The banquet was held in the hollow-shaped hall of Echeng, which was not yet available in Xiacheng, the technology for building huge houses, so the hall in Xiacheng was much more stingy than here. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The meal prepared in advance from Yu Qian'er's liquor store tasted good, Yu Qian'er knew Chen Jian's taste, so it was very comfortable to eat, and the light corn wine was very sweet, and it was not too cloudy after being filtered through thatch.

During the feast, Ehuang suddenly proposed to her father that she wanted to go to the school in Xia Cheng, and asked her father to give Chen Jian the right to educate him for one year.

E Yue was a little surprised, he was already very satisfied with the performance of being a hostage this time, and he was even more surprised to say these words at this time.

It is true that there are indeed a lot of things worth learning in Xia Cheng, Xia Cheng's wells, fields, planting, chariots, these skills, there must always be someone to learn, although E Yue is unwilling to live behind others, but in the face of Xia Cheng's endless strange things, he also knows that these things are the most beneficial to learn in the city.

Echeng is not a father-son succession system in the clear sense, and E-Yue's succession to the position of leader is also agreed by everyone, because he showed the strength to take on this important task when he was young.

Of course, he hopes that his son can also be recognized by the clan, and perhaps after four or five generations, the bloodline has become a symbol of ability in the eyes of the clan.

If the son can really learn enough from Xia Cheng, he can be entrusted with the important task of separating some rights from the rest of his relatives when he returns to Echeng.

The same blood kinship, sons are always more important than brothers.

E Yue glanced at the number nine, in addition to the respect between husband and wife, but also because there are many people in the number nine in the city, as the priest of the city, even if he is the leader, he has to ask for the other party's opinion.

Although Shu Jiu was a little reluctant in his heart, he also knew the importance and agreed, only saying that he would let his son stay in the city for a few more days before going to Xia Cheng, and toasted Chen Jian with a sip of wine, hoping that his son could learn more things in Xia Cheng.

Now that Xia Cheng has just finished a battle, it will take two or three years to recuperate, and the two cities can still enjoy a period of mutual trust and peace.

The day after the banquet, Jian Chen returned to Xia City with Yu Qian'er and the first batch of grain, and the rest of the clan would transport the grain back in batches to take advantage of the transportation conditions of the snowy day.

Half a month later, it was already the middle of the previous life, the grain had been delivered, and Jian Chen had fulfilled his original agreement on the battlefield.

According to the original agreement, half of the grain exchanged by the slaves was divided as the spoils of the battle, and distributed to all the soldiers who participated in the war, and the rest was divided into a small amount in the city, and the rest was used as public property.

The soldiers rejoiced because the grain belonged to theirs and not to the clan, and they had the right to dispose of it and exchange it for what they wanted.

There were more than 600 soldiers participating in the battle, and 500 slaves were exchanged for more than 400,000 catties of grain, and each of them could be divided into more than 400 catties after half.

But before the grain was distributed, Chen Jian went to the copper-smelting workshop and asked the people to make some small copper coins, half the size of a palm, which looked like bone rakes or hoes.

For the time being, these new currencies do not have the philosophical concept of the round heaven and the earth, but only the concept of labor, because the grain is cultivated with a plow, and the grain standard currency looks like a hoe, somewhat similar to the cloth coins of the previous life.

Coins are not naturally round, and it takes a process from the beginning of seashells as an exchange, to copper as an equivalent, until the currency has the value that people give it.

In the previous life, the state of Chu conquered Wuyue, close to the sea Daze, as a natural overuse of shells as currency, so the coins minted were somewhat like shells, known as ant-nose money.

The Central Plains countries, on the other hand, relied on agriculture earlier, and most of the money they minted looked like agricultural tools, used to replace the cloth used as a medium, and looked a bit like a shovel for digging dung, and it was impossible to expect a prince who had never seen the sea in his life to use the shape of seashells as currency.

The currency of Jian Chen's plan is deformed, not a general equivalent, just a grain count, more like a grain-based token.

When the spoils of war were distributed, all the clansmen who participated in the battle of Yangguan were divided into a small copper shovel half a hand long, which was very rough and not even the same size.

After these people received the currency, they all looked at Jian Chen, and Jian Chen said: "Each copper coin can be exchanged for three hundred catties of grain, and our loot is calculated, and we can't make a mistake." But where can you put three or four hundred pounds of grain for you? In the fang market, Yu Qian'er has to remember for you every day, it's too tiring, so I made this, just like the original pottery ring, you can exchange food. ”

A clansman weighed the copper coin in his hand and said curiously: "Such light copper, can it be exchanged for so much grain?" When we traded with Echeng, although the copper was exchanged a lot, it couldn't be exchanged so much? ”

Someone laughed and said: "This is the same as the original pottery ring, the pottery ring feels that it can't be changed so many clay pots, but didn't Ji Xia change it for us?" ”

"Why can such a small amount of copper be exchanged for 300 catties of grain? I know Ji Xia counts, but I just don't understand what the hell is going on. If you just talk about it, can you change it with tree bark? Then if I put this copper coin in the furnace and burn it to turn it into copper juice, why can't I exchange it for so much grain? Where did all this food go? ”

With the foreshadowing a year ago, the people in Xia Cheng easily accepted this token, but they couldn't quite understand the principle, and Chen Jian didn't explain it, and the temporary conditions were unlikely to be counterfeit.

A large amount of grain was piled up in the fang market, and those who needed to receive grain used this copper coin to exchange for it in the fang market, or to buy it.

After receiving the copper coin, some people immediately went to the Fang Market to try it, and the rest of the people were curious to look outside the Fang Market, or joke with Yu Qian'er, who had not been seen for a long time.

Yu Qian'er smiled and took the copper coin in the hands of the clansmen, and said, "My brother said that he should receive at least ten catties each time, and I can't be busy if it's too little." ”

"Then take ten pounds, I'll change some wine to drink." But what about 300 catties and 10 catties and 290 catties, so what should I do? ”

Yu Qian'er weighed out ten catties of grain, copper coins in his hand, and took out a few freshly fired pottery shells from the counter, only two denominations, one large and one small.

The small one is ten catties of grain, and the large one is one hundred catties of grain, and the grain uses corn as the unit of measurement, and only corn is exchanged for wheat.

The two large Taobei and the nine small Taobei were handed over to the clansmen and said, "This is two hundred and ninety catties of grain, you can take it with you at any time." In the future, if you want to exchange things in the market, you don't need to bring food, just bring these pottery shells. ”

He carefully threaded the holes in the pottery with hemp rope, and then said: "These pottery shells are marked, and if anyone in our city wants to burn them himself, he will be banished if he is caught." You're all staring. ”

The clansman turned Tao Bei, shook it for a moment, pointed to a small bronze mirror newly placed on the shelf and asked, "How do you change that?" I want to change the woman I like. ”

"Two hundred catties of grain, that is, two large shells."

"So much?"

"This will cost 400 catties of grain in Echeng. My brother said that it is very good to use pottery, one is that I don't need to weigh it every day, and the other is that these pottery shells are easy to take, and if you take a pile of food and put it away, it is easy to be eaten by mice. We don't have many cats in Summer City. ”

The clansmen were quite distressed about the food and Taobei they had exchanged for the battlefield, and thought for a while: "Then I'd better exchange it for something else, is there anything that can be exchanged for ten catties of grain?" ”

The people watching the excitement next to him were all giggling and laughing, Yu Qian'er took out a bunch of gadgets, the man looked at it a few times, and finally felt that there was nothing worth starting, and sighed: "Some things are good, but I live with the clansmen now, and I don't have a separate room like the raccoon...... Last time I went to the tanuki's house, tsk, he made it so beautiful, the bluegrass cleaned up the inside, there was not much smell of stinky feet, and there were dried herbs hanging in the house......"

"yes, we want to have a house of our own, too."

"Let those slaves build some, there are more and more people in the city, and I am afraid that they will have to live outside the city in the future."

Jian Chen happened to come over, he thought that exchanging tokens for food would cause a storm in the clan, but now it is easy for the clansmen to accept this new thing with abstract meaning, and the pottery ring that was still in the initial stage a year ago has some effect, but it is more supported by the Xia Cheng government and his credit as the leader.

Nowadays, most of the people in Xia City still live around the clan, and Chen Jian tries his best to plan their group, but now the technology of family farming is not yet mature, and he can only rely on large-scale slave farming, and the food and drink are all distributed among the clan, and the clan leader has great power.

When the clansmen saw Chen Jian coming, they shouted one after another: "Ji Xia, when you are idle after planting grain in the spring next year, you might as well build more houses, now there are ten people living in the house, which is a little inconvenient." ”

"That is, if you agree, we can build it in groups of several people. But you have to give us a place, don't worry, we won't delay the farm work. Take advantage of the break to cover it up, seven or eight people together, or use Taobei to ask the tanuki and other plasterers to help. ”

When someone said this, it also stirred up the minds of others, and one person thought that this food belongs to him, but the leader of the clan will definitely have to take part of it, and there are women, children and old people in the tribe, this food is mine, why give it to them?

There are not many people who think this way, but as early as after the war, several people have already gotten together to discuss it, and they all think that it is much better to go out and live alone, and they can't eat the food they cultivate every year.

Seeing that someone had a head, they pushed out one of them and said: "Ji Xia, a few of us thought about it, a few of us got together, farmed together, built a house together, anyway, there are officials in charge of us, and there are councils to decide the major affairs of the city, and it is useless if we are not in the tribe." ”

These people are all light and strong, they think very simply, they work very quickly, and they don't need to bear the elderly and children, so if they are separated to work alone, it is better to work in a group of several people.

"Ji Xia, look at Echeng, it's all one family, if you want me to say let's separate. Not one person, but seven or eight people ...... together"

The leader next to him immediately scolded: "How can that be done? You are gone, what will happen to the old people and children of the tribe? What about women? And if you are all gone, and the tribal land will be planted by a group of women and children? Why didn't you separate when you didn't know how to farm and had to rely on tribal unity to hunt and gather? ”

Those few people lowered their heads, and the leader was about to continue to have a seizure, Chen Jian waved his hand and said, "Don't be angry first, there are a lot of people here today, then we can discuss it." How many people do you think you want to separate from? ”

Jian Chen glanced at the person who spoke first, and the person nodded, "Yes, a few of us discussed it a few days ago. There are nine people in all, and they all want to have their own houses, and besides, we have a lot of food, and we also cultivate the tribal land, so we can give us some of it. ”

The man said very naturally, the land did have a part of the land he cultivated, but the leader did not agree, and when the two sides were deadlocked, Chen Jian said: "It's not impossible to divide it." ”

The leader hurriedly said: "This is a major matter, and it needs to be discussed by the council." ”

Jian Chen shook his head and said, "Don't worry, you're right, what about women, the elderly, and children?" Echeng is different from us, their parents are their own parents, their children are their own children, and every family must have something to support the elderly and raise children. It's not impossible for you people who want to divide it, but you have to hand over some of the food according to the population, right? ”

Jian Chen beckoned and asked Yu Qian'er to come over and ask, "How many young people, old people, and children are there in this tribe?" ”

"Eighty men are light and strong, forty children and old people, and the rest are women."

Jian Chen calculated for a moment and said: "You have thought about it, if it is separated, and the woman wants to follow you, you have to work hard to cultivate the land, because in the past, it was the tribe that raised the child, and if the woman was with you, the child born was yours, and you had to raise it, and you couldn't rely on the tribe, right?" You can't say that you have been divided, and you need the tribe to raise your children. ”

"Of course. Of course I will raise my children, and I will also live alone like the raccoon cat orchid, with my own children and women. ”

"Then I'll do the math for you, and you think for yourself. Forty old people and children have to eat 30,000 catties of grain a year, and there are 80 men in your tribe who are young and strong, and each of them has to give 400 catties of grain to the tribe to support the elderly and children, because when you were young, the old people at this time were still young, and they also raised you, right? ”

The man shook his head and said, "Ji Xia, you're not right, there are still women." Women can also work, so why don't you count them when you support the elderly and children? ”

"Can women plough the land or not, the spoils of this war have not been distributed to women, women have fried noodles at home, boiled glue, and sticky feather arrows, we can't fight without them, but they haven't shared the spoils, right? Think about it. ”

As soon as these people calculated, they were also taken aback, they only thought about their own rights and forgot their obligations as Chen Jian said before, and at this time, let Chen Jian calculate, the little food they shared in the war was just enough to support the old people of the tribe.

The leader was secretly happy in his heart, originally thought that Chen Jian would agree to let them go out alone, but let Chen Jian explain the benefits, and seeing the dejected appearance of these people, he knew that they couldn't go.

Sure enough, those people calculated, shook their heads and said, "Then don't go out and pass alone." ”

There were a lot of people around the discussion here, and Jian Chen hit the railway while it was hot: "Then so be it, this will be the rule in the future, anyone who goes out alone, everyone only needs to pay 400 catties of grain or four big shellfish every year." What do you say, chiefs? ”

The leaders were also about to kill these people, and chimed in: "Yes, we agree. ”

"Yes, how can you want to go out and live alone when you are young, and when you are old, your children will do the same to you? If you want to go out, you can, four big shells are handed over every year, whatever. Otherwise, it won't work. ”

"Don't forget, if you really go out, the woman will follow you, is it possible to go to your place at night to sleep, and go back to the tribe during the day to eat? Which tribe willing? And what about children? Counting the children and women, how much food do you have to give up in a year? ”

The leaders felt that Jian Chen's method was very good, and with a few words, these people who were thinking about going out alone were scared to speak.

Jian Chen asked the leaders of the circle, and basically agreed to this method, so he waved his hand and said: "Scattered, others still want to change things, don't stand in the way." ”

After these people left, the red fish, who was silent on the side, whispered, "Jian, haven't you always wanted the tribes to separate?" Today is an opportunity, why do you still talk about this? ”

"Separation is separation, but after separation, the old people and children have to be managed, it is difficult to separate for the first time, such a big stall, light and strong pat the ass and leave, isn't the city at a loss? It's like a tribe that used to be united, and when the children grew up, they felt that the old people were useless, and they just left them alone, indeed, the children are laborers and can live well, but there are always some things that are not good. Pain and pain, pain for a while, this pain is the life of hundreds of people for more than ten years. If you want to change, you have to endure this pain, but it doesn't mean cutting off the pain and throwing it away. (To be continued.) )