From Chief to Ball

The leaders looked at the copper ring thoughtfully, thinking that the land can be exchanged for things now?If I had known this, I shouldn't have returned to the mountains in the first place. I would have planted wheat near the city. The land that I have cultivated is now much more useful than the acorns in the mountains.

Although the remaining land is owned by the city except for these assigned lands, it has no effect on them. These lands are enough, and no matter how much they can't be reclaimed, it means nothing.

In their view, although the leader of the city owns a vast land, what is really meaningful is only a little public land on the central axis of the south bank.

Naturally, Chen Jian would not think the same as them. At least in name, the chief of the city has become the largest land owner, and for the time being, there is not too much opposition. There is no benefit now, but it will be useful in the future. It is impossible to have such a small population, and those wild people who have gained the rights of the countrymen through military exploits will also be tied to him.

As a concession, he and his tribe also gave up part of the land on the west side of the city in exchange for a small piece of land reclaimed by several tribes on the east side. In the end, his four tribes owned a large piece of land on the east side of the city, and the land on the west side distributed among the tribes.

Of course, Chen Jian would not be so kind, but divided the lands of the two tribes that opposed him the most and had a large population.

The land given to the two tribes was intertwined, and the dividing line in many places was unclear. Some of the land that was close to the small river fork and suitable for irrigation was also allocated to the irrigation mouth, and there was a piece of temporarily uncultivated land in the middle. It was a perfect clan powder keg.

Chen Jian reckoned that within a year or two at most, the two tribes would have to accumulate enough conflicts, and a big fight would be very possible.

For one foot of land, for irrigation, and for the silt land after the lake water was moved, several villages in the Cong Province near Weishan Lake and the North-South Neidou Province in the previous life fought with each other from the early Ming Dynasty to the liberation, and the villages never intermarried.

Now the two tribes have not considered the future for the time being, they are very excited about the land they got, and claim that Chen Jian is really a qualified city leader, and their gratitude is beyond words.

Chapter 76 Beacon and Hate

After the land was allocated, all the activities in the city centered on harvesting wheat. A total of [-] iron sickles were made. Almost all the meteorite iron was used to make this kind of agricultural tools, leaving only a small part for spare. .

A large number of sacks, warehouses, ropes, and bullock carts are also being made with all their strength, praying that it will be sunny in a few days and not rain.

People in the city are busy, and people outside the city are not idle.

On the high mountain to the north of the city, there stood a wooden tower, and all the trees on the top of the mountain that blocked the view were cut down.

A small stone castle with a height of three people is near the wooden tower. It was built by Chen Jian before he conquered the Meteor tribe, just to guard against the tribe with horses in the north.

He has surveyed the terrain here, and there are two mountain passes that can be entered and exited at any time. The rest of the place is either a swamp or no river. If he wants to ride a horse to the riverside plain near the city, he can only enter through two mountain passes. After all, horses and people You must drink water, and you cannot drill into the woods.

Since the last time on the top of the mountain, there have always been two five-member warrior squads, changing every ten days.

There are always two fires of charcoal burning on the top of the castle, with a lot of hay and a leather blower beside it.

The task of the ten people is to keep an eye on the mountain pass in the distance. Once they find large-scale people appearing, they will cover the charcoal with hay and fresh grass, and blow it with leather sticks to emit thick smoke.

They are the fifth batch of teams who have been stationed here since the first time they were stationed here. One team is watching from the wooden tower.

The resting corporal leader was carving a stone in the mud room on the platform to give to the woman he liked. Two soldiers were playing the game Chen Jian taught them on the ground: backgammon.The other two people stood aside, not being gentlemen, nagging about where to fall, and one of them who was angry kept cursing.

When the corporal leader was thinking about finding an acorn to make a hole in the stone mountain he had carved during the ten-day break, there was a sudden urgent shout from the wooden tower.

"Quick! Light it! Light it!"

The man on the wooden tower directly jumped off the log that was as high as two people, and rushed into the stone castle with a limp leg. The people inside immediately panicked. It can be finished in just a few clicks.

The two people pushed and pulled the peg, and the already dark charcoal immediately ignited the dry grass and birch bark on it. A lot of fresh grass and sheep dung were piled on it, and the wind blew hard, and the thick smoke suddenly rose.

"Is there enough lime?"

"Enough, enough food and water, and more than 100 feather arrows."

The corporal made a judgment, looked at the dangerous mountain road, hurriedly climbed to the wooden tower, and looked at the river valley in the distance. A dark group of people were riding on a kind of livestock that he had seen in the north in winter. It seemed that he was a little flustered after seeing the thick smoke.

He roughly counted the number, and the number seemed to be small, only 80 to [-] people, and he didn't know whether they came first or there were more.

The distance is too far, and they can't see clearly at all. Jump off the wooden tower and remove the ladder outside the stone wall. The small stone castle with a height of three people is safe inside, so there is no need to worry.

The food and water inside are enough to last more than ten days, and the tribesmen will drive them away, and the order Chen Jian gave him is to light a fire and set off smoke, just keep it.

But he had other thoughts. At the beginning, Chen Jian had said that those who made meritorious service in the war could be rewarded, maybe a clay pot, maybe a bone flute, or maybe even a sheep.

The rewards belong to oneself, not from the clan, just like a horn comb in a woman's hand, it can be used by oneself, and can be put on the body when not in use, or even not used by others.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help feeling a little restless in my heart. Perhaps, I would have something that belonged to me, and I could exchange some good things for that woman.

Knowing that it is impossible for those people to ride livestock to the mountain, but maybe they will send a few people to the top of the mountain to check, so they turned around and said, "Your team stays here, and my team will come down the mountain with me."

"Jian said let's set it on fire."

"We have already set fire to it. Jian also said that if you do your own thing well, you can do other things besides orders, and there will be rewards. Do you want to eat lamb? Do you want to roast lamb and give it to women? Do you want to give it to women? A horn comb? Listen to me if you want, I am the one who gets whipped when something goes wrong, and we will take the credit for killing the enemy."

Several people looked at the thick smoke that had already ignited, nodded and said, "Okay!"

The people in the small team followed him quietly down the mountain with copper short swords and bows.

The corporal leader thought, it's fine if these people don't come, if they come, they must leave a few heads.

In the last battle, Song led his people to block the final impact of the falling star. Those who were alive got back the treatment of four people living in one room. It was too late, not to mention the credit, and he was ridiculed after returning home. After the civet cat recovered from his illness, Chen Jian held his ears all day long to teach him how to seize the opportunity.

It is impossible for five people to go straight down the mountain, but if this group of people leaves a few behind, then they can fight for it.

Although these people looked different from him, last time the wolf skins brought back several heads. In his words, stabbing them with a sword would kill them.That head is still hanging on the city wall, and now it has been picked up by crows and only the bones are left. If you look carefully, it is actually the same except for the skin.

The five people quietly went around to the back of the mountain, boldly hid on the road where those people came, and hid in the trees.

The corporal leader's palms were full of sweat. If the brigade found out about it, he would be dead.But isn’t that what merit is all about? What others dare not do is credit, and what others can do is worth nothing.

"Ken should have seen the smoke, right?"

As he thought about it, he said to himself, is this the only person who wants to attack the city?That's not enough!

In the city, the sound of drums and horns has already sounded. After more than a year of training, the people in the city almost subconsciously dropped all the work in their hands.

The auxiliary soldiers drove the slaves into the city, and raised the drawbridge on three sides, leaving only the north one.

A large amount of lime was sent to the mud buildings on both sides of the suspension bridge.

The soldiers quickly ran to the square and lined up. The auxiliary soldiers brought weapons and distributed them to the soldiers. A dozen scouts rode horned deer out of the city first, ready to drive away the opponent's scouts. Looking at the yellowed ears of wheat, they felt Cursed, if this group of people ruined this, all the busy work of myself and my clansmen for so long would be in vain!

Chen Jian stood on the square, beating the drum and counting. Red Fish hurriedly bit off the thick hemp thread that was mending the leather armor, ran over to put it on for him, and then hurried to the warehouse.

After the sound of twelve drums, the corporal leaders of each team had arrived, and the weapons were distributed.

The women took out bags of acorn flour biscuits that had been prepared for three days from the warehouse, and placed them on both sides of the suspension bridge, so that soldiers passing by could take them away, one bag per person.This has been rehearsed dozens of times in advance, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Except for a few people who were sick at midnight, the rest of the people had already arrived. If the twelve drums were not in order, they would be lightly whipped.

The five slaves guarding the sheepfold by the city wall looked enviously at the soldiers who were getting ready, looked back at the sheep, and sighed heavily—after the last escape, the five of them not only lost their qualifications as Chinese nationals, but also Having lost their honor, the rabbit's ears have not been removed yet, and they have no chance to stand in the team again.

Chen Jian finished counting the squad loudly, except for those who followed the auxiliary soldiers and other tribes to the Eyue tribe to pull the boat, all the more than 150 soldiers in the city had arrived.

He raised Wufeng in his hand, didn't say anything to cheer up, but scolded: "Damn it!"

The soldiers were even more irritable in their hearts. Seeing that the wheat harvest was about to be harvested, they followed Chen Jian and cursed in unison, shouting all over the place.