Chapter 235 The Joy of Harvest
"Oh, that's it, I understand."
"Yes, that's what the sage told me too! Now it's good. Chief Maximus is the descendant of the goddess Danu, and he married the daughter of the great leader Hamsid, so we have nothing to worry about. "
"Yes, with the blessing of Goddess Danu, I believe that our suffering compatriots will soon be free!"
"Not only do we want all our people to be free, but we also want to take revenge on the Pannoni who oppressed us!"
"Yes! That's right!"
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The clamor of the Skodischi reserve people naturally reached the ears of the Pannoni reserve people not far away from them, and also caused a commotion.
"Perintus, did you hear that? Those slaves think that the leader of Nyx is the reincarnation of the goddess Danu. This is simply ridiculous!"
"I have ears, of course I can hear." Perintus glanced at his companions and snorted: "Since you think this is nonsense, why are you so panicked?"
"I...I didn't panic!"
"Okay, even if what they say is true, that's a good thing for us, because aren't we also members of the Nix tribe! And like those cheap slaves, we also believe in the goddess Danu. If the leader of Nix We are really the descendants of Goddess Danu, won’t we also be blessed by the gods?”
"But our tribesmen in the north will probably--"
"If you have the spirit to question, you might as well take care of yourself first." Perintus interrupted his companion impatiently: "We are the people of the Nyx tribe now, and you actually have the heart to worry about Seg... If other tribes continue to fail and are defeated by the Nyx, I think they will also become the tribe of the Nyx... Well, that's fine. This is actually a good thing. At least they can also get the blessing of the goddess Danu. You Right?"
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Maximus couldn't hear the heated discussions of the tribesmen. He walked directly to his own field on the soft field path.
Since when the land was divided, he deliberately chose less fertile land near the mountains to show humility, so it took a while to walk all the way there.
When he squatted down and cut off the first ear of wheat with a sickle, the crowd on the roadside let out deafening cheers, and then like a tide, they rushed to their own fields.
It's not because Maximus wants to show the authority of his leader and can only act first, and then everyone can harvest, but because although the vast majority of the official people still don't believe that "Maximus is what the Celts believe in" "The reincarnation of the descendant of the goddess Danu", but they all believed that the leader was favored by a certain god, so everyone reached a consensus that Maximus should be the first to cut the wheat, so that the entire tribe could be protected by the god. Bless you and everything will be smooth sailing during the harvest.
Maximus bent over and harvested large handfuls of wheat with a sickle; Nesia always squatted half-crouched, harvesting small handfuls of wheat; and Phleslyusia beat the wheat they cut into one. A sheaf of wheat was placed on the ground. She moved very quickly. Despite her delicate appearance, she had done a lot of hard work when she was a slave in the Segostika tribe.
At first glance, the cooperation between the three of them seems to be quite tacit, and it looks like a husband and a wife accompanying each other.
But as time went by, Maximus became a little impatient. He paid great attention to agriculture because agriculture was the lifeblood of the tribe, but it would be too much for him to be a farmer and harvest good wheat here for a day. It was a waste of his precious time.
But at this time, Volenus had already brought a group of reserve people over in person.
"Chief, we are here." Volenus walked behind Maximus and said softly.
Maximus straightened up, handed the sickle to Volenus's hand, rubbed his sore back with his hands, and said: "I want to go to the iron workshop. Cadsos told me that the blacksmiths The crossbow has been built and is waiting for me to accept it."
Maximus paused and said solemnly: "I leave this to you. Your Ministry of Agriculture is the department in charge of today's wheat harvest. You must take responsibility and organize all departments to help the people." Complete the harvest successfully. If you encounter any difficulties that cannot be solved, send someone to the iron workshop to tell me immediately."
Although Volenus felt the pressure, he still responded as calmly as possible: "Don't worry, chief, our Ministry of Agriculture will do a good job in this matter."
Maximus nodded and looked at the preparatory people behind him: "Thank you for your hard work!"
Facing his thanks, the tribesmen were so nervous that they didn't know how to respond. Some even lowered their heads quickly, not daring to make eye contact with him.
They were not guilty because they had done something wrong, but because they were all Skodisci, and they all believed in the rumors that "Maximus was the reincarnation of the descendant of the goddess Danu" and had too much respect in their hearts, so...
Maximus took one look and understood what was going on, and a thought arose in his mind: Did Emmerich promote it too much?
The thought flashed through his mind, and he didn't think about it again. He turned to ask Nesia: "Do you want to take a rest first?"
"I'm not tired at all, I don't need to rest." Nesia shook her head and handed another handful of cut wheat ears to Flores Lucia behind her.
"What about you? Maximus looked at Flores Lucia.
"I'm not tired either. I'm working with Sister Nesia." Although her forehead was soaked with sweat, Flores Lucia's tone was firm.
Maximus didn't say any more, he looked around: the people were mixed in the golden waves of wheat, like fish swimming in the sea, popping up from time to time to breathe fresh air. Someone couldn't help but sing the songs of his hometown, which immediately attracted the response of the people around him. Soon, songs in various languages were mixed in the sky above the wheat fields. From the songs, you could not hear the sounds of the ethnic people working. Tired, but filled with the joy of harvest...
Such a cheerful scene made Maximus feel relieved, and he quietly walked around the foot of the mountain towards the avenue to avoid attracting attention.
When he got to the road, he saw that the transportation team that was originally on standby here was also busy at this moment. They carried the sheaves of wheat onto the ox cart or donkey cart. After the cart was filled, the agricultural staff had to mark it. (Which family member does this cart of wheat sheaves belong to?) Then one after another, the pack cars loaded with wheat sheaves drove towards the north...
Maximus certainly knew where the pack cars were headed.
In recent months, one thing that the engineering team under the Ministry of Works has been busy with is the construction of wheat fields.
Because during a good harvest, you don’t just have to cut the wheat. You also have to spread the harvested wheat flat on an open and solid flat land and dry it first. Then, the wheat is repeatedly crushed with heavy stone rollers dragged by livestock. The wheat grains are forced to fall off completely; then the wheat straw is forked and the wheat grains on the ground are swept together; dust is also raised to separate the sand and broken wheat husks mixed in the wheat grains, and finally the clean wheat grains are bagged …
The whole process is relatively complicated and laborious, and for the people of Knicks, they currently do not have the time or ability to build their own wheat fields and other required tools. This of course requires the tribe to do this.
So the engineering team of the Ministry of Works first cleared away weeds and trees in the river area east of Snodia Village and west of Westney Village, then leveled the ground, then spread fine sand and gravel, and finally Stir the cement burned in the lime kiln into mud and apply it on top...
The engineering team manufactured the wheat field entirely based on the techniques used to build Roman avenues, so in mid-August, the wheat fields were completed piece by piece.
At the same time, the craftsmen also made some stone rollers, and the carpenters made many wooden forks, brooms, and shovels... In order to have a good harvest this time, the entire Nix tribe mobilized and tried its best.
Maximus saw that everything was in order, so he entered the Westney Village with confidence, crossed the wooden bridge, came to the north bank, and arrived at the iron workshop in what he called the "industrial area".
Cadsos led a group of blacksmiths and was already waiting at the door.
Maximus glanced at the crowd and saw some uneasiness on their faces, so the first thing he said was: "Don't worry, I have already told the agricultural manager Volenust to let the preparatory people harvest first. Your wheat field!
I know you are all married, and your wives are watching over you in the fields. Don’t worry, there won’t be any problems. Maybe when we finish our work here, you can rush to the fields and the wheat has been harvested. I don’t want you to take action again. "
Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the craftsmen's eyebrows relaxed.
A group of people gathered around Maximus to the long-range weapon testing area of the weapons workshop.
The long-range weapons testing area was proposed by Maximus when he inspected the iron workshop. For this reason, the tribe also specially granted a large piece of land to the iron workshop. Originally, the craftsmen planned to use it to test javelins and crossbows. Thinking of using it for the first time was to test a new weapon - a crossbow.
Maximus walked into the shooting room and immediately saw the crossbow placed on the wooden table behind the wooden fence. It looked like a bow nailed to a wooden stake, and because it was not painted, it was made of wood. The bow and arms are light yellow, and even wood grain can be seen, as if it is an unpolished rough stone, but in fact it looks very similar to the Qin Nu that Maximus saw in the data in his previous life.
He reached out and picked up the crossbow: Well, it's a little heavy.
Just as he was carefully looking at the crossbow, as the main person in charge of manufacturing the crossbow, Chief Weapon Sititos introduced: "Chief, we have tried more than 10 kinds of trees for the arms of this crossbow. Finally, I chose oak, because oak wood is hard, not easy to wear, and more durable. Although it is heavier than other woods, it also has the advantage of being heavy. When firing a crossbow, it can better stabilize the bow, and it can better stabilize the bow when it is used with other woods. A crossbow arm made of wood was tested and its hit rate was the highest..."
