From Chief to Ball

Yuelun let out a groan, then turned around and said, "Hurry up and pick up Yuemei, and the rest of you will follow me back to the city to see who is not there! The old leader is seriously ill, and I'm afraid someone will do something bad at this time!"

When the people behind hurriedly left, Yue Lun apologized to Chen Jian in embarrassment: "something happened, you guys follow me back to the city and change your clothes. The old leader is seriously ill and it is difficult to entertain you." , I hope you don’t take offense.”

Chen Jian nodded and said: "It's nothing, I'm going to visit the leader of Yuecheng. You go to your business first."

Chen Jian didn't ask any more questions, and the accompanying people didn't talk about it, but they all had doubts in their hearts: Could it be that the priest Yuelun was not the mastermind this time?Was that fire lit by someone else? "

Chen Jian didn't even think about it, whether it had nothing to do with him, maintained his proper posture, chatted with Yuelun, praised the contribution of the Yue clan to the calendar, and asked if Yuecheng Received an invitation from the Su clan and so on.

"Jixia is also going to Sucheng? Originally, the leader was ready to leave, but he suddenly fell ill..."

Chen Jian sighed to express his sorrow, and then asked, "Lun, what does the leader think of this winter hunting?"

"Support. The oracle said that this time it can end the disputes between brothers and relatives, which is great. The flock needs a head sheep, otherwise floods, droughts, and barbarians will weaken the flock even more. I once heard Ji Song talk about Ji Xia Regarding the victory over the grassland tribes, even though I have never been to Xiacheng, I can imagine that Xiacheng must be a big city. Is the clan with the E surname near you?"

"correct."

"The old chief once saw Eyue when he was young. It was a long time ago that our clan and other clans were in charge of the calendar. At that time, Jixia should not have been born, but I have also heard that your clan came from Dahe a long time ago. The story of cross-strait relocation should be returned to the relatives."

Chen Jian thanked him. This thank you expressed his attitude, and he communicated with Yuelun again.Yue Lun said that, apart from genuine appreciation, Chen Jian probably also saw a lot of people accompanying him, so he judged his attitude towards this winter hunting.

Although there are not many people under his leadership, each of them is strong and has horses and bronze soldiers. They have been trained for a long time, so they are naturally different.Although they were selected from thousands of people to support Xia Cheng's face, this face cannot be supported by just any city.

Yue Lun looked at the bronze sword worn by Chen Jian, and after approving a few times, he sighed: "Xia Chengyuan resisted the barbarians in the northwest, but now there are some tribes who have come together with those barbarians, forgetting the oath of the past. Even in our city, there are quite a few people who do not support this Winter Hunting chief meeting, hey..."

With a sigh, it seemed helpless, but he was also telling Chen Jian that he was in support, and it was others who opposed it.

In the subsequent dialogue and question and answer, Chen Jian roughly heard the various situations in Yuecheng. Although they all have the same surname, they are not the same as Acropolis. Many people in Yuecheng are not from the same family blood, but have the same surname.

The power structure is the responsibility of the leader, and there are people below who are in charge of various affairs. In fact, the power structure of the entire city is supported by the various families. The leader is not hereditary, but needs to be jointly elected by all the families in the city.

Chen Jian reckoned that this situation was deliberately done by the old leader. In this era, both men and women continue bloodlines, and even more than half of the tribes still use women as the basis for bloodline continuation.

Now that the leader of Moon City finds it difficult for him to have children, he might as well disperse his rights as much as possible to form a balance and restraint for each other, and even deliberately let his daughter not touch these messy things at all, because the more he understands, the faster he will die, especially in the Before I didn't have absolutely overwhelming strength.

Anyway, if you only want your own blood to continue in the world, it is a good choice to do so. In this way, the one with the most competitive power will be the most difficult to become the leader because of the restrictions and precautions of the others, especially the intrigue among each other. There are too many people, and it is better to simply choose the leader's daughter who is not familiar with the world than to choose a strong leader.

With all kinds of malicious speculations, Chen Jian stepped into Yuecheng. He hoped to see a world full of small and refreshing three generations of rule of the world, but this is just a fantasy, especially when he walked out of Xiacheng and looked at the real world. after the world.

Chapter 4 Rights

The entire city of Moon City is in a not-so-regular circle, which probably symbolizes the moon. There are several small villages around the city, standing above a few stars that look like they surround the moon.

Chen Jian walked through several cities on the north bank of the great river. Their houses all had deep foundations, probably because the great rivers often flooded, and after the silt was left, they continued to build on the original foundations; It also changed the structure of the house. The foundation is not too high, like bowls buckled on the ground.

Most of the houses are thatched, and the largest building is the sacrificial place. There is an open space there, which is larger than the sacrificial place in Xiacheng. The experience accumulated over the years allows these people to build a large house with a delicate structure that will not collapse.

The gap between rich and poor in the city is already very large, because they may have separated from the clan to live together relatively early, but they are still connected to each other by family blood as a bond. This is different from Xiacheng, because Chen Jian has been dividing the clan in Xiacheng and family.

After entering the city, Chen Jian and others were arranged to stay and rest. It seems that this place is close to the center of civilization, and the exchanges between cities are relatively frequent. It is solid, I don't know what is added in it, it is more delicate than the yellow mud that cracks easily in Xiacheng, each clan has its own special skills.

Moon Lun left first after apologizing, and soon the sound of horn horns sounded outside. Looking out through the door, many people walked towards the sacrificial place, probably holding an inter-tribal gathering.

Chen Jian called the accompanying people, took out some fun and delicious gadgets from the package, and asked them to go to Yuecheng to find someone to chat with casually.

People are curious, especially in this era where most people never leave hundreds of miles away in their entire lives, even if the habits and customs of Xiacheng people are the same as theirs, they will attract many people.

The cities I passed by before used this method to ask a lot of things, and I figured out the conditions of the cities. The truth is often hidden in the details.

The accompanying people were already familiar with the road, holding small kites, small windmills, sugar, pastries, copper knives and other small things, or chatting with others, or pretending to exchange for the special products of the city, which quickly attracted many people.

Chen Jian hid in the house and observed quietly, secretly thinking about which cities and villages he passed along the way, which ones could win support, which ones were indifferent, and which ones were absolutely opposed.

Everything is accumulated little by little, this time is too important, once Xia Cheng can't take advantage of this opportunity to integrate into the cultural circle, it will have to wait another ten years.

The accompanying people did not understand Chen Jian's purpose, but they were not vague in doing things, especially after the practice and practice along the way, they always asked around when communicating with others.

Before dark, these people returned to the house one after another, telling the news they heard in order.

"The leader of the city is indeed as Yuemei said, very loved by the people, especially the few families in charge of affairs in the city support the leader."

"The leader suddenly became seriously ill a month ago. He has been in a coma for the past few days and has not woken up. The affairs of the city are temporarily decided by people similar to our council. The family with the largest power and the largest number of people is the family of Yuelun. He is the leader of the city. At the same time, he was in charge of punishing those who violated the law. But he was very accurate in divination. He was almost defeated by other clans a few times before, and it was because of his divination that they won, so everyone believed him and feared him. "

"The leader of the city is a very fair person. He said a long time ago that he is getting old and needs to find someone to replace him as the leader of the city. Although everyone still needs to recommend him, his appointment is also very important and can decide many people. the opinion of."

"There are many sages in Moon City, that is, those who we have elected to be officials. Many sages have been sought out by the leaders, who think that he is very capable, and can become the leader after he gets old, and can even become a leader when he is not old. Before that, help deal with the affairs of the city."

"However... the sages in Moon City seem to be too sage, they all rejected... I think it's not good for them to do so, since they have the ability to lead the city to go further, why not become the leader? This is different from our Xiacheng, people here think that it is good to refuse to be the leader, but if everyone in Xiacheng chooses him as an official, everyone will think that this person is very bad..."

Chen Jian smiled and listened to these young people evaluating the story of Yuecheng with the three views of Xiacheng he instilled. He didn't find it ridiculous. On the contrary, he praised them from time to time to let them speak freely.

But after listening to it, Chen Jian felt that something was wrong, there seemed to be something wrong, but he couldn't figure out what the problem was for a while.

"You have asked so many people, but someone said that their leader recommended Yuelun to be the next leader of the city?"

A few people shook their heads, and a few people nodded.

"I heard that there is no such thing, but there are also people who say that there is, saying that the leader secretly found Yuelun but was rejected by Yuelun. I think it is unlikely, because the election of others is in front of everyone. Why? Only the moon should be quiet? Besides, how do these people who are quiet know?"

Chen Jian said with a smile: "What you said is very reasonable. If this kind of whispered words spread to the outside, it is either false, or the people who whispered didn't want to whisper it at all. Why do you say that the people recommended by the leader rejected it? ?”

Ji Song's younger brother scratched his head and said, "I think this is the difference between what Ji Xia said about people's thinking. It's like the difference between eating brains and respecting corpses. They might think it's a good thing to give way? Then the problem is obvious. Well, it must be that Yue Luan felt that the old leader would not recommend him, and then took advantage of the old leader's serious illness to try to kill Yuemei, so..."

Speaking of this, he seemed to have sensed something was wrong, Chen Jian laughed and said, "Things you can think of, people can't think of? If that's the case, people in the city will guess that Yuemei was killed by the moon. Will he still be convinced by everyone?"

Ji Song's younger brother scratched his head, he also had the same doubt, Chen Jian sighed, called everyone together, and sent a few people to guard outside.

"We don't care about the affairs of Yuecheng, but we don't care about it, we have to learn something. You said that those people refused to be the leader. I don't think it's just that they think it's so good. The old leader recommended it. Aren't those successor leaders the biggest families in the city?"

"Well, no, they are all young people, and the family is not very rich, but they can manage their own affairs well. There is a person who has only himself at home, and his parents are dead. The same pottery is said to be better than the black pottery in Echeng; there is another child who has no father, and it is said that his mother was born out of the wild when he was young, but his mother said that she was pregnant after eating a bird in a dream , I don’t believe this.”

Chen Jian said with a smile: "Look, if these people are elected as the leader, can they really be the leader? Once the old leader dies, will the powerful families like Yuelun agree with this leader? If you don't agree, you can't do it well. Do it If it’s not good, they may be pushed down by everyone, or even exiled from the city by everyone, so of course they don’t want to be the leader. It’s like when we go hunting, the first bird to fly is always the easiest to be the leader. As for Yujian's target, I don't think they may be better than us Xiacheng people, but they just have to be better."

A few people seemed to understand, secretly felt a little cold, and seemed to understand why Ji Song became disheartened after returning from the outside, and rarely mentioned that the unity among the clans was the same as before.

There are also a few people who think: "Jixia shouldn't tell us these things. I won't do it, but someone will do it. If he said that, will Xia Cheng do the same in the future? It can be seen that Jixia is still a A fair person, he could have not said these words, and secretly taught his future children or relatives, these things should not be known to everyone..."

But Chen Jian still said it, and after he finished speaking, he said: "It can be seen that this leader is not a really good leader, otherwise he only needs to recommend the position of leader to the moon. How can such a thing happen?"

After shaking his head for a long time, Chen Jian sighed and said: "This kind of thing will happen in Xiacheng sooner or later. I hope you all keep your eyes open and see a person clearly. Most of the good and bad in Xiacheng are other people. Clans are good and bad, but the hard part is to distinguish between good and bad."

Ji Song's younger brother felt suspicious again, and asked, "Ji Xia, but you said that even if a person is a bad person, but he pretends to be a good person all his life, he will be a good person when he is dying. Like wolf cubs, some of them don’t eat meat anymore and won’t bite the ducks and geese we raise, whether they are scared of being beaten or forget, the result is the same, so do you think it is a wolf or not?”

This time it was Chen Jian's turn to be helpless, he thought for a long time and said, "Did I say that?"

Everyone nodded to prove that he had indeed said it. After a long time, Chen Jiancai said: "Humans are different from wolves. Wolves are afraid when they are afraid. If I were a wolf, I could pretend to be afraid, and then you let me watch the geese and goose. I was eaten by chinchillas, and I will open my mouth again at this time. This is the difference. It is easy to draw people with charcoal, but it is difficult to draw what people are thinking. In short, keep your eyes open and see more Just learn and recognize people clearly in the future. We don't care about the affairs of Yuecheng, and we are not allowed to spread these words, otherwise..."

"We won't pass it on. If we swore before our ancestors, if we pass it on, the land will be taken back as a slave."