From Chief to Ball

"Besides, if they learn how to plant and raise animals, they will exchange their surplus grain with us. Pottery pots, wooden utensils, and stone copper can all be exchanged for the grain they have worked so hard to grow, the cattle and sheep they raise, plus the harvested In fact, half of their yearly food goes to our hands, which is more profitable than catching them as slaves. Those who say that you are doing something wrong must be looking too closely, but they are no match for you La."

After a word of praise, Yu Qian'er's face was a little red. She didn't think of as many problems as Chen Jian said, but she just touched a little bit, but before she left, Chen Jian asked her to do this, so she did it.

But she still liked this kind of praise, and asked with a smile: "Brother, people from those clan villages may come in a few days, and they are going to learn how to plant. In the name of teaching them, let them help us reclaim some land? Another one, you are going to govern these villages, but they are so far away, it is difficult to manage; we can no longer manage these things in the city, these villages Who's in charge?"

"Who's going to take care of it? How do you know I'm going to let someone else take care of it?"

Chen Jian gave Yu Qian'er a strange look. He hadn't told anyone about his plan. Could it be that his little sister guessed it?

Yu Qian'er wondered: "I guess, you want to build a city in Dayeze and manage the affairs of the city, how do you manage those villages? Perhaps in ten years or so, those villages will be similar to those of the wild people downstream. A lot of food is provided every year, but it’s different now... It’s like a hard thigh bone. It’s a pity that there is still bone marrow in it if you throw it away. If you are not happy to take care of this, there must be someone to take care of it, right?"

"It's not one person, it's many people."

Chen Jian smiled, and whispered his plan to Yu Qian'er, telling her not to say anything.

A few days later, when the deliberate taste of the New Year dissipated, a news spread in Xia City, saying that the leader was going to evaluate the merits and faults of everyone in the past few years.

There is nothing to comment on faults. There is a commander who is in charge of the punishment, but the meritorious service is different. They feel that Jixia never talks empty words. People who have made meritorious deeds in Xiacheng have been divided into land or slaves. Do you know what will be divided this time?

There is no war these days, and the land has not been reclaimed much. These people really can't think of any exciting rewards.

Rumors are always groundless, a few days later it will be a great sunny day, a rare warm day in winter, there is no biting north wind, a group of dark people gathered in the city.

The white gas turned into frost, and the leather hats of several people were covered with white icicles. Under everyone's gaze, several young and strong boys wrestled, making loud noises from time to time.

Chen Jian knocked on the gong, and the buzzing sound was heard far away in the cold sky. The group of people stopped making noise and stood quietly.

Compared with the Clan Clan Conference two years ago, there were much fewer people. Sometimes it was because of old age, not because of death, but because of the temporary establishment of the family system, many families only needed one person.

Chen Jian first reminisced about the development of the city in the past two years, then talked about some meritorious deeds on the battlefield, and finally talked about who did a good job as an officer in the city.

He can comment on the first two, and the third is obvious to all. Those who did well and did poorly according to the moral values ​​that have been gradually affected in the past few days, the people in the city have their own judgments in their hearts.

"These people have made great achievements. Although it is said that the city was built by everyone, and the enemy was defeated by men who went to war together, but without the people I mentioned, the construction of the city will be slower, and the war will certainly be won. A lot of people will die, don’t you think so?”

"Correct."

"What Jixia said is that these people are indeed recognized by everyone."

Chen Jian nodded and said: "Now that everyone has separated their families, their minds are a little different from before. Besides, Xiacheng is not the same as it was when it was overgrown with thorns. Many people only guard their own small homes and forget the whole world. city."

Some of the people below were quite embarrassed, and the rest of them naturally cast their eyes on them. What these people did did not violate the rules of Xiacheng, but morally, they were not those who had a strong clan color. loved by the tribe.

When he thought that this group of people would be reprimanded, Chen Jian turned around and said, "However, these things do not violate the laws of Xiacheng, and there is no need to be harsh. But those who do more things for the city also have their own homes. He has done a lot for Chengyi, so why should Chengyi always pay him back, everyone said that is right?"

"I originally thought about distributing some land to slaves, but the remaining public land is not too much, and I have to take care of some old and young people in the city. As for the slaves, there are a lot of yuqian, and they are exchanged every year. There are a lot of things, and there are a lot of them for everyone in the four seasons."

"Give these things to them as a reward, then the rest of the people will definitely get less. If there is less, you will scold in your heart, and you dare not scold me, so you have to scold those who have made meritorious deeds and got the things. Seeing this reward is not worth the candle."

Everyone laughed, and they also understood that part of the public property is now used as the welfare of all the people in the city. Most of the people who cannot get it will be unhappy if they are moved. Chen Jian made it clear and did not hide it, and everyone laughed even happier. trust.

"Yuqian'er went to those small clan villages a few days ago. I asked Ji Song to take people to visit them before. Most of the villages are just like us three or five years ago. Some still live in caves, and some don't know how to collect. , and some of them can’t even use bows and arrows well.”

"As for me, I was thinking about using these villages as rewards for those who have made great achievements. What do you think?"

Those villages are not of much value to Xiacheng now, except for the exchange of furs, there is nothing.

Since it's not in the hands of the people in the city, it doesn't feel bad to share it with others, but those who have made meritorious deeds don't understand, and asked: "Those villages... how can they be considered rewards? A few villages couldn't stand it a few days ago." In winter, I went to the city to ask for elm money, and elm money gave me a lot of food... what kind of reward is this?"

Most of this group of people knew that they would be the ones to be praised, and they had long been looking forward to better and more rewards in their hearts. Now that they have more exchanges with the cities along the Caohe River such as E and Wei, the good things from Sihuoji are getting more and more popular. Quite a few, I thought it would be those things, but I was disappointed after hearing Chen Jian's words.

These people shouted loudly, and Chen Jian was not angry. He knew that they were not asking questions, but were just fighting for something that should belong to him.

"Some people say that these people are better captured as slaves. I guess many people think so? You think those villages are not rewards, but being captured as slaves is the reward. But let me ask you, twenty slaves in the field Is working for a year better than farming with one man and one ox for a year?"

A few people made up their minds and said, "It's about the same."

Chen Jian shook his head and said: "I think it's too far away! Twenty slaves don't eat or drink? How come one person needs five or six hundred catties of corn and wheat beans a year, and twenty people are more than ten thousand catties. Isn't it planted by them? If these [-] people have learned how to plant like us, and don’t capture them as slaves, if everyone has cattle, horses, copper utensils, etc., they charge us five for one tax, is it more cost-effective than capturing them as slaves? ?”

The problem is relatively simple. People didn't think about whether there are so many cattle, horses and farm tools for the time being. They turned their attention to a few well-known and well-known middle-aged children in the middle school. The children worked hard for a long time before shouting: "Yes, It's going to be a lot more."

A few half-grown children who don't know how to count thought to themselves: "Of course it's a lot more. Where did Ji Xia make a mistake in counting? So what if he can count, it's worth shouting so loudly?"

Chapter 44 Safe internal preparations for expansion ([-])

"Although what Jixia said is good, it is difficult to implement. It is like the east mountain outside the city lying between two public fields. If everyone has the strength to move the mountain, remove the east mountain and connect the public fields into a summer canal for irrigation. There are tens of thousands of mu of high-quality fertile land. It’s good to think about it, but who can do it?”

"If you want me to say that you shouldn't teach those clans in the villages to plant, and they will be directly captured as slaves. Everyone will get one point. Except for the public property, the family can be divided into three or two. Those clan settlements can't beat us at all. I only want three With 500 people, people from all the villages within three hundred miles to the northwest can come to Xiacheng as slaves in one year. Mine, carpentry, pottery ponds... these places are short of slaves."

"If you can't do it, you are willing to be punished, and I am willing to punish my land slaves!"

Even though what Chen Jian said was very clear, objections still appeared. Some young, strong and military people were dissatisfied with Chen Jian and Yu Qian'er's gentle policy towards the settlements hundreds of miles away. Those people were clearly good slaves. .

When the war started, he could make another meritorious service and get more slaves by virtue of his new meritorious service.

The pursuit of self-interest is almost an instinct, and this is what Chen Jian has been instilling in them in the past few years. It is a subtle way of thinking, and there is not much cover up.

There are those who oppose it, and naturally there are those who support it. It is normal to appeal out of self-interest. Those who are good at governing the affairs of the village and have made great achievements support this policy. They don't quite understand the meaning of dividing the jurisdiction, but they Knowing that your rights can be greater than before.

Most people neither supported nor opposed, as before, habitually believed that Chen Jian's opinion was correct, and supported Chen Jian in a blind obedience.

The reason why Chen Jian adopted the soft policy was not because of how kind he was, but because of other feelings.

There are already quite a few slaves in Xiacheng. If the surrounding settlements are captured, the slaves must be used intensively to be effective. Not to mention whether the basic population can be expanded in a short period of time. A bomb doesn't necessarily detonate at any time.

In order to have an excuse to interfere in the internal affairs of Echeng in the future, so that Echeng can ask for himself, he instilled a large number of slaves with a strong sense of rebellion in advance, including the scientific method of uprising, and sold them to Echeng.

It seems to be very stable now. Chen Jian doesn't quite understand what the chaos has become in Dongyi, but Su Yue's choice is undoubtedly to use the small alliance to conquer the rest of the relatives by force. The clan civil war in the Dahe Group is inevitable.

Once the civil war in the Dahe Group breaks out, Xia Ewei will inevitably expand eastward and attack those clans that have not allied with Sucheng. Opportunity interferes with Echeng's chance to become the true speaker of the Tri-Cities Alliance.

Xia'e has already been connected by roads and sailing ships. Once they resist, the fire will inevitably burn to Xiacheng. When they go out, they must leave enough Chinese troops to prevent uprising and resistance.

If there are too few, he is worried about the safety of Xiacheng; if there are too many, he is worried about his own seat.

In this way, the only way to ease internal conflicts is to adopt. Furthermore, the best way for Xiacheng to expand its population in the next ten years is to naturalize and assimilate. People are not crops, and they can grow quickly by pouring some manure.

For the time being, Xiacheng doesn't have so many management talents, and there are only a few roads, so it is impossible to effectively rule within three to five hundred miles around.

It's a pity to throw it away, and when you get back as a slave, you have to worry about internal instability during the war in three to five years. The best way is to use a variant of the enfeoffment system to distribute it to those who are famous, powerful and famous.

If it is done well, it is naturally good. If it is not done well, it will only affect one or two villages if it is not done well, and the chaos caused by oppression will only affect one or two villages. Let’s take a look at the meritorious service on the battlefield and the management talents from the school: the former takes the land as his salary but no longer manages the internal affairs of Xiacheng, so it is better to give them some explanations, so that the entire Xiacheng will not become a military government in a few years.

In the face of those opposing voices, Chen Jian could only dissuade him: "You say you can't move Dongshan to make good land; but if you say you can't make a village farming textiles, that's no way. Our Xiacheng It only takes three to five years to get out of the cave, why can't it be done?"

"You have done a lot for the city, and these should be the rewards you deserve. In the fiefdom, you can collect taxes and build by yourself. Within three years, the city can provide you with agricultural tools, seeds, etc., three years Time, even if it is not as good as Xiacheng, but there are hundreds of farmers and ten thousand mu of land, so is it not as good as three or five slaves?"

"After three years, it's nothing more than paying some tribute to the city and repaying the seeds and farm tools. Slaves may die, but this is the land, but it will never die. Don't just think about yourself, don't you have children and grandchildren? ?"