From Chief to Ball

"There are [-] sheep on the public property in the city, most of which are in Yangguan. The sheep can be bought with Taobei and raised by themselves, and the cubs are also their own."

"The remaining [-] nests of bees produce [-] catties of honey each year, requiring ten hands; [-] catties of maple syrup can be produced each year, and part of the corvee needs to be collected, but because it is spring and it is the busy season for farming, corvee labor will not be collected in the future. Completed by slaves, the annual output drops to about [-] catties, requiring [-] slaves."

"Mines, charcoal burning, copper smelting, pottery burning, and carpentry, there are a total of 200 people, and more than 800 slaves are needed. They can produce [-] catties of bronze every day. Jixia said that [-] pieces of farm tools and [-] sets of wooden plows will be made before spring plowing. , needs to produce more than [-] catties of copper every day, which requires an additional [-] slaves, but the time can be staggered from the slaves who make maple syrup."

"The cattle and horses are raised by the distributed individuals, but seven hundred slaves are needed for composting, manure composting, nitration ponds, mowing grass, building warehouses, transporting goods, brewing wine and vinegar, and boiling salt."

"As a shopkeeper, I want me to achieve my goal for next year. I must have at least [-] slaves in my hands, at least six miles of people under my jurisdiction, and all the children in the school next year will be distributed to me."

"There are a total of [-] slaves in the city, [-] were allocated to the clan to manage, and [-] were allocated according to military exploits but have not yet been allocated. These [-] slaves must cultivate the land. This is the oath of the clan. There are four thousand five hundred left."

"Among them, [-] were built for the Xia Canal, [-] were under the jurisdiction of Sikong to build wharves and houses, [-] were to be built on roads, and [-] slaves were left. After subtracting the [-] I needed, there were [-] left."

"Jixia said that he plans to increase some public land, and even plans to add another [-] mu without counting the [-] mu originally owned by soldiers and slaves. I don't think this can be done, because Jixia has only There are six hundred slaves that can be called, so I suggest that the public land will not be reclaimed this year."

After Yu Qian'er finished talking, she quietly put her hands behind her where no one else could see, and waved at Chen Jian. Chen Jian slapped her quietly, and the two performed very well.

Those who listened below were surprised by the huge number, and also shocked that it was not so easy to be a secretary, and it was the first time they saw such an opinion.

When I think about my previous opinions, I often say them out of nowhere, and most of the time they don’t apply.Looking at the opinions put forward by Sihuo, they are clearly organized, and people can understand the reasons after a little listening. Naturally, it is easy to judge whether such opinions are applicable.

And although it was an opinion, it was actually the right to use slaves for the year of redistribution of public property, and the ownership of those school children.

The people below gradually understood what it meant to give opinions. In addition to suggestions, it was more about how to distribute them.

The Secretary has a lot of authority, but after all, there are still some things that are not under the control of the Secretary. Those management officials know that if they want to do a good job, they need more slaves and more support. However, they feel that they are not as good as the Secretary. It is absolutely impossible to say the means so clearly, and I am secretly anxious.

As for officials such as Mu, Tong, and Charcoal under the jurisdiction of Sihuo, they are secretly thinking about learning from Sihuo Ji's method and allocating more slaves from Sihuo Ji so that the tasks they assign can be better completed. I have already secretly started to think about how to speak for a while.

Chen Jian took over the conversation and said: "This is something I didn't consider. What Sihu said is very correct. It is best to do so in the future. Then I agree with this opinion. Except for the two thousand slaves this year In addition, no new public land will be added. Do you have any comments?"

Yu Qian'er nodded and said, "Yes, although I don't care about arable land, there is something I need to remind everyone. Xiacheng now has a total of 12 mu of land, and about 250 mu of land will be reclaimed before spring plowing next year, which is [-] mu of land. Except for [-] mu of hemp, vegetables, and gourds, the rest must be planted with corn, which requires the preparation of [-] million catties of corn seeds."

"So I suggest that within one month, all the corn left by all the clans will go to the market to exchange for taube or wheat beans. This year, the brewing of corn wine is prohibited, and pea or ale wine can be brewed. Within a month, everyone Report the remaining corn, and I will count how much is still missing, and I will exchange the rest with the two cities of Wei and E."

Chen Jian nodded and said, "In this case, I agree to your terms. Two thousand and five hundred slaves, people from Liuli. Since I gave it to you, what kind of promise do you have as a storekeeper?"

"Before next year's spring plowing, there will be 250 cattle, 200 pieces of farm tools, and [-] million catties of corn seeds. We will produce [-] catties of copper, [-] catties of salt every day, and exchange [-] furs for the city from Wei, E and other settlements. , [-] million catties of grain, and each person in the city can distribute at least one Weng wine, one catty of sugar, honey, and twenty catties of meat every year. These support the food for school children and the expenses of the weak and lonely.”

"These are the least I can do. If I can't do it, everyone can dismiss me as a secretary. The same is true for others. If you want to share more slaves, you have to do more things. If you can't do it, you will be punished." .”

After Yu Qianer finished speaking, Red Fish recorded what Yu Qianer had promised and posted it on the wall of the meeting hall.

Chen Jian hummed and said: "If you can't do it, you will be punished, and if you do it, you will be rewarded. It's the same as fighting. If you can do it, then you can reward land, slaves, or Tao Bei. And these opinions, If it is really feasible, and it is lacking in the city, as long as you say it, there will be rewards, not just you, anyone in the city can bring it up."

The people below saw the clues and roughly understood what it meant. The rewards were attractive, but the punishment for failing to achieve them was also very serious. Think about it, the timid dare not fight, but the brave are gearing up to get more rewards.

Among the six divisions, Chen Jianjian was concurrently the fourth division, Yuqian'er was in charge, and Si Kou had been a respected clan leader after Ji Song was dismissed, but he didn't have much opinion.

After the Sixth Division finished their promises, the people under the Sixth Division also made promises to the Sixth Division, as well as asking for manpower, Tao Bei, food, etc., and each performed its duties and needed to strive for more resources for the departments under its jurisdiction. .

In addition, all kinds of opinions began to blow out, some details that Chen Jian could not notice, and some people working on the front line expressed their opinions for those rewards.

"The mill needs to be expanded, and the time to queue for grinding is too long."

"There will be no room to live in the city, and houses will be built outside the city in the future. I think it's better to rebuild a wider and bigger city wall."

"The pier needs repairs, score me thirty slaves for ten days."

"Tofu nao is better if it's salty."

"Before the beginning of autumn, I will go to Yangguan to pull out the birch bark for next year. After the beginning of autumn, I will not be able to pull it out."

"The sacrificial hall needs to be bigger. Every day people go to worship the ancestors, so it's a bit small. Besides, Xiacheng is so big, the sacrificial hall can't be too small."

"Get some female slaves to let the men relax, and save the duet and chatting, and avoid trouble."

……

Useful, useless, reliable, and unreliable opinions came one after another. After Xiacheng's first formal and well-founded meeting ended, Chen Jian found two more children to receive those who came to Those who make comments will be forwarded to Red Fish by them, and then Red Fish will tell him after selecting them.

Although the operation is still a bit jerky, a deformed bureaucratic system is still operating more efficiently than before, filling the power gap that the clan is about to disintegrate.

The power pyramid structure of the leader, the sixth department, the affairs officer, and the executor; the population management methods of the leader, Sikong, Lisi, and Shizhang; the budget system such as the three-year plan, year-end income, next year's expenditure budget, and reserved expenditure; brainstorming details The general direction of discussing politics and arbitrariness... Although the most perfect side is just a play that Chen Jian and Yu Qian'er are performing for others, it has some meaning.

Chapter 100 Countercurrent

After the three-day meeting, Xia City's plans for this year have been finalized, and the limited resources have been used for several activities that all the participants supported.Before the end, Chen Jian hoped that by this time next year, they would be able to give their opinions as well as he thought: what should be done?What not to do?How many hands are needed to do it?How long can it be completed?Are the ones that should be done first?Which ones come after?

It may take many years to function perfectly, but it will take longer if it is not started.

The officials under the Sixth Division received their tasks and slaves, and they were confidently preparing to do a big job. Everyone was very busy. For the first time, these people had the idea that being elected as an official was not a good thing , but thinking of the rewards after things are done, I am motivated again.

Chen Jian has a lot to do, there is still a long way to go before July [-]th, the stadium and the theater still need to be repaired, the evaluation of military merit, the distribution of slaves, the planning of the outer city of Xinxia City, the living welfare of the weak under private ownership , population statistics under the new population and household registration, entry ceremony for those who have newly become nationals, additional expenditures to appease the tribal leaders...

And so on, I have to be busy until midnight every day.Even though Xiacheng's population is not large enough to be at a loss, the few people who can help him all have their own affairs, and they are too busy to get away.

The children in the school are still being taught like ducks by him, and it will take at least three years before they can share these things.

Yu Qian'er distributed more than 2000 slaves, and was busy with what he should do with Red Fish. There were only 600 slaves left in Chen Jian's hands. These [-] slaves did not need to cultivate the land for the time being, and they were assigned to him on the fly.

None of the six hundred slaves were newly captured. Most of them were veterans who had been slaves for a year and a half, both men and women.

The six hundred slaves were not idle when he assessed his military achievements and formulated some laws every night. Chen Jian sent them to dig a big pit by the Caohe River. The big pit was located between the Xiaqu diversion canal and the artificial lake. .

A larger pier was built near the big pit. The original pier was too small, and the water nearby was too shallow, so only Xiacheng's bark boats could pass through it.

The newly built pier was chosen at a place downstream of Luodao where the water flow was gentle, and a road was built leading to Xiacheng. The large pit dug by the slaves was also near the pier. Of course, this large pit was used for shipbuilding.

Water transport in this era is the most convenient and cheap mode of transport. After the Caohe River flows through Luodao, the water flow has been gentle and there are no hidden reefs, so it is suitable for sailing.

A lot of manpower is needed to build the road. Even if the road is built, it will be three hundred miles from Echeng to Xiacheng, and it will take six days for a bullock cart to pull a thousand catties of grain.And in these six days, people eat, cattle gnaw, wheel wear and so on add up to seventy or eighty catties of grain, nearly one-tenth of the loss.

This is still the closest city to Xiacheng, if it is farther away, the loss will reach one-fifth or even one-third, which is unbearable.

It can be predicted that with the disintegration of the clan, newly built houses and a bumper harvest in the first year of private ownership, the handicraft industry in Xia City will develop rapidly to meet the needs of these people, but these needs will fall back next year after passing through the peak. When the handicraft industry that developed suddenly collapsed, it was necessary to take advantage of the opportunity to exchange transactions with the outside world.

If you want to trade, you must have a suitable means of transportation. The way Chen Jian thought of was a simple sailboat.

Everything has to be started from scratch, but if the experience of sailboat production is successfully accumulated, the scope of activities and transactions in Xiacheng will be able to go all the way down the grass river.

Moreover, the two planned colonial cities are also close to the river bank. When road construction is difficult to support, developing along the river is the best way.

After the slaves dug the big pit as a dock, Chen Jian seconded all the carpenters in Xiacheng from Yuqianer. The fish took orders from the women too: sackcloth and twine.

The rest of the materials were also arranged. Chen Jian selected some high-quality wood from the sun-dried wood last year, and the woodworkers began to cut the boards with bronze saws and planes.

Since it is of an experimental nature, the construction of the first sailboat does not need to be too large, mainly for the purpose of training manpower. Chen Jian is also very sure that the first boat may not be able to run.