Rome must fall.

Chapter 337: Budokaribas' New Discovery
"Cassius, what you said is very good!" Minas patted Cassius's shoulder excitedly. At this moment, he had completely gotten rid of the previous grudge in his heart: "Yes, let's work together to help the teacher make the tribe stronger!"

"Ok!"

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There were bursts of laughter and joy coming from the tent, which were the young people's beautiful vision of the future.

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The next morning, the migration team left the camp and continued to move towards the Sava River.

Because of the war, the Knicks army dismantled the pontoon bridge west of Todlido and took away the boats and wooden planks. After the war, they quickly repaired the pontoon bridge.

The team crossed the pontoon bridge and passed through the dense forest. Due to the slow progress, they arrived at Linkou Village at dusk.

Budokaribas looked at Linkou Village with emotion: when he first came here a month ago, Linkou Village was still a small village, but now most of its wooden walls have been demolished and it has become a checkpoint, with only a few soldiers stationed there to check the pedestrians coming and going. The houses in the village have been combined with the camp outside the village, and there are special people in charge of management, so that they can move in easily without worrying about sleeping in the wild, just like the camp outside Todelido Village before.

He still clearly remembered that the camp outside Todlido's stockade a month ago was full of Pannoni captives, and they didn't dare to get close...

When the relocation team entered the camp, some Nix tribesmen left the team one after another, carrying their own supplies taken back from the pack carts, and their wives and children...

Budokaribas was curious about this and couldn't help asking the camp director who was helping him arrange for the tribesmen to settle in: "Where are they going?"

"They should be going back to their new home. Their new home may be in a village nearby, so they can go back directly."

Budokaribas suddenly realized: "So you have distributed the fields and houses of the Segestica tribe to the tribesmen. It seems that the Segestica people in these villages have been driven away."

"Drive them away?" The camp director was stunned, then shook his head and said, "We didn't drive them away. Some Segestica people didn't want to accept our rule and fled, and some Segestica people didn't want to join our tribe and were taken to Ophidilla. There are still many Segestica people who are willing to become our Nix people who remain in the original village and live with our new old people."

Budokaribas had frequent contacts with the Nix tribe, and he knew that the Nix tribe had once taken in Segestica captives, but compared to the Nix tribe, their numbers were small and they posed no threat. But now they were in Segestica territory, and if there were still many Segestica people left in every village, then the danger would be great! …

After Budokaribas led his people through Linkou Village, his vigilance unconsciously increased, and now...

He couldn't help but ask: "Aren't you afraid that the Segestica people who remain in these tribes will harm your people in their villages? All of your people have their wives and children with them!"

There was a strong questioning tone in Porto Caribas' voice, and he seemed quite anxious.

The camp director explained seriously, "Don't worry. These Segestica people who stayed in the village joined our tribe sincerely. They are already members of our Nix tribe. Why would they harm their own people? These people who left were not assigned to the villages here today. They have been living in these villages for more than half a month. They get along well with the original Segestica people in the village. There has been no conflict so far, so you don't have to worry at all!"

"Really?" Budokaribas was skeptical.

"You can go to the nearby villages to take a look." The camp manager's words made Budokaribas somewhat tempted. After all, he was going to live here for a long time with his people, and there were still many Segestica people living on this land. The Segestica people and the Aldi people were enemies, so it was crucial for him to understand the living conditions of the Segestica people under the rule of the Nixes.

Upon learning that Budokaribas was really going to visit the nearby villages, the camp manager did not stop him. As a member of the Ministry of Commerce, he was responsible for receiving these Ardei tribes and allowing them to settle down in the Sava River with peace of mind, so he specially sent a subordinate to accompany them.

At the same time, he also asked Lady Nesia to remove a squad from the 200 soldiers in the escort team to ensure the safety of Budokaribas and his party. Budokaribas left the camp of Yingkou Village with several tribal leaders and nobles, and followed the subordinates of the camp director to the nearest village.

Not long after walking out of the camp, Budokaribas stopped. He saw a group of people rushing towards the forest on the right side of the road. They all had solemn expressions on their faces. At the same time, a number of people were coming from the other side of the mountain, and each of them had a peaceful smile on their face...

Budokalibas asked curiously, "What are they going to do?"

"They are going to the Temple of Danu to worship." The official from the Ministry of Commerce explained seriously, "There is a temple built by our tribe in that forest. It enshrines the great goddess Danu. She is the mother of the earth and the source of water. She gave birth to all things. Both the Pannoni and the Skodischi of our tribe respect her very much. After the temple was built, people come to worship every day. These tribesmen probably finally got some free time and wanted to rush to the temple to worship once more before sunset."

The goddess Danu...Budokaribas was unfamiliar with this name. Obviously, this was not the god worshipped by the Illyrians. But he noticed a problem: "Do you mean that the Segestica and the Scodisci went to this temple to worship?"

"Of course, didn't you see that some of those people are Scodischi and some are Segestica." The member of the Ministry of Commerce pointed to the crowd coming and going not far away and reminded.

Budokaribas and his group looked at it carefully. Their war with the Segesticas had lasted for several years, and they were familiar with the appearance of the Segesticas and the Scodisci. After a closer look, they found that it was indeed true.

Although the two tribes did not actually gather together, but walked separately and kept a distance from each other, Budokaribas, who was aware of the hatred between the two tribes, knew that it was not easy for the two tribes to walk freely in the same area without any conflict without the supervision of the Nyx soldiers!

"It's not just the Segestica and Scodischi who go to worship at the temple, it seems there are also the original members of your tribe," said the sharp-eyed leader of the Aldei tribe.

"Yes, many of our original tribesmen also believe in Goddess Danu, and they come here from time to time to worship her. And more and more people believe in her, including me." The member of the Ministry of Commerce said proudly, "Because our leader is the descendant of Goddess Danu, Goddess Danu protects our entire Nix tribe!"

"What?!" Boudoka Arribas thought he had heard wrongly: "Captain Maximus is an Illyrian. How could he be the offspring of the goddess Danu that the Celts believe in? This is simply ridiculous..."

Seeing that the other party's expression was becoming more and more serious, Budokaribas immediately shut his mouth.

The member of the Ministry of Commerce angrily explained, "The fact that the chief is the offspring of the goddess Danu has been recognized by all the priests of Skodischi and Segestica! Moreover, after the chief led us to settle here, not only the war but also our lives have been going smoothly, which also proves that the chief has been favored by the goddess Danu! If you don't believe it, you can go to the Temple of Danu to take a look. The statue of the goddess Danu carved by the chief himself is definitely not something that mortals like us can make!"

Although Budokaribas and his companions had doubts about the statement that "Maximus was the offspring of the goddess Danu", this was after all the business of the Nix tribe itself. Seeing the attitude shown by the other party, Budokaribas did not dare to ask any more questions.

On the way to the village, Budokaribas and his companions even met some of the followers of Goddess Danu and walked on the same dirt road.

These believers cast curious glances at Budokaribas and his companions. Regardless of whether they recognized Budokaribas and his companions as Aldi people or not, no one showed obvious hostility, and naturally no one took any extreme action.

The village they were going to was not far away, and soon it came into the sight of Budokaribas and his companions: the structure of the entire village was somewhat similar to that of Budokaribas and his companions' village, except that it was not surrounded by wooden walls. Because it was dusk, wisps of smoke rose from above the houses, and the fields outside the village had been plowed, but no one was seen working.

The staff of the Ministry of Commerce knew what Budokaribas and his friends wanted to see, so they took them around the village to the other side.

Budokaribas and his group stopped. Not far ahead, there were more than 20 villagers still tilling the land. Their farming method was a little different from that of the Kupa River: four or five people gathered in the same field, one leading the ox, and another concentrating on plowing the field. After working for a while, the other two took over. In the field they had tilled, there was also an older man who was carefully cleaning up the debris in the field...

The staff of the Ministry of Commerce explained: "Because of the previous war, some villagers lacked strong laborers. One village took the lead in coming up with a solution. They gathered all the villagers together to help each other. Those who were strong were responsible for plowing the fields, and those who were weak did what they could, such as cleaning up the debris in the fields, cooking, and providing iron plows or oxen... This method improved the farming capacity of the entire village. When the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture inspected this village, they discovered the benefits of this method and immediately reported it to the Government Affairs Hall. Now the Government Affairs Hall has promoted this method to all villages..."

Budokaribas' mind moved: the Ardi tribe that followed him here all had similar problems. Because of the war, there were more women than men. They used to live in the mountains north of the Mrežnica River, where land was scarce, and this problem was not prominent. Now they have to settle on the Sava River. If each household can really own 20 acres of land, then many families will lack labor. Maybe he can adopt Nix's method...

(End of this chapter)