Rome must fall.

Chapter 315: Village Chief Pro (Continued)
"After talking about fertilization, let's talk about how to plow the land." Pro paused for a moment and continued, "I took a special walk around here at noon and found that some diligent villagers had already started plowing the land in their yards, but I checked and found that the land was not plowed deep enough. According to the requirements of our Nix Agricultural Department, the fields must be plowed at least this deep."

Pro opened his hands and gestured a distance of more than two feet: "Only when the fields are plowed this deep can the roots of weeds be cleaned up and the insect eggs hidden deep in the fields be turned out and killed. At the same time, the deep soil can be exposed to breathe and get some sun, increasing the fertility of the entire field..."

"But it will be very tiring for us to plough so deeply." Selysis interrupted and reminded: "Look, there are many families without men here. It would be difficult for them to plough such deep fields by themselves."

"You are right. I noticed it, too." Pro nodded kindly to Selysis, and then said, "I learned about it at noon. You used to use cattle to plow the fields, but now there are not many families in the village that still have cattle—"

"My family used to have cows, but last year the chief forcibly took our cows away, saying they were going to carry supplies for the army fighting on the Kupa River. In the end, they were never returned!"

"My family is the same. They took a good cow and never returned it. Klokas deserves to die (Klokas is the leader of this tribe)!"

"Village...Village Chief, were our cows taken away by your Nix army after their victory? Can you return the cows to us?"

……

Everyone was complaining to Pro at once, and Celithis had to step in and calm them down again.

The Nix army had captured some cattle and horses in this war, but Pro had no intention of helping these tribesmen get back the cattle that had become the tribe’s property. Instead, he said loudly, “It doesn’t matter if you don’t have any cattle at home. I will apply to the tribal agricultural department to borrow a few strong cattle for public use in our village. We will keep them in the main house and send someone to feed them. If anyone needs to use cattle to plow the fields, they can borrow them, but they must be taken good care of. If the cattle are tired, compensation must be paid…”

"Will the tribe lend us cows?" someone couldn't help but ask.

"Of course." Pro said firmly, "Captain Maximus once said that the most important task for him and the heads of various departments is to let the people live a good life. If the people don't live well, it means that he and the heads of the departments have not fulfilled their responsibilities! Everyone, including him, should be punished!"

Hearing this, the people were very surprised. They couldn't help but think of the practices of the tribal leaders and clan leaders in the past. Then they looked at the new village chief in front of them who had just arrived and was discussing with them how to farm... In an instant, everyone fell silent at the same time.

Pro was unaware that the people's thoughts were quietly changing. When he talked about farming, he couldn't stop talking: "We used your iron plow, but the plow was too heavy and very laborious. It was Chief Maximus who received divine inspiration and improved your iron plow, turning it into this... and also changed the flat iron plowshare into this..."

Pro said and gestured: "... Later we used this new curved plow, which is not only labor-saving, but also can plow very deep. Even a woman can use it to plow several acres of land easily in a day..."

"Village chief." Leldus called him this name again, and it was much easier to say. "I'm afraid it's not easy to make such a good plow."

"Of course, you can't make it by yourself. But I can borrow a few plows from the Ministry of Agriculture, and we can take turns using them. In the future, when you have money, you can buy them yourself..."

Pro spoke incessantly and the people listened very attentively.

He talked about everything from arable land to seed selection, dense planting, seedling emergence, filling, harvesting, drying, threshing, dust raising, storage... and he talked nonstop for a full hour.

By the end of his speech, he felt dry in the mouth and swallowed several times. Then he said in a slightly hoarse voice: "I have told you so much, but you may not remember everything. After the land is distributed tomorrow, I will teach you how to take care of your land so that it can produce more food. If you encounter any difficulties, you can also come to me and I will do my best to help you solve them."

As soon as Pro said this, Leldus shouted excitedly: "Thank you, village chief!"

Others also agreed wholeheartedly, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively.

Looking at Pro who was surrounded by the people, Selisis could not help but sigh: when he met this skinny old man in the morning, he had doubted whether he could manage the village well, but after he just stood here and said a few words, the people here accepted him. It's not that the tribesmen are stupid, but they have sharp eyes and can feel who is truly doing good for them!
Perhaps because of the good news that "land will be divided the next day", or perhaps because the new village chief told them the secret of how to make the fields productive, the people were excited the whole day. Therefore, they did not show strong hostility towards these former Skodischi slaves who had moved into the village and lived across the street from them, and everyone spent the day in peace.

The next morning, the Nix soldiers and the Skodis slaves who had become residents of the village but were out on missions returned one after another. During this time, the staff of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture also arrived. All the villagers gathered in the square again. This time, there was a simple wooden platform in the center of the square. It was temporarily built by Pro and Celisis and the villagers yesterday afternoon.

At this moment, both the people of Segestica and the former slaves of Skodischi were staring intently at the wooden platform.

On the wooden platform, the staff of the Ministry of Personnel looked at the list in his hand and shouted loudly: "Is Nicocus from Village No. 21 here?!"

To facilitate registration and management, the Political Affairs Hall assigned a number to every village that had been stationed with a hundred-man team. The number of this village was 21.

"Here!" Nicocus responded loudly, then quickly climbed onto the wooden platform and stood in front of the official from the Ministry of Personnel.

The subordinate looked solemn, and spoke loudly in fluent Illyrian, "According to the military merit statistics of the Ministry of Personnel, after verification by the Council of State, and with the signature of Chief Maximus, the tribesman Nicocus will be promoted to a second-class tribesman, with 60 acres of land for his own use. Congratulations, Nicocus!"

"Thank you! Thank you!..." Nicokus excitedly held the other's hand tightly and shook it vigorously.

"I hope you will continue to work hard, make new achievements, make more contributions to the tribe, and further improve your rank!" The subordinate encouraged seriously, but he quietly pulled his right hand out of the other person's hand. Almost everyone who came on stage was shaking hands vigorously, and he felt that his hand was a little swollen.

"Please rest assured, I will continue to work hard!" Nicokus saluted confidently, turned around and walked down the wooden stage, waving excitedly to the audience.

His wide smile left a deep impression on everyone present, especially the former Segestica people, because they clearly remembered that this man was a Segestica, a member of the tribe next door to them. He joined the Nix tribe after being defeated and captured last year. Only one year later, he was promoted from a Nix reserve member to a second-class member through meritorious service and obtained 60 acres of land...

If we also work hard for the Knicks, can we be like him... This thought arose in the minds of the people.

Nicocus had no idea that in the blink of an eye he would become a role model for his compatriots to emulate.

"Is Casalidoa from Village 21 here?!"

"To!"

"According to the military merit statistics of the Ministry of Personnel, after verification by the Political Affairs Hall, and with the signature and approval of Chief Maximus, second-class tribesman Casalidoa has been promoted to first-class tribesman and will own eighty acres of land. Congratulations!"

"Thank you." Although there were exclamations from the wooden stage, Casalidoa was not too happy, because he was already a second-class citizen before this war, and the merits he made in this war were more than enough to be promoted to a first-class citizen, but he was still a little short of being promoted to a knight. From the current situation, if he wants to become a knight and truly join the ranks of the Knyx tribal nobles, he can only strive to make more merits and be promoted in the next battle, but when will the next battle come?
However, other Knicks veterans in the village were also promoted to first-class citizens and did not become Jazz, which made Casalidoa feel a little better.

This time, the gathering in the square was a promotion commendation meeting. The protagonists were the old and new Nix soldiers who had already belonged to this village, but it gave a vivid demonstration to the supporting characters, the people of Segestica and the slaves of Skodischi, allowing them to see how the tempting words that the Nix people had said to them before became reality, and thus began to have greater aspirations for their future life.

After the promotion commendation meeting, the personnel department staff left the village, and it was the turn of the agricultural department to work next.

The distribution of land made all the villagers extremely happy. The Ministry of Agriculture also attached great importance to it and sent quite a few people.

The first to be given land were of course the Nix soldiers who were on a mission and some of the Skodischi slaves. After they were all given land and left, it was finally the turn of the long-awaited people of Segestica.

The agricultural clerk took the list and called out the name of the first citizen of Segestica: "Selisis!"

(End of this chapter)