By the time Redfish reached the city square, the vicinity of the drum was already crowded, and the herald's rider was spitting about what he had seen along the way, and he knew from the grinning look on his face that it was a great victory. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The war horse under the crotch was suddenly watched by so many people, and he was a little embarrassed, constantly turning in circles, which made this rider who was not skilled in riding very uncomfortable, but he still liked this condescending feeling and was reluctant to come down.

"Where's Ji Xia? How many people did we kill this time? Is that tribe still around? ”

"Ji Xia is in Yangguan, walking back with slaves, and there are a lot of horses. As for how many people were killed...... I can't count them, and I'm afraid I can't fit in the hall of the council. I don't have the ability of Yu Qian'er, how can I count it clearly? ”

"What did Ji Xia say?"

"I didn't say anything, I just let me tell you first, so that everyone doesn't worry. Ah, by the way, he said to let the woman prepare some food, don't be reluctant, I ate fried wheat flour all day this month, and I was a little tired of eating, so let the merchants of the Eyue tribe still have how much wine, all of which will be exchanged and taken out of the public property. ”

After saying this, the rider began to talk about what he had seen along the way, and when he said that Jian Chen led them to slaughter a few settlements without leaving a single one alive, the leaders below changed slightly.

They never thought that Chen Jian would be so fierce, when he was in the city, even if he quarreled in the council, at most he would slam the door and leave, at least he had never shown such a bloody side in the city.

But when the rider spoke of the men who had been cut down and set on fire, and the sheep that had been slaughtered and discarded, they wondered with anxiety whether their own people would end up in the same fate if they betrayed the city one day.

More leaders were filled with excitement and spontaneous respect, as Redfish had said, and the chaos that Redfish had deliberately left behind over some small things after Jian Chen had left had finally made these leaders understand that the city needed a man, someone to lead them.

If this man had been there, the stables would have been completed by now, but now they were still far from the number set before Yu Qian'er left; It's the same with mowing the grass, and the land is about to fight.

Because they have lost, they can know the value and importance, and several leaders ask themselves, if they become the leader of the city, they are afraid that the city will fall apart in less than a year.

The people of the city ceased all their activities, spontaneously prepared food for the people returning from the battle, and swept the streets and the paths north of the city, many of whom stood on the walls and looked north.

Jian Chen was still on the way, but he was ready to enter the city, and selected a few horses of the same coat color to follow him, and let everyone freshen up when they were ten miles away from the city.

Since it was a victory, the natural momentum was like a rainbow, the soldiers held their heads high, and there was a story to brag about, and the wounded deliberately revealed their scabbed wounds, which was the greatest glory of men.

When Chen Jian saw the city, the people in the city also saw him, and all the clansmen came down from the city wall and walked out of the city far away to greet him.

When he saw the herd of horses following the procession, the whole city was boiling, and at least two hundred horses were brought back, which was much larger than the horned deer, and even more than the oxen.

When a group of people ran over on the chirping, the flute suddenly sounded in the army, and the returning soldiers shouted in unison: "Wan Sheng! ”

The almost uniform movements, and the sound of stomping at the same time, although there were only more than 200 people, suppressed the voices of the thousands of people around them.

The leaders looked at those soldiers, even though there were their own clansmen inside, but at this time they didn't look at themselves, and when they shouted out Wan Sheng, their eyes were looking at Chen Jian who was riding a horse in front of them.

Chen Jian did not dismount when he passed by the leaders, and said to the leaders: "Thank you for your hard work, guarding the city these days." ”

"Where can I compare to Ji Xia, who captured so many slaves and horses for the city."

Several leaders raised their heads to look at Jian Chen, and said some flattering words one after another, and Jian Chen flicked his whip and shouted, "Enter the city." ”

The soldiers lined up and walked into the city in order, and the people who remained in the city unconsciously moved out of the way.

Chen Jian took the soldiers who returned from the battle to the sacrificial hall first, sacrificed to the ancestors, thanked them for protecting him and won another victory, and at the same time told the results of this victory, and prepared the highest standard of sacrifices, so that the ancestors would know.

The leaders gasped as they listened to the words of beheading thousands or something, even though they had already heard the rider say that he had killed a lot of people, from an uncertain few to a certain thousand, it still made them feel a little uneasy.

After the sacrifice, because there was no room for so many people in the city, everyone left the city and sat around the bean fields.

In order to show justice, Chen Jian had to deal with these things that happened in the city in front of everyone this time, and the soldiers maintained order and stood in a row behind him, with the power of killing too many people, after all, making the tribesmen feel what is called "the violent organ of the state".

The only sound of the wind blowing the blades of grass on the quiet meadow was that the soldiers carried out the stone slabs of his office from the council hall, made a table out of bricks, and placed a few bronze seals on the stone slabs.

"Si Ko Ji Song, can there be people in the city who have broken the law this month?"

"No, I didn't."

Jian Chen nodded, and asked everyone again: "Has Si Kou dealt with injustice this month?" ”

"Nope."

Song stood aside and said, "There are no things that violate the law, but there are a few things to tell Ji Xia, I am not capable enough to deal with them." ”

To sum it up, it's all trivial, the contradictions between the tribes are deliberately created by Hongyu, and Jian Chen also allows it, if the rest of the tribes are close, then what's the use of him?

But he wants to take advantage of this big victory and these trivial things to divide power and take power.

He looked at the leader who had misdistributed the grass in the mowing and said, "Before leaving, the tribal council discussed putting you in charge of mowing the grass in the city, but you did not do it well. You're not a good straw officer, you're just a good tribal leader. ”

The leader shouted, "I really didn't mean it, I didn't know that the grass was hard to cut." ”

The opposing leader shouted, "Not at all...... He ......"

Before he could finish speaking, Jian Chen coughed, and the soldiers behind him beat the war drums, and the soldiers threatened in unison, and the leader stopped talking.

Jian Chen looked at the leader and said, "Since the city has asked you to be a grass officer and prepare hay for the city to raise cattle and sheep in winter, why don't you know that the grass is difficult to cut?" Yu Qian'er is in charge of the goods in the market, if there is less goods one day, is it okay not to know? ”

"You're a good chief, but you're not a good city officer, and you can't tell what a tribe is and what a city is. I am the chief of the city, and as you do, can I give more land to our tribes? Ladies and gentlemen, if I want to remove him from his post as a grass officer in the city, are you any unconvinced? ”

The people below shook their heads one after another, and a soldier beside Jian Chen lowered his head in shame, the leader who made the mistake was his mother, who followed Jian Chen on the expedition a few times, he had gradually understood something, if Jian Chen let the people of the rest of the tribe go to the most dangerous place to fight during the battle, he would not be convinced.

Just when the Wu Commander was a little embarrassed, he suddenly heard Jian Chen call his name.

"Your mother's deeds have brought shame on your tribe, and you will be willing to take her place as the steward of the forage in the city?"

The Wu Chang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "I am willing!" I am willing to govern forage for the city, and swear to my ancestors that I will never favor any tribe, so that the livestock of the city will have enough forage, please believe in Ji Xia. ”

Chen Jian said: "Now the tribe has 500 horses, 60 donkeys, 200 sheep, 200 cattle, forage is not a trivial matter, your mother for the tribe's selfish interests, if the forage is not enough in winter, starving to death of livestock, what will you rely on to go on the expedition next year?" Now that you have become the grass officer of the city, you need to know how important this is. ”

The captain nodded repeatedly, turned around and swore to everyone that nothing like this would happen again, and renamed himself Grass to show that he would do this well.

The clansmen did not object, and vaguely felt that it was indeed different from before, after all, it was the head of a clan who was deposed, but it was reasonable, and they gradually began to understand the difference between the city and the private clan.

Some of the chiefs were secretly wary that their chiefdom was now only useful within the tribe, and that in the cities there were things that were far inferior to those official positions that they had previously despised. The chief is only the patriarch, and the patriarch has only respect but no real rights in the city.

Chen Jian took this as an introduction, replaced a few more people, and at the same time arranged for someone to be responsible for shepherding livestock, all the horses captured this time were under the jurisdiction of the city, and if they needed to be used, they could be seconded to the city, and a few special persons in charge were promoted, and the responsibilities of the tribal leaders were further reduced.

Now the plough has not yet appeared, and the chiefs of the tribe do not think that these horses and oxen are of any use except for fighting and eating, and there is not so much opposition to this matter.

With the power of victory, the shouts of agreement are far louder than the voices of disagreement, and whoever has the loudest voice in the tribal assembly is the majority.

The person who shepherds livestock is the wolfskin, and the person who governs the wolfskin is the owner of the city, and the wolfskin is in charge of the grass, the pen, the herdsman, the midwife, and so on.

Three men from each tribe were taken from the slaves brought back this time, and nearly two hundred of them were taken from the shepherding and mowing of grass, and the food and clothing of the three people from the tribe were taken out of the public property of the city.

Counting the people and livestock under the jurisdiction of the wolf skin has exceeded most of the tribes, his power stems from Chen Jian's trust and assignment, and his control has exceeded that of some clan leaders.

The rights were collected and then distributed in the city, and the rights were gradually divided and collected, and Chen Jian tried his best to complete the handover of these rights in a bloodless way. The more detailed the division of labor, the more dispensable the position of the tribal leader.

Today's city is a less healthy way of being, completely centered on Chen Jian, without him, the city would be chaotic and need a special planning department.

However, this form of planned development, which has many regulations, is the easiest way to accomplish the alternation of old and new rights, and can produce a large number of vested interests and new intellectual workers who are not of Chen Jian's own race, and can quickly replace the deliberative system under the old system.

In the end, because the stables were not enough, Jian Chen asked again: "There are still eighty stables missing, and I will allocate 200 people, but is anyone willing to govern this matter?" It must be completed within 10 days, and if you take it and fail to complete it on time, you will not be elected as a city official in the future. ”

Some of the people below know that this is an opportunity, but it is not what it used to be, and if you want to have a place in the city, you need to behave well in this kind of thing.

However, it is difficult to complete it in ten days, and some people think about it for a while, even though their hearts are hot, and finally give up.

Jian Chen asked twice, deliberately glancing at Hongyu, and Hongyu stood up and said, "I am willing." ”

After receiving the seal letter and assigning a few more things, Jian Chen looked at the sky and said, "Then let's talk about the last thing, and let's go to dinner after that." ”

"From now on, salt, copper, minerals, wine, koji, vinegar, struvite, herbs, and maple sugar in the mountains and forests shall all be monopolized by the city, and no tribe shall sell, brew, dig, or boil them privately." (To be continued.) )