At the end of November, all the doors and windows of the four rammed-earth houses of the Ba ethnic group were installed. Xu Chen arranged for people to return to the Ba ethnic group to bring the little witch, mother Ba Amu and other people to Gonghuo Basin, and held a simple sacrifice and blessing ceremony.
Upper beam.
A few days later, the houses were covered with thatch, and the Ba settlement in Gonghuo Basin was officially completed.
This is the earliest house completed by all the migratory and settled tribes in the Arch Fire Basin.
Most of the other tribes are only halfway through construction, and it is estimated that it will take about a month to complete.
The four houses of the Ba ethnic group are exactly the same. They are square and about fifty meters apart from each other. They form a straight line facing the lower reaches of the Jicang River in the east. They are neatly arranged on the west side of the planned North Gate Avenue of the Royal City.
A six-story rammed earth wall encloses a courtyard of about two acres.
On both sides of the gate, two rows of pergolas were built against the wall, which were used to store various farm tools and sundries and to feed poultry and livestock.
The other three sides are all houses. Opposite the gate is the firepit, kitchen and warehouse for storing food, animal skins, salt cloth, etc. There are bedrooms on both sides, five on one side, and the toilet is alone outside a small door on the side.
This structure is no different from the compound where each tribe lives.
The only difference is that it is more elegant and elegant, the appearance is neater, and the room has become much taller and wider.
Each bedroom has an area of at least fifteen square meters, making it more spacious and comfortable to live in.
Since the construction of these four small courtyards of the Ba people, they have always been the most beautiful buildings in the entire planning area, and people come to watch them in an endless stream every day.
Now that it is completed, it has filled all the tribes with envy and jealousy.
Especially those tribesmen who were selected for relocation may have been a little sad at first and were unwilling to leave the tribe to live here. However, when they saw that these newly completed courtyard houses were so clean, beautiful and spacious, they were all excited.
Mother and grandmother were so excited that they wiped away tears.
They live far away from the Ba tribe, and this was their first time here since building a house. However, they were naturally very happy and excited when they saw such a good house, which was praised and watched by all the tribesmen.
They had been worried at home for several months, and now they are completely relieved.
These newly built houses are more spacious and comfortable than the Ba people's compound, and the people can live a better life when they move here.
However, when I thought that these tribesmen would live here for a long time in the future and no longer be able to get along with each other day and night, the sadness became more intense. They kept wiping tears while watching the four courtyards, which made Xu Chen and others not know how to comfort them.
That's good.
In order for the tribesmen to settle down here as soon as possible, Muba and Amu endured their sadness and led the tribesmen to start tidying up the four small courtyards. Another seven or eight days of busy work passed, and the inside and outside of the courtyards, drainage ditches and wells were all finished.
Afterwards, the Ba people officially dismantled their animal skin tents and settled in their new homes.
After half a month of busy work, seeing that the tribe had settled down, Muba, Amu and others also started to go home, and then various supplies began to be transported to Gonghuo Basin in a steady stream.
Grain, linen, animal skins, salted fish, bacon, salted eggs, pickled vegetables, pottery, farm tools, etc. were continuously delivered by boats and carriages, and there were even a group of ducks, ducks, geese, a few horses, and a few piglets.
According to the previous family division arrangement, these four courtyards belong to four families within the Ba ethnic group, so all these things will be evenly distributed to the four courtyards.
And this kind of distribution is basically the private wealth of the four families. Each family manages and controls it by itself. Unless they encounter special difficulties in the future, the tribe will not continue to support it on such a large scale. If you want more things, you must follow the internal rules of the tribe.
Trading rules are obtained for trading.
At present, there are only seven or eight people from each family who have moved to this settlement. They are basically all adult men and women. Their main purpose of settling here is to cultivate farmland.
According to Xu Chen's plan, at least 400 acres of farmland will be reclaimed near the settlement this year.
As for the harvest of these farmlands, the four families can only control half of it, and the remaining half has to be handed over to the tribe. The person responsible for the management is still a branch of the Ba tribe that moved here.
This management method is the same as that of large families in later generations. The Ba family is regarded as the branch of the long house and is responsible for maintaining the unity and development of the entire tribe, so as not to cause the ethnic group's interests to be too scattered.
Of course, various conflicts will slowly arise within any family, and they may eventually fall apart, but as long as the eldest brother is strong enough and fair and just, the tribe can still ensure internal cohesion and grow stronger.
The completion of the Ba settlement near the royal city has almost become a beautiful landmark and scenery on the south bank of the Jicang River.
Seeing that after the Ba people moved in, they quickly received food, clothing, housing, transportation, and various livestock and poultry, and started farming and producing in a prosperous manner. While other tribes were drooling with envy, they also screamed and speeded up the construction of houses.
Thousands of people get up early and stay busy at night, making Gonghuo Basin more lively and noisy in this increasingly cold winter.
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In late December, Xu Chen led people back to the Ba tribe.
I didn't come back for three months, and the Ba people have undergone tremendous changes.
Three settlements in the valley have been completed. Although they are also single-family courtyards, their scale is much larger than those in Gonghuo Basin.
Xu Chen came back this time to witness the official separation of the tribe.
After the completion of this clan division, the structure of the Ba clan will undergo the biggest change since the founding of the clan, and it will take a big step forward in the direction of private ownership planned by Xu Chen.
Because this time the clans are divided not only to live separately, but also food, farmland, tools, livestock, poultry, vehicles and various production and living materials will be distributed to each clan according to a certain amount. In the future, each family will produce and manage independently according to the method of contracting to the clan.
, except for the public grain and a certain amount of linen that must be paid, everything else is self-financed.
If you work hard, you will be well fed, clothed, and housed well; if you are lazy, you will deserve to be hungry and cold.
Muba serves as the clan leader, responsible for coordinating and handling conflicts between families within the tribe, and maintaining harmony and stability of the entire tribe.
In addition, the development and maintenance of public industries such as pottery, smelting, wood and stone tool processing, temples, roads, ditches, river embankments, etc. are all arranged by the clan chief, and all families must fully support them.
In short, this split is not only the expansion of the Ba ethnic group to the point where it has to be divided, but also Xu Chen's attempt to promote semi-public and semi-private ownership.
The promotion of complete private ownership is anachronistic at the moment.
But in fact, he never wanted to completely transform it into pure private ownership from beginning to end. After all, public ownership is also a system with strong vitality, strong cohesion and centripetal force, and has a strong supporting role in social stability and prosperity.
Of course, more advanced institutional forms are actually useless in this fucking primitive society.
In the final analysis, he still has to rely on his aura of leadership to unite the power of all tribes and promote the transformation and upgrading of society to an agricultural society as soon as possible. As for other details, he can only take it step by step and take his time.
Already.
The process of family separation went smoothly, and there was both joy and sadness.
More than a hundred people, men, women, old and young, were busy dividing the family property, and at the same time they were crying and making a fuss. They continued to make a fuss for three or four days before the division was completely completed, and each of the four families returned to their respective places.
It's already the end of December.
After settling down after the separation, Xu Chen summoned the leaders of the four major families and hunter officers to hold the first tribal mobilization meeting after the separation. After simply assigning the tasks of managing the respective families, he officially started his sixth year of spring plowing.
Seeding tasks.
In the final analysis, no matter how we divide our families, we are still one ethnic group and belong to the same tribe, and food security always comes first.
Moreover, there are nearly forty young and strong laborers missing from the Ba ethnic group for spring plowing and sowing this year, so the task of sowing more than a thousand acres will be even busier and more tiring.
In January of the new year, the weather gradually warmed up. After completing the plowing of the farmland, each of the four families started a new round of sowing in the divided farmland.
Xu Chen only stayed with the Ba tribe for about half a month before he set off again by boat to Gonghuo Basin.
After all, that will be his main battlefield in the future.
As for the Ba people, he won't be able to take care of them for a long time.
However, the development of the Ba clan to its current situation actually does not require him to spend more energy.
After five years of training and planning, the Ba people have completely gotten rid of the imprint of the primitive era and have begun to enter a complete farming civilization. Various management and system transformations have also been completed. They only need to continue to develop according to their current status.
"After I leave, I'll leave everything at home to you!"
Before leaving, at Taniguchi Pier, Xu Chen looked at the little witch with red eyes, reached out and touched the top of her head and warned her with a smile.
"Yes, I will take care of everyone!"
The little witch squatted on the ground, her voice getting a bit louder.
A few years have passed, and she is no longer the ignorant and immature little witch she used to be. Instead, she has grown up into a young witch of seventeen or eighteen years old, and has begun to take on the arduous task of guiding the development of the tribe.
She also knew that Xu Chen would move farther and farther away from home in the future, and that she and him would be together less and farther apart, but the trust and respect in her heart never changed, and even became stronger and firmer.
"Well, you have to take good care of yourself. I will come back to visit you on Mother's Day!"
Xu Chen's nose was also a little sore. He turned to face all the tribesmen who came to see him off, hugged his mother and grandmother who were wiping tears, and finally looked at Feng Hemo and a group of officers and hunters.
"After I leave, follow the arrangements and carry out the arrangements. After the spring sowing is over, bring people over to help as soon as possible, and don't miss the training on weekdays!"
"Don't worry, nothing will happen here!"
The group of wild men were not as sad as the women. Instead, they all said goodbye to Xu Chen with big smiles and beat their chests.
For those of them who want to live in the world without going out and wandering around, there is no point in staying in the Ba tribe. The development of Gonghuo Basin is in full swing, with thousands of people gathering together. It is far more peaceful than the Ba tribe who can only do this every day.
When it comes to living a life of digging piles and digging piles, that is their favorite place.
The Gonghuo tribe is so lively. There is something to do every day. You can hunt and compete with hunters from different tribes, and women from different tribes can mate. There, all Ba tribe people are the most noble and popular group. As long as they have physical strength,
It's good enough that you can be so busy day and night that you can't put on pants.
"Let's go!"
Xu Chen took Gu Heju and several carpenters on board the boat. Ye Ye, wearing a brand new spring dress, followed him with a happy face.
She will always be Xu Chen's woman. After the tribe splits up, Xu Chen will stay in Gonghuo Basin for a long time in the future. Her mother arranged for her to follow Xu Chen to take care of her. The meaning is self-evident.
It acquiesces to the special relationship between her and Xu Chen.
Originally, mother and grandmother had always wanted Xu Chen to have some relationship with the women from the other three families and give birth to more magical children for the tribe. However, Xu Chen had no interest in this. He did not take the initiative and would not
No one dared to say such a thing to his face, so he could only let it happen.
Gu Heju and others rowed the oars, and the wooden boat slowly left the dock and headed towards the middle of the river. The clear flowing Wulong River water was slightly bumpy and it quickly went down the river. In the blink of an eye, it was already a hundred meters away.
"Oolong water, vast waters, keep me and nourish me. My hometown is far to the southeast, the road is long and blocked, and the surrounding fields are vast. Where I want to go..."
On the pier, the light and melodious singing of the little witch could be heard in the distance.
Standing on the wooden boat, Xu Chen looked back. Among the crowd who kept cheering and waving, there was a slim woman in a white dress, holding a scepter and singing and dancing. Her yellow cloak danced in the wind, and her figure was like an elf.
This comes and goes, we get together less and leave more, we all grow up, but each of us should shoulder our responsibilities.
The long history of human beings has been through this kind of constant gathering, separation, and separation, overcoming thorns and obstacles, and then converging into a vast trend, and finally becoming the master of all living things.
But this is only a short separation, and we will continue to live together in the future.
The wooden boat went further and further away, and the pier slowly became blurry in the eyes. The light and ethereal singing was finally drowned by the howling river wind. In front of you, there was a river of spring water, majestic and undulating on both sides of the river.
Between the high mountains and vast primeval forests.
This trip is no longer about high mountains and long rivers, nor about vast fields, because the future has slowly become a reality in his mind.
Soon, a city will rise from the ground in the Gonghuo Basin, and dozens of tribes with thousands of people will eventually rise in this wild land, ushering in a new era.
Later history records: In the spring of the sixth year, the king supervised the construction of the royal city in Gonghuo Basin, which was completed in two years. He then ascended the throne and proclaimed himself king, uniting five tribes and thirty-two tribes, with a population of more than 7,000.
There are only a few dogs and more than 7,000 people, which is too few!
Green mountains and green waters, turbulent rivers, and picturesque scenery on both sides of the river pass by like floating lights.
Xu Chen's heroic ambition turned into a constipated expression on his face.
The neighbor Youqiong finally failed to restrain his ambitions and started his own path of expansion, and is currently attacking the Tage tribe.
This is what I found when I went to inquire about the situation in mid-October. Although the poor people did not cut off contact and did not show any hostility, the supply of tin was constantly decreasing. If this continues, it will inevitably affect the development of the alliance.
However, the development of Gonghuo Basin is in full swing, and he currently does not have the extra energy and manpower to launch a battle of conquest.