While Wangcheng is holding a prosperous wedding ceremony and entertainment activities with a revolutionary meaning on Mother's Day, other large ethnic groups are also carrying out traditional marriage ceremony exchanges.
This is true for the Ba tribe, Yu Gong tribe, Pi tribe, Youqing tribe, and Cicha tribe.
In the past, these large ethnic groups held various forms of spring sacrifices and marriage exchanges, and the gods they worshiped were also different. But this year, the object of sacrifice has become the Mother Goddess. They just continue the previous sacrifice tradition, and there is not much difference.
Change.
Xu Chen of the distant Tage and Moteng tribes did not make specific requirements. They will carry out almost the same form of marriage and sacrifice exchange activities based on their own circumstances, and they will still focus on tradition.
However, with the exchange and learning of various tribes and their settlement near the royal city, this form of activity will gradually be unified at the same time and roughly the same sacrificial procedures. Over time, it will become a national festival.
Slowly fix it.
In the Ba Valley, Da Wu and Xu Chen are not here, and there are no large-scale foreign participation, so this year's marriage exchange will be much more deserted.
The little witch of the Wu ethnic group replaced her sister and became the wedding priest. She summoned the six traditional tribes of the Ba League, except the Lei tribe, to gather in the Ba tribe valley for a marriage exchange.
And for a long time to come, she will replace her sister as the priest of Bameng. The main job of the great witch sister is to preside over the temple in the royal city.
So after several years of development and change, the Uzbek people once again gained the dominant position in sacrifices, but the meaning of this return was completely different, and a new great shaman system had been formed.
The temple will become the training and management institution for witches.
The high priest will become the highest authority among the witches.
Under this new superior-subordinate relationship, each ethnic group no longer has its traditional independence.
Although under the auspices of the little witch sister, the marriage ceremony and exchange activities of the six Bameng tribes went smoothly, there was no joyful and lively scene of thousands of people in the past, and everyone felt an indescribable sense of loss and festive atmosphere.
Naturally, it cannot be compared with previous years.
Especially the mother, mother and others can never forget the lively scenes of the past few years.
Perhaps because of sadness, or perhaps because of his old age, Muba fell ill after the Mother's Day sacrificial activities.
After Xu Chen held the Mother's Day conference and some follow-up work arrangements in the royal city, he soon welcomed the Cicha tribe's team to participate in the Mother's Day and trade, so he also brought the little witch, the Gonghuo tribe, and the Five Ghost tribe's three witches
Set off with a group of tribal chiefs and ride horses and cars along the Bagong Avenue back to the Ba tribe to hold a ceremony to worship the Goddess of the First Mother.
In the blink of an eye, Bagong Avenue has been under construction for nearly four years.
Although there was not much traffic on weekdays, the tribes were already traveling very frequently. The road had been crushed and had some potholes and a few obvious ruts.
Many places have begun to collapse or form mud puddles due to long-term crushing and erosion by heavy rains. Both sides of the road are also covered with thorns and weeds.
But precisely because of this situation, it becomes more and more apparent that this road is full of lively traces of human civilization activities and has the atmosphere of a new life.
Walking on this bumpy road, with thorny trees on both sides and endless green fields all around, there was a long procession walking along, flags waving, carriages and horses rejoicing, it was a unique experience.
Xu Chen has been quite busy in the past few years. Now that the Kingdom of Ba has been established and the royal city has been roughly completed, Xu Chen can finally breathe a sigh of relief and enjoy a relaxing trip as a spring outing, feeling the scenery along the way and observing the changes in the tribes along the way.
After all, he hasn't walked this road for two years.
It was already afternoon when we arrived at Qiazu.
The Qia ethnic group is located on the western edge of the Gonghuo Basin. It is on the only way for the Ba ethnic group, the Pi ethnic group, the Youqing ethnic group and the Tage ethnic group to travel to and from the Gonghuo Basin. It can be regarded as a very important land and water transportation route.
The upper reaches of the Ji tribe, the Cang tribe, the Pi tribe and the Dai tribe must pass here regardless of land or water routes, and the Youqing tribe must also pass here whether they are going to the Ba tribe or the Gonghuo tribe.
In addition, there are tribes such as Kun tribe, Yehuo tribe, and Qu tribe adjacent to the Qia tribe. Generally, when going to Gonghuo tribe and Wangcheng, they will also take a detour to the Jicang River. Going down the river is safer and safer.
In fact, Xu Chen's original design of the three main roads leading to the Royal City basically circled the Gonghuo Basin, forming a circular transportation network.
Because this time it was a pure sacrificial ceremony for the Mother Goddess, there were no people participating in the marriage, and there were no trading personnel or goods, so there were not many people participating. In addition to Ye's mother and daughter and the three little witches, there were also a group of witch academies.
students and dozens of tribal chiefs, and Feng mobilized 30 Royal City Imperial Guards to accompany them on horseback for protection, totaling about 130 people. Xu Chen mobilized all the carriages near the Royal City and pulled them all at once.
Over the past few years, the Qia people have undergone great changes.
At the beginning, the Qia tribe was just a small and medium-sized tribe with more than a hundred people. After the battle with the Cang tribe, Xu Chen sneaked into their nest and was pinned to the ground with a blaster. After a period of time, their vitality was severely damaged. However, they have developed in the past few years after surrendering.
soon.
In the past, they lived in a small valley, and the cave was not big. It was narrow and dark and they could barely survive. They mainly hunted and gathered near the Jicang River, and their life was very hard.
Of course, everyone was pretty much the same at that time.
The Jicang River makes a big bend here in Qiazu, flowing from the southeast to the south, forming a vast and fertile river beach nearby.
Under the leadership of the hunters who returned from the Ba ethnic group after a year of labor reform, they have been building houses and cultivating fields on the river beach. Now they have opened up thousands of acres of farmland and built three adobe compounds. In addition, thanks to the transportation
Due to the convenient nature of the main road, tribes traveling from east to west, south and north all stop here, and the Qia tribe is now slowly becoming more lively.
At present, not only the Qia tribe, but also the Yehuo tribe and the Qu tribe in the southwest, two large tribes with a population of more than 300 people, have also responded to Xu Chen's call in recent years and have successively relocated some of their people to cultivate fields and settle near the Qia tribe.
, these newly built tribes are not far from each other, forming a gathering area of nearly five miles in length along the Southwest Avenue, with a current population of more than 400 people.
This change is in line with Xu Chen’s original expectations.
Farming must first get rid of the constraints of caves, so they have to choose to live in flat areas with fertile soil and water. The Qia people's place is located at the junction of the northwest mountainous area and the Gonghuo Basin, not far from their ancestral land, and also in the
Within the traditional living area, the location is also relatively in line with the development direction.
In Xu Chen's opinion, in a long time, this place will have more development potential than the vicinity of the Royal City.
Because the Royal City was completed under Xu Chen's strong push, there are no mountains near the Royal City, and all are plains, which are only suitable for farming. In fact, all the primitive tribes are not used to this kind of forcibly completed farming upgrade. For them, hunting is still the
Traditions and ways of survival that are indispensable in life.
In addition, eating only whole grains is definitely not enough. When livestock breeding cannot meet human needs for meat, hunting is still the main supplement and source of meat.
There are very few wild animals near the royal city. Except for small wild animals such as rabbits, badgers, and foxes, there are almost no large and medium-sized wild animals. Hunters who want to hunt now can only go more than ten miles away from their residences. Hunting is very difficult. Even if there are horses,
Not every time there is a harvest, after all, hunting luck is very important. In addition, there are too many people near the royal city, and the hunters coming and going are constantly hunting and driving away. The wild beasts will escape farther and farther away, making it more and more difficult to hunt.
But here among the Qia people, there are mountains, water, and large areas of fertile flat land, which is the best living area.
Because he was not in a hurry to go back this time, Xu Chen stayed at the Qia tribe for half a day and led a group of people to carefully inspect several nearby settled tribes.
This was the first time that Xu Chen came to inspect their production and life after these tribes moved to the foot of the mountain. Therefore, everyone was delighted and entertained them with the best food wherever they went.
Xu Chen communicated carefully with the men, women and children of these tribes, asked about production and living conditions, inspected house construction and farmland farming management, and also gave some guidance on some issues.
After the inspection, he also convened the chiefs of several tribes settled nearby in the Qia tribe to discuss planning a unified ditch transportation, so that all tribes should work together in a unified way to connect the roads and ditches connecting various tribes to strengthen the exchanges between tribes.
comminicate.
At this small-scale regional exchange meeting, Xu Chen said that this area will definitely develop into a very lively town in the future. At that time, the royal city will build government offices here and appoint officials to guide the tribes to learn production and teach various new technologies.
Technology, open workshops and trading markets, and assist all tribes to develop together. Eventually, this place will become as lively as near the royal city.
Xu Chen's words not only made the participants from the Qia tribe and other tribes excited and excited, but even the three witches were in high spirits, especially the little witch from the Gonghuo tribe.
The tribes gathered around the Qia tribe today are all members of the Gonghuo tribe. Over the years, the development of each tribe has been earth-shaking, and the speed is dazzling. Although she is the great witch of the Gonghuo tribe, she can actually guide and guide people.
The management is still only the Gonghuo Clan headquarters and a few nearby tribes, such as the Qia Clan, Yehuo Clan, Kun Clan, Qu Clan, Jia Clan and other distant tribes. They have very little control, only at gatherings in spring and autumn.
Doing some communication and guidance, there is a sense of self-defeating discrimination.
But these affiliated tribes, large and small, are actually of the same origin as the Wu people. As a great witch, she also hopes that all tribes can develop better and become richer, so that she can show that she has fulfilled the responsibilities that a great witch should fulfill.
, only as these affiliated tribes become more prosperous, the overall strength of the Gonghuo tribe will become stronger, and they will receive more protection and care from the gods.
If the Qia tribe could develop as prosperously and lively as those near the royal city, then she would also feel proud and honored.