When the last section of the canal was filled with water, the people let out a heartfelt cheer.

This announced the official end of the more than month-long reclamation, during which the tribesmen worked collectively and tirelessly.

Many people have lost a lot of weight in this continuous labor, and their complexions are dark and their eyes are deep-set.

Even Yan Zheng was tanned by the sun, and his teeth seemed a little whiter.

Fortunately, the targets he gave were well fulfilled by the clansmen.

This reclamation operation turned the reed land along the river into fertile land, about 1,500 acres.

It is also expected that the area under bean cultivation will be expanded by extending the canal.

Due to the small number of ramie seeds, more than 100 acres of hemp were planted.

1,500 acres of paddy fields, which is a reclamation plan made by calculating tribal manpower.

This amount of paddy fields can ensure that there is enough food, so that a large amount of manpower will not be tied to the paddy fields.

Now the tribe has a population of more than 600 people, including more than 200 people from the original tribe, naturalized captives, and wandering savages who have been accepted these days.

And just last month, the number of wandering savages has exceeded the number of Mona tribesmen.

Yan Zheng also announced in due course that he had begun to implement the policy of naturalizing the people and the people, and abolished the original unreasonable regulations on untouchability.

So these people can get nominal equality in Monabu.

And Yan Zheng promised that as long as they had worked in Mona for many years, they could have their own fields and farm tools.

He also asked people to let out the word that those who came to Monabu, both men and women, could get a house directly, and they could get paid and three meals a day directly by working in Monabu.

This is also the first policy of talent introduction in primitive society.

It's just that the savages can't understand the logic behind this policy change, the original untouchability policy, to a large extent, was aimed at captives, and at that time, Yan Zheng pessimistically believed that it would be difficult to enter the agrarian society in two or three years.

Therefore, it is hoped that through the untouchability policy, slavery in disguise will be promoted, and then the foundation of the custom of headhunting will be leveraged.

At the same time, it can also quickly obtain the population to be suppressed by conquering other tribes.

Now, the tribe has embarked on the road of farming, and there is basically no need for any disguised slavery.

Because farming is simply a dimensionality reduction blow to hunting, the control over the population has also risen to a new level.

The custom of headhunting will gradually die out with the loneliness of hunting.

At this time, Yan Zheng implemented the national system. The concept of the state can be used to create a large common consciousness, and those who are willing to naturalize are given nominal equality.

At the same time, there is a better way to deal with the prisoners obtained in the future campaigns.

This is through hard labor, where they work directly under the control of the violent machine of the army to generate value.

If it is placed in the period when hunting is the mainstay, this practice will naturally not work.

But now, there is enough food to support these captives to produce benefits.

And as long as there is a fixed place, this kind of control over the population is no longer what a hunting tribe can imagine.

Neither the clansmen nor the leaders saw this, but Yan Zheng understood it very well.

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Trading day has come again, and Yan Zheng has not personally gone to the market slope for a long time, and has also stopped letting other tribes collect stones and plants.

Since the elimination of the Sinai Department and the establishment of the trading system, he has not made any external moves for several months. And with iron, salt and thousands of acres of land, he has a lot of confidence.

"Son of God, at what price will our new grain be sold in this transaction?" Anai, the leader of the caravan, came to inquire about his request, as was customary.

This time, the caravan still brought salt and leather at most, and also specially brought some harvested rice and beans, and faience and large pottery were no longer selling.

Yan Zheng thought for a while and said: "One clay pot for rice, one skin for another, and two clay pots for beans for one skin." In the case of salt, reduce the price of a leather and tell the other tribes that there must be a wandering savage in the goods of each month in the future! ”

Anai was busy measuring the rice on the clay pot, drawing a horizontal line with charcoal, and taking an extra clay pot to measure the beans. Then a new clay pot was taken and the price of salt was repainted.

Yan Zheng has long been surprised, every time they don't do this, they will make a mess.

Once, after Anai went out with the goods, he returned more than twice the value of the goods, simply because he took the wrong measured jar!

After Anai finished doing this, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "What if they don't have a single wandering savage in their monthly goods?" ”

"That's not easy, if we can't provide the goods we want, we will reduce the amount of salt we sell to them until we break off the trading relationship."

Anai lowered his head and thought for a while and said, "Son of God, but there will be fewer and fewer wandering savages, and there will always be tribes that can't catch them!" ”

Yan Zheng glanced at him helplessly, and said in a low voice: "When the time comes!" They'll banish someone from their tribe and then catch us and say it's a wandering wildling! ”

Anai was stunned for a moment and said, "This is really a good way, so that they can catch the wandering wild people every month!" ”

"Uh-huh, if they can't think of a solution, you have to tell them the idea!"

Anai nodded, and said, "Son of God, but I heard that several tribes have sold our goods to other tribes, and they are also following our rules to let other tribes trade with them!" ”

"The tribes?" Yan Zheng asked hurriedly.

Anai thought about it carefully and said, "The Ana Division, the Daao Division, and the Tado Division, and the Reed Division. ”

Yan Zheng sighed slowly, he didn't expect that the comprador really appeared.

Although it can only be called second-way dealers now, these tribes have become compradors in nature!

It is characterized by the fact that it cannot produce its own goods and can only rely on imports.

The difference is that the compradors in the future can still rely on tariffs, and the current compradors rely on reselling.

"Are these tribes trading more goods each time?"

"There are more than other tribes, and they send the most wandering wildlings!"

Yan Zheng smiled faintly, and then laughed again, he didn't expect that these wild people were more competitive than he imagined.

"Remember, this kind of thing should be encouraged in the future, and by the way, tell them that we need to unify weights and measures!"

"Weights and measures?" Anai asked puzzled.

"That's right, from now on, this place, wherever the sun shines, will use me to make weights and measures!

The degree is to determine the length, and the quantity is the volume, that is, to use a unified tool to trade grass seeds, millet and other things.

Quantity is weight, it's a bit complicated, but you tell them to send messengers in fifteen days, and we'll give them the tools to measure and measure. ”

"Let them remember that if they do not trade fairly according to weights and measures, they will terminate their dealings with them!" Yan Zheng emphasized.

Anai shrunk his neck, he couldn't understand weights and measures, but he knew what it was like to stop the transaction.

He immediately asked Yan Zheng to repeat what he had just said a few times, and only after he understood it thoroughly did he write it down and prepare to bring it to other tribes.

After Anai left, Yan Zheng smiled lightly and looked into the distance, this was another big step for him to take out of the world!

This is a rule, and it is also a great cause that will benefit the future generations, and if his people can go there in the future, this set of weights and measures will go there!

And he didn't expect that in primitive society, the principle of interests was also common. After having a relationship of interest, these savages with headhunting customs will actually take the initiative to seek profits through trading.

And they are learning the Mona book completely, which is a spontaneous act.

Perhaps it was in the process of many transactions that they suddenly discovered the benefits that the exchange could bring, so they took the initiative to start promoting the trading set.

This means that Yan Zheng can snowball in this area, as the so-called quantitative change leads to qualitative change, when more and more people do this, then it will inevitably spread more and more widely, faster and faster!

And weights and measures are just the first fire this time!

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