Rome must fall.

Chapter 316: Dividing the Land and Going to the Temple
Selisis was one of the people who could control his emotions better. At this moment, he couldn't help but shout excitedly, "I'm here!"

The staff of the Ministry of Agriculture looked at him and then looked at Village Chief Pro.

Pro nodded in confirmation: "He is Celithis."

The staff member of the Ministry of Agriculture took a look at the land allocation table of the villagers in Village No. 21 in his hand, then picked up the land distribution map of Village No. 21 in the hand of his colleague next to him, looked at it carefully for a while, then waved his hand and said, "Please follow me."

He led the way a short distance eastward, then stopped in front of a wooden sign with a number engraved on it.

"The 50 acres of land counting from here are allocated to you." After the agricultural affairs official finished speaking, the two young men following him crossed the wooden sign, walked into the fields, and waved to Celisis, motioning him to follow.

With excitement, Celithis stepped onto the fields that would soon belong to him.

After following the two young men for a few dozen meters, I saw a row of wooden poles in front of me.

A young man spoke up and said, “This is 10 acres of land.”

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

Following the direction indicated by the young man, Celithus looked around carefully, secretly measuring the distances of the wooden poles inserted in the other three directions of the field. Although he had not studied arithmetic specifically, he had been farming seriously for more than ten years, so his judgment of the land area was not bad.

"Yes, about ten acres." He nodded in response.

"What do you mean almost? This is 10 acres of land! We have measured it repeatedly before. If you don't believe it, you can measure it yourself later." Another teenager said dissatisfiedly.

Celis knew he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly added, "Yes, it's ten acres."

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

Finally, standing at the edge of his own field, Celis turned his head and looked back. The wooden sign at the starting point had become a little blurry in his vision: 50 acres, this is much larger than the 20 acres he had before! If it can be increased to 100 acres in the future, what a large piece of land it will be! No wonder the Knicks promoted the three-field rotation system. If he relied on his family alone to farm, he would probably be exhausted!

If the two young men had not reminded him, Seris would probably have lingered on this newly divided land for most of the day.

The member of the Ministry of Agriculture took out two pieces of paper which he called "Nix Tribe Land Deeds" and handed them to Celithis.

Seris did not recognize the words written on the paper at all. He could only follow the instructions of his subordinates, stamp his fingerprints on the two papers, and take one of them home to keep it carefully, because the subordinates said: This is the legal certificate that he owns the land. As long as this deed exists, no one from the Nix tribe can seize his land.

At the same time, Celithis also secretly made up his mind: he must send his son to Nix School to study and master these mysterious texts. He must not be like him, who even though he got this precious deed, still didn't know what was written on it.

Selisis was not the only one who was overjoyed. The Nix people fulfilled their promise and each family of Segestica was given 50 mu of land. At this moment, everyone felt: the sky is blue! The land is good! It’s great to join the Nix!

The people of Segestica and the new Skodischi slaves who had joined the village spent another day in peace.

Because they were so happy about getting the land, many people were so excited that they couldn't sleep well that night.

The next day, the villagers woke up early, had a quick breakfast, and went to find the village chief Puro, originally to ask him how to start taking care of their newly allocated fields.

But then he received a notice from Pro: Villagers, please gather in the square, there is something important to announce!

Since the Nixes came to this village, the people of Segestica have participated in several rallies in just a few days, but they rarely did so in the past 10 years, because the major tribal affairs were discussed and decided by the leaders and clan leaders, and then each of them ordered their own people to carry out the execution. The only tribal affairs that the people can participate in are sacrificial ceremonies and the leaders and clan leaders adjudicating tribal disputes and crimes, but they can only watch.

The Knicks would hold rallies whenever there was an important event, and allow everyone to ask questions and discuss the matter. This made the people feel fresh and involved, and sometimes made them forget that the Knicks were the enemy and that they were forced to join the culprit who had destroyed their tribe.

This time, the village chief Puro told them that the tribe’s Danu Temple had been built, and they would go to worship the temple immediately and swear an oath to the Goddess Danu.

Pro also solemnly reminded the villagers: Everyone must bring their own land deeds and go to the temple to worship and swear an oath. Only after the priests verify it, their land deeds will be truly valid and they will be officially joined to the Nix tribe and become a candidate tribesman. Otherwise, they will become foreign auxiliary people, lose everything they have now, and will be escorted to a camp near the main village!
The villagers were nervous when they heard this. They had finally gotten rid of their fear of the Nix people and the guilt of joining the Nix tribe, and began to try to integrate into this new tribe. They also got the land they had always dreamed of yesterday, so how could they let all their efforts go to waste! So everyone hurried home, got the land deeds, and hurried to the square to gather, for fear of being missed.

In the morning, Puro led more than 800 villagers from the entire tribe and set out on the road to the west.

Maiontias did not lead his men to follow, because the people of Village No. 21 had behaved very well in the past few days, and he did not think they would make a fool of themselves at this critical moment. Besides, it was not allowed for soldiers to go to the temple fully armed.

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

Many villagers in the team had not traveled far in recent days and seemed a little excited. They talked and laughed along the way. Some villagers even asked Puro: What does the temple look like? What does the statue of Goddess Danu look like?

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

Village No. 21 is not the only village on this dirt road connecting the main village of Segestika and Linkou Village. From time to time, you can see groups of villagers from other villages merging into this road, forming a long dragon with no end in sight.

Some villagers from Village No. 21 even ran to the teams in front and behind to chat with acquaintances. Selesis had to run back and forth to remind these villagers not to leave the team for too long.

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

A large open space was cleared here, and several thatched houses were built. Near the thatched houses, there were seven or eight young men wearing linen robes, holding oak canes and wearing straw crowns on their heads. They directed the villagers from various villages to stand in the open space.

As soon as Selysis saw their attire, he knew they were druids. He often saw them in Savatoi when he was young. But after Segestica became the master, he never saw anyone dressed like this again. They even changed their name to "priests."

Just as Selysis 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 moment, pointed to a place not far away, and said, "You are located over there, please follow me." After that, he led everyone over there with light steps.

"Excuse me, are we there yet? Where is the temple?"

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

……

Someone couldn't help but asked loudly.

"Hush!" The druid immediately turned around, made a gesture to silence, and said solemnly: "No laughing or noise in front of the temple, please keep quiet! Please pray quietly. As long as you are sincere, the goddess Danu will sense your presence and give us instructions. That is when you go to see her!"

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

Although Selisis also held his breath, he still looked around quietly. He soon found a team of several hundred people coming out of the forest behind the thatched cottage. They all had their eyes downcast and their minds wandered. From time to time, they looked back at the forest, with a strong sense of reluctance on their faces...

"Village No. 21, please follow me to the temple!" The druid's voice awakened the villagers who were still in deep thought. Everyone followed his footsteps, crossed the open space, bypassed the thatched huts, and set foot on a path leading deep into the mountains and forests.

At first, there were only some small trees on both sides of the path. The trees were short and sparsely leafed. As we walked further in, the trees became thicker and taller, with hard, long, wrinkled bark, and fruit the size of bird eggs. The oval yellow-red leaves densely covered the sky above the path...

This is an oak tree! This is an oak forest?! ...When Selysis realized this, "Ding-ling! Ding-ling!..." a clear and pleasant sound rang out above his head.

Celis looked up and saw a bowl-shaped bronze object hanging from a high branch, with a movable iron projectile in the middle of the opening.

He moved his eyes forward and found that there were similar small objects hanging on the treetops at a short distance. When the wind blew the treetops intermittently, sometimes lightly and sometimes heavily, the objects made different sounds. Sometimes they were soft and melodious, like a deep and quiet mountain forest, making people quiet and thoughtful. Sometimes they were crisp and pleasant, as if birds were playing in the mountains, making people happy and joyful...

(End of this chapter)