Progressive civilizations are always similar, but wild civilizations are different from each other. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because of this similarity, Wei Xi found the shadow of his own city in the strangeness of the city.

Standing armies, separate communal property, expropriated food, violence instead of preaching, the law that prescribes rights and duties, and the distribution of rights to each according to his duties......

Although there are many differences on the surface, they are all cattle, but the color of the coat is different.

The state has always been an instrument of the ruling class, and for Xia Cheng, more than 2,000 people in the city are the ruling class, while nearly 1,000 slaves and wild people scattered outside the villages are the ruled class, and it is impossible to expect them to fight for the city spontaneously, nor to expect them to voluntarily pay taxes and fulfill their obligations; And so there was a standing army, and the law appeared. And in order to uphold the law, new organs of violence and enforcement were introduced.

A thousand slaves were not under the control of a single clan, so the standing army became necessary to suppress the rule; In order to maintain a standing army, taxation is indispensable; In order to guarantee taxation, some people who have left their jobs officially become special beings in the ruling class.

Whether it is Wei Xi, E Yue or Chen Jian's clan, it is the same.

The free, voluntary respect of the chiefs for the clan system was no longer satisfied, even if they could obtain it.

They transcended the blood clans and no longer represented only the interests of their blood relatives, but the interests of the ruling class in the entire city and state, so they used violence and law to gain new respect that was different from that of the clan system.

On the surface, everyone is not respecting rights, but just following the law of respect, but what is the law?

When the law and rules appeared, Ji Song was not the chief, but he had greater authority than the clan leader in punishing the clansmen.

This kind of authority is completely different from the past, and it is no longer the convincing and natural respect of the clansmen, but the existence of a transcendent society that relies on the army, taxes, and other violent organs of the city.

When the clan grows up, it will always grow into a square country, and some people don't want to grow up, but they can't stop it.

Wei Xi naturally didn't think about it so much, and it was impossible for him to understand this, he just instinctively felt the similarities between the two cities, and the contempt for this tribe in his heart gradually dissipated.

Not because I saw those strange tools that could replace slaves, but because I saw the system that was internal, similar to that of my own tribe, and supported by the law.

"This Ji Xia's method is very similar to that of my brother, but she is younger than my brother."

Thinking in his heart, he turned around and asked the escort: "When will Ji Xia come back?" ”

"Soon, you can go to the house and sleep for a while, or eat something, the new corn wine you got yesterday."

"No, I'll take a walk around the city."

"Okay, but you can't go over there."

The man stretched out his hand and pointed to a place outside the city where smoke was rising, and Wei Xi smiled, "No one else can go there in our tribe, I know. ”

He turned his head and walked casually along the gravel path in the city, not really looking at the smoke-filled place, but curiously asking about many new things he did not understand.

After more than an hour, Jian Chen finally arrived from Heyin City, followed by several blindfolded people.

Wei Xi saw those familiar people, but he didn't see his uncle, so he greeted him with a smile and said, "This is the mine slave we are looking for, since you have caught it, we will soon send fifty sheep over." It's just that...... And what about the other one? ”

"We also met that person, but he has Yujue on him, and he is not a mine slave."

"He is, but he fled before he could take off the jade jue. Please return this man to our tribe. ”

Jian Chen raised the jade wrench and said, "Before you came, he gave this to me and begged me to send him to the Eyue tribe, and I have already agreed." Then you came to our tribe, there are nine people, each worth six sheep, I want these six sheep more than this wrench, but I want to keep my promise. ”

Wei Xi was a little at a loss, thinking that if he encountered such a thing, he might do the same, this person named Ji Xia kept his promise, but what should his brother do if he let him do it?

"In this way, I will send him to the Eyue tribe, and you can talk to the Eyue tribe again, do you think it's okay?"

He nodded and said, "Then so be it, can those mine slaves be placed in your city first?" When I come back and take them with me, I can give you my jade jue, and you can give it to me when we bring the sheep. ”

"Hahaha, you don't have to, I can trust it. Have you seen it? ”

"No, but knowing this surname, a very prestigious tribe."

He pointed to the ribbon he was wearing on his head and gave the answer with a smile, and of course every tribe wearing silk knew this surname. There is one sentence he didn't say, that is, compared to the surname Ji, the surname E is much more famous.

Jian Chen called a few clansmen, took his token and handed it to them, and said, "You guys will take a boat to Echeng now, and tell Eyue to leave as soon as possible and meet at the mall." Speaking of two things, one is the matter of the Weixi tribe, and the other is that it is already autumn, and the tribe with horses in the north may have to start cutting the grass and drying it for the winter. ”

After several clansmen got the token, they repeated it to make sure they heard correctly, and after Chen Jian nodded, a few people went to Yu Qian'er to ask for food and boats.

Yu Qian'er ran out of the house and shouted, "Brother, are you going to the mall?" ”

"Yes, you stay in the city, we have to cut the hay too, you have to arrange some manpower."

"I know, yesterday was fine. If you go to the mall, I'll discuss something with you. ”

She winked at Jian Chen, and Jian Chen said apologetically to Wei Xi, "My sister." I'll talk to her about something. ”

Walking to the corner, Yu Qian'er whispered: "Brother, we can't exchange with E Yue and them for the time being." You are not allowed to brew wine, for for the time being there is not enough food, and their black pottery is so good, and they have learned how to make baskets with hay, and there are ox carts, which cannot be broken when they are transported; There are also jade, horns and the like. The bronze is not changed, the grain is not enough, and the ox cart is slow...... All we can exchange is salt, but we can't eat much salt, and if we continue to change like this, our cities will have to change for food, which is not good. ”

"So what do you say?"

"No, I don't change it. When we have a change, will we not allow their merchants to come to our city for the time being? Why don't you let the merchants who pass by the mall pay some food? ”

"And where did they get their food? Didn't you add it to the things you changed? In the end, it is equivalent to us collecting our own people's grain, and in disguise, we will collect 1 for 15 catties into 14 catties for 1 or more. ”

Yu Qian'er smiled: "I thought about it a long time ago, and I also discussed it with Hongyu, she said that in this way, won't their black pottery have to be exchanged for more food?" In this way, the people of those tribes could not afford to change, so they could only change the pottery burned by acorns. And those jade or something are the same, she said that if I directly do not allow the clansmen to change, the clansmen will hate me, and Eyue can't say anything about it. ”

Jian Chen also laughed, and Yu Qian'er grabbed his hand and shook it, "Is it okay?" ”

"No, I can't. It's business as usual, you can change it as you want. Because we have just planted, there is not enough food, and there are not many slaves, but we can see farther, I removed those two pieces this time, and I am really going to discuss the exchange with Eyue, but it is completely opposite to what you said. ”

"What do you mean?"

"I will swear to him that I will never be allowed to collect taxes on goods passing through the mall between the two tribes. Do you think he can agree? ”

"He'll definitely agree, we don't have much to change now, but it's not good for us. If this continues, the acorn's pottery kiln can only go to the wild people to change things, and if it is changed for a while, the pottery he pinched in a day is not as good as farming. ”

Jian Chen smiled and stretched out a finger and said, "Now Eyue will laugh, and in a year Eyue will cry." Let the acorns temporarily stop the pottery kiln and help burn the bricks, and you continue to change the things of the Eyue tribe, and you can change them as you want. ”

Yu Qian'er looked at the finger, nodded and smiled, of course she believed her brother's words, but we didn't figure out why we had to swear an oath?

"By the way, in the past few days of my absence, you have prepared enough food for four hundred people to eat for a month, fried noodles, oil and salt, prepared herbs, repaired those broken wheels, and requisitioned wild people again, and went to build a few wooden towers along the mountain to strengthen Yangguan. Also, you miscalculated the hay mowing, and if you count more, you will have to build some stables. ”

Yu Qian'er stretched out her hand and said: "Give me the seal letter, this is Situ's business, I can't control it, and the rules can't be messed up." ”

Jian Chen took out the seal and said, "Okay, from now until I come back, my sister will be Situ of Xia City." Situ Ji, are you ready for the people your brother is going to bring? Chef Shoji, are you ready for the food your brother is going to carry? ”

"Tell the lord of the city, Ji Xia, that I am ready."

She deliberately made a serious appearance, and said it clearly, and for a long time, the brother and sister couldn't hold back, looked at each other and laughed.

"Brother, when you come back, ask Eyue for a hosta for me. I keep the public property, and I can't change it, if I exchange it for the family property, the sisters want it, you secretly ask Eyue for one...... Came back and lied to the sisters and said yes...... Well, it was given to me by the number nine. ”

"Well, God knows that you know and I know, but the sisters definitely don't know."

Yu Qian'er grinned, took the seal and ran away.

In fact, she doesn't like the hosta very much, but she just wants to use the hosta to tell herself that she is different from other sisters in her brother's heart.

Although she is already a salesman, it is different, but she tries to calculate the headache of those things every night, just to be a good driver, because those digital goods can make her closer to her brother.

But sometimes, she just wants to be a simple sister, because she thinks that if other sisters can count these things, they can also be the driver, so is the brother close to her because of the numbers in his head? Or is it just because she's her brother's favorite sister?

She couldn't figure it out, it seemed to be the same, it seemed to be different, and the numbers in her head were also a part of herself?

However, at least the hairpin has nothing to do with the job of the goods, it is just a younger sister's request to her brother to be coquettish.

In the past, I could lie on my brother's back and wrap my brother's neck, but now that I have grown up, I know that it is not good, so I have to use hostas instead of limb intimacy.

Running far away, she habitually touched her pigtails, and said to herself in a daze: "With a hairpin, where am I inserting it?" ”

Combing her hair, not only a change in hairstyle, but also a declaration that she has grown up, when the girl inserts a hairpin, it is actually telling those boys: Come on, come and sing to me.

She didn't want to, her heart was confused, and she wanted to run back to tell her brother that she didn't want the hairpin anymore, but she ran a few steps but didn't think about what to replace it with.

After running like a fly for a while, he finally ran to his uncle, who was repairing the wheels, and said, "Uncle, make me a wooden box that can hold hairpins, and grow up when I want to grow up." ”