We made you the chief, and now you've become the world's chief?

Chapter 91 The Growing Pains of the Da Tribe

"Chief of the Xia Tribe!"

Upon seeing Xia Minghao and the others, Daka managed to force a smile.

"Daka, what's wrong?"

Xia Minghao asked directly.

After hearing the question, Daka hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"It was Wolfskin's clan, his uncle's clan, and the clan of the people who slept with his uncle at night who stole my things."

“You beat me, you beat my mother and sister too. Chief Xia, the pottery jar you gave me is gone, and the contents of the jar are gone too.”

When talking about being beaten, it wasn't a big deal, but when he talked about his sister and mother, tears welled up in Daka's eyes.

Wiping away his tears, Daka continued.

"The other two men's earthenware jars and their contents were also stolen. They were beaten, and one of them was so badly beaten that he couldn't walk and was lying in a haystack..."

The Xia tribe members behind Xia Minghao all showed expressions of confusion.

No one understood why people from the same tribe would steal from each other.

Isn't this something we all share?
Xia Minghao's expression remained unchanged as he looked at Daka and continued to ask.

"Doesn't your tribe's chief care?"

Daka shook his head after hearing this, showing his confusion.

"in spite of."

He didn't understand why the leader would concern himself with such matters.

Seeing this, Xia Minghao didn't speak, but looked at Daka and began to think.

After hearing these words, Xia Minghao was able to confirm his previous guess.

When Xia Minghao saw that the people of the Da tribe did not eat together last night, but went back to their own homes, he already had a guess, but he could not be sure.

Only when I saw this group of people trying to trade with me as individuals today did I dare to be sure.

The seeds of private ownership have already been sown in the Da tribe...

For a native primitive tribe, the emergence of private ownership was inevitably a gradual process from immaturity to maturity.

The growing pains of social change that are taking place in the Da tribe, which may last for many years, have already begun before Xia Minghao's eyes.

For the time being, this is because the leaders and "wise men" of the Da tribe did not have the concept of law to define the boundaries of private property.

Naturally, violence began to fill the role of the law.

Xia Minghao could also foresee that as private ownership matured, more chaos would inevitably occur in the Da tribe.

The taro fields are still shared by the Da tribe; anyone can get them and eat them.

But what if the number of people increases in the future, and there aren't enough taro to go around?
What if a group of people take over the taro field and privatize it?
The idea of ​​private ownership will gradually render the original collective morality ineffective, replacing it with a selfish private morality.

Will the sense of community gradually erode, leading to a split within the tribe?
Some even occupied the taro fields, or clan associations, like the clan that Daka mentioned, which owned the wolf skin.

They might want to gain control of the tribe in order to better protect their private property.

A bloody and brutal power struggle is about to begin.

Private ownership is incredibly terrifying for the Da tribe, though no one in the Da tribe has realized this yet, including the so-called wise man.

"Chief, should we help Daka and take back his things?"

At this moment, Lipa suddenly whispered in Xia Minghao's ear.

Xia Minghao did not respond, but instead looked at Daka.

Besides sadness, there was another hidden emotion in Daka's eyes.

angry!
He was leading the regular army of the Xia tribe, so teaching the people who robbed Daka a lesson was no problem.

But this is the Da tribe, and if I were to act rashly, it could very likely trigger a so-called "diplomatic problem".

Even if he had Damon's authorization, Xia Minghao had no intention of helping.

Because he saw the anger in Daka's eyes.

This is the dissatisfaction with the Da tribe; this is exactly what they want.

The more chaotic things get, the better. The more chaotic the Da tribe becomes, the more they can see the good qualities of the Xia tribe, and the faster the Da tribe can integrate into the Xia tribe.

The Xia tribe also needed private ownership, because the relations of production must match the productive forces.

Upon returning to the Xia tribe, Xia Minghao was already preparing to implement private ownership.

However, because Xia Minghao had knowledge in this area, he was able to avoid these problems perfectly.

With gradual improvements, it is even possible to achieve a rapid and smooth transition from primitive public ownership to private ownership.

In fact, the Xia tribe should have started to implement private ownership long ago. Now there are a lot of surplus products and productivity has increased significantly. The drawbacks of the original public ownership system have become apparent.

That is, individuals' enthusiasm for work has declined significantly.

If the relations of production are not aligned with the productive forces as soon as possible, more problems will emerge.

Xia Minghao's proposed private ownership system has made its first step in planning from the perspectives of both system and distribution.

Institutionally speaking, this means changing from the original primitive public ownership system to public ownership of the means of production and private ownership of the means of consumption.

Consumable goods, such as fish caught and fruits gathered, can be privately owned.

However, the means of production must be publicly owned, though in reality they are not shared, but rather belong to Xia Minghao. Since all private property comes from the Xia tribe's means of production, every worker in the Xia tribe must be closely dependent on the Xia tribe to obtain private goods.

In this way, the problem of declining cohesion in the Xia tribe caused by the emergence of private ownership can also be offset.

In reality, these means of production still belong to Xia Minghao, which allows him to further strengthen his personal power.

The distribution method will also change from passive distribution based on need to active distribution based on work.

This is only a temporary plan. As the plan is implemented and changes, Xia Minghao will gradually make adaptive adjustments step by step.

For example, enacting laws that clearly define order to prevent situations like the Da tribe from emerging.

“Daka, I can’t help you because I’m not from the Da tribe, we are from the Xia tribe.”

Daka had little expectation to begin with, and was not moved by Xia Minghao's explanation.

Seeing Daka's reaction, Xia Minghao sighed, then took three pieces of jerky and stuffed them into Daka's hand.

"Take them back. One for you, one for your mother, and one for your sister. You must eat them quickly, or they will be taken away."

Xia Minghao said to Daka, whose face was bruised and swollen, and gave him a special instruction so that he wouldn't be reluctant to eat.

"Chief..."

Daka wanted to say something, but he couldn't utter a word because tears welled up in his eyes.

After Xia Minghao and Da Ka calmed down, they began to ask other questions.

That is, whether the current family structure of the Da tribe has truly taken shape.

Home is very important. The promotion of private ownership in the Xia tribe must be done after the houses are built.

With a house, one has clear private space, a place to protect personal belongings, and the opportunity to start a family.

The birth of the family will drive the greatest impetus for private ownership—inheritance.

With a family comes children, and with children comes the inheritance of private property.

Moreover, individual families can promote the integration of different clans within the tribe, thereby strengthening the tribe's cohesion.

Based on Daka's description, Xia Minghao finally learned about things that are normally invisible.

The family situation in the Da tribe is not as one might imagine; a marriage system has already been established.

Instead, a very small number of people at the top of the tribe practiced polygamy, while almost everyone at the bottom practiced monogamy.

The so-called pairing system is actually a bit like a bath buddy, which is a friend you take a bath with.

When we need to take a bath, we can do it together, scrub each other's backs, and help each other out.

If you get tired of soaking in the same old water, then find someone else to help you. This kind of "small family" unit is extremely unstable.

The reason for the emergence of the dual system is that people at the lower levels do not have enough private property to pass on, and they also need to adapt to the current mode of production.

This led to the transition from primitive communal group marriage to private polygamy—the pairing system.

"Your leader has seven people sleeping with him?"

Xia Minghao was taken aback when he heard Daka's words. He hadn't expected that Damon, this old guy, was quite "philanthropic".

It's quite unlucky that only one out of seven women is Dali.

If it weren't for the fact that private ownership was just beginning to emerge and that we were only transitioning from primitive forms, Damon's rule would have been affected, given that he only had one daughter.

Upon hearing what Daka said, Xia Minghao's expression began to falter.

Now only Dali's mother remains with Damon; the rest of the women have all gone off to date other men and become their "flirting partners"...

Damon, the caveman, was naturally fine with it, but Xia Minghao found it hard to accept; it was no different from being cheated on.

It is clear that in this primitive society, there were no ethical concepts whatsoever.

Naturally, the concepts of "greening" and "being greened" cannot arise.

This inevitably made Xia Minghao worry about the color of her hair.

We must first reverse this situation of utter lack of ethical order, otherwise even if I were to implement the marriage system, I fear all the men in the Xia tribe would be green with envy.

I'm afraid even I won't be able to escape it.

There must first be a "model couple" to set an example for everyone, to tell them what marriage ethics are, and to demonstrate polygamy.

What you see with your own eyes will resonate more deeply with you.

But who should be the first couple to enter into the institution of marriage?

Xia Minghao stroked his chin and frowned.

I'm afraid I'll have to make do and be the first couple in the Xia tribe to set an example for others.

The choice of a partner is also very important; they must come from a polygamous family, otherwise there is no concept of matching.

They'll sneak out and even think it's normal to cheat on their partners.

But those that meet this criterion are very hard to find.

After seeing Daka off, Xia Minghao looked at the distant Salt Spring Mountain and led everyone towards the Xia tribe.

These things can't be rushed; we have to wait for the right opportunity.

We haven't even built a house yet, and we don't have the material conditions to get married.

The two most urgent tasks are building houses and heading to the source of the river to find malachite!
(End of this chapter)