Chapter 58: Promise

In front of the sharp army of Che Hui Ma Xiao, the leaders suppressed the uneasiness and panic in their hearts and walked in front of Chen Jian. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Jian Chen also hurriedly got out of the chariot and walked to the front of everyone to hold hands and ask them.

Immediately, before the army and 10,000 people, he made a speech full of blood from the family and the whole family, and for a time everyone was harmonious and happy.

In the face of more than 10,000 relatives who were rescued with tears, all the relatives and nobles were also quite moved, and the words of praise and virtue were endless.

Su Yue is the head of the alliance, and at this time, he had to praise: "Ji Xia Pi is determined to go deep into Dongyi, and he is not afraid of bows and arrows in the battle array, and rescues more than 10,000 relatives, which is really a merit that makes the ancestors happy." Please Ji Xia take the car to the left and return to the city with glory. ”

Jian Chen hurriedly excused himself and said, "This is what the descendants of the Great River tribes should do, but Xia City happens to be well armed, and if the rest of the cities have many ships and armor, they will do the same thing." In Dongyi, it is very dangerous inside, it is the protection of the ancestors that brings the relatives back, how dare they steal it as their own credit? ”

The two were polite, and when Su Yue thought that this was the end, Jian Chen suddenly said: "Although the relatives have returned to the land of their ancestors, winter is coming soon, and there is no preparation for food, clothing, and housing. ”

Those clan relatives and nobles were shocked, for fear that Chen Jian would open his mouth and ask for some food aid from various cities. If the relatives are one, everyone shouts, and if you really want to take something from your own hands, it is absolutely impossible.

In addition, some cities have been really poor in the past two or three years, and the workshops and copper coins of Xia Cheng have stolen all the grain that the cities have accumulated for several years.

The little income from the public land was not even comparable to that of some relatives in some of the cities closer to Yucheng, who were the first to buy iron tools to change their working methods, or to run a new type of semi-slave owner's estate with the help of the Xiacheng people in the form of population and land shares, and became more and more wealthy, but the tax system was imperfect and could not be collected as public property.

Sucheng used troops for two consecutive years, plundered tens of thousands of slaves, and distributed the profits to various cities. But the horses, chariots, gunpowder, leather armor, and spears needed for the expedition had to be exchanged for grain, and the slaves had to be fed so that they could be harvested until next year, when they could be cultivated.

More than 10,000 people need to eat, live, and aid construction for a year, to say the least, 6 million catties of grain, the amount is indeed a bit painful, and the most important thing is that the leaders of these clans are still there, and they cannot be converted into the population of their own cities.

With the rumors of gunpowder bombing the city, digging tunnels and breaking the three cities of Dongyi, and the fact that the city was destroyed in one month, these leaders understood that the war was different from before, and they still needed to accumulate wealth to build the city wall, where could they take out food at this time?

In front of the expectations of so many people, coupled with the fact that the blood of the family unity that was praised just now has not yet dissipated, it is really embarrassing to refuse at this time.

Without waiting for an embarrassing silence to appear, Jian Chen spoke: "I also know that the Qiongxi army has just passed, and some cities are also having a hard time. Xia Cheng had a bumper grain harvest last year, and there were workshops in exchange for a lot, and the food and accommodation of these more than 10,000 relatives were borne by Xia Cheng. ”

More than 100 people secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said in their hearts that it is best for you to take care of these people, anyway, these people were rescued by you, and we can't compare to your favor if we give him some food.

Chen Jian said again: "However, the two cities have been destroyed, and they are close to Dongyi, and the population of the two cities is scattered and weak, and they cannot be defended. In addition, the distance was too far, and it was not easy for Xia Castle to transport grain, so I thought that the two cities would temporarily move to the vicinity of Onozawa to make it easier for Xia Castle to take care of them. ”

"The leader of Weicheng is trapped in Dongyi, and thousands of relatives ask me to leave the position of leader; The relatives of Windy City are trapped and cannot be redeemed, and compared to Siluo, even if Xia is not an arbor, he can't ignore it. Xia Cheng can still get it for a while, but what should he do if he needs it for a lifetime? ”

"Yucheng is to the west, and it is sparsely populated within a hundred miles. The two cities of reed and wind can occupy this place to recuperate and live, and the rules and regulations of Yuxia are used within a hundred miles, and after three or five years, the cattle and sheep will increase and the population will flourish and then move away, which is the way I can come up with. ”

"Therefore, this needs to be decided by the leaders of the alliances, and I can also tell my ancestors."

After speaking, more than 10,000 relatives in the two cities petitioned together, willing to follow Chen Jian to live in Xi'an in Yucheng, because the life of the people of Xiacheng was very good, and they could help them even more.

This is the method that Chen Jian came up with, of course, if there is a better way, it can not be used, but the one who proposes the method must convince these two cities, and provide food, farm tools, cattle and sheep for more than 10,000 people in the two cities just like Xia Cheng. They weren't slaves, they were relatives.

Since everyone praised the previous speech, now that the relatives are in trouble, you can't help it, right? If you don't help the people of Xia Cheng to give a solution, if you still don't agree, you will have a grudge.

Under the double oppression of the moral high ground and reality, everyone had to agree to this proposal, and they knew in their hearts that even if they didn't agree that the people of Xia Cheng had brought these people back, what could they do if they didn't agree?

It's just that after agreeing, he is justified in sacrificing to his ancestors, and by the way, he also has to admit that Jian Chen is not only the leader of Xia City, but also the fake leader of Wei City.

As long as the official leader of Weicheng is not released for a day, Chen Jian has two rights to speak when the tribal alliance deliberates and elects the leader.

This matter, which should have been discussed in the small circle of clan leaders, was once again taken in public, and the time, place, and atmosphere did not allow for refusal, which was most annoying to those who were accustomed to the politics of the small circle.

Although he said the words of agreement, there was inevitably some pimple in his heart, and Jian Chen seemed to be unable to understand, and then said: "There is one more thing. Xia fought in Dongyi for two months, the soldiers were tired, although they rescued their relatives, they were difficult to get out, so they had no choice but to sign an alliance with Dongyi Qiongxi, and no longer attack each other within three years, otherwise I would not be able to bring back more than 10,000 relatives. ”

"This is an oath I swear in the name of my ancestors, so I can't break it, and besides, there are also the leaders of the two cities of Wind and Reed as a hostage."

"But I have also won hundreds of miles of land for the tribes of the Great River, which is the glorious land that belongs to my ancestors. Three years later, if it is at war with Dongyi and attacked, the leader of Suyue can lead several cities to the east from Fengcheng, and Xia Ke can lead the Xia army from Xinhua City to the hinterland of Qiongxi; Shou, the leader of Suyue can live in Sucheng to dispatch relatives, and if Xinhua City is not broken one day, he will not dare to go deep into the hinterland of the great rivers, so as not to miss the agricultural time. ”

These words made the leaders nod frequently, a very simple strategy is often very useful, judging from this year's campaign, the location of this place is indeed very prominent, it can be said that the city stands for a day, and the troops do not have to worry about the army of the dome appearing near the city.

Taking advantage of the time when everyone nodded, Jian Chen said: "Therefore, I hope that each city will send fifty men and women to be stationed in Xinhua City, and make up thousands of them to be garrisoned." Xia City sent another 500 soldiers and thousands of slaves, and these thousands of people only obeyed the orders of the leaders of the tribes to fight, as long as they were in that city for a day, we could not participate in internal disputes, unless Dongyi collapsed the cities of the Great River Tribes and built them on the coast of the East China Sea. ”

"With fifty people, it is worth cutting off the possibility of Dongyi entering and plundering. Otherwise, if you enter the country at night, plunder the population, delay the agricultural time, and rob the cattle and sheep, how can fifty people make up for it? ”

"Your children and relatives have fiefs in Xinhua City, and these fifty people can be regarded as rewarding the children's merits, so that they can eat their own Yiyi, and if they do well in the future, they will get more, and even build a city separately and become their own surname."

The leaders of several towns have not yet expressed their position, and the relatives of some clans are already happy, and it would be excellent if their children could really make their own towns and surnames there. Besides, there are fifty pairs of men and women in one city, and there are only a few people in each clan, which is nothing at all. It is indeed worth using this to win a possibility for the children and reduce the risk for the city.

Su Yue thought for a while and did not object, fifty people are just skins, as long as Dongyi does not do the westward expedition, and he has the status of the leader of the alliance, he can still conquer many cities that withdrew from the alliance to enrich his strength within three years.

The attack on Dongyi, which had already subsided the civil strife, was worth the loss, and there was a force that nominally did not participate in the civil war of the Great Rivers to open up outside, and as the leader of the alliance of the Great River Tribes, he sometimes had to consider the interests of the entire Great River Tribes.

Moreover, in Su Yue's view, Chen Jian has a great shortcoming that he jumps too high when doing things, at best, this can win people's hearts, but at worst, he can't do many things that he can't do in name, and others can blame him at most, but if he does it, he will smoke his mouth, and his prestige will inevitably plummet. Since it was said that the soldiers over there would not participate in the civil war, they would never participate, and it would be a good thing to involve the five hundred elites of Xia City at once.

This time, Su Yue also learned to be obedient, and said with a smile: "This matter is a matter that is very beneficial to the relatives, of course I will agree." I don't know what else Ji Xia has to propose, so I might as well say it. I have a lot of time, but I'm afraid that your relatives will be tired and hungry all the way, and there will be hot rice, cattle and sheep waiting in the city, so it's not good to run around for half a year to eat some cold rice scraps. ”

Jian Chen also smiled: "There is only one last item left, and I ask you to agree." You also know that in May, there was civil strife in the summer city, and the city was divided into two parts. But Xia's grandmother is still in Xia City, and there are thousands of relatives in Xia City who are bewitched by her. ”

"When they divided the city in half, it was when Dongyi invaded the Great River tribes and besieged Windy City. This is contrary to the interests of the great river tribes, and I will not tolerate it. So after they fled, I did not lead the troops to the north, but led the troops to Dongyi to rescue the relatives in the grief of being deceived and bullied. ”

"The river is the top, the city is second, and the clan is the bottom, this is what I have always practiced. Now that my relatives have been rescued, I have not disgraced the glory of my ancestors, so I was able to return to Xia City to deal with this rebellion. ”

"Since Xia Cheng once met with the alliance, it is now a part of the Great River Tribes, so I hope that all of you relatives can send someone to return to Xia City with me, and arrest and interrogate this group of people who have violated the supreme interests of the Great River Tribes, just like what happened to Wind City back then."

"They bewitch the tribesmen, there are not many believers, and the troops are few, and with the prosperity of the Xia army, they will be able to break through in one battle. The clans don't have to send too many troops, as long as there are relatives and sages and virtuous people to follow to quell the rebellion, and please don't refuse. ”

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