From Chief to Ball

Although Yucheng is in the center and not in the corner, it is the most difficult and unfavorable place, but there are coal, iron and water transportation nearby, and it is suitable for jurisdiction in the southeast, north and south.

This also means that many cities and towns thousands of miles away from Yucheng, including Sucheng, must destroy high-level county officials and turn them into places directly under the central government, so as to ensure the spread of culture and the advantages of the central government by force.

It's just that the relatives and nobles in the nearby cities are unwilling to move away, and they are unwilling to delegate power and fantasize about hereditary inheritance, which makes Chen Jian very embarrassed.

Except for fighting, except for a war involving all the tribes of Dahe and Dongyi, there is no other possibility, unless Chen Jian only wants to be a nominal co-lord of the world, so that the seeds of division will be planted now .

Chapter 1 Rest assured

This unhappy alliance ended so quickly, except for a few cities, not many people had expected the intensity of the possible future war.

Even though Chen Jian and Su Yue quarreled so fiercely, they still maintained their dignity at the end of the alliance, as if nothing happened.

It seemed that all the unhappiness was over, and each city elected a representative to go to the city that was about to be divided in harmony, passing on the proposal of all the leaders of the Dahe tribes after discussion: divide one into two, each conduct its own affairs, and After effects.

In fact, this matter is the same as the result that many cities wanted when Xiayu split. It's just that Chen Jian showed his strength in Dongyi, so it can't be separated.And this city is too weak, too far away from the wilderness, too far away from Yucheng, and there is only this sad result of not being able to control itself.

In addition to this incident, the high priest’s jade is still on the altar, and no one dares to pick it up. Theocracy has become a philosophy of explaining the world, and its status has dropped sharply, because the most important thing is change, and explanation is far less powerful than change, unless you want to explain the world. The one who actually wants to change the world.

But the high priest's jade is not in Chen Jian's hands at this time, but it was in his hands before, so Chen Jian and Su Yue sat at the head of the banquet before the leaders left, and the two of them tacitly did not say any more unpleasant things. Do things, respect each other, sing in public, and hundreds of people laugh.

During the banquet, the prices for the purchase of Xiaguo ironware by the cities were also determined. Chen Jian also repeatedly promised to conduct friendly transactions with relative cities and would not make any changes due to the previous unhappiness.

It seemed as if all the previous unhappiness had been smoothed over, but the covenant that had violated the Huasu Alliance as a whole had already had the seeds of division.

When Chen Jian was about to leave, those clan cities that Hongyu had passed on when he went north, as well as those cities sandwiched between Yuxia, went with Chen Jian on the pretext of dropping by.

There were also many city leaders who stayed in Sucheng to participate in the small banquet held after Suyue, discussing some things that Chen Jian had no way of knowing.

Those remote cities did not choose immediately, but quietly returned to their respective cities at this time, but on the way back, they sent envoys to Yucheng and Sucheng respectively.

The leaders of the eleven cities walked with Chen Jian and traveled westward under the guard of the riders.Behind them are relatives and nobles from various cities who went to the city of Ling, who are responsible for overseeing this unique split of the city into two.

Compared with the city chiefs who stayed in Sucheng, Chen Jian's [-] westward team including himself seemed weak, but it was precisely because of this weakness that Chen Jian had enough confidence to trust them.

Except for the two cities of Ewei, the remaining nine cities are not big cities, so there is no need to promise too many things, and there is no need to worry about the dispersion of rights in the future.

Chen Jian, the only city that needed a promise, was also very relieved, not because of their oath or the friendship that sent troops to help him put down the rebellion, but because of the internal changes in the two cities.

If after suppressing the rebellion, E City chose to minimize the trade with Xia State, eliminate Xia State’s influence in E City, adjust to a separate farming policy, and dare not have too deep economic ties with Xia State, even if they say another ten thousand words I swore that Chen Jian would not believe it either.

This kind of interest and trust brought the three of them together at night, surrounded by soldiers and guards arranged by Ji Bo.

In the light of the fire, Chen Jian took out a piece of paper, on which he roughly drew the approximate distribution of the cities on both sides of the river without scale.

The ambition to be talked about has already been said before with great fanfare, so there is no need to talk too much nonsense, just need to say some specific methods to reassure the two of them.

In fact, Weihe and Eyue have always been very relieved, otherwise they would not have proposed quick victory as the leader of the alliance.

Chen Jian pointed to the three cities in the northwest corner of the map and said, "These are our three cities. Once there is a fight in the future, this is the most important place."

"Having a wedge like Yucheng stuck near Suyue's vassal city, and the ability to transport ships on a big river, it's like a fishbone stuck in Suyue's throat. When a fight starts in the future, Suyue has only one choice, Squeeze the farms and small towns on the other side of Yucheng, and then shrink back to Sucheng to defend or fight me here."

"Yu City is downstream of Xia City, so I can only lead the crowd here to confront Su Yue, not daring to walk away. With me here, Su Yue's army can only stare at me here."

"At that time, we can only rely on the two soldiers from Xiajun to march south and force Suyue to rescue him. If he doesn't save him, he will lose the trust of his allies."

"At that time, you will either have to fight me decisively, or you will have more troops to deal with you. At that time, I am afraid that you can only ask Dongyi for help."

"The harder you fight, the more likely he will turn to the Dongyi people. So what the two of you have to do is to help me force Su Yue to turn to Dongyi, and force him to go against the original principles of the Dahe tribes." oath."

E Yue doubtfully said: "Except for Ji Xia, I'm afraid that everyone may not really care about the words of the tribes of Dahe. There must be a reason for the previous battles. For example, a certain city stole another city's cattle and sheep, cut off the The corn from the rest of the cities was lost, or there was a blood feud between the two sides in the fight. Does Jixia have to use this reason to fight Suyue?"

"Besides, Dongyi is after Suyue. It would be better if we temporarily bonded with Dongyi and fought against Suyue after defeating Suyue. We have to eat every bite."

"Xinhua City is far away in Dongyi. Will Ji Xia really want to fight in three places at the same time?"

Chen Jian shook his head and said: "Other cities can do this, but I can't. Because I was the first to say that the kinship is one, this is what I can use to make the kinship stable for the time being after I become the leader of the alliance. Another bloody way to fight."

"Nowadays, there are not many literate people in each city. When there are more literate people in the future, more people will agree with this seemingly ridiculous reason."

"What's more, Qiongxi will not form an alliance with me. Su Yue is old, I am still young, and Xinhua City is still wedged in Dongyi. I must abide by what I have sworn, otherwise how can I convince everyone? No. If it is convincing, how can everyone abide by the rules in the future? If you can’t let everyone obey, then thoughts of violating the rules will be born in your heart, and you will be chaotic, how can you end these chaos and wars?”

Wei He nodded, agreeing with Chen Jian's statement that Acropolis has been fighting against Xi Rong since it moved to the west, and he agrees with this truth to some extent.

He thought for a while, and finally asked the most critical question.

"Ji Xia, if you become the leader of the alliance in the future, how will you treat us?"

Chen Jian laughed and said, "The rest of the cities may be able to worry about this problem, but the two of you are the least worried. Really, as I said at the beginning, can I really take care of things thousands of miles away? People That’s all, what’s the use of having so much land? Wait until hundreds of years later, how can we predict it? Even if I make too many promises now, our descendants will be incompetent in hundreds of years. It may not be impossible to cause chaos or even break the sacrifice."

"Besides, in the future, the two cities of Wei'e will each have their own land, so that the clansmen can learn to read and write, and the government orders will be issued by the leader and stopped by the small officials. Isn't it better than before when you have to discuss with your relatives and nobles for any matter? The two cities can oppose you. There are not many relatives, so what do you two have to be afraid of?"

"Besides, if the two of you really have a land of thousands of miles in the future, will you allow the rest of the cities within the land of thousands of miles to conduct their own affairs and disrespect orders?"

Chen Jian pointed to Yucheng on the paper and said: "With Yucheng as the center, it has a radius of [-] miles. Orders are sent from the king to the small officials. This is what I want."

"Eight hundred miles away, even if I want to govern, can I govern it?"

Chapter 1: Those People, Those Years ([-])

What the two cities of Wei'e need is peace of mind, so as to ensure the stability of the Xia Kingdom's rear.

Those cities between Yucheng and Caohe don't need their peace of mind, they just need to bind them with Xia Guo with their interests.

It is nothing more than taking Xia Guo as the center, each city has its own division of labor cooperation model, and strives to prevent any city from appearing in a small but complete complex mode. If they are incomplete and single, life will not be easy once they leave the Xia Guo city .

This method of concealing evil intentions did not cause the slightest dissatisfaction, but made the leaders of those cities very satisfied.They have slaves and land in their hands, but other relatives in the city also have slaves, so these leaders are eager to trade directly with Xia Guo for the things created by their slaves. means of foreign exchange.

Starting from Xiajun in the north, along the intersection of Caohe River and Dahe River, and then all the way to Yucheng, forming an economic belt along the river with more than ten cities.

In fact, at this time, it was nothing more than goods such as lead, tin, grain, fish and shrimp, pottery, cattle and sheep, wool, etc., but after the integration of Xia Guo, these goods became bronze, glue, wire, etc. needed by the downstream and upstream. Both are good for each other.

Some small workshops with not too much profit or not too much demand have basically been transferred to these dozens of cities.

The children of the relatives and noble children of these cities also began to go to Yucheng to study, and they needed to pay a certain amount of copper coins, so those who could go to study were those relatives and noble families or families with slaves at home.

All the signs of stability and prosperity can't cover up the tense atmosphere before, but after all, there hasn't been a fight yet.

Xia Guo did not turn his face because of the dispute with Sucheng, and still traded. There were more and more ships in each city, and there were even roads that allowed horse-drawn carts and ox carts to pass easily.

This period of peaceful and rapid development lasted for a long time, and the people at the bottom were happy and happy, feeling safe and happy.

Looking at the development of the city from the perspective of the leader, it is always so rigid and boring, or this short golden age is just a preparation for future brothers to fight each other.

But for those ordinary people, it is different.

So many years later, when the war really subsides, some people will always remember the five or six years of prosperity and stability, and appreciate everything in this era carefully.