In the first month of the thirty-fourth year of the Chinese calendar, Echeng was still the same as last year, but the imprint of being influenced by Xia Cheng became deeper and deeper. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

For example, there are more slaves who raise silkworms and burn pottery, and the number of sheep is also greater than before, because the food can no longer be exchanged from Xia Cheng for what they want.

At the end of the month, Yu Qian'er had already left for the Acropolis.

There were gifts brought by Yu Qian'er in the government hall of Echeng, and Eyue's face was not very good-looking, and she sighed long.

"I knew that Xia Cheng would become strong one day, but I didn't expect this day to be so fast."

The people of the same clan were still a little angry about Yu Qian'er's previous proposal, and at this time, seeing the leader's face was not depressed, they couldn't help but say: "Ji Xia is a little too much, even if Xia Cheng is stronger, he can't let the leader go to Yucheng thousands of miles away to meet." ”

She smiled and asked, "You all think it's an insult?" ”

Yigan nodded, and E Yue couldn't help but say, "Confused! Look at this ploughshare, this iron arrowhead, and this iron pot! Do you want it? What did Yu Qian'er say? She said that these gifts are only available in the cities near Caohe, and not in other cities. I sighed not because I felt that this was an insult, but because I was old, and I was afraid that our Echeng would look south in the future! ”

"What do you want these things for? Black pottery? Silk? What about other than that? There is no shortage of food at all in Xiacheng, and with ploughshares, oxen and horses, believe it or not, they alone produce more grain than ten of our slaves? ”

"And the more time passes, the richer and stronger they become. Two years ago, we could nip Xia Cheng in the bud and fight half of our clansmen; And now? Even if we unite with the Acropolis, we are not Xia Cheng's opponent at all! Do any of you think you have what it takes to fight those New Army chariot riders in the wilderness? Who has the ability to capture the inner city of Xia City, which has a gunpowder moat? ”

E Yue sighed heavily, recalling the first time she met Chen Jian, a few years later, as if the day when Chen Jian came to borrow food was just yesterday.

He rubbed his head and said slowly, "The past is gone, don't mention it." Can you guess what Ji Xia asked me to discuss? ”

Someone pouted and said, "It's nothing more than that he wants to be the leader of the Caohe Cities." ”

E Yue shook her head and said, "He's a person...... I don't like this thing, he's not Su Yue. Jiu'er, tell me what he wants to do? ”

Shu Jiu had a smile on his face, not impatient at all, and said slowly: "He wants to sell us the Iron Arrow Iron Pot, but we can't afford to change it, he wants us to become rich together." ”

The clansmen were puzzled: "The priest's words are not right, where is his heart so good?" Now there is still a gunpowder workshop hidden, just let us share it, but we don't know what those things are. ”

Shu Jiu sighed, and explained helplessly: "They all become rich, his iron can be sold, and Xia Cheng can be richer." For him, he was for Summer City; Isn't it a good thing for us to become richer? ”

"It's just...... Ay! ”

In the end, he sighed heavily, E Yue had never seen his wife so melancholy, and she also knew that her wife was exposed to these new things more, she was afraid that she would not understand, and asked: "Since you have become rich, what are you sighing about?" ”

"Originally, Xia Cheng could accumulate ten per year, and we could accumulate five, so in a few years, Xia Cheng has become stronger and richer than us. Now Xia Cheng has helped us become rich, we accumulate twenty every year, but Xia Cheng has accumulated one hundred. We are rich, but every year the gap between us and Xia Cheng is even bigger. ”

Ji Xia's mind couldn't be just a small grass river, he didn't put the grass river in his eyes at the beginning, otherwise he wouldn't have rescued the Acropolis, let alone run to Sucheng to make an oath. Su Yue is old, and the old man only has dreams left, but he forgets that dreams are to have strength. Ji Xia had never seen Su Yue, but when the comet came, he did not hesitate to offend many clans, and stood up to speak for the oath, did he do such a thing in Caohe? ”

The man below exclaimed, "You mean...... Ji Xia wants to do what Hua did back then? ”

Shu Jiu shook his head and said, "It's bigger than that." When you were talking to Eyue just now, you said that we shouldn't go thousands of miles away. Thousands of miles...... Who knew what it was five years ago? Now Yu Qian'er is still open in the small wine shop here, and the tofu shop is also open, and some words are written on the wooden board every day. You've used the Taobei from Summer City, right? Do you know the words of Xia Cheng? Have you learned the customs of Summer City? Looking forward to the ironware of Summer City, right? Believe in the story of Xia Cheng, right? ”

"Do you hate the people of Xiacheng? Did you hate Ji Xia before this incident? Do you guys like Summer City? Have you ever seen a car with different ruts? Have you ever seen different acres, different steps, different rulers, and different catties? Have you ever seen any other style of leather armor? Have you ever seen a city like a city where the clan is divided into a summer city, but it is still intact? ”

After asking a few questions, Shu Jiu stretched out two fingers and said, "We only have two ways to go." Or, at the risk of extermination, unite all the cities to destroy Xia City. Or, get closer to Xia Cheng. ”

Everyone shook their heads and said, "Destroy Xia City? Where is it so easy? Besides, how can we unite so many cities? They are far away, we are close, if we really fight with Xia Cheng, the reinforcements from those cities have not yet arrived, Xia Cheng is afraid that our city walls have been blown up...... The eastern city was just last year. ”

Shu Jiu spread his hands and said: "Then you can only get closer to him." Last year, the leader promised Ji Xia some things, and this year, we have received more bronze, gunpowder and other things than thousands of slaves have worked. Xia Cheng's set...... It can only be used in Summer City, so we don't have to worry about anything. He Ji Xia is just a head, a pair of eyes, and he has to personally leave Yu Qian'er in Xia City, is it possible that he can manage such a vast land? At the end of the day, it's the leaders in charge, what are you worried about? ”

After a long time, Shu Jiu said solemnly: "The insult you think is actually due to the fact that you don't dare to face the strength of Xia Cheng. Decades ago, when the Huahui Alliance was in power, did you feel insulted? ”

"No, because Hwaseong has always been very strong at that time, and Hatsuseong borrowed food from us a few years ago. It's like a weak person who suddenly becomes stronger than you one day, and that's why you feel it's an insult. You don't want to believe it's true, and you can't get out of it in your memories from years ago. ”

"You cling to the glory of the old and refuse to let go, even burying your heads in the past so that you dare not think about the future. If this continues, Echeng will wither and wither like the old grass in autumn. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to look forward. Glory belongs to the past, and you can talk about it with your children and grandchildren, but you can't think of it as the future. ”

"I don't want the children and grandchildren of Echeng to hear this, and ask us, why was it so glorious in the past, but so bleak now? I don't want to answer this question, so it's best not to have this question! ”

The crowd bowed their heads, and it was difficult for them to refute their priest in words, not because of status, but because of reason.

E Yue thought for a while, let out a long howl, and shouted: "Then go!" ”

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A few days later, there were only two people in the Acropolis.

The leader Wei He, and Wei Yuan, who persuaded Chen Jian to save Wei in the first place.

The two of them were also talking about Xia Cheng's invitation.

"What does the leader think is the difference between us and Echeng?"

"I don't know, please advise."

"To the east of Echeng is the city of kinship, to the west is Xia City, and to the north is the vast wasteland and grassland tribes. To the east of the Acropolis is the clan town, to the north is the Xia City, but to the west is the Xirong settlement. The grasslands could not be cultivated, and the captured slaves had distinct complexions, and there was no way out of Echeng. But the Acropolis is different, the land is open to the west, the Xijon people are not much different from us and there are no horses, the future of the Acropolis is in the west, just like the old chief's dream, to the source of the great river, to open up thousands of miles. ”

Wei He was a little puzzled and asked, "What do you mean...... Let's not make an alliance with Ji Xia? ”

"Go, of course. Copper, iron, gunpowder...... All of this, we all have to rely on Xia Cheng. And with these, it will be easier for us to attack westward. The leader thinks that Ji Xia's mind is just a small grass river? ”

Wei He shook his head and said, "Of course not." ”

Wei Yuan asked again: "Now that Su Yue is the leader, if Su Yue dies, can Su Tang have the reputation of Ji Xia?" ”

"Nope."

"The iron tool has been released, who will be stronger in Xia Cheng or Su Cheng in ten years?"

"It must be Summer City."

Wei Yuan clapped his hands and said, "In this case, Xia Cheng's mind is on both sides of the river, and it is bound to fight with the rest of the cities, which will be a long time later. At that time, with the help of the copper and iron gunpowder of Xia City, we went all the way to the west and opened up the land of Xirong. ”

"A few years later, there are thousands of slaves in my Acropolis, and Zun Ji Xia is the leader. East, can help the world of Cheyenne, in order to make great contributions. The world is uneasy, and Ji Xia must not force the Acropolis. ”

"If the world is at peace, and the land west of the Acropolis is owned by Ji Xiafeng, then it will be good. But Ji Xia wants to smash the clan like Xia Cheng and collect the rights of the leader, the Acropolis has a population of 100,000 miles in the west, a big river in the south, a mountain as a wall in the north, and a field in the west. ”

"So, three points to the east to help the summer; Seven points to the west for themselves. Within five years, Ji Xia listened to whatever he said, went on the expedition as he went, and praised his proposal in order to seek copper and iron. Five years later, the black clothes have been completed, the spears are numerous, the soil is opened to the west, the Ming respects Ji Xia, and the dark has become a big event. ”

Wei He was overjoyed and said happily: "Please also ask me." ”

Wei Yuan bowed and said: "Chief, Yuan has been observing Xia City, Xia City has many rules, strange ideas, and is ever-changing. The Acropolis cannot be studied in its entirety, but it must not be learned either. ”

"The whole school, Wei Xia is different, like a cat envying the Peng bird soaring, jumping from the cliff, one way of thinking. If you don't learn, like a young wolf that doesn't hunt with the mother, it will be difficult to wrap your belly and be thin and weak when you become an adult. ”

"Xia Cheng talks about rules, and Acropolis also talks about rules, but the rules are different from Xia Cheng. The leader has a reputation and the support of the clansmen, and the matter of the acropolis can be decided by the leader. ”

"Clear rewards and punishments, regardless of whether there is a surname or not, are all bound by rules."

"If you want to go west, you need more soldiers. The Acropolis has a surname and a surname, and the leader needs to make a choice. ”

"Is it to be the leader of the entire Acropolis, with more than 10,000 tribesmen working together to the west, and the Acropolis is thousands of miles away? Or is he the leader of the Wei clan, but more than a thousand clansmen, guarding the local Acropolis for hundreds of miles? ”

This is a question that Wei Yuan raised when Xirong rebelled at the beginning, but with the retreat of Xirong and the weapon support of Xia Cheng, the war against Xirong has been won for the time being, and it is not necessary for all the unsurnamed people to work together.

Coupled with the sweetness that the grain and slave trade in the previous two years had given the Acropolis a taste, the internal contradictions were temporarily suppressed.

Now that this acute question has been raised again, Wei He also understands that if this matter is not solved, the Acropolis has no ability to open up land to the west, so he can only stick to this place, and when Xia Cheng grows up day by day, he is the same as before.

After thinking for a long time, Wei He sighed bitterly: "Don't I want to be as broad-minded as my father? But now, where would the people surnamed Wei want those who have no surname to share the slave land and accumulate military merits? If I bring up these things that you have said, I am afraid that the Acropolis will be a great chaos again. This is something I've been thinking about, please teach me. ”

Yuan said solemnly: "This is also something that Yuan has been thinking about all these years. If the leader is really big-minded, he may not be unable to do it. ”

Yuan got up, bowed and saluted: "This matter can't be rushed, and the results can be seen in three or five years." The rules were set first, regardless of the surname, the meritorious were rewarded and the guilty were punished, and the people of the country were only for war, and the cultivation was handed over to the slaves, but these rules were not issued until the time came. ”

"Train black clothes like Xia Cheng, as long as there is no surname, not with public property, but with the private property of the chief, just like the private soldiers in those fiefs in Xia City, there are rewards and punishments but not from public property, the relatives surnamed Wei will not object, and those people will inevitably die."

"A few years later, three hundred black-clothed guards are in hand, and the rules are promulgated, and those who refuse to accept it ...... Kill! ”

Wei He's eyes lit up, but then he dimmed and said, "With my private property, it is difficult to support three hundred black-clothed guards. ”

Wei Yuan laughed and said: "Originally, it couldn't, but now Ji Xia's invitation can." This is the right time for the land slaves in the hands of the chiefs, if they plough with iron tools, and their annual output is several times that of today. Ji Xia has a lot of means, could it be that this time Ji Xia called the leader to go, just to make us surrender? There will inevitably be many ways, he originally wanted food in Xia City, but now he doesn't want it, but does iron smelting and mining require people? Do you need linen wool to sew winter coat felt? As long as the leader follows Ji Xia to do it, three hundred black clothes, I am afraid that he may not be able to afford it. ”

"A few years later, there were only one thousand and two relatives surnamed Wei at that time, and only three or five hundred would really oppose it, but the leader had the support of thousands of nameless countrymen in his hands, and there were black-clothed guards in his hands, could it be a big deal?"

"If someone plots rebellion and the leader loses temporarily, you can take my Wei Yuan's head to extinguish the anger of my relatives, I just hope that the leader will not change his original intention after death, and the Acropolis will no longer have a surname or a surname, and there will be thousands of slaves in the place, and there will still be people who remember my name after hundreds of years, which is enough to comfort my life."

Wei He raised his brows, thought for a while, bowed to Wei Yuan again, then got up and pulled out a bronze sword to cut his finger and said: "I, Wei He, swear an oath with the ancestors of heaven and earth, and I will live up to the abyss for the rest of my life!" If the great thing is accomplished, the stone statue will be erected and worshiped forever! (To be continued.) )