From Chief to Ball

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The semi-civilized ethnic groups in all the fiefs in the west, the former private slaves, etc., migrated together about [-] people.

There are still 3000 people in the wild villages in the east, clans with extremely distant blood ties, and villages that have long been integrated into the Xiacheng system.

Not counting private slaves and public slaves who cannot be liberated, the entire surrounding area of ​​Xia City has a population of about [-].

This is different from those escaped slaves in Yucheng. Most of the escaped slaves were light and strong men, and they even had to exchange bronze for female slaves in other cities to balance men and women.

There are more than 3 people here, including men, women and children. Because there are a large number of former slaves, they are slightly more light and strong, and the men and women are roughly balanced.

Counting the 3 people in Yucheng, the future Xia Kingdom will have a population of [-] to [-].Except for Xiacheng, the rest of the cities do not have the concept of a country. It can also be said that a city is a country, and a country is a city.

Urbanization is a reciprocating process in human history. From the beginning, the city concentrated the vast majority of the population, to the surge in population, leaving the city to go to the village, and then to the re-urbanization in the industrial age. There is also a huge gap in mobilization power.

Most people live in cities, which are convenient for management, easy to mobilize, faster technology dissemination, and can truly achieve strict top-down control.

When the population is too large and the land is not enough, and the imperial power does not go down to the county, the county does not go down to the clan, and the layers of exploitation cannot support enough management personnel. In addition, the management cost of distance and communication factors has increased sharply, and the mobilization force is actually better than that of cities, towns, and countries. Times are declining.

Therefore, the 7 to 7 people in this era are not the same as the [-] to [-] people in the villages and fields at the end of the feudal dynasty.

Looking at it alone, the Xia Kingdom is already the most populous and technologically advanced among the many city-states.

Xiacheng has always been the cultural center of the cities near the Caohe River, and Yucheng is basically the economic center on both sides of the river.

The iron ore and iron smelting workshop in Yucheng can produce three to four hundred catties of iron per day. The entire smelting system from upstream to downstream requires thousands of people, and the annual output is about forty to fifty tons.Although these are raw wrought iron and not steel, they can still be used if they are not used as weapons.

These productions are enough to ensure that every family in the Xiacheng system has iron farm tools within one year.

Regardless of public property or private property, there are two to three thousand horses and thousands of cattle. In addition to the ironware trade and the participation of nearby cities in the mutual aid economic system along the river, the number of cattle can also be guaranteed.

Sufficient pastures and pastures, a rough knowledge of animal husbandry and forced breeding techniques can also ensure that every cow has a chance to conceive every year.

The promotion of crop rotation intercropping and fallow, water conservancy facilities, and manure accumulation and fermentation can generally guarantee a yield of [-] to [-] jin per mu. counted together.

Now there are nearly 20 mu of good land around Xiacheng, which has been irrigated by the Xia Canal and will not need to be fallow within ten years; there are more than 20 mu of land that is slightly worse and depends on the sky, and counting the fallow land and some forests, There are wild fruit forests, mulberry elm and oak forests, public groves planted as long-handled weapons, water lake fish ponds, etc., with about 60 mu of various lands.

In fact, it is a circle of about twelve kilometers with Xiacheng as the center, which is the perfect radius for the agricultural population to live in the city without being dispersed by villages.It would be troublesome to harvest seeds any farther away, but the population can continue to be cultivated in a short period of time.

The non-intensive cultivation method keeps the yield not too high. The advantage is that the large amount of land and the almost unlimited land can be disasters. The forced promotion of cattle and horse plowing technology has also increased the per capita arable area by a lot.

The two satellite cities of Xiadong and Xiaxi are within a radius of [-] kilometers. Normal trade can reach them within a day.

This is basically the situation and development trend that Xiacheng may face after the establishment of counties. As a cutscene, no more than two-thirds of the people object.

After sending off those clan leaders, the meeting hall became busy again.

Chen Jian called all his relatives and some young people brought back from Yucheng, and held a long meeting in a closed room to make sure they understand the direction of future governance.

Hundreds of people gathered in the room, holding brushes and wooden slips. They had already heard some rumors, and many of them were participating in a meeting of this size for the first time, so they couldn't help but have infinite reverie.

"If you want the city to be strong, there are four things to do well. Soldiers, farmers, workers, and students."

"As for these four things, it is necessary to carry out the Lisi system of our scattered clans and strictly count the population."

"You all know what happened to those clan leaders a few days ago, and you also know that I will force them to move to the city. Just moving is not enough, what should we do after moving to the city?"

Everyone looked up at him. Chen Jian paused and said, "You should remember the following words but don't spread them out. You must understand how to do it. If there is anything you don't understand after I finished speaking, you can ask questions."

"First of all, the land in East Xia and West Xia is uncultivated. But we have iron tools, cattle, seeds, etc. Who owns these things? Of course they must be in your hands. Remember, those lands are What they cultivated with the power of the city, they only have the right to use it, the land does not belong to them, it belongs to the city.”

"Then, take away the underage children who no longer need breastfeeding from their clan mothers, and force them to receive Xiacheng's education in the city. On this point, I don't want anyone to cry and be pitiful. I must Strictly implement it."

"In order to avoid hatred among the clans, all the clans were dismantled and disordered, and fifty pairs of men and women were organized into one mile. Brothers and sisters cannot be within one mile."

"Many clans don't have rituals, and there are no regular people who sleep and give birth. We used to be like this. This is not a problem that can be solved by coercion, so we can only let them slowly accept our habits. Fifty couples of men and women live together , Chaos is certain, and at best, we can have many more children in a short period of time, but this is not good."

"We can't force marriage, and we want them to form a family with a man and a woman. What should we do? When building houses, we build two types, one is for collective living, and the other is for individual families. Those who make an oath of oath can give priority to living in the houses where individual families live."

"Before the family of one man and one woman is accepted by these semi-civilized clans, in order to ensure the rights of the city and respect for you, the collective farming method of the clan era must be maintained within one mile, and it is also convenient to collect taxes and learn new ones. farming methods."

"Let's put it this way, you are officials in the city, but in their hearts they are clan leaders who are not related by blood. Transfer their respect for clan leaders to you who teach them farming."

"The difference is that you can change it at will. Maybe you are in Xiadong today, but you will go to Xiaxi next year. Let them transfer this respect from a person to a simple jade card on your waist. No matter who it is, Holding the jade tablet, it is a figure similar to the previous clan leader in their hearts."

"They may not be used to handing over the hard-earned food to the city. You can tell them that the city has provided them with iron tools, seeds and technology. After they gradually understand the rules, explain to them that this is a tax. .”

"Of course, the old Xiacheng people and the new Xiacheng people, as well as many slaves in the city who have obtained the status of Chinese citizens, will also be scattered to the east and west cities for guidance. There must be at least five pairs of men and women who are familiar with each other. A well-behaved person in Xiacheng."

"In two years, you don't have much to do. You just need to teach them how to farm and teach them some basic rules. Even if they don't do well, they won't be punished too severely."

"I roughly calculated that after the implementation of these policies, there will be about [-] households in Xiacheng and its surrounding areas, and there will be a need for [-] or [-] Lisi. Lisi will not be out of production, not officials, and most of them will be hired by the government. Our new and old Xiacheng people are temporarily in charge."

"In addition to these thousands of households, there are still a large number of children who need to be resettled in the city, forced to accept our education and rules, as well as training in queues and literacy. The number may be large in a short period of time, and I estimate that in the next few years It will continue to increase.”

"For the time being, there are not so many people to teach them how to read, but I will pick some people from the black guards to teach these children to line up, hold spears and discipline. As long as they have basic food and clothing, the city will be stable after two years Let's talk about it."

"This is basically the future population resettlement method of Xia City. Once the division of Lisi is completed in April, we need to really prepare for the four things of agriculture, industry, soldiers, and education."

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"Nong, within two years these people basically have to cultivate the land, reclaim wasteland, learn to use farm tools to plant, and learn to harvest."

"At that time, in the eastern and western cities of Xia, according to the Lisi system, each mile will be divided into five thousand acres of wasteland. I will plan this at that time."

"There is not enough time for planting in March, so spring planting is abandoned. The city will provide basic food to last for a year. Before autumn planting in August, one thousand acres of land must be cultivated for each mile. This is the minimum standard. If you can’t do it, you will be punished. It’s not difficult, not to mention that there are already cows and horses, even if you have a hand and a hoe, you can dig them out.”

"For each mile there are twelve cattle, two horses, twenty sets of plowshares and carts, and one hundred sets of tools such as hoes and sickles. It is under the jurisdiction of the peasant officials. This is public property, not private property. If the cattle and horses die for no reason, you will know that it will be What kind of punishment."

"At the time of the summer harvest in May next year, we must not only ensure that we have enough to eat, but also pay taxes."

Speaking of this, someone finally asked a question. The person who asked the question was a young man from the agronomy class. He was the first group to go to the farm for an internship. Now he has basically mastered the basic knowledge of farming.

Chen Jian recognized that this was Shi Qi's younger brother, a very handsome young man named Shi Quan.

"Ji Xia, I would like to ask, how are the taxes collected here? When I was in Yucheng, all the harvest of the farm was owned by the public property, and then redistributed by the public property. The Department of Planning and Statistics is in charge of everything. Is it the same here? "

Chen Jian shook his head and said, "At the time when Yucheng was first built, there was no guarantee of food, and many people didn't know how to farm. There were so many people on the whole promontory island waiting to eat, it would be impossible not to take all the food into public property."

"It doesn't have to be like this here. Fifty households in one mile, a fixed amount of grain is paid, and the rest can be kept by yourself, and you can sell it if you want to sell it."

"As farmers, you can also organize more than a hundred households to set up some small workshops. Starting next year, some controls will be relaxed. Except for salt, iron, copper, wine, weapons, etc., which are still public property, the rest can be bought and sold freely. .Even if you have spare energy, you can fish, burn shellfish, do woodworking, scrape nitrate, burn charcoal, etc. in your leisure time in winter.”

"The evaluation is held every two years. Whoever does the best and makes the area the most prosperous will be rewarded and promoted."

Shi Quan let out a sigh, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. It is much easier to govern this way, and the things he has learned can always be used.

The Supply and Marketing Department buys a lot of things, such as charcoal, fish maw, honey, carpentry, etc., can be done by concentrating the strength of more than a hundred households. It is definitely impossible for one household to do it, and the most important thing is that Xiacheng is under the strict control of the Lisi system. , and no one can be hired to do these things, and the owner farmers can only concentrate on doing these things in their spare time, so as to concentrate capital and labor.

Chen Jian thought for a while, and added: "In addition to food, after you complete the land reclamation, you may be required to plant certain crops within a year or two. Not all wheat and beans are paid as taxes, but It may be hemp or something. This is the business of the Planning and Statistics Division and has nothing to do with you, you just have to do as required.”