquaintances in the team before and after them. Selicis had to run back and forth to remind these villagers not to leave the team for too long.

When they were approaching Linkou Village, the team turned to the southwest. It was obvious that the road they were walking on was newly built, and it extended to the edge of the mountain forest.

A large open space has been opened here, and several thatched houses have been built. Near the thatched house were seven or eight young men wearing linen robes, holding oak canes, and wearing straw crowns. They directed the villagers from each village to stand in the open space.

As soon as Selicis saw their attire, he knew they were druids. He often saw them in Savatoi when he was a boy, but later after Segestika became the master, he never saw them again. When some people dress up like this, they even change their names and call them "priests".

Just when Selicis was feeling emotional, a druid came over and asked, "Which village are you from?"

"Village No. 21." Pro replied.

Village No. 21... The druid thought for a while, pointed not far away, and said: "Where is your position, please follow me." After saying that, he led everyone towards that direction with light steps. .

"Excuse me, have we arrived yet? Where is the temple?"

"When can we go to the temple to worship?"

…

Someone couldn't help but asked loudly.

"Shh!" The druid immediately turned around, made a silent gesture, and said solemnly: "No talking, laughing or making noise before the temple. Please keep quiet! Please pray quietly. As long as you are sincere, Danu The goddess will sense your presence and give us instructions, that’s when you go to see Him!”

The druid's voice was gentle, but it made people feel an inexplicable majesty. Everyone subconsciously stopped talking and laughing, and even breathed as lightly as possible. Many people even closed their eyes and began to recite something silently.

Although Selicis was holding his breath, he was still looking around quietly. He soon discovered that a team of several hundred people came out of the forest behind the thatched house. Their eyes were lowered and their thoughts were lost. From time to time, I would look back at the mountains and forests, with a strong sense of reluctance on my face...

"Village No. 21, please follow me to the temple!" The druid's voice awakened the villagers who were still meditating. Everyone followed his footsteps, walked through the open space, bypassed the thatched huts, and embarked on a path leading to the temple. A trail deep in the forest.

There were just some small trees on both sides of the path at the beginning, with short trees and sparse leaves. As you went further in, the trees became thicker and taller, with hard long strips of wrinkled bark and oval-shaped fruit the size of bird eggs. The yellow-red leaves densely covered the sky above the path...

This is an oak tree! Is this an oak forest? ! ...When Selicis realized this, "Ding Bell! Ding Bell!..." A clear and sweet voice sounded above his head.

Selicis looked up and saw a bowl-shaped copper vessel hanging on a high branch, with a moving iron projectile in the middle of the opening.

He moved his gaze forward and found that the same small objects were hanging on the treetops every short distance. When the wind blew the treetops intermittently, lightly and heavily, the objects made different sounds. , sometimes soft and melodious, like a deep and quiet mountain forest, making people peaceful and meditative, sometimes crisp and sweet, like birds playing in the mountains, making people happy and happy...