From Chief to Ball

During the month he left, only one tribe secretly learned how to make wine. The channel was nothing more than a matter between men and women. Chen Jian didn't want to pursue it, but just wanted to confirm the franchise system through this matter.

The people of the four tribes have always followed Chen Jian's lead. Although they were shocked at this time, the prestige he had accumulated in the past and his consistent correctness made these people only doubtful and did not strongly oppose it. Correctness will form a habit after a long time, even if these people If you disagree, you will unconsciously think that you are wrong.

Out of past trust, the four tribes neither supported nor opposed it, while eleven of the remaining twelve tribes supported it, and only the tribe that secretly learned how to make wine opposed it.

Don’t worry about scarcity but inequality. These days, that tribe has exchanged wine for a lot of things. These tribes are very jealous, but there is nothing they can do about it. After all, in the rules set by Chen Jian before he left, the original workshop was not allowed. Wine is brewed before harvest, but there is no prohibition on others from brewing.

As for copper, sugar, koji, ore, etc., although it sounds tempting, the rest of the tribes just think about it, they don't have it in their hands, and it has nothing to do with them.

Since I can't get it, I certainly hope that other tribes can't get it. This is a very delicate mentality.

Chen Jianxian said to his tribe: "The tribe that brewed wine was brewed before we made this rule, so we won't pursue it any more. However, if any tribe violates the above rules in the future, in addition to confiscating all the tools, we must also confiscate it." Punish some food."

"The chiefs will count the food and prey for the wine exchange this month, and report it to me after eating. I will replenish you from the public property. What do you think?"

Those tribes didn't expect such a good thing at all, and they all shouted: "Okay! Sure enough, Jixia is the most fair."

Chen Jian said with a smile: "This is only one time, and this is not an example. In the future, the rules will be strict, and we must follow the rules. Let's take wine as an example. In the future, there will be people who make wine privately. In addition to confiscating the tools used to make wine, the wine maker will be punished. The punishment will be three years of slavery, and the tribe will have to provide ten times as much food as punishment."

The clansmen didn't expect such a severe punishment, but they thought that since they had benefited and their clan didn't know how to make wine, these punishments wouldn't fall on them, so there was no problem.And the tribe that made wine before felt that Chen Jian had lenient the net, and the wine brewed by his tribe before was not pursued, which was much lighter than this punishment.

After passing this rule, let people draw on the clay tablet, but this time the clay tablet is not a whole.Considering that the types of franchises will increase in the future, instead of directly writing on a clay tablet and firing them into shapes, they use a method similar to movable type to add and delete them, hoping to give some inspiration to future generations.

The monopoly system will be the main income of the tribal city government for a long time.

This is a hidden tax.

Now that land tax has been collected, there are more and more civil servants, and the number of off-duty soldiers is also increasing. What is more serious is that because of the meticulous division of social labor, many people have left manual labor and become full-time managers. More taxes are needed to feed these people.

If the tax is increased now, it will definitely be widely opposed, which is not good for Chen Jian, because he is now elected by everyone, and he did not come to power through a violent coup.

The development of these tribes was extremely deformed before, at least a hundred years behind the Huasu cultural circle in the east. The bloodline theory that father is a hero has not yet prevailed among the tribes. Before, it was not even clear who the father was.Therefore, Chen Jian didn't want to be opposed by his tribe and make any mistakes in the election in winter, so he could only raise taxes secretly.

Salt is eaten, copper is used, and wine is needed. Food is a luxury, and all of them are collected under the direct control of the city. Properly raising the price of salt and copper can change the [-] taxes on the surface - secretly into [-] taxes - or even more As far as the political and economic literacy of the clansmen today, it may take a year or two to understand.

Because of Xiacheng's small population, this kind of monopoly system minimizes its disadvantages. Chen Jian feels that he can still manage it. When he can't manage it, it will prove that the population ruled by Xiacheng can really be counted. Once one side becomes the overlord, he no longer needs to do these small things himself, and can beat the surrounding tribes with the inertia of the rising period.

In addition to increasing taxes to support more off-duty workers, Chen Jian is also preparing for an economic war with Echeng.If the White Horse side goes well, there will be no threat to the northern grassland for two years, and there is no possibility of war between E City and Acropolis for the time being, unless one of the three can have an overwhelming advantage.

The covenant with Echeng was the earliest customs union. The clansmen who escorted Weixi back said that the leader of Acropolis didn't like the clansmen to exchange with other clans, as long as they planted good land and fought well, it was also a good market.

Three-legged confrontation, one ebb and flow, expand the wealth of the tribe through technological advantages, before there is no absolute crushing strength, even if they want to fight, they will force the opponent to resign from the alliance. Tax this.

Now that the clansmen have temporarily agreed to the new rules, they must redistribute these benefits. Agreeing to the rules now does not mean that they will not object in the future.

The salt mine was located in a valley hundreds of miles away, and the previous management method was no longer applicable. A new village had to be established there, and slaves were assigned to cook the salt.

In order to show fairness, let each tribe send out three people, and then allocate eighty slaves to build a new village there.

The manager of the village was appointed by the city, but Chen Jian didn't intend to waste his prestige on this matter, so he decided to recommend another method of drawing lots.

If they were not appointed, those with higher prestige in the city would be those leaders and those around Chen Jianjian. Chen Jian would not allow the people around him to go, so there would only be a dozen or so tribe leaders.

Chen Jian's promise is very tempting: After completing the quota every month, the excess can be exchanged for the rest of the goods in the city and distributed by the managers of the salt village.

These people all know the importance of salt, and they also know that as long as slaves are used at any cost, they can completely exceed their quota.Civet cats and bluegrasses set a good example for these people, and these people began to fantasize about having their own houses and properties that belonged to "themselves" rather than "tribes", so the position of manager of the salt village was very tempting.

After the lottery, Chen Jian put out a condition: "Yan Village is a hundred miles away from here. I'm afraid I can't manage the affairs of this tribe. Either give up the position of village head of Yan Village, or give up being the leader of the tribe."

The person who was drawn hesitated for a moment and asked, "What about the meeting?"

"Before the snow falls in winter, everything will be as usual. After the snow falls, let's hold a tribal meeting and discuss together."

The person thought about it for a while, and she could clearly feel that the power of the tribal leader was getting smaller and smaller in Xia City, and it was far better to go to the salt village to be in charge of the salt, so she agreed to this condition, and the tribe elected a new tribal leader on the grass.

The prestige that the new tribal leader needs can only be closely related to Chen Jian: either he is a soldier who followed Chen Jian and made great achievements in the battle, or he is a businessman who followed Yu Qianer and sold goods.The new leader finally elected was a man, a veteran who had fought three battles with Chen Jian.

The four tribes around Chen Jianjian also received the greatest benefits, and the handicraft workers in the entire city were basically from these four tribes. The distribution of new benefits was stipulated, and some novices from various tribes were deployed to be in charge of goods. Specialized departments directly under the central government.

The most important point is that no matter whether they are responsible for shepherding, cooking salt, or specializing in handicraft industries, the food, clothing, housing and transportation of these separated people do not need to be borne by the tribe, but are paid from the public property.

For the members of these tribes who were transferred away, population compensation was carried out in the form of exchanging one person for two light and strong slaves plus a child or female slave.

The tribal leaders were very happy. Not only did they not lose their work, but they also saved a lot of food. The food accumulated by the tribe can increase by more than a thousand catties every year. The tribe who left still has the blood of the tribe anyway. , is still a tribe.

But they did not consider a very important issue, that is, these people will no longer rely on the tribe for their lives, so the tribe will only have a sense of belonging to them in blood, but they will lack the most important thing that Song has always been confused about, survival. rely.The tribe has no binding force on them: I have food and drink, and it is not given by the tribe, so why do I have to listen to the tribe?

Song felt that he could rely on moral education to overcome all these problems, eat and drink with the tribe in mind for the interests of the tribe, and even rely on moral education to return to the era of intimacy among tribe members. That's why he was confused before.

He may not be the only one who is confused. Those who have experienced the changing times have fond memories of the past and panic about the unknown future, especially when they open their eyes and see that the tribes in the Acropolis of E City have disintegrated. Finally, they began to ponder in distress, which was simple and naive, but it was the germination of ideas necessary for civilization after it was full.

After the victory dinner, Song found Chen Jian, expressed his confusion, and took out Si Kou's seal.

"Ji Xia, I don't want to be this commander anymore."

Chen Jian was stunned for a while, then asked, "Why?"

"Do you remember when we first met, what else did I want to do besides revenge?"

"Taste the grass." Chen Jian smiled and recalled the meeting in front of Hegu a year ago.

"Yeah. At that time, I thought that everyone was a harmonious family. In fact, I wanted to taste the grass. In addition to wanting the tribe to be free from illness, I also wanted the tribe to respect me. But now I am Si Kou, and the tribe is afraid of me. It’s not about respecting, or even being afraid of me, but about the rules engraved on the clay tablets behind me, and it’s the same for someone else.”

He sighed and said: "I have always hoped that the city can be like a family, but it is getting more and more wrong. Herbal medicine can cure the diseases of the body, but not the diseases of the mind. Red Fish told me, but I still feel that her It’s not right, it’s not that the times have changed at all, but because the people’s thinking has changed, as long as the things in their heads are cured, there won’t be so many things.”

Chen Jian didn't explain anything, Song Chang breathed out and said, "Jixia, I heard from the people in Echeng that there are other cities under the Caohe River. I want to go there and see the people there. Is it the same for people? Is there a way to be close to each other without being punished by the commanders, and to do what they have to do, just like in the mountains.”

"You said last year that you have time to go down the river, but this year I haven't had time. Now my left hand is disabled, I can't do the work in the field, and I don't want to be a secretary. I want to go down the river to see look."

Holding the seal, Chen Jian smiled helplessly, finally nodded, patted him on the shoulder and said, "I hope you can see what you want to see."

Chapter No.16 A wine shop that does not exchange wine

Chen Jian knows that Song will never see what he wants to see, and he will always lose in order to get it. The choice depends on the heart and things.

Now that he was leaving, Chen Jian chose a dozen or so children in the school who were about to grow up to follow. They didn't learn much in half a year, but at least they could count and express some things they wanted to express in words.

Song wants to see another possibility, but Chen Jian, knowing that there is no other possibility, wants to see what the tribes in the lower reaches of Caohe River are like, and wants to make the world he knows bigger.

Along the river, there should be no tribes that are wild and unable to communicate. He gave Song the jade Jue that E Yue gave to him, which is a kind of identity in the cultural circle around Dahe.

Several ships were prepared for Song. In addition to food, there were also a large amount of exchange goods on board, as well as hard currency salt, which was the easiest to carry in this era.

On the first day of September, when the tribe was busy cultivating autumn wheat, Song went down the river, and Chen Jian was the only one who saw him off.

The time Chen Jian set for them is to come back at the beginning of spring next year, this time don't go too far, there are still many opportunities in the future.

In addition to the children who had just grown up, there were more than a dozen riders on the shore who wanted to follow all the way to E City to announce the news of the victory, even though Chen Jian knew that the other party's messenger had already run back the day he returned.