Chapter 21 Giving a Surname

After the crow finished speaking, everyone looked at Shang Wu on the altar, and they were very curious about what Shang Wu, the head of the family, was about to announce.

"I declare that the Dayi merchants have settled here as outsiders, and there will be no more Dayi merchants in the future." Shang Wu said loudly.

There was a commotion in the audience, and some people had different expressions on their faces, some with pain on their faces, some people were angry, and some people clenched their hands into fists, not knowing whether they were angry or looking at the possible crisis of the machine.

Shang Wu knew that this pass could not be sold for too long, and when the emotions below got out of control and some people said ugly words, there would be some irreparable emotional rifts.

"I hereby declare that they will be given the surname of merchant, and they will be merchantmen in the future. In the future, Dayi merchants will have household registration deacons to manage and record the relationship between brothers and nephews in the families of all the Dayi merchants, as well as where to listen to errands, etc., and the household registration will also record the lifelong rewards and punishments of individuals, and those who have contributed to Dayi merchants will have rewards and must be carried into the ancestral hall of the merchants to enjoy the incense of the merchants, and the heirs can be punished if they do not make big mistakes, and if they are harmful to the Dayi merchants and merchants, they must also be severely punished. Shang Wu hurriedly explained the household registration matters clearly.

"In the future, everyone doesn't have to care whether he is a businessman's blood, as long as he is a businessman, he is a businessman, and the businessman will definitely treat him equally." Shang Wu finally emphasized.

"The only difference between whether it is a merchant bloodline or not is that the ancestors of the merchant are worshiped in the family ancestral hall, and only those with the merchant bloodline can enter. For all those who have made great achievements and merchants, I will give the reward of marriage to those who are of blood. And as long as the person who has made great achievements serves the merchant all his life, he will also be carried into the ancestral hall to enjoy the incense after his death. Shang Wu continued, because after the sacrifice is over, the next thing is the family sacrifice, if you don't say anything about the bloodline and the family ancestral hall, it will be very tricky to go wrong.

After Shang Wu finished speaking, after a pause of more than a dozen breaths, the altar played chess and cheered enthusiastically.

"Long live the merchants."

"Long live the head of the house."

"Dayi merchants will prosper."

"We will definitely smear the liver and brains of the merchants for the Dayi merchants, and repay the great kindness of the family owner for the surname."

"Haha, Dayi merchants are their own home, we are no longer outsiders, we are part of Dayi merchants and merchants."

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Everyone in the audience shouted all kinds of words of praise or gratitude, and in the end they were a little hoarse and hoarse.

"In a few days, the merchant will hold a family sacrifice, and all the merchants must participate except for those on duty, although those who are not of blood are not allowed to enter the family ancestral hall, but they must pay the ceremony outside the family ancestral hall. After the sacrifice is over, a feast is held outside the altar, and everyone celebrates the joy of the day. Shang Wu announced this final matter and arrangement.

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Outside the altar, Xiao Yu had already prepared a two-part feast.

Part of it is the place where Dayi merchants and merchant directors and deacons have a banquet, where there is a case for one person, and there are all kinds of delicacies on the table, and there are waiters next to them who are specially serving to pour wine and add food.

Among these principals and deacons are not only people of merchant blood, but also people who want to give surnames like gray rabbits. Everyone was very happy to eat and drink, and after saluting Shang Wu, the head of the family, with three glasses of wine, they knew that Shang Wu's drinking power was limited, so they all began to toast to the principal and deacon who were in charge of themselves in turn, and the scene was not lively.

Another part of the banquet is to set up many cauldrons, a circle of people around a pot to eat, thinking about Lu Lu and Tian Luo, two people who like to be lively, love to huddle together with people to eat a pot of food.

I saw all kinds of meat, vegetables, and some spices thrown into the cauldron, and the pot was full of firewood and the flame was boiling, and in a short time the cauldron began to boil and boil. The food inside was churning inside, and the snails on the side saw that they were almost done, so they sprinkled a handful of salt into the pot and stirred the big pot with a big wooden handle.

The aroma of this cauldron slowly wafted out with the domestic smoke, causing the surrounding people to suddenly salivate and keep inhaling.

This big pot hot pot hodgepodge was quickly ready, Lu Lu served a big bowl for the people around this pot, and the sound of people drinking soup in this circle came and went, fortunately the soup was very hot, otherwise Lu Lusheng's speed would not be able to catch up with the speed of their eating.

Taking advantage of this vacancy, Lu Lu also served a big bowl for himself to eat, in this crowded environment Lu Lu ate particularly delicious, in fact, a pot of hot pot hodgepodge is not as delicious as the small fish every meal deliberately cooked finely, this hot pot hodgepodge is mainly better than you can add ingredients and seasonings according to your preferences, and share the happiness of eating with everyone.

Everyone at this banquet is very happy, that is, the women on duty and with young children in Dayi merchants also specialize in cooking stewed fresh meat hanging pot rice, this is a delicacy that many people have never eaten, this time it is still as long as you can eat, you can eat as much as you want, of course, the meals of everyone in Dayi merchants are alcohol-free, when the guards on duty and women with young children are inconvenient to drink. However, the guards on duty can receive three jars of wine as a reward after being on duty.

If the merchant is happy at this time, then it is certain, but if the happiest person in the Dayi merchant is not at the banquet or in the Dayi businessman, who is this person?

This man was the raven that had just shown its face on the altar. The crow of this matter drank a little high in his room with a jar of fine wine, and was already drunk and fell asleep.

In the dreamland, the crow saw his grandmother, and the grandmother was still so loving and peaceful, and in the dream, she was still a little girl, lying on her grandmother's lap and listening to her grandmother's storytelling, telling ancient myths, the origin of Pangu and Gupan, the interesting story of Nuwa Fuxi when she was a child, and the anecdote of washing the feet of the Queen Mother of the West Tianhe, grandma has many myths and stories that cannot be told, and she never gets tired of listening to them.

In the dream, Grandma kept calling out her name, and this name was the crow's real name.

The raven's real name is Wuya.

Grandma's profession is Wu, grandma's ancestors took Wu as their surname, the tribe where grandma and Wu Ya live is actually a matrilineal clan, the whole tribe is a woman, grandma also has a few sons, when she was a child, Wu Ya was still brought by a few little uncles, and the uncles got married and went to the woman's house, and Wu Ya and grandma were left in the family, and the man-made disaster of the tribe was not just that someone was greedy, if the greed of one or two people must not be so big because of the death of a few people.

The beginning of all this is the mother of the old tribal leader, that is, the previous generation of tribal leaders, because of too much doting on this son, and then never gave birth to new heirs, which led to a lot of twists and turns in the inheritance of the leader, and finally the old tribal leader succeeded to the position of leader, but the tribe is no longer so united, all relying on grandma, the big witch, through sacrifices and jealousy means to barely protect the tribe from dispersing, and people do not move out.

Later, the sons of the old tribal leaders were numerous, and they all had the idea of seizing power. The unwillingly unborn males in the tribe also began to be active in the struggle for power, and the death of grandma was the prelude to the seizure of power.