The road to the Acropolis was a mess, the Xijon people did not destroy the crops they planted, they were probably preparing to break through the Acropolis and then occupy the magpie's nest, and many of the various clay pots and jars were discarded along the way. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Jian Chen covered his nose, and not far away, several soldiers used hooks to throw aside several corpses that had attracted flies and burned them with fire to prevent the plague.

The maggots on the white flowers on it were excellent food a few years ago, and Jian Chen suspected that he had eaten them before, not necessarily on people, but the animals should have eaten them after they rotted. Although they had eaten wheat millet now, the people who had come out of their misery did not vomit at the sight of these rotting corpses, and they kindled the flames.

The army behind him advanced on the cleared land, leaving only 800 people in the army of 1,800 men, and the rest escorted the prisoners back to Xia City.

Chen Jian left behind some of the captives, especially the most prestigious figures of the captured Xirong, but the most important ones were killed, and only a few heads remained.

The soldiers washed away the dust in the river, showed off their might, and with the joy of the great victory, secretly asked the military judge to calculate their merits and how much they could share.

The New Army and those people do not judge meritorious service by head, Chen Jian is worried that there will be a situation of fighting for the head and forgetting to fight, and in order to make the people within the army more united, all the five layers of meritorious service are calculated according to the ranks.

However, the performance of those subordinate farmers shocked Chen Jian, and the 100-person decisive team died more than ten and some were disabled. But there are also people who soared into the sky, and even cut off seventeen or eighteen heads and hung them on their bodies.

This battle made more than a dozen subordinate farmers and wild people directly become Chinese, Chen Jian also fulfilled his promise on the spot, and asked the art troupes who followed to ask these subordinate farmers, ask them what they think and why they are so brave, and a new drama will be performed after they go back.

There are more than a dozen Chinese people who share the cake in Xia City, but there are also thousands of slaves, which is quite a good ratio.

Chen Jian organized these dozen or so people who had obtained the status of Chinese people into one mile with Mu Ma and others, who had gone out in advance, five people and one team, and agreed that after they returned, they would select the Li Si from this li, and what was going on would be conveyed by the Li Si, and the daily labor and conscription would also be distributed according to the Li Wu, so as to break the control of the tribal leaders as much as possible.

These new Chinese people did not have clans, which saved the process of clan disintegration, and just set a model for the future household registration system.

The city is still small, and Chen Jian can still take care of it for the time being, and when the city is bigger in the future, it may only be the smallest unit of fifty people.

Except for these subordinate peasants who counted their merits by head, the difference between the merits of the conscripted countrymen and the professional recruits in this battle was too great, and this was obvious to all and could be convincing to the public, and no one would raise objections.

Before making peace with Eyue and the others, Jian Chen told everyone that more than 1,000 slaves had been captured this time, and the number of the new army would be expanded by 100 people after they returned, but there might not be any major battles in the near future, so they would have to wait until the autumn harvest before they were selected.

Chen Jian also asked the military judge to tell them one by one, first of all, they must have the status of a countryman, and secondly, they must be able to meet many physical and military requirements, and I hope that they can practice more in their spare time after they go back.

The requirements did not seem difficult, carrying a spear, carrying a longbow and carrying twenty-four feather arrows and three days' dry rations, being able to run eighty miles in one day and standing in a whole team after running, and the physical strength was extremely qualified.

In addition, you need to recognize 100 words and be able to calculate addition and subtraction within 1,000.

Correspondingly, the treatment of the new army has also improved, and Chen Jian, who is still in the clan, has not said it for the time being, but if those who have not gone out alone in the clan are selected as the new army, serve for eight years, and return to the field after eight years. The land tax, forced labor, and land tax are all exempted until death, and if the son can pass the selection, this time will continue to be extended, and the son of a person who becomes a new army will have priority to become a new army after meeting the conditions.

In addition, there is also a military salary every month, but it is not a military salary in kind, but a food token that has been gradually accepted by the people of Xiacheng.

This system has great drawbacks in the long run, but now that the cities are small, this system can ensure that it can continue as fairly as possible, and the reduction of land taxes and conscription will allow these people to widen the gap between them and the rest of the people within more than ten years, so that they will become military aristocrats, and become the most important and trustworthy class of Chen Jian.

Because it was completely demobilized during the period of service, the number of this army was not too large, about one-tenth of the number of slaves, and ten slaves supported one soldier.

Although the number is scarce, Chen Jian believes that this professional army of three or four hundred people will be able to defeat three or even five enemies in three or five years, and a new interest class will soon be formed: any clan leader who wants to plunder their interests will be ruthlessly crushed by them.

No system is immutable, and after more than 100 years, this system may be rotten, but children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and whoever wants everything to be in the same system will never change, it will inevitably be eliminated by history. Although the children and grandchildren are dead, the people are still there.

Driven by huge interests, many people are wondering whether they can meet the conditions of the new army demanded by Chen Jian, and fantasize that they can also become a member of the new army.

It takes a reason to fight, and a few years ago these people fought spontaneously for the benefit of the clan, because all people need the unity of the clan to guarantee their survival. Today's wars require more selfish reasons: land, slaves, offspring. Because leaving the clan can also live by farming, unless they are invaded and may spontaneously fight, other wars must always give them a hope that they can see and touch, and a reason to convince themselves.

The sound of discussion in twos and threes was like flies and insects in the sound of steps, and the march on weekdays did not care too much, and after a big victory, the military judges did not care, and occasionally interjected a few words.

"When I go back, I want to separate it out. Have you seen the new house of the guys? It didn't cost a few pottery shells, but I bought some wine and meat, and everyone helped to cover it. Before I came, the house was still a little damp, and it dried out after a few days of drying, right? ”

"Yes, I saw it too, tsk, that's good. But if I go back, I won't build a house first, and I'm going to see if I can join the new army when it snows in the winter. To stay in the barracks for eight years, there is a break on weekdays, but Ji Xia said that the new army will be divided into a batch of rooms. ”

"You can do it, I'm afraid we older people won't be able to get in. ran eighty miles with a spear, and I really didn't know if it would be successful, so I could only think about going out and passing alone. Four hundred catties of grain a year, in fact, is not much, casuama they have opened a lot of land, although they have not harvested, but it seems that the harvest is also very good. The summer canal is being repaired, and his land can be irrigated. ”

"Hey, this time I went back to our army, and the merit can be divided into three slaves. Ji Xia said that he could keep it for now, and wait until there were enough five people and then one person for another. I wondered if we would just go out and go alone, five of us together, just like the casua, wouldn't this slave not have to be cut? ”

A few people muttered a few times, and they all felt that they were reasonable, and the people who followed the expedition this time were all light and strong, no one was old arms and legs, they were all good at work, and no one was a burden.

"It's that my mother is old, we are different from the Acropolis of Echeng, I don't know who my father is, but my mother always has to raise it, if I want to say it, take our respective mothers back to our own house, and cook for us on weekdays."

"I just don't know if I need to take back my mother's 400 catties of food this year?"

"You should have to take it, right? Ji Xia said that these 400 catties of food are not for our own mother, but everyone used to work together in the clan, but now they are old, although they are not our maternal uncle, but they have to be raised, right? ”

"Well, four hundred pounds, not much...... This time, if I don't want to be a slave with merit points, I can get enough food...... Then it's decided, and I'll discuss it with Ji Xia when I go back. Don't let someone else rob you of the best land outside the city to build a house......"

"If you plant corn, you can plant a season of wheat and beans next year, there are cows, horses, ploughshares, and some slaves, not to mention 400 catties of grain a year, even if you have more, you can get it. When we used to meet at the top of the mountain in the spring, the women all looked at the man who was tall and mighty, and who was the good hunter, just like the she-wolf would always choose the strongest one to keep offspring. ”

"But after Ji Xia appeared, the woman was not the same as before. What is the use of being strong if you can't make meritorious contributions in the army? If you can't grow food in a year, if you really have to divide the order, which woman will sleep with you? In the past, being strong and tall was the fangs and claws of a wolf, but now money, food, merits, and houses are all ah. ”

Arm after arm discussed the new life to come, and felt more and more that the clan was already dispensable, and if there were more battles in the future, they only needed to practice the skills of bow and spear archery, and those farming jobs could be done by slaves.

Fantasizing that he would build a house after he went back, find a woman, and give birth to some of his own children, he couldn't help but feel a little fluttery, and several people opened their throats and sang a few words of Xia Cheng's ballad, the military judge's face darkened, but Chen Jian smiled and said: "This is not to go to war, just sing." ”

Everyone laughed, and they all sang together, attracting the side of the Echeng people have sideways, this is a ballad about the grass river, the expedition is only more than ten days and finally homesick, even if the soldiers of Echeng can't sing, they can also hear the longing from the high-pitched tone, and some shyly sang along.

Shi Camelina and the others, who followed behind the team, simply stood outside, singing along with the song like a yellow warbler, and everyone let out bursts of whistles from time to time, and the singers did not blush, but squinted their eyes at those who fought bravely and were lucky enough to make great contributions.

Homesickness is a kind of emotion, it can be contagious, even if the soldiers of Xia Cheng sing the grass river, but the wavy words in the song make those Acropolis people homesick.

Thinking that the city now didn't know if they knew the news of the defeat of the Xirong people, several people came to Chen Jianjian's side, hoping that they could go back first, and it would be best if they could borrow them a carriage.

Jian Chen naturally agreed, and before leaving, he walked to Yuan's side and gave Yuan a jade carved by Echeng to Yuan in front of those relatives surnamed Wei.

"Yujue, you don't have to have a surname to wear it. You want to return to the beauty of the Acropolis, to surprise those who look down on you, to make those who like you happy on a daily basis, and I will make you even more beautiful. ”

Chen Jian took out another piece of silk clothes and sent it over, and did not say anything like leaving him, Yuan took it happily, changed it in the woods on the side, combed his hair, hung Yu Jue around his waist, bowed to Chen Jian, and rode away.

Yuan did not change Chen Jian's mind about whether to send troops, but he gave Chen Jian an excuse to convince everyone and integrate into the cultural circle, an excuse for brothers and relatives.

Maybe these words would be ridiculed in the previous life, but being able to say such things in this era really surprised Jian Chen. For example, gravity, which was something that a middle school student would have in a previous life, could it be said that this student was smarter than Isaac? Apparently not.

Yuan, who was born as a cattle herder, was a great surprise to Jian Chen, and he even wanted to emulate Baili Xi's story, but Yuan didn't want to be famous in Xia Cheng.

Jian Chen wanted to let the people in Xia Cheng know that the bloodline and surname were not important, the important thing was his own strength, as long as he did well, he would have the opportunity to be promoted as an official, so he made a big announcement about Yuan, causing a gesture.

Therefore, Yuan said that the matter of moving Ji Xia to send troops had spread all over the Acropolis with those messengers, and Wei He was overjoyed when he knew about it.

At the beginning, Yuan was just a cattle herd, and after the Acropolis was besieged, he stood up and talked with Wei He for a long time, and followed Wei Xi out of the city to ask for help, Wei He felt that he had made a very correct decision at that time.

He was wondering if he would let Yuan also become a person with the surname Wei, which those relatives would not oppose, but the other proposal that Yuan said would inevitably be violently counterattacked.

"Perhaps...... Let Yuan become a relative like us, he won't think about that, right? ”

This was Wei He's first thought after Yuan, who was dressed in a silk silk and hung jade jue on his waist, returned to the Acropolis in a beautiful carriage.

Wei He greeted him from a distance, and Yuan jumped out of the carriage when he saw Wei He, still performing the etiquette of a nameless person to the leader.

Wei He stepped forward, took Yuan's hand and said, "If you didn't say that Ji Xia would send troops, the Acropolis would be in danger." ”

Yuan is not modest, looking at the welcome of the Acropolis people to him, his heart is overjoyed, people live for a lifetime, isn't it just to be able to make people marvel and like in front of familiar people?

Those who had insulted him had an embarrassed smile on their faces, but they could only follow behind him, even though they were relatives surnamed Wei, but at this time, Yuan and Wei He walked side by side.

After the feast, Wei He drove away the rest of the people, leaving only Yuan, saluting again, Yuan got up and saluted back, and before Wei He could speak, Yuan suddenly said: "Leader Wei He, the Acropolis is still dangerous, I'm afraid that now is not the time to celebrate." ”

Wei He was stunned, shook his head and said: "It's funny, the Xirong people have already retreated, and the two riders of Xia City pursued them a few days ago, and the two of them captured a lot, and the Xirong people no longer have the heart to fight." ”

The chief was wrong. Indeed, the Sijon people have withdrawn. If the Acropolis is a tree, the people of Xirong are just a wind and snow, and when the wind and snow fall, the leaves fall, but the spring breeze rises again, yellow and green. The danger I am talking about comes from the roots of the Acropolis, and if the roots rot, the tree will fall. ”

Wei He roughly guessed what Yuan was going to say, shook his head and said, "This is all the law left by my father, and as a son, I can't change it." Moreover, my father used this method to make the Acropolis defeat the Xijon people in a row, which is the root of the Acropolis. ”

"The leader thinks, who is wiser, you or the old leader?"

"Naturally, it's my father,"

"Then you or the old leader, who is more loved by the Acropolis?"

"Naturally, my father and my uncles are not of the same mind as me."

"Then let me ask the leader again, when the Acropolis was built more than ten years ago, how many people with the surname Wei were there? How many people are there without a surname? ”

"More than ten years ago, there were six out of ten people with the surname Wei."

"Ask the leader again, how many people are surnamed Wei now? How many people are still working hard to fight to the death? How many relatives surnamed Wei who only rely on slaves to farm the land, but occasionally practice fighting and only think about dodging? Now that the Xijon people have retreated, the villages have withered, and the Xirong people in some villages have fled back to the mountains, how many relatives surnamed Wei can they support? The food and clothing of the relatives surnamed Wei need to be supported by slaves, and people without surnames are used to fight wars, but there are not many slaves. ”

Yuan took a deep breath and continued: "More than ten years ago, the Acropolis was newly built, and six out of ten relatives surnamed Wei were brave, and the law of the old leader at that time was naturally good. But now there are more and more people without a surname, but there are fewer slave lands, and ten years later, the relatives surnamed Wei will only exploit slaves but forget how to fight, and when the time comes, I am afraid that everyone will be angry, and even the sacrifice of the old leader cannot be guaranteed. ”

Wei He wiped his sweat, last time Yuan used these words to tell him that the danger of the Acropolis was not outside the city wall but inside the city wall, he knew it, but he couldn't make up his mind. Now his relationship with some uncles and relatives is already very poor, and if he really makes another change, he is afraid that his relatives will be chaotic.

Yuan continued: "Chief, the three cities of Xia, E, and Wei are adjacent to each other, and the leader thinks that if he fights with Ji Xia, what are the chances of winning?" ”

Wei He shook his head and said: "I originally thought that the Acropolis would be able to defeat Xia Cheng, but now that the battle is over, I have three thousand more people, and it may not be as easy as Ji Xia's fight." ”

"Now that the people of Xijon have retreated, and the ten-year-old child grows up in three or five years, don't they want to take revenge? At that time, will the leader still rely on Xia Cheng to send troops? Ten years later, if he has a bad relationship with Xia Cheng, what will the leader rely on to fight Ji Xia? Even if the Xirong people are gone, Ji Xia is also a person who keeps the oath of brotherhood, why should the Acropolis be brothers with Xia Cheng at that time? If Ji Xia led his troops to besiege the city a few years later, how many days could the Acropolis be defended? If the relatives surnamed Wei are still the same as they are now, if Ji Xia really comes, the people without a surname will only be afraid that they will open the city gate to welcome Ji Xia, and the surname Wei will still be there at that time, but the sacrifice enjoyed by the ancestors will no longer be the sacrifice of the leader. ”

"Five years ago, there was only Xirong near the Acropolis, the tribes to the east of the Great River were weak, and many relatives surnamed Wei were brave, and the law of the old leader was the root that made the Acropolis evergreen. Now the relatives surnamed Wei are weak, and there is a brotherly alliance in the north, and the Xijon people have learned to grow millet although they have been defeated, so I said that the Acropolis is still in danger. The roots of the lotus flower are in the water, and the roots of the tree are in the stone, and the two are exchanged, isn't this root going to rot? ”

When Wei He heard this, he bowed solemnly and said, "Please also ask me." (To be continued.) )