Chapter Eighty-Four: Summer Oath

The song sounded, and with the addition of the characters in the story, Shi Camelina looked even better in the eyes of these people, and they were all smiling and looking forward to Chen Jian letting these people perform again. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

They vowed that they would never rush to the stands like the last time, and they all returned to their seats, even though they had just seen it once, but they were still looking forward to doing it again.

It seems that most people like happy endings, so after everyone quieted down, Jian Chen asked people to act in a second play.

It's a very simple big round plot, a man follows the military leader of the tribe to go on the expedition, is extremely brave, makes war exploits, is assigned to slaves, and is promoted to captain. went back to farming, because he was brave and liked by women, married a beautiful woman, and had children. The tribal leader was recruited, put down the hoe and went to the battlefield again, repeatedly made military exploits, and finally became the great Sima of the city, and more and more women liked this brave man...... In the end, the old leader died of illness, and everyone elected Da Sima as the new leader of the city.

The most perfect ending, one sad and one happy in the two plays, made the clansmen who watched the drama for the first time unforgettable.

This time the curtain call was perfect, but everyone was still immersed in the story, and Jian Chen took the lead in applauding, which made the applause sound and cheered continuously.

The two plays are full of private goods.

advocating the life of male farmers and female weavers in clan families; Let the clansmen not forget the oath they took when they forged the Five Soldiers; Let the clansmen keep in mind the hatred concept that the blood feud of relatives can be avenged for ten lifetimes; And...... Inspire the clansmen's sense of identity with the bunched hair and hatred for the Xijon people.

The second play is even more advocating for the clansmen to go to battle, after all, the person in the play has become the great Sima, the next leader of the city, and the man that many women like......

Chen Jian did not let the actor stand on the stage and use incendiary language to say the private goods he wanted to carry, but mixed these private goods into it.

Perhaps the clansmen will not feel it for the time being, and it is far less intuitive than incitement.

But that kind of direct description of incitement will make the people fanatical, but it will not last. This kind of moisturizing is silently intermingled, but it will hide deep in the hearts of the people like seeds, waiting for the right opportunity to germinate.

Jian Chen was very satisfied with this performance, because he saw the anger of his clan from the tragedy of the first act, and the power of anger was terrifying, and he needed this strength.

Stretching out his hand, he motioned for everyone to be quiet first, and after the applause stopped, Jian Chen asked loudly, "Are these two plays good?" ”

"Beautiful!"

"It's so much more fun than listening to stories!"

"Let's watch the play when I take a break in the future, even if it's just these two plays."

"We're going to listen to the camellia sing!"

In the midst of the shouts one after another, Jian Chen shouted: "The play is fake, but it is also real." Just like we dream of cows and sheep, if we haven't seen cows and sheep, how can we dream of cows and sheep? You've heard the story of Yuan, do he and his woman also experience this kind of pain? ”

"The ancestors said: Brothers can fight within the clan, but outsiders are not allowed to spit on their brothers. If the younger brother makes a mistake, he will naturally have a lesson from the elder brother, but who would let outsiders beat his younger brother? ”

"The people of Xijon are brutal and unprovoked, they wear their hair loose, they do not sacrifice to our ancestors, and they also smash the altar dedicated to our ancestors, which I cannot tolerate. What is kinship? Saying the same thing, shedding the same blood, having the same ancestors, this is kinship. Relatives are brothers, but the Xijon people are outsiders, so I personally want to help the relatives of the Acropolis. ”

"Someone said: Ji Xia, there are six or seven thousand people in Xirong!"

"Yes, you're right, six or seven thousand is a lot. But how many of them were slaves who cut wood for weapons? How many people can be as brave as us? ”

"Half a year ago in Yangguan, we used 600 people to defeat 3,000 people from the grassland tribes, and how many slaves were captured? This time, not only our Xia City, but also the people of Echeng will also send troops, plus the Acropolis who are still in the city, the three cities are combined, what is six or seven thousand people? ”

"This time, we have eight chariots, 100 war horses, and relatives in the two cities, this battle will let the Xijon people know that their idea of destroying our ancestors' altar is just a dream!"

"The Patriarch said, 'If a person only sees what is in front of him, there will be calamity in front of him. Yuan's words that day made a lot of sense, the Xijon people were jackals, and they were not willing to be satisfied and only ate the Acropolis. The easiest time to fight a tiger is when the tiger is still a cub. ”

"Let's think about it, after we defeated the steppe tribe, how much land did the captured slaves reclaim? How many people can be fed by these lands? Can you go into battle? Can you spare more time to train? If the Sijon people had breached the Acropolis and captured the Acropolis as slaves, then they would have been stronger. We are now facing six or seven thousand people, and ten years from now they will have children and accumulate food, and we will have to face ten thousand or even twenty thousand people. ”

"With all of this in mind, I personally support the sending of troops. The last time I broke through the grassland tribes, I brought more than 1,000 slaves to us, exchanged for hundreds of thousands of catties of grain, and everyone who went out on the expedition was given a copper coin. This time, if you want to go on the expedition, there are soldiers from Echeng, there are more chariots, and there are more enemies. ”

"Is it a good thing that there are many enemies? I would say, a good thing, because more enemies means more slaves! If there were five hundred more slaves in the city, then there would be no need to levy labor for the construction of the summer canal; If there are more than a thousand slaves, each person will be given an extra share of goods and wine from the public property during the New Year......"

"Tell me, do you want to take those thousands of people back as slaves?"

The clansmen below shouted hoarsely, "Yes! ”

"Then are you afraid of the six or seven thousand Sijon?"

"Don't be afraid!"

"Do you want the Xijon people to smash the altars of our ancestors, force us to spread our hair, turn our women into slaves, and make our children forget their ancestors?"

"I don't want to!"

Jian Chen turned around, looked at the leaders, and asked, "Everyone in the council is here today, let's discuss this matter together." I am in favor of sending troops. What about you? ”

Except for the wolf skin who went to the Acropolis to check, all twelve people stood on Jian Chen's side.

Several leaders looked at the clansmen who had been incited by the drama and Chen Jian, and felt uneasy in their hearts for no reason, even if they didn't agree at this time.

The supreme authority of Xia City has always been the Chengyi Assembly, and the council is only the representative of the Chengyi Assembly, because there are many things to be dealt with, and it is impossible to discuss them with thousands of people every time.

The rights of the clan leaders derive from the trust of the clansmen rather than the hereditary inviolability and divine right of the clansmen, and they can only agree to the attitude of the clansmen.

It's not that the clan leaders don't agree to send troops, but they don't like Chen Jian's practice of inciting the clansmen alone, which makes them feel that they are dispensable: compared to some more professional things, they are better than the thirteen people selected, and the only thing they can rely on is the support of the clan, but all this has been trampled on by Chen Jian.

If the opinions of the people do not need to be conveyed by them, then what is the significance of their existence in the council?

It's just that in this case, in the face of the people who have been incited by fantasies and hatred of other races who have reached the pinnacle of life, they can only agree.

For the first time, the council voted in front of the clansmen, rather than in a room with walls blocking the view, and the council of more than thirty people passed the resolution to go on the march.

The clansmen under the stands were thunderous, and Chen Jian announced: "Since it has been decided to send troops, then send someone to inform Eyue." After we finish planting the beans, we will send troops to rescue the Acropolis. ”

"On this expedition, those who have merit will be rewarded, and those who make mistakes will be punished."

"The subordinate peasants of the cities will also follow the expedition, and as the first to attack the enemy, they will cut off the head of an enemy, and they will have the status of a wild people; Cut off the heads of ten enemies, and you can enjoy the treatment of your countrymen. ”

"The savage villages should also select people to follow the expedition, and the bravest villages will be able to move into the city, and the land tax will be taken out of ten, and everything will be treated as a countryman."

"The soldiers who went out on the march in the city, regardless of the merits of the head, there is a military judge who specially records your merits, and the merits are divided into five grades, and the military judge will tell you later. The last merit can be divided among one slave, five large shells; The highest merit is to be given to 100 slaves to reclaim the land for a year, and to 20 slaves, and the city will build a separate house for you, and tell your ancestors about your deeds at the time of the sacrifice. ”

"On this expedition, I hope that everyone will be mighty and majestic, like a tiger and a wolf, like a bear, obey my orders, follow the sound of gongs and drums to advance and retreat, see the banner and charge, and everyone can make meritorious deeds."

"These are my oaths to all the people, and these words will be told to the ancestors in the sacrifice, and they will become a rule, and as long as I am the leader, I will keep them."

Jian Chen finished the oath of going out loudly, and the clansmen below also swore that they would abide by military discipline and not retreat privately, and they were excited one by one with the desire for booty and slaves.

In the oath, Chen Jian did not mention the interests of the clan at all, but divided the interests that should have been the clan to individuals, and the leaders of several clans were extremely dissatisfied, but at this time they couldn't say anything, they could only secretly remember, and they looked at each other a few times and prepared to discuss after going back.

They all heard that there was a problem, and if this continued, once Xia Cheng won this time, the position of the clan leader was already in jeopardy.

The dozen or so people who went out alone in the first batch of Mu Ma used their houses to scatter the hearts of the clan members, and it was no longer possible for everyone to think about the clan.

If they win, the clan leaders will not get anything, because they will not be able to go out to fight, on the contrary, Jian Chen's position will be even more unshakable.

Vaguely, a few clan leaders had a different idea in their minds: perhaps...... This defeat is good for the clan leader. If the battle is defeated, Ji Xia will lose the trust of the clan, and the clan members will not be able to share the land and slaves will have to rely on the clan again, and the resentment of the death in the battle and the anger of defeat will be poured out on Ji Xia......

However, just thinking about it, several people quickly shook their heads, drove out the thoughts in their hearts, and looked at the direction of the ancestral altar in the distant city with some panic, panicking, they didn't know why they had such thoughts. (To be continued.) )