Chapter VI The Covenant
If you can't believe it, the quality is useless. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info forgiveness, to be courteous, although there is no quality, who can be between? Gou has a clear letter, the hair of the stream, the marsh, the vegetable of the algae, the vessel of the basket and the kettle, and the water of the filthy line, can be recommended to the ghosts and gods, but can be ashamed of the prince, and the gentleman has the letter of the two countries, and he is courteous, and he is not qualified?
It can be seen that Xia and E are not a gentleman's state, if they are gentlemen, there is no need to exchange hostages at all, but both of them are villains full of interests.
Trust takes a process, and the common enemy does not exist now, and the tribes of the north are not worth mentioning in the eyes of either men, and are far from the point where they need to unite and unite.
The agreed three-month time for quality change is just right to finish the affairs of their respective tribes, especially harvesting and autumn planting.
"We will provide some food and clothing for your son in our city, and we can even go out of the city to hunt, but we need our people to follow."
"This is casual, food and clothing, and slave slaves, I will send him over, and your sister doesn't have to worry about it on my side, everything is based on the number nine. The leader is not judged by age, and I will treat her like my sister. ”
"Since the oath has become a brotherly clan, some of the guards of the mall can also be removed, and in the future, the merchants between the two clans shall not be obstructed, and no more taxes will be levied on the exchange of goods, and the violator shall be regarded as a betrayal of the oath."
E Yue nodded and said, "This is natural." ”
He didn't think there was anything wrong, and now his own clan was eager for exchange, and besides, he had never thought of asking the merchants who came and went to collect taxes, and if it weren't for Jian Chen mentioning it, he wouldn't have thought of it.
Since it is harmless, there is nothing wrong with adding a sentence to the oath, and he now has a request for Chen Jian, hoping that he can send the Mai Guan Tian official of Xia City to help their clan cultivate.
Chen Jian thought for a while and agreed, there is no improved fertilizer, in fact, the yield of this farming method is not very high, the method of composting manure and accumulating manure is not the Eyue tribe, feces and urine can not be used as fertilizer directly, it must be fermented, and the result of directly piling cow dung is likely to crush the seedlings to death and harden the land.
"Tian Guan can teach you to plant wheat, our tribe wants some donkeys, you have also seen the yield of this method of farming, Tian Guan's few words, it is worth fifty donkeys, right?"
E Yue nodded and said, "If you don't want to produce as much as your tribe, it will be less, and it will be worth fifty donkeys." I'm going to send someone back to rush here, and this time you can rest assured that there will be no geldings among them. ”
"Well, in addition to these fifty heads, we will exchange wheat seeds for fifty heads, a total of 100 heads, and send them as soon as possible."
E Yue didn't know why Jian Chen suddenly wanted a donkey, the donkey was stubborn, the body was low, the children and women were okay to ride, but if they were to fight on a donkey, it would not work.
However, he didn't ask too much, but asked the guards to summon a few clansmen and asked them to go back and inform them to let the two sons drive the donkeys to the mall as soon as possible.
By the way, Chen Jian said Yu Qian'er's request, and asked for an extra one to give to the red fish, and E Yue agreed, and asked the clansmen to send the hairpin first.
The rest of the time was for the two of them to discuss the oath together, and E Yue thought that the oath was simple, but when Jian Chen began to speak, he realized that many things were far from being as simple as he thought.
For example, if the laws of the two tribes are different, and the same crime may be beheaded in Xiacheng and punished as slaves in Echeng, then the two tribes may violate the law when they come and go, and the law of which tribe will be sentenced at that time?
Jian Chen only said a few examples, and E Yue fell into deep thought.
"It's better to make it clear in advance than to talk about it later. The oath is for the clansmen to know, and the two of us should discuss these things now. ”
"You're thinking about it carefully, I didn't think about it so much."
"The war is only temporary, you have finished fighting Beidi, I have cleaned up those tribes that have cut their scalps, and we still have to communicate between the two tribes. The oath is for war, but not all for war. ”
"You say, I'll listen."
According to his previous habits, Jian Chen listed all the situations he might encounter in an orderly manner, among which he didn't need to know about the clansmen, and just kept them in his heart after agreeing between them; What needs to be known to the clansmen needs to be said one by one when the oath is made.
Eyue thought it was a simple oath, but she discussed it until the evening before it came to a conclusion, and agreed on a covenant that was acceptable to both parties.
The covenant is basically Chen Jian's suggestion, and Eyue agrees to continue to put forward the next article, many of which are things that Eyue didn't expect, but when I listen carefully, I feel that it makes sense, and I am quite impressed by Chen Jian's carefulness.
The next day, at noon, when the sun was at its brightest, the people of the two tribes in the mall were all standing behind the two chiefs, and the altar was set up with three animals: oxen, sheep, and deer.
Wessi and his people were also invited, and several of the oaths were meant for them to hear.
Eyue and Chen Jian made a blood alliance, and at the same time swore with their ancestors and surnames that they would never violate it, otherwise the entire tribe would be condemned by heaven and earth, and the tribe would suffer calamity.
When the two of them began to recite the contents of the oath to the earth and the ancestors, the clansmen behind them were all stunned, and they didn't expect to say so many words in one oath.
There were seven articles in the covenant.
First, the two clans have since formed a brotherly alliance, and if one party wants to withdraw from the alliance, it needs to give one year's notice to the other party, and if it does not notify in advance, it will be automatically renewed.
Second, the leaders of the two clans are not judged by age, and the clansmen must respect the other leader's as much as their own, but the other leader's leader does not have the right to command the other clan's people.
Thirdly, when either of the two tribes is attacked by the rest of the tribe and retreats to the city, the other must spare no effort to help.
Fourthly, neither side may enter into any covenant with the rest of the tribes concerning the other unless the other party knows it. Do not trade or make peace with a tribe that is in a state of hostility with the other party.
Fifthly, the people of both clans shall travel freely between the two cities, and no one shall levy taxes in any way.
Sixth: After the two clansmen cross the mall and enter the range of the other clan, all the laws are subject to the other clan. If a person who has committed a crime in the other city, and if he flees back to his own city, the leader must return the person.
Seventh: Both sides are required to prepare an open space in the city for the other party's merchant envoys to live in, and within this area they may do anything that does not violate the laws of the city.
Violation of any of the seven articles of appeal is considered a betrayal, and heaven and earth will send disaster and plunge the entire tribe into misery.
Ghosts and gods are sometimes not superstitions, but just a way to restrain one's behavior.
A large part of the power of the current leader comes from the support of the clansmen, and using the fate of the entire clan as the price of the oath always makes the chief consider the attitude of the clansmen.
Neither Jian Chen nor E Yue are the kind of people who believe that heaven and earth are destined for everything, but many of the clansmen will believe that as leaders, they cannot easily break their oaths.
The clansmen had memorized the contents of the third and fourth articles, which had nothing to do with them. And Wei Xi firmly remembered the content of the third and fourth articles, which is related to him.
He had never been to the city of Eyue, but he had witnessed the vitality of Xia City, at least similar to the city of his own tribe, except for the loss of slaves and cattle and sheep.
In his opinion, since Ji Xia can make an alliance with Eyue, Eyue's city will not be weak, and there is only one way for a weak city to form an alliance, that is, to submit to the strong and offer tribute, which is obviously not.
The two tribes were not far apart, both on the north bank of the Caohe River, and if the tribe of Weixi attacked any city, the other city would inevitably react, and this had nothing to do with the covenant, but with their own interests.
After the oath, Eyue and Chen Jian each prepared some gifts for Wei Xi to pass on to his brother, and E Yue returned Wei Xi's uncle, sent an ox cart as a prisoner cart, and each clan sent five riders to escort the Wei Xi tribe to see the situation of the Wei Xi tribe.
Wei Xi's uncle talked hysterically about his possible fate when he returned, which made people cry, but Eyue was unmoved, gave him a piece of wine and some food, and left. The bloodline is far less important than the respect of the clansmen, and that person naturally has no value to leave for later use.
Even if Weixi's own brothers are dead, the clan will elect a new leader, as for the bloodline, what is it? At least for now, nothing.