"Brother, is this person named Su He important? Why do you seem to be happier than you were last time you won? ”

Yu Qian'er didn't understand Jian Chen's excitement, not only her, but most of the people in the council didn't understand Jian Chen's actions. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

For them, the world was originally only as big as Xia Cheng, and later Echeng and the Acropolis were also considered part of the world, as for the things that were thousands of miles away, even if they had to travel for many days on horseback, what did it have to do with the city?

Before Jian Chen could explain, Hongyu said, "How can it not be important? I used to be a slave, even if I lived in Summer City, even though I did a lot of things, but as long as I was still a slave, would you elect me to the council? It was only after I became a member of Xia Cheng that you gradually accepted me, and this identity is too important. ”

She has experienced the years of not being recognized, just like those slaves in Xia City, even if she lives in Xia City and considers herself a Xia City person, the real Xia City people will not admit it.

Chen Jian understood this explanation that was not quite the same, but these leaders did not understand, for them, it did not matter whether they became relatives with those tribes, and it had no impact on their lives.

For Jian Chen, since he wants to do something big and leave his name and mark on the history of this era, this path is inevitable.

Although there was no concept of nationality at this time, if one day Xia Cheng was defeated and ruled by the grassland tribes, the clansmen would definitely choose to flee to Echeng instead of staying under the rule of the alien race, which is the difference.

Even if there is no concept of nationality, there is a distance between relatives inside and outside the cultural circle.

With so many powerful tribes on both sides of the river, they may elect one of the rest of their relatives as the leader of the alliance, but they will never invite a tribal leader such as Dongyi Nanban to be their king.

Whether it is emotionally or habitually, it is absolutely impossible to accept.

At this time, what Jian Chen wanted was different from what the clansmen wanted, and he was involved in this whirlpool, and the clansmen wanted to serve as soldiers and die, just to achieve a person's glory and dreams.

Therefore, Chen Jian couldn't explain what he was thinking to his clansmen, seeing that everyone was just puzzled and did not object, they still supported him, and he also acted arbitrarily: he would personally take people out of the city thirty miles to meet him.

During the two days of waiting, the city was greased and whitewashed, and many yellowed walls were smeared with a layer of white ash.

The members of the council were given a set of silk clothes, with jade jue exchanged from Echeng, which can be said to be personable or crowned.

There was nothing else to change, everything was as usual, the city rested for a day, and daily necessities such as soap were distributed free of charge according to the population.

The tribesmen did not feel any difference, on the contrary, they were happy for a while because of the daily necessities they received for free.

A few days later, when it was determined that Su He and his party had arrived fifty miles outside the city, Chen Jian asked for two chariots, and the rest of the leaders and the people from the power center of the city took an ox cart and followed Chen Jian out of the city to greet him.

The place where the two sides met was by the river, and someone had already set up a simple small pavilion out of wood there in advance to put some food and drink.

Su He heard a lot of stories from Ji Song along the way, and when he passed through a few wild villages downstream, he went to see them and stayed overnight.

It was just one night, and he saw many clues, and the day he came was the end of the month, and the field officials of the city went to the wild tribe to teach them how to grow millet, how to weed, and how to wade the ground.

Field officials were always more popular than tax collectors, but they also probably knew the unity of rights and obligations, and the tribes that did not pay taxes were not qualified to learn to plant.

Tian Guan didn't know much, most of them were poured into Chen Jian'er's life, even after paraphrasing, it still made Su He listen to it with relish.

"Are you all like this every day?"

"When planting in spring and autumn, Tian Guan will come to guide the farming, and Tian Guan will also come at the end of the month on weekdays. Ji Xia said that the more grain we grow, the more taxes Xia Cheng will collect, and we will live better, so this is a big deal, and Tian Guan will come even if it rains. You see, people from the surrounding villages are coming. ”

Su He secretly kept in mind the essentials of farming that Tian Guan said, and he had already believed in Xiacheng's yield per mu after several people's confirmation, so he wanted to bring these things back to Sucheng, if it was really useful, his status in the city and his prestige among the clansmen would also improve a lot.

Tian Guan's title is very unfamiliar, and Su He only knew what Tian Guan did after asking, and he secretly wondered in his heart. Twenty years ago, in Hwaseong, the leaders of each tribe were not only in charge of their own tribes, but also had their own duties in Hwaseong, managing all kinds of things of the tribal alliance, such as the matriarchal people of Eyue, who were in charge of raising silkworms and weaving silk.

It is said that Xia Cheng should not know these things for so many years in the northwest border, but the strange thing is that their power structure is somewhat similar to that of the tribal alliance back then, so Su He was full of curiosity about Chen Jian.

When Changting first saw him, if it weren't for Ji Song pointing out from behind, Su He almost didn't recognize Jian Chen, who was an ordinary young man of sixteen or seventeen years old, with his hair tied up, his body was not very strong, but he was not weak, and his eyes were quite bright, but he was a little jumpy, not calm enough, or too childish.

Looking at the entourage again, Su He had forgotten that Xia Cheng was still outside his relatives at this time, these casual people were wearing silk robes and hanging jade jue around their waists, which was very much the meaning of those people with surnames in the tribes on both sides of the river.

Chen Jian walked to Su He's side, and after the two sides saluted, Chen Jian raised his glass and said: "It's been a long journey, it's hard work, and take a break." ”

"Thank you, Jixia. The wine and food are ready, and Ji Xia is bothered. ”

Su He waved his hand to let the people who came with him also rest, and he was indeed a little tired after walking all the way.

Chen Jian accompanied Su He, poured a bowl of steamed high wine, the alkyd ester aroma and strong wine flavor surprised Su He, raised a glass of thanks and took a sip, he felt as if a fire burned from his throat to his stomach, his face instantly turned a little red, and he praised again and again.

"I've been listening to Ji Song talk about the difference in Xia Cheng all the way, and now I know with my own eyes that this wine is different from other places. Probably because you are located in the northwest, the wind is cold and the snow is cold, and this wine is stronger than ours. ”

"Intense and sweet, both are wines, but the taste is different. The wine in the Northwest, is it possible that the water is not good? ”

Su He laughed, thinking that Jian Chen's speech was very interesting, but it was not easy to answer directly, so he covered it with a smile.

There are not many dishes in the long pavilion, they are all common things in Xia Cheng, a plate of tofu, a plate of boiled peas, there is no shortage of fish and meat, and the taste is spicy after being fried in a copper pot, which makes Su He's index finger move.

But when he saw the wooden chopsticks on the table, he was a little surprised, so he quickly covered it up, picked up the chopsticks and pressed the wine.

He had seen chopsticks, and many people used them, but with the differentiation of the rich and poor on both sides of the river, the etiquette of the leaders and special people in those cities gradually increased.

At first, it may be because it will be hot to hold the meat directly in the hand, so there are chopsticks, but after the gap between the rich and the poor appeared, some of the wealthy class in the city felt that they wanted to reflect that they were different from the rest of the people, and they began to use jade knives and copper spoons and other utensils, even chopsticks were mostly jade, and even shiny tin or lead.

Su He's surprise flashed, and when he saw that Chen Jian was also using wooden chopsticks, he knew that he was not deliberately neglecting himself, but he said in his heart: "After all, the background is too shallow, but in the three-year city, the tools used by him, the leader, are the same as the people, and he still lacks etiquette." ”

Chen Jian didn't know that Su He had already despised him as an upstart, so he chatted a few more words, and after eating and drinking, he invited him to take a ride to Xia City.

Another car, Chen Jian left it to Ji Song, and Ji Song saw that everyone was riding in an ox cart, so he resigned again and again.

"There is no need to shirk, you went out this time, and you counted as the eyes of the city, helping the city to see many things that were not seen before. There have been some changes in the city, and the people have put their trust in you, and have elected you to be a member of the council, and this car can be ridden. Let's get in the car. ”

Ji Song sighed and said, "Ji Xia, I just saw a lot of things along the way, but I didn't learn anything. I didn't get the answer I wanted, but I left the city for so long, even if my left hand was crippled, I could still raise the flag and carve arrows when I fought with the steppe tribes, and left for so long......"

"What's this? As long as the doubts in your heart are solved. Do you see what you want to see? ”

"Nope."

"That's right. Get in the car, settle down, accept the unchangeable, and do what you can. What you want may not be impossible to achieve. If one day you find a medicinal herb, you can live for hundreds of years without dying; If one day you can make the land produce tens of millions of catties of grain per mu...... At that time, your worries and doubts will be gone, and you may see the answers you want. Therefore, don't think about how to change people's hearts, but change less labor and more harvest, and people's hearts will naturally change. ”

After a few words of persuasion, Song Huiwei pondered Chen Jian's words, walked all the way, looked at the whole way, and faintly tasted some flavors, but what it was was was just an idea that had not yet germinated, and he couldn't figure it out, but at least Chen Jian pointed out a way for him.

Jian Chen patted the shoulder of the scared pine to encourage him to reassure, stood on the left side of the car, and asked Su He to get into the car.

Su He had heard about the chariot in Echeng and was surprised by the wheel, but he only lacked personal experience.

Standing in the car, looking at the rutted road that had been pressed out of the riverbank, a feeling of condescending walking against the wind made him very happy, and he sang a rhyme poem halfway through, about the ballad of Awacheng.

Chen Jian smiled secretly, it seems that the cultural life of the various tribes on both sides of the river has been very developed, and they naturally understand the rhyme, which shows that their material civilization is bound to be not bad.

When he was intoxicated, Su He stopped abruptly and shouted out of grace: "Ji Xia, stop it." ”

Chen Jian thought that he was in a hurry for the first time, so he asked Yushou to stop the car, Su He jumped out of the carriage, ran to the ditch in the distant field and asked, "I heard the leader of Eyue say that Xia Cheng has built a canal?" What is it? ”

"Yes."

"Ji Xia Ke once said to Ehuang that this canal needs to be flooded and drought, not by people?"

"Yes."

Su He looked at a few farmers in the distance who were irrigating some dry land with orange trees, and his heart was very excited, and he didn't care about those etiquettes, so he ran to Chen Jianjian and said, "Ji Xia, maybe take me to see this canal?" The tribes on both sides of the great river have suffered from floods and droughts for a long time......" (To be continued.) )