From Chief to Ball

Fortunately, the names of newborn babies have made great progress, and words representing beauty such as "flower", "red", "silk" and "pheasant" began to appear in girls' names.Except for the awkward civet cat and bluegrass children who have their mother's surname plus their father's surname and their first name, the rest of the children still follow their mother's surname.

Chen Jian checked it out. This year, the population of the tribe began to grow greatly. The survival rate and death rate in previous years were basically the same, especially the infant mortality rate was extremely high.This year, due to the effects of herbs, forceps and some basic disinfection methods, more than 600 pregnant women and their newborns in the whole city have died so far, and the death rate has dropped to 50%, which is really a huge improvement .

Apart from the excitement, Chen Jian also felt great pressure.

The reduction in infant mortality and the new hygienic living environment, the relationship between men and women without marriage constraints and contraceptive measures, must lead to rapid population growth in the entire city.

The rapid increase in population can bring prosperity to the city, but it will inevitably lead to a population crisis in the entire city in about ten years: the newly born children have not yet grown up, and the adults who are now adults are beginning to age. The children below may account for two-thirds or more of the entire urban population.

This means that in the two to three years when the newborns in the cities are about to grow up, less than one fifth of the people in the tribe have to support four fifths of the elderly and children, and they have to undertake various obligations.

And this kind of thing is not too long, at most three or four years, the huge problem caused by the imbalance of population ratio will appear.

Counting from now, about ten years will be the most dangerous time for Xia City.Dangers often coexist with opportunities. As long as we survive the three or four years when the population ratio is unbalanced, there will be a steady stream of large numbers of reserve soldiers who have received discipline training since childhood and the "high-quality" population of this era.

Chen Jian picked up a charcoal pencil and calculated on the bark. Based on the current average production level of the city, it is necessary to naturalize about [-] young and strong population and about [-] slaves within a few years.

Put away the calculation results for the time being, and re-circle the population that will be exported for road construction in the city on the population statistics table. The number of people from each tribe is not too many.

After the delineation, Chen Jian did not discuss with the tribal leaders, but in the double name of Sikong and Situ, asked a few pro-guards around him to notify the people of each tribe directly according to the list.

Those who were enlisted did not refuse, but they were a little strange. In the past, the tribal leaders had notified them of such things, but this time they bypassed the tribal leaders.

Since the public property controlled their food and drink, and it was Ji Xia's request, these people didn't think too much about it, and after saying goodbye to their clansmen, they prepared the tools as required, and gathered in the square of the city.

Several tribal leaders found Chen Jian immediately after hearing about it, and Chen Jian simply held a council meeting. Non-members of the council were not allowed to attend this meeting.

At the beginning of the meeting, before the leaders questioned him, Chen Jian told the leaders his deduction about the population, and asked them directly if they had any solutions.

Although the purpose of these leaders at the beginning was to question Chen Jian, they were still in a cold sweat after hearing this data, and no longer considered what they wanted to ask before.

"How did this happen? The ratio of children to adults in the previous tribe was not like this. Ji Xia, you mean that in ten years there will be 1000 children in the city, while only [-] adults will work?"

Even though they don't know the principle of population structure, they also know that such a tribe will be dangerous. If there are some problems, the whole tribe will collapse.

Chen Jian glanced at these older leaders and asked: "I am still a child in your eyes. Think about it, will you still be there in ten years? ? People are going to die."

The leaders didn't care about Chen Jian's outspokenness. They knew very well that their age was already very old in the tribe, and ten years was too long for them.

After careful consideration, the leaders finally panicked. They were not worried about their own death, but what would the city do when there were really more than 6000 children ten years later?

When a group is in crisis, they will be united like never before, especially when they see the huge difference between slaves and citizens, and think of the wealth of the city, once there is not enough young and strong population, it will be swallowed up by the rest of the city, At that time, the clansmen may become slaves.

"How could this be? This has never happened before."

"How did this happen? Now we plant in Xiacheng, we have forceps to deliver babies, and we have herbal medicine to treat diseases, so we don't need to starve. I heard from my grandmother that there was a severe drought in the spring, because there was not enough food, and I starved to death that year. I killed a lot of children, because it is necessary to ensure the survival of the adults, your tribe has also experienced it, right?"

Painful expressions appeared on the faces of several leaders. They were also mothers, and they drowned their own children at the most helpless times, and they also watched their newborn children die in their arms due to illness...

In the past, when the snow thawed every year, the mothers of the tribe were most worried. The fate of those unborn children was in the hands of heaven and earth. Now, the city has enough food, at least they don't have to worry about their children being killed. The world is taken away.

Chen Jian knocked on the clay pot and said, "More and more children are being born, and some old people are living older. I heard from Shujiu that some tribes will throw the old people into the mountains, but our city cannot Do this, because we may all grow old. Since old people cannot be thrown away, and children cannot be drowned, then our tribes can only be twisted together like a hemp rope to get through the most difficult ten years. Ten years later, you may be in , or not, but the city and the children must be children, and we have to think about them."

He looked around at the leaders and said, "If I didn't tell you about this, would you think about it?"

The leaders shook their heads, Chen Jian said: "That's why the city needs a leader, I think I've done a good job, what do you think?"

"We never said that you didn't do well, it's just...it's just that we came to you because of the conscripting of the tribe. We agree with other things, but you have to tell us about the conscription of the tribe."

"This is something that Situ should be in charge of. You have already said that when you elected me as the leader of the city. Besides, this road is built for public property, so where is the public property used? Tribal children go to school, To eat, there must be enough midwives. Take your tribe for example, ten years later your tribe will have nearly 60 children, and there are only more than [-] young and strong. Can your tribe support these children alone?"

Chen Jian stared at the leader and asked angrily: "Who are you to say now that you will raise all these children by yourself after ten years and don't need the help of the city, so you don't have to send anyone out for this corvee?"

The leader lowered his head, thinking that he definitely couldn't afford it, even if he didn't pay any food, he couldn't afford it at all.The rest of the leaders didn't speak either. One was that they rarely saw Chen Jian get angry, and the other was that no one dared to say such big words here.

Looking at the silent hall, Chen Jian took a long breath and said, "Look, none of you can guarantee it. I'll ask if any of you can solve it, but you can't, so what do you ask me to do? Well, since Our city must follow the rules, so we might as well clarify the rules today."

"You live in the city. Unlike the wild people on the river bank, you pay less food, so you can do less corvée. From now on, every tribe from 16 to 30 years old will have to serve corvée, but it will not affect your farming. And the wild people outside the city need to serve corvee from the age of 14 to 40, and I try to conscript them as much as possible."

"But the beans will be harvested soon..."

"There are not many beans planted. The city will let slaves harvest them for you. I will also assign some people to the tribe with a small population. You don't have to worry about that."

The leaders discussed for a while, then got up and said, "Since that's the case, we abide by the rules. We didn't know about these things before, and contradicted Jixia. We are willing to punish some food according to the previous rules."

Chen Jian nodded and said: "The rules can't be messed up. You should hand in the food as soon as possible. From next year, the newborn children of each tribe will be rewarded with some food or sheep. The slaves on the northern grassland have already arrived at Yangguan. A lot of sheep have come. You are trying hard to give birth, but you can't raise them, so the city will feed you."

The leaders all laughed, and amidst the laughter, Chen Jian said solemnly: "Even the closest clansman can't tell about today's incident after going out. This is a major event that concerns the entire city. If anyone hears Tell me, then this tribe must leave the city."

"We won't tell."

"That's good. Another thing, Ji Song resigned from the position of Si Kou, let's elect a new Si Kou. Si Kou is in charge of the laws of the tribe, and he must choose one who can obey the people. The others are too small, so I think it's just Choose from among the leaders. But it is still the original rule, once you become a Sikou, you can no longer be the leader of the tribe."

This can be regarded as a kind of concession, and the hearts of the several leaders are very hot. They know very well that the rights of the tribal leaders are getting smaller and smaller, and the position of Si Kou is to be in charge of the entire city.

In the distribution of rights, it is impossible to just take advantage and not suffer losses. Sometimes it is necessary to transfer some benefits appropriately.Although the power of the chief officer is great, it is not as great as the law. In fact, he is only an enforcer of the law.

It doesn't matter who you choose, even if it's not the leaders of a few close tribes under Chen Jian's control, the important thing is that these leaders have begun to realize the redistribution of power, and they have also begun to follow the pace of the times.

Chapter 26 Operation

In the season of white dew and frost, three new clay slabs appeared on the square in the center of the city, and the people in the city knew about the new commander and three new rules.

The age of corvee service has been determined, and the people in this city don't care much. They have just been released from the life of the mountain and forest tribes, and they still have the concept of collective labor in the old era for the time being, and they think it is justified.

The second rule is about the distribution of power between the tribal leader and the Sixth Division. It clearly tells the tribe what matters are under the jurisdiction of the Sixth Division, and what punishment will be imposed if they overstep.

The people in the city didn't feel much about it. Anyway, out of the six divisions, Sikou and Sihu were both Ji Xia, and the Sihu managed the market and exchanges, and no one could replace them. Now the city is booming, and Jixia's The relationship is inseparable, Jixia can always choose the right path, he is like a leading sheep, telling the sheep behind how to run, there is nothing wrong with that.

On the contrary, the third rule is very interesting. In the future, during the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, a city people's meeting will be held, and the people in the city will elect some people who usually make contributions to the city and can convince the public.

Once more than half of the people agree, these people have the qualifications to become officials. If some officials do not do well, those vacant positions will be selected from these people first. Jixia can only choose from them, but can't decide who. have this qualification.

The third rule is about those children in the school. After passing the assessment in the school, they also have the same qualifications as those elected by everyone.

The clansmen were curiously discussing this new rule, thinking that they might also have the opportunity to become officials, and those children were of course also qualified, after all, some of the things the children learned were beyond their comprehension.

The leaders of the various tribes also liked this rule very much. In the past, Chen Jian directly suggested it, but now Chen Jian's right to propose it is limited within a certain range.They don't object to the person proposed by Chen Jian, but they have to think about how to restrain the leader's rights when the city elects a new leader in case something happens to Chen Jian, and how to ensure that the elected leader does not favor themselves tribe.

The leaders strictly guarded the secrets of the council meeting a few days ago, and only said to the outside world that they were electing a new Sikou.

In fact, in addition to the matter of the population ten years later, these people also bargained with Chen Jian. In the end, Chen Jian proposed the third rule to regress, so as to ensure the passage of the second rule, and at the same time promote a little council members. Rather than the rights of the tribal leaders - during the period when the city leader is away from the city, the council is in charge under normal circumstances, and only when there are major differences in the council, the final decision will be made by the supervisor appointed by the city leader.

At this time, the city was in the absence of the leader, and Chen Jian took more than 400 people conscripted to the mine to start road construction.

Most of the conscripts had served as auxiliary soldiers. On the way to the mine, these people were separated from the tribe, and then redistributed, with 50 people in a team, and their respective leaders were selected.

The quota Chen Jian set for them was to build a prototype within one month. Each team was responsible for their own meals and finishing time. The task for each team was [-] steps. If they completed the repairs in advance, they could receive the full amount. One month's food back to the city.