From Chief to Ball

"I know, I know. It's just that there are too many people with the same name. They are all slaves. Their names are nothing more than stables, scorpions, mortars, and pounding. Jixia can't recognize them, but we can tell them apart."

"That's not okay, you can tell the difference. We made it clear at the beginning that I don't care about the affairs of the island, but I will share the salt and food you get from working for me. This is the rule, everyone The rules agreed by the oath cannot be changed."

Chen Jian counted these people, and asked someone to cut some pieces of wood with an axe knife. If they were done in Taotang, they would write a pottery character on it, and write the number one, two, and three on the bottom.

After writing the characters of stone, wood, pottery, etc., Xiacheng people were asked to write a character and number according to the remaining number of people who had not done it in the workshop, and asked people to distribute it.

Basically, these people don’t know the words Tao, Shi, etc., even if they don’t know what they are, they just think they all look similar, and they don’t understand what they are at all.

Chen Jian also knew their doubts, but he didn't explain. These people will definitely be forced to learn how to count in the future, and try to let them count to a thousand within a month, as long as they know what their number is.

"Put this wood chip away and don't lose it. After working in the future, you can withdraw corn and salt according to this wooden sign. You don't need to worry about the words on it, as long as you don't lose it."

"I made an oath with the people from the outside clan. No slaves from the outer city are allowed to come here. If you live, you must abide by the oath. If your wooden plaque is lost, I can only think that you escaped here from outside. I don't know many of you, and I'm afraid that you will lie to me. Send you back to the city, and you should know the consequences."

A group of people held the piece of wood that was as light as a clamshell in their hands, and suddenly felt extremely heavy. Those unrecognizable bug-like bends on it seemed to be heavier than stones, and they put them away carefully one by one, not daring to lose them.

As for the slaves outside the city, they no longer have the energy to take care of them, because their purpose of escaping here was never to let all the slaves in the world become human beings, but just to stop being slaves themselves, so naturally no one cares about the world.

Moreover, what Chen Jian said seemed to make sense. The oath should be obeyed. This is a habit left over from the clan era, and it is not difficult to accept.

After talking and frightening the group of slaves to accept the identity without a name and only a code name, Chen Jian made a good sale and asked people to take a boat back to the shore to transport several thousand catties of grain that had been piled up on the shore. Everyone let go and ate a real meal without wild vegetables and clam shells.And told these people that as long as they work in the future, it will not be a problem to fill their stomachs, and the response was enthusiastic for a while.

After a rough calculation, so many people need at least 500 catties of corn every day, and [-] million catties a year. It is not a problem to support these people with the current land in Xiacheng, but it is not easy to transfer, and it is absolutely impossible to get them from Xiacheng. Transport food.

The nearby land can be reclaimed into hired farms to facilitate management and exploitation, but the new wheat will not be harvested until at least May next year.

However, thanks to the layout that started in the spring, a large number of goods that can be exchanged for grain in Xiacheng have been transferred and stacked in the warehouse of Sucheng. Most of them are military supplies. Turmoil is imminent. All clans need weapons, gunpowder, linen, leather armor, etc. , and caught up with three consecutive years of good years, with a lot of corn and plentiful public yields, it is still possible to exchange 500 million catties of grain, and it is only 20+ catties spread evenly on the heads of more than 10,000 cities and dozens of clans.

In addition, the various furs obtained from the island, wait until the workshop is built a month later, and then teach the women on the island to make leather armor and sell it to various ethnic groups and even Dongyi, and they can get back a lot of good things. Leather needs to be changed a lot.

After roughly calculating the various gaps and future income, Chen Jian thinks there should be no problem.On the second day, it took three days to transport the 5000 people on the island to Shanjiao Island. After seeing that Yuqianer and Red Fish assigned everyone to work in an orderly manner, I felt relieved after seeing the progress of the work.

After exhorting everyone, he left 50 people for Yuqian'er and Hongyu, and returned to Sucheng with the rest.

On the ninth day of July, Xiacheng was at the newly built small pier in Sucheng. Two ships were loading grains. kinds of goods.

The people of Sucheng were already familiar with Xiacheng. When Chen Jian rode his horse into the city, people were used to it. As soon as he got off the horse, people from Sucheng came to invite him, saying that the leader of Suyue had something to discuss.

This year there was no flood in the big river, and the civil turmoil in Dongyi had no intention of going west, and if the leaders of the same clan needed to gather together, Chen Jian didn't know what happened.

Although he was secretly the leader of the Caohe League, he was still a member of the Three Cities Alliance in name, so it was not good to do this kind of thing by himself, and he had to bring Estrider Weixi and others who were in the city with him.

As soon as a few people walked into the hall of Sucheng, they heard a burst of crying from inside. A young man in his 20s was sitting on his knees. It is absolutely impossible to be the leader of any clan, Chen Jian is sure of this.

The wall blocked the hustle and bustle outside, and the young man's words could be heard faintly.

"After meeting the League last year, my father was getting tired. I prayed for days and the witch doctor took medicine, but I finally left at the end of last month. When my father went, I collected Xia Fu outside the city. When I returned to the city, the people in the city were fooled Bewitched by that person, he was elected as the leader. Although he has a good reputation, his father knows that he is difficult to take on the important task. If he becomes the leader, I am afraid that after three or five years, the city will be exhausted and everyone will complain. What about the laborers? Can you tell who is more suitable to be the leader? Besides, I did not return to the city during the election, and he did not prepare for his father's funeral first, but elected the leader first, this is intolerable to heaven and earth."

"I questioned him with some clansmen, and even if we didn't agree with each other, the relatives killed each other! I ask the leader of Suyue and all the leaders to uphold justice so that the thousands of clansmen in the city will not suffer for many years!"

Chapter 56 Armed Intervention ([-])

Chen Jian's footsteps were no longer light. When the young man saw Chen Jian, he hurriedly got up and saluted. Chen Jian remembered that this man was the son of the leader of a city downstream, and returned his salute to express his condolences.

After a few etiquettes, the young man was taken down to rest, and Chen Jian also asked E Yin and Wei He to accompany them away, and only Su Yue and himself were left in the house.

The problem couldn't be more obvious. Before the old leader died, he paved the way for his son, but he didn't want someone in the city to be too famous. As a result, the son didn't compete with others.

I have never fought against others, and I am unwilling to abide by the rules. I simply led a military coup and failed. In short, I can't play with the election system.

When the clans made an oath, in fact, the oath stated that they would not interfere in the internal affairs of each city, but Chen Jian believed that Su Yue would definitely take care of this matter for himself and his son.

It's justifiable, but it's actually simple.One of the most important oaths made by King Wu to defeat Zhou was that King Zhou neglected the world by not sacrificing human animals, and he could always find an excuse if he wanted to.

The important thing is not an excuse, but whether interfering in the internal affairs of another city will be opposed by the people of the city?In this era, the sense of blood relationship is still very strong. In the previous life, Shang Mie Xia and Zhou Mie Shang left fiefdoms to enshrine the emperor, and they dared not kill them all. Even after Yi Yin's coup was seized, his son was still reused and had fiefdoms.

Chen Jian took the lead to break the silence in the room, and asked, "The leader of Suyue is looking for me, but because of this matter?"

"Exactly. You heard it just now. What do you think? Laborers don't know how to work hard, are short-sighted, dull and ignorant, and are easily deceived."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jian understood Su Yue's attitude, and hurriedly nodded and said, "What the leader Su Yue said is very true and very reasonable. It's just that the man really made a decision to bury the old leader first, but wants to bury the old leader." Electing the leader first is such an evil thing against the law of heaven?"

He believed half of what the young man said just now, and the most important thing was this, wouldn't a person who could become a leader know that doing so would easily lead to disgust from everyone?

Su Yue shook his head and said: "The man only said that one person should be selected first for the burial and worship, and the leader was selected by the way. According to what he said, it can't be wrong, even if it is a funeral, there must be someone to preside over it. "

"Chief Suyue knows about this?"

"I found out yesterday. The person in the city sent someone to tell me that there are many troubles in the city, and invited us to pay condolences. After the burial, we will come to Sucheng to meet the leaders of the city and make oaths."

Chen Jian nodded, and said in his heart: "I'm afraid I have to stabilize the city first, and I dare not leave at this time. It seems that this person's advantages are not overwhelming, and there is a lot to do here."

Don't think about it, Su Yue is definitely ready to interfere, he wants to make a good start for his son, and it would be best if he can form a new rule in the alliance where father dies and son succeeds.

Naturally, Chen Jian would not talk nonsense about public opinion at this time. What he had to do at this time was to establish a good relationship with Sucheng. At least within three to five years, he must be close to Sucheng. Think what your allies think, and worry about what your allies want.

Furthermore, interfering in the internal affairs of other cities, this young man will definitely obey Su Yue's words in the future.

As long as the opening for interference is opened, many things will be much easier in the future.With the strength in hand, there are a lot of excuses, and those who dare to make such an excuse are very confident in themselves, and Su Yue really has the qualifications.

After thinking about it, Chen Jian asked, "I'm not too familiar with the Dahe family. How is this kid...doing well?"

"Not bad. He fought with his father since he was a child and was in charge of Xia Fu and Autumn Harvest. He is very famous in the city. Even if the city people are dull, there are actually quite a few people who support him."

Chen Jian turned around twice with his hands behind his back, and said angrily: "Since this is the case, that guy who usurped the leaders has gone too far."

"First, the burial of the old chief is the most important thing. It is against the law of heaven and earth to elect the chief without burial first."

"Secondly, since the kinsmen have made an oath, the leader must be elected, and the kinsman must be present. Otherwise, what is the difference from the time when the oath was not made? It will be like this in the future. Although the oath is in place, the covenant is broken."

"Thirdly, if that person is wise, the leader's son will definitely be convinced, why would he flee to Sucheng and cry? Even if he is the leader's son, how many people are still dissatisfied but dare not speak out? From this we can see that there may not be many of them. Wise, if this kind of person becomes the leader, it may be a disaster after a few years."

"Fourth, the old leader has passed away, so instead of notifying the relatives immediately to prepare the sacrificial utensils, instead of sending someone to notify the leader of Suyue yesterday, it is really wrong."

Su Yue nodded and said: "Ji Xia's words are very reasonable, and I think so too. The city is three or four hundred miles downstream, next to Dongyi, and the terrain is dangerous. If such a city doesn't have a good leader, That's the disaster of the whole city."

"After I heard about being careful yesterday, I felt a little puzzled. Why didn't you inform us first to prepare the sacrificial objects? I didn't know until the child came today that there were such twists and turns. Hey! This time I am looking for Jixia to ask Jixia borrowed some fast horses and sailing boats and informed relatives in various cities to come to Sucheng to discuss together. This matter cannot be delayed. If it is delayed, that person will cause troubles in the city, and the foolish people will really think that he is the best choice for the leader. , we will inevitably have some..."

After saying a few words, he sighed and shook his head. Chen Jian also echoed: "After the oath, we are all one. It is for the consideration of all relatives. Borrowing boats and horses is not a problem, but even if there are boats and horses, the leaders of the other clans will come. To say the least, it will be August. By that time, that person has already deceived everyone in the city. If we go, I am afraid that we will not be able to solve it quickly, and there will inevitably be enmity if there are more casualties."

How could Su Yue not know the truth that the sooner the better?However, the twists and turns of three or four hundred miles will take more than ten days to send troops. If you go too little, you will not be deterred, and if you go too much, you will consume food. Chen Jian needs to help transport the food along the river, and you must invite the leaders of all ethnic groups to go together. , Only in this way can those people in the city be shocked.

When he was at a loss, Chen Jian suddenly said: "Although that man temporarily usurped the position of leader, there must be many dissatisfied people in the city. At this time, those who really support him are those in our own relatives. If we call on the leaders to come together , he must know. I'm afraid... I'm afraid that when he takes the city to vote for Dongyi, he won't know."

"What does Jixia mean?"

"The sooner the better. The later the more chaos. Now that the city is in chaos, we don't need many soldiers. It is enough for 300 people to attack the downstream cities within three to five days with lightning speed. The leader of Suyue can send someone to inform everyone Clan leader, when the clan leaders come to Sucheng, the chaos will be over. The child is now in Sucheng, let’s take him with us, and those who believe in him in the city will applaud and applaud, Tan Shihu But if the child is lying, no one in the city will support him... Then we also need to respect the choice of the people in the city and hand him over to the city to deal with it, so as not to ruin the friendship between relatives."