The clans who were to be fixed on the land as subordinate peasants did not yet know their fate, and went to the agreed place with anticipation and a hint of fear. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Before February, the river had just melted, and these clans did not have a calendar or know the month or year, but they knew that when the willow trees began to bud, there would always be many fish that had been suffocated and frozen to death in winter flowing with the melted river.

Usually this is the most important thing for the clan, because survival is usually the first thing for the clan, and there are no clans around to communicate with except for mating. Now, because of the city they heard of called Xia, the rules left by the tribe for thousands of years have changed, and the leader does not take the whole clan to collect fish, but takes some furs, nuts and other gifts to the river to meet the leader of that city.

This winter should have been difficult, but in the autumn the people of Xia Cheng gave them a lot of clay pots, grain, and lime to remove the tannic acid from persimmons and acorns, and several thick and powerful women who could use forceps also entered the clan, winning the respect and favor of the clan.

The gifts that the clan could give were ridiculous even to the clan chiefs, and those men were not short of food, and from what they called sacks they could take out sweet food, and the clothes they wore were much stronger than their tattered furs.

With this contrast, Xia Cheng, which they had never seen before, was imagined by them to be a big village floating in the air, and they were full of yearning for this kind of life, and even felt that their behavior was much more vulgar than that of Xia Cheng people, and they spontaneously began to learn etiquette and dress and tie their hair from a more civilized group.

The leader of each small clan started this journey with hope, and when he approached the grass river, he saw Xia Cheng's neat army in the distance, and he thought of the head he had seen a few days ago, and his heart was a little afraid.

His eyes swept around, and he didn't find the man who came to their clan to distribute herbs and tell stories in the fall, only the woman who came to the clan after the snow, with a kind of pious respect, stacked the gift next to the woman as a sign of respect, but the little woman giggled and said, "I'm not the leader, my brother is." It's like I'm the one who taught you the winter trap, but my brother came up with the idea of this trap. ”

The leader understood, glanced at the very young man beside him, and believed in some of the legends of Xia Cheng even more. If such a young person had not been guided by his ancestors, he might not be the best hunter in the clan at such an age, how could he become the leader of so many people?

The endless speculation brought by imagination cast a halo on Chen Jian's body that he didn't expect, and the simple monosyllabic language is not too difficult to understand, three hundred miles of different sounds, but the root of it should come from the same matriarchal line, many pronunciations and ways of speaking are basically similar.

After expressing kindness and respect, the chief's words gradually changed to surprise, for he knew the cows and horses, and had seen them in the winter, and the logs pulled behind them contained things that the whole clan was pleased with, and this time there were more cows and horses than he could have imagined.

After a meal that these leaders had never tasted before, the leaders felt that the trip was worthwhile, and the young man they were curious about told them after eating: "The reason why the people of Xiacheng are able to eat and clothe themselves without fear of the cold winter is because they respect the wishes of their ancestors." The reason why you don't have enough food and clothing is because you didn't follow the wishes of your ancestors. Clothing, hair, food, farming, and sacrifices are the same as those of Xia Cheng, and your ancestors will naturally protect you. ”

"If you don't obey the wishes of your ancestors, not only will you starve, but Xia Cheng will exterminate you. Seeing that some of you spontaneously bundle up salutes to prove that you are still saved, let some of you teach you words and deeds, teach you to plant and build houses, and if you are not willing to learn, then you can only let your souls explain to your ancestors. ”

The leaders were skeptical of this, but they didn't dare to try to disobey it, and the soldiers were behind them, thinking that if they could live the life of this group, it didn't matter if they learned those things.

For this group of clans, Jian Chen was not prepared to let them feel drastic changes, but decided to follow the guidance. In the previous life, Qilu was divided into Shandong, and Lu changed the customs and etiquette of those ignorant clans according to Zhou Li, and it was not peaceful for three years; The country of Qi is simple and polite, and it will be peaceful in March. After hearing this, Zhou Gong also sighed very forward-looking that in the future, the Lu State would go north and everything would be together, and the consequences would be like this.

After Xia Cheng has experienced these past few years, the biggest difference with these clans is not in clothing, food, housing, transportation, planting textiles, etc., but in thinking habits.

Private and public ownership, male and female rights, bureaucracy and deliberation, equality and inequality, these collisions are the biggest differences. It is difficult for these clans to understand the private property system in a short period of time, and it is difficult for these clans, which are still mainly based on gathering and matrilineal inheritance, to understand why men are stronger than women.

This required a slow transition, so Jian Chen's policy was also very lenient: the lords of Xia Cheng did not interfere in the affairs of the clan, but the people within the clan had to follow the lord's rules in matters such as labor, land reclamation, and taxation.

As an excess, Chen Jian suggested that these people who had been divided should not immediately adopt the land system of Xia City, but should use public and private land to slowly exceed: these clansmen had to bear the obligation that they must first cultivate the lord's field before they can cultivate their own land, and they should set aside enough days each year to serve the lord.

The land system is the foundation, as for the rest of the training, forced labor and other things, it is up to the people who are assigned to decide for themselves, the land system of Xia Cheng is too drastic, and the cattle and horse ploughing cannot fully meet the premise of these territories, too advanced will hinder production.

As for the exchange, farm tools, daily necessities, etc., the lord is not responsible and is not allowed to be responsible, and all go to the territory of Yuqian Er and Hongyu to exchange, which can be carried out privately by the clan.

In the conversation last night, Jian Chen called those who had been separated together and gave them a lesson similar to that of managing slaves in the first place: treat the clan leaders well, protect their interests, give them privileges, let the interests of the clan leaders be closely related to you, and let them have greed, selfish desires, etc., and estranged themselves from the clan members.

This is a very simple thing, for example, when you divide the private land, you can give them more money, when you work, you can exempt the leader from servitude, and you can give the leader more goods during the New Year's Festival.

The reason why these chiefs are chiefs stems from the respect of the clansmen, and once this respect disappears and turns into jealousy, then the clan will become a plate of scattered sand, and the chiefs can only be more dependent on the lords to maintain their privileges without the respect of the clansmen, so as to achieve checks and balances and jurisdiction.

And at the end, he told everyone that some rules must be changed, such as talking, dressing and tying hair, but some rules can be slowed down, such as the status of women, the clan distribution system, the election of clan leaders, etc., which can only be manipulated and not allowed to impose interference.

Even if a lot of things have been burned without force, the leaders of the clan still don't like so many rules, but the military power is fighting in the last two forces, the head is in front of the blood in the front, and he hopes that he can live a life without starvation, and finally agrees.

According to the general direction, the leaders of many clans swore an oath with their future lords, and Jian Chen was only the host of this ceremony, but he did not participate in this oath, he was telling those who were divided into feudal areas, I will not personally take care of this territory, you can rest assured, the object of their oath is not me.

After this oath, another oath was held, and this time Jian Chen participated in it as the leader of the Xia City Council.

The contents of this oath include: if these clans want to exchange in the future, they must learn the language of Xia City; When you come to exchange, you must comb Xia Cheng's hair bun and Xia Cheng's clothes on the boat; Each clan had to send the young man who was most likely to be elected as the next leader to study in Summer City; When sacrificing, it is necessary to sacrifice to the common ancestors of Xia Cheng. If they can't, Xia Cheng won't exchange anything with them.

The content of the two oaths, the latter is to ensure cultural assimilation, and the former is that Chen Jian has no energy to manage so many villages, so he simply settles down to show that he will not grasp power too tightly to reassure those people.

The deliberately scattered villages, the trade fairs along the river, and the fact that these villages could not develop any handicrafts, could only become a source of grain and linen, and it was enough to conquer the civilization vacuum in the west, but it was still far from being able to fight back against Xia City.

After the oath, Jian Chen took the soldiers of Xia Cheng to inspect the various clans with seeds, farm tools, etc., and told Yu Qian'er that he would vacate a few hundred slaves this year and help these people build a large enough habitable house and a sacrificial hall in the territory.

The primitive people, who had never seen such an army, trembled, and were also shocked and frightened by the great power behind their lord.

Chen Jian roughly estimated the range, and asked people to cut a few pieces of wood as a boundary between the various territories, boundless in the west and bounded in the east.

When they returned, each clan sent the brightest children in the clan and asked them to follow Jian Chen back.

There was still some time before the third spring planting, but not enough land could be cultivated, so the first year these lords chose to set fire to the mountain.

Many people watched the flames rise in the valley and couldn't help but think of the first time they planted when they followed Jian Chen out of the cave a few years ago.

The ridge is not yet there, the house is not yet built, and the animal skin is wrapped in it...... But they have experienced these themselves, think about Xia Cheng, everything will be fine, and now seeds, farm tools, masons and the like can ask Xia Cheng for help.

Three years from now, this will never be the case. And...... These lands, these people, will belong to themselves, to their own children, perhaps, forever. (To be continued.) )