Chapter 203 Dividing the Land (Continued)

Pecot's heart moved: "Where can we find these Ardi people who are willing to help us farm the land?"

"I'm afraid it will take some time before he comes. If you are willing, you can go to the Ministry of Agriculture regularly and ask. I have to go over quickly, and I have to show the people behind me to see the land."

"Thank you!" Pecot watched the other party leave, and then sat beside the rock and gazed at the field for a while. He decided to go back to the village first and share this joy with his wife who was resting at home because she was not feeling well...

One by one, the Nix people were called to the wooden platform and received the land certificates excitedly. In the process of inspecting the land, some shouted, some cried, some sang and danced, and some rolled on the spot... There are many different things in life, but these are all them An unabashed expression of the joy that filled their hearts, and of course the most sincere gratitude to Maximus for helping them realize their wishes.

This is one of the reasons why Maximus made the land distribution issue so grand and complicated, and even took the trouble to preside over it personally, because how could such an important opportunity to win the hearts and minds of the people and gain prestige be handed over to the Ministry of Labor? He has to take responsibility. No matter how hard or tiring it is, he has to do it himself.

Another reason is to show it to the prepared people.

In fact, this large-scale tribal meeting did have some effects. The Skodisqi people were very enthusiastic about it. Many people were looking forward to the day when they would be allocated land in two years.

Of course, some people questioned: "Don't dream! These people have already divided the land. How can we still have land in two years' time?!"

Many people immediately retorted: "How stupid! Where do you think the land allocated to these official ethnic groups came from? Wasn't it taken from the Pannoni! Didn't the sages say it many times, This leader Maximus wants to conquer the Pannonians and avenge us. Not long after he came here, he captured two Segestica strongholds. He doesn’t know how many Pannonians he will capture in the future. It’s Nepalese land! You’re afraid you won’t have any land at all!”

"Yes, we follow Chief Maximus to take revenge on the Pannoni, and we can also get their land. What a wonderful thing it is!"

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On the side of the Pannoni Preparatory People, it is another situation.

"Damn it! These outsiders actually took away our land in front of us. This is a great humiliation! I really shouldn't have listened to that woman of mine and foolishly came to their tribe to act as their slave! "

"Yeah, when I think about helping them farm in the future, I want to kill myself!"

"In this case, why don't you tell these outsiders that you don't want to stay here anymore, and are willing to go back to the Ardei people, where they will be whipped every day, eat dirty food, and have endless dirty work... …”

"I... damn Krorus, you coward, you gave in to these outsiders and turned into a dog wagging your tail at them!"

"I just recognize the reality. The land they were allocated is not our land, but what we took from the Ardei people, and now it has been taken away by them. Whoever is stronger can own it. It's that simple."

"Krorus, you traitor! When the big leader leads his army to kill these outsiders again, we must expel you from the tribe. No, we will make you kneel in front of the holy stone and receive countless whippings!"

"Big leader?! Don't have hope for him! He brought all the warriors of our tribe before, and the number was far more than these outsiders. The result was a disastrous defeat! Also, although we didn't see it with our own eyes, we all heard about it The big leader later invited reinforcements from other tribes, and the team became even larger, but still failed to defeat these outsiders...

The big leader is the most famous warrior of our tribe, but these outsiders are better at fighting, so these outsiders have stayed in our village for such a long time. According to the big leader’s past temperament, he had already led his troops to kill him. But there hasn’t been any movement so far. The big leader must be scared——"

"You're talking nonsense! Didn't those outsiders say that the big leader is never afraid of strong enemies, he was just a little injured——"

"You heard it wrong. The Knicks said that the leader was not just slightly injured, but seriously injured. Otherwise, based on his past combat experience, he would not be injured in any battle, but he would soon be able to lead the team again. fighting--"

"Krorus, you bastard! Are you determined to betray us and join these outsiders who have taken over our homeland!"

"Plisis, I don't know why you are so determined to defend the big leader and this tribe that has abandoned us in such a predicament! Don't forget, you and I are just ordinary people. The leader Volris never listened to our wishes, so he forcibly moved us here from the Sava River. We continued to fight with the Ardei people, and many of our comrades died as a result.

We have made such a big sacrifice, but we do not own as much land as these outsiders now own, and more than half of our field harvests have to be forcibly handed over to the tribes in order to maintain the war.

In comparison, the people of the Nix tribe are much happier. They only need to hand over 10% of the field harvest every year, and if they perform well in battle, they can be promoted, receive rewards, and even become nobles. But in our case, Tribe, can this be done! Pulisis, don't you want to be a noble? ! "

"This...these are all lies told by outsiders!"

"They carved these promises on wooden boards and stood them outside the courtyard wall of the main house. Everyone can see them. If they dare to lie to others, wouldn't they be spurned by all the people!"

"I think Krorus is right. The two-twenty nobility system promised by the outsiders is absolutely true! We have all seen the two wooden bridges built by the outsiders. They are the real system. The big wooden bridge was built in less than a month! This is really a miracle! These outsiders must have been blessed by the gods. The big leader can't defeat them! Let's work here in peace. I think our life here in the future will not be worse than before!”

"Yes, the leaders of these outsiders are Illyrians, and most of them are also Illyrians. Didn't you hear what they said? We Pannonians are originally a branch of the Illyrians. We are the descendants of the two previous tribes. The relationship was very good, so they didn’t see us as real enemies.

I was seriously injured in a battle before, and it was only through their careful treatment that I was able to recover! I think as long as we do good things here, they will treat us much better than the Skordisqi people. After all, we are related by blood..."

"Traitors! You traitors! I will beat you to death!"

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Similar conflicts occasionally occur among the teams composed of Pannoni reserve tribesmen, but with the presence of soldiers maintaining order, it will basically not have any impact on the land-dividing ceremony.

The land-dividing ceremony lasted for three days. In the end, more than half of the people in the venue were reduced. Most of them stayed on the land they had just been allocated. However, Maximus was still as energetic as at the beginning. He held The bark microphone said in a high-spirited voice: "A month ago we were still having a headache on how to get from the south bank to the north bank of the Kupa River, but now we can easily go back and forth between the two banks. Can you tell me why this is?!"

"Because we have a bridge!!..." Many ethnic groups shouted in unison.

"That's right, we have a bridge, and it's two real big wooden bridges that can pass ships underneath! What's even more commendable is that they built the two wooden bridges in less than a month. It broke the history of no bridges in this area, provided great convenience for the development of the tribe, and also won the tribe prestige in this area!

Based on their significant contributions, the tribe decided to promote Spukala, the engineer in charge of the entire bridge construction, to a first-class citizen, and Tetilips, who led the carpenters to build the bridge with superb skills and came up with many good ideas, as a first-class citizen. First-class people! Please come to the stage, both of you! "

In fact, in addition to Scala, the candidates Maximus was supposed to be promoted to were Capito, the director of the Ministry of Works and the organizer of the construction of the wooden bridge. However, the arrogant Capito believed that he had not contributed much to the construction of the bridge. Therefore refused. Maximus chose Tetilips again, not only because of his outstanding performance, but also because his identity as a carpenter was a great inspiration to all the craftsmen of the Nyx tribe.

Although there were fewer people in the venue, the cheers they received when they took the stage were not much different from those of Pecot who was the first to take the stage. Perhaps it was because Pecot was promoted that many people found it difficult to do so. However, these two people, especially Tetilips, gave the people hope of promotion, which was exactly the effect Maximus wanted.

The last ethnic group to be allocated land was Maximus himself, with a total of 80 acres, including his wife Nesia's income. It was no different from other ethnic families. Therefore, not only did everyone not have any complaints, but they were even more respectful towards the leader. Respect, because not only did he put himself last, but the land he allocated was very remote.

When Nesia happily took Maximus to inspect the land that belonged to her family, she still complained a little about it. Maximus smiled and made no excuse.

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In the early morning, after breakfast, many people from the Knick tribe gathered in the experimental field of the Ministry of Agriculture.

At the suggestion of Maximus, Volenus, the chief officer of the Ministry of Agriculture, passed the political meeting and set aside a hundred acres of land on the north bank of the Kupa River, opposite the Snotia Stockade, as the Ministry of Agriculture. The public experimental field allows the Ministry of Agriculture to use this field to practice some new farming methods, or to select and breed crops, and then promote them within the tribe after the success of the river, so as to achieve the purpose of improving the farmland harvest of the ethnic groups.