From Chief to Ball

Immediately there was a burst of whispers around, surprise or accusation, and even contempt, they violated the morality of the clan, in the past they would only leave the clan if they did something extremely bad, but now they choose to leave voluntarily.

Chen Jian beat the drum once, motioning to stop talking, and reached out to take the somewhat curly birch bark. Looking at the childish symbols and handprints on it, he wanted to laugh for some reason.

If Xia City has always existed, then this piece of bark may become the most important historical witness of Xia City, so it is not perfect, because the bark is easy to rot, and the charcoal characters on it are easy to blur.

Perhaps it would be better to engrave it on a clay board, but obviously these people did not expect this effect, and naturally they would not prepare for it to be passed down through the ages when they made the blood seal oath, for example, it is very formal and convenient for collection, but it is very real.

Chen Jian took the bark, pointed at the names on it, and said, "You all come out."

A dozen people glanced at each other, stood up firmly, stood next to Muma and shouted: "Ji Xia, this was discussed by the twelve of us, not by Muma himself."

"Yes, there is any punishment that the twelve of us are willing to bear together."

Chen Jian put the bark aside and asked, "Have you thought about it? If you don't have enough food, Ji Yun, as a tax collector, won't care so much, and will collect the food you should pay first."

Mu Ma nodded and said: "Think about it, that's what we mean, there will never be any less public grain."

"Well, one more thing, if you leave the clan, it's impossible for the clan to distribute some things to you. You will have your own children in the future, so you can't let the clan raise them?"

"We raise ourselves."

"Where's your mom?"

"If she is willing, I will take her to live in my own house. If not, I will continue to be in the clan."

Chen Jian hummed, turned his head to those leaders and said, "Look, these are all from your clan. They said so, what do you think?"

Several leaders smiled wryly and said: "What do you think? It was agreed at the beginning that if you are willing to spend so much food a year, you can go out and live alone. But Muma, you have to think about it. If you really can't live on, the clan will not live again. I have taken you in. Also, the slaves of the tribe belong to the tribe, so they cannot be given to you."

Mu Maxin said that some of those slaves were obtained from the war, but at this time he also knew that the leader could not back down, so he said: "I know. But we have to give us part of the land? I also want to share this land." plowed..."

This time, without waiting for the leader to speak, Chen Jian said: "That's right, I can give you some. I can't just watch you starve to death. The food seeds will be distributed to you according to the amount of your land, but you must remember, Once harvested, Ji Yun will not care how much you have collected, he will only take the grain that should be taken according to the quota, so don't hate him when the time comes."

"Why hate him? This is the city's rules, and no one can change it."

"In that case, let's divide it, Yu Qian'er, calculate how much land their clan has, divide it according to the number of men, and see how much they can share among the twelve people?"

Yu Qian'er had already figured it out a few days ago, and at this time he was still thinking about it for a long time with a pretentious frown, while Hong Yu just wanted to laugh, turned around and his shoulders kept shaking.

"It's calculated. Twelve people can share a total of 570 mu of land. According to the population, they can receive one cow and one horse."

"You miscalculated."

Hong Yu, who had been suppressing her laughter, suddenly spoke, and Chen Jian and Yu Qian'er were stunned. She knew about this, why did she say these words at this time?

Hongyu turned around, walked to a group of women and said, "Ji Xia, you only divide according to the number of men, that's not okay. Why, don't women have to eat?"

Chen Jian gritted his teeth and looked at Red Fish, and said to himself that after a few days it will warm up and take care of you. If you have any opinions, you can tell them earlier. By now, women will start thinking about this issue?

"Women can't plow the land, right?"

"Yes, you can't cultivate the land, but you can harvest it? Let's not talk about whether it can be cultivated, just like civet cats and orchids. The orchids are going to live in the civet cat's tribe. Then people like Muma don't have a tribe. Will women be in the future? Want to live with him?"

"correct."

"So in the future, if all the men of the clan go out to live alone like Muma, what is left for the women? They used to collect enough, but now they gather in the city, and the collection is not enough. Without land, women will have nothing! At that time, they will really be with Muma. How can these people get married and go empty-handed? There is no land, and they can’t even straighten their waists when talking. will starve to death."

Red Fish avoided Chen Jian's gaze, turned around and shouted at the women: "Sisters, do you think so? Do you really want to raise women like sheep and cows? The rope is in the hands of the master, is it good or not?" Well, it only depends on the wishes of the master, so how can it be done?"

As soon as the words fell, the women also realized that more than half of the people gathered here were women, and they shouted following Hong Yu's voice: "Yes, Ji Xia, this is not acceptable!"

"With empty hands and others, if you really don't want to, you can't leave, right?"

"That is, if I have land, men don't want me. I can still find other men, or live by myself. Is it possible that a man only needs my body?"

When it comes to their own interests, in an era when women are human beings rather than alienated objects, these voices gather together, making Chen Jian helpless, and suddenly understands why Red Fish didn't say it before, because only at this time can Chen Jian had to accept.

Red Fish is cunning, she likes Xia Cheng and Chen Jian, but she also likes to be a woman who is not raised by others.She is not bad, she is just fighting for her own interests, and will not destroy Xia Cheng's interests, so she did not tell Chen Jian in advance, but after weighing everything, she endured until now.

More than half of the women were like wasps whose nest had been disturbed. The buzzing sound covered Chen Jian's drumbeat. The men were a little dazed and thought it made sense. Only a few strongly opposed it.

Red Fish understands that all status comes from the land, and everything she wants must be fought for by herself. She has never relied on Chen Jian. Love and liking do not mean that she will be willing to be a vassal.

She also understands that she may be persuaded by Chen Jian alone, may indulge in those tricks and romance and agree to the other party, or may be deciphered by the other party's cunning.

But now, it is impossible for Chen Jian to distract her, because this is in public; behind her, half of the people in Xiacheng are standing. They all have the status of Chinese people, and they still occupy half of the world in labor. Even Chen Jian couldn't stop this force.

"Stop arguing! When there are more women, it's like being in front of a beehive."

"Ji Xia, Hong Yu is right, according to your division, if all the men leave in the future, we will have nothing, so we can only beg men to support us?"

"That's right, you have to make it clear!"

"We were right to choose Red Fish to enter the council, otherwise today would be over!"

Red Fish raised his head and gave Chen Jian a smug smile. Chen Jian covered his ears and shouted, "Okay, okay! Don't make noise, don't make noise, be quiet!"

After waiting for a long time, it finally calmed down, the women had gathered together, and even the blue grass ran behind the red fish, glaring at the civet cat, and the civet cat also stood beside the blue grass helplessly.

"Well, then women also have a share, but you can't be the same as men. Even if you can harvest, it's half of the work. Women's land is half of men's, is that okay?"

"can."

"If you are with a man in the future, and there is a funeral ceremony, the land will be taken away. If you don't think about it, the land will follow the woman, and each will have their own affairs. Is this okay?"

"Row."

"Recalculate!"

Chen Jian yelled helplessly, took the bark by himself, recalculated a big division, and finally threw the charcoal pencil and shouted: "The twelve people of Muma are divided into four hundred acres. Do you need women to come and check?" check?"

"No, we can trust you. It's just that you forgot to consider us just now."

"That's right, we're human too."

Chen Jian rubbed his forehead, looked at Hongyu dumbfounded, and at the group of women bursting out with strength, and said helplessly, "Sisters, I was wrong. Hongyu, what else do you want to say?"

"It's gone for now, I'll talk about it when I think of it later."

"That's it, Yu Qian'er, you take someone to help Muma and the others measure the land. Muma, come and draw lots."

Mu Ma swallowed her saliva, and walked to the jar. There was not much bark left in it. With her eyes closed, she reached into the jar and took out the cows and horses for herself and her companions.

As if waking up from a dream, he took out the animals and followed Yu Qianer to measure the land. He didn't wake up until Yu Qianer led someone to plant a stick in the land that belonged to him.

Yu Qian'er had already left, and the crowd had also dispersed. On the land in early spring, there were only him and eleven companions, a female cow, a red horse, and four hundred acres of uncultivated land.

"Brother, this is our land."