Chapter 323 - 202: Dividing Land (Continued)
Pequot’s heart was moved: "Where can we find these Illyrians who are willing to help us farm the land."
"I’m afraid it will take some time before they arrive. If you’re willing, you can periodically check with the Agricultural Department. I have to rush over there now and take some people to inspect the land."
"Thank you!" Pequot watched the other party leave and then sat by the rocks, gazing longingly at the fields for a while before deciding to return to the village and share this joy with his wife who was resting at home due to illness...
One by one, Nix tribesmen were called up to the wooden platform, emotionally receiving their land certificates. During the land verification process, some shouted, some cried, some sang and danced, and some rolled on the ground... The full spectrum of human emotions was on display, an unreserved expression of the joy filling their hearts, accompanied by the sincerest gratitude to Leader Maximus for realizing their dreams.
This is one of the reasons why Maximus made the land distribution so grand and elaborate, even personally presiding over it: such an important opportunity to gain the people’s favor and earn prestige could not be handed over to the Labor Department. No matter how hard it was, he had to do it himself.
Another reason was to show the reserve tribe members.
In fact, this large tribal assembly did have some effect. The Skodisqi people were quite envious, and many were looking forward to the day, two years later, when they would be allocated land.
Of course, some raised doubts: "Stop dreaming! All the land will be distributed to these people; where will there be any left for us in two years?!"
Many quickly retorted, "You’re foolish! Where do you think the land officially distributed to the tribe members came from? Didn’t we seize it from the Pannonians?! Hasn’t the sage often said that Leader Maximus aims to conquer the Pannonians and avenge us? Didn’t he capture two Segestica villages shortly after arriving here? Who knows how much Pannonian land he will seize in the future! Then, you’ll see there’s plenty of land to distribute!"
"Exactly, if we follow Leader Maximus to avenge ourselves on the Pannonians, we can also gain their land. It’s such a wonderful thing!"
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Over on the side of the Pannonian reserve tribe members, the situation was different.