From Chief to Ball

"They must understand." Li Heyi didn't know what to say, so he could only comfort him. The man smiled and motioned him to sit down first, and he wanted to discuss this matter with the people from the Planning and Statistics Department.

Soon, the young people in the room gathered together.Li He thought that they would get it out soon, and it happened that there was nothing to do today, so he casually flipped through some wooden slips, waiting for everyone to come up with the results.

More than 20 young people sat in a circle, and one of them was holding a brush and a wooden slip. According to Xia Guo, he was a bookkeeper, also known as a clerk.The Department of Planning and Statistics was the earliest group of young people who were literate and proficient in arithmetic in the previous education system of Xia City. They were definitely Chen Jian's direct descendants, so many styles were incompatible with the rest of the city at this time.

The clerk didn't delay, and said directly: "Everyone knows about this matter, and there must be a few people to do it. But don't be too busy to assign who to do it, let's talk about how this matter should be done first." How to plan?"

Immediately someone answered: "If you want me to tell you, first you need to find out where the paper is used. Schools, textbooks, official records, and pasting windows. How many people are needed to produce the paper?"

"Jixia has 20 days left to go to Sucheng. I think four people should be responsible for this matter."

"We can first build a workshop according to the minimum demand, and first get some skilled workshop workers. We will count again next year and make a plan for three to five years later, so I think we have a lot of time, not just 20 days. These 20 days only need Calculate the minimum needed until next spring, and fix the workshop first, and then build it after the wheat harvest next year. At that time, there will already be skilled workers, one with three, and they will always be busy..."

Li Heyi looked at it for a while.Secretly funny, these people talked a lot.Many people said incompletely, but after three or five people got together, some problems were solved.

The clerk picked up the brush, first roughly wrote down what these people said, and then asked everyone for their opinions on each item.According to the custom of the clan era, those who agree will raise their hands, and those who disagree will not raise their hands. These people are doing this kind of thing alone for the first time, so many things may not be right, but after some discussion, it is still settled. set the tone of the matter.

After about half an hour, the discussion finally came to an end, and four people were selected to be responsible for this matter, roughly what needed to be done, and the clerk handed over the wooden slips that had been recorded before, in case they would forget.

Finally, those four people came to Li Heyi's side and said, "Tell Ji Xia that we will finalize the plan in half a month."

Chapter 1 It's a pity that I died three years early

Half a month later, some people in Yucheng were already preparing to go to Sucheng, and all kinds of gifts had been shipped to the other side of the lake. Heiyiwei and Habayashiwei each prepared 100 stirrup riders to follow Chen Jian. Once there were no chariots to follow.

While everyone was busy, Chen Jian finally got the plan for the papermaking workshop from the Planning and Statistics Department. This time it was written on paper instead of wooden slips.

After looking at it, the general logic is correct, and the method is basically executed as I taught it before.Although there were still some things that hadn't been considered and many deficiencies, Chen Jian happily stamped on it and agreed to this method.

And I went there to reward and encourage everyone, but I didn't say the shortcomings for the time being.After all, this was the first time they had done something like this alone, and it was a good start.

The household department is responsible for the staff that needs to be adjusted, and the summer harvest has just been completed, and the autumn planting has not yet started.According to the previous established plan, those who are familiar with the rules of Xiacheng are given priority, because the workshop is easier than agricultural work, and the money is paid more. There are also some theater performances at night, and some farms are worse. .

The matter of selecting and dispatching manpower was quickly figured out, and Xia Guo's operation has gradually entered the right track. Except for some major directions such as war and foreign policy decisions, the rest can basically be operated automatically.

Just when Chen Jian was full of confidence for his trip, at night, a fast horse came to the other half of Yucheng, and after taking out the special mark made by the supply and marketing department, he arranged for the boat to return to Yucheng overnight.

Xia Guo’s Supply and Marketing Department has goods stations in nearby cities, selling primary handicraft products from various workshops. Of course, it also secretly acts as a spy to inquire about news, and continuously gathers all kinds of nearby news into Xia Guo’s central decision-making. layer.

Where is the poor harvest, where is the good harvest, where is the flood... It is too far away to say, but within [-] miles around Yucheng, it is still well known.

This time the news was not about floods, droughts and floods, but news of the death of the chieftain of a city on the west bank of Onozawa.

Sudden death is normal in this era, especially in the summer, and it is not murder if you are a little older.

After the people from the Supply and Marketing Department of that city got the news, they quickly passed the news back. The reason is very simple: the leader of that city had heirs studying in Yucheng Academy, but the heirs studying in Yucheng Academy were only one of them. The ones who got off did not go to learn at all, but stayed in the city.

The person who delivered the message woke up Chen Jian overnight, and Chen Jian immediately lit the oil lamp, frowning in thought.The leader died, but in fact he was not sad or sad, of course he had met before, and they were not familiar with each other.

But: the dead leader's first wife was surnamed Su, and she left behind two children, both of whom did not study in the school in Yucheng.

When Yucheng was first built, no one expected that it would become what it is today. Some cities sent some relatives and heirs for skills such as copper smelting and military training. Except for a few cities, most of them The idea of ​​the leader of the city is simple: leaving his own city is equivalent to leaving the city's rights, and the heirs thrown to Yucheng are not valued very much.

Su Yue sent his most valued son here because Chen Jian had done him a great favor and found an excuse for him to interfere in other cities, and because Su Tang insisted on coming.

At the beginning, it seemed that most of the children who studied in Yucheng would still be relatives and nobles after returning home, but even the parents and children of the leader were completely out of luck for the position of leader.

But no one thought that Xiacheng could develop so fast. From a city that had the cheek to call on relatives with everyone, shamelessly insisted that it also moved from the banks of the river, and shamelessly knelt and licked in order to please Sucheng, in the past In just a few years, it became a powerful force no less than Sucheng.

The status of these young people who had no hope of succeeding to the leadership has improved a lot in the city in the northwest of Yucheng and southeast of Xiacheng.

Moreover, this city is farther away from Sucheng than Yucheng, and it is near the plain on the west bank of the lake, so it is very convenient for boats to come and go.Nowadays, it is difficult to travel by land, and the waterway is the most convenient. This city is almost on the lips.

Those relatives and heirs who followed me to learn now have different thoughts one by one. This matter must be set as an example, otherwise there is no real benefit to talking so much, and I am afraid that the effect will not be good.

This group of people must see that it is not in vain to call themselves a gentleman. As a gentleman, I have cultivated their ambitions, and of course I have to help my disciples realize this ambition.

In addition, those who give slaves, military exploits, and fiefdoms by themselves cannot be given in vain. Now this opportunity is not the best. If this person waits for three to five years before he dies, the time will be right, but he has no ability to decide when a person will die. To die later...to die sooner is still possible.

After thinking about it all night, at dawn the next day, Chen Jian hurried to the school, called the young man out alone, and told him the news of his father's death.

The young man froze there, then burst into tears.

"Death cannot be resurrected. Your father is the leader of the city. His greatest wish is to make the city richer and the people free from hunger and cold. As a son, you are right to cry because you are sad, but you are crying In the future, you should inherit the last wishes of your parents, this is true filial piety."

The young man wiped his eyes, and Chen Jian said: "I'll arrange a boat to take you back, and I can see your father for the last time. When your father entrusted you to me, it was the last time. I always want to see it. "

The young man sobbed: "Sir, I'm afraid that my mother will be buried and go with my father, so I ask you to accompany me back. My brother and I were not born of the same mother, and have always hated me. My father didn't want me to be in trouble at home. That’s why I was allowed to study with Mr.…”

He cried sadly, Chen Jian was secretly happy, and hurriedly agreed: "I must go, and those people in your city must also go back together. You go and tell your city partners about this, I will go first To prepare the ships and such."

After parting, Chen Jian immediately called Ji Bo, and asked him to immediately fully equip the 200 people who were going to take to Sucheng. At the same time, he called a few carpenters who were good at making coffins, and asked them to prepare various sacrifices and then deliver them.

The advantages of the top-down strict control system once again demonstrated the efficiency far beyond this era. At noon, the ships were ready.

The out-of-production soldiers trained in Yucheng in that city also showed their due sadness according to the customs of the city. Chen Jian took the same boat with the young people who were close to those cities.

The boat moved along the edge of the lake, and on the shore of the lake were two hundred riders on horseback, followed by some horses.

On the boat, those young people secretly glanced at Chen Jian, wanting to say something, but finally held back.They wanted something, but they were too embarrassed to ask, and worried that they would be taught a lesson by their husband...

It's just that they don't know, what their pious gentleman is thinking at this moment is... It's a pity that this person died three or five years earlier, otherwise there would be no such trouble.

Chapter 1 and Six

In the city near the lake to the west of Yucheng, the old chief who died has not yet been buried.

It is not because of waiting for someone, nor is it because of the habit of burying people seven days later after the introduction of Buddhism, it is just a custom of this era.

The custom stems from the underdevelopment of medicine in this era, so no one knows whether a person is dead or not. Sometimes it may be that the breath is weak and it seems to be dead, but it may not be impossible to suddenly recover after three or two days.

Therefore, even in such a hot day, they are still placed in a cool room, and slaves are responsible for driving away flies.At this time, there was already a stench, and the body began to swell, but the slaves were happy, at least there was no possibility of being buried.

In a room not far away, there is a woman locked up, which is one of the old chief's women.

The woman will be buried in the near future, the reason is to take better care of the old chief, but the woman does not want to die, and maybe she wants to take another look at the child who is far away in Yucheng before she dies.

At that time, not many people were willing to take the initiative to be buried, and this was not a good reputation that could be praised by thousands of people. No one had yet systematically summed up a set of morals that sacrificed is beautiful.

The woman didn't want to die, but she didn't cry either. Instead, she tore up her clothes with a little light from outside, trying to write something to the child who couldn't see her again.

She knew that her son could write. Although she didn't know what writing was, she knew that there were only a few people in the whole city who could, and her son was one of them. This was something that made her mother very proud.

She also knew that since the child went to Yucheng, and since the leader of that city, Ji Xia, returned from Dongyi, the old leader gradually talked about the child more and more.

After thinking about it for a long time, although I can't write, I can draw something.She thought, since it is her own child, she can always understand it, at least she should leave something behind, lest the child forget herself.

So he bit his finger, and drew a round dumpling on the torn clothes with traces of blood.This is a very novel food. When the child came back last year, he made some for himself. It tasted very good. He ate a lot and learned the name of this thing.