From Chief to Ball

What the man said was very natural. He did have a part of the land he reclaimed, but the leader disagreed. When the two sides were in a stalemate, Chen Jian said: "It's not impossible to divide."

The leader said anxiously: "This is a big matter, it needs to be discussed at the meeting."

Chen Jian shook his head and said, "Don't worry, you're right, what about women, old people and children? Echeng is different from us. Their parents are their own parents, and their children are their own children. Every family must have an elderly person to support them." And raising children. It’s not impossible for those of you who want to share, but you have to hand over part of the food according to the population, right?”

Chen Jian waved and asked Yu Qian'er to come over and ask, "How many young and strong, old people, and children are there in this tribe?"

"Eighty men are light and strong, forty children are old, and the rest are women."

Chen Jian did some calculations and said, "You guys should think about it. If the women want to be with you, you have to work hard to cultivate the land, because in the past, the tribe raised children. If the women are with you, the children will be yours. You have to support, you can't rely on the tribe, right? You can't say that you have been separated, and you need the tribe to raise your children."

"Of course. Of course I will raise my child, and I will go out to live alone like the civet cat Lancao, and have my own children and women."

"Then let me do the math for you. Think about it yourself. Forty old people and children need to eat [-] catties of grain a year. There are [-] young and strong men in your tribe, and each of them has to give [-] catties of grain to the tribe. Support the elderly and children, because when you were young, the elderly at this time were still young at that time, and they also raised you, right?"

The man shook his head and said, "Ji Xia, you are wrong, there are women too. Women can also work, why don't they count when supporting the elderly and children?"

"Whether women can plow the land is another matter. The spoils of this war were not given to women. Women are cooking noodles, boiling glue, and sticking feather arrows at home. We can't fight without them, but they didn't get any spoils, right? ? Think about it."

When these people did the calculations, they were also taken aback. They only thought about their own rights and forgot their obligations as Chen Jian said before. Enough to support the tribal elders.

The leader was secretly happy. He thought that Chen Jian would allow them to go out alone, but Chen Jian explained his interests. Seeing the dejected looks of these people, he knew that they could not leave.

Sure enough, those people did some calculations, shook their heads and said, "Then don't go out alone."

Many people gathered around the discussion here, and Chen Jian hit the rails while it was hot: "That's it, this will be the rule in the future. Anyone who goes out to live alone, each person only needs to pay [-] catties of grain or four big shells every year." .Leaders, what do you say?"

The leaders were also thinking about killing these people, and echoed, "Yes, we agree."

"Yeah, how can you think of going out to live alone now when you are young, and when you are old, your children will treat you like this? If you want to go out, yes, you can hand in four big babies every year, whatever you want. Otherwise, you can't .”

"Don't forget, if you really go out, the women will follow you. Is it possible that you will go to your place to sleep at night and return to the tribe for dinner during the day? Which tribe is willing? And children? Counting children and women, you will spend a year How much food do you have?"

The leaders thought that Chen Jian's method was very good, and these people who were thinking about going out alone were scared to speak.

Chen Jian asked a group of leaders, and most of them agreed with this method, so he waved his hand and said, "It's over. Others still want to change things. Don't stand in the way."

After these people left, the silent Hongyu whispered: "Jian, didn't you always want the tribe to separate? Today is an opportunity, why are you still talking about this?"

"Separation is separation, but after the separation, the elderly and children must be taken care of. It is difficult to separate for the first time. Such a big stall, patted the buttocks and left, isn't it a disadvantage for the city? It's like a tribe, originally united, When the children grow up, they feel that the elderly are useless, so they just leave them alone. Indeed, the children are laborers and can live a good life, but there is always something wrong. Pain and pain, this pain is hundreds of people More than ten years of life. If you want to change, you have to endure this pain, it doesn't mean cutting off the painful place and throwing it away."

Chapter 63 Spring Breeze ([-])

After listening to Chen Jian's explanation, Red Fish always felt that something was wrong. It was more like digging a hole for the leaders to jump down. It was not just because of the support of the elderly and children.

"If someone is willing to take out four hundred catties of corn every year in the future, will the leaders have no way to force them to be in the clan?"

"Yes, this is agreed by the leaders."

Chen Jian smiled slyly, the old have something to support, the young have something to rely on, and it is definitely not enough to rely on the public property of Xiacheng. If they want to separate, the collection of poll tax is inevitable, but the collection of poll tax will inevitably encounter conflicts, but another way Expropriation will make it easier for the clansmen to accept it.

As for burying the pit, Chen Jian did indeed dig a pit for the leaders to jump down. Today's level of productivity cannot support a family's life with only one labor force, but it will be different if the productivity develops.

The matter that was supposed to be discussed at the meeting this time was discussed in public, and the leaders also promised that as long as they can provide enough food every year, they can live alone.When that day really comes in the future, the leaders will not be able to break their promises.

After this winter, Xiacheng's food problem will be basically solved. If there is no war, there will be some wealth in the city within two or three years.

Coupled with the emergence of grain-based currency, a large amount of grain was concentrated in the hands of the city. Those who received the currency could not exchange all the currency for grain, and they might also buy some other daily necessities. Come and go, currency circulates with the help of the market.

At the same time, Fangshi also has an effect similar to that of a bank. It can store a large amount of food, and even issue a part of the excess currency, because it is impossible for people in the tribe to run on the same day, as long as they can turn over.

Chen Jian didn't study economics, and he didn't count the amount of overissued currency or the amount of reserves, but these collected grains could be mobilized for him to use this winter to fully develop the handicraft industry.

If goods are not abundant, it is naturally impossible to have a natural economy. It can only be purchased and sold by the city, using scissors to exploit the tribesmen in the city, and accumulating food and goods to carry out the construction of the city.

Urban and tribal, these are two completely different concepts.

Today, there are 800 mu of land belonging to the city, [-] slaves, a mine, a salt field, as well as mountains, rivers and various goods under the unified jurisdiction of the city in name.

The tax collected in the autumn was basically consumed in the battle of Yangguan. The food that Yuqian'er painstakingly exchanged in Echeng was a lot for individuals, but it was a drop in the bucket in the city.

Although forced labor and corvée do not cost much, they cannot be used for a long time. If they are used too much, the tribe will object, and the gain outweighs the loss.

After experiencing the initial climax of home construction, the spirit of unity in Xiacheng can last for a few years, but in a few years it will be bustling with profit and profit.

Walking into Fangshi and letting Yuqian'er into the house, Chen Jian looked through the ledger and estimated Chengyi's family fortune.

"Yu Qian'er, how many things could the clansmen exchange from Fangshi every month?"

"Not much, let's count 80 to 30 catties of grain. Some trade grain for other things, and others trade grain for grain. The main thing is to rely on the land owned by the city and the labor of slaves. The 40 catties of grain are divided into [-] catties. Ten thousand catties, leave [-] catties for the various tribes to eat and harvest wheat, plus what I earned in E City, there is a maximum of [-] to [-] catties of grain in the public production."

"Everyone doesn't change a lot of pottery made from acorns. It's really not as good as the black pottery in Echeng. In addition, all tribes live in big houses. Apart from eating and drinking, it's rare to change a few like civet cats. The house is beautiful. The carpentry and bronze farming tools are not too much to exchange, the slaves can use stones, and the tribes are not willing to exchange food."

Chen Jian looked through it, and this is the entire family property of the city's public property. After a battle, the family property of the city is no longer comparable to that of the wealthy clan with the surname Ji. As the leader of the city, he cannot take it regardless of public and private interests. If the things of the tribe are misappropriated, the tribe will have more demands in the distribution of rights in the city.

The [-] to [-] catties of grain may not be able to meet Chen Jian's winter plan. In addition, some grains must be distributed to disabled soldiers and the elderly on special days, which is already stretched.

Chen Jian got up and closed the door. When there were only elm coins and red fish in the room, Chen Jian said: "How about this, red fish, you go to the pottery kiln and let the acorns make another batch of pottery shells and copper coins, which will cost 40 catties. Yuqian, try to use Taobei and copper coins for the exchange in Fang City, and find a way to let them exchange the captured prey with Taobei first."

Red Fish hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, we have 40 to [-] catties of grain, where is [-] catties? What if they all come to exchange and we can't exchange so much? You leader will be scolded .”

Chen Jian said with a smile: "No, you can just do it, but don't let too many people know. Although we don't have 40 catties of grain, the grain of those tribes still exists here, and the grain of each tribe can It is unlikely that they will all exchange food until the wheat harvest.”

"But there is one thing, you have to watch the place where Taobei and copper coins are fired every day, as much as you make, and you must not burn too much."

Red Fish nodded in agreement helplessly, and asked, "Then why do you need so much food?"

"One is to let the tribe accept Taobei and copper coins as much as possible. Except for those soldiers, the rest of the people must be familiar with this kind of thing; the other...to do something during the winter."

Winter is not a day of work for the agricultural Xiacheng. There is wind and snow every day, and it is not too cold, but there is nothing to do in the land, so they can only squat in the house, and even the daily work of the slaves is transferred. In the house, mainly rubbing twine and weaving.

Except for the new troops who are still training, there are only organized patrols wandering in the wheat fields in Xiacheng to drive away the overwintering animals.

A few days after that conversation, all the slave managers in Xiacheng were gathered in the hall of the meeting, and they were teaching about slave management every night. Chen Jian tried to explain the principle of relaxation in an easy-to-understand way .

For the fields and mines where slaves are used on a large scale, it provides a good opportunity for slaves to revolt in series, which requires these clansmen who have just become slave owners to learn the methods of suppression.

The meeting at night is a place for learning, while the door of the meeting hall is closed during the day, and Chen Jian and a group of carpenters are making something inside to lay the foundation for next year's changes.

Now Xiacheng's productivity level is higher than that of slash-and-burn farming, and it has basically accepted the ridge planting technology, which is convenient for ventilation, fertilization and watering, and can be regarded as the prototype of irrigated agriculture.

But these prototypes are not enough to support the disintegration of the clan in a short period of time, nor can it resolve various contradictions within a few years of disintegration. The best way to suppress contradictions is the development of productive forces, and what is acceptable and easier to learn today is animal agriculture.

The Liangzhu culture of the previous life had already started to use stone plows and other farm tools in the Neolithic Age. There is no difficulty in ox farming techniques. Iron plowshares can be used instead of stone and bronze.

Among the batches of agricultural tools sold to Echeng before were simple human-pulled wooden plows. This time, Chen Jian wanted to directly produce plows pulled by oxen and horses.

Sometimes the progress of technology is not linear. Quyuan plow appeared in the Tang Dynasty in the previous life, and columbine carts appeared in the Han Dynasty. However, before liberation, some southwest mountainous areas were still cultivated by two oxen and raised bars, and people sowed and planted. way of planting.