From Chief to Ball

I said this not only to express my gratitude, but also to see the benefits gained from the connection between the Huaihua, Song, Shitou and other tribes and Chen Jian. Now Fangshi is exchanging a lot of things every day, and the goods in Fangshi are basically four. family.

Chen Jian agreed that they should use Ji as the surname, but in order to distinguish the branches, one took the tribe's ox as the surname and the other took the deer as the surname.

The two chiefs justifiably entered the tribal council and became the chiefs with veto and deliberative powers. There were already 17 members in the council, and Chen Jian fully controlled eight of them, and those who basically did not oppose him There are two.

After dealing with this matter, he pointed to the simple map on the wall and said, "Now let me talk about the current situation of our city. There are a few things that need to be changed. Let's discuss it."

"Now we have three cities. Xia, Heyin, and Yangguan. The mall hasn't been built yet. After the envoys from the Eyue tribe arrive in a few days, our two cities will work together to build them."

"Xia City is 250 steps wide, and the city wall is one and a half steps higher. It still needs to be increased. Construction will start in one month."

"Heyin City is 60 steps wide, just enough to guard the surrounding land; Yangguan is [-] steps wide and three steps high, with towers and stacks, and [-] soldiers stationed every two months. Every tribe has to send people. That The Arima tribe has formed hatred with us, and we will fight them sooner or later."

"Three hundred miles down the Caohe River is the city of Eyue. The news brought back by Song is that they have a population of nearly 5000 and they have enough corn."

"About 250 miles north of Chuyangguan, there is a tribe with horses. Last time I visited, there were not many people, but I don't know if there are any relatives of them nearby."

"The city is to the west. According to Hongyu, there are no more powerful tribes. Don't worry about that for now. We don't know if there are other tribes on the south bank of the Cao River."

He paused, called Yu Qian'er and said, "Tell the chiefs about the population and land on our side."

A few days ago, Yu Qian'er counted the population of each tribe according to what Chen Jian said, and took the younger brothers and sisters to measure the land, which had already been summarized on a piece of bark.

After building a house and exchanging things, her prestige in the tribe has increased, and she is no longer regarded as a child.

She took a deep breath, glanced at the crowd, and said with a smile: "In Xia City, there are 630 Chinese people and [-] babies. The total number of slaves from all tribes is [-], of which the city directly manages [-]."

"Outside the city and those tribes who moved out of the mountains, there are a total of thirteen tribes, more than [-] people, distributed in the downstream and downstream of Xiacheng."

"The total wheat harvested by all tribes this time is 45 catties, and [-] catties should be confiscated. Among them, our four tribes should pay [-] catties, and the extra [-] catties were handed over. The city's public grain totaled [-] catties."

"All the beans are planted on the original wheat field, which covers a total of [-] mu."

"My brother said that if we want to ensure that everyone in the city can eat wheat next year, at least 13 catties of seeds should be reserved. Each tribe should reserve them separately and hand them over to the warehouse to prevent you from eating enough in the future. According to each tribe's Personally set aside [-] catties of seeds, which must be handed over after rain or shine.”

"In addition, the city needs to reclaim a total of [-] mu of land. In the future, try not to burn wasteland and plant it directly. Now each tribe has reclaimed [-] mu of land, and each tribe must reclaim at least another [-] mu before autumn. Hundred acres."

These are the results she calculated after discussing with Chen Jian. 45 catties of grain seems to be a lot, but it is distributed to each person, each person is only [-] catties, which is not enough to eat, and another [-] catties is set aside Seeds, and the rest are even less.

In order to prevent the various tribes from distributing, every day after the harvest, there will be big cakes, noodles, and bran acorns when they are not harvested, so they can only intervene.

Moreover, more than half of the more than 40 catties of grain belonged to the four tribes, and the rest of the tribes did not dare to oppose Chen Jian at least until next year's harvest: in the past, they could still rely on gathering for a living, but now thousands of people have gathered in the city. Human beings have already surpassed the limit that can be accommodated by collection, so they can only choose to plant.

The leaders of the various tribes did not object to this proposal. They did not calculate it before, but felt that there was a lot of grain piled up in the warehouse, but after knowing these figures, they knew that the grain would not last until next year.

Yu Qian'er calculated the seeds that each tribe should hand over according to the population and distributed them.

After the distribution, Chen Jian said: "You have also seen that the population of the city is too large, and many things need to be deployed. Since I am the leader of the city, I need to find some people to share these things for me. I can't manage it alone. , if it wasn't for Yuqian'er who calculated how many seeds to keep for you, you wouldn't know, am I right?"

"Yes, you can't manage it alone, you should assign some people to help you manage it."

Chen Jian looked around and said: "There are only a few things about tribes and cities: war, planting, exchange, construction, sacrifice, population...then there are wheat planting, bean planting, city building, canal digging, slaves, etc. .It’s better for everyone to perform their duties and take care of one side than for everyone to mess around by themselves.”

"The one in charge of planting is called Si Nong; the one in charge of wealth is called Si Huo; the one in charge of population is called Situ; the one in charge of construction is called Si Kong; the one in charge of laws and regulations is called Si Kou; Those who are in charge of the military are called Sima. This is the Sixth Division."

"Sima, Situ, Sinong, and Sikong, these four positions will be taken over by me for the time being. In the future, whoever has learned clearly can appoint them. It will save me a little bit. Yuqianer has always been in charge of Guanfang City. What do you think of her taking the job?"

The crowd didn't object, and asked: "Yu Qian'er is in charge of the goods, we can rest assured. It's just the position of the chief officer, who will take it?"

"The tentatively selected person is Ji Song. He has been in charge of military whipping, and made great contributions in the battle of the valley. He lost his fingers and was disabled. I don't think any of you have done more than him, right?"

Everyone stopped talking, and they all knew the key to the last battle in the valley. This position can be regarded as everyone's gratitude and respect to Song. Besides, he has always been in charge of military whipping, which is just right.

Chen Jian held four positions by himself, and everyone didn't think there was any problem. The two matters of Sinong and Sikong were beyond the control of others, and no one would be convinced by others.Sima is in charge of military affairs, he is a military leader, as a matter of course; Situ is in charge of deploying personnel, this is also the right of the city chiefs at the beginning, there is nothing to object to.

In addition to the Sixth Division, Chen Jian asked everyone to elect more than 20 officials, and stipulated the scope of the Sixth Division's jurisdiction.

Power has become a pyramid in name, instead of the flat structure of tribal discussions before. These elected officials are not managerial, but responsible for imparting knowledge, teaching people how to farm, how to train, how to cook , herding cattle and sheep, etc., and promised that in addition to the post of Sima, the six divisions in the future will be selected from officials.

The power of the tribal leader itself has not been weakened too much, but there are officers who specialize in the management of those who have done wrong things and violated the Taoban oath in each tribe; but in fact, those officials who are responsible for governing various things will gradually separate the prestige of the tribal leader— —At least how to grow wheat, the tribe will first think of the wheat officer, instead of asking the leader.

Most leaders also have such an official position, because these positions can also control other tribes, so they are very happy.While they can manage others, others can also manage them, and they need to be responsible to the Sixth Division for their cross-tribal jurisdiction.

The concentration of power can make the city develop faster. Even if it is still chaotic, there will definitely be things that exceed the power, but nothing can be done in a day, and there is always a process of getting used to it.

These leaders are already old. Chen Jian is the hope of the tribe so that the children who grow up in the school can accept this power system five or ten years later.

The people in the Sixth Division have not entered the council for the time being, and it will take time for them to improve their prestige, so that the opposition can be weakened.

This is an earth-shaking change, just like the torrential rain pouring at this time, the bursts of thunder make it clear that everything is changing.

And those changes that moisten things silently like spring rain, change quietly inadvertently, people gradually accept it, and gradually feel the benefits.

For example, after the rain stopped, Lancao and Tanuki, who were full of belly, held a dark ceremony, officially left the Ji clan and became a member of the Stone clan.

The dowry that Chen Jian and his clan gave to his sister was a small wooden table, a small cradle, a comb and a pottery mirror bought from the Eyue tribe—it can be used for dressing up after being filled with water.

The two clans jointly built a small house for the two of them, with only a place to sleep, thinking that eating would go to the tribe, and it didn’t need much space—it was also a disguised form of encouraging the tribe to disintegrate into a family, but it was only emotionally family rather than a family based on private ownership.

During the evening ceremony, the two drank the wine together with the open gourd, tied the open gourd and hung it on the wall, indicating that the two would become one.

At the same time, it is also telling those who participated in the evening ceremony that these two people no longer sleep with others, don't bother them, and they can't sing love songs to them. This is a declaration.

People sent blessings, and those who gradually got along with each other for a long time and gradually became jealous of the fact that the opposite party they liked slept with other people also had a kind of expectation in their blessings.

This is the kind of silent change, not just good, but also bad.

For example, not long after, the first wounding incident occurred in the city. A man wanted a woman to sleep with him only, but the woman refused. It was normal for this man to fight with another man, but during the fight, the man moved The sword hacked the opponent to death.Sikou Jisong, who came back from the Eyue tribe, executed the tribe's first execution to warn the rest.

Another example is the first incident of theft in a city. When some tribes were chopping firewood, they carried away the firewood cut by other tribes.In the past, there were no other tribes within tens of miles of each tribe, so it was difficult for this kind of thing to happen, but now they live together, this kind of thing is inevitable after all.

There was another tribe that was too oppressive when using slaves. The slaves under their tribal control broke out in a resistance. After the massacre, their deaths were exchanged for the reduction of the oppression of the rest of the tribe...

In short, in Xia City, after planting, the happiness and pain of that civilization came one after another, constantly changing the way of thinking of the clansmen.

From hunting and gathering to spring planting and autumn harvest, what has changed is not only what to eat, but also the way of life, the distribution of rights, and the turning point of thinking.

The world is still the same, but the tenacious people living in the world have changed.

Relying on spring seeds and autumn harvests, I gradually moved my eyes away from the struggle with nature, and turned my attention to the wider world and the people in other cities living in the world.

Planting means that slaves have value, that wars may be profitable, that there are enough goods to exchange, that there are people who are out of production to ponder words, and that people can look up at the stars and think about where they came from after they are full. Where does it end.

When the beans were in bloom, Yu Qian'er and Chen Jian stood on the newly raised city wall, looking at the sky covered by mountains in the distance.Yu Qian'er looked over the bean field, pointed to the place where the sun rose and asked, "Brother, what's on the other side of the mountain?"

"It's the sea."

"What is the sea?"