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The sixteen tribes in the entire city knew that the four tribes around Chen Jian who benefited the most from these things, salt, wine and other things required certain skills, and the rest of the tribes did not have this ability.

In the past, most of the goods in Fang City belonged to the four tribes, and the exchange allowed the four tribes to live far better than the rest of the tribes.

Although Chen Jian told the clansmen in the city all day long that he would not favor the four tribes, not being partial does not mean that he wants to leverage the existing interests.

In the month after he left, only one tribe secretly learned the method of brewing wine, and the channel was nothing more than a matter between men and women, and Chen Jian didn't want to pursue it, but just wanted to determine the franchise system through this matter.

The people of the four tribes have always been the only one who is looking forward to Chen Jian, although he was shocked at this time, but the prestige he accumulated in the past and the correctness that he has always been correct make these people just doubt in their hearts, and they do not strongly oppose it, and the correct time will form a habit after a long time, even if these people do not agree, they will unconsciously think that they are wrong.

Out of trust, the four tribes neither supported nor opposed, while eleven of the remaining twelve tribes supported it, and only the one who had stolen the winemaking was opposed.

These days, the tribe has used wine to exchange for a lot of things, and these tribes are very angry, but they are helpless, after all, in the rules set before Chen Jian left, it was only forbidden for the original workshop to make wine before the harvest, but it was not said that others were not allowed to brew.

As for copper, sugar, koji, ore, etc., although it sounds tempting, the rest of the tribes just think about it, and they are not in their hands, and it has nothing to do with them.

Since you can't get it, of course, you also hope that other tribes can't get it, which is a very delicate mentality.

Chen Jian first said to the clansmen: "The tribe that brewed the wine was brewed before we set this rule, so we will no longer be held accountable, but if any tribe violates the above rules in the future, in addition to confiscating all the tools, we will also be fined some grain." ”

"The chiefs will count the grain and prey that have been exchanged for wine this month, and report it to me after eating, and supply you from the public property, do you think it's okay?"

The tribes did not expect such a good thing at all, and they all shouted, "Good! Sure enough, Ji Xia is the fairest. ”

Chen Jian said with a smile: "Only this time, not as an example, in the future, the rules will be strict, you must follow the rules, take wine as an example, in the future, there will be people who make wine privately, in addition to confiscating the tools of winemaking, the person who makes wine will be punished as a slave for three years, and the tribe will also take out ten times the grain as a punishment." ”

The clansmen didn't expect such a severe punishment, but since they had already reaped the benefits, and their own tribe didn't know how to make wine, these punishments couldn't fall on them, so there was no problem. And the tribe that made wine before felt that Jian Chen had opened the net, and the wine brewed by his tribe before was not investigated, and the punishment was much lighter than this punishment.

After passing all of them, they were asked to draw on the clay tablets, but this time the clay tablets were not monolithic. Considering that the number of franchises will increase in the future, it is not directly written on a clay tablet and fired into shapes, but is added and deleted in a method similar to movable type, hoping to give some inspiration to future generations.

The monopoly system will be the main income of the tribal city government for a long time.

It's a hidden tax.

Now that the land tax has been levied, there are more and more civil servants, and the number of soldiers who are out of work is also increasing, and what is even more serious is that because of the delicate division of labor in society, many people have left manual labor and become full-time administrators, which requires more taxes to support these people.

If the tax is increased now, it will definitely be opposed by the general public, which is not good for Chen Jian, because he is now elected by the people, and did not come to power by violent coup.

The development of these tribes was extremely deformed before, at least a hundred years worse than the Huasu cultural circle in the east, and the bloodline theory that Dad was a hero and a hero had not yet become popular among the tribes, and it was not even clear who Dad was before. Therefore, Chen Jian did not want to be opposed by his clansmen so that there was something wrong in the election in the winter, so he could only secretly raise taxes.

Salt has to be eaten, copper has to be used, and food is a luxury for winemaking, and all of them are under the direct jurisdiction of the city, and if the price of salt and copper is appropriately raised, the 15 taxes on the surface can be secretly changed into 13 taxes or even more, and it may take a year or two for the political and economic literacy of the people to understand.

This kind of franchise system has infinitely reduced its shortcomings because of the sparse population of Xia City, Chen Jian feels that he can still manage it, and when he can't manage it, it will prove that the population ruled by Xia City can really be regarded as a hegemon, then he doesn't need to do these small things himself, and he can beat the surrounding tribes with the inertia of the rising period.

In addition to increasing taxes to support more workers who are out of work, Chen Jian is also preparing for an economic war with Echeng. If the White Horse side goes well, there will be no threat from the northern grassland for two years, and there is no possibility of war between Echeng and Acropolis for the time being, unless one of the three can have an overwhelming advantage.

The covenant with Echeng was the earliest customs union, and the clansmen who escorted Weixi back said that the leader of the Acropolis did not like the clansmen to exchange with foreign tribes, as long as they planted good land to fight a good war, it was also a good market.

Three-legged, one eliminates the other's strengths, expands the wealth of the tribe through technological advantages, and before there is no absolute crushing strength, even if you want to fight, you will force the other party to betray the alliance, and Chen Jian deliberately added the non-taxation of merchants in the original seven alliances.

Since the clansmen have temporarily agreed to the new rules, they should redistribute these benefits, and agreeing to the rules now does not mean that they will not oppose them in the future.

The salt mines were in a valley a hundred miles away, and the old methods of operation were no longer suitable, and a new village had to be established there, and slaves had to be assigned to cook the salt.

In order to be fair, it is better to have three men from each tribe, and then assign eighty slaves to establish a new village there.

The administrator of the village was appointed by the city, but Chen Jian was not prepared to waste his prestige in this matter, so he decided to propose another lottery method.

If you don't appoint it, the people with higher prestige in the city are those leaders and these people around Jian Chen, and Jian Chen doesn't allow the people around him to go, so there will only be more than a dozen clan leaders.

Chen Jian's promise was tempting: after completing the quota each month, the surplus could be exchanged for the rest of the goods in the city, which would be distributed by the administrators of Yancun.

These people knew the importance of salt and knew that it was possible to go beyond the limit if slaves were used at all costs. Tanuki and Lancao set a good example for these people, and these people also began to fantasize about having their own house and property that belonged to "their own" rather than "clan", so the position of salt village administrator was extremely tempting.

After the lottery, Chen Jian threw out the conditions: "Yancun is a hundred miles away from here, and I'm afraid I can't manage the affairs of my tribe." Either give up the position of the head of the salt village, or give up being the head of the clan. ”

The person who drew it hesitated for a moment and asked, "What about the council?" ”

"It's business as usual until it snows in winter. After the snowfall, let's have a tribal meeting and discuss it together. ”

The man thought about it for a moment, and she could clearly feel that the power of the clan leader was getting smaller and smaller in Xia City, and it was far better to go to Yan Village to be in charge of salt, so she agreed to this condition, and the clan elected a new clan leader on the grass.

The prestige that the new clan leader needs can only be closely related to Chen Jian: either a soldier who has followed Chen Jian in his conquests and made achievements, or a merchant who follows Yu Qian'er to resell goods. The new leader who was finally chosen was a man, a veteran who had fought three battles with Jian Chen.

The four tribes around Chen Jian also received the greatest benefits, and the handicraftsmen in the entire city were basically from these four tribes, stipulating the distribution of new benefits, and deploying some novices from each tribe into the franchise department directly under the direct administration of the goods.

The most important point is that whether they are in charge of shepherding, boiling salt, or specializing in handicrafts, these people do not need to be borne by the tribe, but are financed by the public property.

The members of these tribes who were transferred were compensated according to the method of one person for two light slaves and one child or female slave.

The tribal leaders were very happy, not only did they not have fewer people to work, but they also saved a lot of food, and the grain accumulated by the tribe every year increased by more than 1,000 catties -- the people who left were still clansmen with the blood of the tribe in their bodies.

But they did not take into account a very important problem, that is, these people will no longer depend on the tribe in the future, so the tribe will only have a sense of blood belonging to them, but less the most important and perplexing dependence on survival. The tribe is no longer binding on them: I have food and drink, and I am not given by the tribe, so why should I listen to the tribe?

Song felt that he could rely on moral education to overcome all this, and he had to think about the interests of the tribe when he had food and drink, and he could even rely on moral education to return to the era of intimacy between clan members, so he had the confusion before.

He may not be the only one who is confused, the people who have experienced the changes of the times, with good memories of the past, with panic about the unknown future, especially after opening their eyes to see that the tribes of the Acropolis have disintegrated the city family, they began to think bitterly, simple and naïve, but it is the germ of thought that civilization must have after it is full.

After the victory dinner, Song found Jian Chen, expressed his confusion, and took out Si Kou's seal.

"Ji Xia, I don't want to be this Sikou anymore."

Jian Chen was stunned for a long time and asked, "Why?" ”

"Do you remember when we first met, what else did I want to do besides revenge?"

"Taste the grass." Jian Chen smiled and recalled the meeting in front of the river valley a year ago.

"Yes, at that time, I wanted everyone to be close to the clan, in fact, I wanted to taste grass at that time, in addition to wanting the clan to be free from illness, but also wanting the clan to respect me. But now I am a Sikou, and the people are afraid of me, not because they respect me, not even because they are afraid of me, but because they are afraid of the rules engraved on the clay tablets behind me, and the same is true for another person. ”

He sighed and said: "I have always hoped that the city can be close to a family, but it is more and more wrong, herbs can cure the diseases of the body, but they can't cure the diseases in the mind, Hongyu told me, but I still think what she said is not right, it is not that the times have changed at all, but because the thoughts of the clansmen have changed, as long as the things in their heads are cured, there will not be so many things." ”

Jian Chen didn't explain anything, Song Chang exhaled and said, "Ji Xia, I heard the people of Echeng say that there are other cities under the Grass River, I want to go there to see, I want to see if the people there are the same?" Is there a way to be close to the people without the punishment of the priests, and do whatever they need to do, as they did in the mountains? ”

"You said last year that you had time to go down the river, but this year I haven't had time, and now my left hand is crippled, I can't do the work in the field, and I don't want to be the secretary, I want to go down the river to see."

Chen Jian took the seal letter, smiled helplessly a few times, and finally nodded, patted him on the shoulder and said, "I hope you can see what you want to see." ”

ps: Embarrassing, sorry for being so late. Last night, I was too curious, and I looked for videos of Xu Sanduo and my agent everywhere, and the computer was poisoned...... (To be continued.) )