Rome Must Fall

"Yes!" Maximus expressed appreciation for Alacosia's quick response.

Alacosia no longer had any doubts. He said with admiration: "Chief, you are still thoughtful! In this way, we can not only delay time, but also alienate the major tribes of Pannoni and destroy their unity. I just don't know Will these three tribes negotiate peace with us privately? "

"Then it depends on whether the interests of the entire Pannoni people are more important to them? Or the interests of their own tribe are more important?" Maximus smiled meaningfully, and then asked: "By the way, Aldiyi's Is the messenger gone?"

"He's gone." Arakosia replied: "Coincidentally, as soon as he left, the envoy of the Pannoni Tribal Alliance arrived on the back. Before he left, he also watched the progress of our bridge. As for the leader, you are busy here. I express my understanding that it is difficult to go to the main village of Aldi."

Maximus didn't care much about the attitude of Ardei's envoy. He asked again: "Did the team led by Kephisophon also set off together?"

After receiving a sincere invitation from the Ardei tribe to attend the funeral of the previous chief and the inauguration of the new chief, Maximus said, "We have just occupied the territory of Segestica and the situation is still tense, so we dare not leave lightly." Refuse politely.

But the Nyx tribe is now facing pressure from the Pannoni Tribe Alliance. Whether the relationship with the alliance Aldi is friendly is more important than before, because it is related to the stability of the Nyx tribe’s rear (referring to the territory along the Kupa River) , so the political hall decided after discussion: The team will be led by Kephisophon, the chief officer of the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs, and Pigris, the director of the Ministry of Commerce, with weapons from five pack cars (from the seizures in this war) and hundreds of sheep. (Proceeds from the seizure of the belongings of tribal leaders and nobles in Segostika) As a gift, they went to the main stronghold of the Aldie tribe to participate in the ceremony to show that the Nyx tribe valued the alliance.

The reason why he chose Kephisofon was because the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs had relatively few things to do at this stage, and he himself was also interested in the funeral and inauguration ceremony of the chief of the Aldiyi tribe, and wanted to enrich his knowledge through observation and learning. And improve the etiquette culture of the new tribe of Knicks.

Alacosia replied: "Yes, Kephisophon followed the messenger with a team escorting the gifts. He will meet Pigris in Snodia and then go to the Ardei tribe."

Maximus nodded: Pygris was not in Ofidilia, but in Snotia. He knew this because he was the one who sent Pygris back to remind Budokariba. Sri Lanka, let them deal with the iron ore problem.

From the mouth of the Aldiyi envoy, he had learned that Budokaribas and Cicelitses had received the consent of the Aldiyi tribal conference and would lead their people to move here. At the same time, the iron ore mines He also left it to his old friend Alsi Pampas to take charge... This was the news from Ardey that he cared about most.

Everything went as Maximus wished. While he was happy, he could imagine how aggrieved his in-law Alistakas was. Although he did not know what happened specifically at the Ardei tribal meeting, but No ambitious leader would allow his tribe to escape control...

It seems that Alistakas can't control the situation in Ardie... Maximus subconsciously touched his chin, and suddenly remembered something: "Oops, I'm so busy and dizzy, I even forgot about home. There is one more person who must attend the funeral of the great leader of Akupagos!”

"Chief, are you talking about Mrs. Gnianandafla?" Alakosia also reacted immediately.

Maximus hurriedly warned: "Yes, you immediately catch up with Kephisophon and tell him that after arriving in Snodia, let Gnian Davra also go to the main stronghold of Ardei, and try to take her as the leader." ”

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Under the blue sky, the soft sunlight shines on the land with only sparse withered grass left, making the land look less bleak.

Although it is still early for spring sowing, the villagers in Village No. 21 are already busy in the fields they have just been allocated.

They have to plow the land before the snow comes, so that the winter cold can kill the eggs dug out of the ground, so that the snow water can nourish the deeper soil.

There are now six cattle in the village. They were once the private property of the village leader and nobles, and now belong to the entire village. However, there is only one curved shaft plow. This was done by the village chief Puluo based on his old friendship with the Ministry of Agriculture. , begged from the agricultural deployment personnel stationed in Ofidilia West Village.

Although the war with the Pannoni has come to an end for the time being, and the ironworks workshop of the Nyx tribe has returned to normal working conditions, the curved shaft plow is not easy to make, and the daily necessities department of the workshop does not have enough craftsmen and the output is not very high. , even if the inventory is used, it cannot be allocated to all the villages on the west bank of the Sava River.

Volenus had discussed the matter with Capito.

Capito has decided to transfer a large number of carpenters to the daily necessities department of the ironworks workshop after the completion of the Ofidilia Wooden Bridge in order to speed up the manufacture of the curved plow and greatly increase its output, because the curved plow is the most difficult to make and the most difficult to make. The most time-consuming part is the wooden plow body.

However, after all, water far away cannot quench the thirst nearby, so the villagers mainly use straight plows to cultivate the land. However, there are now more than 200 households in Village No. 21, but only six cattle. How to distribute and use them is a big problem.

Proló summoned the villagers, and he made a suggestion: the whole village should unite to help, and some young and strong villagers (mainly Skodisci and a small number of soldiers of the First Legion who no longer had tasks) would use oxen. The land of the whole village is plowed in turns, and the old, weak or disabled villagers (mostly Segestika people) are responsible for cleaning up the debris (grass roots, insect eggs, stones, etc.) in the soil after plowing. , the women in the village are responsible for cooking and providing water...

Although after the villagers worshiped and swore an oath at the Danu Temple, the relationship between the villagers of the Segostika and Skodischi tribes was no longer as tense as before, many villagers were hesitant to allow them to work together. .

The reason why he was hesitant rather than immediately opposed was because Puo's approach of acting fairly and caring for everyone had won the trust of the villagers in less than a month, making it difficult for everyone to refute his face.

Just when most of the villagers were still hesitating, Prolo began to take action. He first gathered the Knick veterans and the new Scodisqi recruits (they had been in the Knick tribe for more than a year, and they often followed Segues. The Tika people are already somewhat accustomed to working together), the Segestika recruits (there is only one, that is, Nicochus) and Selicis, as well as several families who were seriously short of labor that Selicis finally persuaded. The villagers of Segostika... let them start with the method they propose.

These people cooperate with each other and perform their duties. Coupled with Puo's partiality (which allows them to use more cattle), the efficiency of farming is obviously stronger than that of other villagers.

The other villagers saw this and became more and more moved. The hatred between races was gradually overcome by real interests, and they began to ask Puo to join this mutual help group.

As more and more villagers joined, Puo divided the working villagers into three groups, with old, middle-aged, young and women in a reasonable mix. Each group had two cattle, and each group selected a person with higher prestige to be the group leader. Supervise and coordinate by yourself.

In this way, the villagers' farming is more orderly and efficiency is guaranteed.

At this moment, Selicis was plowing the field, and what he was plowing was the field of a Skodisqixin villager. The Nix veteran who was plowing the field was a little tired, so he took the initiative to replace him.

The reason why he is so active is that, as the leader of this group, he has to set an example; second, after treatment by the Knicks medical team, his leg injury has healed, and his energy and physical strength have recovered a lot, and he can work consciously for a while The field should not be a big problem; thirdly, he is using a curved shaft plow. This new plow made by the goddess Danu enlightened the leader Maximus, but it has attracted the hot attention of the people of Segostika. Everyone is scramble to use it.

Selises held the plow with one hand and the bullwhip with the other, driving the cattle forward at a slow speed without stopping.

The more he used this curved shaft plow, the more he liked it: it was so light! It is not as laborious as a straight plow, and sometimes requires two people to plow together, but now he can control the plowshare with one hand. Not only is the plow body light, but it is also easy to turn and turn, and its iron plowshare is also Cleverly made, it plows deeper without gaining much weight...

After plowing an acre of land, Selicis stopped first, closed his eyes slightly, raised his palms to the sky, and prayed sincerely to thank the goddess Danu.

Then he was still ready to continue plowing the land, but he heard someone calling him. When he looked back, Puo was standing on the edge of the field waving to him.

He reluctantly handed the plow to the villager from Skodisqixin who came to replace him, and he did not forget to remind the other person: "First feed the cattle some feed to let it regain its strength before plowing the land."

"Village chief, what do you want from me?" Selicis rubbed the mud with his hands and walked towards Puo.

Pro said: "A guard soldier has come to the village and wants to find you by name."

"Guard soldiers?" Selicis was a little confused.

"It's the escort of Chief Maximus!" Pro said with a smile on his face: "I asked him, he was ordered to take you to Ofidilia to help manage the foreign residents. Congratulations to Selisi Si! You are going to be reused by the tribe!"

"I'm going to the main village to help manage the foreign residents?!" Selicis was stunned. During this period, he saw the promotion of those Knick soldiers, and also learned about the situation of the Knick tribe, and knew that ordinary people like him He was also very excited that his people could become tribal nobles, and imagined countless times that he could stand out in the new tribe, but when the opportunity suddenly came, he couldn't believe it.